At the End of Power, I Had Reached the Other Shore, Whitebeard!

At that moment, Marco stopped fighting with Sakazuki and Gion, seized an opening, flapped his wings, and quickly took off, thus escaping the battle.

And you know what? His ability to fly was really convenient. For a while, even with Geppo, Sakazuki and Gion couldn't catch up with him.

Not only Marco, but Jozu and the others also quickly disengaged from the battle and wanted to evacuate.

Ortolan, with his Observation Haki covering the entire area, naturally noticed this situation and was slightly surprised. "Wait, they really just left like that?"

In the original story, weren't you crying and insisting on continuing?

But then I thought about it again and realized it made sense. In the original story, Ace was on the Execution Platform, but now it's Momonosuke alone.

Marco and the others had absolutely no connection or affection with this kid. Kozuki Oden died, it was perfectly reasonable for them to choose to evacuate after Whitebeard Koubu gave the order.

However, Ortolan soon noticed something else: Marco, Jozu, and the others were all heading towards Newgate as they withdrew!

Without a doubt, although they wanted to withdraw, they had no intention of abandoning their father.

Newgate naturally noticed this situation as well. Before Marco and the others could rush over, he suddenly punched the air in the side. Then, the shockwave tore the battlefield apart, shattering the ground and creating a chasm that separated the island from Ortolan area within a hundred meters around him.

His action caused magma to erupt from beneath Archino Island, filling the chasm with scorching hot magma almost instantly, creating an environment resembling a moat.

Marco could fly over the barrier, but Newgate's move undoubtedly stopped them from doing so.

"Dad!?" Marco looked at the Whitebeard with an incredulous expression.

"Don't come any closer!" Newgate said without turning his head. "You all need to protect the fleet, break through the Marines encirclement, and rendezvous with the support forces. Don't worry about me!"

"Dad, we won't..." Jozu was about to retort.

But before he could finish speaking, Newgate burst out laughing, "Don't worry, I'll leave once I've dealt with this guy. Do you really think I'll lose?"

For a moment, Marco and the others fell silent upon hearing this. Then, Newgate said in a deep voice, "This is the captain's order!!!"

The captain's orders are inviolable; this is a pirate tradition. Disobeying the captain's orders is tantamount to betraying the pirate crew!

But Marco and the others weren't fools. They knew that if they withdrew, it wouldn't just be Ortolan facing the Whitebeard. All the high-ranking combatants in the Marines would probably target their father, and even if the father was strong, he probably wouldn't escape unscathed.

Because they hesitated and wavered at this moment, unable to make up their minds!

However, the situation changed drastically in the next moment, and they no longer needed to make any decisions.

A sudden, biting wind swept across the once turbulent sea, and in an instant, the sea froze!

"Ah, how long has it been? Has the situation already developed to this point?" A man riding a bicycle slowly appeared on the ice floe on the shore, looking at the chaotic battlefield and saying in disbelief.

The newcomer was none other than Marine Admiral Aokiji Kuzan!

Kuzan was genuinely a little surprised. He felt that he hadn't been too lazy. He thought he could make a dashing and stylish entrance when the battle was at its most intense, and then play a decisive role.

In conclusion, how Whitebeard Pirates have already started their defeat and retreat after only a short time since the start of the war?

After parking the bicycle on the ice, Kuzan looked around at the battlefield, then scratched his head, seemingly puzzled, and said, "What you were talking about earlier, some kind of support force, were you referring to those pirate fleets that were stationed on the edge of this sea area? Sorry, I took care of them all when I arrived..."

On the Execution Platform, Tokikake watched this scene and slowly put down the Den Den Den Mushi in his hand.

Although he was somewhat surprised by Kuzan's Kuzan, it also saved him a lot of trouble.

The Marines held such a long meeting before, and it wasn't just a formality; naturally, they made contingency plans for all sorts of possible situations on the battlefield.

This includes situations like this: Whitebeard Pirates choose to retreat, how should this problem be solved?

