Chapter 189: Aokiji: Outdone by a Four-Year-Old Brat? Ice Age! [10/10 — Subscribe!]

After dealing with the entire Demon-Human Pirate Crew, only the captain remained — Demon-Human Oren, a great pirate whose bounty had reached sixty million Beri half a year ago.

On the scene,

he alone still resisted!

"Vice Admiral Aokiji, it's your turn."

Lu En watched Demon-Human Oren with keen interest, then turned his gaze to Aokiji, whose whole body was radiating cold air.

He was quite curious to see for himself.

Just how strong this great pirate, Demon-Human Oren, truly was.

Unfortunately…

this was Aokiji's target!

Lu En had no intention of stealing an opponent that belonged to Aokiji.

Besides,

he didn't have absolute confidence that he could take down a great pirate with a sixty-million-Beri bounty.

Better to leave it to Aokiji, to ensure nothing could possibly go wrong.

A sixty-million-Beri great pirate was indeed very strong.

But, at this moment, the enemy he had to face was Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Aokiji!

A Logia-type Devil Fruit user.

In the first half of the Grand Line,

a Logia-type Devil Fruit user meant invincibility!

Without mastery of Armament Haki, one basically couldn't pose any threat to a Logia user.

"Kid Lu En, the Demon-Human Pirate Crew was originally my target."

"But I never expected…"

"you, kid, would wipe out most of the targets that should have been mine to handle!"

"From here on, leave it to me."

Aokiji glanced back at Lu En, then looked at the pirates collapsed all around, and couldn't help but shake his head with a rueful laugh.

These pirates should all have been dealt with by him personally.

Who would have thought,

the moment Lu En appeared, in less than the blink of an eye, he had nearly wiped out the entire Demon-Human Pirate Crew.

This made Aokiji suddenly feel—

this mission had become unprecedentedly simple and easy.

He hadn't even started to exert himself the whole time…

and the target this time, the Demon-Human Pirate Crew, was already on the verge of being wiped out.

Apart from the captain, Demon-Human Oren,

all three thousand-plus people on the scene had been taken down.

Including the three captains, all captured by Lu En single-handedly!

"If I don't make a move now…"

"then for this mission, I wouldn't even have the face to say I was in charge."

Aokiji gave a bitter laugh.

Raising his head,

his gaze settled calmly on Demon-Human Oren, the final target.

Also the strongest in the Demon-Human Pirate Crew!

"As a dignified Vice Admiral of Marine Headquarters…"

"how could I let myself be outshone by a mere four-year-old brat?"

"Does this Aokiji have no pride left?"

Aokiji's expression grew serious.

He wiped away the lazy air that had been spread across his face.

If Lu En hadn't wiped out the Demon-Human Pirate Crew, he wouldn't have needed to brace himself so thoroughly.

But, with Lu En's brilliant feat already set as the standard, if Aokiji didn't take this Demon-Human Oren seriously from here on, he'd truly lose face in the worst possible way.

As a Marine Vice Admiral…

Aokiji naturally had his own pride.

"Not only must I win!"

"And what's more…"

"I must win beautifully!"

"At the very least, I can't let that kid Lu En laugh at me."

"So."

"Demon-Human Oren? From here on, I'm afraid you'll just have to bear with it."

"I'm getting serious!"

Aokiji's face was expressionless, his gaze resting calmly on Oren.

The grey-white cold air radiating from him spread out in every direction.

All around,

the air temperature plummeted.

It grew exceptionally cold.

The chill pierced to the bone,

raising goosebumps.

Wisps of grey-white cold air curled upward, continuously emanating from Qing Zhi's body, and even the ground beneath his feet gradually froze over.

A sheet of smooth ice spread outward from where Qing Zhi stood.

Extending inch by inch,

it blanketed an area of several dozen metres in every direction.

Within that radius of several dozen metres, a glacial layer formed like a polar wasteland.

Impossibly smooth,

crystalline and translucent.

The dazzling golden halo cast down by the blazing sun on the horizon was reflected by this smooth sheet of ice on the ground, flashing with blinding light.

The pure white ice had gradually covered an area of over a hundred metres in every direction.

The air was freezing,

the cold swept through,

and within this region it was as though one had fallen into an utterly frigid ice cave.

In an instant,

the temperature had already dropped below zero.

Even the warm halo shed by that blazing sun could not bring the slightest trace of warmth to this stretch of land.

"Lu En, kid…"

"Watch closely."

"The strong on this sea are far stronger than you imagine!"

"As a Vice Admiral of Headquarters, how could I let a kid like you outshine me?"

"Next, you'd better not blink!"

Qing Zhi let out a great laugh at Lu En.

Creak!

Creak!

The inch-by-inch spreading ice gave off a crisp, pleasant sound.

Like glass being forcibly shattered and cracking apart…

Piercing,

grating on the ears.

With Qing Zhi's body as the centre, an area of over a hundred metres in every direction had become a frigid wasteland of sub-zero temperatures.

Seeing this,

Lu En narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze full of wonder as he stared at Qing Zhi's figure.

Then,