Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

Aokiji's pupils narrowed and he quickly crossed his arms in front of him.

boom! ! !

A dull collision sound was heard, and Luffy's powerful spinning fist violently hit Aokiji's arms, pushing his arms directly into his chest.

Aokiji's face looked ugly, with blood squeezing out from between his teeth and flowing from the corner of his mouth. He grabbed Luffy's wrist with his backhand, gritted his teeth and activated his ability. The cold air immediately spread to Luffy's hand and froze it.

"Ice·Two Thorns!!"

Two sharp ice spears condensed out of thin air and shot out under Aokiji's control!

Although he relied on Haki to dissolve the frozen confinement in the first time, it was still not easy to avoid the attack at close range. Luffy hurriedly raised his feet and kicked to both sides!

Bah!Bah!

The sole of his foot hit the ice spear, and with two crisp cracking sounds, the ice spear shattered.

But the next moment.

"Oops!"

A sharp ice blade emitting a biting mist condensed out of thin air, and Luffy's pupils suddenly widened in shock!

"Ice Blade!!"

Aokiji's eyes darkened, and he quickly stabbed out with the ice blade in his hand!

laugh!

Large amounts of blood flew out. Although Luffy twisted his waist and turned around in time, the ice blade still scratched his abdomen and left a cut. In the blink of an eye, a layer of frost condensed on the wound, and the biting cold invaded his body!

"What a tricky ability."

Luffy's eyes became solemn. All of Aokiji's attacks would threaten him with strong freezing if he was even touched. It would be extremely troublesome to fight with the opponent in close combat.

"Rubber rubber seal!!"

boom! !

Luffy gritted his teeth and kicked Aokiji, but the powerful attack went straight through his chest and hit the ground, causing cracks in the ground.

A round hole appeared in Aokiji's body, with cold air emanating from the edge, and Luffy's foot passed through the middle of the hole.

How could this be!

Luffy was shocked. He knew that Aokiji was a nature-type, but he had clearly used Haki, so he should have been able to attack.

wrong!

He transformed into an element in advance after predicting the attack!

Luffy looked surprised and reacted instantly. With his current knowledge and strength, he quickly saw through the principle of this move.

In this case

Luffy's eyes focused, a red light flashed in his eyes, and his observation Haki was fully activated!

And at this time.

Aokiji did not launch another attack. He felt very uncomfortable after taking Luffy's punch head-on. He held his breath and fought back. However, the failure of his first move had already pushed the breath he had held to the limit.

Aokiji immediately pulled back and raised his hand to shoot out several freezing bullets to stop the pursuit until his feet landed on the ground.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Half-kneeling on the ground with one hand, Aokiji coughed up two mouthfuls of blood to catch his breath, raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, and looked up with a serious expression.

Luffy's figure flashed a few times, and all the freezing bullets were easily avoided. He bent his arms and clenched his fists and rushed forward quickly!

"Rubber Rubber King Cobra!!"

call out!

Luffy punched out fiercely, and his dark red arm was like a ferocious snake pouncing on its prey, constantly changing directions in the air at strange angles that violated physics.

Aokiji's pupils were spinning rapidly in his eye sockets, and Luffy's fists were still accelerating. In just a moment, he gave up trying to capture the trajectory of the attack, and instead slapped the ground with both palms, and the frost quickly spread.

"Ice·Ice Prison of Thorns!!"

The ground turned into a mirror-like ice surface and condensed into countless icicles. The icicles were covered with hideous spikes, rising from all directions to form a prison that surrounded Aokiji in the center and provided all-round defense.

boom! ! !

The fist wrapped in the domineering color slammed into the ice prison, and countless black lightning exploded in all directions, and the broken ice fragments flew out.

Luffy blew up the Ice Prison with one punch, and when the power decreased a little, he punched straight towards Aokiji's abdomen.

A hole appeared in the body transformed into frost, and Aokiji once again transformed into an element in an attempt to avoid the attack. However, this scene was seen by Luffy's "foresight" a moment ago.

Just when the fist was about to hit, Aokiji's eyes shrank into needles of shock, and the fist changed its trajectory again and hit him in the face.

boom! !

A punch from bottom to top hit Aokiji's chin hard, and his feet left the ground and flew backwards.

Fortunately, his timely defense at the beginning slowed down the power of the attack, and the punch did not cause much damage to him. However, before he landed on the ground, Aokiji caught a glimpse of another figure coming behind him!

"Destruction Wind Kick: The finishing touch!!"

