A Mere Fatal Wound!

Looking at the puffing Whitebeard on his chest, Xi Yan frowned and said, "He's still too old."

Even after repairing the wounds that had just been pierced, she couldn't restore the man to his peak condition.

After all... his organs were indeed in a state of decline.

"Oh~"

"It seems the Whitebeard Pirates will be wiped out here today," Borsalino said.

"That's not necessarily true."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xi Yan quickly crouched down, intending to use Earth Release Technique is a type of magic in Chinese fantasy novels) to pull the Whitebeard away to another location.

However, Borsalino, having noticed this, did not give Xi Yan a chance to unleash his Ninjutsu.

"Whoosh~"

Borsalino, transformed into a streak of light, appeared beside Xi Yan in an instant, then fired a laser beam at Xi Yan's hair.

"Puff!"

With a single blow, Xi Yan's head was blown off!

"Buzz~"

Xi Yan's body twisted as his Ninjutsu was stopped, and then he disappeared.

When it reappeared, its body had returned to its original state.

"So it really isn't that simple after all," Xi Yan said, frowning.

"I can't let you rescue Whitebeard," Borsalino said.

From this moment on, his mission has changed.

He doesn't need to attack other pirates, nor does he need to deal with Whitebeard.

All he had to do was stay close to the Blood-Eyed Ninja and prevent him from doing anything unnecessary!

"Tch, what a hassle," Xi Yan spat.

With such a fast guy sticking to him, he really couldn't do anything.

Just then, Sengoku, high above, picked up Den Den Mushi and shouted, "Quick, everyone attack together and take down Whitebeard!"

"Profound!!"

Upon receiving the order, the marines immediately charged towards Whitebeard with roars of excitement.

"Puff!"

"Puff!"

"Puff!"

Several Marine Rear Admiral appeared in front of Whitebeard and, without hesitation, plunged their Whitebeard into his body, piercing him through!

"Die, Whitebeard!"

The Marine Rear Admiral roared, raised his cannon and fired, hitting Whitebeard squarely on the head!

"Boom!!"

Smoke and dust covered the Whitebeard's head, and he slowly fell backward.

"Pops!!"

Upon seeing this, the pirate's eyes immediately turned red.

Then, they charged towards them with ferocious expressions.

Just then, Whitebeard stopped his backward leaning and roared, "Don't come any closer!!"

"Huh?!"

Upon hearing Whitebeard's words, the pirates froze in place.

Why didn't Pops let them go to the rescue?

"Do these guys think they can kill me like this?!" Whitebeard slowly straightened up and roared, "I'm Whitebeard!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Whitebeard wrapped his Haki around Murakumogiri and then slammed it down onto the ground in front of him!

"Boom!!"

With a single strike, he created a massive vortex, forcefully blasting away all the marines who dared to attack him!

"Ah!!"

"A monster... a monster!!"

Looking at the man who was terrifying even when injured, the navy officer's eyes showed a look of horror.

"Huff... huff..."

After finishing this task, Whitebeard began to breathe heavily, trying to adjust his condition.

Seeing this, Sengoku said, "He is already seriously injured, don't be afraid!"

"Marshal Sengoku is right, Whitebeard is already at his last gasp!" a Rear Admiral said.

"Don't be afraid, kill him!"

"Profound!!"

The navy, their morale boosted once again, roared in unison.

This time, however, they did not rush directly towards Whitebeard. Instead, they moved cautiously toward Whitebeard, as if afraid that he might suddenly attack.

Upon seeing this, Whitebeard burst into laughter.

"Kula la la la!"

"The Sengoku!"

"You think you can take me down with this bunch of cowards?!" Whitebeard looked up at Sengoku and said, "Don't be ridiculous!"

"I have Whitebeard!!"

Hearing Whitebeard's roar, the morale-boosted marines were immediately frightened and took a step back, clearly afraid of being attacked by Whitebeard.

Seeing this, Sengoku's expression turned somewhat grim.

"That damned Whitebeard..."

"Kurarararar!!" Whitebeard laughed loudly, "A mere fatal wound is not enough to kill me!"

