Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

The ice beneath Reina's feet seemed to ripple like water, and the released Senbonzakura disappeared as if it had fallen into the lake.

Facing Reina's attacks, Aokiji was on high alert. He knew how difficult Reina was to deal with and never dared to underestimate him.

As the Thousand Cherry Blossoms completely dissipated, Aokiji suddenly found that the surroundings had turned pitch black, and countless huge sword blades rose out of thin air, then turned into countless petals and scattered with the wind.

"IceTime!" Upon seeing Reina use such an indiscriminate attack, Aokiji immediately released an extremely strong chill, attempting to freeze Reina's petals again.

But he soon discovered that the petals seemed different this time; they actually pierced through his chill and gathered towards him.

"Pfft~ Pfft~ Crash..." The petals formed by the sharp blade directly cut Aokiji into pieces.

Once everything returned to normal, the shattered Aokiji slowly transformed back into human form.

"Tch~ Your Observation Haki has reached this level?" Reina pouted and said unhappily.

The opponent must have used Observation Haki to avoid his attack in advance.

“No, those indiscriminate attacks can’t be dodged with just Observation Haki!” Aokiji shook his head and said.

“That’s true! If you had known beforehand… they wouldn’t have fallen for it!” Reina said with a light laugh.

Only then did Aokiji realize with a grim expression that, apart from himself, the other lieutenant generals were already lying on the ground. Clearly, they had not dodged Reina's attack.

Chapter 381 Reina VS Aokiji

Looking at the lieutenant generals lying on the ground, Aokiji's expression turned grim; he had been somewhat careless.

"You guys... dare to say you slaughtered the Whitebeard Pirates and made them flee in disarray?" Reina said with a light laugh as he looked at Aokiji opposite him.

Although he didn't say anything about the news in the newspaper, he was still somewhat concerned about it.

However, after hearing Reina's words, Aokiji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been wondering why Reina hadn't run away, knowing they were deliberately ambushing him there. Now, he understood from Reina's words that the other man was annoyed by the text in the report and had deliberately stayed to fight them.

"No matter what you say... the facts are the facts!" Now that he knew why Reina stayed, Aokiji naturally tried to provoke Reina further.

"Is that true?" Sure enough, Reina chuckled, and the tomoe in his Sharingan began to spin rapidly, transforming from a three-tomoe Sharingan into a Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Bang bang bang..." Before Aokiji and Reina could make a move, the naval soldiers who came down from the warship launched an attack on Reina. Although they were just ordinary bullets and could not cause any damage to Reina, they were still quite annoying.

"Hmph! What a bunch of annoying guys!" Reina swung his Senbonzakura sword, and a single slash cut down a group of marines.

"Ice Ball!" Aokiji naturally wouldn't stand by and watch Reina slaughter the Marine soldiers, so he launched his attack the instant Reina made his move.

"Fool..." Reina smiled slightly, dodging Aokiji's ice ball and quickly closing in on his opponent.

Once the kaleidoscope is activated, everyone's every move is under Reina's sight, and there is no way to avoid it. Moreover, even if ordinary bullets hit him, they will be absorbed by his Black Emperor passive ability, converted into his own energy, and then returned to his life force to be converted back into physical strength.

However, Aokiji was unaware of all this. His only thought now was to stall Reina, because a dog-headed naval warship was rapidly approaching from the sea behind Reina.

When Garp arrives, with his and Garp's combined strength, they will be able to fight against Reina.

"Boom~~~"

Aokiji kicked Reina's Senbonzakura, and the collision of their attacks shattered the ice around them, causing the surrounding marines to fall into the sea. However, neither of them paid any attention to the ordinary soldiers and continued their rapid-fire battle.

"Phew~~ I didn't expect your physical skills to improve so quickly!" Reina said, slightly out of breath, after parting ways with Aokiji.

The previous battle with Zephyr had drained him of a lot of energy, and now, after fighting Aokiji for so long, his energy was being depleted even more.

