Collision with Sakazuki; Garp Arrived

The Whitebeard Pirates' target is Sakazuki, one of the Marine Supernovas and Devil Fruit User.

The Whitebeard Pirates were sailing on the sea with a purpose. The Navy's spies in the New World quickly discovered the Whitebeard Pirates' trail. By analyzing the route taken by the Moby Dick, they quickly deduced that the Whitebeard Pirates would pass through the sea area patrolled by Sakazuki.

In other words, the Whitebeard Pirates and the Marine warship led by Sakazuki may run into each other.

They thought it was an accident, but little did they know that Whitebeard's target this time was the Navy.

"Should we take action this time? Or should we avoid it?" Vice Admiral Tsuru asked, having already received the information.

Marshal Kong, looking at the documents in his hand, heard Tsuru's question, put down the documents, looked at Tsuru and asked, "Who can be sent to provide support now?" As a Marine, it is shameful to avoid pirates, even the Whitebeard Pirates, but that is only if there is sufficient strength to confront them head-on.

Tsuru controls most of the navy's intelligence and is fully aware of the navy's current situation.

"We've been prepared for this for a while. Sengoku is fine, but right now we're keeping a close eye on the Flying Pirates. Their expansion is too fast, far surpassing the Whitebeard Pirates Flying Pirates. Coupled with Shiki's ambition, they pose a huge threat. Sengoku even had a major battle with Shiki a month Sengoku. If we can spare some time to deal with the Whitebeard Pirates, that's still possible."

"That leaves only Garp. Roger has disappeared at sea, and Garp's warships are just loitering around, with plenty of free time. Besides, Kuzan is still with Garp."

Tsuru explained her two ideas, and Sora listened and easily made a decision. "Tell Garp to go over there, and let the two of them get some experience."

"They" naturally refers to the two Supernovas, Sakazuki and Kuzan.

In the New World, the seas where Sakazuki resides, he has accumulated immense military merits through his continuous efforts since graduating from New World Navy. Coupled with his formidable strength, Sakazuki became the first of the three Supernovas to be promoted to Vice Admiral, acquiring a warship, thus filling the vacancy for the Marine Vice Admiral position.

He had already received the message from Marine Headquarters: "Is that so? The Whitebeard Pirates, I'll be waiting for you right here, and I'll make sure you all perish at sea." Holding Den Den Mushi, Sakazuki looked ahead.

As he spoke, his body involuntarily became elementalized in certain areas, and chunks of deep red lava fell from his body onto the surrounding steel deck. Faced with the high temperature of the lava, even the steel could not withstand it and was melted by the lava.

"Vice Admiral Sakazuki, please control your abilities, otherwise the warship will be damaged, and such repairs will have to be paid for out of pocket," his adjutant behind him reminded him.

Sakazuki was taken aback upon hearing this and quickly withdrew his power. He didn't have that much money on him. This was his first warship, his own warship, and he had to protect it well. The Marine Headquarters would reimburse the cost of repairs for damage to the warship during battles with pirates, but he would have to pay for the repairs himself for the damage he had intentionally caused.

In recent years, a large proportion of his earnings have come from fines for repairing warships. Whenever he knows there are pirates and feels the urge to fight, his body involuntarily enters a fighting state. Because he is a repeat offender, this lieutenant was sent by the Marine Headquarters to keep an eye on him. After glancing at the warship, the lieutenant meticulously examined the extent of the damage and then wrote it down in his notebook.

Sakazuki was a soldier, and even so, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Garp laughed, "Haha! Whitebeard? Perfect timing, I'm bored right now, let's have some practice with Whitebeard." He was quite bored, wondering where the Roger Pirates were. Since the Marine Headquarters had made the request, he readily agreed, as it had been a long time since he had fought Whitebeard.

Looking at Vice Admiral Garp from behind, Kuzan thought to himself, "Using Whitebeard as practice! As expected of Vice Admiral Garp Kuzan." He had completely become Garp's little fanboy.

"Haha! Next, head towards the waters where that brat Sakazuki is," Garp commanded with a laugh.

"Yes, Vice Admiral Garp!" Upon hearing Garp's order, all the marines responded in unison, and the warship began to turn, taking on its target and moving at high speed.

