The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

"Icebound Bone Fist!"

"Black Shock - Shattered Stars!"

"Boom!!!" The moment their fists collided, time seemed to stand still.

Kuzan's Frozen Gauntlets crumbled inch by inch under the force of the tremor, and the flying ice crystals refracted into countless rainbows in the air.

The vibration cracks on Gern's fist were also eroded by the extreme cold, and the pale energy flow solidified like frozen lightning.

Kuzan punched Gern in the right cheek, and Gern punched Kuzan in the left cheek!

Both men's faces were contorted by the impact, but neither gave an inch.

With a loud bang, the two men were sent flying backwards, adjusting their postures in mid-air before landing and carving out furrows hundreds of meters long.

When the smoke cleared, the two faced each other from a distance, and then spoke in unison.

"You bastard, get serious! You idiot!!!"

Chapter 238 Earthquake and Freezing

“Gern, only you can make me realize just how far I've come, so…”

As soon as he finished speaking, ice crystals spread instantly, and a chilling white mist still lingered on Kuzan's fingertips.

I have already appeared behind Gern, who has been frozen into a crystal-clear ice sculpture.

On the deck of the warship, Enel's pupils suddenly contracted, and his golden staff slammed down at his feet with a "crack".

"When?!" His voice carried a rare hint of surprise.

That was Gern, the man who could shock Bika with a single punch and catch even his "Divine Judgment" bare-handed, yet he was instantly frozen?!

"It seems," Snake Princess's expression tightened, and she whispered, "this battle is going to be very exciting!"

Enel's temples bulged with veins, and lightning crackled around him, yet he unusually refuted them.

Instead, he frantically tried to capture the movements inside the ice sculpture using his Observation Haki.

However, apart from the deathly chill, nothing could be perceived.

Could it be... really over?

But the next second

"Heh." Kuzan chuckled, half his face frozen, and lazily tilted his head. "This level of coldness really can't freeze you."

"Boom!!!" The ice sculpture suddenly exploded, and countless fragments scattered like bullets. Gern stepped out from it, his body enveloped in black flashes generated by Armament Haki.

“Kuzan…” Gern’s lips curled up, and he stretched his neck, his knuckles making a crisp sound.

"That's not much of a greeting." Before he finished speaking, his figure vanished!

"Bang!!!" The ground cracked from the tremor, and Gern charged toward Kuzan like a cannonball, his right fist wreathed in pale energy that vibrated at a high frequency, the air twisting and shattering at the point of his fist.

"Ara ara..." Kuzan's eyes sharpened, and he raised his index finger, instantly causing an ice wall to rise from the ground.

"This thing can't stop me!"

"Boom!!" The ice wall cracked and collapsed out of thin air the instant it made contact with the fist, sending countless ice crystal fragments flying like a rainstorm.

Kuzan's figure retreated into the icy mist, but at the same moment he swung his hand back.

"Icethorn - Tyrannosaurus Beak!" Extreme cold air condensed into a giant ice bird, which screamed and tore through the air as it swooped down on Gern!

Gern laughed heartily, neither dodging nor avoiding, his arms crossed in front of him.

"Clang!!" The moment the ice bird struck, a piercing metallic clang resounded throughout the entire island, and the shockwave whipped up a whirlwind of ice dust.

Gern's feet were sank deep into the ground, yet he did not retreat an inch, while the ice bird's sharp beak cracked inch by inch on his arm covered in Armament Haki.

"That's more like it!" Gern roared, exerting his strength to shatter the last ice crystals, and his figure surged forward again!

"This fighting style..." Kuzan's lips curled slightly upwards, and frost gathered in his palm.

“You’re more like Mr. Garp’s protégé than I am, Gern.”

With that, Kuzan placed his hands on the ice and uttered a low shout: "Ice Age!"

A terrifying chill spread instantly, freezing the entire island in the blink of an eye.

Immediately afterwards, the ice floes beneath Gern's feet suddenly burst open, transforming into dozens of sharp ice spears that pierced towards him!

“This level of ice…” Gern grinned, his right fist wreathed in dark Armament Haki, and slammed into the ground. “It can’t freeze me!”

"Boom!!!" The entire frozen island trembled violently under the force of the tremor, and countless cracks spread like a spider web.

The incoming ice spears were shattered into dust in mid-air, turning into countless ice crystals that drifted across the sky.

Kuzan's figure suddenly burst out of the icy mist, his right arm completely elementalized, transforming into a giant ice saber: "Two-Spiked Spear!"

"Give it to me..." Gern didn't dodge or flinch, his left hand, wreathed in vibrating power, grabbed directly at the ice blade: "Shatter!"

"Crack!" The ice blade, supposedly at absolute zero, shattered inch by inch under the force of the vibration.

Kuzan's pupils contracted, and he immediately retreated in his elemental form, but the aftershock still shattered most of his body.

"Tsk, still so troublesome." Kuzan reformed himself and patted Gern on the shoulder. "But I'm no weaker than you!"

"Frozen capsule!"

……

Gern's breath condensed into white mist in the cold wave, and the frost on his right cheek was being shattered inch by inch by his domineering aura.

Kuzan's boundless freezing aura could even penetrate Armament Haki, nearly freezing the blood in his blood.

"Crack, crack..." The ice beneath our feet suddenly emitted a series of crisp, cracking sounds.

Kuzan's pupils suddenly contracted as the images he had foreseen with his Observation Haki exploded in his mind.

At the same time, just by lifting his heel ten meters away, the entire ice field collapsed as if being torn apart by a giant beast!

