Chapter 89: Momentum Rising
[Justice Square·Marineford Battlefield]
The surging iron-blooded fighting spirit surges into the sky, and the artillery fire and sword sounds interweave into a doomsday war song!
Just as the two sides were fighting fiercely, a heavy roar tore through the noise of the battlefield!
In the center of the battlefield, the air was suddenly torn apart by a brutal force!
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
With the sound of earthquake-like footsteps, Oz Jr.'s 60-meter-tall body broke through the smoke!
His skin was red with anger, his muscles bulged like granite, and the dragging anchor plowed a gully several meters deep in the ice!
"Ace!!!!"
This roar caused some Marine soldiers on the front line to have their eardrums ruptured and bleed from all seven orifices!
He ignored Whitebeard's orders, his single eye only showing the flaming fist on the execution platform.
"Who dares to stop me——!!!"
The iron anchor swept across, and two Marine warships were broken in half, and the fragments of the artillery fell like a rainstorm!
Oz Jr.'s mountain-like body forcibly broke through the Whitebeard Pirates' flank defense line, his eyes fixed on Ace on the execution platform.
"Get out of my way!!!"
He ran furiously, dragging the huge anchor, raising huge waves of dust, and rushed directly towards the Marine defense line!
Whitebeard's face changed and he roared, "Oz!! Stop!!!"
But Oz Jr.'s ears were filled with blood and he could no longer hear anything. He had only one thought in his mind:
——Save Ace!
"Humph, idiot."
On the high platform, Doflamingo lowered his head, a flash of blood in his eyes.
Shichibukai join forces to attack!
Moria smiled sinisterly and manipulated the shadows: "Shadow Technique: Piercing Cone!"
Countless sharp shadow spikes shot out from the ground, like spears piercing through the mountain, instantly piercing through the left chest of Oz Jr., and blood spurted like rain!
The big bear beside him stood still as a mountain, the compressed air ball in his palm flickering slightly——
"Compression Shock Cannon."
A compressed air bomb visible to the naked eye suddenly blasted out!
--Bang!!!
Oz Jr's huge head was directly shattered by a blast cannon, half of the helmet was broken, blood was flowing on his face, and his huge body was shaking!
Not stopping yet!
Doflamingo on the right twitched his fingertips slightly: "Parasite String·Severed Limb!"
The sharp transparent thread cut through the void, and before Oz Jr could react, his right leg was suddenly cut off!
"Ua ...
Oz fell to his knees, blood gushing from his severed limbs like waterfalls, staining the ground into a crimson lake.
His one eye was blurry, but he still used his remaining left hand to reach for the execution platform...
"Ace...I..."
The light in the giant's eyes went out.
His mountain-like body slowly fell, crashing into the Whitebeard camp—
"Get out of the way!!!"
Boom boom boom——!!!
The shock wave blew away thousands of pirates, and a huge crater with a diameter of one hundred meters was smashed into the battlefield!
"Oz!!!"
Ace's eyes on the execution platform were bloodshot, and he roared so hard that his throat almost tore apart!
"Oz...Oz!!!" The captains' eyes were bloodshot.
The soldiers trembled and climbed out of the pool of blood: "The monster is finally dead..."
Ace was standing on the execution platform, tears mixed with blood dripping down his face: "Why...why for me..."
"Oz——!!!"
Whitebeard's eyes were red, his muscular arms were raised high, his Kusukimekiri was deeply inserted into the deck, his fists were clenched, and the terrifying vibration force gathered in the fists!
"Gulala… Marine!!!"
His roar was like thunder exploding, shaking the air!
"...Are you ready for the end?!"
--boom!!!
Both fists suddenly smashed into the air on both sides!
Snap! Snap! Snap!
The space shattered like a mirror, and the terrifying shock wave spread wildly with Whitebeard as the center!
The sea surface in the distance suddenly sank, and then—
Boom boom boom!!!
A world-destroying tsunami hundreds of meters high rose from the horizon!
Huge waves blocked out the sky and cast a shadow over the entire Marineford!
"It's over, it's over..."
"A tsunami of this magnitude...can't be stopped at all!"
Some Marine soldiers looked as pale as death, and even some Rear Admirals retreated subconsciously!
Just as the tsunami was about to engulf Marineford—
A silver-white figure suddenly appeared right above the battlefield!
