After the Straw Hat and the forces led by the Three Admirals fully engaged in battle.
The first battlefield to erupt was Akainu's side.
Seeing his attack blocked by Zoro and used as an aid by Vivi, Akainu was extremely enraged.
He immediately clenched his fist again and launched an attack towards Zoro.
Akainu's lava fists rained down densely, sweeping towards Zoro like a storm.
Facing Akainu's powerful and fierce offensive, Zoro could only defend for now, unable to find an opportunity to counterattack.
Just as Zoro was being suppressed and unable to retaliate, Vivi suddenly sped down from the sky, swooping towards Akainu.
Noticing the enemy attacking from the side, Akainu immediately snorted disdainfully.
"Hmph! Seeking death!"
As he spoke, he violently twisted his attack direction, and a lava fist blasted towards Vivi.
However, just as he was about to attack Vivi, he saw Vivi suddenly spit out a small, not-so-large ball of blue flame from her mouth, enveloping Akainu's fist.
At the same time, she pulled her body upwards, dodging his punch.
Seeing that Vivi intended to dodge but still spat out such a small ball of blue flame, Akainu immediately felt a burst of confusion.
"Your flames can't hurt me!"
"And what can such a degree of flame do?"
No sooner had he spoken than Akainu suddenly frowned, his eyes revealing an incredible look of shock.
He actually found that the ball of flame seemed to be absorbing his power, rapidly burning more intensely at an extremely terrifying speed.
This scene made Akainu suddenly recall the firebird that Vivi had just released, which had devoured and absorbed his lava ability.
Thinking of this, Akainu immediately retracted his fist and deactivated his elementalization.
And just as he expected, he no longer felt his power being absorbed.
At this moment, he also saw that Vivi had actually absorbed all of the blue flame, which had expanded several times in the blink of an eye, back into her body.
The instant she absorbed the flame, Akainu clearly felt Vivi's aura climb a notch.
Such a scene immediately made Akainu exclaim in admiration.
"Can you absorb my lava and turn it into your own power?!"
"What an unfair ability!"
While Akainu was marveling, Vivi, whose aura had climbed, did not stop, her figure arriving in an instant.
Her sharp claws, covered in Armament Haki, tore towards Akainu's head.
As Vivi's figure flashed past, several cracked fissures appeared on Akainu's head, with rolling lava flowing within them.
Seeing this scene, Vivi knew her attack had not worked.
Even with Armament Haki, Akainu had still foreseen it with Observation Haki and quickly elementalized his body, dodging the attack.
However, before Akainu could catch his breath, Zoro, who finally had a chance to retaliate, immediately turned defense into offense, launching an attack on Akainu.
For a moment, Akainu temporarily became the one on the defensive.
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Kizaru's battlefield!
After Sanji's kick redirected Kizaru's targeted attack on Nami, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Oh, how terrifying!"
"Why are you so fast?"
However, despite saying this, Kizaru's hand speed was not slow.
He immediately activated his ability, and with a flick of his hand in mid-air, countless photons appeared.
The photons rapidly converged, quickly forming a golden light sword.
"Ama no Murakumo!"
Kizaru let out a low cry, then swung the light sword to slash at Sanji.
Sanji immediately used a swift movement to create distance, trying to dodge the sword.
However, Kizaru's speed was not slow at all; he stayed close to him, pressing him with the light sword step by step.
To an outsider, it looked like a black shadow rapidly flashing through the air.
And behind the black shadow, a yellow light shadow followed closely.
Just as the two were chasing each other at speeds invisible to the naked eye, a large amount of white electrons suddenly gathered in the air.
At a certain moment, those gathered white electrons suddenly seemed to coalesce into a white beam of light, forcefully cutting through between the black shadow and the yellow light shadow, intercepting the pursuing yellow light shadow.
Kizaru was enjoying his pursuit of Sanji when a powerful white lightning beam suddenly shot towards him, forcing him to stop in his tracks.
He could feel that this lightning not only had a speed similar to his light flash but also contained extremely explosive energy.
Because when he was chasing Sanji, his body was not entirely elementalized.
If he took this hit, he would likely be severely wounded immediately.
Kizaru looked up in shock at Nami beneath the dark cloud above him, unable to help but exclaim.
"Oh! How terrifying!"
"That was a close call!"
After Kizaru was temporarily intercepted, Sanji finally managed to catch his breath.
He immediately adjusted his stance, and a crimson flame suddenly ignited on his leg, kicking towards Kizaru.
Kizaru, meanwhile, quickly recovered from his surprise, swinging his light sword and engaging Sanji in a fierce battle.
