Challenging the Pinnacle of the World, Part Three

"Sink the Whitebeard Pirates' ships!" Sengoku shouted.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

Volcanic Rocks kept raining down from above. The Whitebeard Pirates' other three ships were destroyed, forcing the pirates aboard them to abandon ship and flee. Yet the white Moby Dick remained completely unscathed. With Marco, Jozu, Vista, and the others aboard, protecting a single ship was no problem.

Even as Volcanic Rocks fell straight toward their heads, they held firm and protected the ship, watching the Moby Dick advance steadily toward Oars.

"They even had walls like these! I almost couldn't get in," Luffy said, relieved.

"We're better off charging in with Pops. I never thought the Marines would have prepared something like this. Fortunately, Asura destroyed the ice, or they really might have trapped us all in the inner bay," Jinbe said.

"We have Oars to thank, too." Marco looked at the path Oars's massive body had forced open before them. Without Oars, they would truly have been in trouble.

Their ship had entered the inner bay, but the Encircling Wall awaited them. Without anywhere to land, they could only retreat or let the Marines bombard them to death.

Akainu was no longer the only one launching Volcanic Rocks. The Marines operating below ground were also firing the gun emplacements at them nonstop.

"Those underhanded Marines!" The people aboard the Whitebeard Pirates' ship cursed incessantly. Buggy was doing the same. He had boarded Whitebeard's ship, and ten thousand people were now crammed onto it, charging forward together.

"Oars!"

Whitebeard shouted, and Oars, who had endured the combined attacks of Kuma, Moria, and Donquixote Doflamingo, suddenly raised his head.

"I'm coming, Pops," Oars said, turning toward Whitebeard.

"Oars!"

Ace cried out.

"I'll get you and everyone else inside, Pops!" Oars had never expected his fall to bring such an unexpected