"Boom!"
John Giant's eyes rolled white as a powerful Tremor Wave passed straight through his skull and swept toward Marineford's plaza behind him.
Several cracks split the air itself.
Xia Le rose and extended one hand.
"Bang!"
He blocked the invisible Tremor Wave.
Then his gaze turned straight ahead to Whitebeard, who had landed on the bow again, with a fallen Giant Vice Admiral on either side of him.
"You're as imposing as ever!"
"Newgate!"
Xia Le grinned.
Whitebeard grinned too. "I'm Whitebeard, damn it!"
"Quite the grand declaration!"
Xia Le sighed softly.
He slowly sat down, his tone calm.
"I'll be waiting here for you!"
His unruffled manner and tone, as though he held every advantage, brought a colder edge to Whitebeard's expression.
Meanwhile, on the Execution Platform, Sengoku barked fierce orders into a Den Den Mushi.
"Deploy every elite from the Second Line of Defense!"
"Hold them outside the plaza gates at all costs!"
"Wipe them out in the Inner Bay if you can!"
His voice shook the air, and Ace's expression shifted beside him.
At Sengoku's command, large numbers of Marine Flag Officers mobilized, surging toward the first line of defense.
Aboard the Moby Dick.
Whitebeard withdrew his gaze and took a deep breath.
Then his decisive, commanding voice rang out.
"All-out attack!"
"Rescue Ace!"
Vista, Blamenco, Curiel, and the others still aboard beside him froze for a moment, then roared in response.
In the next instant, they watched in shock as their Pops leaped off the ship.
"Staying here won't accomplish a damn thing!"
"What we need to do is rescue Ace as fast as possible!"
Whitebeard roared, Naginata in hand.
His massive, imposing figure strode forward and charged into the Marines ahead.
Barely two breaths later, a thunderous, heavy crash rang out, and dozens of