In mid-air, the figures of Luo Chen and Robin flickered in and out of existence again and again. Each time, they could teleport a distance of several hundred meters.
Even though Aokiji was very fast, he was always just a little behind.
His voice came from the distance, "Luo Chen, you can't escape. Your stamina will run out eventually."
Luo Chen said nothing, only continuing to teleport himself and Robin toward the sea.
His stamina was indeed running low. After all, he had consumed a lot in the battle against Onigumo and Crocodile. But it shouldn't be a problem to hold on until they reached the coast.
The only way Luo Chen could think of to escape a Marine Admiral right now was to go deep into the sea.
The Marine Admirals were all Devil Fruit users. If they touched seawater, they would lose their strength and find it difficult to use their fruit abilities or physical techniques.
'The troublesome part is that Aokiji can freeze the sea. Entering the sea isn't completely safe.'
'I have to get out of the range of his sea-freezing ability.'
Luo Chen's eyes flickered as he calmly thought.
Not long after entering the Grand Line, he had simulated escape methods for encountering the three Marine Admirals.
The light-man, Kizaru, was the one he had the least hope of escaping from.
Next was Aokiji.
And finally, Akainu.
He glanced at Robin's pale face and said in a gentle voice, "Calm down. We have a chance to get away from him. This isn't a hopeless situation."
Robin seemed to be influenced by Luo Chen's calm and composure, managing to break free from her extreme fear.
She asked softly, "What's your plan?"
Robin had not expected that Luo Chen would take her with him to escape. After all, with her strength, she couldn't help at all and would only be a burden to him.
At this moment, Robin's impression of Luo Chen had somewhat changed.
She remembered that he had said he owed her a favor. Perhaps this was truly him repaying it.
Robin's expression was complicated.
From Luo Chen's earlier conversation with Onigumo, and his act of luring Aokiji away by himself, it seemed that Luo Chen was not the utterly vile and shameless pirate she had thought he was.
Luo Chen whispered in Robin's ear while using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
A moment later, Robin nodded, but her expression did not relax at all.
Luo Chen's plan sounded too idealistic. Whether it could be achieved was still unknown, and the risks were not small.
Luo Chen looked back at the relentlessly pursuing Aokiji and cursed, "He's so damn fast."
Even teleporting hundreds of meters with the Flying Thunder God Technique couldn't shake Aokiji.
The man's Moonwalk speed in the air was too fast.
He always maintained a distance of several hundred meters.
A moment later, the end of the desert appeared in their line of sight.
It was a curved coastline, and in the distance was the great sea.
Seeing the sea, Aokiji vaguely guessed their escape route, and he couldn't help but frown.
Both Luo Chen and Nico Robin were Devil Fruit users.
Wasn't escaping into the sea just courting death?
'Be careful. If these two run away from right under my nose, I'll be laughed at by everyone on the seas.'
Kuzan reminded himself internally.
A dignified Marine Admiral. If he couldn't even catch a small-time pirate with a bounty of two hundred million, it would definitely become big news. Both his and the Marines' prestige and authority would be greatly affected.
...
Nearing the sea, Luo Chen used his Wood Style to begin building a coffin in front of him.
Tree branches rapidly condensed.
Before long, the coffin took shape. It wasn't large, just big enough for two people to lie in.
Robin sighed. "This is so unlucky. I feel like I can already see us drowning in the depths of the sea."
Luo Chen's face darkened. "Don't talk nonsense. I'm just more practiced at making coffins."
After saying that, he felt a little frustrated.
That damn dog Onigumo. He hadn't killed him yet.
But the man was also completely crippled. Both his arms were gone, and his entire face had been flayed off by him.
'Surviving today, sooner or later I will fight my way to Marine Headquarters and kill you,' Luo Chen swore internally.
He collected his thoughts and carefully checked the coffin's seal and sturdiness.
Next, he would use this coffin to insulate them from the seawater and charge into the depths of the ocean.
