The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

As he spoke, Link glanced once more at the frozen ground beneath Aokiji's feet.

Clearly, Aokiji had encountered many pirates skilled in strength and physical combat, so he naturally knew how to deal with them.

This icy wasteland, which affects the surrounding environment, continues to emit cold air.

Once those powerful pirates set foot in this area, they will be affected by the freezing cold, with the chill rising straight up.

Therefore, this will inevitably cause opponents skilled in hand-to-hand combat to use their corresponding Armament Haki to protect themselves, thus reducing their stamina and strength considerably.

"Even if you fly over from a high altitude, you will still encounter Aokiji's ambush in mid-air. After all, Aokiji's control over ice is not to be underestimated. Link can see this clearly and knows that Aokiji has taken all appropriate measures when facing a strong opponent who is good at physical combat."

"Indeed, if I were just a pure martial arts expert, it might indeed be a bit troublesome, but..."

He took off the Super Gloves and Superman Ring from his hands again and put them back.

"I'm no ordinary martial arts expert either~"

"Ok?"

Seeing Link's hand gesture, Aokiji raised an eyebrow. "Oh dear, what's wrong, [Item Maker]? Are you giving up your strength advantage?"

"That's not it"

Link twisted his wrist slightly and said with a smile, "I mainly want to see how much combat power I can unleash without relying on props."

"With your own strength?!"

Aokiji remained noncommittal.

He admitted that Link was indeed very strong, but compared to a general like himself, or those four monsters from the latter half of the New World, he seemed to be a bit... *sizzle*

Ok? !

The next moment, Aokiji, who was deep in thought, immediately stopped thinking and his expression changed instantly.

In his narrowed pupils, streaks of blue-white light, crackling with electric arcs, coiled around Link's body, constantly pulsating.

"Also a nature type..."

Aokiji gazed at Link, who was enveloped in a radiant glow, seemingly bathed in holy light, and said, his pupils contracting slightly, "..."

"The power of lightning?"

"Ah, this is a Logia-type Devil Fruit, the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit~"

Link slightly raised his hand and held it upright in front of him, then smiled and suddenly clenched his fist.

boom! !

Extreme lightning radiance emanated from his fist.

"I feel like these days, if you're not a Logia-type ability user, you'd be embarrassed to show your face in public."

He said it there, half-jokingly.

"Ah la la..."

Aokiji exhaled a breath of icy air, his tone filled with indescribable solemnity and undisguised shock.

"I originally thought taking you down wouldn't be too difficult, but it seems I was wrong."

He scratched his head and asked, "Do you think this battle will end if I quit now?"

"of course not."

Link flatly refused, saying, "Our captain and his crew were all badly frozen by your ice, so we have to get our revenge."

"and?"

Link said slowly, "I don't believe you're just planning to back out like this."

"That's right."

Half of Aokiji's face had turned into a crystal-clear, deep blue ice block. "From the very beginning, I felt that you all possessed that terrifying rate of growth."

"But now it seems that your growth has exceeded my expectations, and has even grown to a certain scale."

On the remaining half of his face, one eye stared intently and seriously at Link:

"I never expected that even among Logia-type Devil Fruits, the Devil Fruit ability, which is said to be invincible in terms of destructive power, would appear in your body."

"With pirates possessing such immense power, I, as a Marine Admiral, absolutely cannot stand idly by."

Aokiji has already concluded that Link is the user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

That statement isn't wrong.

After Enel was imprisoned for life by the Shandians on Skypiea, isn't Link the only user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in the Blue Sea below? Any Logia-type Devil Fruit user is rare and powerful.

If it falls into the Navy's hands, it's fine, but if it falls into the hands of pirates, it will become quite troublesome.

If it's those useless people who only know how to rely on Devil Fruit abilities, the trouble isn't too great, and they're relatively easy to deal with.

What I fear most is that such powerful abilities will fall into the hands of highly talented pirates.

In Aokiji's eyes, Link was undoubtedly the latter.

Therefore, he knew better than anyone that if Link was allowed to continue growing and developing like this, an extraordinary monster would inevitably be born in this world in the future.

In particular, Link possesses ancient writing, a language ability that the World Government deeply fears, and he also knows the whereabouts of one of the ancient weapons.

If Link really does have some ulterior motives and so-called ambitions for this world...

"No matter how slight the possibility, we must nip the danger in the bud!"

Aokiji's face calmed down completely, and he made up his mind.

"puck!!"

In an instant, Aokiji raised his hand, and five long ice pillars erupted from his five palms, shooting towards Link!

