Following the death of Portgas D. Ace at the hands of Admiral Akainu, Luffy has gone into shock and is now in danger of death. Akainu moves to eliminate Luffy, but Marco comes to his aid and stops Akainu while Jinbe escapes with Luffy. An enraged Whitebeard attacks Akainu and knocks him into a huge fissure while simultaneously splitting Marineford into two pieces. However, Akainu manages to burn off a portion of Whitebeard's head. Just then, the Blackbeard Pirates arrive at the battlefield along with some new crew members, one of which is an immense figure the size of Marineford's main building. Sengoku and the Marines are stunned.