188. Besieged!

Whitebeard moved!

Seeing that huge form jump down every marine felt an inexplicable thump in their chest.

Bang!

The ice cracked when Whitebeard landed.

A pair of cold arrogant eyes focused on the scaffold.

Sengoku's face was solemn. He knew the terror this man represented.

What's happening? Whitebeard is in a far better condition than we thought!

Sengoku couldn't figure out what was happening.

Raising his bisento Whitebeard pointed it at the scaffold.

Whoooooaaaa!!!

Whitebeard pirates raised their swords in cheer and advanced bravely.

"Fire!"

A vice admiral gave command.

Several canons were instantly focused on Whitebeard and fired.

Hmph!

Whitebeard snorted and punched.

The air cracked. The canon ball flying towards him slow down and was shot back with double the speed.

Sengoku turned back to a marine and asked, "Are we not ready yet?!"

The marine saluted and said with panic, "The ice is thicker than we thought, we need time Fleet Admiral!"

Sengoku calmed down. In a war not everything goes according to plan.

"Move! I will buy you some time!"

A Giant vice admiral rushed towards the Whitebeard Pirates.

"It's vice admiral John Giant!"

The marines cheered.

The Giant vice admiral pushed through the pirates.

Soon he reached Whitebeard and swung his huge sword down.

Tiing!!!

Whitebeard raised his bisento and met the attack.

What?!

The Giant was stunned. Looking at the ease at which Whitebeard blocked his strike shocked his heart.

"You're blocking my view. Move it."

Tiing!

Whitebeard pushed the giant sword away. He let go of his bisento and grabbed the air before pulling it down.

Vooomm!

The earth shook and trembled.

The marines, the pirates, everyone lost their ground and fell down.

"The sea is...

"I can't believe it...

"Not just the island but the entire sea is... tilting!"

Whitebeard shifted the entire world. This is the power of the world's strongest man!

The sea raged as tides rose and fell. The island looked as if it would sink at any moment.

Leo's pupils shrunk when he witnessed this scene. This was the first time he was seeing such an apocalyptic scene.

When everything settled down the marines were shocked and scared at what they saw.

The fortress was damaged! Marineford, built with the strongest materials and kairoseki was damaged!

A large part of it was in ruins.

"What deadly power!"

The Giant vice admiral was in awe of what happened.

However as a marine he couldn't let Whitebeard advance. He raised fist.

Whitebeard turned his eyes over to the Giant and jumped up.

When he was on eye level with the Giant, he punched.

The air cracked like glass and shattered.

Guhah!

The Giant coughed out blood and was pushed back. His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he fell down.

It didn't end there.

The aftershock from that strike went past the Giant.

"It's going for the scaffold!"

"Continue and destroy it!"

The Whitebeard Pirates cheered.

Boom!

It struck the scaffold. Rubble flew everywhere.

The pirates were looking expectantly. However when the dust cleared the scaffold was still standing.

Beneath it were the three Admirals. All of them had their hands raised.

"The Admirals!"

"They blocked pop's shockwave!"

Aokiji said, "This happened because the walls didn't raise."

Akainu retorted, "Your damn ice is blocking the way!"

Kisaru tilted his head and said lazily, "Sakazuki, can't you just melt it?"

While they were speaking to themselves the Whitebeard Pirates advanced.

Sengoku frowned, "Is it not done yet?"

A marine replied, "I'm afraid...

Sengoku cut him off and said, "Divert power from the city and pass it to the walls!"

"Yes, sir!"

The marine saluted and ran off.

Luffy was running towards Ace.

"Ace!"

He yelled and stretched out his hands. Grabbing the bay walls he propelled himself upwards.

Suddenly the ground shook.

The ice broke away and steel walls popped up.

Luffy was thrown off and fell on ice.

"What's that?"

The steel walls continued to rise. It stopped when it rose several meters above the bay.

The pirates were trapped inside the crescent bay!

"Dammit!"

Some of them fired at the walls but it hardly left a mark.

Just as they were wondering what to do thick dark barrels came out of the gaps from the steel walls.

"Shit!"

"Take cover!"

As they were running back one of them stopped and looked over in a direction.

"That's...

Sengoku asked a marine, "What's wrong? It should be fully activated!"

