"Xia Le, you deserve to die!!"
Akainu spat out the words, their icy chill a stark contrast to the searing heat radiating from his body.
His steady footsteps rang clearly across the battlefield.
"Even here on this battlefield, the justice I uphold cannot restrain my desire to kill you!"
Akainu kicked off the ground with both legs, shooting forward like an arrow.
In the blink of an eye, he was before Xia Le.
Without the slightest hesitation, Akainu swung his right arm, wrapped in scorching magma, viciously at the figure before him.
"Die!"
At almost the same instant, Xia Le snapped his eyes open.
His blood-red eyes met Akainu's, their cold, chilling gaze making Akainu shudder.
Squelch!
Scalding magma pierced Xia Le's abdomen, its intense heat burning away a patch of flesh almost instantly.
The corner of Xia Le's eye twitched, but his expression did not change at all.
With his arms folded, he stood on the ground like an iron tower, facing Akainu.
"Akainu!!!"
On the Execution Platform, Sengoku's eyes widened as he roared in fury.
Garp's expression changed abruptly, his eyes blazing. He was about to charge forward when Tsuru grabbed him from behind and held him back.
"Calm down, Garp!!"
"You'd better hold me down, Tsuru! Otherwise, I'll kill Sakazuki!"
Garp roared.
Tsuru's face darkened as she looked up at the two figures facing each other on the battlefield.
By attacking a fellow officer in the middle of the battlefield, Sakazuki had clearly incurred everyone's wrath. But at this critical moment, the Marines absolutely could not descend into internal chaos.
"Akainu?"
Kizaru, who was facing off against Benn Beckman, froze, a glint flashing through his eyes.
Elsewhere, Kuzan stopped what he was doing and looked toward the center of the battlefield, his expression icy.
Everyone's gaze focused