One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Oh!"

With a loud bang, Luffy's fist slammed solidly into Garp's face, causing his nose to bleed profusely and his body to crash to the ground like a cannonball, eliciting gasps from the crowd.

Seeing Luffy punch Garp away and rush straight to him, Sengoku sighed and shook his head. His newly restored body instantly expanded, radiating endless golden light, transforming into a golden Buddha more than ten meters tall. He raised his huge palm high and slapped it down at Luffy, answering his question from earlier.

"The son of a criminal isn't necessarily a criminal, but you chose to walk the path of crime! Portgas D. Ace's public execution wasn't solely because he was Roger's son. As the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, his hands were stained with the blood of many marines. Moreover, his battle with Blackbeard directly led to the destruction of an island and the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians. Therefore, his death was not innocent!"

A giant golden hand slammed down amidst Ace's anxiety and Luffy's rage.

Like a fly swatted by a swatter, Luffy's figure, which had just darted in front of Ace, fell back into the Inner Bay Plaza with a sharp crack, creating a large crater in the ground.

"Are the lives of you marines precious, but the lives of us pirates are not?"

Marco, who was driving Enel back in defeat, responded loudly from afar to Sengoku's words, "Squard's pirate crew, thousands of lives, aren't they lives too? How many people did that bastard Rorschach kill in the New World? Should I give your Marines a proper account?!"

"Pirates deserve to die!" Akainu, who had been silently exchanging blows with Whitebeard, suddenly gasped and bared his teeth.

"Why should pirates die? Is it because you Marines represent justice?"

Whitebeard sneered, watching Sengoku on the execution platform from afar.

Sengoku nodded without hesitation, "That's right! We, the Navy, represent justice! It's because of lawless pirates like you wreaking havoc on the seas that this world has become so riddled with problems. Roger started the Great Pirate Era, causing countless families to be torn apart..."

"Gurarara! As expected of you, Sengoku! You've got a thick skin, you really dare to say that. Justice? A bunch of accomplices dare to call themselves justice? If the underworld really exists, the souls of those non-member states destroyed by you righteous people, the innocent people slaughtered, will all come after you for those words!"

Whitebeard seemed to have heard the funniest joke, and his shoulders shook with laughter.

The deep voice echoed throughout Marineford, causing Sengoku's expression to change slightly.

"Did I make you laugh, Whitebeard!"

Like a roaring crimson dragon, scorching magma burst forth from Akainu's hand, striking Whitebeard, who was laughing wildly, causing him to cough up another mouthful of blood and stagger back two steps.

"Dad!"

Marco shouted out upon seeing this.

Enel, covered in blood, charged at him from behind, and a black lightning bolt shot towards the back of his head.

"You're asking for death!" Marco was furious. A pair of blue flame wings suddenly unfolded on his back and he flapped them at Enel, who was rushing towards him. A large amount of blue flames surged and swept towards Enel, turning into blue flame chains in mid-air that wrapped around Enel all over the sky.

"Pfft!"

Amidst the splattering of blood, Enel's abdomen was pierced by a blue flame chain, and a large amount of blood gushed out from behind him, being burned and evaporated by the blue flames.

Numerous chains wrapped around Enel's body, suspending him in the sky. As Marco spread his wings, these chains burned Enel's body with fury while simultaneously unleashing tremendous pulling force, threatening to tear him to pieces.

Enel was covered in blood, but his eyes were as cold as a wolf's. His entire body suddenly swelled up, and countless black lightning bolts spread across his body.

"Zizzizi..."

"boom!"

The next instant, he exploded like a thunderbolt, the surging energy shattering the surrounding chains and causing Marco's blue flames to break, his face turning pale.

A ray of lightning coalesced in the distance, forming Enel's figure.

As soon as he appeared, Lark threw a dark thundercloud at him.

Enel caught it and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Zeus's terrified face appeared on the thunderclouds, only to be swallowed whole by Enel.

