Lightning Release Kirin!

Ice and a sea of fire collided, instantly generating a large amount of water vapor, which obscured the area where the two were located within seconds.

"Admiral Aokiji!"

The Marines watched excitedly from afar. With his appearance, it meant the enemy absolutely could not survive!

"This guy dares to fight Admiral Aokiji?" a Marine captain said incredulously. "Doesn't he know what an Admiral means?"

That's the highest combat power of Marine Headquarters, possessing the strength to fight against figures of the Four Emperors' level!

"I don't know, but since the Admiral has made his move, the rest isn't our concern," a Marine said, glancing at the screen. "Let's hurry and rescue the Vice Admirals."

Due to the earlier lightning power, many people were floating on the sea, and they needed to be rescued.

Meanwhile, the three Marine Vice Admirals were lying on the sea, silently gazing at the sky, as if recalling the recent battle.

A moment later, the three, having regained their mobility, swam up. After casually rescuing a few Marines ashore, they sat on the ground without a word.

This time, ten warships, five Vice Admirals, and ten thousand Marines were deployed, and the result... they still needed Admiral Aokiji to clean up the mess.

The three found it difficult to accept this outcome for a while.

"Vice Admiral, what should we do next?"

Momonga and Strawberry remained silent, their faces grim as they watched the battlefield.

T-Bone saw this and could only say, "Let's rescue our comrades from the sea and place them on the bridge. Leave the rest to the Admiral."

There was no problem leaving so many Marines here.

At the same time, the two individuals clashing on the warship simultaneously stopped their attacks.

The water vapor surrounding them began to dissipate but did not vanish.

"Ara ara, what a fearsome ninja," Aokiji said.

"Stop saying things like that," Xi Yan said. "Also... has no one ever told you that you give off a lazy impression?"

"Yes, my teacher often said that about me," Aokiji spread his hands. "But there's nothing I can do, I'm used to it."

Ever since experiencing the Ohara incident, his blood hadn't been as hot.

"A side effect of your Devil Fruit ability?"

"You could understand it that way," Aokiji nodded. "Alright, young man, let's not waste any more time. We have injured personnel to treat over here~"

His Observation Haki could sense the life conditions of Onigumo and Doberman; their breaths were growing weaker.

If they didn't receive timely treatment, they might really die here.

Being able to defeat and incapacitate two Vice Admirals, this kid in front of him was indeed strong, but... facing him, this is where it ends!

"Yes, indeed, my partner is also waiting for me," Xi Yan agreed with a nod. "So, let's end our fight here sooner rather than later."

"You won't have a chance to see him..."

"That's not for you to decide!"

As Xi Yan's words fell, two figures suddenly rushed out from the place where Luffy and Rob Lucci had fought – they were the two Shadow Clones Xi Yan had deliberately left behind.

Aokiji immediately noticed this change. Clearly, his Observation Haki had been active since he arrived here.

"A clone-type ability..." Aokiji muttered.

Combined with the figure just frozen by ice on Onigumo's side and these two suddenly appearing figures, Aokiji easily deduced one of the opponent's abilities.

Clones!

And this, naturally, was also one of a ninja's abilities.

"So, you intend to win by numbers?" Aokiji said.

"Not at all," Xi Yan clapped his hands. "For the strong, numbers have long lost their meaning."

"Next... I'll show you something new!"

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!" x3

The three simultaneously spewed out numerous giant dragon heads, which rapidly flew into the sky!

The terrifying high temperature scorched the air, causing it to distort, and the temperature in this area changed rapidly.

Aokiji looked at Xi Yan, puzzled, not understanding the purpose of this action.

If it was an attack, why didn't he use the fire dragons to attack him?

"You're not just showing me fireworks, are you?" Aokiji said.

"Fireworks, huh..." Xi Yan said after finishing his action. "You could understand it that way, it's just that the characteristics of these fireworks are a bit different."

As his voice fell, the two clones in the distance disappeared with a bang.

This sudden change immediately alerted Aokiji.

'This kid is acting strange...'

Although he didn't know what the opponent intended to do, based on his experience, something bad was definitely about to happen.

Thinking this, Aokiji used his Observation Haki to carefully scan the battlefield, trying to discern something, but after searching for a while, he couldn't find anything special.

Just then, large dark clouds appeared over Judicial Island, gradually stealing the light.

This change immediately caused some Marines to cry out in alarm.

"Damn it, could it be a lightning attack?!" a Marine Captain exclaimed, shocked.

Earlier, one of the women fighting the Straw Hat Pirates could use that strange thing to launch lightning attacks.

And now... the entire sky had darkened!!

"RUMBLE!!"

A terrifying thunderclap sounded, as if the end of the world was imminent!

As lightning appeared in Xi Yan's hand, a terrifying figure vaguely emerged from the dark clouds!

"Lightning..."

Aokiji completely shed his lazy demeanor, his eyes fixed intently on the sky.

He now understood what this kid was trying to do, was he planning to attack him with the power of nature?

"Kid, you're really ruthless..." Aokiji said to Xi Yan, "Do you know how many people will die if this attack lands?"

Up to this point, many Marines were still floating in the sea, not yet rescued ashore.

If this attack struck, anyone in the seawater would likely die!

"What does that have to do with me?" Xi Yan sneered, "When you took Robin, you never cared about our feelings."

"Since that's the case... don't blame me for being impolite!"

"Savor this well, it's a parting gift!"

"Lightning Release: Kirin!"

"RUMBLE!"

A massive lightning Kirin emerged from the clouds, like a divine beast, staring intently at Aokiji below.

"ROAR!!"

"You've really given me a difficult problem, but..." Aokiji instantly appeared beside Xi Yan, placing his hand on him and saying, "I just won't let you unleash it."

"Ice Age Capsule!"

"CRACK~"

In an instant, Xi Yan was frozen into a block of ice!

But before Aokiji could smile, he noticed a hint of mockery in the eyes of the enemy within the ice, as if... this move was meaningless.

The next moment, Xi Yan within the ice suddenly exploded, turning into lightning!

This sudden turn of events made Aokiji's expression change.

"This is also a clone??"

His Observation Haki covered the entire battlefield, but besides the one in front of him, there were no other familiar auras.

What Aokiji didn't expect was that the one in front of him was also a clone!

"ZZZZ~"

The power of thunder flowed out along the ice, immediately triggering the already drawn-in Thunder Qilin.

The next moment, the terrifying Qilin beast leaped down fiercely, heading straight for Aokiji!

"ROAR!!"