Two-Sword Style

Ata's lips involuntarily curled into a slight smile, a hint of barely perceptible smugness in her expression. After all, for the past month, she had been diligently teaching the captain the techniques of Two-Sword Style.

During this time, the captain would often spar with her, and through numerous intense exchanges, his mastery of Two-Sword Style became increasingly proficient, and his combat experience improved rapidly. However, the captain wasn't the only one who benefited. For Ata, the captain was also an excellent sparring partner. In the process of encouraging each other and making progress together, Ata's own strength naturally increased significantly as well.

However, at that moment, the situation on the field suddenly changed. At the critical moment, Yajie leaned back sharply, his movements as agile as a cheetah. Simultaneously, a crisp sound rang out, "Swish..." Ata's Kashu flashed through the air like Inazuma, gleaming with a chilling light. Despite the incredible speed of the attack, Yajie narrowly avoided a fatal blow. However, the razor-sharp blade still left a long, gruesome wound on Yajie's neck, and blood instantly seeped from it.

Although the wound wasn't fatal, the sudden turn of events still terrified Yajie, turning his face pale and causing his heart to race. In this life-or-death moment, the power hidden within Yajie seemed to be unleashed. He roared, his muscles tensing, and a powerful aura surged from his body. Then, he unleashed all his might, launching a fierce counterattack against Ata.

Faced with Yajie's fierce offensive, Ata was momentarily overwhelmed. She was forced to retreat repeatedly, her steps unsteady. Finally, after retreating several steps, Ata managed to regain her balance and successfully create a safe distance between herself and Yajie. At this moment, the two faced each other across this not-too-distant space, their eyes meeting, the atmosphere extremely tense.

At that very moment, this breathtaking scene unfolded before the eyes of Yaxi and Ya'er. Witnessing everything that happened, a sense of astonishment welled up within them, and their faces showed extreme worry. They cried out in unison, "Yajie..." However, before they could finish speaking, Moke's cold and murderous voice rang out again. "Hmph, you'd better worry about yourselves first!" With that, Moke Sandai Kitetsu once more without hesitation. In an instant, an even more terrifying and fierce slash shot towards Ya'er with Inazuma speed.

Faced with this sudden and fatal blow, Ya'er felt as if time had frozen, his mind going blank. The attack was so fast and powerful that he had no chance to dodge. In the nick of time, Ya'er had no choice but to grit his teeth and use all his strength to unleash the "Tekkai" technique for passive defense. Not only that, but relying on his years of combat experience, he accurately predicted the location where Moke's slash would hit and quickly wrapped his Armament Haki around it, hoping to minimize the damage.

Meanwhile, seeing the critical situation, Yaxi knew she couldn't stand idly by and let Moke continue his rampage. So, she made a decisive move, uttering a soft cry, "Ice Dragon!" Immediately, an incredibly powerful surge of cold air erupted from her body, instantly condensing into a gigantic Ice Dragon, baring its fangs and roaring towards Moke. This Ice Dragon was ferocious, carrying a world-destroying force, seemingly intent on devouring Moke in one fell swoop.

However, despite Yaxi's swift counterattack, Moke's slash struck Ya'er first. With a dull thud, Ya'er was sent flying as if hit by a cannonball, crashing heavily to the ground. Moke stood there, a slight smirk playing on his lips, revealing undisguised mockery. He coldly watched Ya'er lying in the distance, thinking to himself, "I never expected that a mere member of a Slaver Group could master the Navy's Six Powers technique. It's quite unexpected."

Normally, for ordinary marines, the conditions for learning a skill or knowledge through their own efforts are incredibly harsh. This means that even if they exert themselves to the utmost, their results might be far less effective than simply capturing a beautiful woman. What an absurd and ironic reality! After all, these marines are essentially slave hunters serving the nobles and Celestial Dragons. As long as they can keep the high and mighty Celestial Dragons happy, acquiring powerful abilities like the Six Powers is merely a matter of Celestial Dragons's casual remark. However... this guy clearly doesn't know the inside story, especially regarding the Tekkai technique, which is actually considered the number one illusion technique in the pirate world!

