"Clang—!"
Fifty long swords were drawn at once, their cold gleams instantly joining into a single sheet! Fifty Imperial Guards experts proficient in the Six Powers and swordsmanship poured all their strength and Haki into their blades, moving with the perfect unity of a single person!
"One-Sword Style: Wavebreaker!"
Or some other badass-sounding name for a combined attack.
Fifty massive slashes—some fierce, some heavy, some swift—tore through the air within almost the same millisecond, gathering into a devastating storm of blade energy. Carrying the sharpness to sever everything, it surged wildly toward the freshly blasted opening and the Marine formation waiting behind it!
"Damn it! All sword-wielding officers! Get up there!"
Sengoku's eyes nearly split with rage as he roared hoarsely.
Among the Marines, Vice Admirals and Rear Admirals skilled in swordsmanship, such as Onigumo, Doberman, and Strawberry, along with blade experts from CP0, gritted their teeth and stepped forward, unleashing their strongest slashes with all their might! Sword energy in every color and Flying Slashes rushed to meet that terrifying storm of blade energy!
"Rumble—!!!"
The fifty Imperial Guards slashes collided fiercely in midair with the Flying Slashes of the Marine swordsmen. The resulting chaotic energy flow was like an invisible meat grinder, shredding the ice surface, rubble, and even unlucky soldiers caught near the opening into pieces!
The piercing scrape of metal, the explosive crackle of annihilating energy, and the roars of warriors on both sides intertwined into a symphony of death.
A deadlock! An absolute deadlock! The opening seemed to have become the center of a whirlpool that devoured lives, and neither side could advance even one step.
Just as the two sides remained locked in stalemate.
"Roooaaarghhh—!!!!!"
A roar far more violent and domineering than any previous explosion, like the furious bellow of an ancient fiend,