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Chapter 195 Akainu's Attack

Marco had no intention of wasting any more words with Kizaru. He flapped his wings suddenly, and the blue flames around him surged violently. He transformed into a blue streak of light and charged straight at Kizaru at an astonishing speed.

During the flight, Marco's form rapidly changed, transforming into the beast form of a phoenix, his body enveloped in eerie blue flames.

Seeing this, Kizaru flashed a golden light at his fingertips and fired another energy blast, heading straight for Marco.

The light bullet pierced Marco's body, blasting several holes in it.

However, as the blue flames surged, the wound healed instantly, failing to cause any real harm to Marco.

"The phoenix, what a pity."

Looking at Marco, who had transformed into a phoenix, Jiang Yan in the air couldn't help but click his tongue, a look of genuine regret on his face.

In Jiang Yan's opinion, the phoenix is ​​definitely a very high-grade ingredient.

The phoenix, reborn from the ashes, must contain immense life energy within its flesh and blood, giving it an absolutely unique flavor.

But what appeared before him was not a real phoenix at all, but merely a user of the Phoenix Fruit.

Devil Fruit users and true mythical beasts are completely different things.

Jiang Yan had no intention of eating people with special abilities.

Marco, who was rushing towards Kizaru at high speed, suddenly shivered for no reason, and a strange chill rose up from his back.

He frowned, subconsciously glanced around, but found nothing unusual. He dismissed it as his imagination and immediately put his mind at ease.

The most important thing now is to stop Kizaru and absolutely not let him disturb the old man.

In the blink of an eye, Marco had already rushed in front of Kizaru.

With a fold of its wings, it reverted to its human-beast form, and with its right leg wrapped in Armament Haki, it kicked fiercely toward Kizaru's chest.

Faced with Marco's attack, Kizaru immediately raised his arm to block it.

"Hmm—this trick worked!"

Kizaru looked very serious.

Stop lying!

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Marco glared at Kizaru with displeasure.

He could sense that his attacks had no effect on Kizaru at all.

However, after the two were locked in a stalemate in mid-air for a while, Kizaru suddenly transformed into a dazzling golden light, as if he couldn't withstand Marco's power and was kicked away.

Kizaru's body flew backward at an extremely fast speed, crashing heavily into the stone walls of Marineford Fortress.

"boom--!!!"

A deafeningly loud explosion was heard.

The building that Kizaru crashed into collapsed instantly in the explosion, sending rubble and dust billowing into the sky.

The soldiers in the naval camp were in an uproar, their faces showing panic.

"You're really dedicated to your acting, Admiral Kizaru."

Jiang Yan, watching this scene from the air, couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head in disapproval.

Kizaru is a user of the Glint-Glint Fruit; if he really wanted to dodge, Marco's kick wouldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

Even if she didn't dodge, she had already blocked Marco's attack, so there was no way she could have been kicked away.

Not to mention the final explosion, that wasn't caused by a collision at all; it was clearly detonated by Kizaru using the power of the Glint-Glint Fruit, just to make the scene more spectacular.

To put it bluntly, Kizaru was using this opportunity to show that he did indeed contribute, but was simply stopped by Marco.

Of course, Kizaru could also naturally return to the defensive line without having to confront Whitebeard head-on.

That certainly has Kizaru's style of doing things.

Jiang Yan shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and turned it back to the center of the battlefield.

At this moment, Kizaru appeared unharmed before the numerous marines.

This relieved the naval soldiers.

The fight between Kizaru and Marco was just a small episode in this great battle.

The real highlight is yet to come.

Seeing the Whitebeard Pirates' charge being held back by the Navy's defenses, "Diamond" Jozu couldn't suppress his surging fighting spirit and prepared to clear a path.

With a deep shout, his entire right arm transformed into a diamond, and then, carrying immense power, he slammed his diamond fist onto the ice beneath his feet.

