"User of the Ki-Ki-Ki Fruit?"
"Lieutenant General Brugulus?!"
The crane spoke of information about the old woman in mid-air, and her words shocked Kuzan. As one of the commanders of this war, Kuzan had memorized the personal information of his officers before setting out.
But he could confirm that the name of Lieutenant General Brugulas did not appear among the generals and officers accompanying the expedition.
The navy officers who participated in this war were all middle-aged, and their ages ranged from 20 to 50 years old. The only front-line commander who was over 50 years old was Crane in front of him.
There was suddenly one more person in the team, and Kuzan couldn't help but think about it.
In the air, Prometheus caught Big Mom who had lost consciousness and fell from the sky. After trying to wake Big Mom up without success, the two Homies, Prometheus and Napoleon, became impatient and wanted to quickly take Big Mom away from the battlefield.
But how could the navy miss such a great opportunity?
Lieutenant General Brugulus, who had controlled Zeus with the power of his fruit, saw Prometheus quickly escaping with BIG MOM, and patted Zeus' body gently. Then Zeus' body was no longer under his control, and he chased after him.
He glanced at Kuzan's slightly strange expression, then raised his head and looked at the figures chasing each other in the air. After explaining, he urged:
"We in the navy know a little bit about Big Mom's devil fruit abilities."
"It is only natural to send capable veterans to this war."
"Lieutenant General Brugulus is my good friend. He has long since retired to the second line. I was the one who brought him to the sea this time."
"Kuzan, don't overthink it, just go and finish it up, Big Mom will be taken away soon!"
During the time Kuzan was delayed, the flying Prometheus had already rushed a long distance with BIG MOM, while Zeus seemed to have released a lot of energy and his flying speed was very slow.
Lieutenant General Bruculas's pursuit was quickly overtaken by Prometheus.
At the same time, the changes that occurred at the port also attracted the attention of the pirate legions in the distance. The pirates who were originally afraid of being caught in the attack of BIG MOM found that BIG MOM was inexplicably hit by the thunder and fell from the clouds. They also realized that something was wrong and rushed towards the port.
Several of the pirates quickly passed by their companions and rushed towards Prometheus.
"Um!"
Kuzan also knew that now was not the time to continue questioning Vice Admiral He, so he nodded slightly, answered, and then his body suddenly turned into a ball of ice mist and rushed towards Prometheus in the air.
"MAMA, wake up!"
"Zeus has rebelled, and that strange navy is chasing us!"
"MAMA, wake up! Something terrible has happened!!"
Prometheus and Napoleon flew rapidly towards the pirates, calling out to Big Mom along the way, hoping to wake her up.
But the shouts of the two Homies were of no use at all. Behind them, a ball of green ice mist was chasing them at a rapid speed, and in an instant, it was behind Prometheus.
Then, without Prometheus and Napoleon noticing, it flew past them at a high speed and arrived in front of them.
At the same time, Kuzan's figure quickly condensed in the air in front of Prometheus, and the freezing gloves attached to Kuzan's hands. Kuzan, who had condensed his figure, directly punched the unsuspecting Prometheus on the head.
"Bang!!!" Kuzan's attack not only used the power of the ice fruit, but also was attached with powerful domineering. With just one punch, Prometheus was knocked out.
Prometheus, Napoleon and Big Mom fell headfirst from the air and crashed towards the ice field below.
As BIG MOM's broad body freely fell and hit the ice field, the extremely thick frozen ice field couldn't help but tremble.
Big Mom's body smashed a giant ice hole several meters deep on the ice field, and Prometheus and Napoleon also scattered in two directions and fell to the ground.
Kuzan took advantage of the victory and pursued BIG MOM without any intention of capturing her alive. His figure exploded in the air again and he quickly chased after BIG MOM who fell into the ice field.
Kuzan swooped down, with the four fingers of his right hand together, forming a knife-shaped hand. The ice fist glove that was attached to his hand a second ago underwent a huge change in shape at this moment, and it turned into a sharp ice sword. Kuzan held it firmly in his hand and stabbed it towards BIG MOM in the pit.
It is obviously unrealistic for the defenseless BIG MOM to block Kuzan's attack. If the sword is stabbed hard, BIG MOM will suffer serious injuries even if she does not die.