A few days later, the Moby Dick arrived in this area. "Pops, we've spotted a warship in the northwest!" Through his binoculars, he could see the silhouette of a warship in the distance. It was small and familiar, and he recognized it easily. He shouted this to his companions standing on the deck below.

Upon hearing this news, the members of the Whitebeard Pirates, who had been idle, couldn't help but raise their heads, stretch their bodies, and become somewhat excited; it was finally about to begin.

"Gurararara! Has the Navy's reinforcements not arrived yet? Then let's teach that little brat a lesson first." Whitebeard, holding a child's sword, stood up from his throne.

The Whitebeard Pirates' actions were purposeful and swift, exceeding the Navy's expectations. The original plan was for Garp and Sakazuki to reunite and fight the Whitebeard Pirates together. However, Garp has not yet arrived, and Sakazuki is left to hold out against the Whitebeard Pirates' attacks on his own.

"Go notify headquarters first, then keep your distance and hold out until reinforcements arrive." The Marine warship also spotted the Whitebeard Pirates. Sakazuki frowned, looking in the direction of the Moby Dick, which was heading straight for him.

He naturally wouldn't be overconfident. Although he really wanted to have a big fight with the Whitebeard Pirates, he knew the strength of this warship and knew he couldn't confront it head-on. He had to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

"Yes, Vice Admiral." The adjutant beside him saluted and then ran to the back.

"However, let's give them an appetizer first," Sakazuki said, looking at the approaching Moby Dick of the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Aim at the Whitebeard Pirates! Fire over there!" Sakazuki shouted.

At a single command, the entire navy began preparations, with cannons protruding from the hulls of the warships, turning, and aiming.

Sakazuki stared at the Moby Dick, wanting to unleash a "Meteor Volcano. However, he knew it would be useless against the Whitebeard Pirates and would only consume a lot of their energy, making it a losing proposition.

The distance between the Moby Dick and the warship was slowly closing. How could a pirate ship compare to the speed of a warship? Whitebeard's power of vibration changed the direction of the sea, and huge waves came from behind the ship, constantly propelling the Moby Dick forward.

One cannon shot after another rang out, and from afar, cannonballs could be seen flying towards the Moby Dick. "They underestimate us. Such an attack." Marco's arms transformed into Phoenix Wings, and his body was engulfed in blue flames. He soared into the air and kicked a cannonball that was about to hit the Moby Dick aside, sending it into the sea.

The seawater soaked the gunpowder in the shell, rendering it completely ineffective, and it gradually sank to the bottom of the sea.

Seeing this, his other companions all stepped forward. The explosion of the cannonballs would take time. Vista smiled and swung his twin swords, as if slicing out beautiful petals. However, hidden within the beauty was a deadly killing intent. Each petal was formed by the Sword Qi slashed by Vista.

With a flash of sword light, cannonballs were split in two in mid-air, and then the split cannonballs exploded in the sky.

Diamond Jozu's arm transformed into diamond. Despite his enormous size, he was incredibly agile. He punched a cannonball, which exploded instantly, but it did nothing to harm Jozu.

Teach sat quietly on the deck, leaning against the mast, watching the confrontation between the two sides. He had little intention of intervening; revealing his strength to the navy too early was not in his interest.

Holding the black gun in his left hand, he looked towards the warship, a slight smile playing on his lips, revealing his teeth. The flintlock pistol twirled in Teach's hand, awaiting the start of the battle.

"Haha, I didn't expect Sakazuki to encounter the Whitebeard Pirates so soon. Let him hold on for another ten minutes, we'll be there soon." Garp had received news of Sakazuki's army's encounter with the Whitebeard Pirates through the Den Den Mushi, and laughed loudly. He then hung up the Den Den Mushi, rubbing his hands together in anticipation, already looking forward to the battle with Whitebeard.

The warships were closing in on the Whitebeard Pirates, and Garp's reinforcements hadn't arrived yet. Sakazuki was getting anxious. "Vice Admiral, Vice Admiral Garp will be here in ten minutes. Hold on for now." His adjutant, who had received the message from Garp, came to Sakazuki, slightly out of breath.

