Akainu's pupils shrank. Although Akira Stone's slashes couldn't hurt his Logia-type body, they had split his body apart. It would take him a little time to condense his body, but Akira Stone didn't give him any time at all. Several consecutive Getsuga Tenshō slashed his magma body into pieces. And Akira Stone turned into a black shadow, charging over quickly.
"Not so easy!"
Akainu didn't control his body to recover. Instead, he controlled the magma to attack Akira Stone. But Akira Stone's speed was too fast. The magma couldn't keep up with his speed at all. He easily dodged them, making Akainu only able to let out an angry roar.
Actually, Akainu was also very depressed. His strength was definitely more than what he was showing. But most of his attacks were indiscriminate attacks, and the range was very large. If he attacked with all his strength, he might hurt his fellow Navy members. So unable to show his full strength, he was actually taken advantage of by Akira Stone. This made him very angry.
Braving Akainu's attacks, Akira Stone rushed to Roger's body at the fastest speed. Although there were still a few Marines next to Roger's body, Akira Stone easily killed them in front of Tensa Zangetsu. Then, he grabbed Roger's body, and prepared to turn around and leave.
Akira Stone's speed was indeed fast enough. But when he carried Roger's body, his speed suddenly decreased. And Kong, who had been following behind him, seized this opportunity, and punched towards Akira Stone's back without hesitation.
Akira Stone's speed and attacks were indeed very strong. But his weakness was also very obvious, which was insufficient defense. Tensa Zangetsu didn't have the extremely strong defensive ability like Senbonzakura. He hadn't learned Armament Haki either. So facing a top expert like Kong, as long as he was hit by one punch, he would definitely be seriously injured.
Facing Kong's attack, Akira Stone's eyes suddenly flashed with a look of madness. He actually stopped dodging, and instead used Tensa Zangetsu to face Kong's fist.
"Boom!"
Kong was known as Steel Bones. His physical skills had almost been trained to the extreme. Under his full-force eruption, even though Akira Stone had Tensa Zangetsu to block, he was still blasted away directly by his punch, along with the sword. He vomited blood wildly in the air, and flew out tens of meters in an extremely disheveled manner before crashing heavily to the ground.
However, Kong's expression became even more furious in the next moment, because even when he was injured, Akira Stone didn't let go of Roger's body. Instead, he crashed to the ground with Roger's body. What made Kong even more furious was that Akira Stone actually flew out of the center of the battle.
In that instant, Kong understood Akira Stone's intention. Akira Stone forcefully endured his attack, and then used his power to fly away from the center of the battle. So his attack clearly couldn't have blasted Akira Stone so far away. But Akira Stone still flew away such a long distance. The only explanation was that it was intentional.
"Why is he retreating there?"
Kong looked towards the location where Akira Stone was. When he saw it, his whole body trembled. He shouted loudly, "Kuzan, stop Marco! Quick, stop him!"
It turned out that the direction Akira Stone had flown out in was precisely the battlefield between Aokiji and Marco. He shouted almost at the same time as Kong, "Marco, take off! Don't care about Aokiji. I'll deal with him."
Akira Stone's and Kong's shouts resounded throughout the entire plaza. In an instant, almost everyone's battle stopped. Their gazes all looked towards here. From Kong's exasperated roar, they could hear his meaning. Akira Stone was very likely to escape.
Originally, the battle between Marco and Aokiji was the most desperate battle besides the one involving Akira Stone and the others. Having fought until now, both Marco and Aokiji were covered in injuries, and exhausted.
One of them was a Logia-type Devil Fruit ability user, and the other was a Phoenix Fruit ability user. One was immune to physical attacks, and the other almost recovered instantly. Once they fought desperately, it was truly a real knife and a real gun. So even with the Logia-type and Phoenix Fruit, the two of them were still covered in injuries. It could be said that the injuries they had sustained were second only to Akira Stone.
It was when the two of them were fighting at their most intense that Akira Stone crashed over in a disheveled manner. In addition, with the loud shouts of Akira Stone and Kong, the two of them were suddenly a little stunned.
However, the reaction speed of the two was truly not to be trifled with, especially Marco. He had been with Akira Stone for so long. They had already reached a very tacit understanding. So at the moment when Akira Stone roared, he directly emitted blue flames all over his body, and transformed into a relatively large blue phoenix. Then, he quickly flew towards Akira Stone. He knew very well what Akira Stone meant. As long as they flew into the sky, with his ability, it would be even more difficult for the Navy to catch them.
Although Aokiji's reaction was a step slower than Marco's, he also quickly charged towards Akira Stone. However, he was going to stop Marco, because he had also thought clearly about the key. Marco was the key to Akira Stone and the others escaping Loguetown. So as long as he stopped Marco, Akira Stone wouldn't be able to escape.
Having figured out this point, Aokiji used all his strength to attack Marco. He saw ice all over the sky transforming into a huge ice bird, charging towards Marco with a powerful momentum. It was about to catch up with Marco soon.
Regarding Aokiji's attack behind him, Marco didn't even look at it. He was still flying towards Akira Stone regardless of everything.
