Chapter 288: Ice and Snow Sword Domain: Yuki Senbon!
In the center of the battlefield, the clash between Ochoku and Gion ignited the entire battlefield in an instant!
"CLANG—!!!"
The blade of Konpira and Ochoku's Armament Haki-clad fist collided fiercely in mid-air, sending sparks flying!
In that instant, a violent shockwave swept out like a tangible force. The pirates and Marine soldiers within a radius of dozens of meters were simultaneously blasted rolling away. The ground cracked into a dense spiderweb, and shattered stones flew into the sky!
Both were top-tier combatants who had experienced countless battles—
Gion, the Marine's Great Swordswoman, wielded Armament and Observation Haki with ease, her sword strikes as fierce as a rainstorm;
Ochoku, a former member of the Rocks Pirates, possessed unfathomable Haki. His physical combat techniques were ruthless and domineering, his methods merciless.
Their first round of exchanges had already brought the entire port to a brief, deathly standstill—
Gion shifted her footing, her sword stance changing rapidly. She unleashed several slashes in succession, forcing Ochoku to repeatedly raise his arms to block, sparks flying in all directions!
Ochoku snorted coldly. His fists surged with Haki as he pressed forward step by step. His fist shadows fell like collapsing mountains and roaring thunder, forcibly driving Gion back with a tyrannical offensive!
"BANG—!!!"
Ochoku suddenly caught an opening, smashing a heavy punch directly onto the blade of Konpira!
The massive recoil shot through the webbing of Gion's hand. She was blasted flying, sliding back over ten meters before she could steady her posture, her arms numb from the shock.
A trace of gravity flashed in Gion's eyes: "This power... something isn't right."
Ochoku slowly raised his fist, a cold, sinister smile curving his lips. The muscles in his arms expanded instantly, veins bulging like horned dragons!
"A Marine Admiral Candidate... is this all you've got?"
"Paramecia-type: Riki Riki no Mi (Strong-Strong Fruit)—STRENGTH DOUBLED!!!"
Before his voice even faded, Ochoku took a violent step forward, the rocks beneath his feet exploding with a boom!
His figure turned into a dark red afterimage, closing in on Gion almost instantly. His fist wind crushed down like a giant hammer!
"CLANG!!!"
Gion held her sword horizontally to block it head-on. She was knocked sliding back over a dozen meters, the soles of her shoes plowing two deep trenches into the ground!
Her brow furrowed tighter—Ochoku's strength had skyrocketed once again in just the short time they had been fighting!
"It's a rule-based amplification from his Devil Fruit ability... and it's an almost purely brute-force type... This is troublesome."
Ochoku licked the corner of his mouth, his killing intent surging like a tide: "What? Are you only going to dodge?"
He smashed his fists together, his Haki churning like raging flames, the ground beneath his feet shattering inch by inch—
"Strong-Strong: CRUMBLING WAVE!!!"
With a single punch smashing down, the entire battlefield churned like ocean waves. Shattered stones howled out alongside the shockwave!
Gion leaped into the air, Konpira unleashing dozens of crisscrossing slashes, only for them to be shattered one by one by Ochoku's furious fist force!
"It's useless!" Ochoku sneered ferociously. "In the face of absolute power, all techniques are a joke!!!"
Gion's eyes darkened. Her sword stance abruptly changed like swirling water, slashing toward Ochoku's joints from a tricky angle—
"Ittoryu (One-Sword Style): REVERSE SCALE SLASH!!!"
"CLANG—!!!"
The blade struck Ochoku's arm, actually emitting the sound of clashing metal, leaving only a shallow white mark!
Gion's heart instantly sank: "His fruit ability can actually be combined with Armament Haki hardening... His defense has also been elevated to another level."
The clash between Ochoku and Gion cut a path from the coastline all the way into the hinterlands of Hachinosu. Like a sweeping hurricane, the ground cracked, buildings collapsed, and the battlefield plunged into extreme chaos along their path!
"BOOM—!!!"
The heavy punches Ochoku threw, fueled by the terrifying power of the Strong-Strong Fruit, caused the air to vibrate with visible ripples!
