"Roar!!!"
Akainu's entire body was covered in blood as he struggled out of the darkness.
"Thump, thump..."
The air continuously boomed, and his feet incessantly stomped, barely avoiding the rolling waves.
The distance from the churning sea below was less than three meters.
Even Sarkas-ji himself couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. If he had been a moment later, he would have definitely been dragged into the sea by the darkness.
"Damn brat!!!"
His entire face distorted with rage, he charged towards Iji using Moonwalk.
Akainu's entire body turned crimson, and magma continuously bubbled with hot blisters, thick smoke billowing.
"Dog Teeth Red Lotus!"
His magma-transformed right arm directly formed a giant magma-fist, smashing downwards.
"Roar!!"
Eerie darkness surged like a tide.
In an instant, it transformed into a gigantic kirin and collided with it.
"Rumble!!!"
It was as if the abyssal darkness and the fiery red sun were clashing!
The sky seemed to split into two halves, one dark and one red, continuously surging and confronting each other!
The incomparably fierce collision had already startled the giant Sea Kings circling near this sea area into fleeing in a panic. Even Akainu's continuously spewing magma directly killed a hundred-meter-long, tiger-headed snake-like Sea King.
"Be obedient and be swallowed by the darkness, Akainu!!!" Iji, not yielding an inch, his face cold, continuously released large amounts of black smoke, which constantly spewed and spread.
Terrifying darkness continuously spread in all directions, as if directly absorbing the light, and the entire sky dimmed.
Like a vast, churning sea tide, Akainu's entire body was like a sailing ship in the King's Sea, seeming to be on the verge of capsizing and sinking at any moment.
"Justice will never fall!!!"
Akainu's anger was beyond control; he roared incessantly.
Terrifying high temperatures scorched the atmosphere, twisting it.
Large amounts of magma continuously gushed from his body, faintly trying to push back the darkness.
It showed his unwavering determination and stubborn will!
"Roar!!!"
A thunderous roar shook the heavens, as darkness and magma continuously clashed.
Countless magmas turned into volcanic bombs, continuously spraying.
Fierce impacts raised terrifying air currents, sweeping in all directions!
"Hahaha Hahaha Justice certainly won't fall..."
Iji, completely shrouded in darkness and emanating an evil aura, continuously laughed maniacally. His face instantly twisted into a sneer: "Because only the victor is justice!!!"
"Kill!"
Weevil, rushing in with his science-tech shoes, his eyes filled with ferocity.
"Whoosh—" His fat body, with a shimmering black scythe wielded from above, stirred up a violent aura, directly slashing towards Akainu.
"Splurt!!"
Fresh blood splattered along with the magma.
Akainu, despite trying his best to dodge, was still slashed in the shoulder. He could only barely avoid a fatal blow.
His entire body continuously retreated.
"Meteor Volcano!!!" Sarkas-ji, enraged to the point of exploding, ignored the deep, bone-visible wounds on his body. His crimson fists continuously gushed out rolling hot blisters as he swung them wildly.
"Whoosh, whoosh..."
One scorching magma fist after another poured out like a torrential downpour.
Dense and numerous, carrying terrifying impact, they continuously bombarded Weevil and Iji.
"Rumble rumble rumble..."
It was like the end of the world had arrived, an indescribable shock that simply made people despair!
The entire sea was scorched to boiling, exhaling hot steam, and the terrifying temperature covered a vast area.
From time to time, giant volcanic bombs shot out in all directions. Of the previously surviving Marines, besides Onigumo and Sengoku, who were still desperately holding on, the rest were either killed by the two of Zeus and Shio, or by Akainu's magma.
Sarkas-ji, this Admiral who symbolized the Marine's highest combat power, was clearly not comparable to Big Mom's General Katakuri.
Even in such a disadvantageous situation, with his entire body continuously suppressed and even heavily wounded, already covered in blood, the power he unleashed in desperation was still astonishingly grand.
"That's enough, Akainu!!!"
A black stream of light directly flashed into the high sky.
His entire body's muscles tensed, rhythmically storing power.
"Roar Tiger!!!"
The air vibrated and compressed.
"Roar—"
The aura tore through the atmosphere, and a fierce tiger roared from the void.
The boundless ferocity made people tremble.
"Shockwave!!!"
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On the other side, Weevil's scythe glowed brightly, and he also slashed straight down!
A gigantic shockwave suddenly appeared, surging downwards.
The terrifying shockwave, along with the gigantic white tiger, attacked Akainu, who had changed drastically and had nowhere to hide, from two sides in the sky!
"No!!!"
"How is that possible?"
This deadly, terrifying pincer attack made Onigumo and Sengoku, who were already covered in blood and barely holding on from afar, cry out in despair, their eyes almost splitting.
"Great Fire Spout!!!"
Rolling magma surged, and both fists simultaneously transformed into vast, giant magma fists.
Akainu's face was distorted to the extreme with rage, and he violently counterattacked the gigantic fierce tiger and the terrifying shockwave, fully displaying his fierce and unyielding character!
...
And at this moment.
Marinford, far away in the first half of the Grand Line, leaning towards the South Sea, had already been directly frozen.
"Hope I make it in time!"
"Didn't expect something like this to happen so suddenly..."
A blue figure continuously galloped on the solid ice surface, his face incomparably grim, his eyes revealing a hint of unspeakable fatigue.
Aokiji's speed was astonishing!
And from time to time, he observed the life card in his palm, which had shrunk by more than half compared to its original size, and continuously glowed with faint light.
"The life card is getting smaller and smaller!"
His face grew increasingly gloomy and heavy.
His political views and ideals differed from Sarkas-ji's, but that didn't mean the two were mortal enemies.
After all, they had been comrades-in-arms for many years, fighting shoulder to shoulder since the beginning of the Great Pirate Era. To say there was no camaraderie between them would truly be false.
If they were on the vast land, he believed Akainu would absolutely not be defeated so quickly, because an Admiral, who represented the Marine's strongest combat power, wasn't just pulled out of thin air.
But he was ambushed on the open sea. The enemy was clearly targeting him specifically, and was probably quite adept at aerial combat.
Although it would normally take several days to reach, no matter how fast the warship was, it would definitely be far slower than his current full-speed dash. Aokiji only hoped Akainu could hold on for a little longer.
"Sarkas-ji, you bastard, don't die on me!"
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