At the center of the battlefield, Kuzan used Soru to appear directly in front of Bondrewd in an instant.
"-Ice Gauntlet!"
Kuzan concentrated his power densely around his fist, and biting freezing gas burst from his body, spreading across the ground.
With fighting spirit and killing intent boiling in his blood, Kuzan unleashed the Iron Fist he had learned from Garp.
Black-and-red lightning also began coiling around Bondrewd's black gauntlet. He threw a punch.
"-Origin of Negativity-"
The vertical purple light on Bondrewd's helmet lit up, though his tone was nowhere near as impassioned.
His Conqueror's Coating attack carried not only ordinary Conqueror's Haki, but also profound negative mental signals.
-Boom!!
The Armament Haki-coated ice fist collided with the Conqueror's Haki-coated gauntlet. Shock waves spread outward.
Kuzan was clearly at a disadvantage, but as long as he held on, he could create an opening for Garp and the others pursuing from behind.
But in the next instant, Kuzan and Bondrewd met "eyes."
The vertical purple light on Bondrewd's helmet erupted in a dazzling flash of Cross Radiance.
-Bzzz!
Bondrewd's helmet fired Ascend to the Stars. The dazzling laser pierced through Kuzan.
But Kuzan had proactively turned his head into his element and dispersed it beforehand, evading the laser.
At the same time, however, he lost the stance that had allowed him to hold Bondrewd off.
An arrow appeared beneath Bondrewd's feet, carrying him away from Kuzan at incredible speed. The sonic boom cloud from his high-speed movement scattered Kuzan's "head," which had turned into powdered ice crystals.
"You're not getting away!!!"
Garp arrived with thunderous force and swung his iron fist. Black-and-red lightning formed a ping-pong-ball-sized sphere of energy in front of his fist. The air shrieked, as though space itself was about to be shattered.
After restoring his head,