Akainu and Kizaru blocked Whitebeard's path, while Su Xiao and Aokiji were nearby.
"Kuzan."
Kizaru's lazy voice drifted over. As fellow admirals, Kizaru and Aokiji had worked together for several years when they were young, so Aokiji immediately understood what the other man intended.
Aokiji walked toward Whitebeard, while Su Xiao held Dragon Slayer Flash horizontally before him. His aura suddenly surged.
"Yasakani no Magatama."
Golden light welled up around Kizaru. A beam of light appeared, bounced through the air, and reached Su Xiao in an instant. Kizaru emerged as his elementalization ended.
Kizaru was too fast. Su Xiao raised his arm almost instinctively, and a crystal layer climbed over it.
With a boom, a leg transformed into particles of light kicked Su Xiao's arm. It was so fast that even his instinctive perception could not track it; he could only defend by anticipating the attack beforehand.
Su Xiao was sent flying backward. The instant he landed, a pitch-black spike stabbed toward the back of his head. He tilted his head to dodge it, then countered with an elbow strike as Blue Steel Shadow energy wrapped around his entire arm.
The black spike shattered under the blow. Amid the cluster of Marines, the tall Moria let out several sinister laughs.
"Kizaru, I'll deal with him alongside you. After he dies, the sword and corpse belong to me."
Moria held a pair of enormous scissors, each split into two sections, one in either hand.
"Oh my, how rare. The Shichibukai are actually this enthusiastic."
Kizaru did not agree outright, but neither did he refuse. Among the Shichibukai, Moria was not the only one who had entered the battle. Kuma, Hancock, Doflamingo, and Mihawk had also joined the fighting.
Kuma was slaughtering pirates without holding anything back. Little Oars, who had fallen