With Whitebeard's booming voice leading them, his pirates surged through the gap in the Encircling Wall and into the square like a tide, raising their weapons high as they shouted and charged!
"Don't charge straight ahead."
Whitebeard spoke gravely to his sons, raising his Great Blade once more. The halo of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit appeared around it again-the same halo that had swept away an entire army earlier!
Boom...
"Ohhh!"
Hearing Whitebeard's voice and knowing what he intended, the pirates immediately split into two groups and streamed to either side. The space before him opened wide, leaving him facing the Marines trembling at his fearsome reputation!
"He's going to use that move again!"
The Marines standing before Whitebeard cried out in panic. Just then, a freezing presence swept past them. Admiral Aokiji appeared before Whitebeard in an instant, bringing with him the terrifying cold pouring from his hands!
"Ice Ball!"
The freezing air released from his hands reached Whitebeard in an instant, sealing him inside an enormous block of ice!
"He froze Whitebeard!"
"!"
But if Whitebeard could be defeated so easily, his title of the World's Strongest would have been an empty boast. Trapped beneath the thick ice, his eyes suddenly widened!
The ice encasing Whitebeard shattered before his eyes!
"Oh dear... that won't work!"
"Looks like vibrations can't be frozen..."
Aokiji frowned as he spoke, watching great cracks spread through the ice. A moment later, Whitebeard broke free. Amid the shattered remains of his frozen prison, he thrust his haki-coated Great Blade viciously at Aokiji!
"!"
"He pierced him with haki?"
Seeing the blade emerge behind Aokiji, the nearby pirates shouted excitedly.
"Aokiji's done for now!"
But that was wishful thinking. The instant Whitebeard thrust his Great Blade forward, Aokiji caught it with his hand and used that