On the battlefield.
Ace had regained his footing under the effects of double hormone therapy. It was as if the horrific burnt wound before on his chest had no effect on him at all.
"Ace, don't force it! Ivan's ability is just to make your adrenaline rush so that you don't feel the pain temporarily; it's not a real treatment!" Sabo reminded him.
"I know, but I can't leave everyone alone and run away with my tail between my legs!" Ace's hands were burning with flames. He frowned and said in a low voice, "Did Luffy run away?"
"I hope he has escaped, but there seems to be no room for concern about him now," Sabo shook his head and smiled wryly.
Although they had Whitebeard and Dragon, two of the world's top combat powers, as well as cadre-level combat forces of the Revolutionary Army and the Whitebeard Pirates, around them were formidable enemies:
Marine camp: Three Admirals [Akainu] Sakazuki, [Kizaru] Borsalino, [Aokiji] Kuzan, alternate Admirals [Chaton] Tokikake, [Momousagi] Gion...
Rhine Pirates faction: Captain Rhine, [Pirate Empress] Boa Hancock, Burgess, Van Augur, and other crew members...
"How's the Straw Hat?" Akainu asked coldly.
"Emmm~ I just saw them; they seem to have gone far away. Could it be that they have already boarded the ship and escaped?" Kizaru scratched his scalp.
After being stopped by Dragon just now, he had ignored the Straw Hat Crew.
"Then why are you still standing there!? Why don't you hurry up and chase after them!?" Akainu cursed angrily.
"Yeah, yay~ We're at the same level, so you don't have to yell at me like that, do you?" Kizaru shrugged but turned into a flash and flew into the distance. After all, compared to fighting fiercely with two of the world's top fighters here, the work of catching the Straw Hats was much easier.
"Ask Kizaru to arrest someone? Then you will return without success," Rhine couldn't help laughing.
Does Borsalino deserve his name?
If Akainu went in person or asked Aokiji or even the two alternate Admirals to go, that would indeed allow Monkey D. Luffy to be captured a second time. However, with Kizaru, the result would be empty-handed.
But Rhine didn't care; anyway, the reward for killing one of the three brothers was the same. And Rhine didn't mind continuing to play with Monkey D. Luffy in the future.
"Don't try to run! Fire Fist!" Ace aimed at Kizaru, who flew out in mid-air, and punched out a flaming pillar of fire to try to stop him.
"Storm Pheasant Beak!" However, the matter had come to this point. Aokiji did not dare to slack off and tried his best to stop it. If the Marines didn't gain anything from this battle, it would be tantamount to a disastrous defeat. It was hard to tell the winner between ice and fire for a while. The moment they collided, a large amount of hot white mist erupted and covered the sky.
"Although I want the Gura Gura no Mi the most! But the Mera Mera no Mi is also good!" At this time, Burgess made the first move and aimed directly at Ace.
"The Rhine Pirates only know about sneak attacks?!" Sabo squeezed his right hand into a claw to block Burgess. Though he was far smaller than the opponent, he firmly suppressed him.
"Hey! Give me a hand!" Sensing that the opponent's strength was above his own, Burgess shouted hastily.
"Really~ If you hold back like this, be careful not to be abandoned by the captain~" Doc Q stuck out his tongue and panted. After the words fell, viscous venom appeared on the surface of Doc Q's body.
"Magellan's abilities?!" Everyone on the Marine side was dumbfounded. Why did Magellan's abilities appear in another person? Although that guy Shiryu said before that Magellan had shown his powers, his Devil Fruit ability shouldn't regenerate so quickly, right?!
For a moment, Doc Q suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a large number of purple translucent bubbles. Poison gas bomb!
"Sabo, be careful! If you get poisoned by that gas, you'll be in trouble!" Ace reminded.
"Dragon's Breath!" Sabo increased his power output to the limit and pressed his hands to the ground suddenly. The ground cracked and exploded in an instant, and a strong hurricane roared out from the cracked ground. While breaking all the poisonous balloons of Doc Q, the storm that was set off also swept the poisonous gas to the surrounding Marines and Rhine Pirates.
"Ahem! You bastard! Pirates! Don't use poison in this kind of place!"
"Aren't you here to help?!"
"Quick, quick! I'm inhaling poisonous gas! Medics, save me!"
Many Marines around who inhaled the poisonous gas cursed.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little unskilled with this ability since I just got it..." Doc Q said without any shame.
"In any case, there is no need to continue fighting now!" Koala exclaimed. "Mr. Dragon! Mr. Whitebeard! Retreat! There is no point in fighting!"
Dragon frowned slightly and was about to nod.
"Are you kidding? How many of our companions have been killed by these guys, and they must pay for their lives!" However, with the backing of Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world, several captains and hundreds of team members had died at the hands of the Marines. It was impossible for the Whitebeard Pirates to stop.