Although he has the ability to replenish his stamina through life return, he doesn't have a good grasp of it yet, so the conversion is quite slow. Moreover, he can't convert it during battle, which is why he had to stop and deliberately try to talk to Aokiji.

Aokiji, who was also planning to stall for time, was naturally delighted.

“My teacher is Senior Zephyr! If your physical skills aren’t up to par, you won’t be able to graduate from the recruit camp!” Aokiji said with a slight smile.

"The Zephyr you're talking about... is that the old man I just defeated?" Reina said with a smile.

"Hehehe... He wasn't defeated by you!" Aokiji's eyes narrowed, and he launched an attack on Reina with his ice blade in hand.

"Clang!" Reina used the Senbonzakura in his hand to block Aokiji's ice blade.

"Don't let your guard down!" Reina, who was blocking Aokiji, said softly with a slight smile on his lips.

"puff!"

Just as Aokiji was about to say something, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly pushed away, but it was too late. The humanoid Hyōrinmaru attacked him from behind, cutting a gash in his arm.

After taking down several vice admirals, Hyōrinmaru was clearing out the navy soldiers. At this point, there were no navy soldiers left to move. Apart from those who had been knocked down, the rest had been frozen by Hyōrinmaru.

“Now…it’s my turn to fight two against one!” Standing side by side with Hyōrinmaru, Reina said to Aokiji with a smile.

Aokiji had a bitter look on his face; he was always the one who got ganged up on.

"Ice Block - Pheasants Cry in Harmony!" Aokiji pressed his hands to the ground, and the surrounding ice rose high, forming huge ice birds that opened their beaks and flew towards Reina.

"Hyōrinmaru!" Reina shouted softly, ignoring the ice birds and rushing straight towards Aokiji, who was crouching there.

Upon hearing Reina's voice, Hyōrinmaru leaped into the air, spun around, and unleashed a circular slash that spread out from him, cleaving the ice birds in two.

"Ice Block - Multi-Spear!" Upon seeing Reina approach, spears began to appear around Aokiji and then shot towards Reina.

Unexpectedly, Aokiji still had the ability to counterattack at this time. Reina had no choice but to dodge Aokiji's attack. Reina, who had activated his Sharingan, easily dodged Aokiji's attack, but he also lost the opportunity to counterattack.

"What a troublesome guy..." Faced with Aokiji like this, Reina was actually already thinking of leaving.

Continuing to fight would be pointless for either of them; they couldn't fight to the death here, and no matter who won by a slight margin in the end, they wouldn't be able to completely defeat the other.

“There’s something even more troublesome! IceTime!” Aokiji spread his arms, releasing a large amount of cold air from his body. He sensed Reina’s intention to retreat.

Actually, if Garp hadn't been about to arrive, he wouldn't have wanted to continue fighting either. He felt the same way as Reina; the two of them couldn't produce a result.

"Want to play some more?" Reina frowned. Aokiji's moves didn't seem like an attack; they seemed more like an attempt to trap him here.

"Master, warships are approaching from behind!" At this moment, Hyōrinmaru, who had come to Reina's side, said to Reina.

"Huh?" Reina was startled. While avoiding Aokiji's chilling aura, he looked behind him. When he saw the iconic dog-headed warship, he understood why Aokiji had been clinging to him.

"That's... Garp? That old bastard... could he have been following me the whole time?!" At this moment, Reina suddenly remembered something, which was what Zephyr had said earlier.

He also understood why the Navy was so confident in ambushing him; it turned out that Garp was behind him.

The Navy must have planned to have Garp drive him to this location, then ambush him here, and finally eliminate him from both sides.

However, something seemed to have gone wrong with Garp; he couldn't catch up with him and instead, Garp foolishly charged over himself.

"Now you know...it's too late!" Aokiji's eyes narrowed, and the chill emanating from his body intensified.

"Hyōrinmaru, stop him! We should go!" Reina said to Hyōrinmaru beside him.

If Garp comes over and forms a pincer attack with Aokiji, then things will really be bad.

