Raising a Munch-Azure as a Whetstone, Kong Ao's Ultimate Aura!!!

"What a terrifying sight~"

The drawn-out voice rang out as Borsalino's eyes shifted toward Austin, whose face was covered in blood.

"Even that monster Austin has suffered such serious injuries~"

Yet despite his teasing tone, the gravity in Borsalino's eyes did not lessen in the slightest. Instead, they carried a trace of coldness.

That move just now...

Neither Kuzan nor he had been able to react before each of them had been slapped a hundred miles away. If he had not been a light human who ate the [Glint-Glint Fruit], he probably would not have made it back until tomorrow.

At that thought, he slowly raised his two orchid fingers.

Yellow light gathered between them as he prepared to attack at any moment.

On the other side, Kuzan's thoughts were much the same as Borsalino's, his eyes equally serious.

But beyond that, there was an indescribable feeling in his gaze. The man before him, who looked exactly like Austin, somehow made him feel...

Well, A little annoyed.

It was an unpleasant feeling.

Almost at the very next instant, The battlefield seemed to slowly freeze. Blinding lasers and steaming ice spikes appeared before Kong Ao at a speed ordinary people could never react to.

"Whoosh—"

"Crack, crack, crack—"

Azure Austin, his face drenched in blood and fully transformed into his Dragon-Man form, stared at Kong Ao with scarlet vertical pupils. The vision of a mythical creature, coupled with his innate Observation Haki, allowed him to see everything.

Including the laser slowly approaching Kong Ao from his slowed perspective, as well as the cold air condensing into ice cones in the sky.

Kong Ao, now wearing gloves, seemed as though he had failed to react.

Even with the laser and ice spikes right before him, he did nothing, allowing the attacks to