Chapter 218: Advancing All the Way - Under the Execution Platform.

Facing the combined force of The White Knight and Luffy:

"Oh, if we let you break through like this, we Marines would lose face, wouldn't we?"

Hands in pockets, Kizaru's raised foot glowed as he rarely began to 'put in effort.'

"You'll exit here—"

Swish!

A massive golden beam shot out from Kizaru's foot, emitting a dazzling light like the sun! It tore through the sky, crossed the plaza, and landed with overwhelming force where armored Luffy was! Instantly engulfing Luffy.

The beam lasted only a brief 0.1-second moment, but it left an indelible mark on everyone's retinas. For a moment, everyone who saw the attack was blinded by the white light, unable to see anything but the beam.

Boom!!!

The beam then expanded into a massive spherical light ball! A few seconds later, when their vision returned, both sides of the battle were shocked to see: a stadium-sized crater had appeared on the battlefield, with semi-transparent reflections inside, the result of the stone and sand being vitrified by the extreme heat.

This attack wiped out at least hundreds of pirates.

"Luffy!!!"

"Straw Hat—"

Pop,

Just as everyone shouted in worry, a figure magically emerged from 'thin air' and landed on the steaming glass. It was Luffy in his white armor.

"Thanks, Roman!"

If Roman hadn't used The White Knight's 'Door-Door Fruit' ability to escape into another dimension, Kizaru's kick would have left Luffy in pieces.

"Be careful, the gap between us and the Admirals is too big!"

"Oh my, unscathed... how strange..."

As Kizaru slowly scratched his chin, a flash of blue flames appeared, and Marco flew in, kicking towards Kizaru!

"Phoenix Talon!"

Kizaru blocked Marco's kick with his arms, wearing an annoying smirk.

"Ouch, that hurts~~"

"Who are you kidding?"

Seeing the football field-sized explosive glass crater Kizaru's kick had created, Buggy was so scared he fell apart on the spot!

"Ahhh, I want to go home!!"

This place is too dangerous, I want to go back to East Blue—

"What?!"

The prisoners beside him were shocked, and Buggy, who had blurted out his true feelings, broke into a cold sweat. The image he had worked so hard to build...

"Captain Buggy said he's going to send Kizaru back home!?"

"Yeah, yeah, I heard it too..."

"As expected of a crew member of the Pirate King, he is not afraid of the Admirals at all—"

??

"Do you guys have filters in your ears?!"

Mr. 3 couldn't help but retort.

"Go, Captain Buggy!!"

"Take Kizaru's head—"

"No, you should take Whitebeard's head first..."

Facing a group of blindly worshipping prisoners, Buggy's cold sweat turned into a waterfall. Although he wanted to lead the charge like Luffy and Roman, he still had basic judgment. This battlefield was full of various experts and top-tier fighters...

"Hey, red-nosed brat."

?

"Who called me a red-nosed freak, you bastard!! Huh..."

Turning his head, Buggy saw Whitebeard on the nearby Moby Dick.

Oh no...

Maybe you could call me again and I'll pretend I didn't hear it?

Just as Buggy was feeling 'unmoved,' Whitebeard greeted him.

"I wondered who it was, isn't this the little brat from Roger's ship?"

"Long time no see, have you become a captain too?"

"Oh oh oh, Whitebeard actually spoke to him first—"

"Even though it's expected, it still feels like a dream..."

"Captain Buggy, you're truly a living legend!!"

The prisoners' admiration for Buggy was like an endless river, their respect almost breaking through to 'fanatic loyalty'...

"You brought so many people, are you here to take my head?"

Facing Whitebeard's words and feeling the burning gazes from behind that seemed to scorch his back, Buggy had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

"Y-yes... prepare to die, Whitebeard..."

"If you want to take my head, that's fine... but what about the Marines afterward?"

Whitebeard sighed, seemingly helpless.

"Actually, I'm also troubled by the Marines' forces. How about this, we form a 'pirate alliance' to deal with the Marines together, and after that, you can take my head..."

"Oh oh oh, Whitebeard, one of the Four Emperors, actually proposed an alliance!?"

"This is practically standing on equal footing with the Four Emperors!!"

"Captain Buggy, my god—"

A lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth.

Under the prisoners' endless flattery, Buggy began to 'float.'

"It's nothing, if I get serious..."

Buggy thought he might actually pull it off,

"Really? I'm so excited I might faint!!"

"With him by my side, the Marines are nothing..."

Buggy thought he could do it!

"Ahhh, Captain Buggy!!!"

"Alright, Whitebeard! I'll join forces with you!"

Buggy thought he could become a legend!!

"Charge! Everyone—"

As Buggy led the brainwashed prisoners from Impel Down into the battlefield, Whitebeard took out a Den Den Mushi.

