"boom--!!!"

The moment the two fists collided, the whole world seemed to fall silent for a moment.

Then, a terrifying shockwave exploded from the center of the collision, spreading wildly in all directions.

A large section of the surrounding ice was overturned, and shards of ice and debris were carried dozens of meters away by the shockwave.

A recent warship was hit head-on by the shockwave, and its hull broke in two.

Their fists remained locked in mid-air, neither giving way.

The fiery cloud behind Barrett swirled in the impact, and Garp's cloak was blown straight backward by the shockwave.

Beneath their feet, the ice surface was constantly cracking and collapsing, with cracks spreading in all directions.

"strong enough!"

Barrett grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs.

"Truly a naval hero! Let's do it again!"

Barrett retracted his right fist, his body spun in mid-air, and his left leg swept across Garp's waist like a battle axe.

Karp lowered his arm and used his forearm to take Barrett's kick head-on.

With another muffled thud, the ruins beneath Garp's feet finally succumbed to the immense force and collapsed completely.

The two fell from the top of the ruins, but continued their attack even in mid-air.

Barrett's fists rained down on Garp, each punch carrying the force to shatter a mountain.

Garp parried each attack with his iron fists, each block causing the air to explode.

The two fought from the air to the ice surface, and from the ice surface to the harbor, leaving ruins in their wake.

"I've wanted to fight you for a long time!"

Barrett punched Garp's crossed arm, sending Garp staggering back several steps.

"So many years have passed, and you old man haven't gotten any weaker!"

"snort!"

Garp steadied himself, twisted his neck,

"I can fight for another hundred years!"

"How could I possibly be outdone by you juniors!"

On Garp's right fist, the Conqueror's Haki lightning suddenly became even more ferocious.

He took a step forward, shattering the ice beneath his feet, and lunged forward, delivering an uppercut aimed at Barrett's chin.

"Galactic Impact!"

Barrett's pupils contracted slightly; the power of that punch made him feel a sense of danger.

He didn't take the punch head-on; instead, he twisted his body at an unusual angle, barely avoiding it.

However, the Conqueror's Haki shockwave from Garp's fist still grazed his cheek, leaving a bloody gash on his face.

Then it blasted upwards into the sky, creating a huge hole in a large cloud layer.

"That's ruthless!"

Barrett wiped the blood from his face, his fighting spirit growing even more fervent.

"That's more interesting!"

He crossed his fists in front of his chest, and demonic energy and Conqueror's Haki condensed simultaneously, forming a rapidly spinning black and red energy ball on his fist.

"Ghostly Aura - Overlord Jade!"

Garp was equally unyielding, the black and red lightning on his right fist becoming even more ferocious than before, his entire arm enveloped in a layer of lightning.

"Fist Bone - Meteor!"

The two threw punches simultaneously, and the black and red shockwaves collided violently.

This collision was even more terrifying than before. The shockwave shattered all the ice within hundreds of meters and even churned up the silt on the seabed.

Those nearby naval soldiers and pirates were struck by the shockwave, bleeding from all seven orifices and immediately losing consciousness.

As the smoke cleared, the two stood in the center of a massive ice crater over a hundred meters in diameter.

Their clothes were tattered and torn, but their eyes burned with fierce fighting spirit.

"Again!" they both roared at the same time, charging at each other once more.

On the other side of the battlefield, a completely different battle is underway.

There was no deafening roar, no terrifying shockwave, only the crisp sound of blades colliding with ice, and the tangible sense of oppression between the two.

Hawkeye Mihawk, holding the black sword Night, stands on a patch of ice.

Opposite him was Marine Admiral Aokiji. The ground around him had been completely frozen by Aokiji's Ice-Ice Fruit, and the air was filled with a biting cold.

Aokiji thrust both hands forward with force.

Two thick ice pillars shot out from his palms, splitting in the air into dozens of sharp ice spears, which rained down on Eagle Eye like a storm.

Hawkeye flicked his wrist, and Black Blade Night drew a perfect arc in front of him.

A pale green slashing wave flew out from the blade, as thin as a sheet of paper, yet sharp enough to cut through anything.

The ice spears were all cut in half the moment they hit the slashing wave.

The fracture was as smooth as a mirror, without even a single shard of ice flying out.

The slashing wave continued its momentum, flying towards Aokiji.

Aokiji flashed, transforming into a wisp of cold air to evade the attack.

The spot where he had been standing was struck by the slashing wave, and a deep, narrow crack appeared on the ice.

"Such a sharp slash."

Aokiji reformed in mid-air, the chill emanating from his feet spreading outwards and thickening the surrounding ice.

"but--"

He clapped his hands, and dozens of sharp ice spikes suddenly sprang up from the ice beneath Hawkeye's feet, piercing towards him from all directions.

Hawkeye's expression didn't even change.

He spun around in place, drawing a perfect circle around himself.

The icicles were chopped into pieces half a meter away from him, piling up into a ring of glistening ice shards at his feet.

"There's no need for this kind of probing, Aokiji."

Hawkeye raised his head, a sharp glint flashing in his golden eyes.

"Let me see the true strength of a naval admiral."

Aokiji was silent for a moment, then he smiled.

That smile held both helplessness and earnestness.

"That's true."

Aokiji straightened up, his right hand forming a fist, and an ice blade condensed from extremely compressed cold air took shape in his palm.

The ice blade was completely transparent, and visible cold air swirled around its edge.

The temperature of the surrounding air dropped several degrees because of the appearance of this ice blade.

"Ice Age Sword"

Aokiji stomped his foot and charged towards Hawkeye.

He was incredibly fast, leaving a white afterimage trailing across the ice.

He raised the ice blade high and slashed it towards Hawkeye's head.

Hawkeye raised his knife to parry.

The moment the black blade collided with the ice blade, it produced a crisp, ear-piercing sound.

A terrifying chill erupted from the ice blade, spreading along the body of the Black Blade Night.

In an instant, the entire blade was frozen into an ice pillar.

The chill continued to spread, freezing Hawkeye's arm as he gripped the knife.

"Um?"

Hawkeye raised an eyebrow slightly, flicked his wrist, and an incomparably sharp sword intent erupted from his body.

The ice layer that had frozen Black Blade Night shattered instantly, ice shards flying all around him.

He slashed out with a backhand motion; this slash was completely unadorned, just a pure horizontal cut.

But when Aokiji saw this strike, his pupils suddenly contracted—he felt that no matter which direction he dodged, he would be struck by this blade.

Aokiji transformed into an elemental form without hesitation.

His body transformed into a cloud of cold air, attempting to drift backward.

But Hawkeye's slash was too fast; Aokiji's elemental body hadn't even fully dispersed before the slash arrived.

The blade of Black Blade Night sliced ​​through the cold air, though it did not strike anything substantial.

However, the sword intent attached to the blade left tiny cracks on every ice crystal of the cold air.

As Aokiji reformed his form several dozen meters away, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Those tiny sword marks could not heal in his elemental state and could only be repaired slowly after he returned to his physical form.

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