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Chapter 258: Not Entertaining Sag Enough
Chapter 258: Not Entertaining Sag Enough
Sag's body swelled further, his knotted muscles constantly converging and intertwining on the surface. As they continued to bulge, they transformed into a suit of muscular armor, with a larger and a smaller pauldron forming at the shoulders.
"100%!"
With another puff of frost from his nostrils, an even more exaggerated physique appeared before Kuzan's eyes.
"It's truly amazing every time I see it."
Kuzan said, "If I hadn't confirmed that you ate the Mo Mo fruit, I would have thought you ate the Muscle Fruit or the Conquer's Haki fruit. Your willpower is terrifying."
"Oh? I don't see any hint of terror in you."
Sag balled his hand into a fist and vanished from his original spot with a stride.
Bang!
In the next instant, a truly pot-sized fist slammed into Kuzan's face. The punch shattered his head into icy fragments that rained down.
Crack!
Kuzan's headless body also turned from flesh to ice, and as cracks appeared, it burst violently, turning into extremely sharp ice crystals that rained down on Sag.
The ice crystals had little force, but their unique freezing aura caused frost to form on the parts of Sag's body that were hit.
This guy didn't originally fight with ice; he fought with that extremely strong freezing aura.
Freeze was the true natural phenomenon!
"Ice Age Capsule!"
Kuzan condensed and emerged from the ice surface behind Sag. He raised his hand and pressed down, releasing a freezing aura that blew onto Sag, instantly turning him into an ice sculpture.
As the ice sculpture formed, Kuzan's figure flashed, and he appeared in front of the ice sculpture, swinging his fist for a mighty punch.
Boom!
The surface of the ice sculpture exploded, and amidst the flying ice crystals, Sag spun around, meeting Kuzan's fist with his own. The point of contact rippled with a shockwave as their fists pushed apart.
"Instantaneous Hundred Crackers!"
In the moment of separation, Sag's arms moved at a speed imperceptible to the average person.
Boom, boom, boom!
Instead, in that instant, a series of dull thuds sounded from Kuzan's body, and he involuntarily rose into the air, turning into ice chunks that shattered.
"How long can you stay in your elemental state!"
Boom!
Sag kicked off the air, soaring into the sky. Without even moving his fingers, he unleashed a barrage of Haki bullets from his palm, smashing the ice layers below and creating a string of explosions.
Boom, boom, boom!
"Two Thorned Spears!"
Amidst the shattered ice fragments, a mass of freezing fog rose, and from within the fog, countless ice spears extended, colliding with the descending barrage of Haki bullets. In the tempest of wind, snow, and ice, countless ice fragments exploded, swept up by the storm, resembling a hailstorm.
"What about adding another hand to the mix!"
Sag spread open his other hand, and Haki, like flowing black flames, gathered in his palm. Similarly, a barrage of Haki bullets was unleashed.
This was a newly developed technique. Unlike the Sky-Splitting Killer, it didn't require him to shake his arms to release the Haki. While the power might differ, this technique was all about conserving energy.
Sag was unique.
His Haki recovery was almost infinite. As long as his stamina didn't deplete, his Haki would never run out. How much stamina could something as simple as extending his hand possibly consume? If he was in a good mood, he could keep this up for a lifetime.
The Haki bullets unleashed from his two swinging hands shattered the ice spears that had been shot up from below and slammed into the freezing fog.
"Are you in there!"
As soon as the Haki bullets broke through, Sag immediately retracted his hand. His right hand tightened into a fist, and Haki flowed out, blossoming with two black flashes.
"Galaxy Shockwave!"
Boom!!
A Haki shockwave that encompassed the entire circular wall crashed down from the sky, instantly collapsing the wall and reducing the buildings within to rubble.
"Hey, that's going too far!"
Kuzan condensed and emerged from the cracked ground, his hands crossed as Haki materialized. He looked up at the airborne Sag and said, "There are people inside!"
"I'm a pirate. How can I show mercy to my enemies? Besides..."
Sag grinned maliciously. "I don't believe you can't sense that there aren't many living people underground!"
He didn't even need to go down there. Just from what that little brat, Rob, had said, he could probably guess the situation.
After all, he had subordinates from the Demon Race, and they had come up from underground as well. But those people had it worse. Not only were they imprisoned, but they had also been turned into mindless puppets through abilities or other methods.
Otherwise, Kuzan wouldn't be so unmotivated.
Strong opponents could sense each other's will, and this guy had been a bit lost since before. Now, he lacked the will to fight even more.
He must have known the situation of this island.
"Spare me... It's too troublesome. Can't you just pretend you don't know and leave quietly?" Kuzan sighed.
"Hohohoho! Isn't that inconvenient for the Navy?"
Sag laughed heartily. "What's this about justice and injustice? Everyone has different interpretations of those concepts. You don't even believe in yourself; who else can you believe in?"
"Don't spout such meaningless words. The Navy is still responsible for maintaining order."
Frost began to spread across the surface of Kuzan's body.
"That's more like it. Now that we're here, let's have a proper fight!"
"Then I'm truly sorry..."
Kuzan mocked, "For not entertaining you enough, Sag. But this time, I'll make sure you stay here!"
"Go ahead if you can!"
Sag laughed fearlessly.
There was definitely still a gap between them.
However, this gap wouldn't be apparent in a short-term battle, not because of anything else, but purely because his Haki was infinite. As this advantage narrowed the gap in other aspects, the battle would become increasingly difficult.
A single Kuzan couldn't possibly hold him back!
Rumble!