Although he wasn't afraid of seawater or Seastone, he couldn't breathe underwater. So he could only build a sealed space containing oxygen.
Luo Chen's expression was serious. "The oxygen is limited. Try to stay calm and breathe as little as possible. It shouldn't be a problem to last for half an hour."
Robin nodded.
Luo Chen wasn't too worried about this.
Robin's mentality was very strong. After all, this woman had been wandering and fleeing on the seas since she was eight years old. Apart from today, when she saw Aokiji, one of the murderers who had destroyed her hometown of Ohara, Robin was always calm and sharp-witted.
He was taking Robin with him to escape, partly to repay his debt, but also because he needed her help.
Inside the coffin, Luo Chen wouldn't be able to see the outside.
At that time, he would need Robin to use her fruit ability to help.
Luo Chen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to flee all the way to the center of the sea.
Only after he was far from the shore did he throw the completely sealed coffin into the sea.
Aokiji, lacking the fear of the ocean that most ability users had, followed closely behind on his Moonwalk.
He waved his hand and sent out a lifelike ice bird, which crashed toward the two of them above the sea.
The next moment, Luo Chen activated the Flying Thunder God mark inside the coffin.
The world went black for him and Robin as they entered the coffin's interior.
The two of them were curled up in the small coffin space, their bodies pressed tightly together. They could feel the warmth of each other's breath.
But the situation was critical. Luo Chen had no time to feel the softness against his chest. He focused all his attention on controlling the wood of the coffin.
On the bottom surface of the coffin, a fist-sized wooden ball extended.
Then, like a cannonball being fired, it shot toward the deeper part of the sea.
The wooden ball was very fast. Even with the resistance of the water, it flew over a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, a cold aura could be faintly felt from outside the coffin.
On the top of the coffin lid, a pair of deep blue female eyes appeared.
Inside the coffin, Robin's voice was slightly tense. "Aokiji's ice is spreading toward us. It's ten meters away."
Hearing this, Luo Chen waited a breath and then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.
One hundred and fifty meters below, the wooden ball that had flown out earlier was inscribed with a pitch-black "羅" character.
Suddenly, the coffin appeared next to the wooden ball.
Luo Chen didn't dare to delay and repeated the previous operation.
Another wooden ball was ejected from the bottom of the coffin.
Inside, Robin reminded him, "The ice is coming again."
Without a word, Luo Chen teleported again using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Inside the coffin, the two of them teleported again and again, sinking toward the deepest part of the sea.
...
On the sea surface, Aokiji was half-squatting on a block of ice. He reached his hand into the seawater and closed his eyes to sense.
His Observation Haki range was extremely wide.
Even with Luo Chen and Robin a thousand meters deep in the sea, they were still within the range of his Haki.
With his strength, he could use his Ice-Ice Fruit ability to freeze the entire sea. But that way, the ice layer would be wide but not deep enough.
At this moment, Aokiji was gathering the cold air into a single beam to chase the rapidly sinking coffin.
The lazy expression on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a somewhat grave one.
Luo Chen's ability and stamina exceeded his expectations.
He had teleported all the way from the desert to the center of the sea.
And even after using a coffin to insulate himself from the seawater, he could still continue to teleport within the ocean.
Seeing that he still couldn't catch the two, Aokiji couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding.
"Don't tell me I really can't catch them?" Aokiji muttered to himself.
His cold air was actually already very fast.
But Luo Chen's teleportation was faster.
And he should be borrowing the power of Nico Robin's fruit ability. Each time, just before the cold air caught the coffin, Luo Chen would precisely activate his teleportation to dodge it.
"What a pain," Aokiji frowned.
With the two of them cooperating, he really had no way to deal with them for the time being.
Luo Chen was not in contact with the seawater at all.
Nico Robin was only in contact through her eyes, so the weakening effect of the seawater on her was very weak.
It was just like Aokiji himself. Sticking his hand into the seawater did not prevent him from using his ability.
Only if his entire body fell into the sea would he instantly become weak.
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