Who told him to become the Pirate King!

The instant Storm's gaze shifted to them.

A tremendous sense of pressure immediately welled up in Zefa's heart.

This sense of oppression is related to both the opponent's Conqueror's Haki and their actual combat performance.

Zephyr watched helplessly as his disciple Aokiji was slapped by Storm and sent flying into the depths of the frigid ice field!

A high-ranking admiral of the Navy Headquarters couldn't even last a single round against Storm?

Are you kidding me?!

Zephyr preferred to believe that Aokiji hadn't used his full strength in the previous battle.

So he went ahead with it.

Zefa's feet trod on the void, and his incredibly skilled [Moonwalk] was used as if it were instinct, creating a pale white ripple in the otherwise empty air.

Using the technique of Moonwalk, Zephyr advanced instead of retreating, charging towards Storm like a cannonball.

He raised his fist, which was the size of a sandbag, and his Armament Haki, honed over many years and condensed to perfection, completely turned his right forearm black. Then, with effortless skill, he swung it forward.

This punch embodies decades of Zefa's skill!

Black Wrist Fist!

Facing Zephyr's proactive attack, Storm calmly swung his right fist, which was also wrapped in Armament Haki, precisely intercepting Zephyr's "Black Wrist Fist" attack path.

The two iron fists collided heavily high above the frigid ice plains, followed by a deafening explosion that shattered the clouds and split rocks.

A deafening roar erupted from the location where Storm and Zephyr were positioned, the powerful shockwave transforming into billowing waves of air.

It spread and proliferated towards the sky and the ground.

Even Nami and the others watching the battle from the clouds in the sky had their clouds blown a distance away by this sudden gust of wind.

If Nami hadn't used the power of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit in time to barely control the white clouds beneath her, she wouldn't have been able to hold on.

These few "spectators" will probably be blown directly back to the naval warship.

"Is this Zephyr's true strength?"

"Amazing! Incredibly amazing!"

At this moment, Ian and Binz, two die-hard fans of Black Wrist, cheered with immense excitement.

Nami glanced sideways at the two young marines and argued relentlessly.

"My captain is still stronger!"

Zephyr had been out of the front lines of the Navy for many years.

Nami hadn't heard many legends or stories about Zephyr.

In the eyes of the little thief cat, his captain is the strongest man in the world!

Kizaru, who was also watching the battle, gently stroked his stubble a few times, his eyes filled with complex emotions as he looked at the fight below.

"Stromb is definitely stronger~"

On one hand, Kizaru really hoped that Zephyr and Kuzan could teach that arrogant little monster Storm a lesson.

On the other hand, Kizaru felt that his idea was not very realistic.

Storm is too strong...

To put it another way, Kizaru actually really wanted to teach Zephyr, that foul-mouthed old man, a lesson he shouldn't have!

All Zephyr does all day is talk about "relying too much on Devil Fruits".

That would only be possible if Kizaru had the [Glint-Glint Fruit] to rely on!

Zephyr doesn't have a Devil Fruit to rely on, but if he really had the ability, why not just smash all his enemies with his fists?

What?

"Black Wrist" Zeff's proud right fist was chopped off?

That's so sad~

Kizaru smirked.

His eyesight is so good that he can accurately shoot a key the thickness of a chopstick from hundreds of meters away.

Therefore, he could clearly see the collision on the ice field below.

Storm remained expressionless.

Zefa, however, was covered in sweat.

A thought popped into Kizaru's mind.

"How embarrassing, Professor Zephyr."

Storm shared the same idea.

He deliberately held back when he threw the punch.

Otherwise.

Zephyr, charging aggressively, will definitely be sent flying by Storm's punch.

Zefa was well aware of this.

Having regained his right hand, Zephyr was eager to put his skills to good use and have a good fight with Storm.

As a result, his all-out super punch failed to budge Storm in the slightest!

At this moment, what blocked Zephyr's iron fist seemed to be not a human fist, but the thigh of Zedar.

What terrifying power!

Zefa gritted his teeth, and several veins bulged on his forehead, clearly indicating that he had pushed his strength to the limit.

No matter how hard he tried, Storm remained unmoved.

The two sides were locked in a struggle for a short period of time.

Two red lights appeared in Storm's eyes; his Observation Haki had sensed an aura emerging from the depths of the sea.

Aokiji is coming out!

Storm's right fist expanded and grew larger in an instant, transforming into a giant clay fist.

The clay wrapped in Armament Haki on his fist transformed into a merciless iron claw, swiftly gripping Zephyr's fist.

"What?!"

Zefa was instantly startled.

The sudden change in the rabbit's movements caught him completely off guard.

But the next moment, before Zefa could react, he felt an unstoppable super strength emanating from the giant clay fist.

Storm twisted his waist and spun around in place, while Zefa's body, which he had countered, also spun around in place like a windmill.

