The earth cracked and the sky rumbled as the River of Death flowed across the entire Torabia Island.
Kuzan and Borsalino were panting heavily. The silver-haired old man opposite them wasn't faring much better; his body was covered in wounds, but they were slowly healing.
"This is no good..." Borsalino barely got up, feeling a shiver of fear as he looked at the wounds on the man. "If we don't give him a finishing blow all at once, his body will regenerate, and it will be even harder to deal with him."
Kuzan put a hand on the ground to prop himself up. "Well... an enemy who can regenerate is a problem, but the Swap-Swap Fruit's ability is even more annoying."
"Then how about this old man lend you two a hand?" Issho suddenly said, walking up behind them.
Kuzan glanced back. "Issho, didn't you say you weren't good at dealing with speed-type opponents?"
The old man in front of them could be considered the pinnacle of speed. It wasn't just fast; it was instant teleportation, which was basically the perfect counter to Issho.
"I have an idea. Please listen." Issho walked between Kuzan and Borsalino and whispered his plan to them. A few seconds later, Issho quickly finished explaining his idea. Borsalino put his hands in his pockets. "That... is very dangerous~ But there's no other way to deal with a monster like this."
"From my observation, that monster only fights head-on. The undead that Alucard releases don't have the ability to think, which means they can't strategize." Issho's mouth curled into a slight smile. "We'll use that to our advantage."
"Alright, let's go."
Kuzan charged ahead, his palm open and releasing ice. "Ice Time Capsule!"
Just as the ice was less than half a meter away from the silver-haired old man, he suddenly appeared a hundred meters behind the trio. He swung his hand blade, creating a straight silver slash.
"I'm counting on you, Vice Admiral Borsalino," Issho said in a low voice.
"He swapped places with a rock or something? A simple but difficult move to deal with!"
Borsalino charged forward, using his Glint-Glint Fruit ability to form his Ama no Murakumo sword. He threw it like a shuriken near the silver slash, temporarily stopping it for a few seconds.
"Hm!"
Issho suddenly used his power, and a purple cubic field appeared around the silver-haired old man's feet, pushing his body down.
The old man's eyes moved slightly, and he disappeared again. Seeing this, Issho sheathed his cane-sword and said in a deep voice, "The Swap-Swap Fruit really is my natural enemy. It's interesting how Devil Fruits can counter each other."
While Issho was muttering to himself, the silver-haired old man appeared behind him, his hand blade at his neck. Just a little more, and he could take off Issho's head.
"I knew you would attack me." Issho didn't have time to block, but it didn't matter, because he wasn't alone.
Kuzan suddenly rushed out from behind. He was about to stab the old man in the heart with his ice blade, but the man performed a hanging kick mid-attack, kicking the ice blade away. In the air, he did a split-legged kick, hitting Issho in the back and Kuzan on the arm.
The two future Admirals were sent flying. This should have been a shocking sight, but all the other Marines were too busy with their own battles to notice the commotion.
But Kuzan and Issho didn't let the distance between them be a problem. The ice under Kuzan's feet spread out, freezing both him and the old man in place.
The silver-haired old man tried to use his Swap-Swap Fruit ability to move, but his feet were frozen, and he couldn't budge.
"Even with instant teleportation, your entire body needs to be under your control, right?"
Issho asked, his body exploding with power. His cane-sword was unsheathed, and a purple sword slash erupted. He reversed his grip and swung his sword. "Gravito: Moko!"
A sword slash no weaker than an elderly Shiki burst forth, swallowing both the old man and Kuzan.
Kuzan instantly shattered into an ice sculpture, and the silver-haired old man's body was hit hard. His frozen feet were the first to break.
"Kraaaaghh..."
The old man cried out in pain and looked back at Issho. Issho warned them in advance. "Vice Admiral Borsalino, he's only aiming for the area behind me."
"I got it~~" Borsalino crossed his hands in the air. The moment the old man disappeared, he unleashed his ultimate move, covering all the area behind Issho.
"Yasakani no Magatama!!"
The moment the silver-haired old man appeared, he was covered by Borsalino's light particle rain. For the first time, he was hit dead-on!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The continuous explosions lasted for a full half-minute before they gradually stopped. As the smoke cleared, the ground was uneven and scarred. The old man's figure had vanished, with only a pool of blood on the ground.
Afterward, Borsalino dropped from the sky, kneeling on one knee. He said in a strained voice, "How... how strange~~"
Kuzan, who had been shattered by Issho's sword slash, also regained his human form and sat on the ground, panting. He complained, "Even with my Haki at its lowest, an attack like that is still dangerous for me."
"My apologies, but... we finally took him out," Issho said with a lingering sense of fear. "To be so terrifying just by fighting with instinct, without consciousness... he must have been a legendary figure in life."
Kuzan managed to look up, his face covered in scratches. He looked toward the center of the River of Death. "Then... what about Garp's side?"
"You damn brat!"
Garp roared, slamming his fist into the ground, splitting the island in two. Alucard's body fell into the massive crack, but then it scattered into bats, preparing to fly back to the surface.
"Don't even think about it!"
Kong adjusted his fighting stance, his hands completely covered in Armament Haki. "Rokushiki Secret Technique: Great Wheel Shigan!"
Kong's ten fingers slammed into the ground. If Garp's punch had split the ground in two, Kong's attack tore it to shreds, turning the entire land into rubble.
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