Pirates: Building a Pirate Family

"Is he dead? Kizaru!"

Another pirate then asked loudly, his voice full of anticipation and eagerness.

At this moment, the entire Whitebeard Pirates focused their attention on their old man, hoping to get a definite answer from him.

However, Aokiji's expression remained unchanged. He stood firmly in place, his hands tightly gripping the incomparably sharp blade of Murakumogiri.

Facing the Whitebeard crew members' inquiries from behind, he calmly replied, "No, you can't talk nonsense!"

Just then, an unexpected scene occurred.

An icy chill suddenly followed Aokiji's hands, spreading rapidly along the blade of Murakumogiri like a venomous snake.

In the blink of an eye, this chill had approached Whitebeard's location.

"Ice Block: Partisan!"

Aokiji shouted, and at the same time, he waved his hands forcefully.

In an instant, four extremely sharp, ice spears shimmering with cold light rapidly condensed around his body.

These ice spears sped towards Whitebeard like lightning, bringing with them a fierce gust of wind.

However, at this critical moment, Aokiji's originally calm eyes narrowed slightly, as if he had sensed some danger.

Immediately afterward, his body instantly became illusory, and he began to elementalize at an astonishing speed.

With a loud bang, a huge impact suddenly struck, directly sending Aokiji flying.

In mid-air, Aokiji's body turned into countless small pieces of ice, scattered and splashed, and then fell to the ground.

However, before long, the ice blocks scattered on the ground seemed to be attracted by some mysterious force, quickly gathering and merging together.

In the blink of an eye, these ice blocks re-condensed into Aokiji's appearance.

"Old man, you go first!"

Jozu, who had been staring at Aokiji, suddenly turned his head and shouted loudly at Whitebeard beside him.

His burly body was like an indestructible fortress, firmly blocking Whitebeard.

"I'll leave it to you!"

Whitebeard nodded, a hint of trust and appreciation flashing in his eyes.

Then, he strode forward without hesitation, heading straight ahead, leaving Jozu alone to face the powerful Aokiji.

"Diamond Jozu!"

Aokiji widened his eyes, staring at the burly man in front of him—Jozu, whose diamond-hard body shimmered with dazzling light.

At this moment, a trace of bright red blood slowly flowed from the corner of Aokiji's mouth, slowly sliding down and eventually hanging there, like a drop of crystal clear ruby.

The two of them stood still facing each other, and invisible sparks seemed to fly where their eyes met.

At the same time, not far away, Luffy was in the midst of an arduous battle.

He was alone facing two powerful Marine Vice Admirals. Despite Luffy's best efforts, he had almost no power to fight back under the joint siege of these two powerful enemies.

To make matters worse, Luffy was already carrying serious injuries.

Moreover, he had been through days of intense fighting before, and was physically and mentally exhausted.

Now, his body had long since reached its limit.

"He's really tenacious!"

Vice Admiral Onigumo narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at Luffy.

Hearing this, Luffy gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain, and used his hands to prop up his body, struggling to get up from the ground.

At this moment, his breathing was rapid and heavy, and every breath seemed to exhaust all his strength.

However, at this critical moment, a dazzling yellow light suddenly lit up.

Luffy subconsciously raised his head and instantly saw the dreaded Marine Admiral—Kizaru.

Kizaru stood there expressionlessly, holding up one index finger, the fingertip shining with dazzling light.

No sooner said than done, in just the next second, the deadly light shot out like lightning.

Luffy had no time to react, only feeling a huge impact coming head-on, and then the whole person was blasted out like a kite with a broken string.

Garp, who was on the execution platform, felt the flames of anger rising in his heart after witnessing this scene.

He clenched his fists so hard that the veins on the back of his hand bulged one by one, like dragons entrenched.

Garp desperately restrained the urge to rush up and rescue Luffy, his teeth chattering.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku noticed Garp's abnormality. He glanced at Garp without showing any emotion on his face, and said lightly, "Garp, recognize your position!"

These seemingly plain words were like a heavy hammer hitting Garp's heart.

Upon hearing this, Garp's eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. Then he quickly turned his head to the side, as if he dared not face what was about to happen next.

Luffy fell heavily on the cold, hard ground, his body lying motionless and lifeless.

Heavy footsteps came from far and near, each step like stepping on the tip of people's hearts.

Kizaru walked towards Luffy step by step without expression, the pace neither fast nor slow, but with an irresistible sense of oppression.

Finally, he stopped in front of Luffy, looking down at the boy who had lost his ability to resist.

"Hmm~! It's not enough to just have courage, Straw Hat Boy Luffy. Without enough power, no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to save anyone!"

Kizaru murmured softly, his tone full of disdain and mockery.

Lying on the ground, Luffy, after hearing Kizaru's words, struggled to open his eyes, his chest heaving violently, gasping for breath.

Although his body was extremely weak, his eyes still looked firmly at the execution platform in the distance.

However, due to severe physical exhaustion, his vision gradually became blurred.

"Ace..."

Luffy called out his brother's name in an extremely weak voice, the voice like a candle in the wind, which could be extinguished at any time.

At this moment, Kizaru slowly raised his right foot, the sole of his foot shining with dazzling golden light, as bright and dazzling as the sun.

"Your adventure ends here!"

Kizaru muttered again, while preparing to step down with that deadly foot.

At the critical moment, suddenly, a deafening roar came from the sky!

The sound of thunder resounded throughout the world, like a giant bomb exploding in the air, its power chilling.

Even Kizaru, who had always been calm, couldn't help but stand on end like a frightened cat when he heard the sudden thunder, every hair standing on end.