With a sharp "whoosh," Moke's blade flashed through the air like Inazuma, slashing directly at Ya'er with unparalleled ferocity. In an instant, Ya'er's once impenetrable defense was torn apart as easily as paper. The terrifying strike mercilessly ripped a deep, gruesome wound across Ya'er's chest, running the length of his body and exposing the bone. Instantly, scalding crimson blood gushed forth from the wound like a burst dam, splattering everywhere, filling the air with a thick, pungent stench of blood.

At the same moment, the enormous Ice Dragon summoned by Yaxi also pounced towards Moke with overwhelming force. In the blink of an eye, the Ice Dragon, exuding chilling aura, was less than a meter away from Moke. However, facing such a perilous situation, Moke seemed completely unaware, or perhaps he simply didn't have time to make any dodging move. Thus, the ferocious Ice Dragon slammed solidly into Moke's body, unleashing a deafening roar.

"Great..." Yaxi was overjoyed, her heart filled with excitement and anticipation. She had always been confident in her abilities, firmly believing that no matter how powerful the enemy, as long as they were struck by the Ice Dragon she summoned, they would be Ice Seal forever, eventually becoming a lifeless ice sculpture.

It's important to understand that her ability is not something ordinary people possess; its power is comparable to that of the renowned pirate Admiral Aokiji. Of course, there are some subtle differences between the two; for example, Aokiji can transform into Elementalization, while she cannot. However, that's all; in other aspects, she is in no way inferior to Aokiji.

"Tsk tsk..." But at that moment, something unexpected happened. Moke actually raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a bright smile. This smile made Yaxi feel a chill rise from her spine, and an extremely bad premonition surged into her heart!

Sure enough, in the next second, an incredibly bizarre scene unfolded before her eyes. The enormous Ice Dragon, originally seven or eight meters long and imposing, suddenly vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye, as if it had struck a mysterious and unpredictable portal to another dimension, when it crashed into Moke with tremendous force. Or rather, Moke's body at that moment was like a bottomless another dimension, easily swallowing the entire massive Ice Dragon whole!

Even more terrifying was that after the Ice Dragon completely dissipated into the void, there wasn't a single trace of an attack left on Moke's body! He still had a faint smile on his face, standing quietly in place like a statue, as if the thrilling battle he had just experienced had never happened at all.

This bizarre scene was beyond imagination, so much so that Yaxi couldn't help but widen her eyes, her face filled with disbelief, and she stood there frozen in shock.

However, what happened next was even more astonishing! Moke's body suddenly began to change rapidly at an astonishing speed, transforming in the blink of an eye into a crystal-clear, lifelike "ice sculpture"! Yaxi could hardly believe her eyes. She swore to the heavens that this could not possibly be the Ice Seal effect caused by the Ice Dragon she had summoned!

The next second, a gigantic Ice Dragon, more than twice the size of the previous one, suddenly shot out from behind Moke! This newly appeared Ice Dragon was menacing, its gaping maw revealing sharp fangs, but its target was not Yaxi, but the already seriously injured Ya'er!

At that critical moment, if not for that extremely subtle time difference, the breathtaking scene unfolding before everyone's eyes would have looked as if the colossal, icy dragon unleashed by Ashe Yaxi full power had swiftly passed straight through Moke's body, and in an instant, its massive form had suddenly doubled in size! Then, this Ice Dragon changed direction, and with overwhelming force, like a wild horse, it furiously attacked Ya'er, who was not far away!

"Oh no..." Witnessing this scene, Yaxi couldn't help but cry out in alarm. Her once beautiful face turned deathly pale in an instant, devoid of any color, as if she had suffered an incredibly heavy blow. At the same time, a deep sense of despair surged into her heart like a tidal wave, quickly engulfing her. You must know that at this moment, she was already exhausted and had no strength or ability left to stop this terrible disaster that was about to mercilessly befall Ya'er.

However, all Ya'er felt at this moment was boundless fear. Having been severely injured earlier, he had lost the strength to resist. He could only stare wide-eyed in terror as the Ice Dragon, which was more than ten meters long, grew larger and larger in his pupils. Every second felt like an eternity to him, and endless fear almost devoured his soul.

