"Faster, old man! Can't you go faster!"
The anxious Straw Hat crew urged Shiki, who was controlling Impel Down to fly towards Marineford.
The latter glanced at them, frowning.
"Don't think I won't touch you just because that bastard Red protects you. Why are you rushing me! Your captain kid won't die!"
"More importantly, Straw Hats, I think you should be concerned about your own safety."
No. 7th Prayer put down Brulee, giving her back her freedom, and smiled.
"The Marineford War later isn't your previous adventurous skirmishes. Being in such a place, one wrong move, and you could lose your life."
These words were very unpleasant to hear, but Zoro, Sanji, and the others gritted their teeth slightly.
He was right; the wars in the second half of the Grand Line were incomparable to their previous "playing house."
Not to mention anything else, just look at Shiki next to them.
They once even entertained the idea of defeating such a monster.
They were too weak, still too weak!
"If needed, you can all hide in my ability space with me - well, it seems you don't have that idea."
No. 7th Prayer shrugged.
The main protagonist team in front of them might be lacking in strength, but their spirit of Jump's "friendship, effort, victory" was undeniable.
"Luffy is there, he's our captain. Without him, our voyage can't continue." Zoro pressed his sword, saying in a deep voice.
What if they died? They had faced countless dangers on their journey, and they had been incredibly close to death more than once or twice.
Fleeing in cowardice when a comrade was captured was something they would rather die than do.
"Heh, suit yourselves." No. 7th Prayer shrugged, and at that moment, Shiryu of the Rain, wiping blood from his sword, walked over.
"Cleaned up." Shiryu's face showed the joyful, refreshed grin of a killer.
What he meant by "cleaned up" was, naturally, dealing with his 'colleagues.'
This killer was originally locked up in Level 6 because he had privately killed too many prisoners.
Any camaraderie was long gone by the time he was imprisoned.
Impel Down had many jailers, but only Magellan was a true expert.
The rest couldn't last three rounds against Shiryu of the Rain.
Shiryu had eliminated everyone who tried to apprehend Shiki.
Familiar with the prison's internal structure, he had also preemptively shut down all self-destruct mechanisms.
Now, no one could stop Impel Down from soaring.
There were still quite a few jailers in Impel Down, and even more prisoners who hadn't been locked up.
After learning that Shiki had escaped and taken Impel Down with him, the entire prison rioted.
But these things had nothing to do with Shiki and the others.
They didn't care for those low-level fodder.
However, Buggy took advantage of this opportunity to bluff and gather a large number of followers for himself.
"We... arrived!"
Shiki grimly halted Impel Down's flight.
They were now floating above the clouds of Marineford.
Looking down from here, they could already see the battered Marine Headquarters.
"It's already come to this?" Douglas Bullet stood up, stretching his limbs, grinning menacingly and expectantly.
"If I kill everyone there, I'll be the strongest in the world!"
What Bullet sought was to become the strongest in the world, to surpass Roger and become the most invincible man on the battlefield - but Bullet's thinking was very pragmatic.
He didn't pursue being the absolute strongest in martial arts; he just wanted to be the strongest in reality.
The one who survived the battlefield, even if his strength wasn't equal to those who had eternally slept on the battlefield, his existence was already undeniably the strongest!
"Shiki, according to our original plan, your island should be at its designated point by now." No. 7th Prayer said.
"Don't worry, your side has already drifted to the designated spot. Now get lost! Next, it's my game!"
Shiki grinned, waving his hand.
No. 7th Prayer shrugged, activated his Door-Door Fruit ability, threw Brulee inside, and then entered himself.
Red Count, who had been talking to Brook, suddenly grabbed Brook's shoulder and said earnestly.
"Mr. Brook, please make sure not to stray too far from me from now on."
"Buggy brat, I remember you secretly ate a Devil Fruit on the ship before, right? What kind of fruit was it?"
Bullet suddenly looked at Buggy with interest.
