The Undying Fire Phoenix of the Dragon, Tiger, and Phoenix

"Sakazuki! Borsalino! Join me in battle! Vice Admiral Tsuru, I'll leave the battlefield to you."

Sengoku stepped forward, golden light flickering around him. Akainu, his head covered in blood, snorted. "It should have been this way from the start." Kizaru had also lost his lazy demeanor and pulled both hands from his pockets.

"Whitebeard, you'd better face reality."

Whitebeard also strode forward. The fourteen division commanders, including Ace, along with Luffy, Jinbe, Crocodile, and the other great pirates, released their auras at the same time.

The final battle between the Marines and pirates was about to erupt. The pirates had already achieved their objective and were preparing to withdraw, but the Marines were unwilling to let their main forces leave just like that.

Aokiji's Ice Age had a considerable impact on the battle. At any moment, it could freeze a hundred miles of sea, posing a tremendous hidden danger to the pirates. This battle had to be fought. Only by hurting the Marines badly would they decide to give up on continuing the entanglement.

The Marines could only fight with their backs to the wall this time. Almost all of their plans at Marineford had failed. If they allowed the Whitebeard Pirates to leave, it would be a complete defeat. The Marines' prestige would be swept away, and the World Government could not accept that result either.

Before Sengoku emerged after surgery to take charge of the overall situation, Sora, the World Government's supreme military commander, had already ordered reinforcements to Marineford. It was not just the military—even CP0, representing the Celestial Dragons, had been dispatched.

All along, the Marines had been the guarantee of the World Government's control over the sea routes. The Marine Admirals were also one of the important means by which the Celestial Dragons maintained their