Chapter 214: Fierce Battle, Future General! (Two-in-one)
The moment he saw Kuzan, even though Jin had already known that the navy had retreated to Migo Town, he was still a little surprised.
The ICE Navy branch suffered such a crushing defeat at the hands of the Beasts Pirates, and the rear admiral in front of him did not lead those navy officers to leave quickly, but instead stayed on this island so close to the Water Star Island.
With the wisdom of a rear admiral, he should have known what consequences would be caused by staying on this island.
This time, Aokiji and his crew will definitely not be able to escape the attack of the Beasts Pirates. For the navy, they will be completely wiped out this time!
"Walk?"
"I'm a marine!"
"This time, I can't tolerate myself giving in anymore."
"It is my duty to protect the people!"
As Kuzan spoke, he stretched out his left hand and pointed at Jhin in mid-air. An ice spike shot out from his hand, and the sharp ice tip pierced directly towards Jhin.
"." Facing Kuzan's words and the opponent's attack, Jhin's expression was serious, and he didn't say anything more. While spreading his wings to dodge, the long sword in his hand was also pointed to the side.
Kuzan's ice spikes extended too quickly, and relying on dodging alone was insufficient. Adding blocking allowed Jhin to be confident he could avoid any danger.
The ice spikes passed by Jhin rapidly, and as the long sword blocked them, bits of ice chips fell from the air, reflecting brilliantly under the sunlight.
At this moment, Jhin felt the power from the ice spikes suddenly loosen. When he turned his head to look at the shore, there was no sign of Kuzan except for the famous sword Dead Wood stuck in the ground.
The next second, Kuzan's figure suddenly emerged from the ice spikes beside Jhin, holding an ice knife in one hand and stabbing directly at Jhin's chest.
"He's clearly a user of the Nature Fruit ability, yet he fights like this."
"Much more difficult than the average natural type, worthy of being a rear admiral of the Marine Headquarters."
Noticing Kuzan's attack, Jin couldn't help but admire him. When their Beasts Pirates attacked the Water Star Island before, it was Kaido who was responsible for fighting Kuzan.
Jhin only watched the duel between Kaido and Kuzan from afar when the battle was nearing its end, and only had a preliminary understanding of each other's abilities.
Fighting against Kuzan in person now is a different feeling than when I was watching the battle.
I can only say that the navy is worthy of being able to fight fiercely with Kaido, and they are very powerful!
There was no time to think, as the flames "carrying" behind Jhin suddenly disappeared, and Jhin's figure quickly turned into a residual shadow and disappeared on the spot.
When Jhin appeared again, he was already right under the ice spike. At the same time, the flames behind Jhin were burning fiercely, and the long sword in his hand was already wrapped in armed color domineering, and he slashed fiercely at the ice spike where Kuzan was.
"Um?"
Jhin's sudden acceleration was somewhat beyond Kuzan's expectations. Before he had time to think about it, the ice spike that had already started falling suddenly broke apart automatically. Jhin's long sword slashed through it but did not touch the ice spike itself.
At this moment, Kuzan's figure quickly condensed out from the ice spikes, turned into a ball of ice mist in mid-air, and dissipated in the air.
As the sea breeze blew, Jhin felt a chill on his shoulders. He quickly turned his head and found that a ball of ice mist had appeared behind him at some point, and Kuzan's upper body also condensed into a shape behind Jhin, with one hand on his shoulder.
“Ice ball!”
Kuzan opened his mouth slightly and spit out a ball of thin frost. At the same time, the power of the devil fruit was activated. In the blink of an eye, Jin was frozen in an ice ball with a diameter of nearly ten meters and fell rapidly to the ground.
“Boom!!!!”
When the ice ball fell to the ground, the solid ice did not crack as it landed on the ground, but instead created a huge dent in the ground.
In the pit, there was a huge ice ball. Jhin was inside the ice ball, maintaining the posture he had just turned his head to look behind him. Even the look of surprise on his face did not disappear. He was directly frozen by Kuzan into a lifelike ice sculpture.
At this moment, Jhin, trapped in the ice ball, was like a bug in amber.
"call out!!"
After a slight sound, a white figure fell from the sky, landing steadily on top of the ice ball. Kuzan put his hands in his pockets, his snow-white cloak fluttering in the wind, and a thin layer of frost was exhaled with his breath.
Raising his head, Kuzan looked at the sea in the distance, with a solemn expression on his face.
At this time, the port of Migo Town had already turned into an ice port under the power of Kuzan's devil fruit.
