Chapter 238

"The Marine Headquarters is not a place for you to run wild."

"It's you who are damned! Whitebeard Pirates!"

"Follow me and kill the enemy!"

On the Marine side, officers led their troops out from the inner shore to engage the Whitebeard Pirates on the frozen bay sea.

When the two sides collided.

In an instant.

Swords clashed, cannons roared continuously.

"Stormbird!"

Aokiji swung his frozen right arm toward Whitebeard.

A massive ice bird shrieked toward Whitebeard.

Ma Erke, beside Whitebeard, stomped his foot, transforming into a flaming blue phoenix that crashed into the ice bird.

Aokiji squinted, staring at Ma Erke emerging from the white steam.

"Ah la la."

"Cannon fire! Destroy the Moby Dick!"

The Marine officer in charge of heavy artillery waved his hand and roared; instantly, cannonballs rained down upon the battlefield.

The Summit War erupted fully!

"Dad… and everyone…"

Ace stared blankly at the fierce battlefield in the distance.

"Why… why would you risk yourselves for someone like me…"

Admiral Sengoku, standing beside him with arms crossed, glanced at him and said coldly:

"You, who inherited Roger's blood, should never have been born into this world. You will only bring death to more people… Whitebeard, and the Whitebeard Pirates, will all be destroyed today because of you."

Ace listened, gritting his teeth tightly, head bowed in agony.

"Ace!"

A shout from the sky made Ace snap his eyes open and look up.

"That voice is…!"

207, Massive Battle!

When Caribou heard that familiar voice, he too snapped his head up.

When he saw the three ships plummeting from the sky, and Luffy on the Thousand Sunny, his eyes widened just like Ace's.

"Luffy!!"

Ace stared at Luffy, dumbfounded: "Why did you come?!"

When he was still a hundred meters above ground, Luffy couldn't wait—he jumped straight off the ship.

"Ace!"

"The Straw Hat kid…"

Sengoku glanced at Luo En in the sky, squinting: "Did he bring this one?"

As if sensing Sengoku's gaze, Luo En standing in midair looked his way and smiled faintly.

Luffy transformed into a giant rubber ball midair, slammed into the ground, bounced twice, then returned to normal, unharmed.

"He's the Straw Hat kid, bounty 140 million!"

"Did he come here for Ace too?!"

"You won't get away with this!"

Luffy knocked away a elite Marine swinging a sword at him, then charged forward toward Ace's execution platform.

"Ace, I've come to save you!"

"Luffy…"

Ace stared at him, dumbfounded.

Under Luo En's control, the three ships landed steadily on the frozen bay sea.

Several groups stepped down from the ships.

"You jumped from the sky?! You scared me to death!"

Ivankov patted his chest: "Sabo, your brother really…"

"Hah! That's exactly the kind of thing Luffy would do."

Sabo, holding a long staff and wearing a black trench coat, adjusted his hat, raised his gaze toward the execution platform, and stared at Ace with determination: "Ace, wait for us… we'll definitely save you."

"Seriously, our captain has no patience for waiting for anyone."

"So incredibly reckless."

Zoro, Sanji, and the rest of the Straw Hats walked up beside Sabo and Ivankov.

"This war can't be stopped anymore… now that it's come to this, we can only rescue Ace first."

Jinbe stepped forward.

"So this is the Summit War our captain mentioned? The scale is truly enormous."

Bonney surveyed the surroundings.

"Even more astonishing than I imagined."

Robin spoke.

"There are many strong ones here, and the ones I want to challenge are among them."

Kuina stared intently at the distant Hawk-Eye Mihawk.

Looking at them standing before those three ships.

Some Marine officers wore looks of shock.

"The Revolutionary Army, the Straw Hat crew, the Sea Knight Jinbe, and… the Calamity of the Sky!"

"How did they all end up together?!"

"Oh my."

Huang Yuan looked over there, a hint of surprise in his eyes as well: "So even the Revolutionary Army has come? Now that really is unexpected."

Akainu rose to his feet, coldly saying: "That should make everyone accounted for. Begin the encirclement and extermination according to plan."

"I recall the plan said I was supposed to be the one to deal with Bai Huzi, right?"

Huang Yuan said as he rose.

Akainu shot him a glance.

"Such a scary look. Alright, I get it, I'll go tie down that Luo En, all right?" Huang Yuan scratched his head, then glanced at the figure in the sky and sighed: "If I could, I'd really rather not face him."

"You and Green Bull just need to keep him occupied."

Akainu swept his gaze over the figure in the sky, his face utterly cold as he said: "We'll deal with him later."

Although he very much wanted to kill that man, the difficulty of taking down Luo En was absolutely greater than that of dealing with Bai Huzi—he had understood this since their last clash.

So Bai Huzi had to be dealt with first.

Akainu stomped the ground, leapt high into the air, magmafied his right fist, condensed it into a massive magma fist, and hurled it at the Whitebeard Pirates who had already landed on Marineford.

"Great Eruption!"

"Diamond Jozu!"

"Diamond" Jozu shone all over like a diamond, crossed his arms, and barely withstood Akainu's devastatingly powerful punch, but his entire body was sent skidding backward several hundred meters, his feet carving a deep trench in the ground.

Whitebeard, gripping his bisento, stepped onto the plaza of Marineford.

Akainu, the right half of his body even magmafied, blocked his path without a hint of fear, his eyes coldly fixed on him.

"You're already this old—why don't you obediently retire from this sea? Bai Huzi."

"Gurarara." Whitebeard grinned broadly, stared at Sakazuki, and laughed boldly: "Akainu brat, you've got quite the nerve!"

Whitebeard raised the bisento in his hand; terrifying shockwaves gathered along the blade, and a single slash wrapped in Armament Haki came crashing down on Akainu.

"If you've got the guts, try blocking it!"

"This kind of attack…"

Akainu raised his eyes, his gaze beneath the brim of his cap utterly cold; his right leg magmafied and wrapped in Haki as he stepped forward.

"Who couldn't take that?!"

As Akainu's and Whitebeard's attacks collided.