Inside the dark-purple barrier, Vice Admiral Tsuru's expression changed drastically as she hurriedly looked around.
Before each Menos Grande, multicolored Ceros had finished gathering. The ominous fluctuations made countless Marine officers feel a chill in their hearts.
"Useless struggle. Ceros, fire in unison!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Clusters of Ceros tore through the waves and gale-force winds, their terrifying, oppressive presence turning the faces of many Marine soldiers pale.
"What's going on? Is it a tsunami?"
"O-over there, those guys wearing those strange white masks are attacking!"
"Those are... light bullets! No way, how can there be so many light bullets..."
Borsalino, still entangled with the Grim Reaper, glanced sideways. When he witnessed the scene, even more black lines appeared across his already furrowed brow.
"How terrifying! Are these guys weapons like those sea beast weapons too?"
"Kuzan, hold them back for now. If these warships end up at the bottom of the sea, we'll be in serious trouble. The Four Emperors really are terrifying, aren't they? Yata Mirror..."
Bright yellow lasers reflected continuously, and a path of light shot into the clouds, heading toward the sky.
Borsalino's figure vanished. Kuzan, who had been entangled with the Azure Dragon, withdrew and arrived at the center of the battlefield in an instant, emerging amid fragments of ice.
"Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!"
More than a dozen ice birds scattered apart, blocking the Grim Reaper and the Azure Dragon. Wherever they passed, trails of ice spread out, freezing both the sea and the warships.
"If you hit us, we'll have to swim back to Marineford. I don't want to experience that again. Ice Age!"
In an instant, he released all the icy energy from throughout his body. The spreading freezing aura sealed the sea in ice, but this was far from Kuzan's limit.
"**Ice