Whitebeard's Sky-Shattering Defense Break at Marineford

He was startled at first, then burst into delighted laughter.

He had always liked Roger immensely.

Ace was actually the son of the Pirate King—of course that made him incredibly happy.

Then his expression turned grave.

"Ace, I'll definitely save you!"

Li Yunlong, Tushan Susu, Zhang Sanfeng, Feng Yuxiu, Uncle Nine, and the others all rubbed their hands together at the side, their fighting spirits blazing.

"What a grand spectacle. What comes next is bound to be a fierce battle. I like it." The battle-crazed Feng Yuxiu chuckled.

Li Yunlong toyed with a drill-shaped object in his hand and laughed heartily. "My drill is a drill that pierces the heavens.

Tushan Susu stood domineering and cold, gazing calmly at the battlefield ahead. A flicker of killing intent passed through her beautiful eyes.

The longsword in Zhang Sanfeng's hand let out a dragon's roar.

Uncle Nine counted the extra-thick stack of talismans in his hand.

Lin Ye, Wang Qiang, and Li Mang were all ready as well.

The nine of them were poised to strike!

And just then.

Within the massive island of Marineford.

A huge inner bay.

Suddenly began to shake violently.

The inner bay was an enormous lake covering a vast area.

At that moment, the giant lake actually heaved up waves that soared into the sky.

The surface of the water rose like mountain ranges.

Majestic, spectacular, terrifying.

Even the entire island trembled along with it.

Everyone was stunned by the sight before them and looked over in horror.

Then they discovered.

A gigantic warship had burst up from the seabed, breaking through the water!

And that ship was none other than Whitebeard's flagship.

The Moby Dick!

The scene was utterly shocking.

Marineford's defenses could be described as incomparably tight.

Like walls of bronze and ramparts of iron.

Along the outer shore stood countless cannons.

Then came the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

After that were one hundred thousand elite soldiers gathered from across the world.

As well as vice admirals from every division.

Finally, beneath the execution platform, were the three Admirals of Marine Headquarters: Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji.

No one could break through such a terrifying defensive net.

Who could have imagined that Whitebeard would pull off such a wild move?

So unexpected.

He had passed directly beneath the sea and appeared in the inner bay, breaking through the outer defensive net in one stroke.

Such a clever method was simply earth-shattering!

The entire island was shaken by it.

Even the reporters from all over the world at the Sabaody Archipelago were struck speechless.

Afterward.

The Whitebeard Pirates' other three ships appeared one after another.

Among them were fourteen captain-level fighters.

At the very least, fighters of this caliber were equivalent to Marine vice admirals.

Some of the strongest among them, such as Marco the Phoenix, could even contend with Admirals.

Their strength was terrifying beyond measure.

And at that moment, upon the deck of the gigantic warship, the Moby Dick.

Whitebeard, over six meters tall and like a small mountain, stood with his bisento planted before him. He looked toward Ace and smiled.

"My beloved son, are you all right?"

"Gurararara..."

A sliver of soul-chilling killing intent showed in his eyes.

"Hold on a little longer, Ace."

Standing on the enormous warship, Whitebeard's gaze turned icy. His mountain-like body stood towering as he drove the Supreme Grade Blade Cloud Cutter, one of the twelve, into the deck.

Then he clenched both hands into fists.

With each fist, he smashed fiercely at the empty air.

Boom!

A world-shaking thunderclap rang out.

Under everyone's horrified gazes, Crack, crack—

The very air split open like glass, fissuring into countless cracks.

Whitebeard's two punches had actually shattered the void itself.

"The air has cracked! What's going on?"

The faces of Marineford's elite Marines turned pale.

They were stunned rigid by the sight before them.

"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit—it's the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"

Others cried out in shrill terror.

Rumble—!!!

Then, the next instant, something even more terrifying happened.

Over the enormous lake that was the inner bay, The water suddenly began to quake violently.

Tens of millions of tons of heavy seawater surged up at that moment, raising mountain-like waves.

Tsunamis blotted out the sky, and heaven and earth trembled.

Rumble—

They crashed toward the Marines on the opposite shore, threatening to swallow them whole.

This was the might of heaven and earth, a terrifying calamity that only the greatest forces of nature could create—yet Whitebeard had wrought it with a single punch.

The sky collapsing and the earth splitting apart could be no more terrifying than this!

Every Marine was dumbstruck, staring at the scene in horror. Some panicked wildly; even the elite Marines recoiled in fear, wanting to flee.

The expressions of the three Admirals—Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji—turned grave.

The world's greatest swordsman Hawkeye, the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock, Gecko Moria, and the Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo all felt that terrifying rumble of the earth, a trace of puzzlement appearing in their eyes.

And atop the towering execution platform, Fleet Admiral Sengoku's eyes erupted with astonishing killing intent.

His gaze locked tightly onto the towering figure on the deck.

Then he let out a world-shaking battle roar.

"Don't think that just because we outnumber them, victory is assured."