Whitebeard's sky-shattering fists delivered an unparalleled shock to both the eyes and the soul.
They also churned the sea into a frenzy, raising two tsunamis that closed in like enormous flower buds.
One from the left and one from the right, the tsunamis crashed toward Marineford Square, their shadows instantly engulfing half the fortress!
"What... ridiculous power."
"But..." Seated among the Admirals, Aokiji sighed lazily at the tsunamis blotting out the sky, then slowly rose.
"We can't let this man... wipe us all out in one hit."
Before he finished speaking, his partially elementalized body shot skyward. Leaping into the air, he faced the world-destroying waves and flung both arms wide!
"Ice Age!!"
Two pillars of ice extended from his hands, striking the closing walls of water with unerring precision!
Crack-crack!!!
A bone-piercing chill instantly spread, and white frost raced across the waves at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Within mere breaths, the terrifying tsunamis that could have swallowed everything were completely frozen.
They became two towering icebergs radiating a sinister chill, suspended beyond Marineford's harbor!
While Aokiji froze the tsunamis, Whitebeard landed fully with a dull thud, cracking the ground beneath him.
His gaze immediately pierced through the battlefield and settled on the shackled Ace atop the Execution Platform.
"Ace!!"
Without the slightest pause, Whitebeard clenched his left fist again the instant the cry left his lips, a white halo enveloping it.
Aiming at the sturdy defensive wall inside Marineford Square and the Marine formations standing ready behind it, he unleashed an Air Quake punch!
He intended to tear through the Marines' defenses in the most direct way possible!
Yet an instant before Whitebeard swung his fist to unleash Air Quake, a figure rushed in faster than his punch!
Gern, who had been sitting in an Admiral's