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worm novel 200 . xyz '
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Rumble.
The moment the two extreme, counteracting temperatures collided, the released energy instantly swept across the entire island.
It was just like the final clash between Ace and Blackbeard in the anime.
Red flames and blue freezing air formed two separate worlds. They devoured and neutralized each other, unleashing two extreme storms that blasted in all directions.
Scorching heat waves swept over the frozen sea and melted the ice. Driven by the fierce winds, the frozen sailboat surged backward.
After unleashing his ultimate move, Flame Emperor, Ace was blown backward. Slamming into the hull, he bounced off and plummeted straight toward the churning sea.
"Ace!"
Lius reacted quickly. Leaping into action, he grabbed the man with his movable right hand.
However, the hurricane was far too fierce. Even with the combined weight of two people, they were nearly flipped away.
"Thirty-Six Fleur, Cable!"
Fortunately, Robin used her Flower-Flower fruit ability at this moment.
Arms bloomed on the deck, linking together like a rope. They pulled the two people suspended in midair back down and pinned them firmly against the deck.
Meanwhile, toward the coast.
The freezing currents rolled backward and encased the jungle in ice. Frost formed on the tall trees, making the scene look like the apocalypse.
"Lady Gion!"
"We can't go any further. The temperature over there will freeze a human body in an instant!"
"Yeah!"
"How terrifying. Just what kind of enemy did Admiral Aokiji encounter?"
"I have never seen an enemy force the admiral to launch such a terrifying attack!"
"What kind of monsters are those two pirates?"
There was still some distance to the coast, but the elite marines who had rushed over could no longer advance.
Even so, they were enduring the freezing air, shivering from the cold.
Standing at the very front, Momousagi gritted her teeth, staring fixedly at the coast at the end of their path.
"These two monsters..."
She never expected that Aokiji would fail to take down the enemy immediately upon striking.
Moreover, it even caused such a terrifying commotion.
The scene looked like a sheer catastrophe, shaking everyone to their core.
And this was just for those relatively close.
Further away on the ice, countless fleeing people stopped in their tracks. They looked up at the red and blue orbs of light continuously rising in the distance.
Hot and cold hurricanes blew over and ravaged the ice, stinging everyone's skin.
This was despite them having fled quite far away.
If one were at the center of the battlefield, it would be simply unimaginable!
The spectacular sight inspired deep reverence alongside a sense of yearning.
"Ah, is this the power of a marine admiral?" a pirate shouted in terror.
"You've got to be kidding me. How can the gap be this massive!"
"Is this even something a human can do?"
"It doesn't seem surprising for an admiral to achieve this much. Aren't you curious about who his opponent is?"
"Who else could it be? It has to be a pirate..."
The previously chattering pirates suddenly fell silent.
Three seconds later, even louder exclamations erupted.
"Are you serious? Could it be the recently rising Fire Fist Ace?"
"The Flame-Flame fruit ability. It has to be him!"
"Didn't this monster join the Worst Generation's Lius?"
"So, aside from Ace, Lius must definitely be there too!"
"F**k, aren't they just rookies?"
"Are rookies who just entered the Grand Line really this terrifying?"
"That monster Lius is understandable. After all, he is a disciple of the old era legend, Golden Lion Shiki."
"Right, right. But I don't get this Fire Fist. What exactly is this guy's background?"
For a moment, countless people grew deeply curious about Lius's group.
However, no matter what everyone thought, they could not take a single step closer to the center of the battlefield.
Even Momousagi could only stand far away to resist the fierce winds, failing entirely to approach the battlefield's perimeter.
This was not to say she lacked strength.
Rather, the collision of the conflicting ice and fire generated energy dozens of times greater than the two elements themselves.
Let alone outsiders, even the individuals involved struggled.
Under the ravages of this terrifying hurricane, it was hard for them to even stand steady.
Aokiji's body cycled between cracking and healing, allowing him to offset the hurricane's impact.
It took a full half-minute for the red and blue orbs on the coast to melt away as they neutralized each other. They ultimately formed an extreme weather phenomenon featuring freezing ice on one side and scorching heat on the other.
"Is it finally over?" the marines near the jungle asked in uncertainty.
"No. But since we have arrived, we can end everything here!"
Momousagi drew the famous sword at her waist and took the lead, walking toward the end of the jungle.
Seeing this, the elite marines on standby promptly followed.
...
At the center of the impact, the cracks covering an icy human figure gradually repaired themselves, eventually solidifying into Aokiji.
The half-meter-long wound on his upper body looked hideous and terrifying.
However, for a marine admiral, while severe, it was not fatal.
On the contrary, he still possessed unfathomable power.
"It seems you have reached your limits as well," Aokiji muttered to himself.
He locked his indifferent gaze onto the sailboat on the distant sea.
The murderous intent in his eyes burst forth without any concealment.
His faint voice contained unparalleled killing intent. "Ice Age!"
Freezing air erupted from under his feet and instantly spread across the sea. The water, which had been churning from the high temperature, was instantly frozen into a thick layer of ice.