Gion blocked horizontally with Konpira, forcibly withstanding the blow, but she was still blasted back over a dozen steps, her shoes plowing two deep trenches into the stone floor!
Ochoku laughed wildly, his aura as fierce as a wild beast: "Marine's Great Swordswoman... I will make you pay the price for looking down on me!!!"
Gion remained silent, but the chill in the depths of her eyes grew increasingly intense.
Just as Ochoku closed in once more, his fists carrying doubled brute force smashing toward her—
"SWISH—!!!"
The blade's light was like snow, a sudden chill rising!
Ochoku thought this was just another head-on clash and was about to break her technique with raw power. But the moment fist and sword met—
"CRACK—!!!"
A layer of frost rapidly spread up from the edge of his fist!
Ochoku's pupils shrank sharply: "What?!!"
He violently shook his arm, shattering the frost, but Gion's offensive had already covered the sky and earth like a blizzard!
"An ice-type ability...? A Logia?!!" Ochoku retreated rapidly, his face darkening for the first time.
Gion still didn't say much. She plunged Konpira into the ground, her cold, clear voice echoing in the frost-filled air—
"Hail Snow: YUKI SENBON (THOUSAND SNOW NEEDLES)!!!"
"VROOM—!!!"
With her at the center, the ground within a hundred-meter radius instantly howled with freezing winds. A blizzard rose, and countless ice and snow swords condensed in the air!
Every single blade was coated in Armament Haki, gleaming with a ghastly cold light, all their tips locked onto Ochoku.
Ochoku looked around, his brow furrowed tightly: "A Logia domain-type sword technique... This woman was still hiding a move like this?!!"
He didn't dare to act arrogant anymore. Pushing the Strong-Strong Fruit to its maximum, his muscles underwent a secondary expansion, dark red patterns covering his entire body—
"Strong-Strong: IRON BONE!!!"
Armament hardening covered his entire body. Like a raging wild bull, he charged out with a boom!
"BOOM—!!!"
The swarm of ice swords poured down like a torrential rainstorm. Ochoku swung his fists wildly, forcibly shattering the incoming ice swords one by one.
But the sheer number of ice swords was despair-inducing, and every single one carried highly penetrative Armament Haki. Very soon, they left trails of bloody gashes across his arms and shoulders!
"Tch... how annoying!"
Gion stood in the center of the ice sword domain, Konpira raised slightly, cold light flowing—
"Yuki Senbon: STRANGLE!"
"SWISH-SWISH-SWISH—!!!"
Countless ice crystal swords seemed to be granted life, instantly weaving into an airtight net of blades that swept in from all directions!
Ochoku roared, pushing the Strong-Strong Fruit to its absolute limit, and slammed a punch violently into the ground—
"Strong-Strong: EARTHQUAKE!!!"
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
The shockwave tore through the ground, shattering a portion of the ice swords, but even more ice swords continued to swarm in madly!
Ochoku simply covered his entire body in Armament Haki, taking up a defensive stance on the spot to block with all his might—
"CLANG! CLANG! CLANG-CLANG-CLANG—!!!"
Sparks and freezing air erupted simultaneously. The ice blades scraped dense white marks all over his body!
Right at this moment—
Gion's figure turned into a crimson afterimage, thrusting straight out from amidst the ten thousand swords of ice and snow!
"Mutou (No-Step): SETSUGETSUKA (SNOW, MOON, AND FLOWERS)!!!"
Three circular slashing waves, carrying the momentum of ice blades, swirled around him like cherry blossoms falling under the moonlight, sealing off Ochoku's evasion routes!
"Damn it—!"
Ochoku crossed his arms to block it forcefully. The first slash instantly froze his arm guards, the second ice blade seamlessly sliced open his defenses, and the third blasted directly into his chest!
"BOOM—!!!"
The impact, laced with biting cold, drove Ochoku's entire body deep into the mountain wall, sending stone debris and snow mist shooting into the sky simultaneously!
Amidst the dust and smoke, Ochoku knelt on one knee. The Haki hardening on his chest had been slashed open, and frost was slowly creeping up along the fissure.
He raised his head, shock and unwillingness appearing in his eyes for the first time—
"To think I... would actually be pushed to this extent by a little girl?!!"
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