One Piece: Immortal, I Maxed Out Conqueror's Haki First

"Will the civilians thank you?"

"Will they smile?"

"The defenseless women, children, and elderly."

"Will they praise your actions?"

"And call them justice?"

Xia Le raised his head and gazed at the sky, his expression heavy.

Silence.

The entire frozen sea lay silent, without a single sound.

Only after a long while did Borsalino, beneath his feet, shudder and flare with dazzling golden light. He shot away in an instant, reappearing thousands of meters from Xia Le.

Then another figure rose and thrust both hands down toward him.

"Ice Age!"

It was Kuzan.

Bitter cold swept toward him, becoming an enormous frost storm. Countless tiny blades of ice swirled within it as it surged forward like a tsunami, blotting out everything.

Crack, crack, crack!

In an instant, Xia Le was encased in ice.

But the next second, the ice shattered, and he stood there once more.

Then his eyes widened sharply.

Voom!

The ice ahead shattered, and the spreading cold stopped. Beneath this vast surge of Conqueror's Haki, everything fell silent.

A few breaths later, a wave of scorching heat filled the air. His abdomen charred and his body covered in wounds, Sakazuki staggered to his feet again.

All three stood thousands, even tens of thousands of meters from Xia Le. Wounded all over, they looked ready to collapse in the cold wind.

Yet they could still fight, which meant an even fiercer battle lay ahead.

"You three."

"You really do keep surprising me!"

Xia Le smiled and sighed softly.

"Setting aside a few shortcomings in sheer quantity, in certain respects..."

"You've already reached the same level as me."

His body trembled slightly, and a streak of lightning suddenly shot into the sky. It spread, gathering vast thunderclouds overhead.

Rumble!

Golden lightning twisted and flashed within the thunderclouds.

Several breaths