The enranged Zephyr, although he didn't lose his mind, had completely forgotten his purpose of wanting to stop Luffy, and directed all his anger towards Akira, angrily killing towards Akira.
Akira said to Luffy in a low voice, "Straw Hat Kid, quickly go save your brother, leave this place to me!"
Saying that, he raised Tensa Zangetsu and headed towards Zephyr. The two collided together again.
Luffy, seeing that the troublesome Zephyr had been blocked by Akira, naturally wouldn't stay any longer. He thanked Akira, and then headed towards the execution platform again, this time speeding up a lot.
Although Zephyr's strength was very strong, and he also had a huge mechanical arm that could restrain ability users, he was facing Akira. Under Akira's high-speed attacks and speed, he simply couldn't keep up. If it wasn't because he had powerful Busoshoku Haki, he simply wouldn't be Akira's opponent.
After Akira and Zephyr fought for a while, he had already clearly figured out Zephyr's strength. He didn't know how strong Zephyr was before his arm was broken, but as it stood now, he was much worse than the Navy admirals, and was only a little stronger than the Navy vice admirals. Adding his special seastone mechanical arm, he was estimated to be about the same as the top few division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates.
And Akira's strength at this time had completely surpassed Marco and the others. He was even faintly stronger than Kizaru. So, Zephyr naturally couldn't be Akira's opponent. No matter how fierce his attacks were, he simply couldn't keep up with Akira, let alone injure Akira.
The two had only exchanged blows for a few minutes, and Zephyr had already been completely suppressed by Akira. You had to know that Akira in Tensa Zangetsu state was definitely in his strongest state. Especially when fighting opponents like Zephyr, who weren't very fast, and had relatively large bodies, he had all the advantages.
"Instructor!"
Seeing Zephyr being suppressed by Akira, the Navy soldiers who had followed Zephyr all shouted anxiously, and then rushed towards Akira. Among them, a man and a woman had the fastest speed. When the man took action, many plants actually appeared, rushing towards Akira. It was obvious that he was an ability user.
Akira knew that Zephyr had two ability users under his command who weren't weak, so when he saw this man and woman, he immediately knew that they should be Zephyr's remaining two students. He didn't pay too much attention to the man. What he saw was the girl with smooth sea-blue curly hair. He remembered that this girl's ability was somewhat peculiar. Anyone who was touched would have their age regress by twelve years, so he was quite vigilant.
Zephyr's appearance was indeed a surprise force, but seeing that he was quickly defeated by Akira, Sengoku on the execution platform had his expression become even uglier. However, he wasn't too surprised by this result.
Regarding Zephyr's strength today, Sengoku still understood it relatively well. Blocking Luffy and the others wasn't too much of a problem, but wanting to fight Akira was completely impossible. Akira's actions just now had fully demonstrated his amazing combat power. Even the Navy admirals couldn't beat him, let alone the current Zephyr.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, the executioners have been brought over!"
Just when Sengoku was anxious, suddenly the Navy soldiers below reported loudly.
Hearing these words, Sengoku suddenly had his spirits lifted. He quickly said, "Quick, let them come up!"
Two executioners walked up to the execution platform from below, standing on either side of 'Fire Fist' Ace, and holding the execution tools.
Seeing the two executioners appear on either side of Ace again, the pirates became anxious again. Sengoku didn't care about these things, and ordered the two executioners, "Execute immediately!"
"Not good."
Seeing the two executioners raise their weapons, the pirates all exclaimed. Now, even if everyone wanted to go save him, it was already too late. Marco was fighting Akainu because he was rescuing Whitebeard. Whitebeard was fighting with Kizaru, so no one could rush over to save Ace.
Akira's eyes flashed, and his figure retreated rapidly, and sheathed Tensa Zangetsu in his hand, his right hand gripping the hilt of the Death God Blade, his gaze fixed on Luffy, who was about to rush to the execution platform, the Death God Blade ready to be unsheathed at any time.
Actually, if he was closer to the execution platform, he could also save Ace. That was to release Haoshoku Haki. However, even if his Haoshoku Haki was strong, in such a large area, it would inevitably hurt his own people. The problem now was that he was relatively far from the execution platform, and he also didn't want to use Haoshoku Haki to hurt his own people, so he had focused his attention on Luffy, because he remembered that in the original story, Luffy had erupted with Haoshoku Haki at this time. However, his Haoshoku Haki was still in the initial awakening state, and its power wasn't too strong. Even if it fainted his own people, it wouldn't be too serious.
