The Blackbeard Pirates were transferred by Room to the center of the Marines' encirclement in front of the execution platform.
If they wanted to force their way out, they would inevitably have to fight the Marines' core forces around them to the death.
The Marines, for their part, would never let the Blackbeard Pirates leave so easily.
The moment the two sides met, they began slaughtering each other without a word.
Even the Blackbeard Pirates as they were now could not expect to break through the Marines' core forces in a short time.
As the battle intensified, they might even lose one or two crew members.
"Those two bastards!!!"
In the perilous, hard-fought battle, the Blackbeard Pirates hated Maud and Luo so much that their teeth itched.
Especially the prisoners who had emerged from the prison melee—after finally breathing the free air outside, they did not want to turn around and fall here again.
Desperately trying to break out as quickly as possible, they had no idea that Maud and Luo were about to deal them an even harsher blow.
Maud and Luo passed through more than half of the plaza, one after the other.
To avoid unnecessary conflict, Maud deliberately went around the remaining members of the Whitebeard Pirates, who were struggling to punch through the Marines' defensive line.
At that moment,
the three parties engaged in fierce combat were each under pressure.
But if one had to say who was under the most pressure, it was probably Fire Fist Ace, who was facing Admiral Aokiji alone.
As fellow Logia-types, Aokiji's abilities in every aspect far surpassed Ace's.
However,
Ace fought very intelligently.
He knew full well that Aokiji's Haki and physical techniques were superior to his own, so he did everything he could to avoid close combat, using