Hearing Rhine's order, Basque Choate, who was originally on the other side of the battlefield fighting with Jozu, and Shiryu, who was fighting with Hawkeye, all stopped what they were doing.
"Should one side be dealt with first? A wise decision."
Shiryu immediately understood the reason for Rhine's decision. He nodded secretly and said to Hawkeye:
"Let's save the outcome for next time. Now I have more important things to do."
After speaking, Shiryu's body turned into a flash of lightning and quickly swept towards the center of the battlefield.
"Hoo hoo... Since it's the captain's order, there's nothing I can do..."
Basque Choate couldn't take Jozu down for a while. Now that Rhine's order had arrived, he didn't dare to disobey and quickly ran towards the center with staggering but not slow steps.
In a location further away from the central battlefield:
"You guy, you're too harsh, aren't you?"
Perona opened her mouth slightly and shouted at Weevil, her eyes twitching.
The situation of the Straw Hat Pirates at this moment was very similar to when they met Kizaru and Sentomaru in the Sabaody Archipelago.
They were being overpowered. No, it was even worse than when they met Kizaru. After all, Kizaru had more or less saved his nephew. However, Weevil didn't know the meaning of the word "merciful" at all.
He was beating the Straw Hat Crew to death, especially Usopp, who was pierced through the abdominal cavity by Weevil's naginata and stuck on the blade like meat on a skewer.
Hearing Perona's words, Weevil blinked his eyes in confusion. Holding the knife in his right hand, he scratched the back of his head with his left hand in confusion:
"Aren't you going to kill him?"
Although Perona didn't intend to kill Usopp initially, she just wanted to give him an unforgettable lesson like she did at Thriller Bark. However, Weevil's brain wasn't very good. When Perona said she was going to teach Usopp a "lesson," Weevil stabbed him.
"I just wanted to teach him a lesson, and I didn't tell you to stab him to death... Forget it, if he dies, he dies."
While not as murderous as the rest of the Rhine Pirates, Perona wasn't the Straw Hat Crew's savior either. If they died, it didn't matter to her.
"Damn it! Giving Usopp to—"
Luffy gritted his teeth, his eyes tearing up with rage. Supporting himself on the ground with both hands, he tried hard to get up, but before he could stand, he fell to the ground with a "plop."
"Luffy! Hold still!" Nami yelled worriedly.
Right now, the only members of the Straw Hat Crew still standing were Nami and Brook. This was the "emotion" that Perona seemed to have developed over the past two months, and she specifically told Weevil not to do anything to them.
"Listen up, everyone in the Rhine Pirates! Leave the Whitebeard Pirates alone! Target the Revolutionary Army!"
At this moment, Rhine's voice of order came from the center of the Marineford battlefield.
"Oh! Big brother ordered! Go back quickly!"
Weevil's swollen, ball-like body sprinted toward Marineford, Usopp still impaled on his naginata.
"Anyway, we've been together for a while, so let me remind you," Perona said to Nami and Robin, blinking. "In the future, if you encounter that bastard captain, avoid him. The strength of that guy is beyond your imagination."
After speaking, Perona quickly flew back. However, less than ten minutes after Weevil and Perona left, Nami jumped into the sea to fish out Zoro, Chopper, and others who were thrown into the sea by Weevil. Robin rushed to give emergency treatment to Sanji, Franky, and others who had passed out.
But at this moment, a huge ship slowly approached and stopped behind the two women. Robin, who was bandaging Chopper's wound, turned her head to look at the sound of the ship behind them. She saw the skull logo with three scratch marks on the left eye on the sail.
"What is that sign?" Robin's complexion changed.
"30 million volts Thunderbird!"
"Wave-Elbow!"
"Dragon!"
"Slave Arrow!"
Shiryu, Catarina Devon, Boa Hancock, and others who were scattered across the battlefield returned one after another. Following Rhine's orders, they launched a devastating siege against the Revolutionary Army. And Sengoku immediately ordered:
"Focus on the Whitebeard Pirates!"
The Revolutionary Army will be handled by Rhine and his gang. They will focus on solving the Whitebeard Pirates. If lucky, they could solve two major problems for the world government at once.
"Gurararara! Come if you have the guts!"
Whitebeard raised his naginata to counter. The oscillating energy condensed by the blade was swung out along with the blade energy, destroying bombardments, flying slashes, and various fancy abilities.
"This monster! Is he really over 70 years old?!"
Momousagi, who was forced to retreat, exclaimed. Whitebeard's shock wave not only broke up the Marines but also forced his sons standing behind him to retreat.
"Marco! Command everyone to retreat!" Whitebeard shouted to his sons after temporarily forcing the Marines back.
