On the sea surface of Hasalik Island in the Grand Line, Rocks stepped on the ice, staring solemnly at the tall and thin man in front of him who was emitting cold air all over his body.
"Ah, kid, who are you? Are you the new member of Roger's pirate group?"
Kuzan asked in a low voice, with a chill all over his body.
"Me? My name is Rocks, and I'm a new apprentice pirate in Roger's pirate group."
After Rocks finished speaking, he clenched the sword with his backhand.
"Since it's a rising star monster of the navy, it must be very powerful."
Rocks stared at Kuzan, and the purple light on the sword he held in reverse condensed and compressed madly.
Kuzan felt the aura emanating from Rocks and the oppressive long sword emitting purple light, and his expression became serious.
He doesn't want to suffer any loss because of his arrogance.
"Ah, you want to test my strength? Come on, let me see how strong the newcomer of Roger's pirate group is."
"Gravity Blade. Tiger!"
"Frozen. Time Capsule!"
"Buzz!"
“Woo!”
The sound of a tiger roaring and the whistling of the cold wind rang out at the same time as they pounced on each other.
"BOOM!"
The purple horizontal gravity tiger smashed the ice pillar that Kuzan had shot out with his crossed hands, and rushed towards Kuzan with all its might.
“Ouch!”
"Kara"
Kuzan screamed, and then his entire body shattered under the impact of lateral gravity, turning into broken ice on the ground.
After the successful attack, Rocks did not attack again, but looked at the debris on the ground with a serious look.
"He dodged the attack by transforming into an element in advance. As expected of one of the three future admirals, his reaction ability is indeed strong."
"Caracalla"
A piece of broken ice on the ground continued to stretch and quickly returned to human shape.
“Huh… ….”
In the blink of an eye, Kuzan was standing on the ice again, intact.
"Ah, what a powerful ability. I didn't expect you to have eaten such a powerful devil fruit. It's hard to imagine what you will be like after you grow up. I guess you will be another tough guy like Shiki the Golden Lion."
Kuzan scratched his head and said helplessly.
"So, it's better to catch you before you grow up, otherwise you will be a big trouble in the future."
After Kuzan finished speaking, he put away his casual and lazy attitude, looked at Rocks with an extremely serious expression, and his whole body emanated an even colder air than before.
"Well, if you can do it, then give it a try!"
Rocks snorted coldly, and held the long sword in his reverse grip, then exerted force with his feet, bent his legs and feet, and then burst out with strength and rushed directly towards Kuzan.
The long sword in his hand slashed towards Kuzan's body at an extremely fast speed.
"bite!"
However, although Rocks was fast, Kuzan's response was not slow either. He quickly condensed a long sword made of ice in his hand to block Rocks's attack.
He exerted force with his arms to push Rocks back, then cold air burst out from Kuzan's body, condensing the water molecules in the air and turning them into ice spears.
"Ice cube. Polar spear!"
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh"
Under Kuzan's control, dozens of ice spears condensed in the air stabbed towards Rocks in a covering manner.
Relying on his excellent observation Haki, Rocks kept jumping to dodge the attack of the ice spear, and then shattered the ice spear by waving the sword in his hand.
However, there were too many ice spears and they were too fast, so Rocks exerted force with his arms and swung out with his sword fiercely.
"Ichidao Style. Purple Eagle!"
A slash with a flash of purple light turned into a flying eagle that shattered and cut all the ice spears into pieces.
The flying purple giant eagle slashed and shattered the ice spear before continuing to fly towards Kuzan, preparing to chop him into pieces as well.
Kuzan looked at the purple flying slash without any panic in his eyes.
He was covered in cold air and waved the ice knife in his hand.
"jump"
A ray of ice that reflected blue light and emitted a bone-chilling cold suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Squeak"
"Crack"
The purple flying eagle slashed and cut a cut on the ice wall that was reflecting the blue light, and then lost its power and dissipated in the air.
After blocking Rocks's attack, Kuzan did not sit there and wait for death. He waved his hands, and the biting cold air burst out with his waving.
"Ice cage!"
"Buzz!"
Almost in the blink of an eye, dozens of huge ice cylinders appeared around Rocks, forming a huge ice cage that completely controlled him inside.
