The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

Shanks unleashed his full power of "Sight and Sound" in an attempt to block Gern's premonition of his next move.

But Guern didn't need to "predict the future" at all; he used pure, superhuman abilities...

"Now"!!!

Shanks instinctively jerked his head back, and just as he was stunned and confused, the particle stream suddenly condensed right in front of him!

The first thing to appear was a large hand wrapped in jet-black Armament Haki, its five fingers spread wide, completely grabbing Shanks' face!

That was incredibly fast! From the activation of the shockwave to the appearance and attack, the entire process took less than a fraction of a second!

Gurn's hand firmly gripped Shanks' mouth and jaw!

The fingertips dug deep into the flesh, the terrifying grip almost crushing the jawbone!

Shanks' handsome face contorted instantly as excruciating pain mixed with a feeling of suffocation surged into his brain, blurring his vision for a moment due to the impact.

"Hmph!" Gern emerged from the not-yet-fully-condensed stream of particles, his eyes as cold as ice.

He gave Shanks absolutely no chance to break free or retaliate.

His core muscles tensed instantly, rotated, and his right arm, gripping Shanks' head, unleashed a torrent of brute force.

"Get over here!!"

"Whoosh—Bang!!!"

Shanks felt as if he had completely lost control of his body, turning into a human-shaped cannonball.

It slammed down hard on Dragon, who had just turned around in mid-air and was about to come to the rescue!

Dorag's eyes narrowed, but he did not choose to take the hit head-on.

Instead, by pressing his palms lightly against his chest, the airflow around him instantly became viscous and supple, transforming into layers of invisible wind cushions.

"Wind-bound, Soft-dwelling".

The moment Shanks crashed into the wind cushion, the violent impact was gradually dissipated, his speed decreased sharply, and his body was skillfully stabilized from the uncontrolled tumbling.

Taking advantage of the moment, Dragon reached out and grabbed Shanks' shoulder, pulling them backward. The two of them used the momentum to float backward dozens of meters, landing steadily on the other side of the ice.

Shanks stumbled before regaining his balance, raising his hand to wipe his mouth. A clear red mark from five fingers was rapidly swelling on his jaw.

Subconsciously, she took a deep breath of the cold air and whispered, "Thank you."

“Don’t thank him,” Gern’s voice rang out as if pressed against the back of Dragon’s neck, icy and chilling. “Think more about yourself!”

"Because he! He can't even protect himself."

Before the words were even finished, another flash of light struck!

Dorag's pupils contracted sharply, and the hairs on the back of his head stood on end.

He had no experience dealing with Gern's shockwave, so he had no way of knowing when Gern's aura disappeared or where it reappeared!

Therefore, the momentary breathing and weight shift caused by Shanks's support was precisely exploited by the opponent!

"Damn it..." Dragon didn't even have time to gather the protective wind energy around his body. He could only instinctively tense his abdominal muscles to try to absorb the force.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

"Black Shock..."

Gern first cleaved the two apart with a series of downward axe strikes, then his figure solidified out of thin air behind Dragon.

The leg shadow wasn't a single movement, but rather several legs appearing in rapid succession in an extremely short instant.

"A thousand mountains collapse!!!"

Each kick sent the shadow of his leg overlapping and collapsing like layers of mountain shadows, striking Dorrag hard on the side of his lower back!

"Bang! Boom!!!"

It wasn't a muffled thud, but a series of closely spaced, almost overlapping, explosions!

Dorag's dark green coat on his back was instantly shredded into pieces by the shockwave.

A mouthful of blood surged uncontrollably to his throat.

"Uh!"

The terrifying force sent Dorrag's body lurching forward, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ice, sending shards of ice flying everywhere!

But Guern's offensive was relentless and never stopped!

Before he could retract his right leg after kicking out, his body twisted strangely with the help of the shockwave and disappeared again!

Almost the instant that Dragon's vision blurred from the intense pain and impact, and his body lost its balance...

Gern had already appeared in front of him again, right next to him!

"Sheng Ting!"

With a twist of his waist, Gern kicked Dorrag's jaw with his left leg, which came up from below!

"Crack!"

Dorag's head snapped back, his neck groaning dangerously.

The person was kicked high into the air by the explosive vertical force contained in that kick.

Fresh blood mixed with a few broken teeth spurted from his mouth, shooting straight into the sky!

But Gern didn't stop. He smiled slightly and pressed his left leg down with the momentum of the kick.

The body completed a right-angle turn in mid-air, defying inertia.

The air beneath his feet was blasted into a ring of shockwaves, and he stepped directly above Doraga!

With hands clasped together, fingers interlaced, and fists clenched tightly, arm muscles bulging as if cast in steel, the arms are raised high above the head!

On the fist, jet-black Armament Haki and pale shockwaves intertwined and compressed wildly, forming a visible...

A pale sphere that keeps collapsing inward!

"Black Shock - Land Breaker!!"

