"You're far too early to be taking a shot at our captain!"
Kuzan stepped onto the port, facing every member of the Whitebeard Pirates alone.
He was nearly half a generation younger than Sakazuki to begin with. Fortunately, he had met Shane early and obtained the Ice-Ice Fruit, allowing him to develop his well-suited powers to this level.
Cold air ran rampant, freezing the port's ground as Kuzan charged straight ahead, intent on freezing everyone solid.
"How arrogant!"
The Ice Witch had already stepped onto the bow, one of the few beautiful female crew members among them.
Not only would she retain her youthful looks in the future, but adventuring through icy waters was also her specialty.
"Fire!"
Bullets flew, attacking Kuzan in an almost all-encompassing barrage.
But they proved completely ineffective after striking his elemental body.
On the ice.
The fallen Aokiji immediately shattered across the ground.
A wisp of flame swiftly escaped through a gap.
A restored Marco soon appeared on the ground.
"Cold and painful! This guy actually used a dirty trick!"
Marco thought that if it had been a frontal attack, he could have met it with a broad expanse of blue flames and canceled it out.
Instead, the ice spear had exploded and rapidly frozen his entire body!
How infuriating!
But he did not know that this was how freezing attacks worked: upon contact, they unleashed low temperatures as quickly as possible to freeze the entire body.
Marco's fruit ability was better suited to fighting Kizaru, canceling out his light projectiles and blocking all his attacks.
"Kuzan! Our fight isn't over yet!"
Marco flew toward Kuzan, ready to teach him a lesson with a kick.
But the situation at the port had clearly changed.
As the ice was about to sweep over the Whitebeard Pirates.