"Then… let's settle this one-on-one."
The mont the words left his mouth—
Luffy transford into a blue lightning arc, flashing behind Admiral Aokiji.
Black Armant Haki and crackling lightning wrapped around his fist as he threw a devastating punch, shattering chunks of ice around them.
His fist passed straight through Aokiji's body—
yet caused no damage at all.
Elentalization… voluntarily triggered.
Suddenly, an icy chill like the depths of hell invaded Luffy's right arm.
Luffy instantly turned into lightning and shot into the sky.
Aokiji looked up with slight surprise.
"Ara ara… what kind of Devil Fruit did you eat? A Mythical Zoan?"
Luffy waved his hand.
Dozens of ten-ter lightning spears ford in the sky.
They pointed toward Aokiji before plunging downward like a storm.
Lightning tore through the sky—
yet Aokiji's expression barely changed.
Just as the spears approached, he casually brushed his right hand through the air.
A faint blue freezing mist spread outward.
In an instant—
the air itself froze.
The rotating lightning spears were locked in place midair.
Luffy's eyes widened.
"Lightning… froze?!"
The freezing mist passed through the immobilized lightning and surged toward him.
Luffy dodged quickly—
But Aokiji was already there.
A single punch struck him.
No ice.
No Haki.
Just pure physical strength.
The raw force—nearly overwhelming.
Luffy felt like he'd been struck by a rocket.
He crashed into the island.
BOOM!
A massive crater swallowed nearly half the island.
"This is bad…"
The damage wasn't fatal—
but his combat capability had already dropped by twenty percent.
And that had only been Aokiji's bare strength.
A faint life force began flowing through Luffy's body.
His condition rapidly returned to peak form.
Life Return — Ultimate.
Aokiji landed inside the crater.
"Hm?"
He looked up at Luffy.
A strong sense of scrutiny filled the air.
For the second ti, Aokiji was surprised.
Cold energy condensed in his hand.
An ice bird ford and shot forward.
The freezing air crackled across the sky.
"Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!"
"100 Million Volts — Thunderbird!"
Luffy didn't dare block the attack directly.
Instead, he unleashed lightning at full power.
At the sa ti—
his arm stretched forward.
Armant Haki, flas, and lightning twisted together.
Behind it surged a powerful montum—
a fist that could break the world.
For the third ti—
Aokiji was shocked.
In that mont, he saw a familiar shadow in Luffy.
His forr ntor—
the man who had punched his way to becoming a Marine legend.
Monkey D. Garp.
"Ara ara… makes sense," Aokiji muttered.
"He's Garp's grandson."
Aokiji raised his fist.
But subtly held back his strength.
The ice bird shattered the lightning instantly.
Luffy turned into lightning and dodged.
His fist struck Aokiji.
anwhile, the Pheasant Beak shot far into the distance without hitting anything.
No one paid it any attention.
Compared to Luffy's Haki, lightning, and flas—
Aokiji simply clenched his fist like an ordinary man.
But at the mont he punched—
Luffy felt sothing strange.
An invisible will had been infused into the strike.
This punch… can't be dodged.
The thought was absurd.
How could there be a punch that couldn't be avoided?
Yet—
When their fists collided—
BOOM!
A massive shockwave ring erupted between them.
The circular blast split the earth, tore across the ocean, and pierced the sky.
Aokiji stepped back three steps.
Luffy was sent flying.
Yet strangely—
he wasn't seriously injured.
Less than ten minutes…
Luffy clenched his teeth.
Even with Aokiji holding back—
surviving one hour was nearly impossible.
He inhaled deeply.
White steam rose from his body.
He was about to fight with everything he had.
Technically, the best strategy would have been stalling for ti.
But Luffy gave up on that idea.
Even if Aokiji held back—
the battle would likely end within ten minutes.
"Fighting an Admiral isn't sothing that happens often!"
Luffy rushed forward.
Dark red Conqueror's Haki lightning danced happily around him.
Punches and kicks rained down at supersonic speed.
Yet every strike against Aokiji felt like hitting brittle ice.
Aokiji remained unhard.
anwhile—
Luffy's hands beca numb from the cold.
Ice spread up his arms.
But a surge of life force pushed the frost away.
His arms recovered instantly.
