Seeing Whitebeard being frozen, the Navy soldiers all shouted happily, only Aokiji himself looked at Whitebeard with a solemn expression, without any joy. As expected, after a few seconds, Whitebeard's frozen body began to tremble, and the next moment, he directly cracked the ice.
Aokiji sighed lightly and said, "As expected, tremors can't be frozen."
Saying that, he went towards Whitebeard again, wanting to use his abilities, but the great naginata in Whitebeard's hand suddenly pierced through his body. This time, it was the Whitebeard Pirates' turn to be happy, but their happiness didn't last long, because Aokiji hadn't been killed. Although Whitebeard had also used Haki, Aokiji's Haki wasn't weak either, and he had already used Haki on his abilities.
The pierced Aokiji happened to grab Whitebeard's weapon, freezing Whitebeard and his weapon together, and then using his abilities to create ice spears, preparing to attack Whitebeard, but a huge body crashed over.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Aokiji was instantly smashed into pieces of ice, falling to the ground, but he quickly re-condensed. He looked at the figure that had knocked him down, and frowned, "Whitebeard Pirates' Third Division Commander, Diamond Jozu!"
Jozu said to Whitebeard, "Pops, you go first, I'll take care of this place."
His strength might not be as good as the Navy admirals, but his ability's defense was extremely strong. It definitely wouldn't be easy for Aokiji to defeat him, so it was completely no problem for him to contain Aokiji.
Whitebeard nodded and said, "I'll leave this place to you." Then, he continued to advance towards the execution platform.
At the same time, Straw Hat Luffy was also quickly heading towards the execution platform, but he encountered trouble. Several Navy vice admirals, led by Vice Admiral Momonga, blocked him. His strength was good, but it was only equivalent to the level of a Navy vice admiral, so being surrounded by several Navy vice admirals, no matter how he struggled, he was always unable to escape. On the contrary, he was caught by several Navy vice admirals, and was hit hard several times in a row, suffering no small injuries.
In order to eliminate Straw Hat Luffy in one go, Navy Admiral Kizaru also walked over, and kicked Luffy away with one kick, and quickly chased after him, preparing to give Luffy a fatal blow.
"Slash!"
Just as Kizaru was about to make a move, suddenly a crescent-shaped blade of light came flying, slashing in front of Kizaru, directly blocking Kizaru's attack route.
Kizaru suddenly stopped his footsteps, and looked at the front with a sharp gaze, slowly saying, "You're getting in the way again, Death God!"
Akira, holding Tensa Zangetsu, stood in front of Luffy, wearing a shihakushō, looking exceptionally cold and handsome.
"Kizaru, you're also a Navy admiral, but you're actually treating a rookie like this. It's really lacking in grace. But that's right, you seemed to be like a clingy candy following me back then, so talking to you about grace is insulting the word."
Akira looked at Kizaru, his mouth full of sarcasm. Even if Kizaru didn't want to get angry, he was filled with anger.
Kizaru said in a deep voice, "Death God, you're really getting in the way."
Akira said with a smile, "Yeah, I think so too. Then you can choose to kill me."
Having been disrupted by Akira time and time again, Kizaru had long been unable to endure it, so he said, "Since you want to die, then I'll fulfill your wish."
As a Navy admiral, Kizaru naturally had absolute confidence. Even if the strength that Akira displayed was strong, it hadn't reached the point where he would retreat. Even Whitebeard couldn't make him retreat, let alone Akira.
Kizaru spread his hands, preparing to use Ama no Murakumo, but just as he emitted golden light, suddenly a blue blade of light fell in front of him, directly interrupting his actions, making him stop his movements, and look over with a frown.
"Hawkeye!"
They saw Mihawk, holding the Black Sword, walking over step by step. He walked in front of Akira and Kizaru, and without even looking at Kizaru, he directly said to Akira, "It's time for us to have that battle that was interrupted ten years ago."
Seeing Mihawk, not only did Kizaru frown, but even Akira frowned. If it were any other time, he would definitely be happy to have a battle of the century with Mihawk, but the problem was that now wasn't the time. At this time, what he wanted most was to rescue Ace, and then withdraw from Navy Headquarters.