Then, Enel's body burst forth with dazzling lightning, his weakened state vanished, he took a breath, and once again transformed into lightning, shooting towards the pale-faced Marco.

At the same time, Whitebeard, who had been knocked back two steps by Akainu's punch, threw away his naginata, Murakumogiri, and suddenly stretched out his hands, spread his fingers, and grabbed hard at the void in front of him.

His ten fingers seemed to grasp at solid void, thick veins bulged on his arms, and a hoarse growl came from deep in his throat. Under the horrified gazes of countless people, he pulled down with all his might!

"Sink to the bottom of the sea! You hypocritical Marine Headquarters!"

"Airquake!"

"Boom! Crack ...

Before the horrified eyes of countless people, the entire island of Marineford shook violently, and the ground beneath their feet was torn apart by an invisible force, cracking open abyss-like fissures.

The earth is rising, collapsing, and tilting!

The sea outside the island, which was frozen for thousands of miles, was also rising, collapsing, and tilting!

At that moment, the sky and earth on Marineford seemed to turn upside down. The shattered and tilted inner bay plaza, friend and foe alike, all fell in panic, sliding desperately into the cracks.

Akainu, who was the first to be hit, was struck head-on by a massive shockwave, like a meteor crashing through the sloping ground beneath him, plummeting straight into the gaping abyss.

"White beard!"

Sengoku, on the execution platform, was both shocked and furious. But as soon as he uttered the words "Whitebeard," the execution platform beneath his feet could not withstand the tremors caused by Whitebeard and collapsed in an instant. Thick steel structures broke and crumbled, twisted into noodle-like shapes, and detached from the execution platform.

The towering execution platform, along with the centuries-old fortress of justice behind it, collapsed with a thunderous roar under the furious gazes of the navy.

In the midst of the chaos, Sabo suddenly appeared behind Ace as he fell, holding an ordinary wire in his hand. He swiftly inserted it into the lock of the sea stone handcuffs, pulling and turning it!

"Click!"

A crisp sound that made the Warring States period change color, surprised the white-bearded man in the distance, and made Rorschach indifferent was drowned out by the loud noise caused by the continuous collapse.

"This is... Wang Zhi's teleportation fruit ability?" Sabo's speed was too fast, so fast that Sengoku's Observation Haki couldn't react in time. He appeared behind Ace and extended a wire towards the sea stone handcuffs on Ace's wrists before Sengoku's golden hand had even been raised.

"The Buddha Impact!"

The giant hand of the Warring States period descended, and a rolling golden shockwave exploded within the collapsed execution platform.

Blackbeard, who fell with him, was so shaken by the rolling shockwave that he couldn't help but cough up blood.

Sabo, who was unable to evacuate in time, was also blasted away by the all-pervasive shockwave, coughing up blood.

Sengoku's large hand reached out to grab Ace's body, which was upside down.

But at that very moment, a bright and dazzling flame suddenly ignited amidst the broken steel and wooden parts.

"fire punch!"

Chapter 669 The Death of Blackbeard

"fire punch!"

Then a shout that was all too familiar to the Whitebeard Pirates rang out.

On the earthquake-stricken island of Marineford, amidst the ruins of the collapsed Fortress of Justice and the execution platform, a dazzling burst of fire suddenly erupted beneath the golden Buddha's slapping palm.

The brilliant flames resembled a blazing sun rising over Marineford Square, radiating dazzling light and releasing immense heat that licked at everything around it.

Although the expanding flames were blasted back by the shockwave from the golden Buddha's hand, a raging channel of fire still stubbornly spewed outward amidst the chaotic explosion.

Within the blazing fire tunnel, a figure instantly recognizable to many members of the Whitebeard Pirates rapidly materialized from the raging flames. Grabbing Sabo, who was coughing up blood, he nimbly descended from the air, landing steadily in front of the completely stunned Luffy. A relieved smile appeared on his face as he extended a large hand and placed it on Luffy's head.

