Chapter 291: Uprooting Mountains, Frozen!
Just as Ace, Luffy, and Gion thought victory was within their grasp—
THUD— THUD— THUD—!!!
A series of dull, massive booms echoed from deep beneath the mountain, as if a giant heart were beating wildly in the depths of the earth, making the rocks beneath their feet vibrate and hum.
The entire mountain peak shook with it. Loose rocks tumbled down, and the ground split open with spiderweb-like fissures!
The three of them instantly tensed their nerves, their eyes locked dead onto the source of the sound.
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
The next instant, the ground surged upward like a tidal wave. A thousand-meter-tall mountain was actually forcibly hoisted into the air!
Amidst the billowing dust and smoke, a giant, muscular silhouette resembling a demon god crushed through the rock layers and rocketed into the sky—
His entire body was wrapped in pulsing dark red runes. His Armament Haki was so thick it seemed condensed into physical armor. His arms, as thick as stone pillars, held that colossal mountain high above his head!
"Strong-Strong Awakening—THIRTYFOLD AMPLIFICATION!!!"
"UP YOU GO...!!!"
Accompanied by a deafening roar, Ochoku uprooted the entire thousand-meter mountain and hurled it at the three of them like a boulder from a catapult!
"Whoa—!!!"
Luffy's eyes went wide. His figure instantly expanded, transforming into a five-hundred-meter-long pink giant dragon, his dragon pupils flashing with battle intent!
"DEMOLITION GUST (KAIFU)!!!"
"SWISH-SWISH-SWISH—!!!"
Hundreds of pink wind blades poured out of his mouth like a rainstorm, slicing through the air and carving straight into the incoming giant mountain!
The rocks on the mountain's surface peeled off in sheets under the dragon's breath wind blades, instantly turning into dust and sand.
Ace leaped high into the air at the same time. The flames between his palms expanded madly like a vortex, condensing into a crimson sun!
"Great Flame Commandment—FLAME EMPEROR (ENTEI)!!!"
"BOOM—!!!"
A blazing fireball a hundred meters in diameter smashed head-on into the giant mountain like a meteor. The moment the firelight exploded, half the sky was ignited!
BANG! BANG! BANG—!!!
Under the pincer attack of the wind blades and the Flame Emperor, the giant mountain was torn into countless pieces in mid-air, turning into a sky full of rubble and raining fire plummeting to the earth!
But right amidst the sky-filling dust and firelight—
"SWISH—!!!"
A dark red giant silhouette, like an Asura charging out from the abyss of hell, forcibly broke through the storm of rubble and lunged straight for the three of them!
"DIE!!!"
Ochoku's iron fist, coated in Armament Haki and carrying the impact of thirty times his normal strength, smashed heavily into the abdomen of Luffy's dragon body!
"BANG—!!!"
The impact pierced straight through his body. The five-hundred-meter giant dragon let out a roar of pain. A section of his dragon belly caved in instantly, and the entire giant dragon was blasted by a single punch straight into the ground!
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
The earth exploded, and waves of dirt surged a hundred meters high like a tsunami!
Ace's eyes nearly split open in rage: "LUFFY!!"
His fury ignited instantly. Flames erupted all over his body, making him look like a flaming god of war!
However, Ochoku's gaze had already locked onto him. The rocks beneath his feet were instantly crushed, his giant body turning into a dark red bolt of lightning—
"Strong-Strong: EXTREME COLLAPSE!!!"
"BOOM—!!!"
The wall of fire Ace hastily erected was pierced through by a single punch. His chest took the brunt of the monstrous force. His blood surged instantly as he spat blood and flew backward, crashing heavily into a patch of scorched earth!
Gion's pupils shrank abruptly. Holding Konpira horizontally in front of her, her figure turned into a streak of ice and snow light, lunging straight at Ochoku!
"SWISH—!!!"
The cold light tore across the battlefield like lightning. Gion's figure flashed behind Ochoku in an instant, her sword slashing straight for his neck!
Ochoku didn't even turn his head, throwing a backhand punch right at the edge of the blade—
"CLANG—!!!"
Fist and sword collided, erupting with a deafening metallic boom. The shockwave swept out in all directions, instantly pulverizing the rubble beneath their feet into powder!
Gion felt the webbing between her fingers split, blood seeping out, but she gritted her teeth and held on. The chilling power of the Snow-Snow Fruit violently surged out along the blade—
"CRACK—!!!"
Frost spread instantly along the blade, freezing Ochoku's entire arm into ice crystals!
Ochoku grinned coldly, his voice like thunder:
"I told you—your ice still can't freeze my power!!!"
His muscles bulged, his Haki roared, and the ice layer shattered inch by inch under the violent expansion of his arm!
His other fist suddenly smashed toward Gion's face like a landslide—
"BANG—!!!"
