"Weevil, guard me well!"
The small armor on her hands, as if charged, began to gather white light.
And Weevil stood like a statue, holding a sword behind Renedia, his fierce eyes watching everyone intently.
It's not that Weevil can't fight, but Renedia believes it would be more cost-effective for her to do it herself.
That Straw Hat's rubber Elastic Man, if they keep fighting, it will drag on endlessly. Weevil will definitely win, but it would take too long and become pointless.
Besides, this group that can still move will become even more troublesome.
She's not Sage, who is strong enough to ignore most people. Even so, there are still people at sea worth Sage's attention.
Whitebeard's lesson was not long ago, even someone like him could be hurt by ordinary people. Underestimating the sea comes with a price.
"Blow you all up!!"
The armor floating above her arms extended small cannon muzzles, emitting destructive sprays of white light, like meteors crashing down, bombarding the land ahead.
Bang bang bang!!
The dense beams of light first engulfed the people in front of Renedia, creating a huge pit in the ground upon impact and immediately generating an even colder icy mist in the pit, adding another layer of frost to the already frozen land.
The icy snow-covered lands along the coast were enveloped by the white mist, sweeping over and freezing everything in its path.
"White Mist Bomb!"
Amidst the chaotic bombardment, a cloud of smoke burst from the icy mist, launching a fist at Renedia.
"I've told you, your ability is the most useless!"
Renedia's eyes showed a red dot; she didn't even look, instead releasing a Power Shock around her to disperse the smoke.
"Franky..."
But the smoke's emergence also brought a peculiar voice echoing inside the icy mist.
"General Cannon!!"
A massive, laser-like cannon blast pierced through the icy mist, plowing through the land straight toward Renedia.
"Muda da!"
Boom!!
Renedia didn't even pause, continuously firing the icy white light against the cannon blast, breaking it apart at mid-range, blasting a gigantic crater.
Due to the sudden cannon shot, Renedia stopped slightly and looked forward.
The dispersing ice mist revealed the figures of the Straw Hat Gang.
The first to appear was Franky, who had regained movement and was spewing flames, transformed into a giant steel robot. But the flames were now as small as flickering fire, and half of his massive body was frozen by frost.
He maintained a posture of reaching forward with his arms, but smoke only escaped from his palms.
Behind him was Sanji, half of whose upper body was frozen, and Zoro who had frost wrapped around his lower body, and Luffy, covered partially in frost.
Apart from these four, the rest had all turned into ice sculptures, just stiffly standing there.
"Nami-san! Robin-san!"
Sanji's eyes were wide open, yelling anxiously, but there was no one left to hear.
"Franky... I told you, you had Pluton for so many years, and this is what you did with it?"
Renedia laughed, "I could've done better with a couple of years of study!"
"This is technology from Vegapunk, not Pluton!"
Franky's voice echoed from within the machine, "Now I'm Super Franky, it's all machines, I'm not afraid of your attacks!"
Over the past two years, he had found Vegapunk's former research base, learning and modifying, turning himself completely into a robot.
Even though he was piloting General Franky, a giant steel robot, the interiors were also filled with machinery.
The sudden freeze affected him the least.
"Robot?"
Renedia paused, inexplicably reminded of a past joke by Sage, asking, "Flesh's pain, mechanical ascension?"
She clicked her tongue first, "If you lose your body, your will can't exist either, idiot!"
Physique connects to willpower, no matter how magical or terrifying an Ability User is, they're essentially human. Because it's a human physique, they can use the power of the 'heart' to manifest willpower.
If completely modified, that portion of power disappears.
It seems to become a body impervious to blades and elements, but the upper limit is just stuck there.
"Sage said, willpower is the key that transcends everything!"
Renedia moved her hands forward again, releasing a barrage of icy white light.
This form was a manifestation of her ability and modification. Under the effect of power, she could make Mechanical Hammers into this floating form and control them.
As for energy...
The two devices hovering behind her, close to the ground, were continuously absorbing the icy surface.