Kuzan's figure fell rapidly. Just as he was about to rush into the ice cave to assassinate BIG MOM, two burly biscuit soldiers suddenly flew out, raised their shields, and smashed towards Kuzan in mid-air.
The seemingly simple shield strike blocked Kuzan's route, and Kuzan could obviously sense that the shields of these two biscuit soldiers were attached with powerful armed color domineering.
Kuzan frowned slightly in the face of this sudden interception. He was just about to transform into an element to break through the defense line of the two biscuit soldiers when he suddenly felt a very powerful aura approaching rapidly from behind, forming a siege with the shield attacks of these biscuit soldiers.
Kuzan didn't have any time to think, his body reacted faster than his brain.
Kuzan, who was falling rapidly, suddenly turned his body to the side and quickly moved forward to block with the dagger in his hand.
Compared to the shield attack of the biscuit soldier, Kuzan felt that the attack from behind was more fierce.
"clang!!!"
The moment he swung his sword to block, a golden sound was heard in the air, and a pitch-black trident was firmly blocked in front of Kuzan, with the tip of the trident only a few centimeters away from Kuzan's head.
“Bang!!”
The next second, Kuzan's back hit the biscuit shield. The huge force coming from behind made Kuzan's breathing stop and the strength in his arms loosen.
The trident overwhelmed Kuzan's ice sword and stabbed down at a rapid speed, but after Kuzan blocked it, he had enough time to dodge using elementalization.
Kuzan's body suddenly turned into a ball of ice mist and disappeared on the spot.
The trident, without a target, directly pierced the two biscuit shields, and the shields suddenly shattered under the attack of the trident.
"Did you dodge?!"
Seeing that his attack missed, Katakuri, holding the trident in one hand, muttered, and jumped with the help of the recoil force, standing on the edge of the ice cave and looking towards the opposite side.
There, Kuzan, who had transformed into an element and flashed away, was slowly taking shape, frowning as he looked at Katakuri who had just entered the battlefield.
"clatter!"
At the same time, there was a slight sound behind Kuzan. Kuzan turned his head slightly and saw that Cracker, holding a long sword, had come behind him and was looking at his back with vigilance.
Feeling the powerful aura emanating from Katakuri and Cracker, Kuzan frowned even deeper.
"Reinforcements?!"
Kuzan said this in his heart, lowered his head slightly and looked at the ice cave in front of him, and the ability of the ice fruit was activated immediately.
A trace of cold air emanated from the ice field, and as Kuzan used the ability of the Ice Fruit, the entrance of the ice hole created by BIG MOM was shrinking rapidly. Kuzan intended to freeze BIG MOM in the ice temporarily. In the other party's current state, it was impossible for her to escape from his ability.
“MAMA!!”
At this moment, an anxious cry came from a distance, and a tall figure fell rapidly from the air and rushed directly into the ice cave before the entrance of the ice cave was completely closed.
Kuzan noticed the other person's presence, but had no intention of stopping him.
If you want to accompany Big Mom, then go ahead!
The entrance of the ice cave was completely covered by solid ice, as if the cave had never appeared. Until this time, Kuzan looked at Katakuri and Cracker carefully and slowly raised his hand.
The moment Kuzan revealed his intention to attack, the ice field under Katakuri and Cracker's feet seemed to come alive. The frost on the ground spread from the soles of their boots without them noticing, as if intending to freeze the two of them directly on the ice field.
However, Katakuri and Cracker's reaction speed was also very fast. They both activated their Haki and quickly raised their legs to break free.
But when the two men stepped on the ice field again, the frost began to spread from the soles of their boots to their bodies. There was no point in trying to break free in a short period of time.
"Is this the ability of the Nature-type Devil Fruit, the Ice Fruit?"
“It’s really a troublesome ability.”
Cracker kept taking small steps and didn't dare to stand still on the ice field. Katakuri did the same. Both of them felt the difficulty of Kuzan's ability and their faces darkened slightly.
Kuzan glanced at Katakuri and Cracker, and said calmly:
"Second son."
"Ten sons."
"From the moment you set foot on this ice field, you have fallen into my control!"
When Kuzan spoke, a ball of cold air came out of his mouth, and he gave Katakuri and Cracker a very powerful feeling.
However, Katakuri had no intention of talking. Facing the terrifying Kuzan, he lowered his head slightly, looked at the ice in front of him, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Admiral Aokiji!"
"You look so confident. Do you think your navy is sure to win?"