Tokikake was stationed at the Execution Platform precisely to issue new orders in such situations.

As a result, Kuzan inexplicably appeared and froze the sea, directly freezing the Whitebeard Pirates' fleet. How were they supposed to escape?

With the firepower of the warships, these frozen targets would probably be sunk before they even got on board!

No one paid any attention to Kuzan, and Kuzan wasn't embarrassed at all. After stopping his bicycle, he took a light step forward, and the moment his shoe touched the ice, a chilling aura burst forth from his body.

Behind him, the thick ice wall, enhanced by Kuzan's power, rapidly spread out. In just two breaths, the entire Archino Island was surrounded by an ice wall tens of meters high and incredibly thick!

From this vantage point high in the air, the entire battlefield situation is very clear and distinct.

The Marines had just slowed down its pursuit of the pirates, which was part of their original tactic to gather them together for a swift and decisive victory. As a result, the area near the Execution Platform was now almost entirely composed of Marines personnel, forming a massive square formation.

Marco and his group were not too far from the newly assembled Marines force, Whitebeard Pirates' forces were also mostly gathered around them.

To the side of Marco and the others was a small, empty area surrounded by a lava moat. It was only a hundred meters in diameter. This was where Ortolan and Newgate were located.

Next, at the edge of the coast, there were many Marines on the warships, surviving coastal defense guns, and fortresses. Undoubtedly, they were originally there to prevent the pirates from escaping.

At that moment, Marine Admiral Kuzan was in this area, and had frozen the sea, creating a tall ice wall to block it!

"There's nowhere to run, Whitebeard ..." Ortolan said with a sinister smile.

At that moment, Sakazuki appeared in front of the newly assembled Marines formation. Looking at Marco and the other pirates gathered not far away, he snorted coldly and raised his arm, shouting, "All troops, annihilate the Whitebeard Pirates!!!"

"Kill them!"

"Slay the pirates!"

"Justice will prevail!!"

The Marines had essentially secured the victory, and their morale was soaring!

Marco and the others were like cornered beasts fighting for their lives. Since things had come to this, there was no point in saying anything more; they should just finish the job!

A look of intense rage flashed in Newgate's eyes, and his hands instantly became enveloped in the powerful tremor force. He could shatter ice walls with a single blow, but... Kuzan could easily recreate them.

"Don't you understand yet?" Ortolan interrupted, watching his actions. "All of that is meaningless. The key to breaking this deadlock lies with me, Whitebeard. Once you defeat me, once you kill me, you can free up your hands to do what you want to do now..."

As he spoke, the electric light on Ortolan's body gradually intensified, creating a continuous stream of lightning, as if he wanted to immerse his entire body in this stream of light.

Newgate paused for a moment, then fixed his gaze on Ortolan and said, "You're right..."

"But..." Ortolan interrupted Newgate before he could finish, his voice low and menacing, "Remember what I just said? Whitebeard, if this is all you've got, then it's all over... If you want to know why..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ortolan suddenly swung his arms, and the lightning lava that had been enveloping him and almost completely obscuring his figure instantly shattered, turning into countless lightning dragons that scattered in all directions!

After the wave of effects subsided, Ortolan reappeared in that place, but by then, his appearance had undergone a complete transformation.

His long, silver hair cascaded down to his waist, and the horns on his head were Haki and domineering, exuding a powerful aura. His eyes glowed red, and his already strong body had swelled up even more, reaching a height of nearly five meters instead of the original three.

His fingertips radiated a sharp aura, completely transformed into the shape of claws, and even his teeth had become much sharper.

At this moment, he seemed less like a user of the Goro Goro no Mi and more like Zoan type Fruit user, as if he had entered a half-beast state!

This form is the signature move of the Mink Tribe: the Sulong!

"Because..." Ortolan clenched his fist, which crackled with electricity, looking incredibly cool.

"I have reached the end of my power, and reached the other side, Whitebeard!"