"Everyone, follow the plan."

Now, next—

Whitebeard looked at Sengoku and Garp on the high platform. No one knew their strength better than him! Golden Lion, Red Count, Barrett... so many top experts had fallen to these two. Even Whitebeard, known as the 'strongest man in the world,'

He wasn't confident he could defeat them!

However,

His gaze fell on Luffy, charging in white armor. In Whitebeard's mind, the chances of rescuing Ace were less than thirty percent. But with this Straw Hat kid and that Celestial Dragon kid on the platform... the chances increased to fifty percent!

If it were these two kids, they might just break through to the execution platform.

Others might not know, but as an elder top figure, Whitebeard certainly knew that the 'Revolutionary' Dragon was Garp's son! So that Straw Hat kid Luffy was Garp's grandson! —Although playing the 'emotional card' might damage his reputation as the world's strongest, but:

To save Ace, it didn't matter anymore.

"Luffy~~"

With strong enemies blocking the way, Roman on the high platform rolled his eyes and had the armor on Luffy retreat and reassemble into The White Knight, wielding a sword to block the pursuers! Because:

"I knew you would be safe, here's the key to your brother's handcuffs..."

Facing the key handed over by Empress Boa Hancock, Luffy happily hugged her.

"Hancock! Thank you so much, I will repay you—"

"Go quickly, Luffy..."

"Ah~~"

The Empress shyly knelt, and Luffy rushed past her! The speechless The White Knight quickly followed, once again wrapping around Luffy. As for the shocked Marine officers around:

"The Empress was defeated?!"

"I know, this move is called 'Supreme Arm Lock Jawbreaker Over-the-Top Waist Crusher Throw'!"

"First a 'Forehead to Chest' move, then a 'Arm Lock Hug' technique..."

What kind of martial arts is that!

Roman, attached to Luffy, couldn't help but complain. Didn't the Marines consider the possibility of the goddess falling for him... Well, with Boa Hancock's character, her falling for him might be more likely than being caught by a grappling move.

"Fufufufu~~ Want to team up with me?"

Donquixote Doflamingo, in his pink feather coat, looked at Crocodile.

"Team up?" Crocodile arrogantly looked at the Warlords in front of him, "You being my subordinate is more like it!"

"Fufufufu, I thought you might have repented a bit in Impel Down..."

"Then I wouldn't have come out!"

"Sandstorm - Tornado!!"

Without a word, Crocodile, who would fight anyone, immediately clashed with Doflamingo. —Indirectly helping Luffy by holding off a strong enemy.

"Watch out!!!"

Roman's warning was, of course, for:

"Fate, the favored child of the next era."

Wearing a black top hat with white fur trim, a burgundy patterned shirt, a black coat, and with sharp yellow eyes like an eagle, Dracule Mihawk blocked Luffy and The White Knight.

"Will you fall here, or escape this black blade..."

With those cold words, under a seemingly casual, effortless slash, the wind and clouds broke, the sea split, and the island cracked!

Whether it was indestructible steel and rock, or formless water and clouds, everything was split in two by Hawkeye's blade. And it was done without any collision or friction, silently and instantly severed.

Flash—!

In an instant, before Roman's Observation Haki could react, Luffy had already dodged in advance! A flash of a blade swept across the battlefield, extending to the horizon! It sliced through the entire crescent-shaped left wing of Marineford and flew straight into the sea.

??!!

Oh my...

Why is the world's greatest swordsman coming to trouble us juniors~~~

While Roman was speechless, Marco, who was holding off Kizaru in the air, shouted.

"Vista, cover them!"

"Got it,"

The burly swordsman wielding two rapiers responded and charged over. As he swung his swords, a sea of roses seemed to bloom in the air, but each petal was a highly concentrated sword aura! The thin line of air in front of the blade twisted into a semi-transparent chaos, dancing with the flowers.

Both beautiful and deadly.

"Whitebeard's Fifth Division Captain, 'Flower Sword' Vista."

Hawkeye swung his sword again, seemingly casually, but the sword's momentum and intent made one think of water without a constant form, wind without a constant shape! The black sword 'Yoru' in his hand was longer than the 1.9-meter-tall Hawkeye, yet he wielded it as smoothly as silk.

Not flashy, not complicated, not showy, not mysterious, but this swordsmanship undoubtedly had its own life, its own soul!

With Vista holding off Hawkeye, Luffy and The White Knight passed through the Shichibukai's position, and next was:

"Stop, I won't let you do as you please."

"All evil must be eradicated!"

These were two men, each three meters tall, wearing Marine coats, one in a dark red suit, the other in a white suit.

Aokiji, Akainu!

The real experts had arrived—

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