Just as Kuzan seemed about to get serious, the ground shook violently for an instant. In the midst of the ruined wreckage, the large door on the ground was abruptly sliced open. Lily, holding an irregularly shaped piece of steel and dragging a one-armed man by his ankle, slashed open the iron door with her sword and flew up using Moonwalk.
Rob led a group of miners, who hadn't been modified yet, out from below. Following them was Mary, leading a group of Demon Race members.
"Sag! The molten iron and furnaces underground have all exploded, and the molten iron will rush up!" Lily called out anxiously.
"That is..."
Kuzan narrowed his eyes, also noticing the piece of steel Lily was carrying under her arm, and reached out to strike in that direction.
"Galaxy Shockwave!"
Sag punched down, unleashing another shockwave that turned Kuzan's body into icy shards.
"Did you get it!"
He laughed, "Good! As promised, I'll grant them their freedom and take them with me to the ship!"
"Don't even think about leaving!"
The ice on the ground quickly extended and covered the area, instantly reaching Rob and the others, forming into a nearly three-meter-tall figure of Kuzan, forcing Rob to look up involuntarily.
Kuzan exhaled a freezing breath, about to use his ability, but at that moment, he met Rob's gaze.
A pair of eyes filled with determination, yet also carrying a hint of fear and hatred.
"You... you're a bad guy! Wearing white clothes!" Rob took a few steps back instinctively, but then he seemed to remember something and shouted, "Why? Everyone is already dead. It's not a cold disease, they've been turned into inhuman creatures, their flesh and blood gone! I just wanted to go out and see the world outside, the world in the books. Everyone wants to see, they must want to see! That guy said those who are modified have no consciousness and can't think, but I know, I hid in the mine car, it was my mom and dad..."
Rob's eyes turned red, "It was them who sent me out, it must have been! Everyone wants this, why... why do you have to stop us?!"
Kuzan's outstretched hand froze in place as Rob's voice rang in his ears, and in front of these miners, dirty and fearful, he stood still.
The cloak of justice he wore fluttered in the stormy wind, causing the word 'justice' on it to blur, as if it would slip off his shoulders at any moment.
"Careless!"
A whirlwind rose amidst the storm, rapidly approaching Kuzan. It was Sag, moving at high speed and rotating his body at a hundred times the normal rate. With a straight leg, he spun and charged forward, delivering a powerful kick to Kuzan's chest.
"Hundred Rift Spin!!"
Bang!!
The tremendous force of the kick sent Kuzan flying far away, not turning into ice this time, but rather like a shooting star that was kicked into the distance.
Sag himself was stunned by the power unleashed by this kick, but he quickly recovered and, looking at the shooting star-like figure that had flown away, clicked his tongue,
"Pretty slippery!"
"Forget it, if you insist on doing it this way, it'll be inconvenient for you. I'll do it instead. Consider it repayment for the last time."
Sag scanned the surroundings, tapped his foot on the air, and shook the ground, creating a square crack. Then, he stomped hard and shook loose a square block of earth.
"Come on up, it's quite a distance, and you won't make it at your speed," Sag said to the group, sensing the increasing vibrations from below.
Rob was the first to jump onto the square block, telling the miners, "Everyone, the ones with the skull flag are the good guys, and those in white clothes are the bad guys. The good guys will give us freedom, let's go with them!"
"Hmph, hmph, damn, even pirates can be considered good guys now, this is truly hilarious!" Sag shook his head and chuckled.
He waited for everyone to climb onto the square block, then aimed in a particular direction and kicked hard, "Hold on tight, twenty times speed!"
Bang!
The tip of his foot touched the block, and it turned into a blur, flying low across the sky, soon becoming just a silhouette in the distance.
Boom!!
Just then, from the opened iron door, a torrent of molten iron rushed out, like a volcanic eruption, shooting up into the sky. The area around the iron door also cracked, and hot molten iron seeped out, quickly spreading in all directions.
Sag looked left and right, then walked to a ruined building and picked up a fallen cannonball. He tested its weight in his hand, then stomped on the air and jumped into the sky.
"No need to destroy the whole island, a deep pit will do. Fifty times!"
He assumed a throwing posture in the air and forcefully threw the cannonball downward, "Southern Dipper Human Cannon!!"
It was just an ordinary cannonball, not one of the large ones with a one-meter diameter. Though it looked huge when its diameter was enlarged fifty times, it wasn't overly exaggerated. With fifty times the speed, it viciously slammed into the iron door, penetrating it completely.
Boom!!!
The entire island shook at that moment, and the soaring molten iron was pushed back down by the cannonball's explosion, creating a small mushroom cloud. The surrounding ruins were turned to dust by the blast's impact, leaving behind a massive pit that transformed the once flat island into a deep crater.
The center of the island, now a deep pit, accumulated a lake of molten iron, steaming hot but gradually cooling.
Far away, Kuzan was kicked and flew to the island's only Navy base. His body crashed through the base, shooting out the other end, and as he was about to fall into the sea, he froze a layer of ice on the water's surface.
A large number of Navy soldiers rushed out of the base towards the ice sheet.
"Admiral Kuzan!"
The vice admiral who was in charge saw Kuzan lying at the center and exclaimed, "Are you alright?!"
Kuzan waved his hand, pulling the eyepatch down to cover his eyes, his voice sounding weary, "Tired, let me rest for a bit."
In his mind, he was still thinking about what the little brat Rob had said.
Had the Navy really degenerated into the bad guys?
It was hard to tell.
In this world,
It was truly hard to tell.
(End of Chapter)
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