Clang—!!
A sharp sound, accompanied a huge "X"-shaped slash wave, flashed out with dazzling golden light, roared out. In an instant, it enveloped Dragon, Luffy, and the others.
"Damn... Storm Wall!!"
Dragon's pupils contracted suddenly. His hands were raised, and a ring-shaped barrier formed by a storm instantly blocked in front of them. But in the blink of an eye, the wind wall suddenly collapsed under the bombardment of dozens of huge slash waves.
"Luffy, come with me!"
Dragon's face changed drastically. He picked up Luffy involuntarily and galloped toward the harbor. At the same time, he used his right hand to control the hurricane to attack behind him, defending against the cross-shaped slash waves that were coming down like a torrential rain.
"Mr. Dragon, save me..."
Inazuna and others had not yet finished their words of pleading for help when they were directly dismembered into pieces by the huge slash wave that crashed down.
"Bastard!" Dragon never dreamed that Adrian's slash would have such terrifying power. A storm wall strong enough to withstand several iron fist attacks from his father, Garp, was shattered in the blink of an eye. In face of life and death option, Dragon didn't care about people like Sabo and Inazuna at all. Otherwise, he and Luffy would be in danger.
"Sabo!!"
However, Luffy did not give up on his stepbrother. He stretched his arms back violently and, before Sabo's figure could be submerged in several cross-shaped slash waves, he barely managed to drag him out.
"Hee hee, great, Sabo, I caught you... Hey, why is your mouth bleeding? Are you injured?"
"Lu... Luffy, thank you... Promise me, okay... Live well, and never seek revenge on that person."
There was an ugly smile on Sabo's ashen face. Then, under Luffy's horrified eyes, his neck crooked and he lost the last breath of life. Only then did Luffy realize that what he had rescued was just Sabo's upper body. His lower body had long been wiped out by the terrifying slashing attack.
"Sabo ugh...!!"
Holding Sabo's half-corpse, Luffy let out a mournful howl. In a very short time, he had witnessed the death of his brother twice in a row, and both times were at a close distance. Sadness, helplessness, despair, anger, fear... Under the constant impact of various negative emotions, his will broke down completely.
"Adrian, I will never forgive you!"
At this moment, Dragon's heart wasn't much better than Luffy's, and he was also bleeding. In just one day, the five commanders of the Revolutionary Army, including Ivankov, were dead or gone. Now, Morley was left alone. Even Sabo, the apprentice and second-in-command he had trained for ten years, had died in front of him. This was an almost fatal blow for the Revolutionary Army, which was originally extremely scarce in combat power.
Most importantly, Dragon had fallen for Adrian's trick and mistakenly gave Bello Betty to the opponent. This was tantamount to destroying the foundation of the Revolutionary Army with his own hands. A revolution has never been something that could be accomplished by just talking. Without the "Pump-Pump Fruit," even if Dragon could make up the four great commanders, what would he use to inspire the fighting spirit of the common people?
Thinking of the situation that he had worked hard for decades to create being destroyed by Adrian in an instant, Dragon wished he could tear him apart. Looking down at the fainted Luffy, the hostility in Dragon's eyes faded a little. But it was okay. He finally managed to free Luffy. It could be regarded as a little bit of relief.
However...
"A father's love is truly like a mountain. If you want the Straw Hat to leave here alive, then obediently hand over your Devil Fruit... I'll be very satisfied with the ability to control the wind."
Adrian's cold and playful voice suddenly came from above Dragon's head. Immediately afterward, the twin knives in his hands instantly increased to 50 times their original size and boomed down like two falling meteors.
"More: 50 Times Cut!!"
"Dragon's Breath!!"
The moment the fists and blades intersected, Dragon's legs were directly pressed into the ground. The surrounding land even collapsed under this terrifying force. His right hand, which was wrapped in jet-black Armament Haki and shaped like a dragon's claw, collided with Adrian's twin swords, creating bursts of violent fireworks. But the next second, under the sudden increase of strength of Adrian's arms, the figures of Dragon and Luffy were directly blasted into the ground.
Boom!
In an instant, the ground collapsed forming a huge pit. The whole square trembled.
"Don't pretend to be dead inside. If you want to take the opportunity to attack me, I advise you to give up. My Observation Haki is many times higher than yours!"
A look of disdain flashed in Adrian's eyes. He jumped to the edge of the pit, raised his two swords, and prepared to make launch blows to the Dragon who was determined to pretend like a turtle at the bottom of the pit. Suddenly, as if he had sensed something, Adrian's gaze suddenly turned to the battlefield at the other end.
Boom—!!