The sea has been completely frozen, and the ice layer several meters thick extends for thousands of meters to the distant sea surface, freezing many pirate ships of the Beasts Pirates on the ice surface.
Under the sunlight, cold air rose from the ice surface that stretched for a thousand meters, blurring the vision of Kaido and other pirates.
"Captain, it seems like Jhin has been defeated?!"
The current personnel structure of the Beasts Pirates has not yet formed a stable framework with one level within another like in the future.
Even Jack, the "Shipping King" who is one of the future big names, is nowhere to be found.
In today's Beasts Pirates, apart from Captain Kaido, the most powerful fighting force is Kaido's first partner, King.
As for the future "Plague" Quinn, although he has joined the Beasts Pirates at this time, his identity is a "scientist". The science of human body modification has not yet been able to transform himself into his ideal appearance, and his combat power is far from comparable to that of King of the Lunaria clan.
At this time, Quinn was holding a pair of binoculars in his hand, looking at the quiet battlefield in the distance, and said to Kaido beside him with some concern.
Kaido's observation Haki is very strong, and he is very clear about the battle situation in the distance.
Facing Quinn's concerns, Kaido just grinned and said, "Jin he."
"We will never be defeated like this!"
As if to verify Kaido's words, on the coast, Jhin, who was frozen in an ice ball, suddenly burst into flames.
Kuzan noticed something unusual under his feet, jumped lightly, and left the ice hockey directly. After a somersault, he landed gracefully on the ground and stood beside the dead tree. He held the handle of the dead tree's knife with one hand and looked intently at the ice hockey not far away.
Not long after Kuzan left, the ice ball exploded, and countless pieces of ice shot out in all directions, knocking down several houses. The flying pieces of ice also attacked Kuzan, but when they fell on Kuzan, they went straight through his body.
"What is that?" Kuzan narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked intently at Jin who broke through the ice and was surrounded by flames, feeling a little surprised.
"Is Yoriichi's Flame-Flame Fruit lost?!"
When Kuzan saw King in this state, his first instinct was that he had eaten a devil fruit, but as soon as this thought came to his mind, Kuzan put it behind his mind.
After all, the opponent's pair of black wings can't be something they are born with, right?
Such transformation ability must be the ability of an animal-type devil fruit. On this basis, it is obviously impossible to possess the ability of a natural-type devil fruit.
As for the "unscientific" thing of releasing fire, Kuzan didn't dwell on it for too long.
After all, among the people he knew, there were those who could release fire even without eating the devil fruit.
There is no way. This world is simply too big. Kuzan, who has seen the vastness of the world, is quite accepting of such strange things.
The flames around Jin who broke through the ice began to dissipate gradually, leaving only the long sword and his back still burning with flames.
With a swing of the sword, flames flashed in front of Jinn, and a slash was released directly, shooting towards Kuzan in the distance.
Facing Jhin's attack, Kuzan had no intention of dodging. His body at the chest area had turned into ice mist. The next second, the slash went straight through Kuzan's body and landed in the town behind Kuzan.
Smoke and dust rose from the town. A five-story house was cut in half by the sword and fell to the ground.
“.”
Kuzan lowered his head slightly and remained silent. A light icy mist emerged from his nose as he breathed.
Pulling out the knife and holding it upright in front of his chest, Kuzan raised his head again, his eyes full of coldness.
"This is the first time I've encountered such a tricky nature-type."
Jhin held the long knife in one hand, looked at Kuzan, and murmured softly. As he spoke, the flames on his back began to die out.
Seeing this scene, Kuzan frowned slightly, and his muscles couldn't help but tense up.
During the brief battle, Kuzan had already discovered something: the flames behind the opponent seemed to be related to his speed.
When the flames die out and disappear, the opponent's speed will be greatly enhanced.
Kuzan had already guessed this from the previous series of attacks. From the sudden attack of the ice spikes when they first met, the opponent's body was obviously too slow to react, and he had to dodge while raising his sword to block, thus successfully avoiding it. And then, when Kuzan merged into the ice spikes and attacked with elemental power, the flames behind the opponent disappeared.
And it was at that time that the opponent's speed increased greatly, and when the opponent counterattacked, the flames on his body reappeared.
In this situation, Kuzan guessed that when the flames behind the opponent went out, the speed would be greatly increased, and when the flames appeared, what would be increased might be the opponent's physical strength?
With a guess in his mind, as the flames behind Jin died out, Kuzan narrowed his eyes slightly, and his observation Haki enveloped the other party, capturing Jin's figure.
The next second, Jhin's figure suddenly disappeared from Kuzan's sight.