Nami's lightning ability contained a powerful energy impact, not much different from Kizaru's Flash ability.
However, Nami was weaker than Kizaru in terms of her physical constitution and Armament Haki.
If she were to engage Kizaru in close combat, she would definitely be at a disadvantage.
But her Observation Haki was already extremely top-notch and covered a very wide range.
Therefore, she could rely on her ability to make precise interceptions, providing support for Sanji.
The two thus cooperated, one in close combat, the other providing long-range fire support, surprisingly holding their own for the time being.
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On Aokiji's battlefield!
When Aokiji told Sentomaru to command the operation, he suddenly saw a completely black vine tear through the air, causing a series of crackling explosions, and fiercely striking at him.
He subconsciously turned his arm into ice, spraying a solid ice mass from it to block.
However, the moment he used his ability, Aokiji's eyes suddenly widened.
He actually saw that black vine split in mid-air, instantly transforming into more than a dozen vines of the same size, all covered in Armament Haki.
From different directions in the air, they formed a pincer movement, rushing towards him like black snakes.
Seeing this, Aokiji was immediately puzzled.
"That shouldn't be!"
"Ordinary weapons shouldn't be controllable to this extent, right?!"
In Aokiji's view, such a weapon that could split and seemed to possess consciousness, capable of being freely controlled, should not exist.
However, the attack was coming, and he couldn't think too much for the moment, so he immediately used his other hand, turning it into ice.
Both arms simultaneously sprayed out a large amount of ice, covering the more than a dozen vines filling the sky.
Only the sound of ice breaking constantly echoed.
The vines covered in Armament Haki had astonishing attack power, constantly devouring the ice blocks released by Aokiji like ferocious beasts.
However, Aokiji's ice blocks also seemed endless, continuously gushing out and colliding with those vines.
Finally, after a period of time, all those vines suddenly retracted.
However, the moment these vines retracted, Aokiji saw a scene that he could not believe.
As the vines continuously retracted, Aokiji clearly saw that they were retracting into Nojiko's arm, which had transformed into branches.
This sight immediately caused Aokiji's pupils to constrict.
He frowned, asking in disbelief and surprise.
"This ability..."
"It should be Aramaki's, right?!"
"Why can you also use this ability?"
However, before Nojiko could answer, Aokiji suddenly thought of a possibility that he found hard to believe.
He looked at Nojiko with extreme solemnity, saying in a deep voice.
"Could it be... your pirate crew has the ability to plunder other people's Devil Fruits?"
Thinking of this possibility, Aokiji immediately felt a shock in his heart.
At this moment, he suddenly recalled the various powerful abilities of the other Straw Hat members.
Like Nami and Vivi, when they first publicly appeared in Alabasta, they simply had no Devil Fruit abilities.
But suddenly, they acquired abilities, and each one was incredibly powerful.
Nojiko had also never displayed Devil Fruit abilities before, but after the Straw Hat fought Aramaki once, and the Marine received news of Aramaki's death, Nojiko acquired Aramaki's ability.
All these factors combined forced Aokiji to become even more convinced of his speculation.
At this moment, his expression had become extremely solemn.
The Straw Hat crew had surprised them again and again, and displayed shocking and unbelievable abilities again and again.
Such a group of people was truly too dangerous!
Facing such enemies, Aokiji no longer slacked off and immediately activated his ability.
He suddenly leaped up, releasing five ice pillars from his arms.
"Ice Ball!"
Aokiji let out a soft cry.
The five ice pillars surged towards Nojiko's position like a burst dam.
However, just as the ice pillars were halfway there, Aokiji suddenly saw a black dot appear in front of the ice pillars.
Boom!
The black dot suddenly exploded.
It instantly transformed into a powerful railgun, colliding fiercely with the ice pillars.
The power of that "railgun" was extremely strong, instantly devouring half of the ice pillars formed in the air, and still advancing, destroying everything in its path.
Ultimately, Aokiji's ability was almost completely neutralized by that railgun, which seemed capable of devouring everything.
Even if released again, it would have no power, so Aokiji had to give up on this attack.
He frowned, glancing at Usopp, who was providing precise support from a distance with his slingshot.
The power of this kind of cannonball was truly exaggerated.
However, just as Aokiji looked at Usopp, Nojiko's attack came again.
Nojiko's Devil Fruit ability meant that even if she elementalized, her main body would still be affected by attacks.
And facing Aokiji's ability to freeze large areas, she had to protect herself with Armament Haki to ensure she wasn't harmed.
This meant she couldn't release too many branches, otherwise her Armament Haki would be consumed too quickly.
