"It's over."
Sakazuki slowly straightened up. Though his victory had been less than honorable, he had successfully snuffed out a monster who might one day overturn the world.
He turned toward Garp in the distance, his voice hoarse but cold and hard. "Vice Admiral Garp, call the medical team. Though whether they can recover an intact corpse from the magma will come down to luck... he brought this on himself."
Even as he spoke, Sakazuki had not fully withdrawn his Observation Haki.
This was the instinct of an Admiral hardened by countless battles-never let down your guard until you were certain the enemy had breathed his last.
Gloop.
An enormous bubble suddenly rose in the center of the magma lake.
Then came an extremely faint ring of a blade, one that made Sakazuki's scalp prickle.
Clang!
It was the sharp sound of metal slicing through a dense fluid.
Before Sakazuki's brain could finish processing what that sound meant, a charred figure still radiating a frenzied aura blasted through the thick surface of the magma like a cannonball fired from its barrel!
Splash!
It was not just magma spraying through the air, but fresh blood as well.
Lin Xuan was covered in burns, broad stretches of his skin eaten away, even exposing charred muscle fibers.
Yet an almost deranged exhilaration burned in his bloodshot eyes.
It hurt so much!
But this agony that almost burned through his nerves made the Kenpachi template inside him scream with excitement!
This was fighting to the death! This was what it truly felt like to be alive!
"It's not over yet... Admiral!"
Lin Xuan grinned, revealing two rows of bloodstained teeth, his smile savage.
The Demon Sword Murakumo in his hand seemed to sense its master's madness as well, its blade trembling with a bloodthirsty