Defeating Kuzan Again

After everyone stepped back, they stared unblinkingly at the arena.

Smoker especially wanted to see what gave this man the right to fight Brother Kuzan.

"I heard your swordsmanship is impressive. Today, let me test your swordsmanship first."

"Heh..."

As Kuzan spoke, he lightly exhaled a breath of frost.

An ice blade slowly formed in his hand.

Powerful cold air swirled around the ice blade.

"Swordsmanship?"

"Kuzan, sometimes you really are stupid!"

As Ye Tong spoke, he directly drew Falling Rain and Spirit Echo.

With Soru's acceleration, he appeared before Kuzan in the blink of an eye.

"Even in training, if you don't bring out the strength to guarantee victory, that's disrespectful to both yourself and your opponent!"

"Blood will make you understand that!"

"Crack..."

With a single strike, the ice blade in Kuzan's hand was severed.

The blade coated in Armament Haki instantly sliced across Kuzan's chest.

A streak of crimson immediately appeared.

"You're right. I shouldn't have been arrogant!"

"Ice-Ice: Time Capsule~!"

Kuzan did not hesitate and immediately retreated.

One ice bullet after another shot toward him.

"Worthy of Kuzan."

"In one year, you've developed your Fruit ability to this extent!"

"Super Evil Technique: Left-Right Hopping!"

Ye Tong instantly used Ultimate Evil Technique: Left-Right Hopping.

With Soru and his formidable base speed and agility attributes boosting him, the ice bullets simply could not hit Ye Tong.

However, no matter where those ice bullets landed, they would create enormous ice spikes.

If this continued, the space he had to move around in would soon shrink.

That guy was probably thinking the same thing, wasn't he?

"Two-Sword Style: First Form, Crosscutting Waterwheel!"

Ye Tong held his blades horizontally and slashed out in an instant.

A faint sword aura spilled from the blades along with the attack.

It had not yet reached the level of a flying slash.

But with Soru and Armament Haki empowering him, Ye Tong instantly cleaved through every ice spike and appeared behind Kuzan.

"What terrifying explosive power. Did you gather Armament Haki into your feet?"

Kuzan's elementalized body slowly healed, while several icy beads of sweat rolled down his face.

For a moment just now, Kuzan had thought he was going to die.

Even Zephyr, watching from afar, broke out in a cold sweat.

However, Ye Tong's attack had only injured a little of Kuzan's skin.

The instant he sensed danger, a Logia user would instinctively use elementalization.

If he had not spent the past year studying the Ice-Ice Fruit so extensively, that strike probably would have killed him.

"Not bad. You weren't so frightened by the ambush that you forgot how to use elementalization."

"I know you still have abilities you haven't revealed, but if you fight me with your current mindset, you'll definitely lose."

"As expected, I'm still far too weak!"

Ye Tong sheathed his twin swords, then crooked a finger at Kuzan.

"I understand."

Kuzan took the trash he had prepared from his clothes and tossed it onto the ground.

After Ye Tong picked it up, he left satisfied.

Seeing Ye Tong leave, Kuzan clenched his fist and dismissed the world of ice spikes around them.

"So, have you made your decision?"

Zephyr appeared behind Kuzan and spoke slowly.

"I've decided. Even if I stay here any longer, I won't be able to improve."

"I want to become a true Marine, then temper my strength upon the seas."

"In the face of evil, my fists will no longer hesitate. I will challenge him again!"

Kuzan said directly.