Big brother, I want to become the strongest pirate in the world!

"What about the automated assembly system?"

"I tried, but failed. I overestimated the power of the Metal Fruit and underestimated the simplicity of automatic assembly."

……

Kuzan watched the three guys opposite him exchanging ideas frantically, but he wasn't in a hurry to make a move. He just wanted to see what they were up to.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he looked at the three armored figures in front of him—one yellow, one red, and one blue—and exclaimed in amazement, "Oh, not bad... Could you get me a set too?"

"Would a vice admiral be interested in something like this?"

"Hey, any man would be interested in this kind of thing, right?"

"It's about time we wrapped up our chat, Mr. Kuzan."

Kazan drew his twin swords, raised his head, and Tiger and Jinbe jumped directly into the sea through the hole Kazan had just created, leaving Kuzan momentarily confused about what the three were up to.

Rampage.

Bloodthirsty.

heating.

Armament Haki.

Kazan, the Soul of the Blade.

Emperor Armor - Normal Form!

At this moment, Kazan, buffed to the max, fears no one: "Mr. Kuzan, I'm super brave right now~"

"Oh, really... then let's get moving."

Kuzan's expression turned slightly serious as he watched the air around Kazan turn a dull, crimson red.

At the same time, he didn't forget to use his Observation Haki to keep a close eye on the other two suits of armor that were moving at high speed in the ocean below the battlefield.

Kuzan still couldn't figure out what the three people were up to, but his inherent confidence made him not worried about any unexpected situations.

This is my first time fighting a Logia-type Devil Fruit user in a proper battle...

The red light on the Emperor Armor's face kept flashing, and Kazan, beneath the visor, frowned, his expression extremely serious, far from the relaxed tone he had given.

Kazan tilted his head and glanced casually at the location of the Carroso.

"Now that the battle has begun, let's not get distracted."

bang.

Under Kazan's Observation Haki, Kuzan suddenly transformed into an elusive afterimage and charged towards him.

Kazan instinctively raised his twin swords to block.

As a result, he was sent flying by Kuzan, who was wielding an ice sword, but fortunately he was not seriously injured.

That's too strong...

Kazan landed on the ground and steadied himself, thankful that people in the pirate world didn't have the habit of 'letting the opponent fly for a while'. He then swallowed hard and stared intently at Kuzan.

He's so focused now that he doesn't dare to be distracted at all.

Chapter 078 First Battle Against a Natural-Type

Triple Slash!

I am AAAAAAAAAAA.

Clang clang clang clang clang clang clang clang.

Kazan knew it would be very difficult to catch a glimpse of this guy using his Observation Haki, so he didn't prepare any backup plans and rushed straight to Kuzan's face with his Eight Slashes.

Click.

Not everyone is Hawkeye, able to withstand Kazan's mad dog-like basic attacks. Even Aokiji back then probably wasn't as skilled in swordsmanship as Hawkeye is now.

Among the three Logia-type Devil Fruit users in the Navy, Akainu was originally a great swordsman. After eating the Devil Fruit, he abandoned swordsmanship training because his abilities were not compatible with his swordsmanship and his abilities were too lethal.

Although Aokiji and Kizaru occasionally wield ice blades and the Ama-no-Murakumo sword, they actually rely more on their Devil Fruit abilities. Kizaru's swordsmanship is probably slightly better than Aokiji's, since he can hold his own against Rayleigh in swordsmanship, while Aokiji never uses his ice blades when facing powerful enemies.

In his fight with Kazan, Kuzan initially tried to block with his ice blades. Although he could block about 80-90% of the attacks, a couple of blades would still pierce through his body from time to time.

Later, Kuzan simply stopped blocking altogether and dispersed his ice blades, using 'pre-elementalization' to avoid Kazan's attacks before each strike landed.

"This is pointless... Don't you understand?"

Kazan did not respond to Kuzan's trash talk on the court; his goal was never to defeat Kuzan.

Anger erupted.

Kazan continued his relentless slashing, but when he saw Kuzan suddenly reach out his hand towards him, he immediately used a skill.

Kuzan glanced down at the blood-red mark that had suddenly appeared beneath his feet, and without even dodging, immediately entered a state of 'full-body elementalization'.

Bang!

The burst of rage and the surging blood energy blasted Kuzan into ice crystals that flew into the air, but he quickly reformed into a human form.

opportunity!

While Kuzan was taking human form, Kazan had already placed his demonic hand on Kuzan's neck.

