Late Arrival

Swoosh.

Kizaru kicked out a laser beam, and Sabo, surrounded by Black Smoke, absorbed the laser beam. Then, with a light step, he leaped towards Kizaru.

However, before he could pounce, Kizaru instantly retreated, creating some distance. But his attack missed, and Sabo relentlessly pursued him, launching continuous attacks.

"Is it really necessary to work this hard?"

Kizaru shook his head, dodged, and then turned to kick out a laser beam, which was absorbed by Sabo.

Sabo pounced again, slashing out with his claw. This time, Kizaru tried to dodge, but after transforming into photons and gathering in the distance, he didn't go very far.

"What's going on? I should be outside the designated area."

Kizaru noticed that his movement path had changed. He remembered that when he fought Sabo, his ability would only disappear when he got close, and he would be attracted within a certain range, so he had been on guard against this.

But now, even while maintaining distance, we are still affected by gravity.

Black smoke billowed from the ground beneath Sabo's feet, emanating a tremendous attraction.

"Black Hole".

Sabo didn't use the suction force targeted at Devil Fruit users, but rather the immense attraction formed by his own Black Smoke, which distorted the shape of Kizaru's photons from a distance and then drew them closer.

"Are you still trying to run away?"

Sabo instantly appeared behind Kizaru and lashed out with his claw.

A lightsaber appeared in Kizaru's right hand, but the moment it appeared, photons began to leak out. Sabo grabbed the lightsaber with one claw, crushed it, and then pressed his other hand down on Kizaru's head.

Bang.

Kizaru raised his left hand to block the attack, but knew he couldn't let the other man touch him, so he covered it with Armament Haki and then engaged in battle with him.

The two immediately began fighting, their battle becoming fiercely evenly matched.

On the other side, Aokiji and Ace were also fighting.

"Fire Fist".

Ace unleashed a Fire Fist at Aokiji, Aokiji in turn raised his right hand and uttered, "Ice Pheasant Beak."

The ice bird collided with the flames, and after a violent explosion, water vapor filled the sky.

Covered in moisture, three figures stood facing each other.

"Master."

Vivi looked at Momousagi with a complicated expression. Just as she was about to say something, Momousagi appeared in front of Vivi and slashed down with his sword, shouting loudly, "Don't call me master."

clang.

Faced with Momousagi's slash, Hachi rushed forward and blocked the attack with six swords in front of him.

"Master, stop. There's no need for us to continue," Vivi said.

"No need? So you're just going to expect me to stand by and watch your atrocities?"

Momousagi snorted coldly, flicked her wrist, and instantly unleashed seven or eight slashes.

Clang, clang, clang.

Hachi blocked six knives, but he couldn't stop the seventh and eighth.

But just as she was about to be struck, Vivi raised her longsword in front of her, blocking the blow, and said, "Master, you see, you didn't even use your strength, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to stop it at all."

"Yeah?"

Momousagi slowly retreated, and four of the six swords in Hachi's hand broke instantly.

"Um."

Hachi's expression hardened. Only two of his knives remained intact, instantly halving his fighting power.

"This."

Seeing this, Vivi's eyes narrowed, and she said, "Then Master, I have no choice but to seriously stop you."

"Serious?"

Momousagi said, "You two think you can stop me?"

Momousagi spoke, she immediately charged towards the two of them, but at that moment, Vivi shouted, "That's enough!"

With her voice, the ice shattered with a loud boom.

Hachi plunged into the sea in a flash, while Vivi soared into the sky, her lower body transforming into a whirlwind.

clang.

Hachi and Vivi, one above and one below, battled Momousagi in the air.

Momousagi had to expend energy to use Geppo, but even so, in the brief exchange, Hachi and Vivi were at a disadvantage.

Super Soru.

Heckle vanished again, reappearing beside Jack and unleashing another punch.

boom.

Heckle struck Jack in the back, and Jack turned and threw a punch, but Heckle disappeared again.

Whoosh whoosh.

Heckle continuously uses Super Soru to achieve a speed advantage, then switches to Gear Shift Soru, and then replaces it with Super Soru.

At both speeds, Heckle could gain a split-second lead over Jack, using that time to attack. Heckle landed over a dozen blows on Jack in an instant.

"Asshole."

Jack tried to attack Heckle, but he couldn't touch him at all; his six-meter-tall frame was much larger Heckle's.

"Lord Jack, I'm here to help you."

Seeing Jack's predicament, the figure who had just offered advice jumped out and pounced on Heckle.

But halfway there, Luffy rushed up and said, "Leave this guy to me."

"Lord Jack, I'm here to help you."

On the other side, a woman with sharp horns rushed forward, but was stopped by Zoro.

Using his speed, Heckle landed several punches on Jack, and even though Jack was physically strong, he still felt the pain.

Heckle is incredibly strong; his Iron Fist, combined with Armament Haki, could easily destroy a building.

Especially when Heckle started attacking Jack's vitals, Jack had to use Armament Haki to defend himself.

"In that case, let's kill them first."

Ignoring Heckle, Jack bent his knees and instantly appeared next to Alken, punching him in the head.

Despite being wounded, Alken fought on, enduring the pain and continuously unleashing explosions that knocked down crew members one by one.

So Jack decided to take care of him first.

"Um?"

Alken didn't even have time to react, and just watched as the fist came crashing down.

But just as the blow was about to hit, a figure blocked Alken's path, throwing both fists upwards.

boom.

Jack's fist was blocked, and standing next to Alken was Heckle.

Bang, bang.

Heckle's body shattered the ice, his feet and knees sinking into it, blood trickling from his mouth, and his arms making a crunching sound.

"Fortunately, I used Armament Haki to infuse my entire body."

Heckle gritted his teeth and held on, unleashing his Armament Haki to its fullest extent to withstand the attack.

Otherwise, if it were just a fist covering the body, the spine and legs would likely be injured.

However, after using Armament Haki on such a large scale, Heckle's Armament Haki has been completely depleted.

With just one strike, Heckle lost most of his fighting ability.

"Now you can't move, right?"

Jack smiled smugly, pressing down on Heckle's fists with his right hand and reaching for his waist with his left, intending to draw his scimitar and cut Heckle in the waist.

"Heckle".

When Alken saw him arrive, he raised his right hand to attack Jack, but two other figures pounced on Alken and entangled him.

"It's over."

Heckle's face was ashen. He tried to break free, but Jack pressed him down into the ice cave with one hand, and he couldn't even lift his legs.

Jack drew his scimitar and raised it high, but at that moment, a dark shadow loomed over them.

"Um?"

Jack looked up and saw a huge figure appear in the air and crash down.