If he fought Mihawk, not to mention that his current condition hadn't recovered to its best, even if they fought, it wouldn't be possible for the two of them to determine the winner in a short period of time. I'm afraid that before they determined the winner, the battle between Navy Headquarters and the Whitebeard Pirates would have already ended.
"Hawkeye, I said, now isn't the time for us to fight. This time, this place, I have things to worry about. Even if I agree to fight you, I won't be able to be single-minded. How should we calculate if you win then? How should we calculate if I lose?"
Akira asked Mihawk with a serious expression.
Hawkeye hesitated for a moment, but quickly opened his mouth and said, "I am a swordsman, and you are also a swordsman. At any time, in any place, swordsmen will not change. Perhaps you have things to worry about now, but once we start fighting, I know that you will definitely go all out."
Hawkeye's words sounded somewhat unreasonable, but Akira didn't refute them, because what Hawkeye said was right. Once he fought Hawkeye, then even if he was forced to, he would make himself go all out. However, this result wasn't what he wanted. He didn't want a duel that he wasn't willing to have.
"Hawkeye..."
Akira was just about to continue speaking, but suddenly a voice came from his ear, "Big Brother Akira, I'll accept this duel for you."
The sudden appearance of the voice made the others somewhat stunned again. They saw Rambo, one of the Shichibukai, slowly walk to Akira's side, and said to Akira, "Big Brother Akira, leave this battle to me."
Then, he said to Hawkeye, "Hawkeye, Big Brother Akira once said that four years later would be the time for me to compete with you again. Now the four-year period has arrived, I want to challenge you again."
"Sword Demon!"
Hawkeye's eyes paused, and fell on Rambo. If it were someone else who wanted to interrupt his duel with Akira, he would naturally disdain it. However, Rambo was an exception. When he had fought Rambo four years ago, although Rambo hadn't brought him any substantial threat, four years had passed, and he could feel that Rambo's way of the sword had become even more powerful, and even he couldn't quite understand the aura on his body.
"Where's Doflamingo?"
Akira asked Rambo. He knew that Doflamingo hated him to the bone. If he had the opportunity, he would definitely kick him when he was down. He also knew that Rambo wouldn't let Doflamingo bring him trouble, so he would definitely hold Doflamingo back. But now that Rambo had appeared here, where was Doflamingo?
Rambo replied, "Doflamingo has been handed over to Jinbe. He said that he can stop him."
Akira nodded. Jinbe's strength was still good. Although he might not be able to defeat Doflamingo, it was definitely no problem for him to hold Doflamingo back, and even more so in the water in the bay, Jinbe had an advantage.
"Can you handle Hawkeye?" Akira asked.
Rambo didn't answer, he just pulled out his sword, his attitude making everything clear.
Akira wasn't an indecisive person, especially at this time, he wouldn't hesitate. Since Rambo had confidence, and he also had confidence in Rambo, so he said to Hawkeye, "Hawkeye, one year later, in the New World, I'll be waiting for you!"
Hearing these words, Hawkeye knew that he had no chance to fight Akira today. If Akira avoided the battle, no matter what methods he thought of, it would be useless. After all, this was a battlefield, and there were too many people in the Whitebeard Pirates. There were also many people who could stop him. Most importantly, even if he forced the fight, there would be no fairness to speak of.
"Okay, I'll wait for you for a year." Hawkeye responded.
Sengoku on the execution platform, seeing that the Navy's situation was very unfavorable, rolled up his sleeves, and said to Garp in a deep voice, "Garp, things have developed to the current situation. We old guys can't sit idly by either."
"Yayaya, I don't want to ask too much about you swordsmen's troubles, but this is a battlefield, not a place for you to talk nonsense." Kizaru shouted lightly, and golden light flashed in his hands, about to attack Akira.
But just at this time, suddenly a powerful aura suddenly rose, and Kizaru and the others were all stunned, and then looked in one direction.
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