"Ara ara… I've lost count of how many tis you've surprised ."
Aokiji spoke with genuine admiration now.
"A powerful body. Strong Haki. Excellent combat skill."
"And that strange regenerative ability."
"Even Kaido couldn't completely resist my ice… yet you can."
He paused.
"You realized I wouldn't kill you."
"So you've been using as a test stone."
Aokiji sighed.
"But I'm a lazy man."
"You have three minutes left."
The mont he finished speaking—
a terrifying cold swept across the island.
On the Going rry—
"Set sail!"
Zoro and Sanji shouted simultaneously.
The ship began moving.
anwhile—
at the island's center—
white frost spread in every direction.
Land.
Trees.
Ocean.
Everything froze.
Even the sky felt colder.
"Ice Age."
Within hundreds of miles, the world turned white.
No one knew whether Aokiji had held back—
but the power was worthy of the title Admiral.
In the sky—
Luffy felt lightning raging through his body.
A thought crossed his mind.
Why did the system say the fruits were fused… instead of making a true dual fruit user?
A crazy idea ford.
He unleashed lightning within his own body.
For the first ti—
the lightning damaged him.
But instantly—
life energy healed the destruction.
His body entered a cycle of destruction and rebirth.
Even Aokiji stared in disbelief.
"Ara ara… what a monster."
Suddenly—
the blue lightning turned black.
Two three-ter lightning wings erged from Luffy's back.
Black lightning patterns spread across his body.
"Thunder God Mode."
Both of Luffy's arms stretched forward.
Black destructive lightning surged toward Aokiji.
"Annihilation — Planet-Crushing Rail Cannon!"
His fists folded repeatedly in midair.
Each fold increased speed.
Within seconds—
they folded over a hundred tis.
The sky filled with Luffy's arms.
Then—
the fists launched forward at near light speed.
For the first ti—
Aokiji struggled to follow Luffy's movents.
The punch struck.
Aokiji was blasted backward several kiloters.
He coughed.
Blood spilled from his lips.
For the first ti—
his perfected body had been injured.
Aokiji wiped the blood away.
His calm eyes shook slightly.
"Admiral-level power…"
"Ara ara… you're truly astonishing."
"But next…"
"I won't hold back."
"I'll use just one attack."
Aokiji's body dissolved into blue mist and rose into the sky.
He faced Luffy.
On the Going rry, the crew stared in shock.
They hadn't even entered the New World yet—
but they were witnessing power that 90% of pirates would never see.
After this battle—
they would never again be frogs in a well.
The sky split in two.
One half—
black lightning tearing through the heavens.
The other—
blue ice freezing the abyss.
"Ice Block — Two-Part Spear!"
Eight ice spears appeared.
Each three ters long.
Each capable of freezing anyone below Admiral level instantly.
They shot toward Luffy.
Luffy grabbed black lightning from the sky.
He compressed it into a massive sphere.
But suddenly—
a drop of blood fell from his body.
Cracks spread across his skin like fragile porcelain.
Still—
he pushed the lightning sphere forward.
The black lightning sphere collided with the eight ice spears.
The air shattered.
Tiny spatial cracks appeared where the two forces collided.
Monts later—
Luffy collapsed.
He lay on the island that had been ravaged countless tis.
Aokiji appeared beside him instantly.
"Why go this far?"
He looked at Luffy's nearly shattered body.
Then sighed.
"I've done what I can."
"Whether you live or die… that's up to fate."
Aokiji mounted his bicycle and rode toward the horizon.
Ten minutes later—
the clash in the sky finally faded.
The spatial cracks disappeared.
But the island would never return to its original form.
Luffy lay on the ground.
"Why?"
"…Because I've got cheats."
"Second Wind."
A green light enveloped him.
In an instant—
he was completely healed.
Ding!
Mission failed.
Reward will not be issued.
Luffy rolled his eyes.
"You call that a mission a human can complete?"
"Survive one hour against an Admiral?"
But honestly—
he had gained a lot from this battle.
And since the system didn't punish failures—
he didn't mind.
Soon after—
the Straw Hats rushed onto the devastated island searching for their captain.
"Guys!"
"I'm over here!"
As the sunset painted the sky orange—
their shadows stretched long across the ruined land.
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