Ice Release + Sharingan! Aokiji, I'll Take Your Skills!

"Ice Release?"

Feng Lei's heart stirred.

This Ninjutsu came from Haku's Kekkei Genkai in Hokage and possessed the ability to control an element.

Even in the world of pirates, the ability to control an element was incredibly powerful, as exemplified by Logia Devil Fruit powers.

Although Ice Release's performance in Hokage was not as impressive as the Ice-Ice Fruit powers Aokiji had displayed, it had suffered from appearing too early.

Now.

With this Ninjutsu in Feng Lei's hands, it naturally held limitless possibilities.

He could keep practicing and developing it.

Sooner or later, he could reach a level comparable to Aokiji's.

Suddenly.

A startling idea popped into Feng Lei's head.

The Sharingan's copying ability.

If he fought Aokiji, could he use the Sharingan to copy his Ice-Ice Fruit skills and reproduce them with Ice Release?

With that thought.

Feng Lei activated his Sharingan and controlled Chopper.

"Chopper, stop him!"

"Roar!"

Chopper looked at Aokiji as he slowly approached and placed Luffy in the same hand as Nami, then swung his newly freed hand down at Aokiji.

"Ice Time Capsule!"

The instant Chopper's palm came down.

Aokiji activated the Ice-Ice Fruit, sending a shocking blast of cold surging upward.

At once.

A thick layer of ice coated Chopper's hand and spread at tremendous speed over his entire arm, bringing his attack to a halt.

Not only that.

The cold continued to spread, freezing Chopper's body bit by bit.

It did not stop until Chopper's entire body had become a massive ice sculpture.

Just then.

Feng Lei's Sharingan perfectly copied the move.

It attacks with cold and can freeze a target without contact?

"Chopper!"

Nami and the others looked horrified when they saw Chopper turned into an ice sculpture.

What do we do?

Is this Marine Admiral going to attack us too?

But the next second.

Aokiji spoke. "Come with me!"

"Huh?"

Hearing that.

Nami and Robin were both stunned and did not understand.

Go with him?

Does he want to rescue us from that young Marine?

After all, the two seemed to have had an unpleasant conversation, and Aokiji had even frozen him.

In any case.

Compared with leaving with the Marine Admiral who had spared them before, falling into the hands of Feng Lei, who had used brutal methods to mercilessly wound Luffy, was harder to accept.

Just as Nami and Robin prepared to struggle free of Chopper's hand.

Feng Lei's voice rang out.

"Even if you're a Marine Admiral, you can't take them without my permission!"

Crack!

In an instant.

Cracks spread through the ice on Feng Lei's legs, and under the effect of Armament Haki, it broke apart bit by bit.

"Hm? Armament Haki?"

Aokiji looked surprised at the sight.

Feng Lei looked to be only in his teens, yet he had mastered Armament Haki and could even use it to shatter his ice.

Nami and the others stopped struggling in shock.

When Robin had been frozen, they had tried everything.

Why had Feng Lei broken free of the ice as though nothing had happened?

And.

What was Armament Haki?

It could overcome the Ice-Ice Fruit's power!

"Young man, if we fight, you'll get hurt!"

Aokiji felt somewhat helpless.

He had intended to freeze Feng Lei, take Luffy and the others away, then find an excuse to deliberately let them escape by accident.

But judging by Feng Lei's stance, it seemed he couldn't take them without a fight.

"I'd like to see how strong an Admiral is too!"

This was a perfect chance to build up his learning progress, and Feng Lei wasn't about to give it up easily.

In an instant.

A powerful aura erupted from Feng Lei's body, and a faint green light radiated around him.

Eight Gates!

"Sixth Gate, Gate of View, open!"

Seeing Feng Lei's strength increase geometrically with his own eyes, even Aokiji was stunned.

That power was already enough to pose a threat to him.

Since when had the Marines had someone like this?

Whoosh!

The next moment.

Feng Lei moved.

He vanished from where he stood, his figure impossible to track.

Then.

A right foot trailing flames suddenly appeared beside the right side of Aokiji's face.

Its scorching heat dispersed even the cold.

Aokiji quickly turned into his element, his entire body becoming ice.

Bang!

Feng Lei's kick blew away more than half his head.

However.

Because he had turned into his element, ice gradually replaced the missing half of his head, and in the end, Aokiji's head appeared whole again.

Even so, he felt a flicker of shock.

So fast!

So powerful!

Even I almost couldn't react in time!

More remarkably, with the two combined, his opponent's kicks could actually produce flames, which could counter his Ice-Ice Fruit powers.

Having gotten nowhere with one punch.

Feng Lei used Geppo and leaped into the air.

Then.

With both fists coated in Armament Haki, he threw a rapid succession of punches.

His high-speed punches ignited the air through friction, filling the sky with flaming fist projectiles like a peacock spreading its tail!

"Morning Peacock!"

In an instant.

The force of the flaming punches engulfed Aokiji.

This time, having sensed the Armament Haki, Aokiji could not rely on his elemental body to withstand it.

And Feng Lei's attack was fast, fierce, and so wide-ranging that there was no way to dodge it.

He knew.

He could no longer hold back, or he would come to grief!

"Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!"

Cold gathered around Aokiji's right arm and formed a massive ice phoenix, which roared toward the peacock diving down from the sky.

Rumble!

The two collided.

Fire and ice mingled, instantly sending up vast clouds of steam.

The enormous ice phoenix melted away in an instant.

But Feng Lei's assault was not over.

Flames filled the sky, plunging toward Aokiji in a swift, heavy barrage.

At the sight.

Aokiji was shaken.

Had he actually come off worse in their clash?

Although his ability was at a disadvantage.

He was a Marine Admiral!

With Observation Haki activated, Aokiji dodged Feng Lei's dense barrage of fists at tremendous speed.

Every punch that struck the ground left a deep fist-shaped crater, pitting the entire surface as though a swarm of meteors had hit it!

Nami, Robin, and the others watched from the side, horrified.

Aokiji was a Marine Admiral!

And now, he seemed to be at a disadvantage, forced to take blows and dodge!

"Is that guy really that strong?"

The two women could hardly believe it.

If Feng Lei had shown this kind of strength when he first fought them, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji would probably have been killed instantly.

At that moment.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, who were still faintly conscious, were also overwhelmed with shock at the sight.

It turned out that when they had fought with all their might, their opponent had revealed only the tip of the iceberg.

Too weak. I'm too weak!

The same thought surfaced in all three of their minds.

Feng Lei was so much younger than them, yet his strength far surpassed theirs.

They had thought their strength had grown greatly after Enies Lobby, but only now did they realize how many geniuses and monsters there were on these seas.

They had been frogs at the bottom of a well!