"My, my, was Esdeath the first to settle her fight?"
Satoru Gojo muttered to himself, not at all surprised that Esdeath had defeated Kuzan.
But for most people, an Admiral's defeat was an event that could shake the seas.
Dressrosa's urban district
"Admiral Kuzan was defeated?!"
Although they had seen it themselves on the Image Den Den Mushi's screen, they still found it hard to believe. That was Admiral Kuzan, one of the Marines' strongest fighters!
After their shock passed, they began cheering for Esdeath's victory.
"Lady Esdeath won!"
"Long live Lady Esdeath!"
"Woo! Woo! Lady Esdeath! Lady Esdeath!"
Seeing the Admiral who had led the Marines to bombard Dressrosa defeated, Dressrosa's civilians were as excited as if they had won themselves.
"Kuzan lost? How frightening!"
"I'll have to finish this quickly!"
Kizaru also knew that Kuzan had been defeated. He had to defeat Enel first, or if Esdeath freed herself up, his and Akainu's battles would become even harder.
Although Esdeath had not attacked anyone else after defeating Kuzan, no one could guarantee that she would not act.
He had to take Enel down and hold him hostage, or everyone might meet their end here today!
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
At that thought, Kizaru stopped hesitating and immediately unleashed Yasakani no Magatama. Countless photons formed in the air and shot toward Enel.
"30 Million Volt Thunder Bird!"
Enel also unleashed a move to counter it. Although his strength had not yet reached an Admiral's level, his Observation Haki and Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities were not easy to handle either.
Moreover, Satoru Gojo had made him intensify his physical combat and Armament Haki training, so Enel had grown even stronger. Kizaru would still have some difficulty taking him down in a short time.
"Kuzan actually lost?"
Standing on the Magma Giant's shoulder, Akainu wore an ugly expression.
Although Kuzan disagreed with him, they were both Marines, after all. He did not want to see Kuzan lose to an evil pirate either.
Seeing Akainu concern himself with another battlefield while fighting him, Sasuke said arrogantly:
"You only need to worry about yourself now, because you'll end up just like him in a moment!"
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, Akainu said no more. He controlled the Magma Giant, raising its Magma Longsword and slashing fiercely, unleashing a powerful flying slash.
Everywhere it passed, the frozen sea instantly split down the middle, opening a trench spanning a full hundred meters. The flying slash continued straight toward Sasuke's Susanoo.
Sasuke made Susanoo dodge the strike. With a slight shift of thought, he unleashed the ocular power of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and thrust the Chakra Longsword fiercely toward the Magma Giant's enormous body.
Shhk!
With a loud noise, the Chakra Longsword pierced straight through the Magma Giant's chest.
Standing on the Magma Giant's shoulder, Akainu had suffered no injury from the strike. He immediately activated his Magma-Magma Fruit ability, making the Magma Giant swing its Magma Longsword fiercely down over Sasuke's Susanoo's head.
Clang!
Seeing this, Sasuke quickly pulled out the Chakra Longsword to block.
Bang!
An immense force suddenly traveled down Susanoo's arms to the surface beneath its feet. The frozen sea shuddered, and shattered chunks of ice sprayed dozens of meters high beneath Sasuke's Susanoo. At the same time, two huge craters sank into the ice.
Not far away, Onigumo and the other Vice Admirals' gazes darkened slightly at the sight. They were clearly shaken by the terrifying power of an Admiral-level fighter.
Though their ranks differed by only one word, Admirals and Vice Admirals were worlds apart. Even if they stepped forward, they could not offer much help.
At the center of the battlefield, the Magma Giant's chest, pierced by the Chakra Longsword, had already recovered. It kept swinging the Magma Longsword in its hand, while Sasuke controlled Susanoo to clash head-on against it with the Chakra Longsword.
Suddenly, Sasuke's gaze darkened. He drove the Chakra Longsword forward, shattering the Magma Longsword in one blow before thrusting fiercely at the Magma Giant.