Seeing this scene, Kuzan's eyes widened slightly. He tried his best to use his eyesight, but still couldn't catch the other party's figure. However, with his observation Haki, he could clearly feel a powerful aura rushing towards him from the front.
Without giving Kuzan much time to think, he quickly swung the long sword in his hand.
The next second, a black blade came directly from above Kuzan's head and slashed towards him.
"clang!!!"
After a loud golden sound, Jhin's figure appeared in front of Kuzan. Without waiting for Kuzan's reaction, the tall Jhin raised his foot and swept his leg to hit Kuzan's waist.
Kuzan only had time to use his Armament Haki to protect himself, but he was hesitant to use his natural ability to dodge.
The opponent's attack was too sudden, and the speed of the whole body elementalization was not fast enough. If the area was elementalized, it was not certain whether the opponent could suddenly change the direction of attack.
In the past, Kuzan often practiced against Jiguoyuan's Yitijutsu. The opponent's best skill was to change the direction of attack when he was partially elementalized.
During his "training" with Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Kuzan's habits had also changed. In battle, unless he was absolutely confident, he would not use partial elementalization to dodge.
With one hit, Kuzan's figure was kicked out and crashed into a house not far away, disappearing from Jhin's sight.
However, after the successful attack, Jhin did not stand there stupidly waiting for Kuzan to recover. Instead, he spread his wings, the flames behind him quickly disappeared, and he rushed forward directly, stabbing with the knife in both hands, and rushed in the direction Kuzan flew.
Intend to give Kuzan a fatal blow.
However, at this moment, countless ice needles suddenly shot out from the smoke in the distance, covering an area so large that it blocked out the sky and the sun.
When Jhin in mid-air saw this scene, his pupils shrank slightly, flames ignited behind him, and he quickly put his hands in front of his face. He actually used his body to block the sharp ice needles, and quickly charged against Kuzan's counterattack, and directly disappeared into the smoke and dust.
"laugh!!!!"
At the critical moment, Kuzan, who fell to the ground, didn't care whether his dodging posture was elegant or not. He rolled over and quickly left the place. The next second after he left, a blade broke through the smoke and dust and pierced into the ground where he had just been.
Glancing at the figure that appeared beside him, Kuzan's body quickly transformed into elements, turning into a ball of ice mist and quickly disappeared on the spot.
After Kuzan disappeared, flames once again surrounded Jhin, who was covered in ice needles. The ice needles melted quickly under the action of the flames, and soon turned into water vapor and dissipated into the air.
After the ice needles dissipated, there were no wounds on Jin's body. Apart from some holes in his clothes, there was no trace of blood on his body.
A cloud of icy mist dissipated with the smoke and dust, and Kuzan's figure re-condensed on the ground several meters away from Jin.
Kuzan, who took a whip kick from Jhin, didn't look injured at all except for some dust on his white suit.
Kuzan, who had re-condensed his body, looked at Jhin who was unharmed not far away, and couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"My attack should have successfully hit him."
"Why aren't you hurt?"
"This guy's devil fruit ability should be animal-type, but why is that?"
Kuzan looked at Jin, his heart sinking slightly. What happened to Jin was difficult for Kuzan to understand for a moment.
He didn't understand why the other party was not injured by his attack. If he didn't figure out the reason, it would probably not be easy to defeat the person in front of him.
This is not good news for Kuzan.
after all
The other party is not alone. In addition to the guy in front of him, there is also a group of people from the Beasts Pirates on the sea.
Just as Kuzan thought of this, the clear sky was suddenly covered by a "dark cloud".
Looking up, Kuzan saw a green dragon hovering above the island, blocking out the sunlight. The huge dragon's body stretched for thousands of meters, looming in the clouds.
"ember!"
“It’s too slow!”
Kaido's voice was as loud as a bell and came from the sky. As soon as he finished speaking, a huge dragon head emerged from the clouds and looked at Kuzan on the ground.
Jhin raised his head and saw Kaido. He spread his wings behind him and disappeared from the spot.
The next moment after Jin left, the green dragon in the air suddenly opened its mouth slightly, and a breath of hot air spurted out directly from its mouth and fell towards the port.
"boom!!!!!"
Flames poured down. Kaido's attack was not only intended to kill Kuzan, but also to kill all the people at the dock.
“Sizzle—”
The imagined scene of the fiery hell did not happen. After the heat died down, a "sizzling" sound was heard between heaven and earth.
The sound is like dropping water into a boiling iron pot.
At the same time, a large amount of water vapor rose directly from the dock, blocking Kaido's vision.
(End of this chapter)
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