"What I want to tell you is"
"We, the Big Mom Pirates, have never lost!"
As if in response to Katakuri's words, the ice field under the feet of the few people began to tremble slightly. The next second, a hint of fiery red suddenly appeared inexplicably reflected in the blue ice layer under their feet.
As Kuzan looked slightly stunned, a huge force suddenly came out from under the ice surface, and the ice field under his feet suddenly exploded.
Thick water vapor burst out from the cave the moment the ice was broken, and the terrifying high temperature immediately raised the ambient temperature by dozens of degrees.
At the same time, an orange-haired young man grabbed BIG MOM's body with both hands and jumped out of the cave.
Kuzan looked intently and recognized the young man who broke through the ice with BIG MOM.
Big Mom's fourth child, the user of the Heat-Heat Fruit, Charlotte Owen.
After seeing the man clearly, Kuzan finally understood how he escaped from the ice.
Charlotte Irving's domineering ability is obviously no match for someone like Katakuri. With his domineering power, it is impossible for him to break such an ice layer.
But if the other party is the user of the Heat-Hot Fruit, then everything makes sense!
Big Mom's huge body was placed on the ice field by Owen. Prometheus, who had been knocked away by Kuzan before, now came over quickly, gently lifted up Big Mom's body, and floated in the air with Owen and others, staring at Kuzan.
At the same time, more and more pirates rushed here. Shortly after Katakuri, Cracker and Owen brothers arrived, strong reinforcements from the BIG MOM pirate group joined the siege against Kuzan.
Big Mom's third child, Charlotte Daifuku, the user of the Steam Evaporation Fruit, joins the battlefield.
As BIG MOM's subordinates arrived in large numbers, the navy also entered the combat state of boarding battle. Teams of navy, armed with sharp blades and muskets, came down from the warships in groups, and rushed towards the pirates under the leadership of generals at all levels.
The troops of both sides gathered on the vast ice field. Soon, the port of Cocoa Island was filled with shouts and screams. The sound of weapons clashing, the screams of humans being attacked, and the sound of gunfire rang out on the battlefield.
From the moment the war actually began, people were dying or dying every moment.
Surrounded by Katakuri and others, Kuzan had no time to take care of his subordinates. The pressure he faced was not small. Each of the cadres of the BIG MOM Pirates was not an easy character to deal with.
"Navy, you need to pay for what you did!"
Katakuri raised the trident in his hand towards Kuzan and said coldly. As he finished speaking, Daifuku, Cracker and others slowly surrounded Kuzan.
The war is about to break out.
In the clouds thousands of meters away from Cocoa Island, a slender warship broke through the clouds and flew below.
At the bow of the warship, Mihawk was holding a telescope in his hand, leaning over to look at the battlefield of Cocoa Island in the distance.
When he saw Kuzan surrounded by BIG MOM's sons and BIG MOM's huge body lying on the ice field, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Mihawk was surprised that Kuzan could defeat Big Mom so quickly.
Before the war, Mihawk's assessment of the situation of both the Navy and the Pirates was that the Navy was 3 and the Pirates were 7.
The navy is missing a general, but it is not just a matter of missing one person. Their combat effectiveness has actually been greatly weakened.
Ji Guoyuanyi knew about this, Yixiao of course knew about it too, and Sakaski himself also knew about it.
However, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni did not want to let Sakaski leave just like that, so he and Issho decided to let the new navy "fill in" some of the missing forces for the navy.
When Yixiao learned of Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's intention, he drove the warship there immediately. However, it now seems that a war had already broken out on Cocoa Island before they arrived.
"I smiled. It looks like Big Mom is defeated."
"The battle situation is somewhat different from what we initially expected."
"What should we do next?"
Mihawk looked through the telescope for a long time, then turned sideways and asked a smiling man beside him.
The new navy judged that after the navy lost a general, BIG MOM would become the navy's biggest obstacle, but unexpectedly, the new navy performed very well and actually defeated BIG MOM in advance.
With the change of plans, Mihawk couldn't help but ask his friends for their opinions.
Hearing Mihawk's words, a smile appeared on Issho's face and he said:
"The most beneficial approach is naturally to stand aside and watch."
"But Yoriichi said that we need to fill the vacancy left by Admiral Akainu."
"No matter what the war situation is, the vacancies in the navy are real."
"We will also join the battlefield!"
(End of this chapter)
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