Ice shards and golden sparks flew everywhere.
Most of the golden needles were intercepted or shattered by the ice spears, but a few still managed to penetrate the ice spears' blockade and reach Aokiji.
Aokiji's body transformed into elemental form, allowing the golden needle to pass through. However, the lightning attached to the needle caused his elemental body to become disordered, resulting in a slight numbness.
"Tsk, troublesome."
Aokiji frowned.
The opponent's attack possesses both physical and energy characteristics, and is extremely fast.
Its wide range also prevented him from controlling the battlefield with large-scale freezing as easily as he would with ordinary enemies.
"It's not over yet!"
Tesoro pressed his advantage, clasping his hands together in front of his chest, unleashing a massive surge of lightning energy.
It formed a violently pulsating golden ball of lightning.
"Three Hundred Million Volts - Raigo!"
Tesoro suddenly launched the lightning ball!
The ball of lightning swelled in the wind, quickly expanding to the size of a house, leaving a long golden trail behind it.
Like a thunderbolt of divine punishment, it struck Aokiji!
Wherever it passed, the ground was scorched and ravined by the scattered lightning, and the air hummed with unbearable strain.
The power of this attack far surpasses that of the previous Thunder Bird!
Aokiji's expression changed; he sensed a deadly threat emanating from the ball of lightning!
Without further hesitation, he pushed the power of the Ice-Ice Fruit to its current limit!
" The Ice Age... Burial!"
He let out a low growl and slammed his hands onto the ground!
Centered on him, terrifying freezing air erupted in a ring, not forward.
Instead, it spreads upwards and outwards in all directions!
The ground instantly froze into a deep blue solid ice layer, which then grew and spread upwards at an alarming rate.
It was as if a giant hemispherical fortress made of ice had instantly risen, protecting Aokiji within it.
It also enveloped the giant lightning ball that was being bombarded!
boom!!!!!!!!!
The lightning ball exploded violently inside the ice fortress! A dazzling golden light shone through the cracks in the ice fortress, causing the entire fortress to tremble violently.
Countless cracks appeared on the surface, and large chunks of solid ice were lifted, thrown, and vaporized by the shockwave and high temperature of the explosion!
The white, frigid mist mingled with the golden lightning, creating a destructive surge of energy!
As the light dimmed and the cold mist dissipated, the massive ice fortress was revealed to be blasted into pieces.
A huge cavity appeared in the center, its interior charred black, with melted ice water mixed with steam flowing out with a gurgling sound.
Aokiji's figure rose from behind the ice fortress, slightly out of breath, his face a little pale.
He seemed to have defended against the attack with his ice fortress, but it had taken a huge toll on him, and the ice fortress was almost destroyed. The recoil also left him feeling quite unwell.
Tesoro hovered in mid-air, golden arcs of electricity still crackling around him.
Although her breathing was slightly uneven, she was clearly more composed than Aokiji.
Looking at the disheveled Aokiji below, a smile appeared on his face:
" Admiral Aokiji, your ice doesn't seem to be able to freeze my lightning?"
Should we admit defeat?
Aokiji wiped his mouth, exhaling a breath of icy air, but his eyes remained calm.
"Admit defeat? It's too early."
Those two words don't exist in my dictionary, Kuzan.
He slowly raised his right hand, palm facing upward, and a deeper, colder chill began to gather.
The surrounding temperature plummeted again, and even the water vapor in the air began to condense into tiny ice crystals, which fluttered down.
"Your lightning is extremely hot and highly destructive."
Aokiji said calmly,
"But absolute zero is the temperature at which even molecular motion stops."
Your high-temperature lightning is essentially also the violent movement of molecules.
The chill in his palm grew stronger, its color shifting from pale blue to deep blue, eventually becoming an almost light-devouring darkness.
"I'm curious, when the temperature drops to a certain level, even 'lightning' itself will freeze... will you still be able to laugh?"
"Frozen - Breath of the Underworld."
The Aokiji blew a gentle breeze.
There was no earth-shattering sound, only a wisp of dark, viscous, and seemingly absorbing all light and heat.
Like a sigh from the deepest hell, it drifted silently toward Tesoro.
Wherever this chill passed, space seemed to freeze, and falling ice crystals remained suspended in mid-air.
The aftershocks of the lightning dimmed and went out, and even the sound traveled more slowly!
Tesoro's pupils constricted, and the hairs on his body stood on end! His sense of crisis surged to its peak!
He had no doubt that even an elemental lightning body would be harmed by this chilling aura.
It could also be essentially "frozen," completely losing its activity!
" Thunder Flash!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Tesoro pushed the speed of his Rumble-Rumble Fruit to its limit, his body transforming into a true Inazuma as he frantically retreated to the side and rear!
At the same time, he waved his hands repeatedly, unleashing thick bolts of golden Lightning that seemed to strike the drifting wisp of dark, chilling energy without restraint.
They attempted to neutralize or break it down using high temperatures and energy.
However, a bizarre scene unfolded.
The raging Lightning, powerful enough to melt steel and evaporate seawater, vanished the moment it touched the dark, chilling aura, as if it had sunk into the sea; its light quickly dimmed and dissipated.
It didn't even cause a ripple!
That wisp of cold air, seemingly capable of devouring all energy, drifted towards Tesoro with unwavering determination, its movement seemingly locking onto his aura.
Adjust your direction slightly as he moves!
"Damn it! What the hell is this thing?!"
Tesoro's expression finally changed.
They retreated while simultaneously devising a plan!
"Let's give it our all!"
Tesoro's eyes shone brightly with golden light. He stopped dodging and abruptly stopped.
The violent energy of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit surged within his body!
With his hands clasped in front of his chest, a surge of violent lightning energy rushed in.
A deep purple ball of lightning was continuously compressed and shaped.
Tesoro waved his hands, and the lightning ball in his arms flashed, meeting Aokiji's attack head-on.
The core of the battlefield
The area where the Buddha's light and the black Haki clashed and intertwined saw a battle far more intense than the other three locations.
There were no tests, no holding back; from the very beginning, it was a direct and extremely dangerous life-or-death struggle!
Roy and Sengoku were like two intertwined storms of destruction, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
The earth cracked, cliffs collapsed, and a deafening roar filled the air.
The more the Sengoku went, the more alarmed they became.
Roy's displayed strength completely overturned his previous understanding!
It's not just the stunning effect of severing the Buddha's palm with a single strike, but also its comprehensiveness, endurance, and unfathomable potential!
In terms of speed, Roy, relying on his Telekinesis and superior physical abilities, moved with unpredictable and ghostly speed.
He was able to repeatedly evade his attacks in his Buddha Form, and even seize the gaps in his moves to launch a fierce counterattack.
In terms of strength, Roy's physical strength is unbelievably powerful!
Every clash between swords and Buddha's palm,
Sengoku, everyone could feel the immense, domineering force emanating from the opponent's blade.
He is in no way inferior to Kaido of the Beasts, who is known for his strength!
This is absolutely not the power a normal human swordsman should possess!
In terms of defense, this was even more troublesome for the Sengoku.
Roy's Armament Haki was already extremely powerful, with a level of refinement comparable to that of Admiral.
But what's even more troublesome is the faint, illusory golden flame that appears and disappears on his body!
This flame seemed to possess a strange power; when the Buddhist light or Haki slash approached...
The flames will flow and converge on their own, creating a strong buffering and weakening effect.