Sanji raised his fists and knees, and kicked out with his burning right foot at a terrifyingly high temperature, hitting Aokiji's back like a pillar of lava, and flames erupted!

The ferocious flames engulfed Aokiji's entire body, mixed with an explosive shockwave that raged in the surrounding air as if to crush his entire body.

boom! ! !

Aokiji, wrapped in flames, fell rapidly from above the island, like a red meteor streaking across the sky and crashing down, even the earth trembled.

The noise gradually subsided, and a cloud of dust rose from the cracked earth.

In the smoke and dust, Aokiji lay motionless in a deep pit, his body and limbs embedded in the ground, looking covered in dust.

"It's troublesome."

Aokiji pulled out a hand and put it on his forehead with a distressed look on his face.

"No matter how you look at it, you can't win. Why not just surrender?"

“Really”

Aokiji turned his head and glanced at the battlefield in the distance where huge noises were constantly coming from.

That's where Blackbeard is, fighting with Zoro and a large number of extremely powerful undead. It seems that his situation is not much better than his.

"I thought I could live as I pleased as a pirate, but now it seems this profession is actually quite hard."

Aokiji couldn't help but sigh, and suddenly thought of his first meeting with Luffy on Long Chain Island two years ago.

At that time, the scene where the Straw Hat Pirates stood up to confront Nico Robin in order to protect him is still deeply imprinted in my mind.

"Even if things get rough, they'll do their best to protect their friends. Pirates are probably the kind of people who would do such things."

Aokiji stood up, dusted himself off, and slowly walked out of the smoke.

"Although this doesn't quite suit my style, since I'm a pirate now, I might as well be a little more dedicated."

"call--"

Facing Luffy rushing towards him again, Aokiji let out a long sigh, and a cold breath of ice came out of his mouth. The ground under his feet condensed into ice and spread out at an extremely fast speed.

The surrounding temperature dropped suddenly, and the sun was shining brightly in the sky, but the heat and stuffiness disappeared in an instant. The air was gradually dominated by cold, as if the entire island had suddenly sunk into the depths of the freezing sea.

In just a breath, everything within a radius of several kilometers turned into ice sculptures, reflecting a dazzling halo in the sunlight.

Bah——!

Luffy, who was sprinting, stopped with a sizzling sound of his feet. He looked at Aokiji again, his expression becoming extremely solemn.

"Ice Age."

As the words fell, Aokiji's aura became extremely terrifying. Half of the island centered on him, along with the vast sea behind him, instantly sank into the icy world!

"This guy was just playing with us two years ago."

Looking at the figure standing in the snow, Sanji's throat rolled and he subconsciously clenched his fists.

Even though two years have passed and they are already countless times stronger than before, they still can't help but feel scared when facing Aokiji.

"Be careful Sanji."

Luffy looked serious and reminded in a low voice:

"This guy is going to get serious."

"Ah, I almost forgot, we are facing the man who was once known as the world government's highest fighting force."

Sanji responded in a deep voice, his eyes filled with a hint of fear.

Even Reiner beside him became a little serious.

Aokiji is very strong. He can fight Akainu for ten days and ten nights. His ability to permanently change the terrain and climate of Punk Hazard is no joke.

In addition to Whitebeard's undead spirits used as weapons, the other stronger undead spirits in his hands are used to cooperate with Zoro to suppress Blackbeard. They cannot be taken back before testing the opponent's abilities, otherwise Zoro will be in danger.

Sukuna and Marco's ghosts are helping Chopper with surgery again. Using the full beast form now won't allow him to use much of his abilities, so it doesn't make much sense.

If we hadn't planned from the beginning that three people would deal with Aokiji, there would definitely be no way to defeat him in a short time.

"puck!"

The two sides confronted each other for only a few seconds before Aokiji took the initiative, stretching out his five fingers forward, which transformed into five icicles that swooped down like snakes.

"It's coming!"

Luffy's eyes narrowed in anger, and he kicked the ground with his feet, leading the way out.

A red light flashed in his eyes, and Luffy dodged the icicle attack by slightly turning sideways. He could feel the cold air emanating from it stinging his skin as his body passed by.

bass!bass!bass!

The icicle connecting the five fingers pierced into the ground, and immediately formed a huge ice ball on the spot.

"Ice·Ice Realm!!"

Aokiji waved his hand to break the icicle and jumped up, sliding quickly towards Luffy and the other two. At the same time, the frost on his body was released to hide his figure in the cold white mist.

Immediately afterwards, in Luffy's astonished gaze, three Aokiji jumped out of the white mist at the same time!

"Is this a clone?!"