"I'll turn every last bit of you into cubes!"
Gairam had held out for a long time with the Cube-Cube Fruit.
If someone stronger possessed this ability, it would have amounted to being able to dismantle everything.
In his hands, however, it was merely an ordinary Paramecia Devil Fruit used alongside a hammer in combat.
When Kuzan's final blow struck and broke through his chest,
ice froze along his blood, encasing his entire body in an ice sculpture.
"Senior combatant of the Byrnndi World Pirate Crew defeated!"
Kuzan stood on the ice.
He recalled the earlier scene.
Giant cannon fire had blasted toward the ground.
Morley had even intended to pull him underground to hide.
Yet Kaido had blasted several shots apart all by himself, kanabo in hand.
The imposing body of his Azure Dragon Form and its indestructible dragon scales were truly enviable.
But Kuzan knew that if he never dared to act, he would remain an ordinary person for the rest of his life.
Caesar, a fellow Logia user, spent all day like a slippery eel, hiding in corners and never daring to show his face.
He had even been the first to hide in the underground labyrinth Morley had dug out.
Kuzan had immediately chosen to act, and the instant an iceberg rose from the ground and froze the giant cannon fire,
Kuma had repelled himself into the air and, imitating Shane, sent the cannon fire into the sea with a single repelling strike.
At that moment,
Kuzan had known his decision was right.
Had he been a step slower, he would have handed this opportunity to grow to someone else.
He had seen the ambition to give it a try in King's eyes, even though King had yet to eat a Devil Fruit.
Even Olvia had