Amidst the explosive flames, his silver-white cloak flapped wildly, and the scars on his face appeared exceptionally ferocious.
"Marines! Have you gone mad?!" Zephyr landed, his single knee slamming onto the deck, shaking the entire warship.
His roar overpowered the continuous explosions, "Firing on civilian areas, is this the justice you proclaim?!"
The old man's furious questioning echoed over the sea, causing even some Marine soldiers to instinctively stop their actions.
Zephyr seized the opportunity to tear off his greatcoat, revealing his scarred upper body—these were the medals earned while serving the Marine.
"Look at these scars!" He slapped the old wounds on his chest, "Back then, every drop of blood we shed was to protect civilians!"
His right fist suddenly pointed towards the concert hall, "And now, you are firing upon a defenseless city of art?!"
The officers and soldiers of the New Navy roared in unison, and the muzzles of all their ships simultaneously turned, aiming at the Marineford fleet.
Zephyr raised his right arm high, his silver emblem shining brightly amidst the smoke: "Today, let this old man teach you—"
"What a true Fist of Justice is!"
The battle continued to escalate!
The Marine fleet ignored Zephyr's roar, and the thunder of cannon fire grew even more intense.
Akainu stood on the flagship's deck, his magma-transformed right arm suddenly sweeping down: "Continue the bombardment! Don't stop!" His voice was as cold as iron, "Execute the Buster Call, leave no stone unturned!"
The second wave of artillery fire was even fiercer than the first, with black cannonballs mixed with special Sea Stone warheads, glowing with an eerie blue light under the sun.
These expensive, specially made projectiles cut through the sky, specifically targeting Devil Fruit users.
"Kid, watch out!" Killer's voice had just sounded when three Sea Stone cannonballs accurately hit the Kid Pirates' electromagnetic cannon position.
Blinding blue light erupted, and the electromagnetic cannon, which was charging, instantly short-circuited, spewing large bursts of electrical sparks, and Kid's mechanical arm crackled, its movements instantly stiffening.
"Damn it...!" Kid gritted his teeth, trying to activate his magnetic power, but found his abilities severely suppressed. A cannonball exploded at his feet, and splashing Sea Stone fragments cut his face.
Hawkins's golden divination tent disintegrated into a sky full of scattered gold leaf amidst the cannon fire.
The "Tarot: The Hanged Man" card he had just drawn curled and carbonized in the flames, and ten carefully prepared straw doll substitutes simultaneously ignited with eerie blue flames.
"Cough, cough... What an ominous sign." He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his white long hair singed by the heat wave.
What alarmed him most was that the burning straw dolls could not transfer damage—Sea Stone powder mixed in the flames temporarily sealed his curse ability.
"Roar—!"
Drake's Allosaurus roar suddenly changed pitch; a Sea Stone warhead directly pierced his left shoulder, and the dragon scales began to peel off in large patches around the wound.
Even more fatal were the three Sea Stone fragments embedded in his spine, forcing him to revert from his ancient species form.
"Cover... cover me..." He knelt on the deck, coughing up blood, his sword plunged into the wooden board to barely support his body. He was a Marine undercover agent, yet he was targeted like this?
What happened to the promised body tracing?
"Ahhh!" Bonnie's shriek was particularly childish.
Her originally plump body suddenly shrank to that of a young girl, and the oversized Marine uniform hung loosely on her.
"Damn it... When did I get hit by Sea Stone..." Her lips, biting a lollipop, trembled slightly.
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