Summary:
Despite Mihawk standing in front of him, Luffy knows he doesn’t have time to fight Mihawk and blasts past him with his superhuman speed. However, Mihawk, peering through the crowd, is able to spot Luffy and swings his blade forward, launching a spiraling stream that slashes Luffy but ignores everyone else in between. After sending Luffy crashing into a wall, Mihawk chases after him and attempts to impale him. However, two of Newkam’s soldiers get in Mihawk’s way, and he sweeps them aside with minimal effort. Luffy tries to attack Mihawk again, but realizing that the sea warrior would cut off his arm, stops his attack at the last moment and decides to run away instead. Mihawk notes that Luffy was unusually composed as he sliced the rubber man horizontally. Although Luffy dodges it, the attack cuts the remaining frozen wave in two, causing the top half to crash down onto Marineford.
Across the battlefield, Crocodile rejects Doflamingo’s offer, saying that Doflamingo is not on his level and that Doflamingo can be his subordinate instead. Doflamingo laughs at how he thought Crocodile would be rational, the latter stating that if he was, he wouldn’t have come to Marineford. He then performs Sables and attempts to blow Doflamingo away. However, the attack is not limited to Doflamingo as Buggy is also accidentally pulled into the vortex.
As Luffy and Mihawk continue their battle, Mihawk notices Luffy walking away from the execution platform. In a desperate move, Luffy grabs Buggy and uses him as a shield against Mihawk’s attack. Although Buggy is angry with Luffy, Luffy continues to use him as a shield. Buggy has had enough and launches a special Muggy Ball at Mihawk, who casually deflects it with his blade, causing it to explode in Buggy’s face. Luffy finally let out a breath and rushed back to the platform. Seeing that Mihawk is about to attack Luffy again, Marco calls the commander of Whitebeard’s Fifth Division, Vista, to intervene and arrest Mihawk. When Mihawk recognizes him, Vista is happy to hear that Mihawk has heard of him; Mihawk replies that only a fool would not have heard of him. As Luffy continues to make his way to the platform, Mihawk comments on how he has a special ability to make anyone around him an ally, an ability that is the most dangerous in the world.
The battle rages on as the onlookers on the Sabaody Archipelago look on in horror. As the civilians begin to realize that Ace is about to be executed, Sengoku demands that the power be cut so that the civilians do not lose faith in the Marines, as such a tragedy would be too much for them to witness. Sengoku justifies their actions by saying that all they needed to say to the world after the battle was over would be one word: “Victory”.
Suddenly, more battleships begin to appear from behind. As the pirates note that they are not allies, Whitebeard, Luffy, and Ivankov recognize those on board: Sentomaru has arrived at the battle, supported by an army of at least nine Pacifists. The battle has been going on for an hour and a half and is about to enter its final phase.