After saying this, the Whitebeard Murakumogiri on the ground and continued, "Anyone who isn't afraid of death is welcome to come up and try!"

As the commander-in-chief of this attack on Navy Headquarters, Whitebeard was well aware of his importance.

After all... he was the Spiritual Symbol and the backbone of the entire Whitebeard Pirates!

Once he dies, the pirate crew's fortunes will plummet!

At that time... what awaits his children is the end of the world, so he absolutely cannot die!!

Perhaps sensing the meaning in Whitebeard's eyes, Sengoku said, "Do you intend to hold on until Ace is rescued?"

"Ha, I won't give you that chance!"

After letting out a cold laugh, Sengoku turned to the communications officer behind him and asked, "Where are the executioners?"

"Get them here right now!"

"Marshal Sengoku, we don't..."

Before he could finish speaking, two executioners, led by a naval officer, rushed over.

Seeing this, Sengoku breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "Let them come up here!"

"Yes!"

After issuing the order, Sengoku turned to Whitebeard and said, "Now let's see what you do!"

Unfortunately, Whitebeard didn't look at him this time; instead, he focused his attention on the Marines blocking his way.

Clearly, this man intends to eliminate more navy personnel before he becomes incapacitated, thus creating opportunities for the children!

"Even after being injured like that, he still possesses such formidable fighting power..." Borsalino said, "Truly worthy of Whitebeard's title as the World's Strongest Man!"

"That's really... unbelievable!"

Although his tone sounded somewhat teasing, Borsalino was genuinely praising Whitebeard this time.

After all... this man had already suffered several potentially fatal injuries!

To be able to unleash such formidable combat power under these circumstances truly makes him worthy of that title!

This... is a real monster!

Xi Yan, who noticed the Whitebeard's gaze, realized something.

Then he thought to himself, 'So he's already decided to die...'

No wonder that man said those things to himself when they were on the sea Encirclement Wall.

It seems that even back then, the other party already knew his fate.

Thinking of this, Xi Yan sighed silently.

Since that's the case... he can only respect the Whitebeard Uncle's choice.

'Thinking about it carefully, ending on such a grand battlefield might not be such a bad thing,' Xi Yan murmured to himself.

After all... he's the World's Strongest Man!

A man like that would never accept dying in a hospital bed.

Having figured this out, Xi Yan completely abandoned the idea of going to Whitebeard's side and turned his attention to the Execution platform.

'Right now, most of the Navy's attention is on Whitebeard, so... this is an opportunity!' Xi Yan thought to himself.

"Oh~"

"Trying to attack the Execution platform?" Borsalino took two steps, blocking Xi Yan's view, and then said, "I won't let you succeed."

"Is that so?" Xi Yan sneered, "Then you can try and block it and see."

Fine, let him stay here and hold off Kizaru!

By blocking one Marine Admiral, the pressure on the others will be greatly reduced.

As for the Execution platform... I'll leave it to my clones and Luffy and the others.

Thinking of this, Xi Yan glanced at Luffy's situation and then noticed a somewhat familiar figure.

"Um?"

Upon glancing at the figure appearing near Luffy, Xi Yan exclaimed in surprise, "That's... that Vice Admiral who plays with hair?!"

I never expected that this guy would still be alive and kicking and able to participate in this war after being poisoned by himself.

Following Xi Yan's gaze, Borsalino raised an eyebrow and said, "Vice Admiral Onigumo, huh?"

"So this guy's name is Onigumo," Xi Yan said. "Then the other one is Doberman."

He remembered that the Mohawk Head had called out the names of those two people.

"Hmm." Borsalino nodded.

Xi Yan paused for a moment, then said with some emotion, "To restore his mobility so quickly... it seems your navy has some medical experts among you."

"If our navy didn't even have good doctors, we would have been wiped out long ago," Borsalino said.

Their navy has a complete medical system that can solve most problems.

And poison happens to be one of their areas of expertise; after all, there's a guy in Underwater Great Prison who's into drugs!

"That's true." Xi Yan nodded.

I wonder how the other navy officer, whose arm I lost, is doing.

After shaking his head, Xi Yan summoned his Susanoo and took out his Kido Time Piercing Spear.

