Chapter 150: The Fire That Crossed the Glacier! The Fangs Named "Straw Hat"
On the prairie of Long Ring Long Land, the wind blew gently.
The Straw Hat were immersed in the joy of their total victory in the Davy Back Fight, until that man blocked their path.
It was an extremely tall man, wearing a white suit vest, a dark blue shirt, and a dark green eye mask on his forehead.
He was sleeping while standing, even emitting a slight snoring sound.
"Who is that? A weird old guy." Luffy tilted his head curiously.
However, Robin, who was following behind, the moment that person came into view.
"Ah... Ah..."
The book in Robin's hand fell onto the grass.
Her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground uncontrollably.
It was the fear carved deep into her soul, the nightmare of Ohara burning.
"Marineford... Admiral... Aokiji..."
Robin squeezed out these words with difficulty, her voice full of despair.
"Admiral?!"
Everyone's faces changed instantly.
That was the title representing the highest combat power of the World Government, a monster standing at the pinnacle of the sea.
Aokiji seemed to wake up; he rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned:
"Ara ara... Since we bumped into each other, there is no help for it."
"Ice Age."
Click, click, click, click, click—!!
Without any warning, centered on his palm, white cold air erupted instantly.
The surging waves were frozen in that instant, and the swimming Sea Kings turned into ice sculptures.
Just in the blink of an eye, the entire sea within view, extending to the horizon, was frozen into solid land.
Cold wind howled, and the temperature on Long Ring Long Land plummeted to freezing point.
"This... what is this..."
Usopp looked at the endless ice field, his snot frozen into an icicle:
"The sea... frozen? Such a thing... how can a human do this..."
Nami covered her mouth, the joy in her eyes vanished, replaced by deep despair.
Is this the strength of an Admiral? It is simply a miracle.
"I only intended to take a walk."
Aokiji exhaled a puff of white air, his lazy eyes suddenly became sharp, his gaze passed over the group, locking onto Robin on the ground:
"However... Straw Hat, you are growing too fast."
"Since we met here, for the sake of the world's justice, I'll just get rid of you."
Whoosh!
Before the words finished, the cold air in Aokiji's hand condensed, instantly turning into a sharp ice blade.
His body seemed unbound by gravity, turning into a white afterimage, stabbing directly at Robin's throat.
"Robin-san!!!"
"Don't touch my partner!!"
Two figures rushed out simultaneously.
"Three Sword Style: Oni Giri!!"
Zoro roared, three swords crossed in front of him.
At that moment, he recalled the feeling of cutting steel in Alabasta, pouring all his spirit into the blades.
"Concassé!!"
Sanji spun at high speed in the air, his leg generated high heat due to intense friction with the air, kicking down with unstoppable momentum.
"Clang!!!"
A crisp sound.
Zoro's slash and Sanji's kick hit the ice blade in Aokiji's hand simultaneously.
Although the ice blade didn't shatter, this combined strike, capable of cutting rock, actually blocked the Admiral's blow.
"Oh?"
Aokiji's movements paused, he raised his brows slightly, looking at these two rookies with some surprise:
"This force... Haki? Although still very immature..."
But the gap was still desperate.
"However, it's useless."
Click click click!
Aokiji's arm instantly elementalized, terrifying frost spread wildly along the weapons and legs.
"Ugh!!"
Zoro and Sanji felt a bone-chilling cold strike, their swords and legs were instantly frozen by hard ice.
"Die."
The ice blade in Aokiji's hand exerted force again, preparing to pierce through both of them along with Robin.
Just at this critical moment.
"Since it's ice... then I'll melt it for you."
A shocking wave of heat suddenly erupted from the side, moisture in the air evaporated instantly, vision distorted due to the high temperature.
Tatsuya stood not far away, hands forming seals like phantoms, speed so fast only afterimages remained.
Rat - Ox - Dog - Horse - Monkey - Boar - Tiger!
He took a deep breath, Chakra compressed wildly in his lungs, chest bulging high, like a volcano about to erupt.
"Fire Release: Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!!!!"
Boom—!!
A huge wall of fire, surging like a tsunami!
The range of the flames was so vast, it instantly covered half the prairie.
Rolling heat waves with destructive high temperatures pressed down on Aokiji.
Even more terrifying, the moment the flames were sprayed, Tatsuya slammed the mechanism on his gloves.
"Skypiea specialty—breath dial: Flame Dial: Full Power!!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
Strong wind pressure fueled the fire.
The already terrifying Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame saw its temperature soar again at this moment, the flames even turned into a high temperature close to white.
"This scale of fire..."
Facing this overwhelming sea of fire, even Aokiji had to abandon the attack and was forced to retreat.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!!!!"
High temperature collided with solid ice, instantly melting the ice layer created by Aokiji.
A large amount of white mist rose, turning into scorching steam, instantly covering the entire battlefield.
Aokiji's body elementalized, dodging the core high-temperature area, re-condensing his figure in the distance, a flash of surprise in his eyes:
"Are you a Logia user? No... this strange activation method..."
Steam filled the air, vision blocked.
Aokiji closed his eyes slightly, trying to capture Tatsuya's position.
"Over here!"
In the fog, more than a dozen of Tatsuya's figures suddenly rushed out.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
More than a dozen Tatsuyas held black blades, slashing at Aokiji from all directions.
"Another one of these strange clone tricks?"
Aokiji was expressionless, didn't even raise his hand, just exhaled a puff of cold air.
"Ice Time."
