An Alternative Version of Future Sight

A ring-shaped shockwave mixed with ice shards and dust erupted outward from the two of them like a tsunami, its range extending well over a hundred meters.

Several people fighting nearby, whether Marine officers or pirate commanders, were involuntarily forced to stop battling and retreat again and again by the shockwave, staring in horror at the battlefield that had once more become the center of attention.

Using the enormous recoil, Adams drifted back more than ten meters before landing steadily. He gripped the double-bladed sword in both hands and casually swung it a few times, feeling the astonishing increase in weight after coating it with Armament Haki, along with the perfectly matched balance and destructive power.

"Coating it with Armament Haki can actually increase its weight. Excellent..."

He muttered under his breath, a trace of satisfaction flashing through his pupils. This weapon was practically tailor-made for him.

His legs bent slightly, and the ground beneath his feet collapsed with a roar. Adams's figure turned into a streak of light and shot forward.

"The second round begins!"

Kuzan said nothing else. He merely held the Armament Haki-coated ice blade horizontally before him and assumed a standard defensive Swordsmanship stance. Once again, the two collided violently at the center of the battlefield.

Blades flashed as the clash erupted in an instant.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

The deafening clash of metal rang out like a torrential storm, so dense that the sounds nearly blended into one. Black-and-red lightning erupted from time to time, while scattered shockwaves and freezing air tore the surrounding ground to pieces, freezing large swaths into clusters of ice.

Kuzan's attacks consisted of orthodox Marine Swordsmanship, broad and powerful, tempered through countless trials. Combined with the powers of his Ice-Ice Fruit, every slash contained the dual threat of freezing and