Akira wasn't disappointed, because things were indeed developing in the direction he had thought. Luffy, seeing that Ace was about to be executed, was greatly stimulated, and shouted suddenly, "All of you, stop!"
An amazing Haki instantly erupted from Luffy's body. The Navy soldiers and pirates who were closer were all invaded by the Haki, rolling their eyes and falling down. Moreover, the Haki also quickly swept towards the location of the execution platform. The two executioners on the execution platform didn't even have a chance to react, and directly fainted.
"Bang bang bang..."
They saw people falling down one after another on the battlefield, especially the Navy soldiers in front, who were falling down in pieces, making the atmosphere of the entire battlefield become very strange. All eyes were focused on Straw Hat Luffy.
"That's?"
Many people on the battlefield were looking at Luffy in disbelief. Although many of these people didn't know what was going on, there were also many people who clearly knew what was going on. What did the power that erupted from Straw Hat Luffy's body represent?
The Navy soldiers and pirates were all stunned. Sengoku, Zephyr, Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, and other high-ranking officials in the Navy were all looking at Straw Hat Luffy in shock, their expressions incredulous, because the Haoshoku Haki that Luffy had erupted had made the atmosphere of the entire battlefield undergo a huge change. Many people had stopped fighting, and were looking there.
"Haoshoku Haki?"
A pirate asked uncertainly, and then a Whitebeard Pirates' division commander replied, "There's no mistake. It's the same Haoshoku Haki as Pops and Akira. This Straw Hat Kid actually possesses this kind of power. No wonder Akira and Pops would choose to believe in him."
"It's Ace's brother. He actually possesses Haoshoku Haki, and even saved Ace. This kid."
Marco was also looking at Luffy in surprise, and muttered to himself, "Did Akira know this a long time ago? That's why he asked everyone to cover him?"
The people on the Navy's side all had their expressions change. Before, they hadn't taken Luffy seriously, thinking that Akira and Whitebeard were deliberately trying to mislead them. But now that this kind of situation had appeared, they would no longer underestimate Luffy. Underestimating a man who possessed Haoshoku Haki was an insult to their own intelligence.
Akainu narrowed his eyes, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and said coldly, "It seems that that move was erupted unintentionally just now. However, with such Haki, we definitely can't let him go."
Aokiji and Kizaru also had vigilant expressions. No matter what they thought, Luffy was still a pirate. There were only so few pirates with Haoshoku Haki on the sea. Without exception, they were all very powerful pirates. Although Luffy was just a rookie now, Haoshoku Haki was enough to make him a force to be reckoned with in the future.
Even Whitebeard was relatively surprised. The reason why he had made that kind of decision just now was naturally because he trusted Akira. However, after seeing that Luffy actually also possessed Haoshoku Haki, he was naturally also relatively surprised.
What others thought, Luffy naturally didn't know. After he erupted with Haki, he rushed forward regardless of everything. And the pirates around him who were covering him, although some had fainted, there were still more pirates covering him, continuing to take him towards the execution platform.
"Straw Hat Kid, don't worry about anything else, just go save your brother."
Akira shouted loudly at Straw Hat Luffy, and then shouted loudly towards the location where Whitebeard was, "Pops!"
Akira and Whitebeard had a very good understanding. After Whitebeard heard Akira's loud shout, he immediately laughed loudly, and then mustered his strength, swinging his fist fiercely at the place where the Navy soldiers were gathered. The terrifying power directly knocked hundreds of Navy soldiers away.
"Navy brats, don't you want to take my life? Then hurry up and come over!"
Whitebeard's roar and attack made the surrounding Navy soldiers reveal looks of horror. Whitebeard's Devil Fruit ability was really too terrifying. He had clearly been injured, but so many of them were still unable to kill him. On the contrary, they were being attacked by Whitebeard wantonly, suffering heavy casualties.
"Gurararara..."
A wild laughter came from Whitebeard's mouth. He looked at the surrounding Navy soldiers with contempt, and mocked loudly, "A group of Navy brats without guts. When I was roaming the sea, you hadn't even been born yet. You want to kill me?"
Whitebeard's arrogance aroused the indignation of many Navy soldiers, but they dared to be angry but dared not speak out, because Whitebeard was really too terrifying. They only dared to watch from afar, not even daring to get close.
"Don't care about Straw Hat Kid first, fully deal with Whitebeard. As long as we kill Whitebeard, the others aren't worth worrying about."