Under the gaze of his former 'old friend', Buggy wiped the sweat from his forehead, puffing out his chest amidst the adoring gazes of his subordinates.
"It's the Chop-Chop Fruit! I'm a Split-Human who ate the Chop-Chop Fruit!"
Buggy said this with an air of pride, but only he knew how much he regretted eating that fruit...
Although the treasure of the sea had indeed increased Buggy's strength to some extent, fundamentally, Buggy didn't care about personal strength at all.
Before he ate the Chop-Chop Fruit, he was the best swimmer on the Pirate King's ship!
He also had Captain John's treasure map, but it was all because of that bastard Shanks...
"Every time I think about it, I get angry... I'm going to get revenge on that bastard Shanks later!"
The more Buggy thought about it, the angrier he became, and he shrilly declared his revenge.
The few who knew his strength couldn't be bothered with his usual bragging, while those who didn't...
"What? He's actually going to raise his blade against his former comrade Red-Haired Shanks? As expected of Buggy-sama!"
"As fellow crewmates on the Pirate King's ship, he wants to surpass him and protect his reputation by defeating him at the last chance? As expected of Buggy-sama!"
"Buggy-sama, we will follow you for life!!!"
The pirate subordinates following him probably knew nothing, but perhaps because they were simple-minded and had been locked up for too long, this group of pirates surprisingly believed Buggy's nonsense...
Although, in every sense, Buggy's nonsense wasn't a lie, but...
well, he was indeed quite 'capable'.
The group of pirate subordinates behind him ranged from Lv1 to Lv5, and their strength was even greater than the original ones.
If this lineup could be maintained after the war, Buggy would probably be able to form a true 'strongest crew' of a Warlord.
"Heh, perhaps that'll do. You... good luck."
Bullet grinned, turned around, and said no more.
Buggy froze for a moment, then his expression changed drastically.
His fragmented body desperately clung to a nearby pillar, and he shrieked at all his pirate brothers behind him.
"Everyone, grab onto anything you can!"
Impel Down's ascent had reached its zenith.
Above Marineford, a vast shadow enveloped everything, blocking out the sun.
Shiki even intentionally raised its altitude a bit further.
He remembered the last time he came to Marineford, the gift he gave Sengoku and Garp was a fleet of ships.
He wondered if these two 'old friends' would like this bigger and more impressive gift today.
Shiki slowly raised his right hand, forming a fist, and laughed maniacally with ill intent.
"Sengoku, this is the second gift for you."
The Float-Float Fruit's ability was instantly deactivated.
Impel Down, having lost its levitation power...
began to fall!
"W-what is that thing!!!!"
Helmeppo, looking up, saw the gradually enlarging black dot and screamed in instinctive fear.
He wasn't the only one who noticed something in the sky.
The entire Marineford, the entire battlefield, everyone looked up in confusion and horror, watching the gradually approaching, gradually enlarging object!
"Impel Down, it's Impel Down!!!!"
Someone shrieked.
Impel Down's emblem was too conspicuous.
Many Marines had seen it, but they had never seen something with Impel Down's emblem falling from the sky.
"Hahahahahahaha, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, do you like my second big gift to the Marines!!!"
Prayer No. 3's joyous laughter echoed throughout Marineford.
Sengoku's face darkened, and he roared.
"As expected, were you planning this from the very beginning!"
If that bastard Poltorto had harbored ill intentions from the moment he became a Warlord, then the Shiki he captured and delivered to the World Government probably had something fishy about it too.
But the situation had gotten so bad that Sengoku hadn't anticipated it.
He didn't want to know how Porltorto silently broke through Impel Down's heavy defenses.
He only knew now that if he didn't stop this falling prison city, the entire Marineford would be destroyed!
"Garp, come help me!!!"
Sengoku once again transformed into his Great Buddha form, rushing into the sky and firmly pushing back the falling Impel Down with the force of his shockwaves.
His comrade's voice reached the confused Garp's ears.
