Do You Think I'm Afraid of a Marine Admiral?

The moment Kuzan made his move, Brando lightly leaped up to avoid being frozen by the cold.

"Thanks for the compliment."

As he answered, Brando used the Shadow Clone Technique, creating two Shadow Clones.

The Shadow Clones were also covered in Tailed Beast Chakra.

"As long as I deal with you here, this matter won't be exposed."

Kuzan rolled his neck and spread his hands. Two spears condensed from ice appeared beside him.

He did not know whether it was because the desert was too hot or because Brando's words had angered him, but he had felt somewhat overheated just now.

After cooling the surroundings down, he felt much calmer.

"So you're still running away. Is this what you want?"

"So you're still willing to be a dog, a dog that closes its own eyes."

Brando's two Shadow Clones attacked as well, each forming a Rasengan in both hands. Four spinning spheres in total.

Brando's original body raised a hand and formed a Rasenshuriken, holding it aloft.

The shrill sound of it cutting through the air was razor-sharp.

"Then what else can I do?!"

Kuzan finally could not hold back any longer and shouted the question.

At the same time, he hurled the two condensed spears toward Brando.

His strength was insufficient to overthrow the World Government. At the same time, he had already done everything he could to fight pirates and lessen the harm they inflicted on civilians.

He had done everything he could.

Boom!

The two Shadow Clones each used the Rasengan in their left hands to smash the frozen spears apart.

However, the shattered spears burst with cold, freezing a patch of the surrounding area. Their speed was not fast enough, and the Shadow Clones easily dodged aside. At the same time, they charged toward Kuzan with the remaining Rasengan in their hands.

Kuzan clenched both hands, and two ice spheres appeared in his palms before he rapidly threw them at Brando's two Shadow Clones.

Though they were fast, the Sharingan of Brando's Shadow Clones saw through them. They swiftly evaded the ice spheres, which exploded into ice spikes the instant they struck the ground.

Seeing his attacks evaded, Kuzan launched an indiscriminate attack. Cold air instantly erupted from his body and spread outward. One Shadow Clone, a step too slow, was frozen directly. The other used Geppo and Soru to shoot into the air, while the Rasengan in its hand rapidly expanded into a Big Ball Rasengan.

"Take this!"

The Shadow Clone raised the Big Ball Rasengan and slammed it down at Kuzan.

Kuzan did not dodge. Armament Haki wrapped around his right hand as he punched straight at the Big Ball Rasengan.

The instant the Big Ball Rasengan collided with Kuzan's fist, an intense shockwave burst forth. The ice beneath Kuzan's feet shattered into countless fragments that scattered outward, enveloping the area like white mist.

From afar, Brando's original body hurled the Rasenshuriken at Kuzan, engulfing him along with the Shadow Clone.

"What should I do?"

"Of course, cast aside your bottom line and act without restraint!"

Brando answered Kuzan's earlier question.

Boom!

The Rasenshuriken exploded, directly swallowing the place where Kuzan and the Shadow Clone stood.

But Brando did not believe a Marine Admiral would die from that attack. Elementalization alone could counter it, not to mention that Kuzan had Observation Haki. He might not be able to foresee the future like Katakuri, but dodging dangerous attacks should have been effortless for him.

Crack, crack, crack!

A faint sound suddenly came from beneath Brando's feet.

Kuzan instantly emerged from under the ice and used Princess Hug Kill on Brando, intending to freeze him solid.

Brando did not have time to use the Body Flicker Technique to escape. His pupils rapidly changed, and a Susanoo Skeleton immediately emerged around him, covered in a layer of Black Flames.

Kuzan's arms directly wrapped around the skeleton. The Susanoo Skeleton was immediately frozen, but Black Flames also clung to Kuzan's body. Brando controlled the Susanoo Skeleton to form an arm, then struck back and shattered Kuzan's upper body. He quickly retreated and dispelled the Susanoo Skeleton, causing the ice to fall away with it.

"Once I leave this place, I'm not doing anything else until I learn Armament Haki."

Feeling the stabbing pain in his eyes, Brando said irritably.

A Logia was indeed extremely troublesome for someone like him who could not use Armament Haki.

"Your abilities really are diverse."

"But if you act without regard for your bottom line, what exactly would you do?"

Kuzan's figure emerged from another patch of ice.

Looking at the Black Flames still burning in the distance, a trace of gravity flashed through Kuzan's eyes. They gave him a troublesome feeling. They could burn atop his ice without being frozen.

When his body had been shattered just now, he had tried to freeze those flames, but failed.

"For example, keep your eyes fixed on the Celestial Dragons. If a non-member nation is destroyed somewhere in the world, then kill a Celestial Dragon."

Brando gave the simplest method.

Only when those at the top felt death would they be afraid. Otherwise, human lives were merely numbers in their eyes.

Brando was extremely dissatisfied with the nickname Red Eye. He had already come up with a new nickname for himself. There were Pirate Hunters and Marine Hunters on the seas, so Brando planned to call himself the Celestial Dragon Hunter.

Kuzan was stunned for a moment after hearing Brando's words.

"You really have the nerve."

"If you target the Celestial Dragons, Marine Admirals will come after you, just like they came after you."

Though Kuzan said that, he felt that Brando's method might actually work.

However, whoever did this would need to withstand the World Government's pursuit.

"A mere Marine Admiral is nothing more than a Celestial Dragon's dog."

"Do I look afraid now?"

Brando was utterly fearless.

At the same time, he formed hand seals and created five more Shadow Clones. The chakra consumed by the earlier Shadow Clones had already been replenished with Tailed Beast Chakra.

"Then let me see whether your fists are as tough as your mouth!"

Kuzan looked at Brando, preparing to get serious.

Armament Haki immediately wrapped around both his fists as he lowered his body slightly.

"If you've got the guts, don't use Elementalization!"

As he spoke, Brando spread his hands and used Magnet Release, forming six longswords for himself and his Shadow Clones to hold.

Pure energy attacks might cause a little damage against Elementalization, but winning that way was far too difficult. Seawater, which worked against Crocodile, was useless against Kuzan and would be frozen immediately.

Besides Armament Haki, Brando felt he also needed to prepare some Seastone weapons.

"Hmph. Would saying that help when facing the Celestial Dragons?"

After snorting coldly, Kuzan explosively pushed off the ground and charged toward Brando like a ferocious beast.

Even Brando's Mangekyo could not see him clearly and could only catch an afterimage.

Hakoku!

The two Shadow Clones unleashed Hakoku in the two directions Kuzan might come from.

The ice was blasted into deep trenches, and the shockwaves destroyed everything in their paths.

Kuzan swept both hands upward, raising a thick, enormous wall of ice that blocked both shockwaves.

The ice wall also blocked their vision, concealing Kuzan's figure.

"Over here!"

Brando formed another Rasenshuriken and threw it directly at the spot where Kuzan had elementalized.

"Does he have Observation Haki?"

Kuzan, who had been concealed within the ice, appeared directly and raised another ice wall to block the Rasenshuriken.

At the same time, he was somewhat surprised at how he had been exposed. After all, the signs that Brando could not use either type of Haki were extremely obvious.