Gurgle gurgle gurgle… Gurgle gurgle gurgle…
The seawater surged relentlessly, and colossal shadows appeared deep beneath the surface, seemingly rising to the top.
"I see. Were all their ships coated and came here from underwater?!" Sengoku clenched his fists, a few beads of cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
The Marines' firing network was positioned facing outward. This move by the enemy had instantly rendered their tightly constructed firepower obsolete.
Whoosh!
A gigantic ship burst from the water. The sea spray turned into countless droplets, showering the bay like rain. The Marines gathered at Marineford involuntarily gasped, staring in shock at the suddenly appearing whale-head flagship.
"The Moby Dick is here!"
A Marine officer shrieked.
Splash~
Splash~
The seawater continued to surge, and then two slightly smaller whale-head ships, the Moby Dick's subsidiary vessels, burst out of the water.
Indeed, on the deck of the Moby Dick, all the commanders, including First Division Commander Marco, were present.
Then, under the gaze of the Warlords of the Sea and the hundred thousand Marines, an extremely tall figure appeared, standing proudly on the figurehead of the Moby Dick.
With a crescent-shaped white mustache that curved upwards, he held a naginata nearly ten meters long. His physique was massive and robust, towering even over Bartholomew Kuma.
Whitebeard Edward Newgate, the Strongest Man in the World, a Yonko!
"You better tell me that my beloved son is all right. It's been a while Sengoku." Whitebeard's casual greeting alone was enough to send a chill down the spine of every Marine.
"Whitebeard. Such immense presence." Aeridar's eyes gleamed. This was the first time he had truly seen Whitebeard in person.
"Whitebeard."
Sengoku gritted his teeth. "I can't believe he infiltrated this close."
"Wait for me, Ace." Whitebeard looked at Ace on the execution platform with a smile.
"Pops!"
Kneeling on the execution platform, Ace roared the word, his voice tinged with regret.
Clang!
Whitebeard plunged the blade of his naginata down, embedding it in the deck.
Next, Whitebeard stretched out both arms, clenched his fists, pulled them back, and then violently punched the air on both sides, as if striking something solid.
Crack!
The air cracked. The atmosphere shattered like a mirror, with countless dense fissures spreading outward.
"W-What happened?!"
"The air is splitting!"
A Marine soldier exclaimed in shock.
Crash! Rumble!
The ocean trembled, and the seawater surged violently. The sea on both sides outside Marineford's bay, in particular, swelled up like mountains.
At this moment, the pirates aboard the Moby Dick began to cheer and jeer, desperate to rescue Ace.
"He's brought quite a terrible bunch with him."
"What's the point of saying that now, ne~"
"Arara~ this is unsettling."
The three Marine Admirals fixed their gazes on the multitude of pirates in the bay.
"Fufufufufu~ This is thrilling." Doflamingo's grin widened, growing even more excited.
"Remember to wake me up later. I might get too caught up in the fighting." Aeridar stared intently at Whitebeard's figure, a bloody gleam rising in his eyes, his expression slightly twisted.
"Aeridar." Hancock called out, concerned by his appearance.
"Oi, oi Oi! What are you planning?" Doflamingo raised an eyebrow, asking in surprise. "You can't possibly be thinking of challenging the Strongest Man in the World, are you?!"
"Hmm?" Mihawk glanced at Aeridar sidelong.
"Wouldn't it be good to see how much we still lag behind that man? Heh heh heh heh~" Aeridar countered, laughing darkly.
A sharp glint flashed across Mihawk's hawk-like eyes as he looked thoughtfully at Whitebeard on the Moby Dick.
"Fufufufufu I'm getting more and more excited~" Doflamingo sneered with a wide, vicious grin.
In the eyes of the world, Aeridar was a genius. Not yet thirty years old, he had already gained worldwide notoriety, his string of achievements shocking countless people. Such a man challenging the world's strongest, Whitebeard, was bound to shock outsiders.
At this moment, the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates stood in a silent standoff at Marineford, confusing many of the Marine soldiers, though the sheer tension was suffocating.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble!
Suddenly, the entire Marineford island began to shake. The previously calm seawater surged again, the waves growing higher and higher, splashing onto the port ground.
"It's coming. That guy's quake attack triggered a tsunami. It's heading straight for us," Garp said with a heavy expression from below the execution platform.
Having fought Whitebeard countless times while chasing Roger, Garp naturally understood the man's abilities.
In the next moment, the seawater on both sides of Marineford surged violently, rising higher and higher with a rumbling sound, like thousands of troops charging. They formed massive tsunamis hundreds of meters high, looking like the hands of a Sea God, completely blocking out the sky as they converged on Marineford.
"What is that?!"
"It's a tsunami! It's huge!"
The Marines felt the world darken before their eyes. Looking at the terrifyingly massive waves, they were all overcome with horror.
"...What dreadful power. Just as expected of the legendary monster. Fuffuffufu~" Doflamingo grinned excitedly.
"Gurarararara…"
Whitebeard laughed heartily, looking at the gigantic tsunamis he had created from the Moby Dick.
"A seaquake… that's quite the exaggeration." Aeridar licked his lips with a bloodthirsty look. While he could create a similar scene himself, seeing it on this scale was still spectacular and deeply impressive.
The gigantic tsunamis continued to swell, their shadows now completely enveloping Marineford.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Kuzan, who had been sitting below the execution platform, leaped into the air. Cold, chilling air emanated from his body. Spreading his arms wide, a long ice-spear shot out from his hands, extending directly onto the colossal tsunamis on both sides.
In an instant, the hundreds-of-meters-high tsunamis on both flanks were rapidly frozen, forming massive ice walls like towering mountain cliffs.
"Ice Age!"
Kuzan's voice echoed throughout Marineford.
"Aokiji, you brat!" Whitebeard laughed heartily.
"It stopped!"
"We're... we're saved!"
"It's Admiral Kuzan!"
The Marines in Marineford sighed in relief. If a tsunami of that magnitude had crashed down, Marineford would have been submerged, and few of the hundred thousand Marines would have survived.
"Ice Partisan!"
The ice-spear connecting to the ice walls broke. Kuzan extended his hand, and three ice spears solidified.
Whoosh!
They shot from the sky toward Whitebeard.
Faced with the incoming ice spears, Whitebeard wasted no words, simply punching the air in front of him.
Crack!
The atmosphere split, and an invisible wave of tremor power was transmitted through the air.
The three ice spears instantly shattered.
"Arara~"
Kuzan elementized, forming an ice statue, but his body immediately cracked apart, turning into a pile of chilling ice chunks that fell from the sky.