"Get down!" A fierce glint flashed in Gern's eyes as he swung his clasped fists down, unleashing a terrifying force capable of shattering the earth and severing rivers.

It slammed down relentlessly towards Dorrag's unprotected chest and abdomen!

Before the fist even arrived, the immense pressure of the punch had completely emptied and solidified the air around Dragon, making it extremely difficult for him to even manipulate the airflow to dodge!

The ice below, under this destructive pressure from above, suddenly caved in and blasted open a huge bowl-shaped crater!

A close call!

"Dorag!!"

Below, Shanks' dark red Conqueror's Haki arcs coiled around Griffin.

In a fraction of a second, it transformed into a crimson beam that tore through space, not aimed at Gern—because there wasn't enough time!

Instead, he slashed at the void between Gern and Drag, which was frozen solid by the fist!

As the crimson blade flashed, the "frozen" space seemed to be forcibly cleaved open, and the suffocating pressure around Dorrag suddenly eased!

Meanwhile, Dragon endured the buzzing in his head from the smooth, quick combo.

Although it was impossible to completely avoid, they took advantage of the opening Shanks had created.

He compressed all the wind energy he could muster, focusing it into his arms, which he crossed in front of his chest and abdomen to block it!

The next moment.......

Black Shock - Landslide, crash down!

boom!!!!!!

A moment later, a dark shadow shot out diagonally from the center of the explosion and slammed into the distant ice.

The broken ravine, stretching for a hundred meters, is Doraga!

His sleeves were torn to shreds, his arms were twisted at an unnatural angle, and they were covered in blood.

His clothes were torn at the chest, revealing a horrifying purplish-black dent below, and blood was gushing from his mouth, clearly indicating that he was severely injured!

Shanks prepared to leap into the air, but Gern countered with a downward slam, causing the space around him to tremble and shatter.

Shanks parried with his sword, the impact preventing him from advancing!

“I managed to save him once…” Gern steadied himself in mid-air, pale vibrating particles reappearing, and the Eight Desolate Blades hummed softly.

Can it be saved a second time?

Chapter 607 Slaying!

"Once is enough!"

A dark red light flashed in Shanks' eyes, and his aura suddenly receded.

'Surveillance Kill' - Full Power Activation!

Gern's perceptual network, sharp enough to predict the future, seemed at this moment like a stone thrown into the deep sea.

They instantly lost track of Shanks' specific movements.

Almost at the same instant his senses were blocked, the ice beneath Shanks' feet shattered into dust with a crack!

He transformed into an elongated, dark red afterimage, not advancing in a straight line.

Instead, it made a barely perceptible Z-shaped turn and shot towards Gern in the blink of an eye!

Griffin's blade trailed a piercing crimson arc through the air, without any frills, slashing straight down!

Although Gern lost the initiative, relying on his fighting instincts, he decisively bent his waist backward.

He narrowly escaped with the crimson blade grazing his nose, the icy strike even severing a few strands of his flowing hair.

"Oh."

With a flick of his wrist, Gern's Eight Desolations swung the blade, its black blade flipping over and leaving a pale shockwave trail as it slashed upwards, horizontally cutting across Shanks' waist and abdomen!

Shanks missed his first strike, his sword technique faltered, but he remained calm, lightly tapping his right toe in mid-air.

His figure suddenly drifted back half a foot, precisely avoiding the range of Bahuang's slash.

At the same time, with a flick of his wrist, Griffin spun half a circle in his palm, and the hilt of the blade struck the blade of the Eight Desolations Blade!

"clang!!!"

The two swords clashed fiercely once again!

An even more ear-piercing metallic clang erupted, and black, red, and dark purple arcs of electricity writhed and exploded wildly like out-of-control lightning snakes.

The shockwave shaved the ice beneath their feet down several inches, sending ice shards flying outwards in a ring!

Stalemate!

Gern's arm muscles bulged as he felt the terrifying force emanating from the blade.

Shanks' current strength is beyond doubt. Although he uses only one hand, the extremely refined Conqueror's Haki and the power of a swordsman's strike are truly remarkable.

Especially when the two sides were in completely unequal positions, there was a subtle tendency for her to suppress his dual-wielding.

"We can't let this stalemate drag on!"

A fierce glint flashed in Gern's eyes, who was in a disadvantageous position, and he made a decisive move!

His right hand, which was gripping the Eight Directions tightly, suddenly increased its strength, pressing down hard on Griffin, while his left hand released the hilt of the knife!

His five fingers clenched into a fist in an instant, and jet-black Armament Haki covered his entire arm like a tidal wave.

Tiny, pale particles were forcibly drawn from the air, compressed, and frantically converged towards his fist.

It forms a high-speed rotation, like a fist.

"Black Shock - Collapse Star!!!"

If that punch lands, even Shanks would be in serious trouble!

But, just as Gern finished charging up and was about to unleash his punch...

"boom!!!"

An indescribable force struck from the side, coming without warning from behind Gern's left side!