On an island in the South Blue.
Garp, dressed in a floral shirt and beach shorts, widened his eyes as he stared at the Den Den Mushi.
"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 immediately."
Sengoku's voice sounded almost frantic.
Garp glanced at the baby a few months old beside him and frowned thoughtfully.
"Fine, I got it. I'll set out now."
"You'd better hurry. Sakazuki had one of his arms severed, and things are looking bad. Even if Borsalino gets there, he might not be able to take this man down."
The Den Den Mushi was hung up directly.
Garp looked at the Den Den Mushi in his hand, then at the baby beside him, and sighed helplessly.
Looks like I can't look after him for now. I'll have to leave him with someone first. Once this is over, I need to bring this child back to the East Blue.
With that thought, Garp scooped up the baby.
"Even if I head to the West Blue now, 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 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 eruption.
On the other half of the island, ice enveloped everything.
"Hell Hound!"
An arm of condensed magma suddenly stretched out, grazing past Lin Ye's face.
Lin Ye, who had sensed and avoided the attack with Observation Haki, turned his head to look at Sakazuki.
"That's why I hate people like you the most."
Sakazuki's severed arm had been directly replaced with one formed from magma.
After missing his strike, Sakazuki glared at Lin Ye with a grim expression.
"You bastard."
Sakazuki stared at Lin Ye darkly.
He had never expected to lose an arm here.
Even though he had eaten a Logia Devil Fruit, an arm severed by a blade coated in Conqueror's Coating could not be reattached.
"Ice Age!"
A wave of frigid cold swept out at high speed, instantly freezing the surrounding erupting magma. Then Kuzan's body emerged from the ice crystals beneath Lin Ye's feet, an icy longsword slashing toward him.
Clang!
Lin Ye raised his blade and blocked the strike.
Crack!
Kuzan's body split apart again, and the ice blade in his hand shattered.
"Kuzan, don't interfere with my battle."
Sakazuki said with a dark face.
Their Devil Fruit abilities countered each other.
Seeing this, Lin Ye could not help but laugh.
The abilities of these two were far too interesting.
Neither of them could fully display his strength on the other's home ground.
Kuzan's ice became incredibly fragile in a magma-filled environment.
Without covering it in Armament Haki, it could not hurt him in the slightest.
Still, it was far too interesting.
If that was the case, it was not impossible to take both of them down.
Lin Ye's gaze shifted to Sakazuki. The ice beneath his feet suddenly exploded, and his body had already appeared at Sakazuki's side.
Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki coiled around Enma's blade.
The savage slash instantly cut through Sakazuki's body.
As the blade passed through, the severed body turned into magma and fused back together.
"Great Eruption!"
Sakazuki unleashed a massive torrent of flames and magma at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye flashed aside, then thrust and swept his blade. The Haki on its edge made Sakazuki wary, forcing him to retreat again and again.
Even if Observation Haki allowed him to detect 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.
Logia users would instinctively transform into their elements to avoid attacks when struck, but against a Haki master, that passive elementalization was useless.
Splat!
A spray of blood burst from Sakazuki's chest.
"Ice Time!"
A wave of extreme cold shot toward him from the distance. Without even turning back, Lin Ye stomped down, blasting the ground upward.
The cold struck the upturned earth and froze it solid before the ice shattered apart.
"Pheasant Beak!"
A massive bird formed from ice turned into a streak of white light and charged at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye turned and was about to swing his blade when his expression shifted. In a flash, he dodged the incoming icy bird.
"Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!"
Sakazuki shouted. The instant his words fell and his move was unleashed, he saw an icy bird lunging straight at him.
Before he could even curse, Sakazuki was struck head-on by the icy bird. His magma body gradually cooled and froze.
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 strike had put Sakazuki in danger, so he immediately went all out.
Endless frost spread in an instant.
Kuzan poured out boundless cold with his Devil Fruit power fully unleashed.
Lin Ye's heart stirred, and he leaped directly into the air.
The frozen Sakazuki exploded, endless magma spraying wildly in every direction from his body.
It was like a real volcano erupting.
It really was.
Hovering in midair, Lin Ye looked down at the landscape below, filled with both frost and magma.
No wonder they could become Marine admirals, the Navy's strongest fighting force in the future.
These two had both reached the level of Devil Fruit Awakening.
Among Logia Devil Fruit users, weren't they the only two in the original story to awaken their powers? Even Kizaru seemed not to have done so.
Lin Ye could feel that the environment of the island below had completely changed.
Magma and glaciers had replaced the original ground.
Thick steam rose as the magma evaporated water, carrying a heavy scent of sulfur.
Lin Ye held his blade in one hand and looked at the two figures taking shape 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 powers, 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 coiled around the blade as his gaze locked onto Sakazuki.
When Sakazuki saw Lin Ye's expression, he knew the next attack would be aimed at him.
"Be careful!"
Kuzan warned him.
Sakazuki's face darkened. Against an opponent like this, who would dare let his guard down?
The Haki around Lin Ye flowed toward Enma in his hand.
Top-tier Armament Haki could flow.
By gathering the Haki not needed elsewhere, one could unleash tremendous power.
Lin Ye's Armament Haki had already reached level ten. Its quantity and quality were beyond question, but he still needed countless battles to become more familiar and proficient with its use.
But Lin Ye had also been working 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 also discovered his preferred style of attack and devoted considerable effort to developing it.
Divine Departure belonged to Gol D. Roger.
He wanted to possess a move of his own.
And the name of that move!
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