"Marco! Thatch!"
Akira shouted suddenly. They saw Marco quickly rush towards Whitebeard. Seeing this scene, Kizaru immediately felt that it was an opportunity, and prepared to use his abilities to attack Marco. However, he forgot that he was fighting Akira. How could Akira easily let him attack Marco?
"Swish!"
A blade of light flashed, and Kizaru's body was directly split in half. The attack naturally couldn't be launched, and the golden light that his body had turned into also quickly flashed backwards, withdrawing a distance before re-condensing.
"Death God, you bastard." Kizaru looked at Akira with a gloomy expression.
They saw Marco quickly rush in front of Whitebeard. Before Akainu's attack could fall on Whitebeard again, he turned into blue flames, and fiercely collided with Akainu.
"Boom!"
And on the other side, Diamond Jozu was also distracted because of Whitebeard, and was directly frozen half of his body by Aokiji's cold air. Just as Aokiji was preparing to continue attacking, suddenly a flurry of snowflakes floated over, followed by a burst of cold air, colliding with Aokiji's cold air, actually reaching a degree of evenly matched.
"Whitebeard Pirates, Fourth Division Commander, Snow-Snow Fruit ability user, Snowfall Thatch!"
When Aokiji saw that the person blocking him was Thatch, his expression also changed somewhat, because Thatch's Snow-Snow Fruit ability and his Ice-Ice Fruit ability were very similar, belonging to the same type, somewhat similar to the Flare-Flare Fruit and the Magma-Magma Fruit, except that the Snow-Snow Fruit was a little worse than the Ice-Ice Fruit in terms of attack power.
Thatch looked at Aokiji vigilantly. His ability and Aokiji's ability were similar, so Aokiji was a great enemy to him. He asked Jozu with concern, "Jozu, how are you?"
Jozu took a breath and said, "Half of my body has been frozen. I can't move freely in a short period of time."
Although Whitebeard could instantly shake off Aokiji's ice, that didn't mean that others could also do it. Jozu's strength wasn't weak, but wanting to shake off the ice also required a period of time.
Actually, this was also because he was careless. Otherwise, if he turned into a diamond state, Aokiji wouldn't be able to freeze him. Even if he could freeze him, he wouldn't be able to harm Jozu in the diamond state, and it would be even more impossible for cold air to invade Jozu's body.
"Come over, I'll help you!"
Thatch said to Jozu. If it were someone else, it would definitely be difficult to help Jozu, unless they possessed the Flare-Flare Fruit like Ace, using heat to melt the ice. However, Thatch's ability was the Snow-Snow Fruit, which came from the same source as the Ice-Ice Fruit. He could absorb Jozu's cold air, and would be able to help Jozu remove the ice.
Aokiji, seeing that Thatch had removed Jozu's ice, didn't stop him. It wasn't because he didn't want to, but because Thatch and Jozu had been staring at him all the time. As long as he made a move, these two were estimated to immediately stop their actions, and attack him at the same time. Moreover, there were other pirates around these two, which were also troublesome.
Thatch quickly removed Jozu's ice seal. Seeing this scene, Aokiji couldn't help but sigh, "As expected, the same fruit has different power when it falls into the hands of different people. The Snow-Snow Fruit has actually been developed to this extent by you. As expected of a Whitebeard Pirates' division commander."
The Snow-Snow Fruit's ability was ranked below the Ice-Ice Fruit, but Thatch was able to use the Snow-Snow Fruit to fight against the Ice-Ice Fruit, which was enough to show how perfectly Thatch had developed the Snow-Snow Fruit. Even Aokiji couldn't help but want to praise him.
"Are you okay? Jozu." Thatch asked Jozu.
Jozu nodded and said, "It's okay, nothing serious."
Among the Whitebeard Pirates' dozen or so division commanders, the strongest were the first few division commanders. Although the other division commanders were also strong, they didn't have powerful Devil Fruit abilities like the first few division commanders. Placed in the Navy, they were about the level of Navy vice admirals, not too strong, but not too weak either.
The first five division commanders were all famous powerhouses in the New World. Marco, Ace, Jozu, and Thatch were all powerful Devil Fruit ability users. Vista was a famous great swordsman in the New World. His strength wasn't weaker than the other four.