The Hand of Soul Devouring.

"What are you doing? Trying to take advantage of me? Ugh... Even I would get a headache if a grown man took advantage of me."

Swish.

Kazan ignored Kuzan's incessant chattering and quickly jumped to the side, rolled on the ground, and stood up to dodge Kuzan's sudden kick.

Kazan first looked at the kick that Kuzan had suddenly unleashed. The power and the Armament Haki applied to it were no joke. Getting kicked by that would be a big problem.

"Tsk... It can't be identified as a target when it's being elementalized."

Kazan looked at his ghost hand and realized for the first time the weakness of the Soul Eater. This move had given Mihawk and Gecko Moria a headache, but he never expected it to fail against a Logia-type.

At that time, Kazan's ghost hand had already grabbed Kuzan's neck, but Kuzan reacted extremely quickly and had already elementalized his neck. The elementalized neck was judged by the ghost hand to be something like the 'background' in the dungeon, and could not be selected as a target, so the Soul Eater skill could not be released.

From an outsider's perspective, what just happened looked like Kazan simply rushing over and touching Kuzan's neck.

"That's why... Logia-type Devil Fruit users are really troublesome..."

Kazan sighed, stretched, and spoke for the first time since his battle with Kuzan.

"Well... I see."

Swish!

"Hey, you can't fly, can you?"

Kuzan looked at the armor worn by Kazan opposite him, and suddenly two huge metal wings spread out from the back of his body.

"Ah... not yet, this thing is too hard."

Kazan shook the wings on his back that looked like two large steel plates, intending to try to fly, but as expected, he failed. To achieve the effect of flying, the requirements for steel feathers, bones, structure, wing shape, as well as the muscles that control flight, the power provided for flight, and efficiency, are extremely complex and delicate. It is not something that can be achieved by simply making a steel wing and flapping it a couple of times.

These two metal wings are now Kazan's new weapon, born from a sudden whim!

Blazing Steel Wings!

Kazan used all his strength to control the two steel wings on his back that were beginning to emit blazing heat, and slammed them towards Kuzan in front of him.

Bang!

It hit it, but not completely.

Kazan looked at Kuzan, who was sandwiched between two wings. At this moment, Kuzan stretched out two hands covered with Armament Haki and blocked the two huge steel wings without changing his expression.

Kuzan calmly grabbed Kazan's two steel wings, trying to pull Kazan over, but it was pointless. After Kuzan grabbed the steel wings, Kazan had already voluntarily detached them.

Snapped.

"Two-thorn spear."

Kuzan tossed the two steel wings he was holding onto the ice beside him, and this time he chose to take the initiative, conjuring a long icy spear in his hand and shooting it toward Kazan.

Cross Slash.

The spear was too fast, and the two were already close. Even with Kazan's Observation Haki, it was difficult for him to catch up. He probably didn't have time to dodge, so he could only raise his twin swords and fight head-on.

Click.

To Kazan's surprise, the spear that Kuzan threw was very brittle, and Kazan easily shattered it.

not good!

Anger erupted.

Kazan quickly bent down and unleashed his skill, but it was too late. Kuzan kicked Kazan in the shoulder, sending him flying more than ten meters away. Although the Rage Burst skill wasn't interrupted, its wind-up was too long, and it didn't hit Kuzan at all.

"Frozen time capsule!"

As Kuzan charged toward Kazan, he extended his icy right hand and unleashed a long-range burst of cold air at Kazan.

The cold air enveloped Kazan's Imperial Armor, instantly freezing it into ice. However, within seconds, the ice melted into water, and Kazan broke free.

However, it seems too late, because Kuzan has already come up behind Kazan and raised his hands high.

"puck."

Kazan looked at the five ice pillars radiating a chilling aura above his head, feeling a little flustered, but not particularly anxious.

"Fishman Karate - Gun Wave!"

"Fishman Karate - Yabu Shark!"

"Secret Technique: Blizzard!"

Suddenly, from two directions beneath the sea surface, a wave of water comparable to a cannonball and a drop of water resembling an arrow shot towards Kuzan, accompanied by countless water bullets.

At the same time, a massive tornado formed from the misty sky and swept towards Kazan and Kuzan.

The blizzard arrived just in time and was incredibly powerful, disrupting the trajectory of the five ice pillars and sending them flying to the side. However, Kazan and Kuzan were also caught in the blizzard at the same time.

Chapter 079 The Group Giving It Their All