As a wielder of the disaster-class Freezing Fruit, Kuzan had always been responsible for reshaping the terrain during battle.
Whether Marines or pirates, no one found fighting at sea without solid ground beneath their feet particularly enjoyable. The surging waves were especially unfriendly to Devil Fruit users.
The ice Kuzan created was hard, durable, thick, and sturdy. Every fighter who had fought atop it had nothing but praise for it.
So the first thing Kuzan did upon reaching the battlefield was:
"Ice Age!"
Time seemed to freeze along with the icy mist, and the ever-churning sea instantly fell silent.
The warship docked in the harbor now looked like a toy put on display, casually placed atop a platform made of endless glaciers.
After doing all that, Kuzan leaped down beside Akainu and faced Whitebeard's pressure alongside him.
The Marines blocking Whitebeard's path now had three Admirals in their ranks:
Blue Pheasant, Akainu, and Red-Nosed Buggy.
And the Headquarters warship, carrying a full load of Marine officers, was about to reach the battlefield as well.
Seeing this, Sabo shook his head helplessly.
"Headquarters' reinforcements are already here. We were still a step too late."
"No, we weren't."
Whitebeard glanced slightly at Sabo beside him, a bold smile instead spreading across his face.
"Didn't we already rescue Teach and those revolutionaries?"
"As for these Marines in front of us..."
Whitebeard tilted his naginata forward slightly, and a force of vibration poured from its blade.
"They still can't stop me, Whitebeard!"
Before his voice could spread through the air, it was already swallowed by vibrations as surging as the sea.
The vibrations flowed from the blade into the air, passed from the air into the ground, and finally spread across the boundless glaciers.
Cracks appeared at once, ice crystals shattered, and the glaciers