"Hmph, what a big mouth," Akainu snorted coldly, his face grim. "Since when did it become your turn to manage the Marines?"
The implied meaning was: this sea area does not belong to your Emperor. We are here. Can you control us?
"What, Akainu, was the last lesson I gave you not enough?" Esdeath's eyebrows slightly raised, her gaze chilling. "Do you want me to break another arm, making you the first admiral in history without an arm?"
Akainu heard this and, thinking back to the last time he was humiliated, instantly felt a phantom pain where his arm was broken. His face immediately turned grim, and he said coldly to Esdeath, "You can try."
"Esdeath, your Emperor's hands shouldn't reach '013' too far." Sengoku's expression was grave. "The Marines are not yet yours to dictate."
"Then let's fight." Esdeath, seeing that Sengoku had said this, knew that it was impossible to make the Marines retreat.
"Great Inferno!" Akainu heard this and instantly mobilized all his abilities, unleashing everything he had.
Instantly, Akainu's entire body turned into rolling magma. The scorching temperature burned the air, as if twisting space itself in its desire to burn.
After a short while, countless rolling magma covered the entire sky. Without hesitation or wavering, countless magmas descended with endless fiery tails.
Like falling meteors, painting this space crimson.
Like a scene of doomsday, Esdeath at this moment watched all of this with great composure, as if she were an outsider.
And that red figure beside her took a step forward. Just as his foot landed, Esdeath blocked him.
"You hold back for now. Let him come." Esdeath shook her head, pointing at Kaido beneath their feet.
The red figure's eyes flashed with a hint of doubt upon hearing this, then he finally nodded, retracting his foot.
"What's happening?"
Sengoku, who had always been observing the Emperor, saw the two unmoved, and a hint of doubt flashed in his expression.
From his understanding of the Emperor, it was absolutely impossible for him to sit idly by.
And such a great inferno, like a natural disaster, even the Yonko wouldn't dare to directly face it head-on.
But the two remained unmoved.
"Could it be..." Sengoku's gaze swept, and he saw the massive creature beneath their feet.
The colossal body floated slightly on the surface of the water, and a pair of enormous pupils radiated red light.
"A member I've never seen before. Is he also a member of the Emperor?" Sengoku thought to himself.
"Kkrrr."
Just as the magma was about to fall, a sudden, ethereal voice sounded.
Instantly, the sea churned, and a colossal body lifted its head, a pair of enormous pupils radiating light.
Light flashed, an invisible wave like ripples spread around.
"The magma has stopped falling."
Suddenly, a startling voice sounded. It was a scout.
"What?"
At this moment, Garp and Sengoku could no longer remain calm. They quickly looked up into the sky.
They saw countless magma stopped in mid-air in the distance.
As if space itself was frozen.
As if time itself was stopped.
"It's actually stopped! What kind of ability is this?"
"My goodness, Admiral Akainu's moves were actually stopped!"
"Is this a monster? It can control things of such a huge scale."
Witnessing this scene, the Navy soldiers below could no longer remain calm, speaking in hushed tones, their words filled with shock.
"Sengoku, this time it seems we've encountered a monster," Garp's expression was grave, his gaze falling on Kaido's body, his voice heavy.
Although he had many encounters with the Emperor, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of shock.
This was simply not an ordinary person's ability; it was like a miracle.
Akainu's face among the many Marines was the most unpleasant.
Although he himself didn't feel that a Great Inferno would cause any harm to the Emperor and others, seeing all his abilities so simply understood and resolved,
Akainu was filled with both anger and hatred.
"Give it back to you."
Suddenly, an ethereal voice sounded, and the magma that was originally falling towards Esdeath and the others changed direction, heading towards the Navy warships.
"Swish swish swish"
Seeing countless magma falling, the faces of the Marines on the warships instantly changed dramatically.
"Aokiji." Sengoku roared.
As his voice fell, a figure leaped out.
"Ice Age."
Aokiji's expression was grave. He spread his hands, and a terrifying cold current instantly burst forth.
The cold instantly froze the magma upon contact. The magma, which had been half-transformed into ice blocks, slowly fell onto the sea surface, creating ripples.
But there was too much magma, and although Aokiji's ability was powerful, he couldn't instantly contain it all.
Still, a large portion of the magma fell.
"Protect the warships!" Sengoku roared.
Between his words, golden light emanated from Sengoku's body. With a flash of light, Sengoku transformed into a giant Buddha.
The Buddha's palm reached out horizontally, swatting down a piece of magma in the air.
"Cannonballs." Garp called out to the Navy soldiers behind him.
The originally dazed Navy soldiers immediately snapped to attention. They quickly picked up the cannonballs and threw them at the magma.
Garp grabbed the cannonballs and threw them directly.
Instantly, the cannonballs turned into shadows, striking down a piece of magma in the air.
Although the area of the magma was vast, with many Marines working together, they still managed to block the magma.
However, although most of the magma was blocked, some stragglers still fell, landing on the Navy warships.
At this moment, Aokiji saw the magma being blocked and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Emperor." Aokiji's expression was grave, completely devoid of his previous lazy demeanor.
Without hesitation, Aokiji leaped onto the sea surface.
Before his feet even touched the water, the sea surface instantly froze, rapidly spreading across the nearby sea area at a visibly rapid speed.
Seeing the sea surface frozen, Akainu instantly jumped out, directly pursuing Esdeath and the others' position.
"Leave this person to me." Esdeath saw Akainu charging over, chuckled, then instantly vanished.
And as Esdeath vanished, Aokiji arrived, standing not far from Kaido, gazing with a solemn expression.
"Leave this person to me." The red figure chuckled softly. After speaking, he leaped down, standing in front of Aokiji.
"Someone I've never seen before." Aokiji's eyebrows furrowed tightly. He carefully examined the red figure in front of him, then asked, "I've never seen you before. What's your name?"
The red figure chuckled heartily upon hearing this, then smiled at Aokiji and said, "Hashirama Senju."
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