Rocks's Terror

Ice Age!

At that moment, Aokiji stepped forward again, freezing the magma that filled the sky.

Chunks of magma froze into lumps of ice, crashing down onto Fish-Man Island and shattering to pieces.

"Aokiji, a former Marine Admiral willingly betrayed his beliefs to become a pirate's dog. I despise people like you the most!"

Aokiji's repeated interventions had angered Red Count. He despised those who betrayed their own beliefs.

They had no noble spirit whatsoever.

Red Count's response was two bone-piercing ice spikes.

"You're courting death!"

With a casual slash, Red Count shattered the incoming ice spikes. A red glow lit up in his eyes as his Observation Haki successfully read Aokiji's heart, locking firmly onto him.

Blood Emperor? Full Sky Pearl Flowers!

More than a dozen Flying Slashes imbued with Ghost Qi pursued Aokiji relentlessly, as though equipped with automatic tracking. Aokiji was forced to turn into his element to evade the attacks.

When he condensed his body again, Red Count had already arrived before him at inhuman speed. Guan Gui? Seven Stars!

In an instant, Red Count precisely thrust his sword seven times with lightning speed.

Aokiji was not completely unprepared. In that brief instant, he condensed an extraordinarily hard block of ice before himself with cold air.

The same spot was struck seven times in succession. The attacks came too quickly for Aokiji to repair it, and Red Count still pierced his defense, drawing a splash of blood from his shoulder.

An ordinary person would have already had every drop of blood drained by Red Count's Blood Sword, but Aokiji calmly froze his wound, breaking free from Red Count's attack and reappearing some distance away.

"Your blood tells me that you still retain justice in your heart." Red Count gently sniffed the blood on his sword tip,