A deafening roar echoed as the ferocious Ice Dragon slammed mercilessly into Ya'er. The force of the impact sent poor Ya'er flying backward like a cannonball. Then, something unexpected happened—the Ice Dragon didn't disappear. Instead, like a relentless beast, it continued its rampage, relentlessly crushing Ya'er along its path. The ground cracked and dust billowed in its wake, leaving a horrifying scene of utter devastation.

Wherever Ya'er passed, whether towering trees or anything else, everything was instantly covered by a thick layer of ice. Then, these Ice Seal objects, like fragile glass, shattered instantly upon impact, sending fragments flying everywhere. Ya'er continued his rampage until he reached the foot of a Kozuchi hill about two hundred meters away before finally stopping. However, due to the immense force of the impact, Ya'er was deeply embedded in the hillside. At this moment, his body slumped limply, lifeless. Crimson blood flowed continuously from his eyes, mouth, and ears; the deep, bone-revealing wounds were horrifying. Through these gruesome wounds, one could even clearly see his internal organs, completely Ice Seal inside. Without a doubt, Ya'er was already dead, utterly and completely.

"Ya'er..." Witnessing this scene, Yaxi cried out in grief and rage. In an instant, boundless hatred surged into her heart like a tidal wave, causing her to lose her usual calm and reason. Her eyes widened in fury, and she swung her hands forward violently, shouting, "Ice—Destroy the World!" As her words fell, countless enormous ice blocks rained down from the sky like meteorites, appearing out of thin air above her head and hovering silently. Then, like dense raindrops, these ice blocks swept towards Moke's location! Wherever they passed, solid ground and towering trees were instantly encased in ice. Before long, everything within a hundred-meter radius of Moke was covered by a thick layer of ice. From afar, that area seemed to have transformed into a secluded, icy world, cold and desolate—a Ice Seal realm.

However, in that mysterious and frigid world, an ice man exuding bone-chilling cold was strolling leisurely. He seemed to be one with the cold environment, completely unaffected by it.

Moke stared coldly at Yaxi before him, his eyes filled with disdain and mockery, as if he were looking at an utterly foolish idiot. A slight smirk played on his lips as he sneered, "Are you out of your mind? That ferocious Ice Dragon's all-out attack couldn't even scratch me. Do you think these insignificant ice spikes can pose any threat to me?" Before he finished speaking, Moke flicked his arm, and instantly, countless sharp, gleaming ice spikes appeared in the air above his head.

Faced with such an astonishing scene, Yaxi was completely stunned, unable to believe what she was seeing. Her eyes widened, her mouth gaped open, and she couldn't even utter a sound.

Immediately afterwards, the sky seemed to suddenly split open, and countless ice spikes poured down like a torrential rain, densely packed and overwhelming, sweeping towards Yaxi. Each ice spike gleamed with a cold light, carrying an incomparably sharp momentum and a chilling killing intent, like the scythe wielded by the Death God, determined to tear Yaxi apart and shatter it.

As the terrifying rain of ice spikes threatened to engulf Yaxi completely, in this critical moment, Yaxi displayed extraordinary calmness and decisiveness. Without the slightest hesitation, she instantly unleashed her unique, mysterious ability. Her fair, jade-like hands moved swiftly like dancing butterflies, while she chanted incantations, and an ancient and obscure spell flowed from her lips.

In an instant, a dazzling light suddenly shone, and an enormous, crystal-clear Ice Shield appeared out of thin air in front of Yaxi. This Ice Shield was simply a work of art; it exuded a chilling aura, and its surface was as smooth as a mirror, as if it were carved from crystal.

"Crack... Crack..." The ice spikes, shooting at astonishing speed, mercilessly struck the indestructible Ice Shield, producing a series of crisp, loud collision sounds, like firecrackers exploding or war drums beating. However, faced with such a magnificent Ice Shield, these seemingly ferocious ice spikes appeared so small and fragile. They shattered like eggs hitting an impenetrable wall, turning into ice shards scattered on the ground.

