Enclose, Black-Winged Demon!

Before long, three warships slowly docked. A series of footsteps followed as Akainu led several hundred Marines up to Ye Yang.

Akainu swept a cold gaze around. When he saw Ye Yang standing there at ease, and Kizaru and Ulquiorra fighting fiercely off to the side, he frowned. "Borsalino, what's going on?"

Kizaru broke away from the fight and stood beside Akainu. Looking toward Ye Yang, he said, "That kid is the criminal who attacked the Celestial Dragons. You capture him. The other one is his accomplice; I'll handle him. Be careful. Both of them have Admiral-level strength."

"Two Admiral-level fighters?" Akainu frowned at those words. There were only so many people on the seas with Admiral-level strength, yet two had suddenly appeared, and in the first half of the Grand Line at that.

"They both come from a mysterious organization called the Dark Forbidden Legion. We need to capture and interrogate them," Kizaru explained his assessment to Akainu. "But they don't seem very proficient in Armament Haki. At least, his accomplice isn't. His abilities are troublesome, though."

Just then, Ye Yang, who stood across from them, grinned and sneered, "What's wrong? Even with two Marine Admirals here, you're afraid to attack? Or do you need to call Aokiji over too before you feel confident enough to capture us?"

Akainu's expression immediately darkened. As a believer in Absolute Justice, he could not tolerate anyone insulting the Marines.

His hands instantly turned into churning magma as he said coldly, "Criminal, once I capture you, I'll show you the price of arrogance!"

Refusing to back down, Ye Yang sneered in reply, "If you can do it, come and try!"

At Ye Yang's words, Akainu raised his right fist. The fiery red magma radiated searing heat as he roared and hurled a punch at Ye Yang.

"Great Eruption!"

The churning magma formed a giant fist wreathed in flames and shot straight toward Ye Yang.

Seeing this, Ulquiorra used Sonído to appear instantly in front of Ye Yang. He extended his left index finger and parted his lips, his voice indifferent.

"Cero."

Dark green Reishi rapidly condensed into an energy sphere at his fingertip, which shot toward the giant magma fist with a whoosh.

Rumble! Rumble!

One red and one green, their terrifying attacks collided with an earth-shaking explosion. The entire Sabaody Archipelago shook continuously as terrifying shock waves swept outward, blowing many Marines who had lost their footing into the sea.

Before the shock waves had fully dispersed, light suddenly flashed in the sky, and Kizaru appeared. Holding the thumb and middle finger of each hand together, his whole body shone with golden light. Aiming at Ye Yang and Ulquiorra on the ground, he called out.

"Yasakani no Magatama!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Countless light bullets flew from his hands like miniature suns, bombarding Ye Yang and Ulquiorra below.

At the sight, Ulquiorra's expression remained unchanged as he pointed his index finger at Kizaru in the sky.

"Cero Oscuras."

Boom!

The Cero Oscuras, the same dark green as the earlier Cero but containing entirely different spiritual power, blasted into the sky. In an instant, it devoured all the light bullets filling the air. The swallowed bullets exploded continuously overhead, while the Cero Oscuras surged onward without losing momentum toward Kizaru high above!

"What?!"

Seeing his light bullets completely swallowed by Ulquiorra's Cero Oscuras, Kizaru's expression changed drastically. Facing the dark green energy blasting toward him, he hurriedly stopped releasing Yasakani no Magatama and dodged aside, but the Cero Oscuras still blasted away his upper body.

"What?!"

Kizaru was not the only one startled. Shock also appeared in Akainu's eyes.

Yasakani no Magatama was Kizaru's signature move, a large-scale attack that even one of the Four Emperors could not take unscathed.

Yet here, a completely unknown fellow had forcibly blasted it apart and even blown away half of Kizaru's body!

Akainu reckoned that even he might not have been able to withstand that Cero Oscuras!

Akainu stared grimly at Ye Yang and Ulquiorra, thinking to himself.

We absolutely cannot let these two escape today, or they'll definitely become a major threat to the Marines in the future!

As for the several hundred Marines Akainu had brought, every one of them was staring in horror at the four combatants.

"Wh-what kind of monsters are these?"

"Y-you've got to be kidding, right? How are we supposed to capture monsters like these?"

"Even the Admirals are no match for them. What's the point of sending us here... Do they want us all to die together?!"

Merely watching a battle at this level terrified them. How could they still have the courage to join in and arrest the criminals?

Floating in the sky, the remaining half of Kizaru's body absorbed the surrounding light particles, reconstructing his upper body bit by bit.

He looked down at Ulquiorra with lingering fear, a trace of shock rising within him. I thought I'd already figured out his strength. I never expected him to have a move like that. I nearly met my end just now!

Although he could turn his body fluid, if his entire body were swallowed by the Cero, even if he did not die, he would still suffer. At the very least, it would be extremely painful.

Just then, Ye Yang's lips suddenly curled upward below. He smiled at Akainu and Kizaru. "With so little strength, you still intend to capture us?"

"Hmph!" Akainu snorted, staring coldly at Ye Yang. "Don't celebrate too soon. Neither of you is getting away today!"

"Is that so?" Ye Yang's lips curved as he glanced sideways at Akainu. "I didn't expect you to still be so confident. You don't think that was all of Ulquiorra's strength, do you?"

At Ye Yang's words, Akainu's pupils contracted, and a sense of foreboding rose within him.

Before he could speak, Ye Yang continued.

"Very well. I'll let you witness Ulquiorra's true power."

With that, Ye Yang turned his gaze to Ulquiorra and smiled faintly. "Ulquiorra, show them your true power."

"Yes, Lord Ye Yang."

Ulquiorra nodded respectfully, took two steps forward, and slowly drew the Zanpakuto at his waist.

Under Akainu and Kizaru's gazes, he parted his lips and spoke calmly.

"Enclose, Black-Winged Demon."