Chapter 104: Fierce Battle, Lister VS Aokiji!
In an instant.
The world changed color.
Countless black-red lightning bolts shot out.
A circle of violent energy wildly spread out.
Where it passed, the ice surface shattered inch by inch.
Ice flew wildly.
Fortunately, the ice surface Aokiji froze was thick enough.
Otherwise, in an instant, both of them would have fallen into the sea.
Meanwhile, the ladies' bicycle under Aokiji was crushed into a pile by a powerful impact.
"My bicycle!"
Aokiji's expression changed slightly.
"Mad Demon Dance!!"
After the initial assassination strike failed, Lister didn't choose the hit-and-run tactic of retreating a thousand miles.
Instead, he swung Kashu directly.
Unleashing a mad barrage of attacks on Aokiji.
Ten swords, a hundred, a thousand swords!!
Within just one second.
Lister slashed a full one thousand five hundred times.
Although Aokiji had Observation Haki, he couldn't keep up with Lister's incredible speed.
Instantly slashed into countless fragments.
However, before Lister could breathe a sigh of relief.
God's Perspective detected someone appearing behind him.
Without a second thought, he swung his sword back directly.
Clang——!
A sound of metal clashing.
Lister blocked Aokiji's attack.
Of course, it could also be said that Aokiji blocked Lister's attack.
"Your swinging speed is really fast, I almost got hacked to death by you!" Aokiji sized up Lister, looking calm and composed.
"Your reaction is also fast. Under my attack, you could elementalize instantly and quietly appear behind me!" Lister said indifferently.
"According to intel, you've been at sea for less than three months? Why is your Busoshoku Haki so proficient? So powerful? Not like a rookie at all??" Aokiji asked.
"Because I am a genius!" Lister said calmly.
Then he asked Aokiji in return:
"What about you, Marine Admiral Aokiji, why are you here??"
"I happened to be passing by, do you believe that??" Aokiji said.
"Guess if I believe it??" Lister said expressionlessly.
"Alright, you probably don't believe it." Aokiji replied.
"Indeed, I don't!" Lister responded.
"Fine, I'll tell you the truth. Fleet Admiral Sengoku sent me. To find you, I've been running around the sea for half a month. Initially, I went to Alabasta. But you left a few hours earlier. I have to say, you are really lucky!" Aokiji said.
"Just for me? No other reason??" Lister said indifferently.
"Of course there is another reason! You should be clear about Nico Robin's identity. Back then, because of me, she escaped calamity. So, all these years, I've been tracking her trail. Nico Robin herself is a dangerous person. Now mixing with someone like you, this group's danger level has risen several notches. Recently, I happened to be resting. Fleet Admiral Sengoku told me the situation. I thought, well, this team is indeed dangerous. So I came to take a look!" Aokiji said somewhat chatteringly.
"Dangerous? In my opinion, you can't let go of Robin, that's why you came. After all, you've always worried and run around for her sake. In a sense, you are also her old father. Now you've seen it, Robin is doing well. Next, can you be lenient and let me leave??" Lister made a particularly shameless request.
"You know all these things?? Forget it, that's not the point!! If your strength was average, I might have let you leave. After all, things that can't achieve much won't make people feel a sense of crisis! But your talent is too strong, too dangerous! So, I cannot let you leave. Prepare yourself mentally for a lifetime in prison!" Aokiji glanced at Lister with some surprise, didn't deny his special feelings for Robin, and said slowly.
"Sorry, I have places to go, not going to prison for now!" Lister said calmly.
"That's not up to you!" Aokiji said.
Slapping a palm towards Lister.
Lister's pupils shrank slightly.
Instantly retreated hundreds of meters.
With a boom.
The moment Aokiji's palm struck down.
An iceberg suddenly appeared.
From this, one could imagine.
If Lister had been hit by Aokiji just now, his whole person would probably have been frozen in an instant.
"Ice Spear!"
The moment Lister dodged, Aokiji condensed an ice spear and shot it towards Lister.
With a whoosh, Lister instantly disappeared from his spot.
Then, after 0.12 seconds.