At the same time, an astonishing change occurred in Moke, who was standing not far away. The black Ghost Aura that had been surrounding him suddenly surged and churned violently, faintly emitting a strange energy fluctuation. Then, this eerie power merged with the Holy Sword he was holding, bursting forth with dazzling light.

As the light gradually faded, a towering Asura phantom, tens of feet tall, slowly emerged and stood firmly behind Moke. This Asura exuded boundless killing intent, its blood-red eyes revealing a chilling light, and it held a huge cleaver in its hand, as if it could cut through everything in the world.

Moke roared, "One Sword Style - Ashura Slash!" Before his words even finished, he had already leaped high into the air, gripping the giant sword that had become one with the Asura with both hands, and slashed fiercely down in the direction of Yaxi. In an instant, sword energy crisscrossed, forming a giant blade of light several meters long, which roared in with the power to destroy the world.

Moke and Asura exchanged glances, instantly understanding each other. They both roared simultaneously, their arm muscles tensing, veins bulging, concentrating all their power into the blades in their hands. Then, they swung their swords fiercely, and in an instant, a dazzling light burst forth from the blades, its power several times greater than the previous attack! The light streaked across the sky like Inazuma, carrying unparalleled momentum and destructive force.

Wherever it passed, neither hard rocks nor thick trees could withstand this powerful force, and they all snapped in two. Even solid ground was like tofu, with a bottomless, shocking chasm being carved out, as if the earth itself had been torn apart by this terrifying blow.

At that moment, Yaxi hurriedly raised the Ice Shield she had conjured to try and block the attack, but the seemingly indestructible Ice Shield proved utterly vulnerable to such a fierce strike. With a crisp "crack," the Ice Shield shattered in an instant, like fragile glass, scattering into countless fragments across the ground. Then, the ferocious slash continued its relentless momentum, striking Yaxi's body directly.

"Thud..." A dull thud was heard, as if a heavy object had crashed to the ground, and then a huge wound appeared on Yaxi's body! The wound was like the gaping maw of a ferocious beast, stretching from his left shoulder to his right waist, almost tearing his entire body apart!

Crimson blood, like a wild horse unleashed or a flood bursting its banks, gushed forth from the wound with overwhelming force. The powerful impact caused the blood to shoot into the air, splattering everywhere! In the blink of an eye, the previously slightly dry land seemed to be under a spell, instantly turning into a chilling and horrifying crimson. From afar, this crimson land resembled a blood-red flower blooming in hell, radiating an eerie and terrifying light.

At the same time, a strong, pungent smell of blood filled the air. This smell, like a ferocious beast, lunged at everyone's nose and throat, making them feel suffocated and unable to breathe. Even a light breath would cause the rich smell of blood to quickly invade the body like poison, causing violent churning and discomfort in the stomach.

Meanwhile, Yajie, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Ata on the other side, inadvertently caught a glimpse of this horrific scene out of the corner of his eye. In an instant, his eyes, which had been full of sharp light, widened suddenly, his pupils contracted sharply, and his face showed an expression of disbelief and disbelief!

"No..." With a heart-wrenching, desperate roar that echoed through the sky, Yajie's grief and anger erupted like a volcanic eruption. However, at this moment, facing the powerful and aggressive Ata, he had no time to spare to rescue his companions who were in dire straits.

Seeing Yajie's expression, Ata's lips curled into a cold, ruthless sneer. His words, brimming with contempt, followed. "Heh, what? Didn't expect someone as known for his cold-bloodedness as you to actually feel genuine emotion? How utterly ridiculous! Could it be that all the indifference you usually display is just a facade?" As he spoke, the mockery on Ata's face grew even more pronounced, as if victory was already assured.

Immediately, Ata gave Yajie no chance to catch his breath, pressing his advantage. He gripped two longswords tightly in both hands, his figure flashing like a ghost as he closed in on Yajie, shouting, "Two-Sword Style..." Before the words were even finished, his twin blades slashed wildly at Yajie with overwhelming force. In an instant, the flashing blades and the chilling aura were dazzling, making it difficult to defend oneself.