Five minutes before Jovian appeared behind Luffy...
"Fuffuffuffuffu..."
"'Knight of the Sea' Jinbe and Crocodile, huh? Doesn't that mean all the Warlords are gathered now?"
Doflamingo laughed as he watched Crocodile and Jinbe drop down from the sky.
"Did that Straw Hat boy really do it?!"
"That's unbelievable..."
Hancock, who knew the truth, was a little shocked. She knew Luffy had gone to the great underwater prison, Impel Down, and the fact that Luffy was now appearing before them could only mean one thing, Luffy had truly escaped from the prison known as impossible to breach.
"Straw Hat..."
Hawk-Eye Mihawk was also surprised by Straw Hat Luffy's arrival. He knew Luffy was someone his friend Shanks valued highly, and now, watching Luffy suddenly appear, he felt a trace of astonishment.
"As expected of the man Shanks has his eye on. He always shows up in the middle of major incidents..."
Mihawk, who often read the newspapers, was fairly familiar with Luffy's movements. He knew that Luffy had done many things along the way that even Mihawk found difficult to believe, especially storming a major World Government stronghold like Enies Lobby.
With Enies Lobby's defensive power at the time, even some pirates who had been famous in the New World for years would have found it difficult to take the place. Yet, unbelievably, Enies Lobby had been conquered by a nameless Straw Hat boy who had only just set out to sea.
And on his journey, Luffy had also defeated two of Mihawk's acquaintances in succession, Sir Crocodile and Gecko Moria, two great pirates who had been famous for a long time and held considerable reputations even in the New World.
Each of these accomplishments seemed unbelievable to Mihawk, because none of them felt like things a minor pirate should have been able to achieve.
And now, Luffy had even broken into a Marine stronghold like Marineford.
"Let me see it, boy!"
"Let me see what kind of power is hidden inside your body!"
Mihawk decided to use the world's greatest black blade on his back to personally test Luffy and see exactly what kind of power he carried within him, a power that could turn so many impossibilities into reality.
"The Supernovas are all here now, so I should get back to hunting!"
Jovian moved his body, lightly twisting his neck and making a series of sharp cracks. Then his body floated into the air, and he began advancing toward his target.
"That guy moved!"
"Stop him!"
The moment Jovian leaped into the air, quite a few pirates on the ground noticed him.
Immediately, four captains under Whitebeard charged toward Jovian to surround and kill him.
"You bastard pirate hunter, let us, the Decalvan Brothers,"
"Ramba!"
"Blondie!"
"teach you a lesson!"
The four powerful New World pirates surrounded Jovian and shouted arrogantly.
"Looks like you still haven't learned your lesson."
Jovian looked at the four men surrounding him and sighed helplessly.
"Since you don't understand, I'll help you understand a little."
"Remember this, I'm the only one who gets to hunt you. You don't get to hunt me."
Jovian landed on the ground and instantly appeared in front of the Decalvan Brothers.
"What?!"
"So fast!"
The Decalvan Brothers stared at Jovian, who had closed in on them in an instant, and both froze, shock appearing on their faces.
Before the two could think any further, Jovian's hands had already grabbed their faces. Then he clenched his grip and smashed them into the ground.
Boom!
With two thunderous crashes, the Decalvan Brothers' heads vanished. Countless streams of blood poured from the necks of the two newly made headless corpses, completely staining the ice beneath everyone's feet red.
"What?!"
"He's basically a monster!"
Ramba and Blondie's eyes trembled at the sight. They had indeed imagined that Jovian was powerful, but they had never imagined he could be powerful to such an absurd degree. This was already far beyond an opponent they could handle. One of the true powerhouses of the Whitebeard Pirates would have to step in for there to be any chance of fighting him.
"Don't bother thinking about it..."
"You're all just my prey."
Jovian looked at Ramba and Blondie, who still seemed ready to fight him, and smiled disdainfully. His eyes suddenly shone with a blinding red light.
Bzzzzzzzz...
Fierce heat vision instantly tore through the air, cutting the two Whitebeard allied pirate captains before him cleanly in half.
"How brutal..."