However, these people also had different characteristics. In terms of attack, the Flare-Flare Fruit's Ace and the great swordsman Vista were naturally the strongest. Marco was strong in his recovery and immortality abilities. The Phoenix Fruit really wasn't something that ordinary people could afford to exhaust.
Jozu was the strongest in defense among the few. Whitebeard's strongest shield wasn't just said casually. Even the world's number one swordsman, Mihawk, had difficulty breaking through his defense. It was conceivable how terrifying it was.
Before Thatch had obtained the Snow-Snow Fruit, he was also skilled in swordsmanship. Although he couldn't compare to Vista, he wasn't much worse. Moreover, he had other abilities that were better than Vista. After obtaining the Snow-Snow Fruit given by Akira, his strength had increased by leaps and bounds. He could be considered the most balanced among the Whitebeard Pirates' division commanders, being able to attack and defend well.
However, because he had been ambushed by Blackbeard, his strength had been damaged. Even so, his strength had also reached the level of a quasi-admiral, similar to Marco and the others.
"Pops is injured." Jozu said worriedly.
Thatch said, "I saw it, but Marco has already gone to rescue him. There shouldn't be too much of a problem. Now we can't let the Navy seize a flaw. Akira is definitely also thinking of a way, and will definitely be able to rescue Ace."
Jozu said, "Fortunately Akira appeared in time. Otherwise, the Navy admirals would really be difficult to deal with."
After Akira appeared, he not only attracted a lot of attention, but also saved many pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates. Most importantly, he alone could block a Navy admiral. This was very advantageous to the Whitebeard Pirates.
Thatch said with some worry, "Pops's physical condition is getting worse and worse. We can't continue fighting like this. Otherwise, with his physical condition, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for long."
Jozu was also very worried. They all knew that Whitebeard's physical condition was very bad. Although he hadn't shown it over the years, they could all see that Whitebeard was worried about Akira, and his mood wasn't good. His body would naturally have a reaction. Moreover, the intensity of this war was beyond imagination, so they were all very afraid that Whitebeard's body wouldn't be able to hold on.
Marco's rescue had already been very timely, but it was far from enough for him to block Akainu alone. They saw that the Navy soldiers were all taking advantage of Whitebeard being injured, and all the attacks were aimed at Whitebeard's body.
In just a short period of time, many Navy soldiers had rushed in front of Whitebeard, leaving wounds on Whitebeard's body, and many bullets and cannonballs had also hit Whitebeard.
"Pops!"
Seeing this scene, Akira's expression changed drastically, and he rushed towards Whitebeard quickly, wanting to rescue him.
"Aiya, where are you going?"
However, Kizaru simply didn't want to let Akira get his wish. His figure flashed, and he blocked in front of him, looking at him with a smile.
"Kizaru."
Akira's expression was gloomy. Just like he had blocked Kizaru before, now that Kizaru had turned around and blocked him, it was also difficult for him to break through Kizaru's obstruction.
But Akira was very good at one thing, which was being able to calm down quickly. He knew that with Kizaru blocking him, it was impossible for him to reach Whitebeard's side. Since that was the case, he wouldn't do that useless work. On the contrary, his gaze swept towards Straw Hat Luffy, who was heading towards the execution platform on the other side.
"You can block us, but you can't block others."
Kizaru looked at Akira with some surprise, not understanding what Akira meant by these words, but he quickly understood.
They saw Akira take a deep breath, and then shout loudly, "Brothers of the Whitebeard Pirates, listen up."
Because Akira had used all his strength to shout, his voice spread throughout the battlefield. Now all the pirates knew that Akira was a big shot in the Whitebeard Pirates, so hearing his words, they all curiously perked up their ears, wanting to know what Akira wanted to say.
Even the division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, and Whitebeard, were looking at Akira strangely, but they were all relatively confident in Akira, so they were all looking forward to it.
Even the Navy's high-ranking officials, such as Sengoku, Garp, and Akainu, were frowning. They all knew how cunning Akira was. Him suddenly attracting so much attention at this time definitely meant that he was going to say something important.
After attracting everyone's attention, Akira suddenly shouted loudly, "From now on, everyone fully cover Straw Hat Luffy, and help him rescue Ace!"
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