Sanji landed, one leg completely frozen.
Chopper cried out in terror, "Sanji, be careful! If the ice breaks, your leg will break too! No, if we don't treat it quickly, your leg will rot! What do we do?"
Sanji struggled to his feet and looked toward the fight. Zoro's Oni Giri had been parried with ease, but he didn't panic. He launched his fastest slashes at Aokiji, one after another.
With Haki coating Zoro's blades, Aokiji couldn't ignore them. He countered each strike, and the clash of steel rang out without pause.
"Damn it! He's an Admiral famous for his Devil Fruit powers, but his swordsmanship is this good too?"
Zoro shouted, "Tiger Hunt!"
But a mass of ice spread from Aokiji's toes and froze the grassland. Caught off guard, Zoro slipped, and the attack he had prepared missed. Aokiji raised his right hand. The slender ice sword in his grip swelled, becoming a huge block of ice in the blink of an eye.
Sharp spikes covered the block. If it struck Zoro, even his formidable endurance wouldn't save him.
"Gomu Gomu no Bazooka!"
Luffy's fists arrived just in time. Aokiji hadn't been aiming to kill; otherwise, he could have frozen everyone the instant Luffy made his move.
Luffy's Bazooka shattered the ice in Aokiji's hand. Then Luffy blew air into his arm and activated Gear Third.
Chopper came over to treat Sanji, but Sanji refused. He stirred the restless Lineage Factor within him, forcing out his power with everything he had.
"Burn, my knightly code!"
Flames flared around Sanji's frozen leg once more, slowly melting the ice. He closed in with a swift Soru, then rose into the air with Geppo. In moments, he was behind Aokiji, his right leg blazing.
"Diable Jambe: Knight Kick!"
Aokiji had already read