One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Hearing Blackbeard's heartfelt words, he felt even more confused.

The pirates suffered a brief dip in morale, but the Navy seized the opportunity to pursue them. In just a few breaths, hundreds of disoriented pirates were cut down.

Blackbeard's words affected not only the low-ranking pirate soldiers, but also many of the captains of the affiliated pirate ships, whose expressions changed.

But this was not the fatal blow to the morale of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Blackbeard's subsequent words, delivered with a sinister laugh, were the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Blackbeard on the execution platform laughed loudly, "Hahaha, you bunch of fools, you're probably still in the dark about the truth of this war, aren't you?"

"What truth? Isn't it just that everyone came together to rescue Captain Ace?" a pirate couldn't help but shout back.

"Naive!" Blackbeard sneered.

"Shut up, Teach! No matter what you say, we won't believe you, you traitor who killed your comrades!" Marco saw the sneer on Blackbeard's face and immediately felt a sense of foreboding, so he shouted at him.

However, Blackbeard ignored him and instead sneered in an even louder voice, "Wake up, you idiots! Do you know why Pops brought so many of you to rescue Ace? Look at your dead comrades! That's the answer to that question!"

"The Navy wants the lives of you bunch of idiots. The biased old man doesn't care about the lives of you trash. He wants to use the lives of 70,000 of you to save Ace's life!"

"As long as you all die here, Whitebeard and the others can reunite with Ace and return to the New World easily and happily! This is the promise between Whitebeard and the Marines, and this is the truth of this war!"

"Nonsense! Dad isn't that kind of person!"

Some pirates angrily objected.

"You don't believe me because you don't know Ace's true identity!"

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands in Marineford, and with countless people around the world listening, Blackbeard uttered words that shocked and horrified the world.

He smiled as he looked at Ace, whose face was deathly pale, and said, "Do you know why Uncle and Marco like Ace so much? Is it because of his strength? No! He can't even beat me! The reason Uncle and the others are willing to trade your lives for Ace's is because, Ace..."

"He's Roger's son! He's the only bloodline of the Pirate King in this world!"

Chapter 660 This is War

Fire Fist Ace is Roger's son!

When this astonishing news came from Blackbeard's mouth, the entire battlefield of Marineford fell silent.

Shocked gazes were cast from all directions of the battlefield, focusing on Ace, whose face was pale.

"The bloodline of the Pirate King is still alive? Fire Fist Ace, I thought he really was Whitebeard's biological son, which is why he risked his life to come to Marine Headquarters to save him. Hehehe, this is quite an amazing piece of news."

Moria, holding a struggling pirate in his hand, stared at Ace from afar with a look of shock on his face.

"So he's Roger's son. No wonder he was the catalyst for this massive war. But if he's Roger's son, why didn't the Roger Pirates come to his rescue? Roger's sword was a Supreme Grade Sword. It's a pity we didn't get a chance to fight him."

Hawkeye casually swung his sword, severing the weapons in the hands of more than a dozen pirates, cutting them and their owners into a pile of limbs and fragments. His sharp golden eyes then fell on Ace.

Meanwhile, around the world, people watching the fluctuating live stream were in an uproar, stunned and speechless by the shocking news revealed by Blackbeard.

On the execution platform, Sengoku stared blankly at the back of Blackbeard's head.

what happened?

How come it was Blackbeard who announced Fire Fist Ace's true identity?

What's wrong with this guy?

Because he was about to die, he gave up on himself, disregarded everything, and was not afraid of offending the entire Whitebeard Pirates.

Or……

Sengoku glanced thoughtfully in a certain direction below the stage.

Hearing the uproar from the battlefield below, he readily picked up the megaphone and admitted, "That's right! Portgas D. Ace... is Roger's son!"

"No! My father only has a white beard!"

Ace retorted angrily, his neck stiff.

Sengoku glanced at him with pity and continued recounting the events that had occurred on Baterila Island in the South China Sea.

