Rumble!!
Suddenly, all of Marineford shook violently.
The Marines pursuing them like mad dogs had no choice but to spread their legs and stab their swords into the ground to steady themselves.
Some even fell to their knees and scrambled on all fours, while others simply sprawled face-first on the ground.
"What's going on?!"
"It's that man!"
"Whitebeard's going berserk!"
Every Marine stopped in their tracks and stared in terror at the man standing at the epicenter of the earthquake, as imposing as if he could hold up the heavens!
Whitebeard's monstrously powerful punch had shattered space, drawing every gaze in Marineford to him.
But he didn't stop there. He took a heavy step to the right, crouched down, then leaped into the sky.
Feeling the wind rush across his face, Whitebeard was overcome by an unprecedented fervor!
A translucent sphere packed with violent force, warping the air around it, wrapped tightly around Murakumogiri's blade.
"Gurararara!"
He bared his teeth in a savage grin, his expression wild, though the confidence and vitality of his past were gone.
Gripping the end of the Kusanagi Sword with one hand, Whitebeard raised it high, then swung it down like a dragon lashing its tail!
Clang!!!
The sword's ringing cry thundered through everyone's minds!
A translucent curtain of blades seemed to descend from the sky! The earth split open in an instant, a deep chasm cleaving straight through the entire battlefield!
Boom!!!
Violent tremors spread throughout Marineford, the widening fissure nearly splitting the island in two!
Even more astonishingly, this single attack instantly divided the two admirals locked in battle, cutting Aokiji and Kizaru off on opposite sides of the chasm!
"Marco!!"
Thud!
Whitebeard roared as he dropped from the sky, his feet slamming into the ground. He stood alone in front of the