Mind, Body, and Technique

As soon as his words fell, even more powerful Conqueror's Haki erupted from both of them.

"Boom..."

The tremendous shockwave from the explosion forced them both to retreat a hundred meters, but that retreat lasted only an instant. Their attacks would never stop.

Shiki thrust his left hand, which gripped Kogarashi, straight into the thousand-meter-high wave surging behind him.

"Viper."

In an instant, under Shiki's control through the Float-Float Fruit, the waves nearly a thousand meters high surrounding them were seized in his grasp. With a sweep of his arm, they transformed into raging torrents and surged straight toward the approaching Ye Mu.

Seawater was the natural enemy of Devil Fruit users. Shiki had no idea how many arrogant Devil Fruit users he had killed with this move, but unfortunately, Ye Mu would definitely not be among them.

Looking at the enormous wave crashing toward him, Ye Mu merely raised Heaven in his hand.

As the Conqueror's Haki covering it faded, dazzling red light surfaced over Heaven once more. He then swung his sword at the wave.

"Ice Slash!"

In an instant, a slash wreathed in dazzling blue light shot toward the wave.

Wherever the slash passed, ice crystals appeared to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, the enormous wave froze into a gigantic iceberg, then shattered under the slash's remaining force, turning into snow that filled the sky.

Ye Mu's figure shot through the snow and arrived before Shiki.

"Clang!"

Their swords collided once again, but a vicious grin spread across Shiki's face as he roared.

"My Float-Float Fruit isn't that simple..."

"???"

Ye Mu suddenly sensed danger behind him. At that moment, Shiki swung with tremendous force while kicking Ye Mu in the body, sending him flying.

Waiting for Ye Mu's rapidly falling body was