Farewell, Infinite Fist Bone

With a single punch, Oak sent Garp and Aokiji flying. He leaped out from the bottom of the ice pit and casually waved his hand, dispersing the blizzard created by their collision—a storm large enough to swallow all of Loguetown.

He stretched his body.

"Crack, crack, crack~"

The bones throughout his body crackled explosively. Just as Aokiji had guessed, not only had he suffered no disadvantage in that clash, he had actually grown stronger. He had converted all the damage from Garp and Aokiji's punches into his own strength, though his body had not expanded.

During his years in the Rainbow Mist, he had already developed the Cause-and-Effect Fruit to the level Extreme Fierce had once reached. He could store the converted power inside his body and release it at a critical moment. The same applied to his physique: using the damage converted by the Cause-and-Effect Fruit, he could expand any part of his body at will, without needing to enlarge his whole body.

"Whoosh~"

In midair, Garp stepped on the air. The immense force produced a sonic boom as he forcefully stopped his backward flight. At the same time, Aokiji unleashed his cold, freezing all the surrounding air. As though time had stopped, every movement in the area came to a standstill. He stood atop a sheet of ice formed from the frozen air.

Ice Block "Pheasant Beak"

Condensing cold air around his right arm, Aokiji aimed at Oak and unleashed a gigantic ice bird. Everything in its path was frozen by the frigid air it released. When it reached Oak, it released both freezing cold and a powerful impact.

"Crack, crack, crack~"

The force generated amid that cold was enough to destroy a small island, yet in Oak's hands, it was like a child's toy and was casually