Chapter 191: Aokiji Unleashes His Big Move

Holy crap?

Seeing Aokiji make his move, Lu En froze for a beat, unable to hold back a complaint.

Was that really necessary?

Going up against a pirate worth sixty million Berries.

And pulling out a big move right on the spot?

This guy Aokiji…

Is he out of his mind?

Isn't this just a pure waste of stamina?

With Aokiji's strength, a casual strike would have been more than enough to instantly kill the demon-man Oren.

But now.

Aokiji just went straight into his big move on the spot!

This caught Lu En somewhat off guard.

"Could it be…"

"This guy Aokiji got riled up by me? That's why he just straight-up cast his big move, Ice Age?"

Lu En thought, his face looking rather odd.

Seems like, that was the only possibility.

Otherwise, there'd be no reason for Aokiji to go straight into his big move and cast Ice Age.

This move, Ice Age…

Was Aokiji's ultimate trump-card technique!

Its power was terrifyingly extreme.

In Lu En's memory.

Once Aokiji became an Admiral of Marine Headquarters, this single move, Ice Age, could instantly freeze an entire island, keeping the whole island completely frozen for a full week without melting.

One could well imagine.

Just how powerful this move truly was!

Precisely because of this, Lu En was caught completely off guard by Aokiji going big.

"This guy must've been riled up by me pretty badly…"

"Over this?"

"I just used my Conqueror's Haki to wipe out over three thousand people."

"And that got him riled up into instantly going big?"

"Vice Admiral Aokiji, your mindset still isn't steady enough."

Lu En stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Right under his gaze.

He saw—

After Aokiji cast Ice Age, the power of the Ice-Ice Fruit erupted in full.

From the ground beneath Aokiji's pressed-down hands…

A terrifyingly immense force surged rapidly outward into the distance.

All around,

The air temperature grew even colder.

The chill pressed in,

The cold pierced to the bone.

Even with the blazing sun overhead, it still couldn't mask this bone-deep chill.

Even the air currents drifting through the air seemed as if they would be completely frozen by this cold.

Even the breeze looked ready to be solidified into ice!

Creak!

Creak!

Along with crisp, pleasing sounds.

Sharp and grating, like glass shattering.

Then,

With Aokiji's body as the center point, the ground rapidly began freezing into ice, several times thicker than the ice that had formed earlier.

Boom—

A grey-white cold air transformed into a wave of force, surging toward every direction in an overwhelming tide.

Visible to the naked eye.

Some objects relatively close to this area—such as shards of broken glass, scattered bloodstains, and tattered bits of clothing.

As this cold air closed in, in an instant every single one of them was frozen solid!

Completely frozen!

The jade-smooth ice stretched on and on.

Gradually.

The entire street was enveloped and filled by the ice layer spreading from beneath Aokiji's feet.

From street to alley…

Every corner was frozen into ice.

Moreover,

there were tavern after tavern, along with the liquor, bottles, walls, and every other object inside them — without exception, they all met the same fate of being frozen.

Very quickly.

This terrifying power extended all the way to the feet of the demon-man Oren.

"Aokiji, you bastard!"

Oren was caught between shock and fury.

Opening with a big move right off the bat?!

Is it really necessary?

What kind of luck does a mere sixty-million-Beli pirate like me possess?

To actually force a monster like Aokiji to go all out!

Oren felt deeply wronged.

He didn't know whether he should feel honored…

Or feel despair.

The ice rapidly spread beneath his feet, and Oren, panic-stricken inside, hurriedly leapt up, wanting to dodge the ice creeping toward him and devouring his body.

But unfortunately…

Even as he frantically retreated backward.

The speed of the ice's assault only grew faster!

Wherever it passed…

Every single object was frozen solid!

No matter how Oren dodged, he could never escape the fate of being pursued and overtaken by the ice.

"I won't accept this!"

"I am the captain of the great Demon-Man Pirates!"

"How could I possibly fall in a place like this?"

Oren gnashed his teeth, letting loose a hysterical, unwilling roar of fury.

In the end…

The ground beneath Oren's feet was frozen, and at the same time his legs had already been completely consumed by the ice, freezing his feet in an instant so he couldn't move them at all.

"Ah!"

"Move, damn it!"

Feeling the loss of control over his legs, Oren kept bellowing.

His roars were deafening,

like a fierce beast locked inside an iron cage.

His towering ten-meter-tall frame — calves as massive as the trunk of a lush tree — had already been completely frozen, so that even with tremendous strength he still could not break through the frozen grip.

His body was firmly stuck to the ground.

Even as he struggled with all his might…

Wanting to break free from the ice beneath his feet.

He still could not do it.

The ice beneath his feet possessed a terrifying power; in an instant, it fused his calves with the ice creeping up from the ground into one.

Indistinguishable,

Inseparable.

Oren, who had taken the form of a raging bear, carried the bloodline of the giant race. By all rights, his strength should have been terrifyingly immense.

But…

Even with the terrifying power he currently possessed, he still could not break free from the freezing erosion beneath his feet.

From this, one could see.

Just how terrifying Aokiji's ultimate technique, Ice Age, truly was.

Lowering his head,

staring at his two legs already frozen into ice, Oren gave a bitter shake of his head and sighed, his face ashen, his expression one of utter despair as he chose to give up struggling.

He knew.

From the very start, facing a terrifying monster like Aokiji, he had never had the slightest chance of winning.

It was just that he could never have predicted.

That the gap in strength would actually be this enormous!

Simply heaven and earth!

Worlds apart!

"Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Aokiji — the name truly lives up to its reputation."

"I concede."

Oren's hopes were utterly shattered, his heart cold and dead.

And so.

The ice creeping up from his feet gradually froze Oren completely from the waist down.