Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 396 The First Shadow Appears: The Battlefield That Has Been Targeted

From the moment he was led to the execution platform until now, Ace's emotions have gone through many ups and downs and he has experienced numerous changes.

When they were first brought to the execution platform, they felt nothing but numbness and humiliation.

Then there was the anger he felt when his true identity was revealed to the whole world during the Warring States period.

When the Whitebeard Pirates actually appeared before him, and everyone rushed to his rescue without regard for their own safety.

This anger then turned into emotion and shame, and the back-and-forth of these feelings made him burst into tears.

But now Ace blinked hard, wiping away the tears that were stuck to his eyes, leaving only disbelief.

Aside from Marco the Phoenix, who was practically a doctor, Whitebeard's physical condition was otherwise good.

He, the captain of the second team who had been with him day and night, knew this best.

My father's body had long been overwhelmed by years of fighting, and he had to be on an IV drip at all times, along with strong liquor, just to barely suppress the pain.

Even sleeping is impossible; with fibrotic lungs and unhealed bones, it's impossible to fall asleep peacefully.

but now.
My dad is so agile, he looks like he's more than twenty years younger!

Look at the force with which he swung his sword, look at the speed with which he beat Aokiji.
what happened?
Whitebeard took a few deep breaths, appearing completely at ease, but only he knew the true situation.

Time waits for no one. Even though Xia used almost miraculous methods to treat him.

However, his strength was far from returning to its peak; simply activating his abilities on a large scale made him feel exhausted.

"Lulalalalalalala"

Whitebeard chuckled softly. In the past, he could have lasted ten days and ten nights to exhaust himself with this level of exertion!

The tall pirate slammed his naginata heavily on the deck and roared:
"My little ones—!"
attack! !
Let the Navy see our courage! Rescue Ace and return to the Sea of ​​Freedom!!

"Roar!"

The pirates raised their weapons and roared furiously, their blood already ignited by Whitebeard's terrifying display.

My heart was pounding like a rapid drumbeat, and my adrenaline was pumping like crazy.

The atmosphere of war banished all fear, leaving only the thought of killing the enemy.

The frozen sea was the best place to land. In the instant Whitebeard swung his naginata, more than 50,000 pirates, like a surging school of fish, leaped off the high ship and rushed towards the harbor with shouts.

Behind them was the Marineford navy, who also needed no encouragement; their white cloaks billowed in the wind as they charged forward.

The huge characters for "Justice" seemed to fly out of the cloak.

Bearing the name of justice!

Slaughter all the pirates!
The pitch-black waves and white surf collided violently as they approached from afar.

The fierce clash of swords instantly drowned out the shouts, and blood spread along the line where the two waves collided.

A fierce hand-to-hand combat has begun!

A notification suddenly popped up in front of Li Xia's eyes:

【announcement!】

[One Piece spin-off world: The Marineford War has begun!]

Battlefield rules will be drafted based on the current participants in the battle!

【checking】

[Current number of Apostles on the battlefield: 1]

[The battlefield points system cannot be activated because the number of participants has not met the minimum requirement.]

[Under Draft]

[Executioner, you have participated in the Marineford War. Due to the lower-than-standard number of troops on the battlefield, you have received the following bonuses.]

Treasure chest drop rate increased by 10%.

Li Xia's gaze suddenly turned cold.

"Boss, what does this announcement mean?"

A loud howl immediately rang out in the team chat, with Little Dragon complaining: "10% increase in chest drop rate, and that's all? Who are you trying to fool? Are you trying to fob us off?"

"No, this is normal."

Li Xia took a deep breath and said coldly:

"If only one person participates in such a major event, the Hall of Light will determine it as a 'clearing out,' triggering the protection and balancing mechanisms."

Logically, this shouldn't be happening; someone must be up to no good.

Be vigilant and don't act rashly. We're not short of the loot from killing pirates.

"Ok!"

"Meow!"

Li Xia closed the communication box and glanced indifferently at the increasingly heated battlefield.

Time Scavenger?
He was eager to see what the other party was up to!

On the sea outside Marineford, a small boat drifted on the water. Several apostles dared not breathe, staring in disbelief at the images transmitted back by the drone.

"No, this white-bearded guy is definitely on drugs!"
That's a bit too much!

An apostle pointed with his finger at the white beard of the man who had just punched Marineford so hard it was practically Marineford, and said with certainty.

"Nonsense, anyone can see that this whitebeard has about 60% of his strength at his peak."

"The main problem is that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit is too overpowered. It can shake space, and even Haki will be affected."

In reality, excluding the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Whitebeard's peak combat strength was only slightly higher than that of an Admiral.

However, now that Whitebeard has recovered, the Marines will be much tougher to fight.

Another apostle, resting his chin on his hand, chimed in.

"It must have been an apostle who helped him recover. To be able to restore a fourth-tier white-bearded man to this extent, this apostle is no ordinary person."

It's either a specialized treatment system, but that's probably too low, or it's just a case of using precious medications to tough it out.

That's quite an expense.

The captain let out a long sigh and gave a summary.

"Captain, this is the Marineford War! Are we really not going to join in the fun? Even if we just sneak in and take a few kills from the Marines or pirates, it would be a huge win!"

Looking at the bustling battlefield, and the pirates and marines lying in pools of blood, howling and rolling in pain.

The apostles' breathing all became heavy. Compared to pirates and marines, the apostles, with their various skills and items, were clearly better able to survive.

Even if they only dodge and attack throughout the entire battle, and only finish off enemies, they can still make a considerable profit in this battlefield 'full of gold'.

This is the Summit Battlefield, known as one of the richest Tier 3 derivative world dungeons!

As boasted by previous Tier 3 Apostles who participated in the war, even with reduced benefits from finishing off enemies.

The lowest rank is colonel, while generals are as common as dogs on the battlefield, and the lowest drop is a blue treasure chest.

If you get a Major General or Lieutenant General, you might even get a purple treasure chest!
Even disregarding the decline in profits, it's still a huge profit!
Do you think I don't want to?

The captain sighed helplessly, and said in a low voice, half sighing and half angry:
"Although they are usually called 'garbage collectors,' how many people actually face their warnings?"

Who dares to remain indifferent?

He opened the communication platform in this world and looked at the crimson text.

There was a long silence.

[Kate (Time Scavenger): This battle at the top involves guild interests. All teams and individual players can go to our guild to receive compensation after evacuating this world.]

Anyone who enters the summit battlefield will die!

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

The reason why the main character doesn't have a communication platform will be explained later.
P.S.: Hahaha, they went out to play today, it's past midnight!!

(End of this chapter)