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The ice surface cracked instantly, the fissures spreading wildly outwards from the center of "Diamond" Jozu's fist.

Then, "Diamond" Joz gripped the cracked ice tightly, his muscles bulging, and with a low growl, he forcefully lifted a giant ice block, comparable in size to the main building of a naval fortress and shaped like a small mountain, off the ice surface.

With a powerful swing of his arms, "Diamond" Joz sent the massive, sky-covering ice block hurtling straight toward the execution platform with terrifying force.

Many sailors in the navy turned pale; if such an attack were to land, they would be smashed into mincemeat.

Faced with this terrifying attack that could turn the tide of the battle, Admiral Akainu, who had been sitting calmly below the execution platform without ever making a move, frowned and showed an impatient expression.

"Honestly, they're all neglecting their duties."

He glanced at Kizaru and Aokiji, who had rushed into the battlefield but only attacked once before standing by and watching again, and looked quite dissatisfied.

"If we all rush in recklessly, who will guard the execution platform and uphold the Navy's justice?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Akainu's entire right arm transformed into surging, boiling crimson magma, and a scorching heatwave instantly swept outwards, even distorting and deforming the surrounding air.

The magma began to expand wildly, and in an instant it condensed into a giant magma fist that blotted out the sky.

Then Akainu fiercely swung his sword at the giant ice rock that was hurtling towards him.

"A massive fireball!"

With an impact like a volcanic eruption, the giant magma fist collided with the giant block of ice.

Contrary to expectations, the ice block shattered instantly upon contact with the magma, and then rapidly melted under the magma's high temperature.

The next moment, the huge block of ice evaporated completely, leaving only white steam drifting away.

But Akainu's attacks did not stop there.

The giant magma fist that shattered the massive ice block continued its momentum, shooting straight into the sky, its direction precisely aimed at Jiang Yan, who was hovering in mid-air.

"cut!"

Jiang Yan's expression froze instantly, and the air around him suddenly heated up, with a wave of heat hitting him.

Seeing the giant magma fist rushing towards him, Jiang Yan was absolutely certain that Akainu's attack was deliberately aimed at him.

Compared to Kizaru, who was still testing him and trying to persuade him to leave, Akainu, who adhered to absolute justice, had no intention of holding back from the beginning and clearly wanted to completely eliminate him, this variable on the battlefield.

However, Charizard had already reacted by then, and its huge wings flapped rapidly, carrying Jiang Yan sideways and narrowly avoiding the attack by just grazing the edge of the giant magma fist.

The scorching heat wave burned the corner of my clothes, and even the air crackled as it burned.

Below the execution platform, Akainu looked at Jiang Yan, who had dodged the attack, and his expression shifted slightly, but he did not launch any further attacks.

His only target was Whitebeard; that attack just now was merely a probe to clear away an obstacle.

Since it didn't work, let's just forget about it.

The giant magma fist, having lost its impact, exploded in the next moment, transforming into countless volcanic bombs carrying destructive heat, which rained down on the pirate ship in the bay like a dense rain of fire.

Screams and explosions rang out in succession as a pirate ship was hit head-on by a volcanic bomb, its wooden hull instantly bursting into flames.

burst.

There was also a volcanic bomb that flew straight toward the white-bearded man.

But the white-bearded man simply held the naginata in his hand and casually raised it to block.

The volcanic bomb was blocked by the blade, and a violent shockwave surged, but the white-bearded man did not even flinch.

"Go light the candles on the birthday cake, you little lava devil."

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The white-bearded man looked up toward the execution platform and said sarcastically.

The powerful voice pierced through the battlefield's gunfire and roar, reaching Akainu's ears clearly.

"snort."

Akainu snorted coldly, his eyes surging with icy killing intent, and retorted sharply.

"Don't you like this lavish funeral prepared for you, Whitebeard?"

The air between the two seemed to freeze at that moment, and the entire battlefield was shrouded in an even heavier, more chilling atmosphere.

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