Xia Chen had a wonderful night. Apart from feeling a little lightheaded when he walked in the morning, everything else was fine!
To be fair, Robin's fighting power is somewhat formidable!
It's true what they say, "Thirty is like a wolf," isn't it?
Even he nearly lost, so Hancock was relatively worse in this respect.
In short, although he was exhausted, Xia Chen felt refreshed and in a wonderful mood, and his smile never stopped as he walked around the island.
Before she knew it, Xia Chen had arrived at the outer edge of the island. Walking along the ring road, feeling the gentle sea breeze, Xia Chen's mood became increasingly beautiful.
"Um?"
As Xia Chen was walking forward, he suddenly sensed something and turned to look in a certain direction on the sea.
After a while, Xia Chen saw that the sea in the distance was rapidly freezing over, and the ice was spreading towards Secon Island.
In no time, the sea around Secon Island was completely frozen, and a chill swept over the area, creating a truly spectacular scene!
The islanders who were also walking along the edge of the island stared wide-eyed at what they saw, their faces showing extreme horror.
One of them stammered, "The sea... the sea is frozen? How is that possible?"
Upon hearing this, the people around immediately began to discuss it amongst themselves, their words filled with shock at the sea freezing over.
Xia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, sensing the battle fluctuations coming from afar, and murmured softly, "Judging from this, a fight has already broken out!"
"Since that's the case, I'll go join in the fun!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Chen's figure vanished from the spot.
A person standing not far from Xia Chen suddenly felt that something was missing in his peripheral vision. Curious, he turned his head to look, only to find that it was empty. He scratched his head in confusion.
"Could it be that he was too tired from plowing the fields last night? Is he hallucinating?"
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"Bang!"
A dull thud was heard, followed by an incredibly powerful shockwave that spread outwards. The two figures were forced to retreat.
" Zephyr! Stop now, or you'll still have a chance!" an old man said to another old man opposite him.
"Hahaha..."
Upon hearing this Zephyr couldn't help but burst into laughter, only stopping after a long while, and said:
" Garp! Do you think I can turn back now? And... do you think I would turn back?"
"Ever since you made Edward Weevil Shichibukai, I've been completely disappointed in you. Don't you know he's the culprit who made me into this state?"
Zephyr roared at Garp, his voice filled with anger and hatred.
"..."
Garp remained silent, not saying a word. The Navy had indeed made a mistake in this matter! It had disheartened Zephyr!
Therefore, Garp can understand Zephyr's decision to leave the Navy, and even understand why Zephyr has become so reckless!
Thinking of this, Garp couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"After experiencing so many setbacks, the person who once held a heart full of justice and always wanted to be a hero has now lost his original aspirations!"
Garp turned around and used Geppo to fly towards the Marine warship on the ice not far away.
"???"
Zephyr, seeing Garp turn and leave, was also a little confused and couldn't help but shout at Garp:
" Garp, what tricks are you playing, old man? Why did you come over and throw a couple of punches and then stop?"
Garp didn't answer, but instead went to Aokiji's side and said to him, "Go ahead!"
Hearing this, Aokiji shook his head helplessly and said with a headache, " Vice Admiral Garp, you've already gone to fight, why don't you just handle it yourself?"
"I'm not taking on this. This was originally your responsibility as a Marine Admiral. I only went there to give Zephyr one last piece of advice!"
Garp paused for a moment, then walked into the cabin, leaving behind only the words:
"I don't want to kill my former colleague with my own hands!"
Aokiji shook his head helplessly, turned to look at Zephyr in the distance, and said in a voice only he could hear:
"I didn't want to kill my teacher either!"
The next moment, Aokiji shot out. Although he was unwilling to kill Zephyr, as Garp said, he had no choice; it was his mission!
Protect the end point!
As a high-ranking officer in the Navy, Aokiji knew that even if all three Endpoints were destroyed, triggering a massive volcanic eruption in the New World, it wouldn't be enough to eliminate the pirates of the New World.
At most, it can only kill some weaker pirates; it poses little threat to the powerful ones.
On the contrary, it will cause great casualties to ordinary people, who have no ability to resist such natural disasters.
As Marine Admiral, he could not allow such a thing to happen.
So even if he was unwilling to kill Zephyr, he had no choice but to do so if Zephyr insisted on doing it his way.
Before he knew it, Aokiji had rushed in front of Zephyr, his right hand grabbing an ice blade in mid-air. Then he slashed it down fiercely at Zephyr Aokiji.
"Bang!"
Zephyr blocked Aokiji's ice blade with his right mechanical arm, his gaze shifting slightly as he spoke calmly:
" Kuzan, aren't you and Garp underestimating me? Are you going to take us one at a time?"
" Zephyr! You're too old. You can't possibly be a match for either me or Vice Admiral Garp. I alone am enough to deal with you!"
Having said that, Aokiji suddenly took a large step back and leaped into the air, raising his hand and saying, "Ice Block - Two-Spiked Spear!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several ice spears condensed in the air and sped towards Zephyr.
Zephyr narrowed his eyes, swung his massive mechanical right arm, shattering all the incoming ice spears, and said to Aokiji with displeasure:
" Kuzan! Aren't you being a little too arrogant?"
"You need to know... you're a soldier who came from my hands!" Zephyr roared, his legs slamming together, shattering the ice beneath his feet as he shot forward.
Seeing Zephyr rushing towards him, Aokiji's expression remained unchanged. Instead, he slightly lowered his knees, assuming a punching stance, while simultaneously transforming his right hand into elemental form.
" Ice Glove!"
As the words fell softly, Aokiji's long-awaited right fist suddenly swung out, colliding fiercely with Zephyr's mechanical arm.
At the moment of collision, an incredibly powerful shockwave emanated from the two individuals and spread outwards in all directions.
Feeling the power emanating from Aokiji's fist, Zephyr's expression changed slightly. At the same time, a strange sense of familiarity washed over him; for a fleeting moment, Aokiji seemed to merge with the image of Garp...