The Scattered Azure Hair!

She had gorgeous, leg-length, sea-blue hair, deep ice-blue eyes and eyebrows, delicate and perfect facial features, a proud and slender figure, and a white short military uniform.

Coupled with her Haki and cold gaze, she perfectly embodies the temperament and powerful aura of a cold and arrogant queen.

This was Kuzan's first visual impression of Esdeath on the back of the Vyburn Wyvern, but the way she hovered and circled in the air left him somewhat helpless.

Although he can create 'Ice Storm Pheasant' or fly up using Geppo, he doesn't particularly enjoy aerial combat.

On the other side.

Esdeath was also observing Kuzan below. Although she was extremely confident in her own strength, she would not be careless, much less underestimate her opponent.

Not to mention, she also has some knowledge of the World Government's Admiral.

For example.

Knowing that they possess the ability to withstand the 'Fivefold Rotary Furnace' head-on, and that they themselves seem to suffer little harm, is terrifying.

Esdeath knew very well that if it were her, although she could also take it head-on, she would have to use her ultimate technique to escape unscathed.

"This guy must be at least three meters tall. Putting aside his strength, his height alone makes him a monster." Esdeath chuckled slightly.

However, her mood was not as relaxed as it appeared.

Because she had already sensed the powerful and majestic aura emanating from Kuzan, which was like a torch soaring into the sky, to be honest, she had already felt 'outmatched' in that instant.

Although, in general, the strength of one's aura does not completely represent the level of one's strength, that is only under the premise that the difference is not too great.

This is actually related to Esdeath Awakening her Observation Haki.

In the past, she could only sense Kuzan's life force, but now she can even sense Kuzan spiritual aura, that is, his Haki aura.

The combination of the two creates an extremely terrifying sense of oppression.

Although Kuzan was just standing motionless on the edge of the cliff, in Esdeath's mental perception, he appeared as a giant Ice Bird lying there.

According to their world's classic description, they are comparable to legendary super- Danger Beasts!

"Fantastic! It seems I've finally met an opponent who can satisfy me."

Stimulated by a strong sense of crisis, Esdeath's muscles trembled slightly with excitement, and her eyes blazed with an unprecedented fighting spirit.

[Swish----]

Just as she drew her Flower Sword from her waist, ready to fight, Kuzan below suddenly shouted, "Um, Ms. Esdeath, could you come down first? Let's talk."

"No need for further explanation!"

Esdeath, however, showed no mercy, suddenly raising the tip of her sword towards the azure sky above, and a bright, cold light instantly shone in the sunlight.

"Although my subordinates were too weak and it's normal for them to be eliminated by you, they are my subordinates, so I have no choice but to avenge them!"

The words had barely left his mouth.

A large shadow enveloped her and Kuzan below.

With his hands in his pockets, Kuzan watched speechlessly as a large amount of cold air suddenly appeared in the sky and quickly condensed into a huge Ice Ball more than 20 meters wide and 40 to 50 meters high.

"Oh dear, what an impatient little girl!"

He thought about how he should respond, but there were just too many options. Or maybe he should just do nothing and stand still.

Wouldn't it be a bit embarrassing for Navy Admiral to be smashed to pieces right from the start?

"Well, that's settled then."

Kuzan squatted down and picked up a dozen or so weeds from the ground. Then, he stood up unhurriedly and casually tossed them in front of him. He then blew a breath of cold air onto them, and an ice blade instantly formed in his hand.

"It's been a long time since I've used a knife, I hope I'm not too rusty."

As soon as he finished speaking, when the huge Ice Ball was less than forty or fifty meters above his head, Kuzan forcefully swung his sword upwards.

The next moment.

Esdeath, who had been carried above the Ice Ball by the Vyburn Wyvern, witnessed the massive ice body, comparable to a glacier, being split in two by a frosty white slash from the middle.

This caused her to immediately furrow her sky-blue eyebrows.

"His Swordsmanship has reached such a level; he seems to be on par Divine Harmony the eighth-dan swordsman over there."

Esdeath is also skilled in Swordsmanship, and her technique is quite superb. She can do anything with her sword aura, reaching the Bleach of a master swordsman.

However, since acquiring the power of the Teigu, she has devoted most of her energy to developing and training that power, and her Swordsmanship has stagnated.

According to the ten-dan Swordsmanship system of Shenhe Island, she is probably at the level of a seventh-dan swordsman.

For Esdeath, who adheres to the law of 'survival of the fittest', Swordsmanship and Teigu are merely forms of power; she values whichever is more useful.

And as it turns out...

Although her Swordsmanship talent is already a 'treasure' that many swordsmen would covet, her talent in ice-based abilities far surpasses her talent in Swordsmanship.

But the World Government's Navy Admiral before us now possesses Swordsmanship at least at the level of an eighth-dan swordsman.

Based on past combat experience, only swordsmen of the eighth dan level or higher could cut through his own 'Icefall' so easily.

This made Esdeath realize that she should try to avoid Swordsmanship fighting with her opponent in the future.

That's really uncomfortable.

As a woman who is incredibly passionate about war and combat, what she enjoys most is the process of hand-to-hand combat with her opponent.

However, as one of the strongest beings in this world, and facing a powerful enemy from Otherworld, Esdeath suppressed her impulsive desires with her reason and composure.

Only the final victory can prove who the strongest is!

"Drink!"

Esdeath's expression suddenly turned fierce, and she unleashed a crescent-shaped, snow-white blade of light at Kuzan.

Its light wasn't particularly dazzling, but rather appeared more solid, and snowflake-like white mist appeared in the air it swept through, arriving in front of Kuzan in the blink of an eye.

[Bang----]

Sudden.

The snow-white blade of light exploded automatically three meters away from Kuzan, as if it had struck an indestructible, Formless wall.

"Ah la la la~"

"Incorporating cold air into Flying Slash is a fairly standard technique."

Kuzan simply stood there, holding his ice blade, calmly watching the breathtaking scene unfold before him, like a shower of petals, and casually offered a comment.

"But you should get down first; it's not very polite to make someone crane their neck to talk to you."

No sooner had he finished speaking than his right arm swung up with incredible speed, and the ice blade in his hand transformed into a white lightning bolt that flew out at speeds many times faster than sound.

"Roar!"

Vyburn Wyvern sensed the approach of death, and its vertical pupils suddenly shrank to tiny slits.

Driven by a strong will to survive, it began to frantically increase the frequency of its wing flapping in an attempt to evade, but just as it tried to open its mouth and exhale a breath of ice...

In the blink of an eye, the ice blade pierced through the chest of the Vyburn Wyvern, then burst out from its back, before swiftly passing by Esdeath's cheek.

[Boom----]

A strong gust of wind blew her beautiful blue hair into a frenzy.

If it weren't for the effect of his Observation Haki, which made him instinctively take a step back to the right, his abdomen would probably be about the same size as the writhing dragon falling to the ground beneath him.

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