"Heavenly Tremor - Star Step!"

"Boom!!!" The earth's crust within a radius of a kilometer turned into raging waves in the shockwave, and countless pieces of ice and rocks were thrown into the sky.

The moment Kuzan leaped into the air, the ice pillar beneath his feet rose from the ground, only to shatter into sleet the instant it came into contact with the shockwave.

But he remained calm, using the recoil to spin around, his right arm flashing out in a brilliant blue arc.

"Glacier Prism!" Ice crystals suddenly condensed in the air and refracted sunlight. In an instant, millions of blinding beams of light and ice crystals transformed into sharp swords and pierced towards Gern.

Upon seeing this, Gern instinctively closed his eyes and raised his hands to defend himself, but Kuzan's left foot, carrying an icy storm, was already kicking him toward his chest!

"Bang!" Sparks flew between the two as their Armament Haki clashed.

Gern crossed his arms to take the blow head-on, but was still pushed back by the immense force.

His feet crushed the frozen earth, sending up a dust cloud ten meters high behind him. However, when he suddenly opened his eyes, Kuzan's left hand was pressed against the ice.

"It's too late." Kuzan's breath was frosty.

The entire island's coastline froze instantly, and hundreds of ice spears burst forth from the ice behind Gern!

Gern's eardrums caught the piercing whistle of the ice spear cutting through the air.

Without turning around, he suddenly bent down and slammed his right fist into the ground: "Heavenly Tremor, Earthly Roar!"

"Clang!!!" A shockwave erupted in a ring, centered on the fist.

The incoming ice spear shattered into ice mist the instant it made contact with the shockwave, and Gern was propelled into the air by the recoil.

The figure tore through the icy mist, leaving a pale afterimage, and a high-frequency vibrating left fist aimed straight for Kuzan's jaw.

Kuzan leaned back to dodge, but then saw Gern's fist suddenly change its move and press down, the shockwave directly hitting the ice surface!

"Splash!"

The moment his footing shattered, Kuzan's Observation Haki alerted him. He twisted his waist sharply, his right leg transforming into an ice blade as he swept across Gren's waist and abdomen, only to be blocked by Gren's knee strike.

With a dull thud as flesh and bone collided, the two used the force to retreat simultaneously.

Kuzan's uniform hem was shattered into pieces, while a layer of ice formed on Gern's calves.

"Hoo..." Gern exhaled a breath of stale air, shattering the ice on his legs.

Sweat, barely seeping from his forehead, froze into ice beads, pattering onto the cracked ground.

He stared at the trail of frost spreading beneath Kuzan's feet, then suddenly laughed, "This is the long-lost thrill!"

"Haha!" Kuzan shook his numb right leg. "There's nothing we can do about it, after all, none of us are weak!"

Before they could finish speaking, their figures vanished again.

Chapter 239 You Can't Fly When You're Showing Off

Meanwhile, on the distant islands, ice dust and shockwave remnants rose in a swirling, apocalyptic plume of smoke, while the decks of the warships remained deathly silent.

Enel stood there, his golden staff hanging limply at his side.

He seemed to have lost his soul, remaining completely still, except for his eyes, which were always filled with arrogance and languor, now wide open.

The reflection shows the completely reshaped landscape of the distant island.

Icebergs that shatter and rise again, giant waves that are instantly frozen and then pulverized, and cracks in the air that have not yet subsided...

"Hmm?" At this moment, Tesoro glanced at him, and seeing Enel's dumbfounded expression, a knowing smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

"Who exactly is this 17-year-old boy from the Sky Island whose even Haki is unclear about?"

Despite his arrogant personality, it's normal for his worldview to be shaken when he witnesses a full-force clash between admirals for the first time.

After all, this level of combat truly transcends conventional understanding.

Thinking of this, Tesoro sighed, stepped forward, and intended to pat the stunned "chuunibyou" on the shoulder in the manner of a "senior."

Say a few words like "this is the new normal" to soothe them a little.

However, he stopped abruptly as soon as he took a step and before he could raise his hand.

Because he saw Enel's expression clearly.

It was not the fear, shock, or bewilderment of a worldview collapse that he had anticipated.

Instead...excitement!

An almost manic, naked, undisguised extreme excitement!

Enel's slightly upturned lips trembled, his breathing became heavy and rapid, and his chest heaved violently.

Eventually, the corners of his mouth stretched upwards uncontrollably, forming a distorted yet fanatical smile.

The next second, Enel whirled around, his gaze as sharp as lightning, fixing on Tesoro's face.

"Hey, tell me!" Enel's voice was hoarse and trembling with extreme excitement.

"This isn't Gern's limit, is it? Is it?!"

"..."

Tezzolo was taken aback by the sudden question, and all the words he had prepared stuck in his throat.

But seeing Enel's eyes that seemed to spit fire, he subconsciously nodded.

"Well...it's not a fight to the death after all. Lieutenant General Gern might..."

Before he could finish speaking, Enel suddenly burst into a maniacal laugh that pierced the sky.

"Yay! Hahahaha!!"

His laughter was unrestrained and loud, and along with his extremely penetrating laughter, dazzling azure lightning suddenly exploded from his body!

In an instant, everyone on the deck turned to look at Enel, who had suddenly burst into laughter.

Tesoro, realizing what was happening, understood instantly.

This arrogant "god" didn't see the insurmountable power gap at all.

What he saw... was the future!

It was a realm he firmly believed he could reach, or even surpass!

The terrifying power displayed by Gern and Kuzan did not destroy his arrogance.