Several captains took the lead to charge and fought with the Rhine Pirates cadres and Marine Headquarters Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals.
"Damn it! Creatures like pirates are still as unreasonable as ever!" Koala was out of breath. Although she was rescued by the Sun Pirates, Koala herself didn't have much affection for pirates. Even though the World Government is the culprit that caused the world to be so dark, pirates aren't much better.
More than 99% of pirates go to sea just to satisfy their own selfish desires. Pirates like the Sun Pirates, which set out to sea with the idea of freeing slaves, or the rich second-generation tour groups like the Straw Hat Pirates, are probably less than 0.01% of all pirates.
"I can't help it. Mr. Dragon, Sabo, let's go first!" Koala turned and shouted to the leaders of the Revolutionary Army. Although they were allied with the Whitebeard Pirates, if they insisted on staying here, Koala really didn't want the Revolutionary Army to stay here with them to die. Their enemies, after all, were not the Marines but the World Government and Celestial Dragons!
"Ace is still here; I can't abandon him!" Sabo shouted, waving his pipe. Koala gasped. So angry, it hurts to be so angry!
"Even if we want to go, it seems that we can't go until we fight our way out," Dragon said in a deep voice, motioning Koala to look back.
Koala looked back. At the back, the man who was evil but exuded a strange charm was walking toward them, exuding an ominous wave of dark energy.
"That's right, little sister, you have a good view of the overall situation, but it's a pity that there are too many pig-headed teammates around you," Rhine smiled and said. "This war can't end until one of them collapses first."
"Boy! You're good at talking! The matter of using me is not up to you yet!" The corners of Whitebeard's mouth under his beard were raised high, the muscular muscles on his arms swelled, and the blood vessels attached to them seemed to break through the ground like earthworms.
"Hey~ Whitebeard-san, there's no need to be so serious about saving Ace's life, is there?" Although Rhine was teasing, he also began to gather his power.
"Stop telling me such nonsense!!!" Whitebeard slammed his fist away. Heaven and earth shook!!!
Click!
Click!!
Click!!!
The sky, the earth, the ocean...everything around was shaking violently.
Boom!!!!
This time, Marineford completely collapsed, and Aokiji's frozen sea was also completely shattered.
On the other side, Rhine rolled up a dark tornado with his right hand, and a black and red arc flashed faintly. He met Whitebeard head-on.
"You boy!?" Seeing the faint electric arc across Rhine's body, Whitebeard's pupils shrank slightly. He thought it was just a little devil who knew how to use dirty tricks, but he actually understood this power?!
At this moment, Marineford was divided into black and white. There were several huge cracks on the surface of the main fortress in the rear, with this crack as the midpoint. Black and white energies were at loggerheads.
Boom!!!
Finally, the two forces were deadlocked and completely burst apart.
"Uh!?" Feeling the compression and blasting sensation from the front, Rhine's face rarely showed pain. "Amazing! Whitebeard is indeed the only one among the Four Emperors who doesn't hold back."
A smear of blood trickled down from the corner of Rhine's mouth. "It's even more interesting to be in the same era as your younger self."
"Gurarara! In that case, boy, you are already dead!" Whitebeard laughed out loud. However, before he finished laughing, the same expression froze, and he knelt down on the ground on one knee.
"Cough cough cough cough!!!" The cough was worse than ever before.
"Dad!" Marco, who had originally confronted Hancock, changed his face and flew back to Whitebeard.
"Damn it! Using the Gura Gura no Mi ability one after another! Dad's body..." Marco's voice trailed off.
"After all, I still can't pass the test of time! Whitebeard!" The parts below Akainu's neck were completely elementalized, like a vicious dog rushing.
"Don't think about it!" The main crew of Ace, Marco, and Vista fully engaged, trying their best to stop Akainu. And Dragon didn't stand still; the violent tornado hurricane blew his dark green cloak loudly. This move was the one he used to change the weather in Loguetown to open the way for his son. Was he going to use this move to open the way for the Whitebeard Pirates and the Revolutionary Army this time?
"Liberation!!!" Rhine wasn't going to sit back and watch them go. To be honest, in this war, he had to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates or the Revolutionary Army. After all, there were too many people offended. If this opportunity was missed, there might not be a next time.
Blackbeard had a major problem in the original story. He offended too many powers. Whitebeard Pirates, Revolutionary Army, Red Hair Pirates, Straw Hat Pirates... If everyone in the sea was a relative of Monkey D. Luffy, then Blackbeard, on the contrary, had offended all the powerful forces in the sea. So much so that when the new Four Emperors were born later, apart from him, the other three Four Emperors were all in the same group.
Although Rhine was replenishing goods, he was deliberately trying to please someone. If you offend, you will be offended. But as long as there is a chance to completely kill the opponent, it must not be let go.
"Listen up, everyone in the Rhine Pirates! Leave the Whitebeard Pirates alone! Target the Revolutionary Army!"