"Uchiha Sasuke, you should know perfectly well that moves like this don't work on me!"
Akainu snorted coldly. His Logia fruit ability allowed his Magma Giant to recover continuously. Sasuke's attacks without Armament Haki had no effect at all.
Clang!
Nevertheless, Akainu raised a massive magma arm. Countless streams of magma gathered, forming a huge shield in its palm that blocked the Chakra Longsword's advance.
"Is that so?"
The corners of Sasuke's mouth rose slightly, and Susanoo instantly increased its force.
Shhk!
The Chakra Longsword pierced straight through the shield and drove onward. This time, the purple Chakra Longsword was wrapped in a black substance.
It was Armament Haki!
That was right-Sasuke's strike also carried Armament Haki.
"What?!"
Akainu was somewhat shocked by the Armament Haki coating the longsword. Even he could not coat such a large object in Armament Haki in an instant!
And in that instant of Akainu's shock, Sasuke's Susanoo's Chakra Longsword had already broken through the shield and pierced straight through the Magma Giant's body.
The battlefield fell silent in an instant.
There, the purple Susanoo stood tall on the ice, holding its Chakra Longsword like a god of war.
Watching the Armament Haki-coated Chakra Longsword pierce the Magma Giant's body, they saw that Akainu was going to lose this battle between giants, though they did not want to admit it!
"Akainu, you've lost. Surrender! Our captain wants you alive!"
Sasuke looked down from above and spoke in a commanding tone. Of course, he knew someone like Akainu could never surrender. He was merely going through the motions.
"A Marine Admiral will never surrender!"
As his words fell, Akainu attacked immediately.
"Meteor Volcano!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Meteor-like Magma Fists struck Susanoo with deafening booms, but just as before, they had no effect.
"Hmph!"
With a snort, Sasuke unleashed his powerful chakra and made Susanoo twist its sword. Tremendous power surged from the Chakra Longsword, wreaking havoc inside the Magma Giant.
Boom!
With a tremendous crash, the Magma Giant crumbled apart. Akainu immediately used Geppo to leap backward.
"Trying to leave? It won't be that easy!"
His gaze turning cold, Sasuke slowly raised his palm.
A black dot silently appeared in Sasuke's hand and steadily grew larger.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
With a shout, Sasuke sent the black dot floating rapidly high into the sky.
In the distance, watching the rising black dot, Satoru Gojo said as though it had nothing to do with him:
"Subduing Akainu with Chibaku Tensei? Interesting!"
Vmm!
The very next moment, the black dot suspended in the air suddenly erupted with an unbelievably terrifying gravitational pull.
It drew in all the surrounding air and water vapor, as though the entire sky were being dragged toward it.
And its pull kept growing stronger.
Crack! Crack!
The frozen sea fractured. Chunks of ice, large and small, rose into the air at that moment and floated toward the black dot in the sky.
"What?!"
Akainu's expression had changed drastically. Even he could not resist this terrifying pull.
He was closer to the black dot than the ice was, and the gravitational force acting on him was even more terrifying.
"Hah!"
With a shout, Sasuke clenched the five fingers of his right hand in midair, increasing the gravitational pull on Akainu once again.
Akainu was pulled steadily toward the black dot. Even though he kept using Geppo to try to escape, it was useless.
With the chunks of ice rising from the frozen sea also slamming into him, he could no longer maintain his balance.
Boom!
Akainu crashed hard into the growing ball of ice.
An instant later, chunks of ice kept falling onto him, tightly encasing his entire body.
The ice grew steadily thicker, and before long, Akainu's figure had become very indistinct.
Huge sections of the frozen sea near Chibaku Tensei were lifted whole, leaving startling trenches.
Inside Susanoo, Sasuke folded his arms across his chest and said flatly:
"Marine Admiral, just stay hanging in the sky!"
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