He silently stood up and rushed towards the sky.
No matter what, standing here, he was a Marine.
He didn't care about the title of Marine Hero, but he was a Marine - he had to fulfill a Marine's duties!
"It's just a rock, watch me push it back!!!"
Sengoku, transformed into a giant golden Buddha, firmly braced against the falling Impel Down.
His shockwave ability and the prison's weight of several million tons canceled each other out.
He roared, pushing his Devil Fruit ability to its limit!
His power couldn't completely offset the falling speed of Impel Down, but his Great Buddha form's shockwave ability was the only one among the Marines present that could relatively safely counter the force of impact.
Sengoku, in his Great Buddha form, quickly entered a state of 'enlightenment', using his full power at various force exertion points to hold back Impel Down's descent.
But Sengoku also understood even more clearly that he alone could not hold back Impel Down's fall for even a few seconds.
Although it was only a matter of seconds, it was enough.
Garp, who had rushed into the sky, was like a meteor, his iron fist slamming heavily into the bottom of Impel Down.
"Hahahaha, Sengoku, I'm here!"
Garp laughed wildly as he rushed into the sky, swinging his iron fist with twelve parts of his strength, as if to release the immense dissatisfaction that had been accumulating in his heart since the start of the Marineford War!
The Marine Hero wasn't just a mascot! It's just a rock, watch me push...
break it!
"Fist!!!!"
A thunderous punch made the entire great prison tremble violently.
The immense power, combined with internal skillful force, caused the entire great prison to rapidly disintegrate!
"Fist! Fist! Fist! Fist!"
As if to vent the emotions in his heart, Garp's iron fists rained down on the great prison like meteors, his high-speed movements in the air rapidly reducing the overall mass of the great prison.
Prayer No. 3, watching this from high altitude, clicked his tongue slightly.
Good thing he chose to watch from so high up; getting involved in the battles of those monsters below could easily get him in trouble.
If Barbatos took a direct punch from Garp, he didn't know if it would be damaged, but Prayer No. 3 inside would definitely be vibrated into a paste.
"T-that's the power of a Marine Hero, is it..."
"So terrifying, is that really a human..."
Countless people watching the live broadcast were dumbfounded by Garp's power.
If Whitebeard's previous display showed extreme destructive power, then Garp's showed extreme physical ability.
Garp and Sengoku's performance undoubtedly injected a shot of adrenaline into the demoralized Marines!
But even so, the falling debris still caused heavy casualties among many pirates and Marines below.
Kong and Whitebeard had no choice but to temporarily retract their forces, dodging the terrifying falling rocks.
Only Zephyr was left guarding the execution platform.
A black figure stepped on the falling rocks.
Taking advantage of everyone's distraction by the falling Impel Down, Sabo leaped onto the execution platform!
"Luffy, Ace, I'm here!!!!"
Sabo shouted loudly, reaching out to grab Ace and Luffy.
Just as he was about to touch his two brothers, Zephyr's iron fist arrived in front of him.
An iron fist, wrapped in seemingly solid black Armament Haki, sent Sabo flying.
Zephyr silently stood in front of Luffy and Ace, saying in a deep voice.
"Revolutionary Army... As long as I'm here, you won't save these two!"
Sabo gritted his teeth.
Even though Zephyr had retired, lost an arm, and had chronic asthma, he was once a Marine Admiral, and that was undeniable!
"Admiral Zephyr, I'll help you!"
Just then, Marine Vice Admiral 'Demon Bamboo' Vergo jumped up.
Zephyr glanced at his former student and said in a deep voice.
"Get down, Vergo, leave this to me..."
Zephyr said in a deep voice, but suddenly, his eyes behind his sunglasses widened abruptly, and he turned back in disbelief.
He saw Vergo holding a dagger, fiercely stabbing it into Zephyr's back, his sunglasses-clad face terrifyingly silent.
"Everything is for Doflamingo's ambition!"
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