Rumble!
With a loud bang, the distant hull shook violently.
Having just survived the ravaging hurricane, Lius and the others had not even had time to breathe a sigh of relief before they were nearly flipped away by this violent shaking.
"It's Aokiji!" Nami's face turned deathly pale.
"So this is a marine admiral." Robin gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with unwillingness and despair.
"I... Cough, cough!"
Ace struggled to sit up, but his body had reached its limit. Unleashing a massive attack like Flame Emperor had nearly drained all his stamina.
The fact that he had not passed out yet was solely due to his sufficiently robust physique.
Yet compared to an admiral, there was still a massive gap.
"It's fine. Leave it to me."
Lius smiled faintly. He pressed a hand on Ace to keep him lying down, then slowly rose to his feet.
With his still-movable right hand, he slowly wrapped his fingers around the hilt of his sword at his waist.
Looking at the approaching Aokiji, his eyes erupted with a maddened fighting spirit.
Clang!
Drawing the Sandai Kitetsu with a backhand grip, Lius pointed the blade at Aokiji from afar and shouted deeply.
"Take Ace and leave first. I will catch up later!"
Upon saying this, he jumped off the sailboat and landed on the ice.
One man, one sword!
Standing alone against an admiral!
"None of you are getting away!"
Aokiji strode forward. He blew out a breath of cold air, condensing an ice blade in his hand once more.
"It seems destiny has already made its arrangements. Luck is not on your side!"
"Until the very end, no one can define their own destiny!" Lius replied calmly, gripping his longsword.
In the next moment, a battle was on the verge of breaking out again.
Right at this moment.
Buzz.
A muffled vibration transmitted from the ice beneath their feet, nearly causing the two men to lose their footing.
"Hmm? What's going on?" Aokiji frowned and warily stepped back.
Clearly, having experienced Lius's trickery just moments ago, he was still feeling lingering apprehension.
"What's happening?"
Opposite him, Lius also knitted his brows and cautiously retreated a few steps.
Similarly, he feared that Aokiji was playing a trick.
After all, he had just scammed the other party once.
Both of their abnormal reactions instantly fell into each other's eyes. Their expressions suddenly turned weird, their gazes filled with deep confusion.
It wasn't a trick from the other side?
This was the thought that surfaced simultaneously in their minds.
"Hmph!"
Since it was not a trick, Aokiji raised his ice blade, preparing to charge over and cut Lius down.
But before he could even take a single step.
Rumble.
The muffled noise from earlier transformed into a deafening boom.
The entire frozen sea shook as if struck by a massive earthquake, causing the earth to sway and the ocean to tremble.
Aokiji stumbled, nearly flipped over by the heaving ice layer.
Swish!
The air vibrated as he kicked off the atmosphere. He executed Moonwalk and instantly landed on a relatively stable patch of ice.
In just the blink of an eye.
Due to the violently shifting ice, he had already been separated from Lius by quite a distance.
Meanwhile, Lius stood below the ship, looking completely bewildered.
But in the next moment, Nami's voice, full of both pleasant surprise and sheer panic, abruptly reached his ears.
"It's the Monster Ocean Current!"
"The collision between extreme heat and cold threw the underwater currents into chaos, ultimately triggering the Monster Ocean Current ahead of time!"
"Lius!" Nami lunged toward the bow and leaned over. "What do we do? We aren't fully prepared yet!"
"No, we are!" Sheathing his sword, Lius leaped back onto the sailboat with madness flickering in his eyes. "Is this what adventure is all about?"
Hearing these insane words, let alone Nami and Robin, even Ace who was lying on the deck experienced a drastic change in expression.
But there was no time left for anyone to think.
The hull shook violently. The previously frozen sea became active once more. It felt as if a giant beast was awakening and rolling over at the bottom of the ocean, inducing an inexplicable sense of palpitation.
"What ocean current?"
Hearing this in the distance, Aokiji's face turned completely ashen.
However, he could not just let Lius and his crew leave right before his eyes.
Swish.
He leaped into the air with a Moonwalk.
Aokiji flew through the air with murderous intent. "Your destinies end right here!"
The bitter fruit of tarnishing justice from back then needed to be settled.
However.
Over at the sailboat, Lius and the others turned a blind eye to Aokiji's threat. Instead, they took out ropes and tied themselves securely around the mast.
After finishing this, Lius slowly raised his head. He looked at Aokiji, who was about to reach the hull, and grinned.
"Lady Luck has never left my side!"
As his voice faded, Aokiji was shocked to see the nearby sailboat suddenly shoot into the sky, as if it had broken free from gravity's constraints.
No. It was not the sailboat ascending. It was the sea surface supporting the bottom of the ship rising.
"What is this?"
Aokiji glanced down at the seawater that had already touched his feet, only managing to blurt out these words.
In the very next second.
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out.
Boundless, massive energy erupted from the bottom of the sea. It formed a water column over a thousand meters in diameter, sweeping up ice chunks that looked like snowflakes as it majestically surged into the heavens.