"...We never expected that Roger's wife, Portgas D. Rouge, would insist on carrying you for a full 20 months to ensure the safety of the unborn child. This resulted in her dying in childbirth."

"That's why we never doubted that Roger's bloodline still existed. It wasn't until you, in the name of your mother Portgas, temporarily displayed amazing talent at sea that we took notice."

"So, your name isn't Portgas D. Ace, but... Gol D. Ace!"

"The moment we discovered your true identity, we wanted to capture you, but Whitebeard, Roger's close friend, discovered your identity beforehand and protected you, leaving us no way to act. After that, he has been training you, wanting to make you the successor of the Whitebeard Pirates, to make you the next Pirate King..."

"No! No! It's me who wants Dad to become the Pirate King!" Ace shouted through gritted teeth.

Sengoku chuckled, "Only you think that way, Fire Fist Ace. You don't even believe your own comrades. If it weren't for Whitebeard protecting you, you would have been captured long ago."

Blackbeard's words were acknowledged by Sengoku, instantly causing a huge sensation.

The pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates, in particular, felt a pang of resentment, as if they had been betrayed by the person they trusted most, as they looked at their beloved father, Whitebeard.

"Dad! Is what he said true?"

The Ranger Doma, who had been sent flying by Hibari's punch, coughing up blood, struggled to his feet. Still spitting blood, he looked at Whitebeard's tall figure and cried out in anguish, "Dad! Are you really going to sacrifice all of our lives for Ace's? Why? Are all 70,000 of us less important than Ace alone? Dad!"

"Doma! Shut up! Don't we know what kind of person Father is? This is all a trick by the Navy to sow discord! That coward Teach must have colluded with the Navy and is deliberately fanning the flames. We must not let the enemy's plan succeed!"

Karma, however, was resolute and had unwavering trust in Whitebeard, whom he had followed for decades. He immediately rebuked Dorma.

Doma wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and cried out in grief and indignation, "It's precisely because I know what kind of person Dad is that I want to know why he kept Ace's identity a secret from us all this time? I'm not afraid to die, and I won't regret dying for Dad! But I want the truth! I don't want to die here in such a confused state! Dad! Speak up!"

As soon as Doma said this, more than a dozen captains of affiliated pirate crews immediately chimed in.

In an instant, the huge Whitebeard Pirates were in turmoil, and their morale plummeted.

Opposite Rorschach, Whitebeard, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly snorted coldly, looking at Rorschach and the Marines behind him.

"With such a huge advantage, you still resort to such despicable methods to undermine our morale. Sengoku, as expected of your navy, you are truly capable of using any means necessary to achieve victory."

"This is war, not a boxing match, Whitebeard. Such naive words are not something someone like you should say."

Rorschach's eyes were cold and sharp as he stared intently at the white-bearded man before him, but a hint of annoyance had already arisen in his heart towards Kizaru and Aokiji.

As he said.

This is war!

On this battlefield, it's not just the Whitebeard Pirates who are dying.

On their naval side, people are falling every single moment.

In particular, the elite members of the G1 and G5 branches who were at the forefront suffered over a thousand casualties in the fierce fighting that lasted only a few tens of minutes.

Palmer, Bepo, Hibari, Law, Enel, Shiryu, Onigumo, and others are all doing their best to slow down the Whitebeard Pirates' captains and their vassal captains.

However, Kizaru and Aokiji, still feeling lost, failed to seize the opportunity presented by the Whitebeard Pirates' elite forces, who had sacrificed their lives to hold them back, and continued to idly go about their business.

If they had been able to stop Whitebeard when they unleashed the Thunder Sea Sun, even if they couldn't wipe out the entire Whitebeard Pirates, they could have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and put them at a significant disadvantage.

As a naval admiral, failing to exert full strength during wartime, resulting in significant casualties on one's own side, is absolutely irresponsible, regardless of the reason!

In my previous life, such behavior would have landed me in a military court!