Borsalino, who had been standing nearby and helping Jovian keep some opponents from approaching, watched Jovian directly use a human separation technique and curled his lips. There were not many people in the entire Marine force who struck as cleanly, accurately, and ruthlessly as Jovian. If he really had to count, perhaps only Akainu, Sakazuki, who liked turning people into charcoal, could compare with Jovian's cruelty.
After all, Borsalino was a righteous man representing justice. Usually, he mostly left people crippled. He really did not kill that often!
In the blink of an eye, the pirates blocking Jovian's path had been completely knocked to the ground.
"Next up, the pirates who escaped from Impel Down!"
Jovian once again turned his gaze toward the fleeing pirates.
"I'm getting a spine-chilling feeling!"
"Who is it?!"
Emporio Ivankov, the queen of the okama who had been imprisoned in Impel Down for some time, suddenly sensed something wrong. His Observation Haki kept warning him.
He could feel that an extremely powerful opponent had set his sights on them and was rapidly approaching.
Boom!
Just as Ivankov was searching, Jovian entered his field of vision.
"Sandstorm!"
While Ivankov was staring blankly at Jovian, Crocodile made his move. His body turned into countless grains of sand, and in the next instant, a massive sandstorm swept across all of Marineford. The huge tornado forced Jovian to briefly close his eyes.
"Hey! Crocodile, what do you mean by this?!"
Ivankov looked at Crocodile in confusion.
"You still don't get it?!"
"Looks like you spent too long in prison, so long that you can't even notice a monster like that anymore..."
Crocodile's expression carried a hint of helplessness.
"A monster?!"
Ivankov looked at Crocodile in confusion.
However, before Ivankov could react, Jovian had already arrived behind Straw Hat.
Then a scene that shocked the entire battlefield occurred. Straw Hat was sent flying by Jovian as if he were a rubber ball.
"Did that guy attack Ace's brother?"
Whitebeard, who was not far away, felt his pupils tremble.
"No! Something seems off!"
But in the next second, Whitebeard seemed to notice something different. He narrowed his eyes and continued observing the entire battlefield.
"Luffy..."
Luffy's companions stared at Luffy, who had been launched like a cannonball, and shouted in shock. However, none of them had the ability to save him.
Boom!
With a violent crash, Luffy's body crossed the entire battlefield and smashed straight into the wall near the execution platform.
"Luffy!!!!"
Ace, who was not far from Luffy, looked at his defeated little brother with unbearable pain in his heart. He wanted to go down and help Luffy, but he felt powerless. Those short dozens of meters were like an uncrossable chasm, preventing him from taking even one step closer to his brother.
"Did he take him down?"
Countless Marines nearby gathered around to check the situation inside the rubble.
"No..."
Sengoku, standing on the execution platform, also noticed a faint clue. He frowned, unable to understand exactly why Jovian had used that move.
"Gum-Gum! Gatling!"
Luffy suddenly crawled out of the rubble, then sent the Marines surrounding him flying.
"What?!"
The Marines who had been caught off guard and blasted away stared in disbelief at Luffy, who had smashed through the wall. They could not believe that Luffy could still stand after taking such a violent blow from Jovian.
"Why aren't you hurt?!"
Several Marine soldiers looked at the completely unscathed Luffy and questioned him.
"Who says I'm not hurt?! My head is obviously really dizzy..."
Luffy stood in the rubble and rubbed his head hard.
"We mean external injuries, damn it!"
"Who asked whether you were dizzy?!"
The Marines glared at Luffy furiously and shouted.
"Huh?!"
"Well, obviously it's because I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit and became a rubber man!"
"An attack like that won't work on me!"
Luffy explained with a serious face. He was a rubber man, so of course he would not be hurt by physical blunt-force attacks.
"He's a Devil Fruit user?!"
"We were careless..."
The surrounding Marines froze when they heard that.
"Hey, pirate hunter."
"What are you playing at, sending Straw Hat right under the execution platform?"
With a dazzling flash of light, Borsalino arrived beside Jovian.
"What am I playing at?"
Jovian yawned after hearing that.
Boom!
He casually moved beside the Supernova Capone Bege, pressed down on Bege's head, and smashed him into the ground.
"Who knew that guy had such a weird Devil Fruit power?!"
"I've never heard of a Rubber Fruit..."