Rocks was controlled by Kuzan in the blink of an eye, but he did not sit still and wait for death. He swung the sword in his hand vigorously.
The sword body wrapped in armed color domineering was covered with a purple gravity halo. Rocks quickly rotated his body in the ice prison, and a circular purple light slash suddenly spread out from his body.
"Gravity knife. Gravity impact!"
"Buzz!"
The gravity impact slash directly hit every ice pillar in the ice prison.
"Crack"
After only holding on for a moment, the icicle was shattered by the impact of gravity and turned into ice fragments on the ground.
With one move, Rocks shattered the ice prison that trapped him, and raised his sword to attack Kuzan.
However, Kuzan seemed to have known that his attack would not be of much use to Rocks, so he launched the attack first and arrived above Rocks in advance.
Kuzan crossed his arms, a biting cold emanating from his body.
"Frozen. Frozen time capsule!"
"call!"
The icy cold icicle instantly swallowed Rocks below.
Kuzan succeeded in his attack, landed on the ground, and retreated slightly, keeping a safe distance from Rocks, who was completely frozen into an ice sculpture by the ice.
The reason why he didn't rush up directly to smash Rocks' ice sculpture was because he felt an extremely terrifying aura emanating from the ice sculpture.
"Crack"
Just as Kuzan retreated to keep a safe distance, Rocks' body, which had turned into an ice sculpture, began to crack rapidly.
"Buzz!"
"Crack"
"jump"
In the blink of an eye, the ice covering Rocks' body shattered, and a violent aura burst out, sweeping around with a violent air wave.
"Ah, it's not that easy to solve. Moreover, this kid actually possesses the domineering aura of the Conqueror's Haki. He is really a kid with great potential!"
Kuzan murmured in a low voice with a serious expression, then his whole body tensed up, ready to fight at any time.
“Hu, hu, hu…”
Rocks, who broke free from the ice, was gasping for breath.
I have to say, Kuzan's ability is indeed a bit terrifying.
The powerful cold air penetrated his skin and corroded his internal organs. If he had not used Armament Haki to resist it in advance, his internal organs would have been completely frozen.
After panting heavily for a while, Rocks took a deep breath, then bent down slightly, held the sword in both hands across his chest, and stared at Kuzan.
"Huh... Then, keep going!"
After saying that, Rocks exerted force on his feet and rushed directly towards Kuzan.
Kuzan didn't say anything more. He raised the ice spear in his hand and rushed towards Rocks.
"BOOM!"
The two men wielded their weapons and collided fiercely, starting a fierce battle.
In the distance, Jabba, who had been watching the fight between Rocks and Kuzin the entire time, grinned and casually blocked the attack of the Rear Admiral.
"Hey, it seems that our little Rocks is also a pretty good little monster."
Jabba chuckled and teased the rear admiral in front of him.
"snort!!"
The major general snorted coldly, raised the long sword in his hand above his head to block Jabba's short axe.
Looking at the rear admiral who was holding on, Jabba retracted his hatchet and looked at him teasingly.
"Hey, we're old friends who've fought many times together, so why don't you stop being so rigid? How about we stop and have a drink and chat together?"
"Asshole! I am a rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters. How could I possibly drink with pirates? Accept the punishment of justice!"
The rear admiral roared and swung the sword in his hand to chop at Jabba.
Jabba smiled indifferently and started fighting with the other party with his two hatchets.
On the battlefield in the distance, Roger and Garp fought fiercely and then both took several steps back, looking at each other with smiles on their faces.
"Garp, there's really an interesting kid on your ship. Is he a newcomer in your navy?"
Roger asked Garp who was not far away, grinning and holding the sword in both hands.
"snort"
Garp moved his arms, clenched his fists in front of his chest and looked at Garp.
"Yes, that boy's name is Kuzan. What do you think of him? He's a pretty good guy, right? Hahaha."
Garp teased for a while, then turned his head to look at Rocks who was fighting fiercely with Kuzan.
"Roger, where did you kidnap this kid from? You bastard! You actually brought such a good kid on the road of pirates. This is unforgivable!"
Garp yelled, then pounced on Roger like a hungry tiger.
"Hahahaha, that just means my charm is stronger than your navy!"
Roger laughed loudly and rushed towards Garp with his sword in hand.
"Divine punishment!"