And when facing Aokiji's wide-range attacks, it was most suitable to leave it to Usopp.
Facing Nojiko's black vines coming again, Aokiji had no choice but to switch from offense to defense.
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The battlefields of the others.
Chopper and Sentomaru were engaged in an intense battle...
Chopper, after transforming into his giant form, was extremely powerful, and due to his continuous training and mastery of Haki, he was now slightly gaining the upper hand against Sentomaru by himself.
Aside from his slightly slow speed due to his immense size, he had almost no weaknesses.
If his speed could keep up, he would certainly be able to quickly defeat Sentomaru.
As for the remaining people, Franky and Brook were relatively weaker due to not having joined for long.
But Luffy had already taught them quick training methods and Haki.
And with the blessing of Luffy's heaven-defying comprehension, their growth rate was extremely fast.
Franky, having experienced the Buster Call and Thriller Bark battles, was now able to face a Pacifista alone.
Brook, on the other hand, was working with Bonney to deal with a Pacifista.
For them now, Pacifistas still posed a challenge.
As for the remaining enemies, they were all left to Robin.
Robin's current strength was definitely not weak, already enough to match her high bounty.
However, her Devil Fruit ability had a weakness: any arms or body parts she created were connected to her main body.
That is to say, if someone attacked her manifested abilities, her main body would also be injured.
Therefore, her ability was not suitable for facing the Three Admirals who could elementalize.
Otherwise, as soon as she released her ability on an opponent, if the opponent elementalized, she herself would be burned or frozen, or even pierced by a laser.
And to withstand that intensity of elemental attack, she would have to use powerful Armament Haki.
But with the assistance of the heaven-defying comprehension, Luffy discovered that Robin's talent did not lie in Haki, but in her extremely powerful Devil Fruit ability.
Even without Devil Fruit awakening, she could already, solely through her own ability, create powers far exceeding what other similar Paramecia users could release.
For example, currently facing the encirclement of thousands of Marines simultaneously, she could extremely easily release her ability on thousands of people at once, effortlessly eliminating most of the enemies.
Aside from a few who possessed special abilities or Armament Haki and could temporarily resist, the vast majority of enemies were instantly annihilated.
In addition, she was also simultaneously dealing with the remaining few Pacifistas.
Although she couldn't easily defeat these Pacifistas, she continuously used her ability to block them, buying time for Franky, Brook, and Bonney.
Once they took one down, she could free up a new Pacifista.
Meanwhile, Karu was constantly interspersing through the battlefield, providing support to everyone.
It also used its ability to open a door on the ground, making Pacifistas fall in, temporarily restricting their movement to help Robin relieve pressure.
For Karu, it didn't need strong combat ability.
What it needed and was constantly doing was developing its Devil Fruit ability.
The stronger its Devil Fruit ability was developed, the larger its Different Space would become.
The longer the distance it could travel from one place to another through the air.
This also meant that the range and number of people it could assist simultaneously would increase.
And under Karu's development, it had already mastered a special ability.
4.1 [Space Movement: The ability user can move freely within the created different dimension, appearing instantly anywhere within the space.]
In short, as an ability user, Karu could instantly move to any location within its different dimension, as long as it wished.
This allowed it to observe the battlefield globally within its different dimension, and rush to wherever support was needed at the first moment.
And because of this sudden appearance and disappearance, then reappearing far away, and then disappearing again, Karu appeared extremely bizarre and unpredictable.
It even caused all enemies to be in a state of panic, having to constantly guard against a duck suddenly appearing and dragging them into the ground.
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After seeing Robin and their battlefield, Luffy was already relieved; it seemed there would be no problems on their side.
As long as Karu was there, no one should encounter too much danger.
After all, for enemies of this level, they couldn't predict Karu's movements, and to deal with Karu, they could only act the moment it appeared.
And this not only required extremely excellent Observation Haki but also exceptionally fast action.
These people clearly did not possess such strength.
So Luffy's main attention then shifted to the battle of the Three Admirals.
Even though for now, the Three Admirals were temporarily restrained.
But Luffy knew this was only temporary.
After the battle, which had been stabilized by the Straw Hat, continued for a while, just as Luffy expected, the Three Admirals began to exert their power to break the deadlock.
The first to be enraged and become impatient was the hot-tempered Akainu.
After Zoro's attack continued for a while, Akainu turned the tide, and he once again became the one with the offensive advantage.
But at this moment, Vivi once again came out to intercept him.
Having learned from the last lesson, Akainu had no intention of using elementalization this time.
He directly covered himself with Armament Haki and attacked Vivi, who was flying towards him.