Chapter 162 – Everyone in Panic
"Damn… even Kakus and Kukai…!"
Ganliu, Fenamore, and the others turned pale as they watched their comrades blasted aside by a single kick from Admiral Kizaru.
"The gap in strength between us and an Admiral… it's too overwhelming!"
Kizaru strolled forward lazily, light gathering at his fingertips.
"Ohhh, how scary~. I'll admit, you're all promising newcomers. Given time, you might have become dangerous opponents."
His eyes narrowed, voice sharp despite the drawl.
"But the most frightening part… is that you've gathered under a captain who carries the blood of the Pirate King. That potential is far too dangerous."
The golden light on his fingertip intensified.
"So… I can only apologize. You're all going to die here."
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"Damn it… is this the end?"
"Sabo-kun… I'm sorry… we couldn't rescue you."
"I haven't even seen Ace take the throne yet… it's so frustrating!!"
Cornelia, Pai Bonsi, Aki, Iwa, Fenamore, Skaar, Seba, the Barry brothers, and Carols—the crew of the Spade Pirates—stood shoulder to shoulder. Their faces showed determination, regret, even resignation… but no fear.
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"Marco!"
On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard called out. His sharp gaze flickered to the Spade Pirates in danger.
"I got it, Pops!"
With a flap of blazing wings, Marco the Phoenix launched into the air, streaking towards Kizaru to save them.
"Two-pronged Ice Spear!!"
Before Marco could close the distance, Admiral Aokiji raised his arm. With a wave of frost, a massive spear of ice pierced through the air, knocking Marco down mid-flight.
"Ahh la la… sorry, Marco," Kuzan said coldly, stepping forward as icy mist spread from his body. "But those kids are seeds of evil that must be eradicated. I can't let you interfere with Borsalino."
"Damn you, Aokiji!" Marco cursed, flames of rebirth crackling as his wounds sealed. He tried to push past, but Aokiji's chilling presence weighed down on him like a glacier.
"Jozu!!" Marco shouted desperately.
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"Ohhhhhh!!~~"
Like a charging bull, Diamond Jozu, commander of Whitebeard's 3rd Division, tore across the battlefield toward Kizaru.
"It's Jozu! Stop him quickly!!"
Marines surged to intercept, but none—captains, commodores, even vice admirals—could so much as slow the diamond giant.
"Don't get too cocky!!"
Suddenly, a massive figure loomed before Jozu. A giant vice admiral, face hidden by a T-shaped iron mask, swung a colossal battle axe straight at him.
CLANG!!
The strike split the ice floor, shards erupting into the air.
"Whoa! As expected of a Marine giant—he stopped Jozu in one blow!"
"Lieutenant Commander Ronse is reliable!"
But as the ice dust cleared, the truth was revealed.
Jozu stood in the crater, unshaken, holding back the giant's axe with one arm.
"Don't underestimate me, Marines!!"
With a roar, Jozu flexed, shattering the axe in Ronse's hands. He leapt forward and slammed his diamond fist square into the giant's face.
BOOM!!
The mask shattered, and the vice admiral was sent crashing into the ice.
"No way! A giant was… knocked down in a single blow?!"
"Impossible! Vice Admiral Ronse… defeated like that?!"
"Oi!!" Jozu bared his teeth in a fierce grin and barreled forward again, straight for Kizaru.
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BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOM!!
Before he could close the gap, several more giant vice admirals landed from above, blocking his path.
"On the pride of Elbaf, Diamond Jozu… we will not let you advance another step!!"
"…Tch." Jozu's face darkened. Planting his feet, he slammed his fists into the ice.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!!
The battlefield shook as he heaved upward, tearing a massive iceberg—tens of meters wide—straight out of the ground.
"No way! That's not ice—he's lifting an entire iceberg!!"
With a roar, Jozu hurled the colossal mass at the giants.
"Try and stop this, Marines!!"
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"Fall back!! We can't stop that!!"
The giant vice admirals and nearby Marines paled in horror.
But at that instant, beneath the execution platform, another figure moved.
"If we all run… who protects this place?"
Admiral Akainu (Sakazuki) stepped forward, arm glowing molten red.
FWOOMMMM!
Volcanic magma poured from his fist, roaring like an erupting volcano.
"Great Eruption!!"
He punched skyward. The blazing fist of magma collided with the descending iceberg.
BOOOOMMMM!!
The impact shattered the iceberg into a million fragments, which were then instantly vaporized by the searing heat. Steam exploded into the sky—then rained down as countless chunks of molten rock.
"Mag… magma rain!!"
"Run for your lives!!"
Pirates screamed in panic as fiery meteors pelted the battlefield, while the Marines stood firm, morale surging under Akainu's ruthless defense.
"Damn it!!" Jozu snarled, watching Marines rally back into position. His chance to break through was gone.
And so, the last hope of the Spade Pirates—Marco's flight, Jozu's charge—was blocked once again.
Facing the shining finger of Kizaru, despair gripped the Spade Pirates' hearts.
Everyone in the Spade Pirates was on the brink of annihilation.
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