"It's too late. Get ready to face the baptism of the sea!"
Gu Sheng let out a carefree laugh as he rose into the air. As he ascended, a terrifying sea dragon surged up from the ocean and shot toward the heavens.
"Borsalino! Hurry and stop him."
Sengoku immediately gave the order. Kizaru had lost his usual languid manner as well, transforming into a mass of light that repeatedly flashed upward. A beam of light swiftly climbed into the sky, rapidly closing the distance between him and Gu Sheng.
"It's already too late!"
As Gu Sheng continued rising through the sky, he saw Kizaru approaching from below. He merely pressed down with one hand, locking onto him with Observation Haki, intimidating his target with Conqueror's Haki, and launching an attack with Armament Haki.
Boom!
Kizaru Borsalino was forcibly knocked out of his elemental form by a gigantic hand, and his entire body fell from midair.
Akainu erupted with magma and charged into the water tornado created by Gu Sheng. Countless clouds of steam billowed out, and the water tornado's upward momentum inevitably slowed.
"Ice Age!!!"
Aokiji also rose into the air. Reaching a high point above Akainu, he unleashed Ice Age, sending a long icicle upward until it reached Gu Sheng's altitude.
"It's useless!"
Gu Sheng, who had already risen into the clouds above, suddenly clenched his fist. Akainu and Aokiji, who had joined forces, could not help feeling their hearts jolt violently. An indescribable terror swept over them. A flame exploded in the sky, then spread downward.
The terrifying heat surged toward them. Aokiji was the first to be unable to endure it, retreating when his body seemed on the verge of melting. For some unknown reason, Akainu's magma body began trembling uncontrollably at that moment. In the end,