"Dad!?" Ace, who was standing beside him, said in surprise.
"Now is not the time to continue fighting, Ace!" Marco reminded him.
As soon as he finished speaking, the battlefield next door erupted with a massive explosion.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Hurrah!!!
Two fierce bursts of natural energy, one black and one green, clashed. Everything around was pulverized by the hurricane and then swallowed by darkness. It seemed like two ferocious beasts trying to swallow each other.
Due to the huge impact, the entire Marineford Island sank another three feet. The turbulent waves rushed towards the periphery.
The impact of the darkness and the storm was not inferior to Whitebeard's air shock.
Crash! Crash!
Countless gravel weapons and bodies fell from mid-air. This was the result of Rhine's use of "liberation."
"Phew... Phew... It's even more difficult to deal with than I imagined."
Rhine looked up at the dragon floating in the air with the force of the wind. His tone became more urgent, but he couldn't help laughing out loud.
"But you think the same, don't you?"
Large beads of sweat dripped from the dragon's forehead as if answering Rhine's speculation.
"I'm sorry, Captain, part of the Revolutionary Army has escaped."
At this moment, Lafitte, whose arms had turned into wings, flew to Rhine's upper right to report.
"Huh? They're going to drop the boss and run away?" Rhine raised an eyebrow in surprise.
After all, whether it was through the original book or what he saw today, the Revolutionary Army should still be very united.
"It was a retreat commanded by a girl called 'Koala,' who had already transferred some of the Revolutionary Army's forces, including Eastern Army Commander Belo Betty, out of the encirclement," Lafitte explained.
"The little slave girl?" The image of Koala came to Rhine's mind. Although her strength was far from strong, she was a girl who could make accurate judgments in a chaotic battle situation.
"Zizizi—"
The piercing arcing sound signaled Shiryu's arrival, with a dazzling electric current in his hand that merged with his saber Thunderstorm.
"Do you want to pursue and kill?" Shiryu asked in a low voice.
Rhine was about to speak when a figure suddenly came in from the outside. Shiryu's eyes narrowed, and he waved his thunder knife to resist. It was Sabo!
"Mr. Dragon! You go!" Sabo's entangled water hose collided with Shiryu's thunder knife as he turned his head and shouted at the dragon in the sky.
"No, none of you can go," Rhine said with a smile. The moment his voice fell, an ear-piercing sound echoed throughout Marineford.
Rhine turned his head to look in the direction of the loud noise. Weevil had soared to high altitude, holding the naginata tightly in both hands. The big knife continued to expand like a golden cudgel.
"What's that?" Rhine noticed something still attached to Weevil's naginata blade. But before he could see it clearly, the blade's rapid expansion cut it in two.
In just a few seconds, Weevil's naginata expanded to a hundred times its original size!
Momo · 100 times cut!
Almost across half of Marineford Island!
"Brother, let me help you!" With a roar, Weevil swung the 100 times armed color-wrapped broadsword in his hand.
"That idiot...throwing such a big thing over here, wouldn't he kill his own people too?" Shiryu frowned. He quickly elementalized and used the Thunder Fruit's speed advantage to dodge Weevil's attack, which was enough to split an island in two.
Lafitte and the others quickly dodged.
"That kid!?" Even Whitebeard couldn't help but look surprised when he saw this scene.
Damn, that guy Byrnndi World was probably not so fierce back then!
Seeing the giant knife that would definitely slice Marineford like a cake, the dragon squeezed his hands into the same claw shape as Sabo. It turned out that Sabo's close combat skills were learned from him. The dragon's melee combat method was an upgraded version of Sabo's.
"Lie Kong Dragon Claw Fist!!!"
The dragon claws, stronger than Sabo's, held the extremely huge black naginata tightly. The huge gap in volume was like a praying mantis holding up a steamroller.
"That guy can actually block this knife!?" Burgess and the others below were equally frightened. If they were in the dragon's position, they would be split in half by Weevil instantly!
"Well done, Weevil." At this moment, Rhine's voice echoed in the dragon's ears like a ghost. "Mr. Dragon, I never said I would fight you one-on-one."
Rhine's combat concept was practical. He didn't mind letting his subordinates help. If he had to do everything himself, why have helpers?
The dragon's expression changed suddenly. He gritted his teeth to support Weevil's super slash and turned his body around with all his strength. The other dragon's claw, entwined with a hurricane, struck back!
"Dark Water!"
However, the dragon made a mistake in his impatience! Fighting hand-to-hand with a Dark Fruit user was the most foolish thing to do. Sure enough, the moment Rhine's dark energy-covered hand and the dragon's dragon claw fist touched, the leader of the Revolutionary Army felt a strong sense of powerlessness and a sense of threat called "death."