"Ice Gauntlet!!"
Aokiji braced his arm at his waist in a starting stance, ice crystals condensing over his fist. The ground beneath his feet froze into a smooth ice path, and Aokiji shot forward along it at high speed.
Reiner immediately entered his human-beast form, Azure Flame coiling around him as he charged straight at Aokiji, throwing a Haki-coated fist with explosive force!
"Shattering Kill Punch!!"
Bang!!
The collision of their fists unleashed a violent shockwave. Countless black lightning bolts exploded outward, and the buildings around the street crumbled and were blown apart beneath the impact.
"Break!!"
Reiner roared and exerted force again. His outward-flowing Haki combined with internal destruction to shatter the ice crystal gauntlet, then drove into Aokiji's arm with a powerful impact.
During his battles with Big Mom and Kaido, especially the one against Kaido, Reiner's Haki had improved enormously in both strength and application. With the boost of his human-beast form, his physical abilities had reached their peak.
Feeling the powerful Haki raging through his arm, Aokiji frowned.
While training under Garp, he had tempered both his physical strength and Haki to an extremely formidable level, yet he still felt powerless against this punch.
Aokiji's arm was pushed straight against his chest, as though what had struck him was not a fist, but an entire mountain.
"Ice Time!!"
Bang!
Biting cold spread from Aokiji's body onto Reiner's fist. Then, carried by that immense force, Aokiji was blasted backward at high speed, smashing through several buildings before crashing into the street.
Meanwhile, cold spread from Reiner's fist up his arm, freezing the entire limb. Reiner merely glanced at it before his Haki surged through his arm and shook violently.
Crack!
Aokiji's ice was instantly dispelled. The frost shattered like glass and scattered in all directions, glittering beneath