"Alright, let's begin the next round!" Xi Yan said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xi Yan rushed towards Borsalino!

The next moment...

"Clang!"

"Boom!!"

The long, Haki leg slammed into the Kido Time Piercing Spear, creating a terrifying shockwave!

"The Blood-Eyed Ninja..."

Sengoku glanced at the battlefield between Xi Yan and Borsalino and muttered, "It's good that someone is holding him back, so he won't cause trouble everywhere."

As for the Blood-Eyed Ninja's clone?

The clones, which aren't immortal, aren't much of a threat; just destroy them!

With that in mind, Sengoku turned his gaze to Onigumo was standing in front of Luffy and the Xi Yan Clone.

"Blood-Eyed Ninja!" Onigumo coldly stared at Xi Yan's clone and said, "You deserve to die!"

"Um?"

Looking at the Vice Admiral blocking his way, Xi Yan said in surprise, "It's you."

"That's right, it's me." Onigumo said with a ferocious expression, "I survived!"

Although his strength was weakened by the poison, at least he could still kill this guy with his own hands!

"They survived..."

Hearing Onigumo's words, Xi Yan paused for a moment, then tentatively asked, "So, the other person is dead?"

"Ah, Doberman has already gone ahead," Onigumo said coldly, "But I will take his will and kill you!"

As he spoke, Onigumo manipulated his hair to pick up the weapon on the ground, intending to use his most skilled Eight Sword Style Swordsmanship to kill this bastard and Straw Hat!

"Who is he?" Luffy asked, looking at Onigumo with a puzzled expression.

Why do the two look so familiar?

"Back when we were at Judicial Island, didn't we encounter the Navy's Buster Call?" Xi Yan explained, "And there were five Vice Admiral on the Buster Call warship."

"This guy is one of them."

"The Vice Admiral we encountered at Judicial Island?"

A question mark appeared above Luffy's head: Is this even possible?

How could he not remember?

"It's normal that you didn't know," Xi Yan said. "After all, you were fighting Rob Lucci at the time and didn't have time to pay attention to anything else."

"Rob Lucci?"

"It's that guy who raises pigeons!"

"Him?" Luffy gave a look of Satori realization, then nodded and said, "You're right."

That battle was indeed very dangerous, so it's normal that he didn't have time to pay attention to anything else.

"Damn it, when are you two going to stop talking?!" Onigumo roared.

As soon as he finished speaking, the man activated his shaving technique and disappeared from the spot.

When they reappeared, they were already above Xi Yan and Luffy.

However, he did not target Xi Yan with his attack, but instead targeted Luffy.

After all... this is Xi Yan's clone standing here!

"Die, Straw Hat!" Onigumo roared, "Eight-Sword Style: Spider Flash!"

As he spoke, Onigumo wrapped his eight weapons in Haki and then slashed down at Luffy without hesitation!

"Clang!"

"Varied...?!"

Onigumo's pupils constricted as he saw Bartholomew Kuma suddenly appear in front of him and block the attack.

"Bartholomew Bear...?"

Feeling the force from the other's arm, Onigumo's expression turned ugly.

"He's in your hands now, Xiong," Xi Yan said.

Upon hearing this, Xiong didn't say anything, but simply nodded silently.

"Damn it, you think you can stop me with him?!" Onigumo roared, "Don't be so small..."

Before he could finish speaking, he noticed a light emanating from Bartholomew's mouth, clearly indicating an intention to attack him with Laser Ray.

Sensing a deadly threat, Onigumo didn't hesitate to use Geppo and vanish from the spot.

The next moment...

"Whoosh~"

"Boom!!"

A terrifying laser beam struck the area where the Onigumo had just been, instantly blasting a huge crater!!

"Whoosh~"

"Click~"

The Onigumo, which had landed on the ground, quickly used Shave to rush to the side, intending to intercept and kill Xi Yan and Luffy.

Unfortunately, Bartholomew Kum will not give him that opportunity.

At the same time he launched his shave, Bartholomew Kuma's body also moved.

The enormous creature caught up with the Onigumo in the blink of an eye, and then slapped it down!