Divine Departure Belonged to Roger—And He Had to Create His Own Technique

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.

"Why did that guy go to the West Blue?"

"How would I know if you're asking me? I told you to drop everything and get over there right now."

Sengoku's voice was practically frantic.

Garp glanced at the several-month-old baby beside him and frowned as he considered it.

"Fine, I got it. I'm leaving now."

"You'd better hurry. Sakazuki has had an arm severed, and the situation is very unfavorable. Even if Borsalino gets there, he might not be able to take this man down."

The Den Den Mushi was hung up immediately.

Garp looked at the Den Den Mushi in his hand, then at the baby beside him, and let out a helpless sigh.

It seemed he could not look after the child for now. He would have to entrust the child to someone else first. Once this was over, he would have to take the child back to the East Blue.

With that thought, Garp scooped up the baby.

"Even if I head to the West Blue, 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 destroyed? Why would Lin Ye be 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 blanketed everything.

"Hell Hound!"

An arm formed of magma suddenly extended, grazing past Lin Ye's face.

Lin Ye, who had sensed and dodged the attack with Observation Haki, turned his head toward Sakazuki.

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

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

After missing his strike, Sakazuki glared at Lin Ye with a dark expression.

"You bastard."

Sakazuki stared at Lin Ye grimly.

He had never expected to 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 cold rapidly swept through the area, 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 Lin Ye.

Clang!

Lin Ye raised his blade and blocked the attack.

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 restrained one another.

Seeing this, Lin Ye could not help but laugh.

These two men's abilities were far too interesting.

Neither of them could bring out their proper strength on the other's home ground.

Kuzan's ice became extraordinarily brittle in a magma environment.

Without coating 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 take both of them down.

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

Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki wrapped around Enma's blade.

The violent slash instantly cleaved through Sakazuki's body.

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

"Great Eruption!"

Sakazuki's massive flames and magma surged toward Lin Ye head-on.

Lin Ye flashed aside, then thrust and swept his blade. The Haki on its edge prevented Sakazuki from letting down his guard, 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, and he might not have time to turn his body into an element and evade them.

Logia users would automatically transform into their elements when attacked to evade harm, but against a Haki master, this passive elementalization was useless.

Splat!

A spray of blood burst from Sakazuki's chest.

"Ice Time!"

A wave of extreme cold rushed in from the distance. Without even turning his head, Lin Ye stomped hard, blasting the ground upward.

The cold struck the upturned earth and froze it solid before the ice shattered.

"Pheasant Beak!"

A massive bird formed of ice transformed into a streak of white light and charged toward Lin Ye.

Lin Ye turned and was about to swing his blade when his expression shifted. His body flashed away, dodging the incoming ice bird.

"Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!"

Sakazuki shouted. The instant his words fell and his technique was unleashed, he saw an ice bird lunging straight 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 body silently appeared behind Sakazuki, Enma in his hand slashing down toward Sakazuki's neck.

"Ice Age!"

Kuzan naturally saw that his attack had placed Sakazuki in danger, so he immediately opened with his strongest move.

Endless cold instantly spread through the air.

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

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

The frozen Sakazuki exploded, endless magma spraying wildly in all directions from his center.

It was like a real volcanic eruption.

It really was!

Lin Ye hovered in midair, looking down at the environment below, half frost and half magma.

No wonder they could become Marine admirals, the Marines' strongest fighting force in the future.

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

For Logia Devil Fruit Awakenings, it seemed that in the original story, only these two had reached that level. Even Borsalino seemed 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 land.

Thick water vapor rose as the magma evaporated it, carrying a strong sulfurous smell.

Lin Ye held his blade in one hand and looked down at the two men reforming their bodies.

Sure enough, he had been too greedy.

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

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

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

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

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 to be careless?

The Haki around Lin Ye flowed into Enma in his hand.

Top-tier Armament Haki could flow.

By gathering the Haki not needed elsewhere, even a little at a time, 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 pondering techniques he could use.

And now, he was about to unleash a technique he had devised himself.

During his clash with Kaido, Lin Ye had also discovered the attack method he liked best and devoted considerable effort to it.

Divine Departure was Gol D. Roger's Divine Departure.

And he had to possess his own technique.

And the name of this technique!