"We're taking off, Professor Zephyr!"

Storm suddenly released his right fist.

Zephyr was like a giant lead ball being spun and tossed around, flung away by Storm.

This "purple lead ball" flew through the air like a cannon, its extremely high speed breaking through several sound barriers and leaving behind faint white ring-shaped air ripples.

Under Storm's precise control, the "purple lead ball" landed precisely in the icy abyss that Aokiji had just created by the impact.

Just as Zephyr was about to fall into the abyss.

Aokiji's figure flew out from the dark rift and crashed into Zephyr, who was falling from the sky, with perfect accuracy.

boom!!

Zephana's body, forged through countless trials, shattered Aokiji's body like a solid lead ball.

A cloud of ice shards and snow mist exploded on the spot, as if Aokiji had been "completely mutilated"!

"No way—"

"General Aokiji—is he dead?"

The two marines, Ain and Binz, stared wide-eyed at the sudden changes on the battlefield below.

Nami's eyes were fixed on the battlefield below, and she answered casually.

"How could a Logia-type Devil Fruit user die so easily?"

If Nami hadn't eaten the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, she would have thought that Aokiji, who was "shattered to pieces," was already dead.

However, as a user of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, Nami is well aware that ordinary physical attacks are ineffective against people like her.

Aokiji is a power user of the same type as her!

as predicted.

Aokiji's body was shattered by Zephyr, but his fragments—that mass of ice and snow mist—did not melt away. Instead, they seemed to be infused with some kind of power, expanding wildly.

Expand.

The area covered by ice and snow is getting larger and larger.

In just a few breaths.

A massive blizzard swept across the ice field.

As the user of the Ice-Ice Fruit, Aokiji can naturally create ice and snow at will.

Snowflakes the size of goose feathers fluttered down from the sky, almost completely whitening the world. The dense and chaotic snowflakes created a physical visual barrier, obscuring the figures of Aokiji and Zephyr.

"You want to use the same fighting strategy I just used against me?"

Storm's eyes flashed with a blazing red light, and his Conqueror's Haki swept towards the super blizzard in front of him like a storm.

"How naive!"

The super blizzard created by Aokiji using the Ice-Ice Fruit cannot be called a "power creation".

Strictly speaking, this "heavy snowstorm" was a natural phenomenon caused by Aokiji using his Ice-Ice Fruit to forcibly alter the surrounding natural environment.

[Conqueror's Haki] can nullify Devil Fruit abilities, but it cannot forcibly change the surrounding natural environment.

But Storm's [Conqueror's Haki] is ultimately different.

While a nine-star Conqueror's Haki cannot alter the natural environment, it possesses a destructive power, almost tangible, capable of influencing reality!

Storm's [Conqueror's Haki] swept across the land, and the continuous snowflakes were blown away as if they had encountered a super storm.

The dense snowflakes were immediately swept away.

Aokiji's figure, which was originally hidden in the blizzard, was revealed by this sudden "Conqueror's Haki storm".

Having just taken a hit from Storm's "Undersea Drop," Aokiji looked utterly disheveled. His headscarf was gone, revealing a head full of messy black curly hair, his clothes were torn, and blood was streaming from the corner of his mouth.

But at this moment, Aokiji's suddenly widened eyes added a touch of comicality to his already wretched image.

"This level of Conqueror's Haki is practically cheating—"

Aokiji never expected that the blizzard he triggered would be used by Storm with Conqueror's Haki.

disperse.

But Storm did not stop there.

His Conqueror's Haki transformed into streaks of black and red electricity, like a vast, all-encompassing net, completely enveloping the motionless Aokiji.

At this moment, Storm held nothing back, unleashing his full nine-star Conqueror's Haki.

power.

At this moment, he was completely locked onto by Storm's [Conqueror's Haki].

Aokiji finally understood the meaning behind the words "White Dragon Emperor".

He had never seen this level of Conqueror's Haki before!

Aokiji felt extremely uncomfortable all over his body and was almost unable to move normally.

Even his [Ice-Ice Fruit], which had almost become an instinctive talent, completely lost its connection at this moment.

[Conqueror's Haki] can actually "suppress" the abilities of Devil Fruits!?

Aokiji was inwardly groaning.

But in the next instant...

Storm's figure appeared directly in front of Aokiji.

Aokiji was "hard-controlled" by Conqueror's Haki.

But Storm was not affected by his own domineering aura.

Suddenly, Storm stretched out his right hand, which then expanded and changed, instantly transforming into a giant's hand.

The giant black hand, simultaneously binding Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, grabbed the immobilized Aokiji.

"Admiral Aokiji, you rely too much on your Devil Fruit powers!"

Storm swung his massive right hand, slamming Aokiji once again into the endless ice field below.

In the sky, Kizaru was almost dancing with excitement.

"Yes! That's the feeling!!"