Golden Lion frowned slightly, looking at the man across from him with a lecherous grin.
"When did the Marines produce such a brat?"
Kizaru replied in his signature mocking tone:
"Hello, I'm Borsalino, a Vice Admiral~"
Golden Lion snorted coldly:
"I don't care who you are! Go die!!!"
His figure flashed, transforming into a golden streak as he shot toward Kizaru!
Double sabers slashed simultaneously!
Kizaru remained unruffled, extending his right hand as light particles gathered in his palm, instantly forming a light sword.
"Sword of Gathering Clouds."
Clang—!!!
The light sword clashed with the dual sabers, sparks flying everywhere!
Immediately after, the two began high-speed exchanges of blows!
The flashes of blades and swords moved too fast to see clearly!
Only golden and golden lights could be seen constantly flickering, colliding, separating, and colliding again in the air.
"Boss Shiki has engaged—let's charge too!"
The pirates of the Golden Lion Pirate Crew leaped down from their respective ships, landing on the thick ice surface.
They raised their swords and guns, shouting as they charged toward the Marine fleet.
Thousands of pirates, a dark mass like a tidal wave, surged forward.
"All Marines—charge!"
At Sengoku's command, Marine soldiers also leaped down from their warships, forming ranks to meet the enemy.
He himself leaped up and landed on the ice surface.
With a low shout, Sengoku's body began to swell and transform.
Golden light surged from within him, instantly enveloping him.
When he landed, he had transformed into a giant golden Buddha over ten meters tall.
Great Buddha Form!
"Great Buddha Shockwave—!"
The massive right palm pushed forward, gathering countless golden light in its center.
The golden light grew brighter and stronger, until finally—
Whoosh—Boom—!!!
A massive energy shockwave shot out from the palm.
Like a golden pillar of light, it instantly pierced through the entire battlefield.
Wherever the light pillar passed, pirates were shattered like paper.
Every pirate in a straight line was completely cleared.
"Sengoku! Your opponent is me!"
Rayleigh's voice came from the front.
His figure shot toward the Great Buddha Sengoku like a cannonball, his saber held high.
Although the Roger Pirates and Golden Lion Pirate Crew had been fighting to the death moments before, with the Marines here now, they shared a relationship where if the lips perished, the teeth would be cold.
They had to unite, otherwise they would all be finished.
"Single Stroke Slash!"
Rayleigh crossed his arms in front of his chest and slashed out with his saber!
A massive silver Wave Cut roared forth, sweeping across the entire ice surface as it headed toward Sengoku.
Sengoku retracted his right palm, clenched his right fist, and instantly wrapped it in Haki.
"Buddha Fist!"
He moved, the giant golden Buddha like a moving mountain, punching toward the incoming silver Wave Cut.
Boom—!!!
The silver Wave Cut was shattered by a single punch!
The shockwave spread in all directions, cracking the ice surface with countless fissures.
Immediately after, Rayleigh had already closed in on Sengoku!
A flash of blade light aimed straight for his throat!
Sengoku neither dodged nor avoided, instead throwing a punch!
The two instantly engaged in combat!
Silver blade light intertwined with golden Buddha Fists, each collision triggering violent energy fluctuations.
On the other side.
Gaban set his sights on Aokiji.
"Kid! You're the one who froze the sea, right? You even froze our ship!"
He raised his twin axes, his body shooting toward Aokiji like a cannonball.
Aokiji lifted his head, looking at the burly man charging at him, his expression impassive.
"Pheasant Beak."
Extending his right arm, absolute zero freezing air instantly condensed into a giant ice bird.
The ice bird spread its wings, charging toward Gaban at high speed.
Gaban swung an axe down, splitting the ice bird in two.
But the next second, Aokiji had already closed the distance!
An ice blade, wrapped in pitch-black Haki, appeared in his hand, slashing toward Gaban.
Gaban crossed his axes to block!
Clang—!!!
The ice blade clashed with the twin axes, sparks flying!
Haki collided with Haki, exploding between the two!
"Kid, not bad!" Gaban grinned.
Aokiji remained expressionless. "You're not bad either."
The two instantly engaged in battle!
By now, the entire ice field had descended into complete chaos.
Marines and Pirates, tens of thousands of people, clashed in close combat on this vast frozen surface.
Blade lights and sword shadows flashed, cannons roared, and blood stained the pure white ice.
Screams, roars, and the clashing of weapons wove together into a chaotic war song.
Unnoticed, high in the sky a thousand meters above, a man stood calmly in the air.
He was tall and straight, with a handsome, stern face, black hair, and crimson eyes.
He wore a black and gold Emperor's Robe, embroidered with nine coiling dragons in gold thread, fluttering slightly in the wind.
This man was the first Emperor of the Sea in the New World, hailed as the World's Strongest Man, with a Bounty of 5 billion Belly—the God Slayer, Raiver!
Through Space Perception, Raiver saw the entire battlefield.
The Roger Pirates, the Golden Lion Pirate Crew, the Marine fleet.
Three forces, tens of thousands of combatants, slaughtering each other on this frozen sea.
"This won't do," he murmured to himself.
"I can't let you ruin my plans, Shiki, and... the Marines."
With that, he raised his right hand and pressed down toward the sea.
"Space — Fold."
As the words fell—
At a depth of three thousand meters beneath the sea, space began to twist and fold!
It was an area no one could see, an abyss sunlight could never reach.
But now, the space there was violently compressed and folded by an invisible force!
Billions of tons of seawater, with nowhere else to go!
They could only—
Surge upward!
Boom—!!!
The sea surface suddenly exploded, seawater rising.
In an instant, a massive water wall three thousand meters high stood between heaven and earth.
The water wall stretched for over ten kilometers, like a barrier connecting sky and sea, blocking out the sunlight.
A huge shadow fell, enveloping everyone on the ice.
Everyone, Marines and Pirates alike, stopped what they were doing, staring dumbfounded at the water wall.
"What is this..."
"A natural disaster... this is a natural disaster!"
"Run—!"
Panic erupted completely!
Roger was the first to react.
"Everyone—get back to the ship now!"
All members of the Roger Pirates immediately sprinted at full speed toward the Oro Jackson.
Sengoku also reacted.
"All Marines—retreat to the warships immediately!"
The Marines snapped out of their daze and scrambled back frantically.
Sengoku turned to Kizaru and Aokiji:
"Can you stop that thing?!"
Without a word, Aokiji raised both hands, releasing an ultra-wide-range blast of absolute zero freezing air.
The freezing air swept toward the three-thousand-meter-high tidal wave like a white storm.
Crack—crack—crack—!
Wherever the freezing air passed, the seawater began to freeze.
The ice layer spread rapidly, attempting to freeze the entire colossal wave.
However—
The wave was simply too massive!
Though Aokiji's freezing air covered an extensive area, it was like a drop in the bucket against a wave three thousand meters high and over ten kilometers long.
The ice layer spread less than a hundred meters before being shattered by the oncoming seawater.
This was no ordinary seawater—it was heavy water imbued with gravitational force.