Outside Water Seven, ice sealed the sea for a thousand miles!
Even this famous city of water had been transformed into a crystalline city of ice and snow.
At sea, the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy remained locked in a standoff.
"Admiral Warring States Period, are we still going to continue?" Aokiji asked quietly. He too had sensed that something was wrong. Given the current situation, the Navy could certainly force the battle to continue, but that would result in heavy casualties among the Navy's lower and middle ranks.
He hesitated over whether that price was worth paying.
"How can we retreat when eradicating evil? For the Navy's justice, we must wipe out Whitebeard and his men today!" Before Warring States Period could speak, Akainu beside him said in a deep voice.
Everyone had a different nature, and naturally made different choices.
Warring States Period was hesitating as well. To subdue Whitebeard, the Navy had deployed considerable strength this time. Counting the top-tier forces, they had committed more than half of them.
This force already surpassed the Whitebeard Pirates' total strength. The issue now was how great a price the Navy should pay for one Whitebeard.
After all, the Navy was different from pirates. The entire sea lay within the Navy's sphere of control, and Whitebeard's crew was not their only enemy.
Besides Whitebeard, there were Roger, Golden Lion... and many other great pirate crews. All of them were targets the Navy needed to deal with.
If they insisted on fighting today, no one could predict the extent of the casualties. Even high-ranking forces of the Navy's next generation, such as Aokiji and Akainu, might die.
Even if they truly annihilated Whitebeard's group, it would be more loss than gain. The Navy's weakened strength might even throw the seas into