"Thor's Shackles!"

As Aokiji made his move, the lightning around Link instantly transformed into chains that collided with the ice pillars!

boom!

The ice pillars shattered, lightning bolts flew, and a powerful shockwave surged, sweeping across the entire ground.

"Frozen Time Capsule!!"

Unmoved, Aokiji flicked his other hand again, launching several icy shockwaves at Link.

On the two sides above his shoulders, two weapons resembling tridents also appeared!

"Ice blocks? Two spears!!"

Whoosh!Whoosh!

The moment the weapon was completed, it shot towards Link with explosive force.

Then, he crossed his arms in front of his chest, and then the cold air condensed on his right arm, which he then swung forward violently!

Instantly, a gigantic, bird-like ice explosion also charged forward!

"Ice cubes? Bruising beak!!"

It was a gigantic ice bird befitting its name, Aokiji, possessing immense impact force that froze everything in its path!

Within a mere 700 seconds, Aokiji unleashed a series of freezing ranged attacks.

In addition, he possesses close-range special moves such as the Ice Plains, Frozen Moment, and Ice Age.

It can be said that in Aokiji's hands, the Ice-Ice Fruit's versatile use in both close and long-range combat allowed him to fully unleash its power!

However, Link, who also possesses a good mind, wouldn't waste the potential of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit like Enel did.

"Electric Chidori!"

With a soft whisper, the lightning around Link transformed into countless blue-white lightning bolts resembling small birds before him, shooting towards the two spears and the frozen time capsule.

They intertwined and became entangled in mid-air.

As the pheasant beak shot towards him, Link raised his arms, and bright, dazzling golden lightning appeared on his two arms.

His left arm, in a chopping motion resembling a decapitation strike, swung forward with a sudden, powerful motion.

"Thunder Slash!!"

hiss! !

The entire sky seemed to darken for a moment.

The instant Link swung his arm, a dazzling slash that seemed to dim the very heavens and earth flashed out at incredible speed.

Without making a sound, it sliced ​​straight through the solidified ice block of the pheasant's beak.

The latter's momentum came to an abrupt halt, splitting in two mid-air. Losing its support, it shattered and collapsed helplessly to the ground.

The dazzling lightning strike, however, was quite powerful, sweeping rapidly towards Aokiji.

"Huh? Such a slash?!"

Aokiji's heart skipped a beat, and his hands continued moving, "The chill of deep winter!!"

Clusters of icy shards and cold blades gathered around him, gradually diminishing the force of the slash.

the amount.

"It's not over yet."

Link still has a powerful ultimate move gathering on his right arm at this moment.

He smiled and slowly raised his hand, supporting himself with his left hand, his five fingers spread out, his palm facing Aokiji.

It was like posing like the energy blasts in Dragon Ball.

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Battle 196: End! Lightning Flash and [Breaking Army], a fusion technique of the Giant race!!

"Divine retribution..."

Link calmly unleashed what could be considered a powerful ultimate move:

"Lightning Flash!!"

Wow! !

It was as if all the lightning in the world had gathered at Link's arm, carrying a powerful destructive force of destruction and divine might, containing countless lightning bolts and astonishing energy.

The enormous pillar of lightning, formed from solidified energy and accompanied by blinding brilliance, hurtled towards Aokiji at an almost superhuman speed!

"Such immense power..."

Even Aokiji, who could sense the explosive energy contained within, couldn't help but feel a jolt in his heart.

He dared not be careless in the slightest, and raised both hands to unleash a powerful technique of equal strength.

"The wind of the frozen ground!"

With his hands crossed in front of his chest, an extremely cold storm, as if turning the entire island into a frozen wasteland, shot out from his fingertips.

The Song of Ice and Thunder suddenly erupted on this very spot!

On the shore of this uninhabited island?

"What is that……"

The group of people who were cleaning Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji's frostbite all involuntarily raised their heads when they heard the noise.

Then, what happened next left them speechless.

Boom! !

Click!

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, high above this deserted island...

A violent blizzard raged, sweeping across the sky and the earth.

Within these frigid storms, the wildly dancing blue-white lightning bolts were constantly erupting and exploding.

Ice and lightning, two of the world's strongest Logia-type abilities, unleashed unparalleled power on this island! "That's the strength of a Marine Admiral, and Link...?"

A group of people struggled to look up at the scene, which resembled a natural disaster, and couldn't help but swallow hard, saying in a hoarse voice.

Zoro gripped his famous sword at his waist with great unease, his eyes blazing with fury.