Aokiji Joins

"Let's make this clear first: we stop before it goes too far. If you agree, we can begin."

About an hour later.

On this unknown, uninhabited island.

Aokiji and Lin Yan stood facing each other.

With a wild smile on his face, Lin Yan grinned at Aokiji.

"Let's begin."

Aokiji did not waste a single word. His expression was incomparably calm, indicating his agreement with Lin Yan's terms.

"Very well... let's begin!"

Lin Yan let out a long roar, and his figure vanished in an instant. When he reappeared, he was already right in front of Aokiji.

A sweeping kick lashed mercilessly toward Aokiji's head.

Boom—!

Aokiji immediately counterattacked as well. He dropped low to dodge Lin Yan's kick, then followed up with an elbow strike.

In the next instant, the two began an intense offensive and defensive battle.

Though it was merely a clash of physical techniques, every strike carried tremendous force. The continuous thunderous blasts and hurricanes made it hard to imagine that the two were fighting with nothing but their bodies.

It was as though they shared some peculiar tacit understanding.

Aokiji did not use the Ice-Ice Fruit.

Lin Yan did not use the Sharingan or the Rumble-Rumble Fruit either.

Fist against flesh!

Passionate and explosive!

Fist met fist, hot blood answering hot blood.

This was how men spoke to one another!

Under the immense force, the ground began to crack and the air shattered. Not only Lin Yan, but even Aokiji gradually wore a wild smile on his face.

Perhaps this was a romance only men could understand.

Using their fists.

To test the measure of the other's spirit!

The more they fought, the more fired up they became, completely throwing their earlier agreement to stop before things went too far out of their minds.

Even