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Ace's lineage instantly detonated news across the world. Ordinary people watching the live broadcast were stunned into silence. That Roger actually had a bloodline remaining in the world!
"This is huge news! Quick! Get me an urgent issue out!" Morgans, at the headquarters of the World Economic Journal, excitedly directed his subordinates to write the article.
"Report! Fleet Admiral Sengoku, there's a problem at the Gates of Justice!"
Just as everyone was too shocked to speak, a messenger rushed to Sengoku's side.
A cold glint flashed in Sengoku's eyes.
"The Gates of Justice? What happened?"
"The Gates of Justice were opened without reason! And the personnel responsible for guarding them are unreachable!"
Sengoku frowned instantly. They had been tracking the Whitebeard Pirates for a long time; they wouldn't use the Gates of Justice. Even if they did, the doors wouldn't be opened without any message getting back.
"So, besides Whitebeard, someone else is coming to stir up trouble?"
Sengoku's expression grew worse. This feeling of losing control made him uneasy.
Before Sengoku could dispatch men to check the Gates of Justice, the sentries on the front line screamed.
"A fleet! A fleet is coming!"
Everyone turned to look simultaneously. Outside the crescent-shaped harbor, a massive fleet of forty ships burst through the sea mist, surging toward Marineford in a grand spectacle.
"It's the Whitebeard Pirates!" the sentry roared.
Including its 43 affiliated pirate crews, the complete Whitebeard Pirates had launched a brazen assault!
Sengoku's demeanor was grave, his gaze sweeping back and forth. The forty-odd ships looked intimidating. But the most crucial element, Whitebeard's flagship, the Moby Dick, had not appeared! Everyone knew the key to this war was whether the Marines could defeat Whitebeard himself!
"That man wouldn't cower behind others!" Sengoku thought darkly.
Suddenly, the harbor water began bubbling as if a spring had opened. The next second, a gigantic pirate ship emerged from beneath the waves, a layer of glistening, mesmerizing, rainbow-hued film covering its hull in the sunlight. Behind it, three smaller pirate ships followed, leaping out of the sea.
Seeing this, Sengoku instantly understood everything.
"They used a Coating to enter? No wonder they evaded our tracking! Whitebeard, you are quite the tactician!"
In the harbor, the huge leading pirate ship was the Moby Dick. Whitebeard's flag fluttered wildly at the highest point, and a colossal figure stood proudly on the ship's bow.
Merely seeing this figure caused the previously surging morale of the Marines to instantly drop.
The World's Strongest Man! Whitebeard! Edward Newgate!
"Gurararara! Sengoku, it's been decades since we last met, hasn't it?" Whitebeard, gripping the Supreme Grade Great Sword Murakumogiri (Cloud Cutter), laughed heartily toward Sengoku. The 100,000 elite Marines before him didn't even register in his sight.
"Once I've locked you up in Impel Down, we'll have plenty of time to catch up!" Sengoku, standing before 100,000 Marines, couldn't afford to show any weakness.
"Pops!"
At this moment, the tightly bound Ace's eyes welled up with tears. He lunged forward suddenly, being forcibly restrained by the Marines on either side.
Ace cried out, "Why! Why did you come! It was my fault for acting on my own; I deserve to die!"
"What are you talking about, my foolish son!" Whitebeard looked at Ace with a paternal warmth and said calmly.
"You were clearly acting on my orders!"
Ace froze, his feeling of guilt intensifying. Whitebeard was taking all the blame upon himself to silence others.
I'm sorry, Pops! I truly don't deserve to be your son!
Ace lowered his head, tears streaming down his face.
Whitebeard said quietly, "Just endure a little longer, my son! I will save you right now!"
With that, Whitebeard clenched his fists, crossed them over his chest, and then pushed forcefully outward.
CRACK!
The air seemed to fracture, and a terrifying tremor spread like a wave across the sea in front of Marineford. The earth shook, and the ocean groaned.
Countless Marines cried out in horror, "W-What is that!"
On both sides of Marineford, two massive water columns shot into the sky, forming towering tsunamis dozens of meters high.
"It's, it's a Tsunami!"
Against such gigantic waves, even the world's greatest fortress, Marineford, seemed incredibly tiny!
"Earthquake! The earthquake triggered tsunamis!"
Sengoku immediately recognized Whitebeard's power. His booming voice carried across the entire battlefield.
"Even with the absolute advantage in numbers, don't think we are guaranteed to win!"
"That man possesses the power to destroy the world!"
At this moment, the world's attention was fully fixed on the live broadcast. Everyone knew:
The war has begun!
Facing the terrifying tsunamis, the faces of the ordinary Marine soldiers turned ashen. Though they were rare elites, they couldn't withstand the might of nature!
However, the true powerhouses remained completely unshaken.
Swoosh!
One of the three chairs below the execution platform suddenly became empty. Aokiji's figure appeared in the air, one half of his body instantly transforming into its elemental state. He spread his arms wide, and a horrifying chill instantly spread out.
"Ice Age!"
CRACKLE! CRACKLE!
Ice rapidly expanded over the monstrous waves. In the blink of an eye, the tsunamis on both sides were completely frozen into colossal ice sculptures.
"We're saved!"
"As expected of Admiral Aokiji!"
The Marines erupted in cheers.
Whitebeard looked at the Aokiji hovering in the sky, his eyes slightly cold. "Aokiji brat, how dare you ruin my plan!"
Aokiji's expression didn't change. Instead, he raised his hand to attack.
"Two-Speared Ice!" (Partisan)
Two massive spears of ice shot toward Whitebeard. Whitebeard casually swung his arm.
A terrifying seismic wave instantly crushed the ice spears and ferociously rushed toward Aokiji. Aokiji's body instantly entered a full elemental state.
BANG!
The elemental Aokiji was crushed into a pile of shattered ice in the blink of an eye, falling toward the sea. The moment the ice fragments touched the sea, the ocean rapidly froze, and the ice fragments reformed into a human shape. Aokiji stood on the ice surface, completely unharmed.
Within a few breaths, the entire harbor surface was frozen solid. Both warships and pirate ships were completely immobilized.
"We have a foothold now! Advance! Get Ace back!"
The Whitebeard Pirates members leaped off their ships and charged toward Marineford.
"Attack!"
The Marines also launched a fierce counterattack.
The Great Melee officially began!
Aizen Sousuke flexed his wrist, surveying the battlefield, and muttered, "I should start from the periphery and slowly cut my way inward!"
According to orders, only Marines with the rank of Lieutenant Commander and above were allowed to engage in the central area. But Aizen Sousuke, wanting to accumulate military merit, naturally wouldn't stay obediently on the edge.