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worm novel 200 . xyz '
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What?
Hearing Ace's words, everyone withdrew their gazes from the sky and looked toward Jaya Island.
On the coast about a hundred meters away from them.
A figure was indeed standing there right now.
He was quite tall with somewhat dark skin, wearing a white suit vest over a dark blue shirt and a dark green sleep mask resting on his forehead.
With his hands stuffed into his pockets, he watched Lius and the others without expression.
Just one glance was enough to make Lius's expression turn ugly.
He had thought about running into a Marine Admiral in the future.
But he never expected to encounter one right at this moment.
Yes, the person standing on the coast and silently watching them was none other than the Marines' ultimate fighting force, one of the three admirals, Aokiji Kuzan.
No wonder Koala of the Revolutionary Army ran away so fast earlier.
So there was a Marine Admiral on this island!
"Couldn't that Revolutionary Army girl have written the word admiral right after Marines?"
Lius complained inwardly at this moment.
If he had known an admiral was here, he would not have stayed around in such a high-profile manner and definitely would have acted with far more discretion.
Beside him, Robin's face instantly turned pale and bloodless.
Her tall body trembled uncontrollably as deep fear surfaced in her eyes.
"It's him?" Nami blurted out in shock, equally frightened by the sight.
On this entire ship, only Ace was completely out of the loop.
Catching sight of the change in everyone's expressions, he asked in confusion.
"Who is this guy? The way he's looking at us is really annoying!"
Of course it was annoying!
The fact that he hadn't attacked immediately meant he already looked down on them.
"That is Marine Admiral Aokiji!" Robin ground out, pausing between each word. Her voice was trembling.
A sharp gasp sounded.
Hearing this, Ace could not help but inhale sharply.
He just did not recognize the man personally, but he was no fool. The dreaded reputation of the admirals represented the absolute ceiling of power on this sea.
"Hey, Ace."
Lius took a slow, deep breath to calm himself down. Staring straight at the coast, he called out plainly.
"What?"
Ace turned his head to look over.
"Didn't you just say it earlier? You'll handle any strong enemies we run into this time. We will just stay right here and watch your performance!"
Lius took a few steps back as he spoke.
Seeing this, Nami and Robin quickly followed suit. They pressed closely against his left and right sides, shivering in fear.
In an instant, Ace's figure was left completely exposed at the front of the deck.
"Ah! Wait, I wasn't talking about right now!"
While confident, Ace was not arrogant. He quickly suggested, "Is there still time for us to leave? He doesn't have a ship, right?"
However, he was answered only by the panicked cries of Lius and Robin.
"He's making a move!"
Just as those words fell.
On the coast, the previously motionless Aokiji pulled his hands out of his pockets and slowly crouched down.
He then plunged one hand into the seawater.
"What exactly is this guy trying to do?"
Ace asked in curiosity upon seeing this scene.
But no one answered him. A wave of extreme cold gas blasted toward their faces from the coast in an instant.
The freezing temperature was enough to make one's blood run cold.
Crack!
Rumble!
In the next moment, the gently rippling ocean surface instantly froze into a thick layer of ice, causing the entire sailboat to shake violently.
That was not all. The extreme cold gas spread outward, completely freezing the coast.
It froze the entire surrounding sea of Jaya Island into solid ice that steamed with bone-chilling frost.
After freezing the sea.
Aokiji slowly stood up and took unhurried steps toward them.
Even though they were still far apart, his terrifying aura already made everyone feel the threat of death.
This was the terror of a Marine Admiral!
"Ahhh!! He's walking over!"
Watching the tall man stride across the ice, Nami clung to Lius's shoulder and screamed in terror.
"Marine Admiral Aokiji is a Logia type ability user, having eaten the Ice-Ice Fruit!" Robin said grimly.
Her voice trembled unstoppably, much like her body.
It was as if the fear in her heart had never truly faded away.
Right at this moment.
A strong arm wrapped around Robin's waist.
Lius's faint voice drifted over. "Even if our opponent is an admiral, he won't gain any advantages if he looks down on us!"
Saying that, he looked up and shouted at Ace at the bow of the ship.
"I'll give you two minutes to perform!"
"No need, we can all attack together right now!"
"That won't do. After all, we already had a deal!"
"Damn it!"
This slightly joking banter eased the tense atmosphere on the ship a little.
Ace watched the approaching Aokiji. He had gone from his initial nervousness and guilt to his current composure, even finding it in him to joke around with Lius.
There was no other reason for this change other than learning about the enemy's fruit ability.
It actually had a mutually countering attribute with his Flame-Flame Fruit ability.
Thus, Ace felt that he had a chance again.
"Heh heh, only by having the strength to face a Marine Admiral head-on can one gain true freedom on this sea!"
As soon as his voice faded.
Ace stomped heavily on the deck, launching himself through the air before charging straight across the ice.
"Heat Haze!"
A pillar of fire erupted from his palm, carrying a scorching high temperature as it crashed down toward Aokiji's position.
It was just about to hit the target.
"Ice Time Capsule!"
A faint voice sounded out right then.
Maintaining his steady pace, Aokiji raised a hand and fiercely unleashed a shockwave of cold air. It froze the very air in its path and instantly collided with the pillar of fire in the sky.
Boom!
Fire and ice cancelled each other out upon contact, steaming up and filling the sky with thick fog.
The commotion was so massive that even from the other side of Jaya Island, one could clearly see the water vapor rocketing into the sky in a spectacular sight.