The pressure exerted by Whitebeard forced Sengoku to helplessly pick up the pace.
It could be said that Whitebeard's early entry had imperceptibly accelerated the tempo of the battlefield.
Airquake—
Whitebeard twirled his blade, preparing to unleash the same attack again.
The breadth of his opening movement made the cape behind him billow backward.
"Zzzzt--"
A light sphere containing terrifying Shockwave power once again gathered on Murakumogiri's blade.
"Ah la la, an attack that reckless should only be used once, right?"
Just then, the elementalized Aokiji silently arrived in front of Whitebeard.
With icy mist spreading across his face, he raised a hand and used his ability to freeze Whitebeard's body just as he was about to attack.
At the same time.
A dazzling yellow light arrived in an instant, slowly condensing into Kizaru's form.
"If you could simply turn into a pile of ice shards, things would be much easier for us~~"
Kizaru raised his index finger and aimed it at Whitebeard's frozen body. Dazzling light flickered at his fingertip.
"Biu--"
The light at Kizaru's fingertip suddenly constricted, transforming into a beam that shot straight toward Whitebeard, who appeared unable to move.
Just as the beam was about to pierce Whitebeard, Jozu, whose entire body had transformed into diamond, arrived in time and stood in front of him.
The beam struck Jozu's diamond body and immediately refracted into the sky.
"Hmm~~ What a bright 'mirror.'"
Seeing the beam reflected into the sky by Jozu's diamond body, Kizaru could not help raising a hand to shield his eyes. He tilted his head back and gazed in admiration at the beam, which soon disappeared into the horizon.
Crack, crack--
Just then, the ice covering Whitebeard's body shattered into fragments and fell to the ground.
After breaking free of Aokiji's ice, Whitebeard