Sailing: I was falsely accused of watching Nami bathe, but I'm blind.

The real show has only just begun.

While Aokiji's "Ice Age" temporarily averted the world-ending tsunami caused by Whitebeard, it also unexpectedly provided the Whitebeard Pirates with a solid and massive battlefield where they could launch an attack!

"Kurararara! Well done, kid! Saves us the trouble of breaking the ice again!" Whitebeard looked at the completely frozen bay, but instead of being discouraged, he let out an even more hearty laugh!

Immediately afterwards, he slammed the huge naginata in his hand against the ship's side, making a deafening noise, as if sounding the horn for a general offensive!

"My men!!" Whitebeard's powerful and authoritative voice echoed across the battlefield, "There's only one objective! Rescue Ace! Charge!!!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh—!!!"

With a deafening roar, countless figures surged out from the dozens of Whitebeard Pirates ships frozen on the ice like a tidal wave! Wielding all sorts of weapons, their eyes burning with absolute loyalty to their father and fervent love for their families, they fearlessly launched a desperate charge towards the steel wall composed of 100,000 elite marines and countless cannons!

At the very forefront of that surging pirate army were more than a dozen figures with exceptionally powerful auras, as sharp and unstoppable as unsheathed swords! They were none other than the sixteen division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, renowned throughout the New World!

Kai hid atop a distant building, concentrating his senses to carefully "observe" the heroic figures of these legendary powerhouses!

He "saw" it!

A man with a striking Whitebeard Pirates logo tattoo on his chest, sporting a golden pineapple hairstyle, and possessing a languid yet sharp gaze, suddenly burst into a dreamlike, beautiful blue flame! Then, he transformed into a gigantic, legendary phoenix composed entirely of blue flames! Spreading his enormous fiery wings, he soared through the sky!

"Using a powerful attack right off the bat? How terrifying..." Kai sensed the arrival of Admiral Kizaru's signature voice, tinged with mockery and languor.

Immediately afterwards, beams of yellow laser light, as dense as meteors and filled with destructive energy, shot toward the soaring blue phoenix!

However, a shocking scene unfolded! Those terrifying lasers, capable of easily piercing steel and severely damaging supernovae, actually... passed right through the body composed of blue flames, like a stone sinking into the sea! They caused no real damage whatsoever! The flames merely flickered slightly before quickly returning to their original state!

Marco the Phoenix! First Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates! Possesses a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit ability, even rarer than Logia-type! He easily blocked Admiral Kizaru's probing attack in an almost shameless manner, buying precious time for his crew to charge forward!

Kai was shocked! A Mythical Zoan?! There really is such an amazing Devil Fruit?! This near-immortality is simply too overpowered!

Immediately afterwards, he sensed something else!

A man with an extremely burly and robust physique, dark skin, and a towering build, suddenly radiated a dazzling light like a diamond! His entire body transformed in an instant into a diamond form that was countless times harder than steel and shone with an ultimate luster!

"Diamond" Jozu! Third Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates! Possesses the Paramecia-type Glitter-Glitter Fruit (Diamond Fruit) power!

With a roar, he used his enormous, diamond-like arm to pry a massive block of ice off the ice plain—a block as large as a small island! Then, as if throwing a pebble, he hurled this colossal iceberg, weighing tens of thousands of tons, at the raging, roaring giant naval forces in Marineford Square!

Boom——! ! !

The enormous iceberg, with its devastating force, crashed into the giant army's formation! Instantly, it smashed several massive giants, breaking bones and causing them to scream in agony! This triggered immense chaos and panic!

What terrifying power and defense! Kai was once again stunned! To turn his body into diamond? This ability is simply a perfect combination of offense and defense! No wonder he could easily lift such a huge block of ice!

Meanwhile, the other team leaders weren't idle either!

A man with a distinctive mustache, dressed in aristocratic attire and carrying a rapier at his waist, charged to the front of the group like a whirlwind! He brandished his rapier, unleashing dazzling yet deadly sword energy that danced like flower petals! Wherever he passed, the naval soldiers who stood in his way had their weapons severed, or were even sliced ​​open!

Vista the Flower Sword! The fifth division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates! One of the world's top swordsmen! His swordsmanship is gorgeous yet deadly, full of artistry, yet containing astonishing destructive power!

