"Little treasures?" Kaido and Whitebeard asked in unison, puzzled.
"You'll find out soon enough!" Shiki didn't offer any further explanation.
His eyes narrowed as he activated the power of the Float-Float Fruit and gravity ceased to affect him.
In the next second, Shiki soared into the sky, heading straight for his floating island.
"I'll keep the Five Elders entertained. As for the rest of the Marines, they're all yours!" Bob said, raising an eyebrow as he glanced at the Five Elders.
Hearing this, the expressions of the remaining fighters turned solemn.
"Oh, and Dragon!"
"Your son Luffy is about to wake up. Whether you want him to join this battle is up to you!"
At these words, Dragon froze for a moment before turning to look at Luffy, who was lying unconscious behind him.
The swelling on Luffy's forehead from Garp's iron fist had completely subsided, and his fingers were twitching slightly.
"Hmm." Dragon nodded, then in a flash, he appeared beside Luffy.
Placing a large hand on Luffy's shoulder, he exerted a tremendous force.
"Ah~" Suddenly, Luffy, who had been in a hazy slumber, felt a sharp pain and jolted awake, sitting up abruptly.
"Dad!" Seeing the person before him, Luffy was momentarily stunned before exclaiming in surprise.
He hadn't expected to see his father, upon waking up after being knocked out by his grandfather, Garp.
However, after a brief moment of shock, Luffy quickly regained his composure.
He knew there were more important things to do—rescuing Ace.
"Dad!"
"It's great to see you, but I need to go save Ace now!"
Without hesitation, Luffy turned his gaze toward the execution platform where Ace was held.
In the next moment, Luffy's aura surged.
His legs turned pink as his blood flowed rapidly, his body strength increasing instantly.
White steam rose continuously from his body.
"Gear Second!!"
With a roar, Luffy stomped on the deck and in a flash, he dashed past the bow of the ship, heading straight for the execution platform.
Watching Luffy charge forward fearlessly, Dragon's eyes flickered with emotion.
This was the choice he had given Luffy—to let him decide for himself.
No one could interfere with another's beliefs and pursuits, not even family.
"Gurararara!"
"What a reckless kid!" Whitebeard laughed heartily as he noticed Luffy flying past overhead.
"Rescue Ace!"
"Slay the Marines!"
The voice, amplified by the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, echoed throughout Marineford.
Instantly, the morale of the Whitebeard Pirates soared, their fighting spirit reaching its peak.
They knew that with Bob and the other forces joining the battle, they held a significant advantage over the Marines.
In that moment, everyone raised their weapons high, cheering with fervor, their spirits lifted.
"Follow Whitebeard! Destroy Marineford!" Kaido's voice rang out.
As soon as he finished speaking, his crew erupted with deafening battle cries, their momentum even fiercer than that of the Whitebeard Pirates.
The flames of war seemed to burn fiercely in the eyes of the many powerful pirates—King, Queen, Jack, Marco, and Jozu.
Member of Bob Alliance and the Revolutionary Army, following their leaders' signals, began to move as well.
In an instant, the pirates' side erupted with deafening battle cries, everyone united as one.
On the other hand, the Marines who's under the overwhelming momentum of the pirates seemed somewhat dispirited.
The Marine soldiers in the square tightly gripped their weapons, as if only these could provide them with a sense of security, their faces filled with fear.
"Everyone, brace yourselves for battle! Have you forgotten why you joined the Marines?"
"Annihilate the pirates! Uphold the justice in your hearts!" Sengoku's words echoed from all directions.
The previously demoralized Marines, invigorated by Sengoku's commanding voice, seemed as if they had been injected with a stimulant.
The expressions of fear on their faces vanished instantly, replaced by a fierce will to fight.
Yes! There's no retreating now.
If death is inevitable, then we might as well fight with all we've got.
"Annihilate the pirates! Kill!"
"Annihilate the pirates!"
In an instant, everyone's emotions were stirred.
Whoosh!
At that moment, a sound of something cutting through the air was heard, and Kizaru flashed into the air in front of Luffy, transforming into a beam of light.
He then kicked directly at Luffy.
"BOOM!"
Luffy's body was sent flying back into the sea by the kick.
At the same time, Sengoku's voice rang out again.
"Quick! Activate the steel wall!"
****
Meanwhile, in a room beneath Marineford Castle, several soldiers sat in front of a machine.
Their eyes were fixed on the screen, and a mechanical joystick was at their side.
Upon hearing Sengoku's command, one Marine soldier's expression changed drastically.
He placed both hands on the joystick and pushed it up with all his might.
"Creak..."
Accompanied by the sound of metal grinding, the joystick was pushed to the other end by the Marine soldier, the power cranked up to the maximum.
Instantly, a loud roar was heard and the ground within Marineford's bay began to shake violently.
The ice surface cracked under the vibration and the Marine soldiers watching the scene below all had their expressions change slightly.
The next moment, a massive and even thicker wall slowly rose from the water at the inner wall of the bay.
At the top of the wall were placed numerous large gravity cannons, so many that they almost covered the entire top of the wall.
In the middle of the wall were square holes, from which the dark muzzles of cannons could faintly be seen.
All of them were pre-arranged artillery.
Immediately, the pirates' charge slowed down, as the coldly gleaming cannons covered every area within the bay.
And the path ahead of them, leading to the execution platform, was completely blocked by this wall!
At this moment, they were trapped within the steel walls.
****
"Kishishishi!"
"The battle has finally begun! Many will die, won't they?"
"I'll have new corpses to collect!" Gecko Moria laughed gleefully, watching as the two sides were about to clash, becoming increasingly excited.
As his words fell, the aura around Moria suddenly intensified, with dark shadows dispersing from his body and then coalescing once more.
At that very moment, a sharp pain surged through every part of his limbs and body.
Moria's expression changed drastically and he immediately looked down at his abdomen.
Several transparent threads had pierced through his body, stained with specks of crimson blood.
"Where do you think you going, Gecko Moria!"
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