"Trying to leave? Ice Block Giant Tyrannosaurus Beak!" Upon seeing this, Aokiji immediately spread his arms, and the cold air around his body quickly gathered, forming a giant ice bird that flew straight towards Reina.

Faced with Aokiji's giant ice bird, Hyōrinmaru charged straight at it, but before he could get close, the intense icy aura caused his body to freeze.

"Damn it!" After the giant ice bird devoured Hyōrinmaru, Hyōrinmaru transformed into a blue light and returned to Reina's hand.

"Powerful Strike - Break!" After covering his arms with Armament Haki, Reina released the energy stored in his body. This energy was originally intended to be converted into physical strength after using Life Return, but now he couldn't care less about that.

"Boom~~~"

Reina punched the giant ice bird on the head, instantly shattering it into pieces. However, he also lost his best chance to escape, as Aokiji had already entangled him.

This time, Reina had no intention of holding back against Aokiji. He unleashed his full power, his Conqueror's Haki surging forth, and the Senbonzakura sword in his hand transformed into a strange sword light, heading straight for Aokiji.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion rang out, and a mushroom cloud rose directly from the frozen sea. The frozen sea was immediately shattered into pieces and turned back into seawater.

Upon seeing this, Garp, aboard the dog-headed warship in the distance, immediately became serious.

He had noticed the fighting earlier, but it was still within a controllable range. However, just now, it was clear that someone had started fighting desperately.

"Bocato, go and rescue them immediately!" Garp saw the wounded Marines fall into the sea, and he also saw many Marines frozen in ice fall into the sea.

“Yes, sir!” Garp’s adjutant, Pocato, nodded and turned to order Koby and Helmeppo to lead the soldiers to rescue the people.

"Bang bang bang..." Hearing the sounds of fighting coming from afar, Garp could only urge the warships to go even faster.

"Senbonzakura!" With a furious shout from Reina, countless sword blades rose up, enveloping Reina and Aokiji.

"What a bizarre sword technique, but... it's not very effective against me!" Aokiji wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and continuously released a chilling aura from his body.

"Really? You can try it!"

"So fast! Is my eyesight failing me? No... has my speed slowed down?"

Reina's figure suddenly disappeared from Aokiji's sight, startling Aokiji. Through the chilling aura emanating from the surroundings, Aokiji realized that not only his body but also his mind seemed to have slowed down.

"coming!"

Whether using Observation Haki or his own senses, Aokiji found that he was already struggling to keep up with Reina's speed, so he had no choice but to use the surrounding cold air to sense Reina.

"You can't escape! This place... can be considered my territory!" Reina appeared behind Aokiji and thrust his sword at him.

"Thud!" The sword pierced his heart, but no blood flowed from Aokiji's body.

"Ice Age!" Seeing countless swords thrusting towards him at Reina's command, Aokiji knew he couldn't dodge this time and had no choice but to unleash his ultimate move.

Aokiji turned into ice, and a strong chill emanated from him, freezing any swords that came near him.

"Concentrated Power Strike - Pierce Through!" But among all the sharp swords, there was one that Reina himself wielded, the Senbonzakura itself, which pierced through the ice and struck Aokiji's body.

"Crack... Crash..." The pierced Aokiji instantly turned into fragments scattered all over the ground.

"What a troublesome guy!" Reina said, grimacing.

"Aren't you the same?" The ice in the distance reformed into human form again. He was now in a sorry state, with bloodstains on his arms and chest.

“I thought I hadn’t hit you!” Reina said with a slight smile.

Although he appeared quite relaxed, his arm, hidden behind his back, was trembling slightly. He was already quite exhausted, and continuing the fight would be dangerous for him.

"Ahem... But my goal... has been achieved!" Aokiji replied with a slight smile.

Reina's face darkened; he had already spotted Garp's dog-headed warship.

Chapter 382 Telling the Story of Tailed Beasts in the World of One Piece

Seeing Kap standing at the bow of the warship, Reina knew he was in trouble. At this point, even if he wanted to run, it would be impossible without paying a price.

However, after Karp arrived and looked around, he said to Reina in a deep voice, "You should leave!"