Three...
Sage took a deep breath and sneered, "You're really showing me some respect, sending three just for me..."
"Oh, I didn't expect to run into you, 'Calamity' Norton Sage."
Aokiji glanced up and down at Sage, "Nicole Robin's brother?"
He was just cycling around the area and happened to sense a familiar presence, so he rode over casually.
"Oh~ O'hara, huh?"
Borsalino exclaimed in surprise, "That's quite scary."
He wasn't present during the Buster Call on O'hara twenty years ago, as he had other tasks, but that didn't prevent him from knowing about it.
"So, will you surrender?"
Borsalino's sunglasses reflected light off the ice surface, directly aiming at Sage.
"You old monkey, you've got quite a sense of humor..."
Sage glanced at the three, "Surrender? I can't read, don't know how to spell surrender... Why don't you come and try it yourselves!"
His eyes widened, a scarlet gleam flashed from them, unleashing a torrent of black and red.
"Oh~ how frightening."
Borsalino puckered his lips, "Supreme King, no wonder you dare to challenge a Buster Call, you're quite a remarkable man."
"Ah, troublesome indeed..."
Aokiji scratched his head, "Very difficult to deal with."
That Sage had a Supreme King was not surprising; it was unexpected yet reasonable.
A man like him having a Supreme King... is to be expected.
Sage exhaled heavily, clenching his fist.
He was quite familiar with these people, having an impression of them.
'Aokiji' Kuzan, Ice-Ice Fruit user, Logia-type.
'Kizaru' Borsalino, Glint-Glint Fruit user, tricky... no, a dazzling man.
They were top-tier powerhouses of the sea.
Afraid?
Nothing to be afraid of...
If fear takes hold, life on the sea won't last long.
Yet, not being afraid doesn't mean being reckless; if he can retreat, Sage certainly will.
But the current situation wasn't easy for retreating.
Jump into the sea?
With Aokiji here, the ice seal made it impossible, akin to handing his life over.
Moon Step?
He was confident in withdrawing from Garp's hands, but against Kizaru... he still fell short.
Heaven unreachable, sea impassable...
"Then let's fight first!"
Boom!
Sage stomped a crack into the ice, his formidable and frightful figure leaping upward above Aokiji, positioning himself directly across the three, his five fingers spread wide, compressing and gathering Haki wrapped around his fingers, unleashing several black flashes.
He stared down at the three below, his gaze becoming increasingly fierce, "Consider this a greeting!"
Whoosh!
That hand swiftly swung forward, and in the eyes of the three, a black barrier-like thing appeared in mid-air, resembling a black storm pressing downward toward them.
Release with full force!
"Oh~" Kizaru's face showed a hint of surprise, "This is..."
"Hard to block, all Haki, projected to this degree?"
Aokiji extended his hands, preparing to resist, when Garp leapt past him, his fist also sparking black flashes, blasting the pressing black storm with a punch, the same Haki barrier carrying the impact collapsing the massive Haki black wind, causing a colossal shockwave to ripple in the air.
"Moon Step!"
Sage stepped on the air with one foot, further ascending, and after a second or two, his Haki having fully exerted, restored in high air, he clenched his fist and fiercely smashed downward.
"Galaxy Impact!"
The gigantic Haki barrier enveloped most of the ice surface, pressing toward the three.
In terms of Haki strength or ability power, he might not match these three, but Sage had his own strengths!
He possessed nearly infinite Haki!
Rumble!!
This move came so quickly, it almost covered the area just as Garp finished his punch, the surrounding ice shattering completely, splitting into countless pieces.
The seawater surged upward from the fractured ice layer, only to be swiftly replaced by a new ice layer.
"Phew..."
Aokiji exhaled a frosty mist, his body covered in ice crystals formed from the chill, especially his feet, having fully elementalized, maintaining the ice surface's congealment.
His arms were extended upward, Haki projected to withstand the downward pressing Haki move.
But at this moment, his expression was not as relaxed as before.
"This guy is quite something..." Aokiji said gravely.
Repeating such a move twice? Haki reserves this high?
"Hahaha, I've gotten old, eh?" Garp laughed heartily, his smile somewhat proud, as if the person in the air wasn't an enemy, but rather some prized student of his.
Aokiji twitched his mouth, glanced at Garp, and said, "Quite troublesome, teacher Garp."
After Sage threw a punch, he bounced again, quickly exhaling, letting his Haki recover, preparing to launch another punch when suddenly a beam of light appeared to his side.
The first thing visible from the light was a finger, where the light gathered at the fingertip, transforming into a laser beam shooting rapidly.
The speed was so fast, anyone would be hard-pressed to react.
Sage couldn't react in time, but he also didn't need to actively respond.
As the laser fired, he instinctively angled his Haki-imbued fist to the side, scattering the laser like a spray from his fist.
Thoughtless Shadow Kill!
Breaking through any attack beyond anticipation!
"Oh~ quite strange, managed to block it."
Borsalino then materialized from the light, his hands crossed in an 'OK' gesture, a plethora of lights resembling stars glimmering between his hands.