"Ah!!!!"
Whitebeard Edward roared.
At the same time, he landed a punch that sent Marine Admiral Aokiji flying.
But the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth proved that he wasn't as strong as he seemed. He could still be wounded.
More importantly, his body could no longer withstand such intense fighting.
In his prime, he would have been confident he could escape Marine Headquarters, Marineford, unharmed.
But now he was old, and he also had to hold off the Navy to buy his sons time to escape.
"Whitebeard, you won't get away!"
With Ace no longer under his guard, and after going easy on his friend's grandson, Sengoku formally joined the battle.
Though Sengoku was an old man from the same era as Whitebeard, his body was in far better shape. His stamina had declined, but that would only affect him in a prolonged fight.
As he spoke, he walked toward Whitebeard. On the way, his body slowly grew until he took the form of the Golden Buddha.
He raised his enormous palm. A halo appeared around it, its power nearly matching that of Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Then he brought it down on Whitebeard.
Whitebeard wasn't about to back down. He charged up a punch of his own and met it head-on.
Boom!
Their collision cleared everything within a hundred-meter radius.
Sakazuki didn't hesitate to attack Whitebeard from behind. He was a warrior forced to fight like an assassin, and it rankled him.
But all he wanted was to win. What was wrong with that?
Ace appeared.
He blocked Sakazuki's sneak attack.
"Why are you still here? Do you really want to watch me die for nothing before you'll leave?!"
Whitebeard was furious.
He was glad his sons hadn't abandoned him and had chosen to fight by his