One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

The gas that was originally present on the island was all frozen in this terrifyingly cold current, and even the air on the island seemed to suddenly become fresh.

At this moment, on the ground at the center of the glacial land, a colossal pillar with a diameter of 100 meters rose from the ground, stretching infinitely into the sky and piercing towards the meteorite-like mass of magma that was crashing down from the sky.

The moment the falling lava plume and the protruding giant ice spikes collided with a deafening roar, the entire sky, land, and surrounding sea of ​​Punk Hazard trembled violently.

"boom!"

First came a deafening explosion, followed by a shower of lava, fire, and ice fragments that sprayed outwards like a shower of flowers.

Then, Rorschach saw that the large mass of magma that Akainu had transformed into had turned into a sharp cone shape at the front. After being exposed to extremely low temperatures by the ice layer it was struck, it rapidly solidified into obsidian-like blackish-red solid magma.

But his descent only slowed down slightly as a result, and he became a huge, black and red cone that pierced straight into the towering ice spikes, cutting through them section by section, and hurtling downwards with unstoppable momentum.

On the ground, Aokiji leaped high into the air, the cold energy in his hand extending into a glass-like ice blade, which he slashed horizontally at the magma spikes that were constantly breaking through the ice and rushing towards him.

"bass!"

What burst forth from the ice saber in his hand was a flying slash unlike any other great swordsman.

The moment Aokiji's ice sword struck the surface of the thick ice pillar in front of him, the entire surface of the ice pillar remained undamaged, but the mass of magma inside was sliced ​​in two horizontally, instantly losing its downward momentum.

At the same time, massive amounts of cold air penetrated from all directions into the cut-open magma mass, crackling and popping out clusters of ice flowers resembling gladioli.

Countless thick, sharp ice spikes pierced through and froze the magma mass that Akainu had transformed into.

In just a few breaths, the magma meteorite, which was plunging down with enormous kinetic energy, was completely frozen inside the huge ice pillar. It was continuously compressed and hardened, and the ice layer kept increasing in thickness, like a motionless red coral reef in the deep sea.

Despite his decisive victory, Aokiji's face showed not a trace of the relaxed expression of a victor.

Because in his pupils, the surface of the coral reef, as reflected, was rapidly turning fiery red.

The incredibly hot magma was radiating a destructive heat capable of scorching rivers and boiling seas, burning everything in its path.

In the blink of an eye, the thick, hard ice pillar was melted by the flowing magma, creating a huge cavity.

As the magma boiled the ice water, it turned into a large amount of steam. The expanding gas from inside the ice pillar provided strong pressure to the entire ice pillar, forcing this towering ice pillar, which stood on the earth like a giant pillar supporting the sky, to crack open with countless fissures, and then break in the middle with a series of crisp cracking sounds.

A fist glowing red burst forth from the flowing lava, blasting a huge hole in the cracked ice pillar.

The fist stretched infinitely, transforming in mid-air into a magma hound with its jaws wide open, its fangs dripping with crimson magma as it viciously bit at Aokiji's face.

"A dog devours a red lotus!"

Despite the danger, Aokiji remained calm. He extended his right hand with fingers together, and a surging cold tide, like a waterfall, poured out from his hand, instantly condensing into an ice crystal phoenix poised to take flight. With its beak wrapped in high-level Armament Haki, it pecked at the head of the magma hound.

"Freeze! Exploding beak!"

"boom!"

The magma hound, as slender as a python, exploded almost simultaneously with the ice crystal phoenix that shot out from Aokiji's hand.

Amidst the scattered magma and ice shards, Akainu's glowing red fist slammed through the debris in front of him and smashed into Aokiji's chest.

"Netherhound!"

Aokiji, using Moonwalk, showed no sign of backing down. He clenched his right fist and threw another punch, which landed squarely on Akainu's fist.

"Fist bone! Meteorite!"

Two fists, imbued with advanced Armament Haki, collided violently, causing both men to pause and jolt backward.