"I still can't do anything with you, Luffy. You're as willful as ever."

Through his blurry, tear-filled eyes, Luffy stared blankly at Ace standing before him. Seeing the familiar, warm smile on Ace's face, he suddenly stepped forward, hugged Ace tightly, and shouted excitedly.

"Ace! Thank goodness! We finally rescued you. Now you won't die, Ace!"

"Don't casually say that others will die, it's very annoying."

Ace grinned and patted Luffy on the shoulder. "Alright, Luffy, now's not the time to cry. The enemy is still watching us."

"Ok!"

Luffy sniffed, suppressing his excitement at rescuing Ace, clenched his fists, assumed a fighting stance, and leaned against Ace's back.

"Sabo! Can you still fight? If not..."

Ace turned his head and asked Sabo, who was coughing and clutching his chest behind him.

"Even if you fall, I won't fall, Ace. Don't forget, I'm the one who saved you this time." Sabo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then made a dragon claw shape with his hands and turned around.

The three brothers stood back to back, forming a triangle, their faces beaming with undisguised smiles as they looked at the countless sailors surging towards them.

In the distance, the Whitebeard Pirates, after a brief moment of stunned silence, erupted into a thunderous cheer.

"Ace!"

"Captain Ace!"

"Ace has been rescued! That's amazing! And his two younger brothers!"

Marco, who was still being relentlessly entangled by Enel, finally managed a slight smile on his face, which was filled with grief, resentment, and anxiety. "Ace!"

Hancock casually unleashed a barrage of petrifying arrows, indiscriminately attacking any pirates or marines who approached. Anyone struck by her pink arrows, whether pirate or marine, was instantly petrified, only to have their petrified bodies shattered by her two long, slender, and fair legs.

Seeing Luffy crying tears of joy after rescuing Ace in the distance, Hancock's usually indifferent face revealed a hint of shared happiness. "That's great, Luffy, congratulations on rescuing your brother."

The white-bearded man who unleashed a devastating quake that cleaved the entire island of Marineford in two, a hint of relief appeared on his weary and blood-stained old face.

Seeing the three Ace brothers ready to fight, he took a few breaths from his scalded chest, then gasped for air and shouted in the direction of Ace, "Ace!"

Whitebeard's shout, accompanied by a tremor in the atmosphere, resounded like thunder over Marineford.

Ace, who was preparing to fight alongside Luffy and Sabo, felt his eyes well up with tears upon hearing that familiar shout, and quickly looked up from afar.

"Dad!!"

He shouted in a slightly choked voice.

At this moment, in Ace's eyes, Whitebeard's tall body was covered with horrific wounds.

His chest was covered in large burns, his body was covered in blood, and half of the left side of his face was completely gone. It was a horrific sight that was hard to look at.

Despite such terrible injuries, Whitebeard still stood as steady as the Red Line, exuding the majesty of a king.

The entire battlefield fell silent because of Whitebeard's huge shout.

"Am I a good father?"

The white-bearded man's aged voice carried a weariness that everyone could hear.

Upon hearing Whitebeard's question, Ace trembled violently, and the tears that had been welling up in his eyes finally spilled out.

He knelt down with a thud, banging his head on the ground, and cried out with all his might in a choked voice, "Of course! You are the most wonderful father in the world! You will always be my dad! Thank you for making me realize... that my life is not entirely worthless!"

Upon hearing this, the white-bearded man's blood-stained face broke into a relieved smile, and he let out a hearty, unrestrained laugh.

"Gulalalala, guralalala! That's good, that's good."

He smiled with satisfaction, then suddenly raised his right hand high and shouted in an even louder voice, "All members of the Whitebeard Pirates, listen up! Ace has been rescued. I now order you, as the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, to evacuate the battlefield! The ice has been broken. Everyone, board the ship and take Ace back to the New World!"