I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

On the execution platform in Marinford, Ace was in tears.

"Dad... everyone... it was clearly me who ignored everyone's advice and ran away! Why didn't you let me fend for myself?! It's because of my unauthorized actions that I ended up in this situation..." Ace's words were full of self-blame.

He didn't regret his own stubbornness that led to his capture, but he blamed himself for being alive! Why didn't he die in the hands of Blackbeard, so that his father dragged his old body and his brothers risked their lives to rescue him.

"No... I was the one who asked you to go, son!" Whitebeard frowned slightly and denied it flatly.

"You're lying... Stop lying. You clearly tried to stop me at that time..." Ace was heartbroken.

Luffy and the others were also approaching the port, and they could hear the conversation between the father and son clearly.

Zoro couldn't help but shake his head. Ace had indeed inherited his mother's gentleness. Now that things had come to this, a war was inevitable. Whitebeard's men were numerous and had many different opinions and thoughts. They were not like the Straw Hat Pirates who were united as brothers when they rescued Robin. These words had somewhat shaken the morale of the army.

Apparently, Whitebeard, as the king, also realized this: "I told you to go - right, Marco?"

Ponyboy understood, "Oh, I heard that too! You've suffered a lot, Ace! Everyone in this sea knows it! What will happen if you go against our friends!"

Whitebeard's momentum reached its peak, and he was full of arrogance: "No one who hurts you will survive, Ace! Just wait!! I will come to save you!"

As he spoke, he inserted the supreme sword of the Twelve Works - Kurogane-Kiri into the deck, clenched his fists, and smashed it into the void with all his might.

This punch shattered the atmosphere, split the sea, and shook the sky... In an instant, vast waves swept towards the garrison in Marinford!

Feeling the violent shaking beneath his feet, Zoro couldn't help but feel a little frightened. Is this the power of the strongest man in the world? It is indeed enough to destroy heaven and earth. Back in the Water City, a huge wave had caused the entire city to panic. However, compared to this scene that covered the sky and the sun, it was just a playful child.

Many people present were terrified and screamed. Even Buggy, the clown with a halo, was dumbfounded. Thinking back to the bold words he had just said, tears streamed down his face.

Luffy also looked at all this in surprise and pressed the straw hat on his head: "Zoro! Our future enemies are so powerful and terrifying."

Zoro grinned: "Well, just thinking about it makes me excited."

However, he knew that Whitebeard's era was over today. Although he was familiar with the plot, the navy had gone to great lengths to arrange this situation, and today's situation was not something he could change.

Admiral Aokiji leaped up from the platform and shouted, "Ice Age!!"

The surrounding sky-covering waves turned into towering ice walls, covering Marinford. Then Aokiji fired the first shot. He descended from the sky, controlling countless ice spears, silently declaring war on the strongest man in the world.

Whitebeard grinned: "Aokiji...you brat..."

Then he punched the void, and in an instant, the void shattered like glass, and the flying Aokiji was broken into dozens of ice cubes.

At this time, the naval cannons in the harbor roared loudly, trying to destroy the Moby Dick. Smoke filled the ice, and shrapnel and broken ice flew everywhere.

The captains of the Whitebeard Pirates were like eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own magical powers. They all jumped off the Moby Dick, stepped on the ice, carried the reputation of Whitebeard on their backs, and shouted: "Let me show you our power!"

Whitebeard also laughed out loud: "Hahahahaha, freezing the sea, how thoughtful of you! My blood is boiling and I'm feeling so hot!"

The captains shouted as they charged forward, "Attack!"

The vice admirals of the navy also appeared and stood in front of the port like a solid barrier, ready to fight at any time.

At this time, Hawkeye, one of the key Seven Warlords of the Sea, could no longer contain himself. He stood on the high platform, drew out the strongest black sword behind him, and launched a super long-range attack at Whitebeard on the Moby Dick.

The huge blade light flew towards the Moby Dick at a rapid speed, as if it was going to split the giant ship standing at the top of the New World into two halves, which made Zoro feel itchy.

But he did not attack immediately. Firstly, he was no match for Hawkeye. After all, Hawkeye was known to have better swordsmanship than Shanks. Secondly, his purpose this time was to protect Luffy and help him rush to the execution platform.