Crack!!
Cold air erupted with him as the center.
It was an absolute low-temperature domain.
The dozen Tatsuya clones that rushed up, the moment they touched the cold air, couldn't even resist.
Instantly frozen into lifelike ice sculptures, then with a "poof" sound, they turned into white smoke and dissipated.
"All fakes?" Aokiji frowned slightly.
Just then, the air above his head suddenly fluctuated.
"Substitution Jutsu!"
A frozen wooden log fell to the ground.
And Tatsuya's real body, having used this momentary displacement, appeared directly above Aokiji.
Tatsuya gripped the hilt with both hands, the three tomoe in his eyes spinning wildly.
He poured all the remaining Chakra and Haki in his body into this slash.
"One Sword Style: Iai!!"
"Die!"
The black blade cut through the steam, slashing fiercely onto Aokiji's left shoulder.
"Pfft!"
Ice chips splashed.
Beneath that elementalized ice layer, a charred wound appeared, blood was frozen instantly, but it had indeed injured his physical body.
"Got him!" Tatsuya felt happy, but immediately felt a chill strike along the hilt, quickly let go and retreated.
But this was enough.
Tatsuya's desperate pinning down bought the most critical blind spot for that man.
"What?"
Aokiji's attention was distracted by Tatsuya's slash.
Just as he wanted to counterattack, he suddenly felt an extremely violent aura coming from behind.
That was the Captain's anger.
His Haki reached its peak since setting sail at this moment.
"Gomu Gomu no—"
Luffy's figure was like a black cannonball, passing through the steam, appearing at the left blind spot where Aokiji had just been injured.
"Whip!!"
Boom!!
Luffy's leg, coated with Armament Haki and stretched to the limit, drew a black afterimage in the air.
Accompanied by a dull, loud noise.
Luffy's solid kick landed fiercely on Aokiji's side waist!
"Bang!!!!"
Huge impact erupted.
Even as an Admiral, the moment his defense was broken, his body couldn't defy the laws of physics.
Aokiji flew horizontally, like a baseball hit, plowing a deep trench on the ground, finally smashing into a huge ice rock, buried in the broken ice.
The whole scene was dead silent.
Nami covered her mouth, Usopp's eyes were about to pop out.
They couldn't believe their eyes—
They actually... knocked away a Marine Admiral?!
"Hoo... hoo..."
Luffy landed on the ground, breathing heavily, his eyes still fiercely staring at that pile of broken ice.
Tatsuya knelt on the ground halfway, the high-intensity Ninjutsu burst and Haki consumption just now left him nearly exhausted.
"Did... did we win?" Sanji asked tremblingly.
However, reality is cruel.
Clatter.
The broken ice was pushed away.
That tall figure slowly stood up.
Aokiji patted the dust on his body, straightened his slightly messy suit.
"..."
Aokiji's originally lazy eyes completely disappeared, replaced by a seriousness and coldness that made people feel like falling into an ice cave.
"...That really hurt."
Aokiji twisted his neck, his tone terrifyingly flat:
"A group of brats who just set sail, to be able to do this much."
In Aokiji's palm, cold air began to condense crazily, the surrounding air began to freeze into ice crystals:
"I only intended to play around... but now it seems, I was wrong."
"You guys... will definitely become a major threat to the World Government in the future."
"So, die here."
No flashy moves, and no time given for anyone to react.
"Ice Age: Absolute Zero."
Whoosh——————
A cold current that couldn't be described in words instantly engulfed the whole scene.
"Run!"
Tatsuya just wanted to form seals to use Fire Release to resist, but his fingers were frozen the moment he tried to form seals.
Luffy wanted to punch, Zoro wanted to draw his sword, Sanji wanted to kick.
But in front of that absolute power, all struggle was futile.
Click click click click!!
It was just an instant.
Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, who were maintaining attack postures, and Tatsuya who was trying to form seals, were all sealed in transparent and hard ice, turning into four lifelike ice sculptures.
Only the others who were deliberately spared lay limp on the ground, looking at this scene in despair.
This is... the pinnacle of the world.
This is the desperate gap.
Aokiji walked to Luffy's ice sculpture, raised his hand, preparing to shatter it.
However.
At that final moment, Aokiji's hand stopped in mid-air.
"Sigh..."
After a long time.
Aokiji sighed long, put down his hand, the killing intent on his body dissipated.
"Forget it... let's stop here for today."
He glanced at those ice sculptures, his tone returned to laziness:
"This time, the favor I owed Crocodile is considered paid off."
"Besides... if I kill this kid, Garp-san will be angry too. That old man getting angry is very troublesome."
Aokiji turned around, lifted the bicycle lying on the ground, pushed it towards the frozen sea.
"You escaped with your lives, brats. Next time we meet... it will be the death penalty."
That tall back, riding the bicycle, slowly disappeared on the white horizon.
...
A few hours later.
Under Chopper and Nami's desperate rescue, using warm water to carefully pour, everyone was finally thawed.
"Waaahhh!! So cold!!"
Luffy shivered all over, his skin frozen purple.
Tatsuya knelt on the wet grass, gasping for breath.
He raised his head, looking in the direction Aokiji left, those black eyes burning with humiliation and unwillingness.
At that moment, he realized his weakness deeply.
"...Is this... an Admiral."
Tatsuya clenched his fists, nails embedded deep into his palms, blood dripping:
"This feeling of powerlessness... I never want to experience it a second time."
"Mangekyo... Haki... I want it all!"
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