"So, you're not planning to make a move?"
After Sephiroth sent Akainu flying with one punch, he turned to look at Aokiji in the distance. The latter's muscles immediately tensed, his eyes filled with vigilance.
It was simply too fast!
Sephiroth's sudden burst of speed had been so fast that it alarmed Aokiji. All he saw was a blur before Akainu was sent flying, before he could even fully react. Throughout the entire process, his Observation Haki had failed to detect Sephiroth's presence in the slightest, as though the man did not exist at all.
Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!
Aokiji raised his right hand, gathering freezing cold air around his arm before releasing an ice bird that radiated frost. Its wings beat as it charged toward Sephiroth, instantly freezing the ground in its path.
In the blink of an eye, the ice bird crossed dozens of meters and appeared before Sephiroth.
In response, he merely raised his left hand calmly and threw an utterly ordinary straight punch!
Bang!
Ice shards exploded through the air, while thick white frost spread outward and blocked Sephiroth's vision.
At that moment.
Ice Glove!
Aokiji, his right hand wrapped in a layer of ice crystals, burst out from the white frost. Putting every ounce of strength into it, he slammed a ferocious right hook into Sephiroth's cheek. A surging torrent of Armament Haki poured forth like a rushing river, striking the Conqueror's Haki coating Sephiroth's body, tearing apart its defenses and flooding into his body.
However...
Sephiroth had long been prepared. He immediately used Armament Haki to protect his head, minimizing the damage from Aokiji's Haki.
For years, he had used Butcher Blade to temper his body by refining Armament Haki. Thus, pure Armament Haki Internal Destruction attacks, unless mixed with Conqueror's Haki, could not