After dealing with Bege, Jovian deliberately muttered to himself.
"That's true..."
After hearing Jovian's words, Kizaru, Borsalino, said no more. He did not want Jovian paying too much attention to the Gum-Gum Fruit.
"Help Ace's brother!!"
At the same time, Whitebeard, Edward Newgate, seemed to sense something and roared loudly.
"I've been waiting for this moment!"
Marco the Phoenix responded to his father's words, turned into a flaming bird, and charged toward the area beneath the execution platform.
"This is troublesome..."
Borsalino stood beside Jovian and fired repeatedly at Marco. Unfortunately, none of Borsalino's attacks had much effect, which left Borsalino somewhat troubled.
Boom!
As terrifying blue flames descended, Marco forcibly broke through the blockade and arrived in front of Straw Hat Luffy.
"Damn it, he actually broke through this close?!"
On the execution platform, Sengoku stared with wide eyes at the unguarded platform below, as well as Marco and Luffy standing beneath it, ready to attack the execution platform at any moment. The current situation had already gone beyond his expectations. If another pirate had been the one to charge before him, things would have been manageable, but unfortunately, the person standing beneath him now was Garp's grandson, Luffy. That left Sengoku extremely troubled. It was wrong to strike, but it was also wrong not to strike.
"Ah?!"
"Damn it, every last one of them left their posts..."
"If all of you leave, who's supposed to guard the execution platform?!"
Sakazuki, who had left the execution platform and was slaughtering pirates one punch at a time, frowned when he noticed the chaos beneath the platform behind him. He prepared to return and provide support.
"Where do you think you're going, magma brat?"
However, before Sakazuki could leave, a hoarse, weathered voice rang beside his ear.
"Hm?!"
When Sakazuki heard that voice, he could only give up on returning to support the platform. He turned around and focused on dealing with the man beside him.
Yes, the owner of that voice was someone even a Marine Admiral like Sakazuki had to take seriously, because the speaker was the strongest man in the world, one of the Four Emperors of the New World, Whitebeard, Edward Newgate.
Boom!
When endless magma collided with earthquakes powerful enough to destroy everything, the two terrifying natural disasters crashed together and sent an endless shockwave sweeping outward, blasting away hundreds of pirates and Marines fighting nearby.
For a moment, it seemed as if all of Marineford was shaking and trembling without end.
"Ace, I'm here to save you..."
At the same time, an incomparably massive figure stepped out of the fog-covered sea. Each step he took left a deep footprint in the ice, and his entire body radiated an aura that inspired fear. His enormous presence alone was enough to trigger a fear of giants in anyone who saw him and leave terror in their hearts.
"That is..."
The appearance of that enormous being immediately drew everyone's gaze. Even Jovian turned his head to look at the colossal figure.
"A descendant of the demon Oars?! Kishishishishi..."
Moria laughed loudly as he looked at Little Oars Jr., who had suddenly appeared, staring excitedly at that enormous figure.
"A monster has arrived..."
Borsalino kept both hands in his pockets and smiled faintly as he looked at the huge figure.
"..."
Jovian looked at Little Oars Jr., then looked at the ice on the ground. After thinking briefly, he punched the ground.
Crack.
With a light sound, the ground instantly split apart, revealing an enormous slab of ice.
Boom!
Jovian pulled the huge slab of ice out of the water.
"About eight hundred tons? That should be enough..."
Jovian weighed the ice slab in his hands, then violently threw it out.
Boom!!
With a string of sonic booms, the massive block of ice landed directly on Little Oars Jr.'s body.
Splatter!
In an instant, Little Oars Jr.'s upper body vanished. Only his two legs remained on the ground.
A mesmerizing crimson rain fell from the sky.
Oars appeared.
Oars disappeared.
"Nice pitch!"
Jovian picked up a nearby Marine and used him to block the blood falling from the sky. At the same time, he looked at the ice block gradually disappearing beyond the horizon and revealed a faint smile.
He had to admit, he did have some talent for throwing baseballs.
"..."
At the same time, all of Marineford fell silent. Everyone stared at Jovian, their eyes wide.
They knew Jovian was strong, but this was way too absurd, wasn't it?!
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