Almost simultaneously, the two men who had just exchanged a punch face-to-face seemed to anticipate each other's next move. They both arched their backs, which exploded, unleashing dozens of ice crystals and magma fists that rained down on each other in a barrage.

In the sky, the two people who were hovering in the air by stepping on the moon seemed to have transformed into two thousand-armed Buddhas, one white and one red, and instantly unleashed hundreds and thousands of huge arms at each other.

Amid a series of deafening explosions, shattered lava and ice fragments shot out and rained down.

As countless arms shot out from behind and slammed into their opponent, Aokiji and Akainu were also exchanging punches wildly.

Aokiji's fist, radiating cold air and sparkling like a diamond, clashed fiercely with Akainu's magma-steaming fist, yet Aokiji held his own in the slightest.

If Akainu's punches are full of destructive intent, devoid of technique, they are simply extreme impacts and destructive moves with high-temperature heat, like a volcanic eruption.

Aokiji's punches are a perfect combination of skill and power in his martial arts.

Although his power was slightly less than Akainu's Volcanic Impact, his exquisite fist technique made up for this disadvantage, allowing him to catch Akainu's heavy punches with every strike.

This is Garp's signature punching technique, and when Aokiji used it, its power was in no way inferior to Garp's own.

Although Rorschach felt that Aokiji's punches and kicks lacked the bold and unrestrained style that Garp possessed, Aokiji's abundant stamina and powerful Devil Fruit ability made up for this deficiency.

Thousands of meters above the ground, an invisible current surged beneath Rorschach as he sat down, quietly watching the stalemate in the battle below.

As Rorschach expected, the battle between Akainu and Aokiji entered a stalemate, a contest of physical endurance.

Both of them are at the peak of their physical strength. Akainu is a few years older than Aokiji, but his physical strength has not started to decline. Therefore, their battle will inevitably not be able to determine a winner in a short time.

Although Akainu used psychological tactics before the battle began, severely damaging Aokiji's mentality and leaving Aokiji in a confused and bewildered state, Akainu was still unable to overwhelm Aokiji in the short term.

The two are indeed evenly matched in terms of overall strength.

Akainu might be slightly stronger, but not by much.

However, the duel between the two did not actually last for ten days and ten nights as Rorschach had expected.

They are not like Kaido, whose stamina is inhumanly vigorous. The continuous output of wide-range Logia-type attacks is also constantly consuming their stamina.

The acrimonious relationship between the two meant that they wouldn't be like Roger and Whitebeard, who would stop fighting mid-battle to have a meal and a nap, and then continue fighting after they were full and well-rested.

Therefore, the battle came to an end at midnight on the third day.

At this moment, Rorschach also got up from his drowsy lying position, became fully alert, and used his Observation Haki to lock onto the two people below who were losing strength, ready to intervene at any time.

Although he did not follow Sengoku's instructions to dissuade Akainu and Aokiji from their duel, he did not want to see any casualties between them.

Even if it were like Aokiji losing a leg in the manga, that wouldn't be the outcome he wanted.

After three days and three nights of devastation, the entire Punk Hazard Island was utterly destroyed.

The land to the left of where Aokiji was located had become a vast expanse of ice and snow.

To the right of where Akainu was located, a volcanic crater filled with flowing lava had formed.

Extreme cold and extreme heat converged in the sky, colliding to create wisps of lightning that drifted through the air, drawn to Luo Xia's body and entering his system, greatly improving his mental state.

"puck!"

"Shh!"

A torrent of freezing air shot from Aokiji's hands toward Akainu on the ground, freezing Akainu's body inside a thick, massive ice sphere. The magma ground beneath their feet then began to tremble and rage violently.

The next instant, the lava floor, thousands of meters high, rose rapidly in Aokiji's sight before exploding.

In Rorschach's eyes, this scene was like a mature pimple bursting on the face of Mother Ocean, a vast and boundless ocean.

A torrent of scorching red magma roared forth from the cracked magma earth, shooting towards the sky.

Aokiji's expression turned grim. He tried to dodge, but found that the gushing lava below had already covered the land within a radius of several thousand meters. At this moment, he could only get away from this erupting lava lake if he possessed a speed comparable to Rorschach and Kizaru.

