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Shaking his head, Aokiji slowly stood up, his gaze turning sharp and intense.
After crashing through fourteen buildings in a row, he noticed something strange: none of the buildings had any people in them. This clearly meant the enemy had made full preparations in advance.
He had become prey, already caught in the trap his opponent had laid.
"This might be... the most dangerous battle of my life."
After a brief exchange, Aokiji realized the enemy's Body Technique (Taijutsu), reaction speed, combat experience, and mysterious, unpredictable abilities were all like a bottomless abyss. In contrast, he himself seemed completely transparent to the other party.
"Those eyes... they can see through my attacks. Even my Taijutsu can be copied and turned against me. What a terrifying opponent!"
His mind raced for solutions, how to effectively defeat this enemy and escape this situation. But for now, he had no answers.
He knew too little about Qin Yi!
Suddenly, Aokiji's whole body tensed, and he quickly dodged to the side.
"Boom!"
A massive cloud of dust exploded into the air as Aokiji leapt high and sprinted backward.
"Crocodile! So he has joined Qin Yi..."
Feeling the sandstorm chasing close behind and striking fiercely, Aokiji's eyes flickered, his heart growing heavier. Behind him, Crocodile stood tall with one hand raised, controlling a rapidly growing sandstorm that relentlessly pursued Aokiji.
Aokiji sprinted for over a kilometer. It was then that he realized: the entire City had seemingly been evacuated. The streets were filled only with discarded goods and empty buildings.
His eyes grew solemn.
"What happened to this country? Such high operational efficiency!"
Even if a revered king gave an order, it was unlikely the citizens would evacuate so quickly, and this was all done quietly and flawlessly. It deeply shocked him. Behind him, the roar of destruction continued to draw closer as Aokiji kept running forward.
"As long as I reach the coast... nothing can stop me anymore!"
The City was a coastal city. Once Aokiji reached the ocean, his chances of escape would skyrocket.
But just four or five breaths later, figures descended from the sky, Six Paths-style.
"Suiton (Water Release) – Great Waterfall Technique!"
"Katon (Fire Release) – Grand Fire Annihilation!"
"Doton (Earth Release) – Great Mud River!"
"Raiton (Lightning Release) – Chidori Sharp Spear!"
"Fūton (Wind Release) – Rasengan!"
"Raiton (Lightning Release) – Ground Walk!"
Five fierce attacks rushed at him, Aokiji's pupils constricted.
"These six...!"
"They're all Logia users?!"
He swiftly dodged, leaping between attacks, his heart stunned.
"But... how is that even possible?!"
After narrowly avoiding the barrage of Ninjutsu, Aokiji finally slowed his pace. But the six figures rushed forward again, this time launching Taijutsu attacks.
"Ice Time!"
This time, Aokiji didn't dodge. From the center of his massive body, a freezing cold began radiating outward in all directions.
He spread his large hands wide, trying to grab one of the attackers.
However, the six of them were too agile. After multiple close encounters, he couldn't touch a single one.
"His freezing aura can freeze everything, pull back!" At that moment, Wang Ye shouted loudly. The six attackers immediately retreated in quick steps.
"Swish, Swish, Swish!"
In the blink of an eye, six kunai were hurled toward Aokiji. He raised his hand and deflected them with his ice saber.
Just as he was about to counterattack and eliminate these troublesome six,
He suddenly realized that a large number of soldiers, clad in foreign military uniforms, had already surrounded him.
"Bang Bang Bang Bang!"
A storm of bullets rained down, striking him instantly. Aokiji's posture remained unchanged, but his entire body was suddenly riddled with countless holes. The next moment, with a crisp "crack", his body shattered, transforming into a pile of fragmented ice shards.
The surrounding soldiers leaned forward, rifles at the ready, keeping their sights on the ice fragments. They did not move forward. The six members of the Parliamentary Institute also remained still, surrounding Aokiji from six different angles without making another move.
"Why don't you stay here, Aokiji. I bear you no ill will."
Three seconds later, the soldiers parted, forming a clear path as Qin Yi walked forward. The ice shards began to reassemble, gradually taking humanoid form and reforming into Aokiji.
"I'm not sensing any good intentions from you either," Aokiji said gravely, scanning his surroundings. In his heart, he knew that the enemy wouldn't let him leave easily.
His body trembled slightly, and a bone-chilling cold began to surge outward.
"Looks like there's no one else around anymore... which means that I can go all out!"
He muttered. In the next moment, Aokiji moved, violent cold air burst out from the ground around him, coalescing into a storm of frost that began to roll outward like a frigid tide.
"Ice Age!"
Accompanied by Aokiji's deep, thunderous voice, the cold wave grew even more violent. Winds howled, and the very air began to freeze.
"Crack- Crack- Crack!"
On the ground, in the air, moisture molecules, particles, everything was rapidly frozen, forming a thick layer of ice-blue frost.
"All of you, GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Feeling the deadly chill in the air, Qin Yi shouted loudly.
The surrounding soldiers immediately started running, while the six Parliamentary Institute members turned and fled in panic. They knew: once a Marine Admiral unleashes their full power, the resulting devastation is far beyond imagination.
"Whoooosh--!"
The fierce icy wind swept in all directions. The entire sky seemed to be howling with a frigid gale. Frozen particles fell like hail, clattering against the ice-covered ground like a cascade of pearls and jade.
The range of this cold wave was massive; in just an instant, everything within a ten-li radius (approx. 5 km) was frozen solid. In the blink of an eye, the frost spread to fifteen li, then twenty.
Within just a few breaths, soldiers who failed to escape in time were instantly turned into ice sculptures, frozen in place.
Crocodile's gaze was heavy. A cloud of swirling sand formed above his head, shielding him from the frost. Around him, the frightened soldiers were huddled together.
"So this is the power of a Marine Admiral in this world..."
"Terrifying. He froze everything in an instant!"
"The entire city... he froze it solid."
"If that cold touches you, it might be the end."
The six Parliamentary Institute members were visibly shaken. The power of the Devil Fruit had far exceeded their understanding.
Through the sandstorm conjured by Crocodile, they could see that the entire Port had been completely frozen, covered by a thick layer of frost. The temperature in the city had instantly plunged to minus 30–40 degrees Celsius.
Suddenly, among the swirling grains of sand, several eyes widened in shock and a cry rang out:
"It's His Majesty!"
On top of the icy blue frost, a figure was sprinting at high speed, so fast he turned into a phantom after only a few steps. After dashing dozens of meters, he was just fifty meters from Aokiji. The figure suddenly leapt high into the air.
"Marine Admiral Aokiji! Let's have a proper fight!" His voice was majestic, and his body came crashing down from the sky.
"Fist of Shattered Worlds!"
(End of Chapter)