A marine pointed at a vacant spot where the walls weren't raised. That's where Oars fell down.

"Fleet Admiral, the walls can't lift the giant body of Oars! Moreover his blood is running through the wall system, making it less powerful!"

Sengoku was calm when he heard the marine however he cursed at Oars, "Damn that giant."

Whitebeard stared at Oars.

Marco stood beside Squard who seems to have lost his mind and said, "Even now Oars is giving his best, what about you, Squard?!"

"Oars opened up a path!"

"Let's go!"

Whitebeard Pirates advanced.

Sengoku turned to Akainu, "Do it, Akainu."

Akainu stepped forward. Both his arms turned into surging magma. Some of it fell on the floor and burned it.

"Meteor Volcano!"

He raised both his fists and aimed it at the sky. Bright beams flashes on his arms.

"What's that?"

The pirates noticed Akainu's movement and looked at the sky.

Soon their faces turned pale.

The clouds split apart. Fists formed from scorching magma fell down like meteorites.

Boom! Boom!

The pirates and their ships were bombarded with Akainu's attack.

In an instant the bay was filled with burning ships and broken ice.

The ice was melting. The foothold the pirates had was shrinking at a fast rate.

Whitebeard glanced at the bay and clenched his fist. His fist was coated in Haki as he struck out.

Boommmm!

The shockwave from his fist struck squarely on the steel walls.

Creeaakk!

The walls caved in however it didn't break!

"Pop's attack didn't work!"

"It's no ordinary wall!"

Akainu narrowed his eyes, "Whitebeard, your era is gone."

Whitebeard was slightly surprised at Akainu's words.

Booomm!

A blast came from behind him.

"Moby Dick is...

Whitebeard Pirates stood still. They couldn't believe what was happening.

Whitebeard's ship, Moby Dick was struck!

The ship was burning and sinking.

"The ship of our glory...

"Damn the Navy!"

Rage filled the hearts of Whitebeard Pirates. That was the ship that carried Whitebeard through the seas!

Whitebeard turned around and faced Moby Dick. His eyes contained unspeakable emotions.

"I'm sorry old friend...

Those were the only words he spoke.

He closed his eyes seeing Moby Dick sink and opened them again. The vast emotions he held was gone.

The battlefield was completely ruined by Akainu's attack. A major part of the ice was gone and the magma started to boil the sea.

Water vapour filled up the entire battlefield.

Sengoku was calm in the face of all of this and said, "Execute Ace immediately."

His voice reached everyone.

"Ace!"

Marco and the other commanders paled.

Whitebeard was about to make a move when he saw a form jump over the steel walls.

"Gurarara, that brat is just as reckless as his brother."

Thud!

Beneath the scaffold Luffy landed with half a mast in his arms.

"You finally made it to this stage."

Aokiji commented.

"However this stage is still a little too big for you."

Luffy ignored him and threw the mast.

Aokiji's arm turned into ice and caught the mast.

Gum-Gum no Stamp Gatling!!

Luffy kicked out with incredible speed.

The mast which was turned to ice by Aokiji was stomped into pieces.

The admirals were calm in the face of Luffy's relentless attack.

The ice pieces simply passed through the three Admirals.

Hm?

The three Admirals looked up.

Luffy rushed past them and was moving towards Ace.

"Too slow."

Kisaru flashed beside him and kicked him with light speed.

Luffy coughed out blood and was thrown away.

Garp who was watching from above clenched his fist.

Sengoku glanced at him from the corner of his eyes and said, "Get ready."

"Yes!"

The two executioners raised their swords.

"Do it!"

The swords fell.

The battlefield stood still for a moment.

However when it was inches away from Ace the executioners paused and fell down with their eyes rolled to the back of their heads.

"What?!"

Sengoku was taken by surprise. He looked at the executioners who had foam coming out of their mouths and looked around.

What happened?

The battlefield also went silent before breaking out into chaos.

Only a single person noticed what was happening.

Garp glanced at Leo and said nothing.

Sengoku looked at Garp with doubt, but seeing him show no obvious sign he let it go.

Whooooo!

The pirates trapped inside the bay cheered and started to swim across the sea towards the bay.

"They are getting desperate!"

"Don't give them a chance and focus fire!"