Whitebeard surveyed the bewildered pirates on the battlefield, took a deep breath, and roared, "Ace was indeed Roger's son! But so what? Doma! Squard! Did he ever do anything to hurt you? You are all my children, children of the sea. Isn't it a happy and peaceful thing for us to get along well? As pirates, you have the right to choose! Those who wish to continue fighting with me, then..."

"boom!"

A burst of lightning interrupted Whitebeard's words. Rorschach's body swelled up considerably, his massive frame, even more imposing than Whitebeard's, burst through the air and slashed down at Whitebeard's head.

"Let's postpone giving speeches until after the war!"

"1.2 Billion Volts of Overpower! Star Rift!"

The Heavenly Dragon Halberd, wreathed in black and red lightning, crushed through layers of atmosphere and slashed down with a whooshing sound, forcing Whitebeard to stop talking and swing his sword to fight back.

The white shockwaves emanating from the naginata blade hummed and unleashed a terrifying shockwave, colliding fiercely with the Heavenly Dragon Halberd in Luo Xia's hand. The resulting massive storm instantly blew away everyone within a hundred meters of the two, friend or foe.

"Rorschach brat!"

Anger rose in Whitebeard's eyes as he was interrupted by Rorschach. He gripped the hilt of Murakumogiri with both hands, and thick black and red lightning flashed on the blade once again. Accompanied by a violent and unparalleled shock, it slammed into the Heavenly Dragon Halberd in Rorschach's hand.

The immense shockwave flowed continuously into Luo Xia's body along the blade of the Murakumogiri, causing his muscles to tremble and the Heavenly Dragon Halberd he was gripping tightly in his hand to almost fly away.

"when!"

With a loud bang, Luo Xia's right hand, which was tightly gripping the Heavenly Dragon Halberd, was thrown high into the air, and was dispersed by the overwhelming shockwave that erupted from Whitebeard's hand.

Whitebeard released his right hand, raised it high, clenched his fist, and slammed it down on Rorschach's exposed chest.

"Airquake!"

"Boom!"

The atmosphere split open, and the shockwave crashed down like a volcanic eruption, slamming into Luo Xia's body and causing countless wounds to open on his skin, with blood spurting from between his teeth.

"Lie down, you brat!"

Whitebeard suddenly exerted his power, and the irresistible shockwave completely froze the air within a radius of hundreds of meters. Then it suddenly erupted, as if pressing Rorschach down on a clan's erupting volcano.

"You're the one who should be lying down, Whitebeard!" Rorschach gritted his teeth, and endless lightning burst forth from the Heavenly Dragon Halberd, slamming into Whitebeard's body. The damage caused his domineering armor to be consumed and cracked, and many parts of his tall body were charred black by the lightning, and his muscles were pierced through.

"Boom!!"

Beneath Rorschach's feet, a large area of ​​the thick ice surface shattered and collapsed. Behind him, the ice surface, spanning thousands of meters in radius, cracked open, revealing thick fissures that swallowed up some unfortunate pirates and marines.

The two were locked in a stalemate for a few seconds, but Whitebeard's shockwave ultimately prevailed over Rorschach's lightning blast. Rorschach was blasted by the terrifying shockwave of the earthquake, causing him to bleed profusely and fly backward, crashing heavily into the inner bay embankment a kilometer away.

The reinforced concrete embankment was smashed to pieces, and the bases of several coastal defense gun emplacements were twisted and collapsed, crashing down in all directions with a loud rumble.

Amidst the billowing dust, Luo Xia pushed aside a cannon pedestal that was pressing down on him and tried to get up.

The dust and rubble in front of him were blown away by a strong wind, followed by a naginata wrapped in top-level Armament Haki, which came crashing down on his head.

"White beard!"

Luo Xia gritted his teeth, his Heavenly Dragon Halberd ready to meet the attack, when out of the corner of his eye, a tall figure suddenly appeared, stomping down on the white-bearded Murakumogiri that was slashing towards him.

"boom!"

Chapter 661 War Needs No Mercy

"boom!"

Whitebeard's Murakumogiri, which was about to strike Rorschach, was suddenly stomped on by a large foot, and he was forced to the ground.