And that captain (Bramunk?) wielding a chainsword and cannon, like a mobile arsenal! That captain (Rakuyo?) wielding a massive katana, like a Sengoku period warrior! That captain (?) moving like lightning, like a ninja…

Each of the Whitebeard Pirates' commanders possessed formidable strength and a unique fighting style! Like a dozen incredibly sharp daggers, they plunged fiercely into the Navy's seemingly impregnable defenses! Leading their surging pirate army like a tidal wave, they engaged in a brutal and fierce battle against 100,000 elite Navy troops on the vast icy plains!

At this moment, the war reached its climax!

Just as the fierce battle on the icy plains was in full swing, Kai's senses suddenly detected a... extremely sharp, extremely pure, and also extremely... aloof sword intent fluctuation!

The source was none other than the world's greatest swordsman, "Hawkeye" Djokovic, who remained silent and seemingly detached from the execution platform!

Hawkeye slowly, but with an indescribable sense of ritual, drew his massive black sword, "Night," from behind him—a sword that symbolized his status as the world's strongest swordsman!

As the black sword was drawn, an invisible, terrifying sword pressure, seemingly capable of cleaving the heavens and earth, instantly enveloped the entire battlefield! Countless marines and pirates who were engaged in battle felt a chill run down their spines and instinctively stopped what they were doing!

Then, Hawkeye neither attacked the charging pirate captains nor paid attention to the melee on the ice field.

He simply turned his gaze to the distant center of the bay, to the flagship that stood like a king—the Moby Dick! And... the legendary figure at the bow!

He raised the black sword "Night" in his hand, and then... seemingly casually, he lightly swung it forward!

Om-! ! !

There was no earth-shattering roar, only a buzzing sound that seemed to shake the very space!

A colossal, eerie green sword aura, seemingly capable of slicing through everything, detached from the blade in an instant, like a divine punishment that split the heavens and earth! It tore through the air, crushed the ice, and with unparalleled momentum, slashed toward the distant Moby Dick!

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The power of this sword strike was terrifying! So pure! So...desperate!

Kai could clearly sense the supreme sword intent contained within that green slash—a sword intent that had reached its pinnacle, returned to its essence, and seemed to have touched the very origin of swordsmanship! And that terrifying power that was concentrated to its extreme, enough to cleave an island in two!

Is this... the slash of the world's greatest swordsman?!

Kai was once again deeply shocked! Compared to Hawkeye's sword strike, his own so-called swordsmanship was nothing more than child's play, not worth mentioning!

The enormous green slash, like the Grim Reaper's scythe, ripped through the sky at an astonishing speed and was about to strike the Moby Dick!

However, at this critical moment!

A figure, as dazzling as a diamond, suddenly soared into the sky from the deck of the Moby Dick! It blocked the slash!

It's "Diamond" Joz!

He roared and crossed his arms, which were covered with a thick layer of diamonds and were indestructible, in front of his chest, using his own body to block the terrifying slash that was capable of cutting through everything!

boom--! ! !

A terrifying, deafening roar, like a meteorite impact, resounded!

The green slash struck Jozu's diamond-like arms with tremendous force! It unleashed an incredibly dazzling light and a devastating energy shockwave!

Click...

Kai could even "hear" a faint, strained cracking sound coming from Jozu's supposedly absolute defensive diamond arm!

In the end, Joz managed to withstand the terrifying green slash with an almost brute force! Although Joz himself was thrown back onto the deck of the Moby Dick by the enormous impact, his breathing became disordered, and he was clearly shaken to his core, he still managed to... defend against it!

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Hawkeye watched the blocked slash in the distance, his face expressionless, and slowly sheathed his black sword "Night".

“Just wanted to try…” he muttered to himself, his voice so soft that only he could hear it, “the real distance between us and that man (Whitebeard)…”

After saying that, he resumed his indifferent demeanor, as if the earth-shattering sword strike he had just delivered was merely a casual, insignificant test.

Kai witnessed all of this, gaining a deeper and more awe-inspiring understanding of Hawkeye's strength and level of mastery! He was also shocked by the power of the Whitebeard Pirates (even a division commander could withstand the slash of the world's strongest swordsman)!

This war is indeed a battle between monsters! As an observer, he must be even more careful!