This massive slash was also blocked by Diamond Jozu, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' 3rd Division, using his diamond body.

Then Admiral Kizaru turned into a golden light and appeared in the air. He raised his hand and used the Yasakani no Magatama, and dense and dazzling light bullets like rain fell, attacking the Moby Dick.

The captain of Team 1, Xiao Ma Ge, spread his gorgeous wings and blocked all the light bullets with the power of the Phoenix Fruit.

Diamond Joz took the opportunity to show off his amazing arm strength, lifted an iceberg and smashed it at the navy in the harbor. Even the navy's giant army looked small compared to the iceberg.

Just as Luffy was about to call on Zoro to charge, Crocodile turned into a gust of wind and sand and rushed straight towards Whitebeard. Luffy was about to stop Crocodile, but was pulled back by Zoro because his observation Haki had already sensed Akainu's movements on the platform.

As expected, Akainu swung a punch, and in an instant a giant fist of magma hit the iceberg. The huge iceberg vaporized instantly, and countless magma hit the Moby Dick like meteors, as if it was the end of the world.

At this time, Crocodile, who appeared on the Moby Dick, was the first to bear the brunt and had to give up attacking Whitebeard and released a large amount of sand and dust to block the magma falling towards him.

But Whitebeard remained motionless: "Swish, this fire is too fancy."

Akainu chuckled in the distance: "Hehehe... Don't you like this kind of funeral?"

Whitebeard chuckled and started trash-talking: "You're only fit to light candles on a birthday cake, magma boy!"

The aftermath of Akainu's attack clearly angered Wuwukai, who glared at the platform: "Akainu!!"

So, Wuwukai joined the Whitebeard Pirates' charging team.

Seeing this, Luffy took a deep breath: "Ace~~~~"

"Luffy!!" Ace also shouted.

"We're here to save you!!!"

After saying that, he called out, "Zoro! Let's go too!"

"Hmm!" Zoro slowly pulled out three swords and bit the Wado Ichimonji.

Luffy was the first to rush to the battlefield, followed closely by Zoro. He was not in a hurry to release his Conqueror's Haki. In this situation, if he released his Conqueror's Haki directly, he would probably be targeted by Akainu.

So Luffy rushed into the battle and showed off his skills, killing one soldier with one punch, dodging and moving as if he was in an empty space, while Zoro slashed left and right beside him to provide cover.

"Oh! Ace's younger brother, he's quite skilled!" Pony in the air couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Luffy's unstoppable momentum.

When Kizaru saw Luffy was about to break into the port alone, he raised his foot and shot a wave of light at Luffy and Zoro. Ivankov followed closely with a deadly glare, which deflected the light wave. The light wave fell on the ice in the distance and immediately caused a violent explosion. The sound was so loud that it scared Buggy and others so much that they screamed and wanted to go home.

At this moment, the big bear in the stands instantly appeared behind Zoro, raising a big hand high and calling towards him.

Damn! Stupid father-in-law, aren't you unconscious? What are you trying to do?

"Zoro! Watch out!" Luffy saw Kuma's horrified expression. The scene of his companions being beaten to pieces by him was still fresh in his mind: "It's that guy from Sabaody Island!"

"shave!"

Zoro, who had fully activated his Observation Haki, sensed it keenly. He instantly appeared several meters away, with advanced Armament Haki attached to three swords. He was about to use Demon Slash, but Ivankov stood in front of Zoro.

"Wait!!" Ivankov was also puzzled by Kuma's attack on Zoro, but as a comrade, he would not allow Zoro to attack Kuma.

Seeing this, Zoro also knew the reason and immediately withdrew his attack: "Okay, I leave him to you... Mr. Ivan."

However, the big bear opened his mouth mercilessly towards Ivankov, and laser beams gathered in his mouth.

Ivankov felt the intensity of Kuma's attack and was stunned. "What do you want to do? That's too much! Even if you stand on the side of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, you can't fire lasers at someone you know!"

But the big bear turned a deaf ear to him, and Ivankov had no choice but to blink and fight back against the big bear.

Luffy knew very well that he was here to save Ace, so he could only remind Ivankov to be careful and continued to rush towards the execution platform.