Aokiji looked up and saw Qin Yi plummeting toward him at high speed. Layers of swirling vortexes spun around Qin Yi's fist, and in an instant, Aokiji felt a bone-chilling cold.
"Another new ability?"
He bent his legs slightly and retreated backward.
"Boom!"
Just as he moved his front foot back, Qin Yi's fist came crashing down. The pressure from the wind, sharp as blades, howled all around.
The punch smashed into the ice, causing the ground below to violently shatter.
Aokiji, now airborne and retreating, suddenly narrowed his pupils.
"What is this?!"
Shock filled his heart as he watched the ice within a hundred-meter radius below split apart with a thunderous crack, then rapidly shattered. Within just three seconds, all the ice in that area had turned into powdered frost, drifting in the air.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, a powerful gust of wind surged forward. Aokiji looked up, a fist was rapidly enlarging before his eyes.
"Elemental form!"
On reflex, Aokiji transformed his body into ice and immediately after, Qin Yi's fist smashed into him.
"Boom!"
In an instant, Aokiji's body exploded into a shower of ice crystals, scattering rapidly.
Even more shocking was that in front of Qin Yi's punch, an elliptical, cone-shaped depression appeared in the air itself, creating a stark contrast with the surrounding space.
"He punched the air into a dent?!" Aokiji, whose body was reforming and rapidly retreating, stared at that distorted space in shock.
"It's like Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but... this isn't vibration, it's fracturing!"
Only after retreating several hundred meters and stumbling a few steps on the ice did Aokiji finally come to a stop. At this moment, Aokiji's heart felt extremely heavy. Qin Yi's strength had far exceeded his expectations, it felt as though his power had no limit.
It was bizarre, multi-type abilities, combined with devastating destructive power, this opponent was without a doubt someone extremely difficult to deal with.
Seeing Qin Yi smash through the ice beneath his feet and charge forward once more, Aokiji's eyes sharpened, and he suddenly roared:
"Ice Lance!"
"Crack- Crack- Crack!"
Spikes of ice rapidly rose from the surface, gathering into spear-like weapons, shooting straight toward the charging Qin Yi.
"A wide-area piercing attack, huh?"
Qin Yi's body twisted several times, dodging the incoming spears. Instead of slowing down, he became even faster. After just ten meters, flames ignited around him, melting the ice beneath.
"Too fast!"
Aokiji stretched out his right hand, and a long sword appeared.
Long-range attacks were useless against such a fast and agile opponent, he'd have to rely on close combat.
"Busoshoku! (Armament Haki)"
His right hand gripped the sword tightly as mysterious black patterns appeared across the icy blue blade.
One second later, Aokiji moved too, rushing forward. The two figures collided almost instantly.
"Shatter into Pieces!" Qin Yi's fist roared, smashing against Aokiji's long sword.
"Crack- Crack- Crack!"
In that instant, the sword cracked. Aokiji's pupils shrank. As cold surged from him, the cracks in the blade repaired themselves. Fist and sword clashed, immense power flowed from both sides. The ice beneath them had already shattered upon impact.
Qin Yi's pupils flashed, they had now transformed into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Genjutsu – Royal Hall's Path!"
Aokiji, locking eyes with him, was instantly dazed, his consciousness wavering, but only for a moment before he snapped back.
"Mental attack!" Aokiji's eyes showed a flicker of surprise as he stood and retreated once more.
Just now, he had vaguely seen an illusory palace hall and a majestic emperor.
"What a man of strong will." Qin Yi looked at Aokiji with appreciation, secretly praising him.
Men from this world seemed to possess an extraordinarily resilient spirit. Genjutsu (Illusionary Techniques) were hard to apply effectively in real combat. Qin Yi suspected this had something to do with Haki.
After a brief clash, the two squared off once more.
"The Fruit of Fragmentation... Buggy couldn't develop it well, but I seem to have a natural affinity. In this short time, I've already begun to use it at a basic level!"
"Even though I can't match Whitebeard's large-scale awakened attacks, my small-scale destructive power is still formidable!"
Qin Yi's eyes sparkled as he reflected quietly.
"But against someone like Aokiji, who can turn into an element and is a seasoned veteran... it still can't deal lethal damage."
"Without Haki, it's truly a pain!"
But Qin Yi didn't linger in thought, he suddenly lowered his body and dashed forward again.
At extreme speed, he almost instantly arrived in front of Aokiji, unleashing a flurry of punches.
At that moment, Aokiji's eyes suddenly brightened. His body twisted left and right, shifting and weaving to dodge Qin Yi's attacks.
"Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki) plus Kami-e (Paper Art)?"
Qin Yi struck again, but it felt like hitting a leaf drifting in the wind, he simply couldn't land a blow.
In an instant, Qin Yi withdrew his fist, drew the longsword at his waist, and swept it across.
Aokiji leaned back to dodge, simultaneously launching a counter kick.
After this final clash, the two parted once again.
"He's truly a master!" Qin Yi sighed.
Without Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), it was very difficult to threaten a Logia-type, they were almost invincible. In that case, the best way to trap him would be to use Madara's binding technique.
But that required submerging an entire island, as Madara once did.
Qin Yi's eyes flickered as he rapidly calculated in his mind. Suddenly, he leapt into the air.
His hands formed hand seals, and his cheeks puffed up.
"Katon (Fire Release): Great Exploding Fireball Technique!"
In an instant, a giant fireball rapidly expanded in front of him. Within seconds, it reached 100 meters in diameter, and with one more breath, it grew to 500 meters.
Blazing flames roared forth, releasing an incredible temperature. The ice below began to melt instantly.
This was a new Fire Release born from the fusion of the Mera-Mera no Mi (Flame-Flame Fruit) and traditional Ninjutsu, its power far exceeded anything before.
With a sudden blast of breath, the massive fireball crashed downward.
"No Haki? Then I'll use an ability with elemental advantage!"
Qin Yi's gaze turned fierce, his body completely engulfed in flames. The fireball in front of him swelled again, growing to a diameter of one kilometer.
"What a colossus…"
Aokiji looked up, gazing at the crimson fireball that shrouded the heavens and blotted out the sun, his eyes filled with awe.
The heat radiating from it, along with its sheer size, felt like a falling sun, making the heart tremble.
"If that thing hits me, even I'd be seriously injured!"
He muttered, slowly bending down and placing both hands on the ground.
"Qin's King, Ying Zheng, if you unleashed all your power, you might not be weaker than a Yonkō… What a terrifying person!" As he whispered these words, freezing energy surged from Aokiji's hands.
"But I'm not someone who gives up so easily!"
Suddenly, Aokiji's eyes widened, his face contorting, his expression becoming wild and frenzied.
"Then let me go wild too!"
"Roar, Glacial River!!"
(End of Chapter)
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