One Piece: The Will of Conqueror is the strongest

"Ice Thorns!"

Kuzan waved his right hand, and a large number of sharp icicles quickly rose from the ground.

One of the shadow clones was killed instantly before it could dodge.

"Awe-inspiring nation!"

Another shadow clone controlled a sand-iron longsword to unleash a shockwave that destroyed the ice shards, but Kuzan had already elementalized and was moving rapidly away from the area on the ice.

The distance between Kuzan and Brando's main body is getting closer and closer.

As Brando's physical burden increased, the power of his shadow clones gradually declined, losing their initial strength.

After Kuzan dealt with the two shadow clones, Brando stopped letting the shadow clones take the lead in the attack. Instead, he had the three shadow clones feint an attack from the side while he himself faced off against Kuzan.

"Finally, you're not hiding anymore!"

Kuzan said with a sarcastic tone.

Brando's words had just made him a little red-faced, and now he just wanted to get his fist close to the blond man's face.

"It's just a warm-up, why are you yelling?"

Brando clenched his right hand, and the iron sand condensed into a longsword in his palm.

While it's possible to form armor from iron sand like Kuzan, this wouldn't be very effective for Brando and would actually reduce his speed.

Secondly, Kuzan's punch, now imbued with Armament Haki, undoubtedly contains the power of internal destruction, a force that even the Sand Iron Armor cannot withstand.

"I hope you can stay this stubborn later!"

After Kuzan finished speaking, he rushed straight at Brando.

Brando was enveloped in red chakra, with electric arcs crackling around him, making his movements appear as if they were streaked with lightning.

In terms of speed, Brando is not much slower than Kuzan.

However, when Kuzan's fist slammed into Brando's longsword, it instantly shattered it, leaving him unable to withstand it for even a moment.

Brando used his other hand to prepare a Rasengan, aiming it at the incoming fist. He increased the amount of chakra injected into the Rasengan as it flew, causing it to grow larger and more powerful.

"The Gloves of Ice!"

Kuzan focused his cold energy on his right fist to enhance his defensive capabilities.

The fist and the Rasengan collided, and neither could gain the upper hand. However, Kuzan had a higher power level and used a stronger force to send Brando flying along with the Rasengan.

Brando tumbled several times in mid-air before regaining his balance. Just as Kuzan was about to finish him off, his three shadow clones used Magnet Release and Fire Release respectively to distract Kuzan, buying time for the main body to stabilize itself.

"Just a collision and my arm went numb!"

Brando's right hand was trembling slightly.

However, he didn't have time to think, as Kuzan caught up again.

Brando doesn't possess Armament Haki, so it's impossible for him to fight Aokiji bare-handed. Moreover, if they were to clash head-on, Kuzan's Armament Haki's internal destructive power would cause even greater damage.

Therefore, Brando could only rely on Rasengan and weapons formed from Magnet Release to collide with the enemy, but he couldn't keep up at all.

In less than ten seconds, Kuzan broke through all of Brando's moves in succession, and at the same time controlled the cold air to instantly rise up the ice wall around them, surrounding the two of them and engaging in a 1v1 battle.

"With the power of your clones, it would take you more than ten seconds to break through a ten-meter-thick layer of ice. I'll finish you off in ten seconds!"

Kuzan stared at Brando's face, or rather, his mouth, and he wanted to punch him.

"You're dreaming. I can definitely hold out for ten seconds!"

Brando answered confidently at this point.

Kuzan was so angry he laughed. Even in this situation, he was still being stubborn. He really had a lot of nerve.

Without further hesitation, Kuzan clenched his fist and charged at Brando.

"Susanoo!"

Brando's kaleidoscope eyes spun rapidly.

The dark Susanoo formed directly on his body surface, and at the same time, his bones and muscles condensed into armor.

Susanoo has a long sword in its right hand and a shield in its left, and it is about 23 meters tall.

Kuzan didn't expect Brando to have another trump card, but the size difference is nothing in this world.

"Kagoto-no-mikoto!"

Brando knew that Susanoo's attack speed wouldn't be enough to hit Kuzan, so he used Kagutsuchi to instantly coat Susanoo with a layer of black flames.

"Continuous punches!"

Kuzan appeared around Brando like a blur, pounding Susanoo with his fists.

The spot where the fist struck was instantly frozen. Although the fist was also stained with black flames, the ice armor that immediately detached from it shook it off.

In just three seconds, Brando's Susanoo was completely frozen, and numerous cracks appeared on its surface.

Brando didn't sit idly by; he continued to use Kagutsuchi to control black flames, attempting to hit Kuzan.

However, he was always a step too slow. The speed at which the black flames changed was still not as fast as Kuzan's movement speed. Brando made several predictions, but Kuzan did not fall for them. Brando guessed it was because of his Observation Haki.

The surrounding ice walls trembled continuously, clearly indicating that the shadow clones outside were also fighting desperately.

"Fist Bone Impact!!"

Kuzan unleashed his strongest punch.

It directly shattered the already crumbling Susanoo.

But what awaited him was the Spiral Shuriken that Brando had just crafted. This time, instead of throwing it, he and his shadow clone crafted it together, sending the shadow clone to self-destruct with the Spiral Shuriken.

"Did you think I'd fall for that?"

Kuzan stomped his foot, and the ice beneath the shadow clone's feet rose rapidly, lifting the shadow clone up. Seeing this, the shadow clone could only throw the Spiral Shuriken downwards.

But this time Kuzan didn't dodge; instead, he threw a punch at the Spiral Shuriken.

Seeing this, Brando, who had transformed into the Rasengan using the Transformation Technique, could only revert to his original form. At the same time, he directly entered the complete Tailed Beast Cloak state in mid-air, with crimson chakra covering his entire body and a tail appearing behind him.

Kuzan's fist collided directly with Brando's claws, which were formed entirely of chakra. However, the crimson chakra was instantly shattered, and Kuzan's fist struck Brando's right shoulder with unstoppable force.

Brando was sent flying like a red cannonball, crashing into the ice wall and creating a huge crater.

Kuzan didn't stop. He quickly condensed cold air into ice balls with both hands and threw them towards Brando's location, freezing Brando who hadn't yet escaped.

The shadow clone broke through the ice wall at this moment, wanting to help the main body break free of the ice, but was stopped by Kuzan, who quickly dealt with the shadow clone.

That's enough.

Kuzan walked toward Brando.

He knew very well that this red-eyed creature had only been at sea for a little over a month. If given more time to grow stronger, it probably wouldn't be so easy to subdue.

"Shukaku, save me!!!"

At the same time, Brando shouted in the mental space.

"Hmph, I knew you couldn't do it. You think you can become the second Sage of Six Paths?"

Shukaku mocked Brando.

But at the same time, it also took action, since Brando was the only fellow countryman in this world. Even if Brando was to die, he couldn't die at the hands of anyone else; he could only die at its hands.

"boom!!"

A massive burst of chakra erupted, instantly shattering the ice block that Kuzan had frozen Brando in.

"Hey, is there a second phase?"

Kuzan clearly sensed that Brando had reached his limit.

Why did the second phase erupt?

At this moment, he showed a puzzled expression, just like Kaido, who had defeated Luffy.