[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing a selection! You successfully prevented Douglas Bullet from completely absorbing an encircling wall!]
[Reward: Tremor-Tremor Fruit power upgraded to Lv. 5]
Feeling the power within him, capable of tearing the atmosphere apart with a casual flick, Renji couldn't help but feel a surge of pleasure.
On the execution platform, Sengoku didn't have time to rejoice over Renji sending Bullet flying. He frowned at the lowered encircling wall, and with a swift reaction, immediately gave an order.
"All units, aim at the gap in the encircling wall! Full firepower! Make sure to intercept the pirates within the encircling wall!"
Boom... Boom... Boom...
Continuous shelling and bullets crisscrossed the battlefield. With Sengoku's order, the Marine soldiers all turned their muzzles towards the gap.
However, with the obstruction from Whitebeard's various Division Commanders and the cover provided by powerful fighters like Crocodile, their artillery barrage, except for the super heavy cannons mounted on the wall, was basically unable to effectively stop the pirates charging towards the gap.
A figure, yellow on the left and white on the right, appeared in front of the encircling wall's gap.
Revolutionary Army's Inazuma transformed his hands into scissors, using his Devil Fruit ability to create a huge stepping board, allowing the pirates to easily run up the several-meter-high gap in the encircling wall.
On Marineford's landmass.
Swish!
Renji's figure vanished from mid-air, reappearing at the gap in the encircling wall the next moment.
Looking at the continuously charging pirates, his lips curved into a smile. Profound, dark Cursed Energy spread out wildly from him as the center.
"Quick! Charge out in one go under the cover of the Division Commanders!"
"Damn Marines! Prepare to clean your necks and wait for death!"
Amidst the pirates' battle cries, Whitebeard Pirates' 16th Division Commander, Izo, held a pistol, firing Haki-infused bullets that intercepted all incoming cannonballs.
Izo looked at his charging comrades, his heart full of hesitation.
He looked at Jozu beside him and asked, "Jozu, do you think we can still save Ace?"
Jozu, with the help of others, had already been unfrozen. After a brief warm-up, he re-entered the battle.
He didn't hesitate, his heart was filled only with anger towards Renji.
Jozu now knew that after he lost consciousness from being frozen by Aokiji, Renji had actually bisected Whitebeard, and then killed Marco and Vista.
This grudge, Jozu had to avenge it himself, even if it meant risking his life.
Moreover, he didn't believe that after killing so many powerhouses like Whitebeard, Marco, and Vista, Renji could still maintain his peak strength. His power must be nearly exhausted now. Now was the best time to kill him.
Jozu absolutely could not betray the sacrifices of his family.
At the gap, a cloak of justice gently swayed as Renji's mouth opened and closed.
Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!
An overwhelming, boundless Cursed Energy instantly enveloped the entire gap in the encircling wall. All the pirates who had stepped onto the land hadn't even had time to cheer before they could no longer make any movements.
Under the dense, invisible slashes, the pirates' bodies were like shadows meeting sunlight, melting and dissipating in an instant, leaving behind only a mist of blood.
On the battlefield of Marineford, under the horrified gaze of countless Marine soldiers, the gap in the encircling wall created by Bullet, the path to survival forged by the efforts of Whitebeard Pirates' Division Commanders and many other powerful pirates, had turned blood-red.
The incredibly solid blood mist made it easy to imagine that if any living person were within it, even with just a single breath, they would inhale a large amount of fresh blood.
That place, which should have been the pirates' path to survival, had instead become the entrance to hell, a hellish passage paved with countless fresh blood.
"This is simply too brutal!"
Countless Marine soldiers were struck dumb. Even Sengoku, who was always extremely rational on the execution platform, was moved by this scene.
But unlike others, Sengoku quickly composed himself. They were just pirates. No matter how many died or were killed, it was all for peace, all for justice.
Sengoku's gaze fixed on the black-haired figure, and he secretly made a decision in his heart.
Since Renji was not afraid of bearing infamy, committing such slaughter for justice, then if anyone were to use this as an opportunity to criticize Renji in the future, he, Sengoku, would bear the full responsibility.
"Renji... I admire your justice."
Ace, at his feet, was already hoarse from screaming. He powerlessly slammed his face into the floor, tears soaking the ground.
"Don't come over! Don't come over anymore!"
Whitebeard's death, and the successive deaths of family members like Marco and Vista, and now the remaining pirates unknowingly trapped in a meat grinder—this scene had shattered Ace's psychological defenses.
At the same time, in Marineford's inner bay, countless pirates, due to their perspective, being at a lower elevation, temporarily had no way of knowing what was happening inside the wall's gap, so they continued to charge in at extremely high speeds.
Fishman Karate: Yarinami!
Jinbe, in the sea, powerfully gripped the water with his hands, condensing it into an ocean current. Then, like throwing a javelin, he hurled a huge stream of water into the sky.
Luffy took off from the ground.
"Ace! I'm here... What is this?"
Luffy, high in the sky, looked downwind, his pupils suddenly constricting.
That expanse of blood mist, seemingly about to pierce the sky, had almost solidified into a sea of blood, and the person with cerulean eyes standing before the sea of blood deeply stimulated Luffy's heart.
"Renji..."
[Ding! Congratulations for killing MacArthur! Gained 666 Bounty Points!]
[Ding! Congratulations for killing Manot! Gained 333 Bounty Points!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for killing...]
A continuous stream of notification sounds rang in Renji's mind. His Bounty Point balance surged wildly at this moment.
A brilliant smile spread across Renji's face.
Another great harvest.
...
In the outer waters of Marineford, a huge pirate ship was sailing rapidly. The emblem on its bow was a white skull with a red mark.
This was the Red Force, belonging to an Emperor of the New World, Red Hair Shanks.
"Hurry up, something incredible seems to have happened in the Marineford war."