This mechanical hammer, after multiple modifications, was eventually handed over by Renedia to Shintaro, who incorporated famed sword techniques, turning it into a 'Demon Sword'.
Combined with her own meticulous modifications, as long as there's substance, besides seawater, it can absorb anything, burn anything, converting it into energy for attacks.
It can even be influenced by the environment, gaining frost attributes in this icy land, or fire attacks in magma and flames.
She doesn't need ammunition, and the energy to operate it is minimal, even a child could sustain it for a long time.
When it comes to explosive attacks, she's truly mastered Sage's essence!
For troublemakers like this, Renedia wouldn't give them any chance, just bomb them directly.
No matter how deep their Haki reserves are, there comes a time when it's all exhausted, and at that moment...
It won't be long!
Even if Luffy wanted to attack, facing the overwhelming frost rays, he could only defend passively, unable to dodge.
After all, dodging requires space, and right now... there's no space for him to maneuver!
Zoro and Sanji were even more strained, with half their bodies already frozen, they could only rely on Haki to forcefully resist. Blocking it a few times is fine, but blocking continuously, they're not much different from statues.
From the moment Renedia chose to act herself, these people had no room for counterattack.
The only one who could retaliate was Smoker; his smoke couldn't penetrate, being closely guarded by Renedia, leaving no openings.
A strong Observation can sense some situations.
She couldn't deal with the Logia-type, but then again, this Logia-type couldn't reach her either, never getting close.
Even if, by luck, he did get close...
She still had a Diamond Puppet by her side.
Soon enough, under Renedia's relentless bombardment, even Franky's steel machinery was covered in a layer of ice, completely frozen within, and the Straw Hat Gang, like those before, became ice sculptures.
Renedia retracted her hand, with the armor floating between her arm and her back recombining into the mechanical hammer, which she held in her hand.
"Done."
She grinned, "This lesson, hmm... seems like something's still missing, Weevil."
She pondered briefly, casually extending three fingers and pointing at Nami, Usopp, and Sanji among the ice sculptures.
"These three, take them out."
"Yes!"
Weevil lifted his naginata, just about to step forward when Renedia suddenly froze, red light flashing wildly in her eyes, instinctively extending her mechanical hammer, facing the sky.
"Room!"
Just as she acted, a voice rang out, and all the ice sculptures in front were replaced by ice blocks, including the unconscious Caesar, disappearing together.
In a pit where Law, previously heavily injured, had fallen, he was gone without a trace.
"Wind Cannon!"
Aboard the ship along the shore, Franky released the frozen machinery, quickly activated a mechanism, and the ship's tail launched an impact, flying into the sky.
Renedia twisted the hammer's handle, quickly firing a shot resembling white light.
"Kinetic Energy Heavy Cannon!!"
As the Straw Hat's ship flew through the sky, the blast followed in good time, already halfway there.
At this speed, it would definitely blow up the ship!
In that instant, smoke suddenly rose, blocking the blast, Smoker's form coalescing, his arms outstretched, taking the blast head-on in the air.
Bang!!
The white light enveloped Smoker, cutting its power in half, the reduced blast continued in pursuit, striking the rear side of the Sunny, a massive plume of smoke erupted, shattering a third of the ship's body but also launching it even faster, gradually disappearing as a small dot in Renedia's eyes.
Gone...
Renedia stared at Smoker, charred and gasping on the ground, with a tightening grip on the mechanical hammer, "You're with the Navy?"
"Haha..."
Smoker covered his eyes, panting heavily, staggered, "I'm not useless."
Renedia's eyes focused, she raised the mechanical hammer high, about to smash it down on Smoker, but stopped midway, without turning around, she clicked her tongue:
"Why are you here too...?"
Behind her, unknown when he arrived, stood a tall figure exuding fearsome cold mist, the chilling aura causing even Weevil to shiver involuntarily.
Renedia turned, looking at the man behind her who resembled a vagabond, "Kuzan."