Threatening the Whitebeard Pirates, Both Sides' Concerns! (Combined Chapter)
Tsugikuni Yoriichi avoided Whitebeard's counterattack and leaped backward. The instant his feet landed on the sand, waves of howling wind came from above.
He raised his head slightly and glanced upward, only to find Flower Sword Vista, captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Fifth Division, already above him.
Vista crossed the twin swords in his hands and scissored them rapidly toward Tsugikuni Yoriichi's head.
Facing the attack, Tsugikuni Yoriichi did not pause for even a moment. The instant he landed, he raised his blade and sent a slash upward at Vista.
The heavily compressed Conqueror's Haki slash struck Vista's blades in an instant. Vista's falling body halted, the muscles in his arms bulging as he struggled to resist Tsugikuni Yoriichi's attack.
His Haki was exceptional, but he still could not withstand Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slash. After delaying it for barely a second, his hands gave way, and the immense force sent him flipping backward toward the ground. The black slash nearly grazed the tip of Vista's nose as it swept past his face and shot into the sky.
"Hum—"
A deep hum rang out across the beach. As Tsugikuni Yoriichi drew his blade and forced Vista back, a fierce gust rose around him, scattering the sand at his feet.
Before Tsugikuni Yoriichi, several Whitebeard Pirates division commanders had arrived at Whitebeard's side, surrounding the injured old man at the center.
Looking around, he spotted quite a few "old acquaintances."
Marco, wielder of the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, Phoenix Form; Diamond Jozu, wielder of the Paramecia Diamond-Diamond Fruit; as well as Satch, Flower Sword Vista, and the others.
Beyond these high-ranking division commanders, the other commanders aboard the Moby Dick were also rushing over. Small boats were lowered one after another, and the sea