Aokiji Takes Action, Freezing Oars

The arrival of the Dark King Rayleigh instantly placed immense pressure on the Marines.

Vice Admiral Tsuru muttered, "Unexpected developments keep coming one after another. Good thing the preparations were thorough enough, or the consequences would have been unimaginable."

Demon Oars bulldozed his way forward. Even Giant Vice Admirals could not stop his advance.

Marineford's walls were smashed open when Demon Oars lifted a warship and hurled it at them.

"Follow Oars! Charge into the square, seize Marine Headquarters, and rescue Ace!" the Whitebeard Pirates roared.

"Intercept them! Intercept them! We absolutely cannot let the Pirates reach the square!" The Marine soldiers continued rallying their morale as they resisted the Whitebeard Pirates' charge.

"Ace, I'm coming to save you!" Oars carried his greatsword as he relentlessly pushed forward.

Several Giant Vice Admirals were sent flying in all directions by Demon Oars.

In the original story, Bartholomew Kuma, Gecko Moria, and Donquixote Doflamingo had taken action one after another to stop Demon Oars.

Now, Gecko Moria had already been jointly defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates and the others, while Bartholomew Kuma was held back by Ivankov.

Only Donquixote Doflamingo remained, leisurely watching from beginning to end.

Donquixote Doflamingo stood with both hands in his pockets and laughed. "Fuffuffuffu~~"

"The defense line is about to be breached. So, Marines, what are you going to do now??"

In any case, Donquixote Doflamingo had no intention of acting for the moment. Of course, whether he acted depended on his mood.

Right now, to put it bluntly, Donquixote Doflamingo was a neutral party on this battlefield.

Just as Demon Oars was about to lead the Whitebeard Pirates into Marineford Square.

A man surrounded by freezing air stepped forward. "What a pain."

Aokiji leaped up and landed directly before Demon Oars. "If I let a giant like you charge into the square, the Marines will suffer massive casualties!!"

Ice Time Capsule.

Two columns of freezing air shot from Aokiji's palms toward the enormous Demon Oars.

"What?" The instant Demon Oars was struck by the freezing air, his massive body began to freeze over continuously before collapsing. It showed just how terrifying the power of Aokiji's Ice-Ice Fruit was.

Ace, kneeling on the execution platform, looked at Oars in worry and shouted, "Oars!"

The Whitebeard Pirates also called out to Oars.

"Oars!"

"Oars!"

"Oars!"

When the Marine soldiers saw Admiral Aokiji stop the monstrous Demon Oars, they cried out excitedly.

"Great! That giant has finally been stopped! Good thing Admiral Aokiji stepped in."

"That's right! We have the three Admirals, the Marines' greatest fighting force! There's no need to fear the Whitebeard Pirates at all."

"Exactly! There's no need to fear the Whitebeard Pirates! Kill them!!"

The Marine soldiers' morale rose slightly, since the Whitebeard Pirates' charge had been halted.

However, Demon Oars had already opened a breach.

Whitebeard looked sorrowfully at the frozen Oars, then at the opening, and shouted, "My sons, step over Oars and charge into the square!"

The Whitebeard Pirates were invigorated by their old man's words.

Over on Shiryu of the Rain's side, he was temporarily unable to break through the coordinated attacks of Onigumo and Momonga.

Onigumo threatened, "Shiryu of the Rain, since you've become a traitor, you and Luo Chen will both die at Marine Headquarters, Marineford, today."

"Heh." Shiryu of the Rain sneered. "If you want to kill me, Shiryu of the Rain, send an Admiral to fight me. You two aren't qualified."

"What arrogance. The two of us are enough to take you down." Momonga used the Six Powers' Soru, appearing behind Shiryu of the Rain to launch a surprise attack.

Shiryu of the Rain turned sideways and raised Raiu, blocking Momonga's sneak attack.

Onigumo gripped eight blades and slashed down at Shiryu of the Rain from midair.

Shiryu of the Rain had no choice but to retreat to evade Onigumo's attack.

However, just as Shiryu of the Rain dodged Onigumo's attack, he sensed another attack coming from behind him, instantly making him frown.

Shiryu of the Rain had no choice but to hastily adjust his body while retreating to deal with the sudden attack.

White Smoke Launcher.

At the critical moment, Shiryu of the Rain narrowly blocked the attacker's strike with his leg.

Shiryu of the Rain looked suspiciously at the man holding a jitte and wearing the rank of Marine Commodore, demanding, "Who are you??"

Smoker puffed on his cigar and said, "The man who'll take you down."

"Ha ha!" Shiryu of the Rain was instantly amused. He laughed. "Are the Marines this arrogant now? Any random person thinks he can take down Shiryu of the Rain??"

"Smoker? Why did you come over here?" Momonga asked. Both Momonga and Onigumo naturally knew Smoker. They did not understand why Smoker had suddenly stopped dealing with the Whitebeard Pirates and instead come to their battlefield.

After all, Smoker was one of the few Marine Headquarters officers with a Logia-type Devil Fruit ability. It was hard not to know him.

Smoker clenched his jitte. After his subordinate Tashigi had been taken away by Luo Chen, she had become a wanted criminal due to the kidnapping of the Celestial Dragons.

Even if Tashigi were successfully rescued, she would no longer be able to remain a Marine.

Originally, Smoker wanted to settle the score with Luo Chen. However, whenever he tried to break through toward the Moby Dick, he was repeatedly stopped by the Whitebeard Pirates' division commanders.

Therefore, Smoker had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and target Luo Chen's subordinate, Shiryu of the Rain.

Shiryu of the Rain took the opportunity to light himself a cigar and slowly said, "Onigumo, Momonga, and now a Marine Commodore with a Logia-type Devil Fruit ability? Three people."

Shiryu of the Rain kicked a pebble beneath his foot. It looked like a fierce battle was unavoidable. He had originally planned to slaughter Marine soldiers to his heart's content, but now it had turned into facing so many Marine experts at once.

Shiryu of the Rain did not feel the slightest fear, because Captain Luo Chen had his back.