Horrible bangs rang through Marineford again. Whitebeard hit hard with a blow that lingered in white halo. The space on the square shattered in an instant. The earth trembled, and the sea surged!
Boom!
Akainu's muscular body wrapped in lava flew backward in an instant. He fell into a huge, bottomless crack. His life or death status unknown. Having missed the "filial son's attack," Whitebeard in a rage was undoubtedly the existence close to demon god. In this confrontation between the Admiral and Yonko, Akainu was clearly inferior. But Whitebeard wasn't much better off. Akainu had created a big hole in his abdomen, and half of his proud crescent mustache was also gone.
"That... bastard, I'm afraid of what you really want to do, Whitebeard."
When Sengoku saw the bottomless black abyss behind Whitebeard, his face turned livid. The huge square had been divided into two at this moment. With Whitebeard and the abyss as the dividing line, the Pirates and Marines were completely separated. In order to allow the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates to escape Marineford alive, Whitebeard had made up his mind to die. This also meant that Marine casualties would explode again. A one-man army attack—it was possible with overlord like Whitebeard. This scene that Sengoku least wanted to see had happened after all.
"Gurararara, go, children... I will stay here and make a clean break with the Marines!!"
Whitebeard knew in his heart that even if Ace was dead, Marines would never let go of this good opportunity to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates. Only if he stayed behind to divert would there be a glimmer of life for his children. As their father, he had taken stand on the last post.
As his voice fell, the white halo, which contained the power of tremor, lingered on his giant fist again. A violent punch, facing the direction of the Naval Headquarters building was like a air hammer.
He wanted to face the whole world and destroy this building that symbolized peace and order.
Boom—!!
At the same time as the atmosphere was fragmented, the majestic shock wave burst out again. The whole island trembled.
"Whitebeard, even if you are a Yonko, Marineford is not a place where you can run wild!!" A golden light suddenly appeared behind Sengoku, and the huge golden body directly blocked the front of the headquarters building. Facing Whitebeard's shock wave, the giant palm pressed up.
Shockwave vs. Shockwave!
The two energies with the same purpose and unparalleled destructive power collided. After a brief stalemate for a few seconds, the shocking explosion went straight into the sky.
"Stopped it, as expected of Marshal Sengoku!"
Looking at the intact Naval Headquarters building, the Marine camp burst into cheers.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Sengoku, I'll have to ask you to do it yourself~~" Kizaru rushed to Sengoku's side at the first time and expressed his condolences, saying as if such small things should be done by him.
Sengoku: Fuck you, bastard, I just saw you paddling there!
"It's okay. Leave Whitebeard to me. You and Aokiji continue to chase Straw Hat Luffy. We must not let him escape from Marineford!"
Sengoku had now given up hope for these two shits. But there was no other way. Someone has made Marine's number one slugger, Akainu, offline? He couldn't let Garp, that old bastard, arrest his own son and grandson. In case the three of them band together as a loving family and ran away in a group, then the Marine's face would be mudded.
"Gurararara, Sengoku, it seems that you are still young." Although he was blocked by Sengoku, Whitebeard didn't care. All he had to do now was to restrain the pursuing Marines. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the members of the Whitebeard Pirates who had started to board the ship one after another. His heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Just hold on a little longer, and his sons would be completely safe.
"Whitebeard, stop being so fearless! Do you think you alone can stop us all?!" Sengoku said sternly, "You have already lost this battle! Even if your sons are lucky enough to escape here today, in the future... I'll definitely send them to the guillotine."
"Gurararara, Sengoku, I advise you not to be too greedy. It is already the greatest honor for you Marines to successfully keep this old man!"
Whitebeard's domineering words instantly resounded throughout Marineford. But no one in the Marines dared to jump out and question him, because he did have such arrogant qualifications. Even Admiral Akainu had been hammered to silence by him.
But whether it was Whitebeard or Sengoku, they were both very clear in their hearts. Today's battle was going to end successfully. Whitebeard's death would be an indispensable closing ceremony. And only in this way could the Marines stop in front of the world openly. On this matter, Whitebeard and Sengoku seemed to have reached some kind of tacit agreement. The former was even more prepared to die.
But at this moment, a charming voice suddenly sounded out of nowhere.
"Hey, Whitebeard, I see that a group of useless sons of yours seem to be very reluctant to leave you alone to die here."
Adrian strode across to Whitebeard. He looked at the three remaining giant pirate ships in the harbor and suddenly showed an evil smirk on his face.
"How about... I let them stay and be buried with you?!"
While the voice fell, under Whitebeard's astonished gaze, Adrian raised his right arm abruptly.
"Lion Majesty! Mountain!"