"Is Marco crazy? He's actually completely disregarding Aokiji's attack? If this attack hits, even if he's a Phoenix Fruit ability user, he'll definitely be seriously injured, right? How will he escape then?"
Seeing that Marco was actually completely disregarding Aokiji's attack, and still heading towards Akira Stone, the people on the plaza were very surprised. No matter how strong the Phoenix Fruit's recovery ability was, it still needed time, right? This kind of completely reckless approach looked like he was courting death no matter how you looked at it. If he was hit, even if he reached Akira Stone's side, how would they escape?
However, how could they understand the tacit understanding between Marco and Akira Stone? Akira Stone had just shouted, telling Marco not to care about anything, not to care about Aokiji, and just head towards him directly. They might think that Akira Stone shouted like that in a panic, but Marco didn't think so. He knew that Akira Stone must be confident, so that's why he asked him to do that.
The reason why the Whitebeard Pirates were able to run rampant in the New World was not only because of Whitebeard's personal power, but also because of the mutual trust and tacit understanding between all the members of the Whitebeard Pirates. Especially Akira Stone and Marco. They could often understand each other's meaning with just a glance. They were also people who could entrust their lives to each other. So facing Akira Stone's request, Marco would execute it without hesitation.
Akira Stone had indeed been seriously injured by Kong's punch just now, but he hadn't reached the point where he couldn't stand up. He had already put Tensa Zangetsu back into its sheath. Seeing Marco rushing over quickly, he struggled to stand up, and then threw Roger's body towards Marco. Then, he charged towards Marco's back, looking like he was preparing to help Marco take Aokiji's attack.
"Clang!"
The long sword was unsheathed. Akira Stone shouted in a low voice, "The waves are my shield, the lightning is my blade, Sōgyo no Kotowari!"
Sōgyo no Kotowari was immediately released. Aokiji's attack also descended. However, facing Sōgyo no Kotowari's ability, Aokiji's ice attack was quickly absorbed completely by Sōgyo no Kotowari. Then, Akira Stone instead released the attack towards Aokiji, who was charging over.
"Release!"
Exactly the same as the attack that Aokiji had just used, a giant ice bird charged towards Aokiji in reverse. Aokiji's expression changed. This was his attack. He didn't expect that he would actually be attacked by Akira Stone in return. This feeling made him extremely depressed, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth and resist.
And what Akira Stone needed was just this little bit of time. Marco behind him had already grabbed Roger's body and flown up. When he flew to Akira Stone's side, his other claw grabbed Akira Stone, and threw him forcefully, landing him right on his back.
"Marco, let's go!"
Although there were countless experts in the Navy, among the people in the field, there really wasn't anyone who could fly. So allowing Akira Stone and the others to escape into the sky meant that they had basically succeeded in escaping by half.
The people from the Roger Pirates saw that Akira Stone had already flown into the sky with Roger's body. They all revealed excited shouts. Then, they only heard Akira Stone in the sky shout loudly, "Retreat!"
The people from the Roger Pirates didn't care at all that Akira Stone was giving them orders. Instead, they were all happy, and after forcefully forcing back their opponents, they quickly rushed out of the plaza. Even if the Marines tried their best to stop them, they still couldn't stop the Roger Pirates from breaking through.
Rayleigh laughed loudly, and said to Sengoku and Garp, "Sengoku, Garp, did you see that? The sea is already the era of young people. What you thought was impossible to do was actually done by a boy. Roger's choice was not wrong. What happened today is verifying his expectations. Haha, I should go too!"
If Rayleigh wanted to leave, even Sengoku and Garp would have a hard time stopping him. They could only watch Rayleigh break through and leave.
Kong's angry roars were echoing throughout the entire plaza, "Stop him! Stop that brat! Attack him!"
Without needing Kong to order, the Marines had already launched their attacks. Guns and artillery fire were constantly attacking Marco in the sky. It was just that this level of attack was impossible for Marco to be hit by. Instead, they watched him fly higher and higher.
Just as Marco was flying higher and higher, suddenly a strong golden light emanated from the plaza. Then, those golden lights gathered in mid-air, and transformed into Kizaru. Kizaru looked at Marco in the sky, and chuckled, "I can't let you escape so easily, Yata no Kagami!"
Kizaru waved his hands, and saw golden lights flashing all over the sky, shooting towards Marco in the sky at an extremely fast speed.
"Be careful, Marco!"
Akira Stone on his back saw Kizaru's attack below, and shouted nervously at Marco. Marco naturally also discovered Kizaru. So he immediately increased his speed to the maximum, and flew to a higher place, hoping to dodge Kizaru's attack.
Marco's speed was indeed faster. However, Kizaru's speed of light was even faster. Countless lasers shot to Marco's front in the blink of an eye. Because of his size, Marco couldn't dodge all the lasers at all. Several lasers hit Marco, and several holes appeared in the phoenix's body. However, the Phoenix Fruit's recovery ability was indeed very strong. The injured places recovered to their original state in just a few seconds.
However, Kizaru's Yata no Kagami was a very large-scale attack, and the number was very amazing. Especially since Marco was now like a target, allowing Kizaru to attack. Even if his recovery ability was strong, he couldn't resist this continuous attack.
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