Chapter 241

"Marines, advance! Kill the entire Whitebeard Pirates!"

"Advance!"

Rayleigh stood beneath a massive screen on the streets of Sabaody Archipelago, listening to the excited cheers of the crowd, gazing at the battlefield on the screen, a faint smile on his lips.

"The Marines won't win this war so easily."

"After all, that guy hasn't even moved yet…"

……

Marineford battlefield.

Ma Erke the Phoenix saw several Marine heavy cannons aimed at Kozuki, frozen in ice by Aokiji, his pupils contracting sharply as he roared toward them.

"Kozuki!"

He unleashed a fully hardened Armament Haki kick against the staff-sword blocking his path, sending Fujitora reeling several meters back, then seized the moment to spread his wings ablaze with blue flames and flew toward Kozuki.

Fujitora was momentarily blocked by several advancing pirates and failed to intercept him in time.

Fujitora, with eyes entirely white, stared at the direction Ma Erke had flown away—dozens of meters off—and said gravely: "You won't pass so easily."

He swung his staff-sword horizontally through the air.

Rings of purple gravity waves surged skyward and vanished.

"What did he do?!"

The Whitebeard Pirates, witnessing this, felt a chill of unease, uncertain and alarmed.

Several seconds later, a sound came from the sky.

Many looked up toward the heavens,

Sabo, Luffy, and others blocked by Bingshan also looked up.

When they saw the black dot in the sky,

Even Sabo, Ivankov, and Jinbe—powerful as they were—shrank their pupils, sweat dripping down their faces.

"What the hell is that?!"

The Whitebeard Pirates were utterly terrified, their expressions filled with dread.

"Damn it!"

"Are you kidding?!"

Zoro, fighting Smoker, looked up, his expression stunned.

"Is that… a meteor?!?!"

"You've got to be kidding me!!"

Usopp's eyes bulged out.

Nami, Sanji, Brook, Smoker, Tina, and other Marine officers all stopped fighting, looking up in awe as the meteor, wreathed in blazing fire and overwhelming heavenly might, plummeted from the heavens toward Marineford!

"This is… truly astonishing."

Admiral Tsuru gazed at the meteor and sighed.

As the meteor, radiating immense power, crashed down, both pirates and Marines halted their battles, their faces filled with terror, fearing it would strike them.

"Captain Ma Erke!"

Ma Erke, flying toward Kozuki, sensed the disturbance above, turned his head, saw the meteor hurtling toward him, and his eyes widened sharply.

"A meteor…?"

Whitebeard noticed the situation, narrowed his eyes, clenched his fist, and was about to unleash a devastating blow toward it.

"Hellfire!"

Akainu's violent attack struck him first, halting his movement.

Whitebeard's gaze toward Akainu flickered with terrifying killing intent.

"You red dog… you're really annoying!"

Whitebeard punched Akainu with a fist wrapped in Haki and killing intent; terrifying shockwaves erupted violently, colliding with Akainu's magma fist.

Boom—

The earth cracked!

The ferocious, scorching magma and the wild, unstoppable shockwaves split the hundred-meter space around them in two!

On the other side.

Under countless eyes, the meteor, wreathed in blazing fire, continued its descent toward Ma Erke and the frozen Kozuki.

"Damn it!"

Ma Erke gritted his teeth, spread his arms, transforming into a colossal phoenix engulfed in blue flames, spreading his wings to meet the meteor head-on.

"Oh? Planning to take it head-on? That's not a wise choice."

Huang Yuan watched this, grinning slyly: "If this succeeds, the Whitebeard Pirates lose two top-tier commanders at once—this war will have no more suspense."

Admiral Kizaru, Garp, Ryokugyu, Momonga, Sabo, Luffy, Jinbe, Law, and Moria all watched this moment intently.

"Ma Erke…"

Ace gritted his teeth, eyes bulging.

"Captain Ma Erke!"

The Whitebeard Pirates watched the figure charging toward the meteor with deep anxiety.

Just as Ma Erke, transformed into the phoenix, was about to collide with the meteor,

An unexpected scene appeared.

The meteor, hurtling down with immense power, suddenly halted in midair!

Ma Erke, in phoenix form, widened his eyes and instantly stopped in midair.

He stared blankly at the enormous meteorite floating a hundred meters above.

"Th-this is...?!"

"The meteorite... actually... stopped?!"

"You've got to be kidding!"

"What's going on?!"

The others were equally shaken.

"What on earth happened?!"

Sabo, Jinbe, Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat crew, the pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates, and a host of Marines all stared dumbfounded at the meteorite suspended a hundred meters above Marineford.

Sengoku turned his head to look into the distant sky, toward that slender figure who had remained apart from the battlefield the whole time, and said in a low voice, "So you've made your move? Traveler Luo En."

Garp was also staring fixedly in that direction.

Luo En, who had shown no movement until now, walked through the air, heading toward the battlefield below.

The moment he moved, he instantly drew countless gazes.

Whether Marine or pirate, all stopped fighting and looked toward him.

Even Bai Huzi and Akainu halted their battle and turned to look that way.

Viewers all over the world before their screens were also watching him intently.

"The legendary Traveler Luo En!"

"Is he finally going to make a move?"

They watched Luo En's black hair flutter in the wind, his expression calm and unhurried, as he walked step by step from the sky toward the battlefield below.

Whether pirate or Marine, all felt a heavy pressure.

"The power of the Whitebeard Pirates, and the power of the Marines — I've already seen it for myself."

Luo En's calm, unhurried voice rang in everyone's ears.

His pair of azure-blue Rinnegan eyes looked toward Sengoku and Garp on the execution platform, and he said with a hint of mockery, "It seems this is the full strength of the Marines right now.

"Truly... even weaker than I imagined."

Hearing his words—

Sengoku's eyes narrowed slightly.

Garp grinned: "Arrogant brat."

Meanwhile, the elite Marines, the pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates, and ordinary viewers before their screens all stood dumb as wooden chickens, unable to believe what they had just heard.

"That little brat!"

Akainu, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, stared at Luo En with a dark, sullen face.

"I can't just pretend I didn't hear that."