"Hmm, then let's stall for a little longer." Sakazuki muttered to himself, knowing they couldn't confront the Whitebeard Pirates head-on before Vice Admiral Garp arrived.

Right now it's just an artillery battle, with both sides constantly firing at each other, but the distance between them is constantly closing. He has to do something, or he will definitely be caught up.

"Great Eruption!" Sakazuki exclaimed, his body beginning to transform into elemental form. He extended his fist towards the Whitebeard Pirates, and then Sakazuki arm turned into lava. A massive lava fist quickly materialized, instantly scorching the surrounding air. The nearby Marines scattered, keeping their distance from Sakazuki. They knew Sakazuki abilities were terrifying; a single misstep could result in being caught in the blast, suffering severe injuries, or even death.

In past battles, once he got into a fight with the Navy, Sakazuki would indiscriminately kill his comrades, often unintentionally dying under Sakazuki lava.

His body seemed to transform into a furnace, simulating the intense impact of a volcanic eruption. Under the powerful impact, the enormous lava fist was launched outwards with immense force, enough to shatter and vaporize a glacier many times larger than a giant.

Facing the giant lava fist that suddenly rushed from the warship, Whitebeard couldn't help but laugh, "Gurararara! Not bad, magma brat." The dagger in his hand stood upright on the deck. The giant lava fist descended from the sky. Whitebeard clenched his right fist, and a terrifying shockwave appeared on his fist, turning into a silver halo, compressing his shockwave power inside.

"Pops, this lava fist is going to explode." Teach's voice reached his ears. Teach warned him, knowing the effect of this move. His Observation Haki could see that the explosive energy in the lava fist was extremely unstable and could explode at any moment.

The punch was precise, descending from the sky and heading straight for the Moby Dick. Upon hearing Teach's voice, Whitebeard couldn't help but smile. Cracks appeared in the air, followed by a deafening explosion as a powerful punch was thrown upwards, causing the air to shatter.

The powerful vibration shot straight into the sky, the air vibrated, and the Pops's power caused a strong Quake Punch, the atmosphere shook, and a huge airflow was stirred up.

Teach couldn't help but chuckle at the powerful punch. He had been overthinking things. How could his Pops not know? With his Pops's strength, he could easily handle it. He was just worrying unnecessarily.

The explosive force of the volcanic eruption clashed with Whitebeard's Quake Punch in the air, causing the falling trajectory to halt. However, this paused for only a second before the attack blasted the volcano into the sky. The shockwave invaded the already unstable lava fist, pushing it to the brink of exploding.

The giant lava fist, sent flying into the sky by the Pops's punch, exploded with a deafening roar high in the air. In a flash, it transformed into countless streams of lava that scattered in all directions, falling from the sky like bursting fireworks.

This spectacular sight was visible to the sailors aboard the Dog-Head Warship, several kilometers away.

"Haha! It's over there, hurry up and drive over!" Garp laughed when he saw it.

Lava flowed into the sea, but some also landed on warships and pirate ships, which were easily blocked by the pirates on board.

"Lava brat! Are you trying to light candles at my birthday party?" Whitebeard laughed loudly at Sakazuki on the opposing warship as he watched this scene.

The pirates around them watched this scene with laughter, as shooting stars continued to fall from the sea, mocking Sakazuki on the other side.

Sakazuki clenched his fists, his body already partially elementalized, transformed into terrifying magma, constantly emitting heat, and the temperature in the air was subtly rising.

At this moment, Sakazuki was surrounded by no Marine soldiers, and no one dared to approach him. However, they were all elites from the New World, ready for battle, with swords and guns in their hands.

However, Teach's expression turned serious. Was Sakazuki too weak? No, it was his Pops was too strong. Teach could feel the terrifying energy contained in that punch; after all, it was Logia Devil Fruit known as the "strongest in attack power."

Compared to Sakazuki, his own strength is far inferior, and the pressure he puts on Sakazuki is far greater than that on Erik, who is also Logia Devil Fruit User and the Devil Fruit User Haki. He can still put up a fight with Eric using his Observation Haki and Erik, but against Sakazuki, he is no match at all right now.

Sakazuki is currently in the Admiral candidate stage, and with a few more years of experience, he can reach the Admiral level.