'Xuanlin' Vice Admiral Rogge!
He spread his arms and his eyes were as cold as a blade.
——Buzz!!!
A layer of transparent air barrier suddenly condensed in the palm of his hand, and then the five fingers of his right hand slowly closed!
"Air·Stop Boundary——Seal!"
In an instant, the world seemed to freeze!
The tsunami that was originally surging violently was on the sea surface hundreds of meters away from Marineford.
It came to a sudden halt!
The waves hung in the air like frozen sculptures, and not even a drop of water could move forward!
"Wh…what?!"
"The waves... stopped?!"
"No, it didn't stop! The vibration was blocked!"
Whitebeard's vibration force was completely blocked by Rogge's air barrier!
The waves lost their driving force and began to slowly collapse and dissipate, eventually turning into countless water droplets and falling powerlessly back into the sea!
——Whitebeard's seaquake dissipated before reaching Marineford!
Whitebeard's pupils suddenly contracted!
His Shock Fruit, since he became famous, no one has ever been able to resolve it so easily!
"Little devil...you..."
Rogge looked down at Whitebeard coldly from above:
"The strongest man, the old era is coming to an end."
Marine Soldier: "Rogge Vice Admiral... could actually block Whitebeard's Seaquake?!"
Marco: "He can even suppress Dad's vibrations... What kind of monster is this guy?!"
Sakazuki: "Hmph... Good job!"
Sengoku: "The Air Fruit... can actually block the spread of vibrations?!"
The wind died down and the sea trembled.
Everyone realized that from this moment on, the balance of this war... was tilting!
[Marineford, Justice Square, Frontline Battlefield]
Swords flashed and gunfire filled the air.
Sixty thousand elite marines were like a steel torrent, dividing the inside and outside of Marineford Harbor into a battlefield of death.
On the front line, the Marine drums are beating and the flag of justice is flying high.
"Hold the formation! Don't let the Pirates take a step forward!"
Marine Vice Admirals personally guard the front lines.
The G-5 Discipline Force, with the help of the Seastone special weapon, directly shattered the arrogance of those with special abilities.
"Rectify the camp! Leave no one behind!"
Whitebeard's forty-three pirate ships rushed forward like a tide, but in the center of the battlefield—
The huge corpse of Oz Jr. was like an insurmountable mountain of flesh and blood, stretching across the battlefield and blocking the Pirates' way!
Blood flowed like a river and corpses piled up like mountains.
Countless powerful Pirates tried to climb over the "wall of flesh and blood", but all were forced back by the hail of bullets and blades of the elite Marines.
"Damn Marine!!!"
"We can't even get through the first line of defense!!!"
Vista's face was heavy as he was fighting fiercely with Shiryu, sparks flying everywhere!
Namur roared and charged forward, but was tightly entangled by the huge vines controlled by Binz with the plant-type fruit.
Whitebeard's side's morale plummeted!
The pirates in the distance witnessed that Whitebeard's tsunami was forcibly blocked by Rogge alone. Oz Jr. fell to the ground and even his body became a barrier to morale. For a moment, the shouts of charge became hesitant.
"how so..."
"Our father...even the tsunami was blocked!?"
"This war... can we really win?!"
Marine morale is high!
On the other hand, the Marine soldiers, high in the sky, Rogge's stern figure and the fluttering cloak of justice, like the god of war descending to the earth, completely ignited the Marine's fighting spirit!
"See?! This is our Vice Admiral!!!"
"Xuanlin Vice Admiral single-handedly stopped Whitebeard! Marine will win!!!"
Countless Marine soldiers shouted and raised their arms, their fighting spirit soaring to the sky!
The flags of justice in the Square of Justice danced wildly in the wind, as if announcing the coming of a new era for the sea!
[Execution Platform]
Marshal Sengoku stood beside Ace, his eyes as sharp as a hawk, always watching every change in the battle situation.
Ace's eyes were filled with despair and unwillingness. Seeing the Whitebeard Pirates unable to break through the Marine defenses and suffering heavy casualties, blood and anger surged in his throat, but he could only growl weakly:
"Dad... Go away! Don't die for me in vain!!"
All of this was clearly witnessed by hundreds of millions of viewers around the world through live Den Den Mushi broadcasts.
——The world at this moment is shocked!