Chapter 178 Borsalino slammed hard onto the ice surface
Borsalino slammed hard onto the ice surface, rolling several times. When he finally stopped, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. His injuries were now much heavier, and even his old wounds had flared up slightly. His sword had already flown out of his hand in mid-air, embedding itself in the ice not far from him.
"Ice Ball." Aokiji arrived on Luna's other side, extending his palm and shooting five streams of cold air from between his fingers. The five streams hit Luna, instantly freezing her within bone-chilling ice.
"Well done, Aokiji! Watch this—Dog Bite Crimson Lotus!" Akainu, leaping into the air, shouted excitedly, then unleashed his most powerful move toward Luna.
A gigantic Magma dog head lunged toward Luna, containing the high temperature and destructive power of Magma.
At this moment, everyone thought that if Luna, trapped within the ice, took this attack, she would finally be injured—and seriously at that.
But they were merely bystanders; they understood Luna too little and failed to grasp her true power.
"Gliza Absorption." Luna first released this technique: a massive golden Void Energy barrier capable of absorbing energy appeared directly above her, immediately blocking the Magma dog head.
And with extreme speed, the Magma dog head was crushed into energy and absorbed instantly.
"Energy Shield." Several blue-white energy spheres appeared around the frozen Luna. The blue-white energy spheres began absorbing the cold energy within the ice trapping Luna.
Finally, the ice disappeared. Luna looked at the four Marines with disdain. At the same time, she quickly deactivated the two techniques and vanished into thin air.
"Damn it, I forgot she had that trick too," Akainu said resentfully as he landed on the ice. He had actually forgotten that besides her Void Immunity ability, Luna's absorption ability was also difficult to deal with.
More importantly, she had absorbed too much, even reaching the point where... "Everyone, use close combat as much as possible. If you must use long-range attacks, seize the opportunity and timing," Aokiji immediately announced loudly.
The other three immediately nodded, indicating their understanding.
"Yata no Kagami." Kizaru made his move, holding his hands in the shape of an orchid staff. A massive stream of light particles, like a flurry of arrows released from bows, shot toward Luna.
Luna once again summoned several energy spheres and easily absorbed the attack. Luna felt amusement and excitement in her heart; she was so close, just a little bit more, and she would master Kizaru's Glint-Glint Fruit ability.
But have they finally learned to coordinate their attacks? Instead of fighting individually like before.
Sure enough, right after Luna finished thinking, she saw Borsalino leaping into the air, slashing a sword energy wave toward her. Then, Akainu and Aokiji charged at her from the left and right, respectively—one with Magma fists clenched in both hands, and the other holding two ice blades.
If this continued, the sword energy, combined with the attacks from the two men on either side, would strike Luna simultaneously.
"Tch, is that all?" Yet, Luna's face was still filled with disdain and contempt.
"Gliza Beam." She raised her head, instantly condensing two energy beams—one purple and one red—in front of her forehead, firing them out, and instantly hitting the sword energy.
The two techniques collided, resulting in an explosion, fiery combustion, and a large amount of smoke, ultimately neutralizing each other.
But... neutralizing each other? Haha, how could that be?
To the horrified gaze of Borsalino and many spectators, one of the energy beams actually hadn't vanished. It emerged from the smoke, continuing its trajectory toward Borsalino.
Borsalino immediately snapped out of his shock, wrapping Armament Haki around his sword and slashing at the beam.
But this makeshift counter was too hasty when facing Luna's Gliza Beam. As another explosion sounded, generating vast firelight and smoke, Borsalino was blasted away once more.
In terms of physical fitness and stamina, and lacking the Devil Fruit ability to partially immunize against damage—plus the fact that Borsalino was originally a Marine—he was the most heavily injured and depleted among the four Admiral-level powerhouses. Although he landed steadily on the ice, he nearly stumbled and was gasping for breath.
It was clear that if this happened a few more times, Borsalino would undoubtedly collapse this time.
At this moment, Akainu's and Aokiji's attacks reached Luna. Akainu struck with his twin Magma fists, and Aokiji slashed with two ice blades.
Luna merely smiled contemptuously at this, because she had already decided to use...!!!
"Boom... Clang..."
To the confused and bewildered eyes of everyone present, Aokiji's and Akainu's attacks seemed to hit some kind of invisible barrier.
In short, Luna just stood there, smiling at them; their attacks hadn't landed at all.
What was happening? Both the bystanders and the two Admirals were dumbfounded.
But Aokiji and Akainu, as the ones involved, knew clearly that they really had hit some kind of invisible barrier, and it was this invisible barrier that had blocked their attacks and protected Luna.
But quickly, the two realized something was wrong. They felt waves of pressure and intimidation. Was this... Haoshoku?
And the two quickly realized that the source of this Conqueror's Haki was Luna.
Luna used Conqueror's Haki to block their attacks out of thin air!
The two thought, their expressions filled with shock. Although they didn't possess Conqueror's Haki, they knew a little about it, having frequently clashed with great pirates, villains, and enemies who did possess it.
It was rumored that when Conqueror's Haki was cultivated to an extremely high level, it could indeed cause tangible damage, the most representative example being Conquerors Haki Infusion, and even the released pressure possessed substance.
But Conqueror's Haki that possessed substantial defensive effects—they had never heard of that.
"Bang bang..." Two sounds rang out, and Akainu and Aokiji were directly punched away by Luna.
After being repelled, the eyes of the two were once again filled with horror, because they realized that their Observation Haki had failed to help them detect the danger this time.
What... what was going on now?
But that instant was too sudden. Let alone them, even some of the top powerhouses on the sea, including the Gorosei and Shanks, couldn't tell that Luna had used Observation Killing on Aokiji and Akainu right before throwing two Armament Haki-infused punches at them.
As soon as Observation Killing was used, it instantly erased their Observation Haki. This was the reason the two failed to detect the danger, coupled with the extreme speed of Luna's punches.