"Ice Sphere!" Kuzan was the first to strike. In an instant, several ice pillars shot out, and Rosinante was immediately sealed in, forming a massive ice ball.
"Is he completely frozen?" Kuzan asked gravely, staring at the icy sphere.
"It's not that simple," Sakazuki replied coolly.
"Silence." A voice echoed from within the ice. The ice sphere didn't shatter, didn't melt—it simply vanished without a sound.
"I thought so," Kuzan muttered.
"Watch out. His silent ability can release stored attacks back at us," Sakazuki warned with a grim expression.
"So that means we can't go all out... or we might just make him stronger instead." Kuzan instantly grasped Sakazuki's point.
Sakazuki didn't answer. His eyes were fixed intently on Rosinante.
"He's grown into quite a terrifying monster," Kuzan remarked.
"I really don't like being called a monster by two monsters," Rosinante replied.
As they spoke, Rosinante suddenly dashed forward, closing in on the two admirals.
"Ice Blade!" In a flash, Kuzan condensed an icy blade and slashed at the oncoming Rosinante.
Clang! Rosinante's fist collided with the ice blade.
"Hound Bite!" Sakazuki simultaneously thrust out a molten punch.
Rosinante swiftly dodged.
"Twin Cold Spears!" Kuzan called out.
Four sharp ice spears hurtled toward Rosinante.
"Tch, quite troublesome..." Rosinante muttered, weaving through the icy assault.
Knowing that Rosinante could silence their attacks and unleash them back, Kuzan and Sakazuki had adjusted their tactics. They were using piercing and cutting attacks like ice blades, spears, and molten punches—methods that were less likely to be silenced and used against them.
"Dealing with both of you really is taxing," Rosinante admitted, blocking Kuzan's slashing ice blade with an Armament Haki-coated left arm, while parrying Sakazuki's snapping flame hound with his right palm.
"If it's so hard, why not just surrender?" Sakazuki sneered.
"Surrender's not an option," Rosinante said with a smirk. With a sudden movement, he grabbed Sakazuki's shoulder and yanked.
"Gravity Silence."
He silenced Sakazuki's gravitational pull.
With his gravity nullified, Sakazuki was effortlessly flung upward by Rosinante.
"You go take a break up there," Rosinante said.
"Break!" As Sakazuki was sent flying, Rosinante followed up with a powerful punch to his abdomen.
With no gravitational resistance, Sakazuki was sent soaring into the sky—1,000 meters, 2,000, 3,000—until he vanished from view entirely.
Bang! But just as Rosinante struck Sakazuki skyward, he himself took a solid kick from Kuzan, sliding back from the impact.
"That kick hurt," Rosinante muttered, clutching the spot where he was hit.
"Ah, Sakazuki's been sent flying. That's a bit troublesome," Kuzan said, glancing upward. "Think he'll crash to his death?"
"That guy's the type to haunt the world for eternity. As if he'd die that easily. And besides... I won't give you time to stall!" Rosinante charged at Kuzan again.
"Whoa, caught me! Hey, buddy, can we just talk for a bit? How about sharing our dreams or something?" Kuzan raised his ice sword to block Rosinante's incoming punch.
"I'm not that dumb. If I don't take you down now, I'll have to face both of you at once again. Do you know how exhausting that is?" Rosinante snapped, kicking Kuzan and sending him skidding backward.
"Take me down? That won't be easy!" Kuzan replied, his entire body suddenly transforming into ice.
"Freeze." He lunged at Rosinante, who responded with a punch of his own.
Their fists collided. Instantly, ice began creeping along Rosinante's arm from the point of contact.
"Silence." Rosinante used his power to nullify the ice on his body.
But at that moment, Kuzan struck again. Even with his fast silencing ability, it still took a moment—and Kuzan's punch was already almost upon him.
Rosinante had no choice but to cross his arms and brace for the hit, but the moment Kuzan's icy fist connected, the freezing spread rapidly, locking Rosinante's arms in ice.
"Time Capsule Freeze!" With Rosinante's arms immobilized, Kuzan slammed his palm forward. Ice exploded out, freezing Rosinante's entire body in an instant.
But he wasn't finished yet.
"Ice Pheasant Beak!" The frozen energy surged from Kuzan's right arm, transforming into a massive icy bird that crashed into Rosinante, encasing him in a towering block of ice.
"You really are a pain in the ass," came Rosinante's muffled voice from within the ice.
The chilling aura was suddenly absorbed by an unseen force, and as the ice dissolved, Rosinante was revealed mid-punch, his body coiled like a spring.
Sensing the terrifying power behind that punch, Kuzan's face grew serious. He summoned all his strength to prepare for Rosinante's explosive strike.
But just then, the sky began to glow with intense heat.
One flaming fist after another came raining down from above—the sky now filled with searing volcanic fists.
"Whoa—Meteor Volcano?!" Rosinante cursed. "Release—Frozen Collapse Fist!"
His icy energy and stored power condensed into a single point. Then—BOOM—a devastating blast shot skyward, meeting one of the incoming lava fists head-on.
In that instant, Rosinante's punch tore the magma fist apart.
But he didn't stop there.
The surging force of his strike continued upward, blasting through fist after flaming fist like a roaring tidal wave.
At that very moment, Sakazuki came rocketing down on Moonwalk, unleashing a massive Great Eruption from above—just in time to collide with Rosinante's punch.
The icy, overwhelming force of Rosinante's strike clashed violently with Sakazuki's blazing volcanic torrent. The explosion that followed tore the sky apart. Clouds were shredded, and it was as if a hole had been punched in the heavens themselves.
But the destruction didn't stop there.
The earth shook as well.
Though many lava fists had been destroyed by Rosinante's punch, countless others still rained down on Ohara.
These fists had plummeted from over 3,000 meters up—when they hit, the sheer impact created a wave of devastating explosions. The land split apart. Ohara, already ravaged by the Buster Call, was now on the brink of total collapse under the force of Sakazuki's Meteor Volcano.
Even the fight between Saul and Momonga was interrupted. Lava fists crashed into their battlefield.
Momonga quickly retreated, but Saul, with his massive frame, couldn't dodge in time. Several magma fists struck him squarely.
Fortunately, as a giant, he had thick skin and formidable endurance. Though the molten lava burned him, he gritted his teeth and endured.
Meanwhile, Ohara's great Tree of Knowledge was struck by a flaming fist, erupting into violent flames.
"…Looks like sending you flying into the sky was a terrible mistake, Sakazuki," Rosinante said coldly as he removed the silencing effect from Sakazuki's body.
He wasn't sure whether the people inside the Tree of Knowledge had managed to evacuate, or whether all the books had been successfully relocated.
The giant tree now burned fiercely after being hit by the Meteor Volcano. If anyone was still inside, the consequences would be unthinkable. Rosinante couldn't help but worry…