"All Seraphim, heed my command!"
Steel Bone Kong's furious roar echoed across the battlefield through the loudspeaker:
"Prioritize suppressing the mutinous Seven Warlords of the Sea! Everyone else, do not panic. I will lead the Divine Knights from the Holy Land to support. Borsalino, you must immediately lead the entire army to attack and prevent the Endgame crew from landing!"
No matter what, we must buy two hours!
Even if all the Marines are annihilated, it doesn't matter. We must absolutely ensure that the Holy Land Mary Geoise is not invaded!
The Red Earth Continent, to put it plainly, is a ten-thousand-meter-high cliff. With such a natural barrier as support, it's possible for warships not to get up here!
Almost simultaneously.
On the Endgame.
"Ah, it's quite astonishing."
Aokiji chuckled softly and said, "Clearly, our insiders were only Jinbe and the Empress, yet Moriah and Hawkeye unexpectedly joined as well."
That guy Moriah switching sides isn't surprising.
Last time we went to Wano Country, he made friendly gestures towards us, just a fence-sitter who goes with the flow.
But Hawkeye's side is somewhat unexpected.
Could it be that our captain has some private friendship with this Great Sword Master?
"Don't worry about it. Continue executing the plan as before."
Shano glanced over and instructed nonchalantly.
"Understood."
Aokiji immediately issued the order: "The forty ships on the far right, continue to charge with me! Everyone else, hold your positions!"
"Yes! Mr. Kuzan!"
Shano stood at the bow of the ship, bidding farewell as the fleet split into several tributaries, each taking action separately.
Everything proceeded according to plan, in a well-organized manner.
Kuzan would lead about a quarter of the forces, along with several powerful officers, to trap the Navy here.
Meanwhile, Marco would head towards Paradise after reaching the Red Earth Continent, to rendezvous with the Revolutionary Army led by Dragon.
As for the main force he personally commanded, they would ignore the other enemies and head straight for Mary Geoise!
As for how to get up there...
That's simple.
Shano grinned, raised his eyes to look at the Red Earth Continent, casually lifted his right arm, and with a fist entwined with black and red lightning, suddenly punched towards the sea below!
Boom!
This punch was plain and unadorned.
But with such a simple punch, the sea surface within dozens of kilometers suddenly collapsed downward.
And after compressing to the extreme—
Boom!
Under countless shocked gazes, the collapsed sea surface abruptly rebounded upward, lifting hundreds of Endgame warships with the furious current...
Shooting up, straight into the sky!
"How, how is this possible?"
"The Endgame fleet, it just flew up into the sky!"
"This is bad, Mary Geoise is in danger!"
The Navy soldiers stared dumbfounded at this scene. Clearly not an Ability User, yet with one punch, he sent hundreds of warships soaring ten thousand meters into the air?
How in the world did he do that?!
"Fire... fire! Quickly fire!"
Steel Bone Kong roared into the communication Radio Snail, "Adjust all coastal artillery angles! All Seraphim, take to the air and intercept! Not a single warship must land on the Red Earth Continent!"
However, it was already too late.
Propelled by the colossal sea currents raised by Shano's punch, those hundreds of warships were traveling at incredible speed.
In the blink of an eye.
They were already sweeping over the Navy's heads like a myriad of stars, majestically crossing the towering Red Earth Continent's cliff walls!
Most of the hastily fired Navy shells missed the fleet, with only a few hitting the hulls uselessly.
"Damn it!"
Kizaru's face was grim, raising his right hand where a dazzling golden light shone from his palm, "Yasakani no Magatama!"
Countless light bullets shot from his hand, aiming for the fleet, but in the next moment, they were all intercepted by a barrage of ice arrows fired from the side.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't underestimate people, Borsalino."
Aokiji's calm voice sounded, "With me here, how could I possibly let you hinder my captain?"
Before his words even finished, he had transformed into a blue afterimage, instantly appearing before Kizaru.
His right arm fully elementalized, condensed into a gigantic ice crystal, enveloped in biting cold, smashing towards Kizaru's face!
"Ice Spike!"
Kizaru immediately countered with a kick, Light Speed Kick and Ice Fist collided, the shockwave sent dozens of Marines flying.
"Kuzan!" Kizaru muttered, "Do you truly have no reservations about fully committing to the Endgame, opposing the Navy without holding back?"
"Oh, isn't that a question for you too?"
Aokiji squinted, "You clearly have a chance to defect for the better cause, so why persist on a doomed ship, walking all the way to the dark end?"
"...Not everyone can be as unburdened as you, Kuzan."
Kizaru's gaze was complicated, "Perhaps if I had resolved to leave with you from the start, there might have been a chance, but later... I've long since had no turning back!"
"I see... then there's nothing more to say."
Aokiji closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was expressionless!
"Ice Age!"
Instantly, terrifying cold erupted from Aokiji, dropping the temperature in the surrounding hundreds of meters to freezing point!
Kizaru's pupils shrank, hastily shifting to elemental form to dodge, but half his body was still frozen in ice. He quickly shattered the ice with photon explosions, his expression growing more severe.
"Indeed, you've gotten stronger since your Navy days..."
Kizaru wiped the blood from his mouth, "But our last spar was over ten years ago, compared to your impression, I haven't been standing still either!"
The two clashed again, the fierce explosions reverberating deafeningly.