Seeing that he could not dodge, Aokiji did not hesitate at all. The air around his body immediately began to freeze, rapidly enveloping his body layer by layer, turning him into a huge ice ball, ready to meet the terrifying impact of the volcanic eruption.

However, Akainu did not give him that opportunity to defend.

The gushing magma and Akainu, who was frozen inside an ice ball by Aokiji, worked together to melt the ice ball that had imprisoned Akainu in an instant.

Then, Akainu suddenly plunged his right hand into his own chest, and to Rorschach's astonishment, pulled out a fiery red longsword flowing with magma and flames. He gripped the hilt of the longsword with both hands and slashed at the giant ice sphere in the sky, which was constantly thickening and compressing.

What a magnificent sword strike that was!

The magma sword in Akainu's hand swelled up a thousand times in the instant it was unleashed, transforming into a giant magma sword over a thousand meters long. It seemed to cleave the sky, flashing across the ever-growing ice sphere in mid-air before slicing out from behind and striking the island of Punk Hazard with undiminished force.

"bass!"

Like a red-hot knife slicing through butter, Punk Hazard Island was cleaved in two by this kilometer-long magma blade, creating a bottomless rift that split the entire island in two.

On the cliff walls on both sides of the crack, crimson lava was still flowing down continuously.

The giant ice ball in the sky suddenly cracked open with a neat fissure, breaking into two huge hemispheres, revealing Aokiji at the center of the ice ball with a deep wound on his chest.

Immediately afterwards, the torrent of magma that erupted from the magma ground beneath Akainu's feet, amidst a deafening roar, surged upwards and crashed into the shattered ice ball in the sky and onto Aokiji, completely engulfing him.

Those two compressed ice spheres, each hundreds of meters in diameter, couldn't even withstand the terrifying torrent of lava for a moment before being shattered into countless ice fragments, which then evaporated into white steam.

As Aokiji was engulfed by the magma, his Armament Haki was being rapidly depleted, and his body was also suffering severe internal and external injuries from the impact, with bright red blood constantly spilling from the corners of his mouth.

When the magma that had been spewing for a few seconds stopped and fell back onto the ground of Punk Hazard, Aokiji's Haki armor was completely shattered, and his Haki had been completely washed away by the magma. He crashed heavily onto a melting ice surface.

His body was covered with blisters and scars from being burned by lava.

He gritted his teeth, blood dripping from between them, and tried to get up by supporting himself with one hand, but his body was unable to move.

"Tread, step, step..."

Akainu's slightly unsteady footsteps came from ahead.

Aokiji looked up and saw Akainu, with billowing black smoke rising from his body and lava dripping down, walking towards him step by step.

The mockery and contempt that had been on Akainu's face were gone, replaced by endless coldness.

His face was as if carved from the hardest rock. Despite eating a magma fruit that could burn away flames, he exuded an extremely cold aura.

Akainu didn't speak, didn't offer any victor's words, and didn't mock him. He simply slowly raised his right fist, which was emitting black smoke and magma, and smashed it down on Aokiji's head.

Facing the fist radiating intense heat from above, Aokiji showed no fear, simply lying there quietly, having given up resisting, for he was powerless to resist anyway.

Akainu's ruthless extermination was not at all unexpected to him.

In Aokiji's mind, Akainu was that kind of person.

The so-called camaraderie was nothing but worthless trash in the eyes of this cold-blooded and brutal man.

For victory and to achieve his goals, he was willing to sacrifice his soldiers and generals without hesitation.

Since we've lost, there's nothing more to say about being killed.

He can face death calmly and accept his fate.

"Oh!"

Chapter 706 New Fleet Admiral Akainu [Thanks to brother 2017 for the 500 reward]

The fiery red magma fist stopped a foot away from Aokiji's head.

The magma that shot out from the fist did not fall on Aokiji; instead, it was completely blocked and separated by an invisible wall of air.

Aokiji, who had closed his eyes to await his death, was startled and slowly opened them, only to see another person standing in front of him.