Gion blocked horizontally with her sword. The blade bent into a bow shape. The next instant, she was blasted back a hundred meters, collapsing half a cliff face, kicking up billows of dust and stone!
"BOOM!!!"
The ground violently exploded, and the five-hundred-meter pink giant dragon shot into the sky. His dragon pupils burned with the fires of war; though blood hung from the corner of his mouth, his battle intent was even fiercer.
Luffy compressed his dragon body, turning into his human-beast form. His fists were as pitch-black as ink with Armament Haki, lightning flashing faintly around them—
"Dragon Bone: BARRAGE!!!"
BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG—!!!
Hundreds of fist shadows poured down. Every strike contained the heavy, fierce power of Garp's "Fist Bone" technique. The fist winds howled like a hurricane, forcibly driving Ochoku back half a step!
Ochoku's face contorted savagely as he crossed his arms to block, but the raging rain of punches pounded his arms until they went numb—
"You damn brat...!!!"
He stomped his foot violently, his Haki and Devil Fruit power erupting simultaneously—
"Strong-Strong: QUAKE WAVE!!!"
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
The earth churned like a mad tide. A shockwave exploded from beneath the ground, forcibly cutting off Luffy's continuous offensive!
Ochoku seized the momentum to lunge forward, aiming a punch straight at Luffy's chest—
"DIE!!!"
In the nick of time—
"KYOKAEN (MIRROR FLAME)!!!"
A blazing wall of fire sliced in horizontally. Ace charged out from the flank, a wave of fire slamming into Ochoku's arm like a giant hammer, forcibly deflecting the trajectory of his punch!
"BANG!!!"
Even so, Luffy was still grazed by the aftershock and sent flying dozens of meters backward, though the injury to his chest was greatly reduced.
From the shattered cliff face where Gion had crashed, ice and snow suddenly surged wildly—
She leaped out, Konpira swinging out a massive wave of ice pulses!
"SWISH—!!!"
The ice pulses spread. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of long ice crystal swords sprouted from the ground within a radius of dozens of meters, crossing to form a sharp, ghastly sword prison that locked Ochoku inside!
Ace and Luffy locked eyes across the fire and ice, nodding in tacit understanding—
"EXPLODING FLAME FIST!!!"
"DRAGON BONE: HELLFIRE FIST!!!"
One red, one pink. The two powers violently intertwined, transforming into a destructive torrent of interwoven crimson and pink. Like a falling heavenly punishment, it pierced straight into the ice sword prison!
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
The shock of the explosion turned into a mushroom cloud shooting into the sky. The tremor swept across the center of Hachinosu, making it seem as if the entire island had been torn open. Ice shards and rock debris wove together high in the air into a storm where blazing heat and freezing cold coexisted!
The successive chain of heavy attacks left Ochoku's breathing ragged and heavy like a bellows. The awakened state of the Strong-Strong Fruit was also rapidly overdrawing the very last bit of his stamina.
Ace, Luffy, and Gion were equally panting heavily. The consumption of their Armament Haki and Devil Fruit abilities made their limbs feel as heavy as lead.
Ochoku's eyes suddenly turned dark and cold—
"I have to... take at least one of them with me!!!"
Killing intent surged out like a mad tide. He suddenly arched his back, and the next instant, he vanished from his spot!
His speed was so fast that even Observation Haki couldn't fully capture it. A pitch-black fissure was torn through the air!
The target—Gion!
"WHOOSH—!!!"
The heavy punch thrown in his absolute limit state was already inches away, the air pressure carried by the fist wind even blowing Gion's hair back!
In the distance, Luffy and Ace roared simultaneously: "BIG SIS GION—!!!"
But their legs simply couldn't catch up to this bizarre, ultimate speed!
Gion's pupils reflected Ochoku's savage face and the disdainful curl of his lips: "Little girl... your ice isn't enough!"
Right at this very instant—
A lazy, drawling voice sounded, as if transmitting from another space and time: "Arara~"
The temperature between heaven and earth plummeted madly. The chilling intent was even more bone-piercing than Gion's Snow-Snow Fruit!
Ochoku's fist froze less than half a foot from Gion's forehead—
Time and space seemed to be frozen.
Kuzan—Admiral Aokiji—had, at some unknown point, stepped between Gion and Ochoku, casually blocking that deadly punch with a single hand.
In an instant, Absolute Zero poured out from his palm—
"CRACK!!!"
The power of the deep freeze spread madly along Ochoku's arm, completely freezing his entire body and his aura in the blink of an eye!
The shockwave-like cold air even continued to spread backward, freezing nearly half of Hachinosu behind Ochoku into a glittering, translucent iceberg!
Ace, Luffy, and Gion were dumbfounded, not even daring to breathe loudly—
That was a power capable of bringing an entire battlefield to a standstill in an instant.
Amidst the sky full of freezing fog, only Kuzan's soft exhales could be heard, as if he were simply blowing the white frost from his palm.
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