On an island in the South Blue.
Garp, dressed in a floral shirt and beach shorts, stared wide-eyed 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 was nearly frantic.
Garp glanced at the baby a few months old beside him and frowned in thought.
"Fine, I got it. I'll leave now."
"You'd better hurry. Sakazuki had one of his arms severed, and the situation is very unfavorable. Even if Borsalino gets there, he might not be able to take that man 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 look after the child anymore. He would have to entrust the baby to someone first, and once this was over, he would need to take the child back to the East Blue.
With that thought, Garp scooped the baby up.
"Even if I head to the West Blue, I won't get there anytime soon. Looks like Sengoku is putting on a show for the World Government. But Ohara... the Buster Call was destroyed? Why would Lin Ye show up in the West Blue?"
Garp was completely baffled.
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 from magma suddenly stretched out, grazing past Lin Ye's face.
Having sensed and evaded the strike with Observation Haki, Lin Ye turned his head to look at Sakazuki.
"That's why I hate people like you the most."
Sakazuki's severed arm had directly regenerated out of magma.
After missing his attack, Sakazuki glowered at Lin Ye.
"You bastard."
Sakazuki stared at Lin Ye with a dark expression.
He never expected to lose an arm here.
Even though he had eaten a Logia Devil Fruit, an arm severed by a blade infused with Haki could not be reattached.
"Ice Age!"
A wave of cold rapidly swept through the area, instantly freezing the erupting magma around them. Then Kuzan's body emerged from the ice crystals beneath Lin Ye's feet, an ice-forged longsword slashing toward Lin Ye.
Clang!
Lin Ye raised his blade and blocked the strike.
Crack!
Kuzan's body shattered apart again, and the ice blade in his hand broke instantly.
"Kuzan, don't interfere with my fight."
Sakazuki said with a black face.
Their Devil Fruit abilities countered each other.
Seeing this, Lin Ye could not help but laugh.
These two had such interesting abilities.
Neither of them could fully exert their strength on the other's home turf.
Kuzan's ice became extraordinarily brittle in a magma-filled environment.
Without covering it in Armament Haki, it could not harm Lin Ye in the slightest.
Still, it was too interesting.
If that was the case, it was not impossible to take down both of them.
Lin Ye's gaze shifted to Sakazuki. The ice beneath his feet suddenly exploded, and he was already beside Sakazuki.
Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki wrapped around Enma.
The violent slash instantly cleaved Sakazuki's body apart.
As the blade passed through, his severed body turned into magma and fused back together.
"Great Eruption!"
Sakazuki roared as flames and magma surged toward Lin Ye head-on.
Lin Ye flashed aside. His blade thrust and swept across, the Haki on its edge forcing Sakazuki to retreat again and again.
Even if Observation Haki allowed him to detect Lin Ye's slashes beforehand, the attacks were too fast. He might not have enough time to turn his body into an element and evade.
Logia users would instinctively turn into their elements to avoid attacks when struck, but against a Haki expert, that passive elementalization was useless.
Pfft!
A spray of blood burst from Sakazuki's chest.
"Ice Time!"
An extremely cold current shot toward him from afar. Without even looking back, Lin Ye stomped down, blasting the ground beneath his feet upward.
The cold air struck the upturned earth, freezing it solid before the ice shattered.
"Pheasant Beak!"
A giant bird formed of ice turned into a streak of white light and attacked Lin Ye.
Lin Ye turned to swing his blade, but his expression suddenly shifted. He flashed away, dodging the incoming ice bird.
"Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!"
Sakazuki shouted. The instant his move was unleashed, he saw an ice bird charging straight at him.
Before he could even curse, Sakazuki was struck head-on by the ice bird, his magma body gradually cooling and freezing.
Lin Ye's body silently appeared behind Sakazuki, Enma in his hand slashing down toward Sakazuki's neck.
"Ice Age!"
Kuzan naturally saw that his attack had put Sakazuki in danger, so he immediately opened with his ultimate move.
Endless cold spread in an instant.
Kuzan poured out boundless frost with his Devil Fruit ability pushed to full power.
Lin Ye's heart stirred, and he leaped directly into the air.
The frozen Sakazuki exploded, endless magma spraying wildly in every direction with him at its center.
It was like a real volcanic eruption.
It really was.
Lin Ye hovered in midair, looking down at the landscape below, where frost and magma coexisted.
No wonder they could become Marine Admirals, the Navy's strongest force in the future.
Both of them had reached the level of Devil Fruit Awakening.
Among Logia Devil Fruit users, they seemed to be the only two in the original story to awaken their abilities. Even Kizaru did not seem 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 land.
Thick steam rose as the magma evaporated the water, carrying a heavy scent of sulfur.
Lin Ye held his blade in one hand and watched the two figures below reform.
Sure enough, he had been too greedy.
He had actually wanted to take down both of them at once just now.
With Logia Devil Fruits and Devil Fruit Awakening, killing them really was troublesome.
Still, he had to try. He could not come all this way for nothing.
Lin Ye's Haki flowed around his blade as his gaze locked onto Sakazuki.
And the moment Sakazuki saw Lin Ye's expression, he knew the next attack was aimed at him.
"Be careful!"
Kuzan warned him.
Sakazuki's face darkened. Against an opponent like this, who would dare let down their guard?
The Haki around Lin Ye flowed into Enma in his hand.
Top-tier Armament Haki could flow.
By gathering all the Haki that was not needed elsewhere, it could unleash immense power.
Lin Ye's Armament Haki had already reached level ten. Neither its quantity nor quality was lacking, but in terms of using Haki, he still needed countless battles to grow more familiar and proficient with it.
But Lin Ye had also been figuring out moves he could use.
And now, he was about to unleash a move he had devised himself.
During his battle with Kaido, Lin Ye had discovered the style of attack he liked best and devoted considerable effort to it.
Divine Departure was Roger's Divine Departure.
And he wanted a move of his own.
And the name of that move!
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