With the Whitebeard Pirates' all-out charge and Mihawk's probing attack, Marineford was completely transformed into a gigantic, bloody, and cruel meat grinder!

The war has entered its most brutal and chaotic phase!

Kai remained atop the abandoned building he had chosen, on the relatively edge of the battlefield, like a cold stone, a non-existent ghost, spreading his senses wide open and calmly "observing" every corner of this battlefield.

In his "mind's eye," the entire battlefield was like an incredibly vast and complex dynamic chessboard, with countless pieces moving, colliding, fighting, and destroying on it!

On the vast icy plains, the ordinary pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates engaged in the most primitive and bloodiest hand-to-hand combat with marines who outnumbered them many times over! The clanging of swords, the roar of guns and cannons, the screams of the dying, and the wails of the wounded intertwined, composing a tragic war song filled with death and despair!

Kai could clearly sense that life was constantly being extinguished on the battlefield, as fragile as a candle flickering in the wind.

Blood stained the pristine ice surface, and severed limbs and remains were scattered everywhere.

The cruelty of war and the cheapness of life were vividly displayed at this moment.

Amidst the chaotic battle between ordinary soldiers and pirates, the more powerful beings are engaged in an even more intense and crucial showdown!

The Whitebeard Pirates' commanders, like sharp blades on a battlefield, relentlessly tore at the Navy's defenses! Marco clashed with Kizaru in the air, their blue phoenix flames and golden flashes colliding and unleashing dazzling yet deadly energy; Jozu, like a mobile fortress, relentlessly assaulted the Navy's heavily fortified positions, engaging in a power struggle with a giant vice admiral; Vista's swordsmanship, elegant yet deadly like a waltz, slashed down Navy swordsmen who tried to stop him...

The Navy Vice Admirals were equally formidable! Relying on their rich combat experience, superb Rokushiki skills, and excellent teamwork, they tenaciously resisted the captains' onslaught! Onigumo's Eight-Sword Style was unpredictable and elusive, Momonga's swordsmanship was steady and experienced, and the other Giant Vice Admirals and other Vice Admirals also unleashed their unique techniques, engaging in a fierce and evenly matched battle with Whitebeard's powerful subordinates!

The Seven Warlords of the Sea, on the other hand, maintained that subtle "neutral" stance.

After unleashing that sword strike, Hawkeye didn't attack again, merely observing Chuan with cold eyes.

Chapter 87 Kai went berserk at Marineford! Pirates trembled in fear!

Doflamingo, on the other hand, acted as a pleased spectator, occasionally using his invisible strings to manipulate a few unfortunate marines or pirates into killing each other, finding amusement in the process.

Empress Hancock, however, seemed distracted, her gaze (sensory perception) constantly searching for something on the battlefield.

Moria, meanwhile, lurked in the shadows, seemingly collecting "shadows" from the battlefield.

Only Bartholomew Bear, who was like a machine, remained motionless and made no move.

Kai, like a master war correspondent or a calm battlefield analyst, silently recorded everything.

He analyzed the troop deployments and tactical deployments of both sides.

Relying on its numerical superiority, terrain advantage (fortress defense), and powerful firepower support, the Navy attempted to block the Whitebeard Pirates layer by layer, wearing them down.

Meanwhile, the Whitebeard Pirates, relying on the powerful breakthrough abilities and fearless charges of their captains, attempted to break through the Navy's defenses as quickly as possible, rush to the execution platform, and rescue Ace.

He analyzed the fighting style and ability characteristics of each strong fighter.

Marco's Mythical Zoan-type regenerative abilities, Jozu's absolute defense, Vista's top-tier swordsmanship, Kizaru's light-speed attacks, Aokiji's ability to freeze everything, Akainu's suffocating lava aura even before he made a move... These were all like the most valuable teaching materials, which he memorized one by one, enriching his understanding of the world's top combat forces.

He analyzed the energy flow and momentum changes on the battlefield.

He could sense that although the Navy had the advantage of terrain and numbers, the Whitebeard Pirates' unwavering will to fight to the death for their families had created an extremely powerful aura that was enough to shake everything! This aura was gradually eroding the morale of the Navy soldiers!

He remained detached, like a ghost, calmly and greedily absorbing all the information and "nutrients" that the Marineford War could offer him.

He knew that such an opportunity was extremely rare.

However, being a bystander does not mean absolute safety.