From another direction, slashed towards Aokiji!
Aokiji's Observation Haki was quite powerful.
Instantly captured Lister's trail.
The Ice Saber in his hand blocked the sharp blade Lister slashed.
Successfully blocking Lister's attack.
After the attack was blocked, Lister didn't wrestle with Aokiji, quickly withdrawing Kashu.
Used Mad Demon Dance again.
In an instant, swung one thousand five hundred slashes towards Aokiji.
Facing this kind of attack from Lister.
Aokiji couldn't parry.
So he simply stopped parrying.
Directly elementalized.
Then, dived from the frozen sea surface to appear behind Lister.
"Ice Time!"
Aokiji gave a palm strike directly behind Lister.
With a whoosh, Lister instantly widened the distance with Aokiji.
Causing Aokiji's palm to hit empty air.
"Ice Time Capsule!"
A combo set.
The moment Lister wasn't hit by Ice Time.
Aokiji used Observation Haki to lock onto Lister's figure.
Simultaneously released a ranged attack.
Bang!
Just as Ice Time Capsule was about to hit.
Lister leaped.
Dodged Aokiji's attack.
Simultaneously held the sword with both hands and swung a fierce strike towards Aokiji!
"Getsuga Tensho!!"
A black-red slashing wave shot out.
Falling like a meteor.
"Even mastered Busoshoku Emission??"
Aokiji's expression changed slightly.
Simultaneously, he quickly elementalized his entire arm and mixed it with Busoshoku Haki, finally forming a giant ice fist.
Punched fiercely against the incoming Getsuga Tensho.
"Ice Glove!"
Boom——————!
In an instant.
Countless black-red lightning bolts shot out, spreading rapidly towards the void.
When strong ones clash, it's not only Haoshoku Haki that creates this phenomenon.
Busoshoku Haki experts can do the same.
Those black-red lightning bolts were mostly caused by the Ryuo Haki inside Lister's Getsuga Tensho leaking out after clashing with Aokiji's Ice Glove.
Meanwhile, a violent energy spread out.
The ice surface within a radius of tens of meters shattered inch by inch.
Pieces of shattered ice shot out violently.
Aokiji blocked Lister's Getsuga Tensho for a full three seconds.
Finally, completely shattering it.
Lister showed no particular expression towards this.
With a whoosh.
Rushed towards Aokiji again rapidly.
Swung a slash towards Aokiji, fast and urgent.
Aokiji had just shattered Lister's Getsuga Tensho.
Old strength exhausted, new strength not yet born.
Facing Lister's super-speed attack.
For a moment, he could only defend passively.
Finally, was slashed back tens of meters by Lister.
"Pheasant Beak!"
While retreating, Aokiji suddenly threw out an attack.
The attack was like an ice bird, flying straight at Lister.
Lister's figure flickered.
Disappearing from his spot.
Aokiji's attack missed instantly.
Landing on the frozen sea surface, quickly forming a peculiar iceberg.
"Getsuga Jujisho!"
After Lister dodged.
Swung another fierce attack towards Aokiji.
A gigantic cross-shaped black-red slashing wave, several meters large, slashed ferociously towards Aokiji.
Aokiji used Ice Glove again to shatter Lister's attack.
Lister was preparing to repeat his trick.
But unexpectedly.
Aokiji launched an attack first.
Saw an Ice Spear quickly thrown from Aokiji's other hand.
Rapidly shooting towards Lister.
Lister could only halt his attacking steps, switching to dodging.
However, Aokiji at this time was also using Observation Haki to lock onto Lister's figure.
The moment Lister moved, kicked out fiercely.
"Rankyaku!!"
Aokiji's strike was like Lister's Getsuga Tensho, both Busoshoku Emission.
Its power was comparatively stronger.
Moreover, it seemed to predict Lister's movement trajectory.
Heading straight for the high-speed moving Lister.
Lister's expression remained unchanged; as Rankyaku slashed over, he dodged calmly with agile footwork.
"This guy, not only is his movement speed ridiculously fast, even his neural reaction is first-class!"
Aokiji's gaze narrowed slightly.
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