Divine Departure Is Roger's Divine Departure! And His Own Move

On an island in the South Blue.

Garp, dressed in a floral shirt and beach shorts, widened his eyes as he looked at the Transponder Snail.

"How did that guy end up in the West Blue?"

"How would I know? I'm telling you to drop everything and get over there right now."

Sengoku's voice sounded almost frantic.

Garp glanced at the infant beside him, only a few months old, and frowned as he thought for a moment.

"Alright, I understand. I'll leave now."

"You'd better hurry. Sakazuki had one of his arms cut off, and things aren't looking good. Even if Borsalino gets there, he might not be able to take this person down."

The Transponder Snail was hung up directly.

Garp looked at the Transponder Snail in his hand, then at the baby beside him, and sighed helplessly.

Looks like he couldn't keep watching over the child. He would have to leave the child in someone else's care for now. Once this was over, he would have to take the child back to the East Blue.

With that in mind, Garp scooped up the infant.

"Even if I head to the West Blue now, I won't make it there anytime soon. Looks like Sengoku is putting on a show for the World Government. But Ohara... the Buster Call was thwarted? Why would Lin Ye appear in the West Blue?"

Garp was completely baffled as well.

The battle in the West Blue continued.

Magma erupted from the ground like a volcanic explosion.

On the other half of the island, ice blanketed everything.

"Hell Hound!"

An arm formed of magma suddenly stretched out and swept past Lin Ye's face.

Lin Ye, who had sensed and evaded the strike with Observation Haki, turned to look at Sakazuki.

"That's why I hate people like you the most."

Sakazuki's severed arm had been directly replaced by one made of magma.

Having failed to land the blow, Sakazuki stared at Lin Ye with a grim expression.

"You bastard."

Sakazuki glared darkly at Lin Ye.

He had never imagined that he would lose an arm here.

Even though he had eaten a Logia Devil Fruit, an arm severed by a Haki-Infused blade could not be reattached.

"Ice Age!"

A wave of bitter cold swept out, instantly freezing the magma erupting around them. Then Kuzan's body emerged from the ice crystals beneath Lin Ye's feet, and a long blade formed from ice slashed toward him.

Clang!

Lin Ye raised his sword and blocked the attack.

Crack!

Kuzan's body split apart once more, and the ice blade in his hand shattered.

"Kuzan, don't interfere with my fight."

Sakazuki said with a dark expression.

Their Devil Fruit abilities restrained one another.

Seeing this, Lin Ye could not help but laugh.

These two had abilities that were far too interesting.

Neither of them could fully display his strength on the other's home ground.

Kuzan's ice became extremely brittle in a magma-filled environment.

Without covering it in Armament Haki, it could not harm him in the slightest.

It was simply too interesting.

If that was the case, it was not impossible to swallow them both whole.

Lin Ye's gaze shifted toward Sakazuki. The ice beneath his feet suddenly exploded, and his body had already appeared beside Sakazuki.

Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki coiled around the Enma Blade.

The violent slash instantly cleaved through Sakazuki's body.

As the blade passed through, the severed body turned into magma and fused back together.

"Great Eruption!"

Sakazuki unleashed a dense torrent of flames and magma that surged toward Lin Ye head-on.

Lin Ye flashed aside. His sword thrust and swept across, and the Haki on its blade left Sakazuki unable to let down his guard as he retreated again and again.

Even if Observation Haki allowed him to sense Lin Ye's slashes in advance, the attacks were too fast. He might not have enough time to turn his body into an element and evade them.

And while a Logia user would automatically elementalize upon being attacked to avoid harm, that passive elementalization was useless against a Haki expert.

Splurt!

A spray of blood burst from Sakazuki's chest.

"Ice Time!"

A blast of extreme cold sped toward him from afar. Without even turning his head, Lin Ye stomped down hard, blasting the ground apart and sending chunks of earth flying upward.

The cold struck the raised earth and froze it solid. The ice then shattered apart.

"Pheasant Beak!"

A massive bird formed of ice turned into a streak of white light and lunged at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye turned around, preparing to swing his sword, when his expression suddenly shifted. His body flashed aside, evading the incoming ice bird.

"Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!"

Sakazuki roared. The instant he unleashed the move, he saw an ice bird charging directly at him.

Before he could even curse, Sakazuki was struck head-on by the ice bird. His magma body gradually cooled and froze.

Lin Ye's figure silently appeared behind Sakazuki, and Enma slashed down toward Sakazuki's neck.

"Ice Age!"

Kuzan naturally saw that his attack had put Sakazuki in danger, so he immediately went all out.

Endless cold spread in an instant.

Kuzan poured out boundless frost at full power, driving his Devil Fruit ability to its limit.

Lin Ye's heart stirred, and he leaped straight into the air.

The frozen Sakazuki exploded, and endless magma sprayed wildly in every direction from his body.

It was like a genuine volcanic eruption.

So that was it!

Hovering in midair, Lin Ye looked down at the landscape below, where frost and magma intermingled.

No wonder they could become Admirals, the future Marines' strongest fighting force.

Both of them had reached the level of Devil Fruit Awakening.

Among Logia Devil Fruit users, it seemed that only these two had awakened their abilities in the original story. Even Kizaru appeared not to have done so.

Lin Ye could sense that the environment of the island below had completely changed.

Magma and glaciers had replaced the original ground.

Dense steam rose as the magma evaporated water, carrying a heavy scent of sulfur.

Lin Ye held his sword in one hand and looked at the two figures reforming below.

Sure enough, he had been too greedy.

He had actually thought of taking down both of them at once.

With Devil Fruit Awakening and Logia abilities, killing them really was troublesome.

Still, he had to give it a try. He could not come all this way for nothing.

Lin Ye's Haki wrapped around the blade as his gaze locked onto Sakazuki.

When Sakazuki saw Lin Ye's expression, he knew that the next attack was aimed at him.

"Be careful!"

Kuzan gave a warning.

Sakazuki's face darkened. Against an opponent like this, who would dare not be careful?

The Haki around Lin Ye flowed toward the Enma Blade in his hand.

Top-tier Armament Haki could flow.

By gathering up all the Haki not needed elsewhere, one could unleash immense power.

Lin Ye's Armament Haki had already reached level ten. Its quantity and quality were beyond question, but he still needed many battles to become more familiar and more adept with its use.

But Lin Ye had also been figuring out moves he could use.

And now, he was about to unleash a move he had developed himself.

During his fight with Kaido, Lin Ye had also discovered his preferred method of attack and invested considerable effort into it.

Divine Departure was Roger's Divine Departure.

He needed to possess his own move.

And the name of that move!