Columbus Island, there is no architecture, at least not now...
Sage walked a stretch of the path, stopped at a place, a red dot appeared in his eyes, staring at the earth beneath him for a while, then continued forward.
Observation could sense the lingering historical aura on this land...
Very long ago, there were buildings on the ground here, but now they're all gone without a trace.
The closer to the center he got, the more Sage felt the heat, emanating from beneath the ground, growing stronger the nearer he got to the center.
Even changing the snowy weather to a storm couldn't completely dissipate the heat.
After walking and resting intermittently for about a day and a half, Sage followed Robby's directions and arrived at his destination.
At the center of the island, there was a huge circular wall, and where Sage faced, he could see a large gate that resembled the Gate of Justice but was much smaller, sealed tightly with an anvil emblem on it.
"This is the place."
Robby pointed at the gate and said, "I came out from there, through the gate, and inside there's another gate leading to the underground, that's where we live... If you enter here, will you give us freedom?"
"Heh heh heh, maybe you'll find nothing but freedom."
Sage chuckled, placing his hand on Robby's head, "Kid, the outside world isn't that simple, let me give you a lesson on freedom..."
As he spoke, he reached out his hand, and a subordinate from the Demon Race handed him a cannonball, placing it in his hand.
Sage weighed the cannonball, grinning maliciously, "It doesn't mean beauty!"
Bam!
The sound of Breaking the Sky suddenly erupted, the cannonball turned into a blur, flying swiftly from his hand, expanding to twenty times its diameter, striking the gate in an instant.
As soon as the cannonball hit hard, about to explode, an extremely swift layer of ice covered over from the side wall, freezing the ground and gate completely, also stopping the explosion in its tracks.
The door and wall, half destroyed, were frozen into a state about to fracture, the light of explosion and impact caused the frozen ice layer to extend outward considerably.
"Freeze?"
Seeing this, everyone was stunned, Lily instinctively turned her head, her pupils contracted, her hand subconsciously gripping the sword hilt.
From not far on the wall, a man wearing a navy uniform appeared slowly, an eye patch on his forehead, half his body covered in frost.
"Hoo..."
He exhaled a breath of ice mist, saying slowly, "Ah la la, did you do something so dangerous upon arrival, Sage... Ice Age!"
As soon as he spoke, he quickly slapped the ground, frost froze onto the ground, spreading swiftly forward.
"Hundred Times Speed·Galaxy Impact!"
But in an instant, Kuzan's body seemed to collide with something, hesitating for a brief moment.
In that moment, his vision reflected the terrifying figure with white hair, sneering all over, punching forcefully with his fist wrapped in Haki.
Boom!!
Kuzan's body, like a cannonball, smashed directly into the wall within, creating a hole in the thick wall, and a large crater at its base.
"You can't stop me, Kuzan, ho ho ho ho!"
Sage stood firm, laughing heartily as he punched rapidly toward the frozen gate, "Galaxy Impact!"
The impact of Haki shattered the thick ice layer, causing the already fractured gate and wall to collapse under this impact, falling to the ground along with the shattered ice, creating a huge breach.
"I use cannonballs just to save energy, it's not that I can't crush such things!"
Sage grinned towards the hole, "Isn't it better not to underestimate me as before?"
Breaking the Sky of North Star Divine Fist, wanting to destroy ice layers and buildings, couldn't be easier.
"Go in!"
Lily didn't hesitate, drawing a thin sword, leading her subordinates to charge inside.
If Aokiji is here, Sage definitely couldn't spare the effort, so the rest is up to them.
"Ah la la... I've never underestimated you."
Inside the crater, a frost-covered hand gripped the edge, Kuzan raised his hand, holding his head, twisting his neck while standing up from the crater, raising a hand to summon a giant ice bird.
"Violent Pheasant Beak!"
"Galaxy Impact!"
Boom!
The ice bird shattered, cracked by the impact of Haki, flying some distance forward before scattering as ice chunks.
Just then, Sage's figure vanished, rapidly appearing at Kuzan's side, striking with his fist again.
Bam!!
A hand covered in ice layer clashed violently with Sage's fist filled with Haki.
Bam bam bam!
In the collision, Sage's fist visibly disappeared, but Aokiji's eyes also showed a red dot, the ice blocks on his arm quickly expanded and moved rapidly surrounding them, emitting a series of muffled noises.
Until the final punch, Sage's fist reappeared, clashing once again with Aokiji, sending out a shockwave that separated the two.
Sage spun in the air once, landing on the ground, glanced at the ice frost appearing on his arm, clenched his fist, shaking off the frost.
Kuzan stepped back a few steps, the ice blocks on his arms at this moment shattered into shards, falling down swiftly.