On the yellow dirt road in the forest, sword flashes and sparks of fire filled the air.
Two fast-moving figures clashed, with ten claw blades and two machetes leaving afterimages in the air. They exchanged countless blows in an instant, but neither could gain the upper hand.
Icey’s speed was slightly faster than Kuro’s Silent Step, and his powerful physical defense allowed him to wield his machetes with abandon, gaining experience in the intense battle.
He did not use Haki, wanting his body to adapt to this level of combat and become stronger, and also to conserve energy for a critical strike against Kuro.
Zheng!
With the final clash between the two blades and ten claws, Kuro retreated voluntarily, maintaining a safe distance from Icey, standing still with a dark expression, and breathing slightly heavily.
After a fierce battle, he finally realized that Icey was using him to practice his sword skills.
Anger filled his body, and a surge of killing intent flowed out!
Thinking of the warship led by Morgan approaching soon, Kuro hesitated no longer, forcefully tearing off his pirate captain’s cloak, deciding to use his strongest move to deal with Icey quickly!
At that moment, a green light suddenly shot into the sky from the direction of the beach.
Following that was a deafening roar.
Boom!!!
The ground beneath shook, and a terrifying shockwave spread across the entire island.
In an instant, the trees swayed, and the seabirds nesting in them were startled, flapping their wings to the safety of the sky.
What happened?
The sudden commotion made Kuro stop his movements. He turned his face towards the coast, a look of surprise hidden behind his glasses.
To completely trap Icey and his group on the island, he had sent the Nyaban Brothers to destroy their sea restaurant ship, cutting off their escape route.
But now, not only had the Nyaban Brothers not returned, but there was an unusual commotion from that direction, which was very strange.
‘Is it the blond man who didn’t land with Icey?’
Kuro’s mind naturally pictured King’s face with ferocious scars.
The strong tremor and the mysterious oppressive feeling that tensed every cell in his body were still fresh in Kuro’s memory!
‘To think he left such a trump card on the ship, could it be that Icey saw through my plan from the beginning?’
Kuro stared at the smiling young man opposite him, more and more frightened as he thought about it.
He liked to toy with his enemies, just like he did with Captain Morgan.
But the unexpected situations made him extremely irritated and angry!
Of course, what Kuro couldn’t have imagined was that Icey was also in a state of bewilderment and worry.
He knew King’s strength very well, and the current commotion was definitely beyond what King could cause.
In the entire Black Cat Pirates, no one could make the entire island tremble.
If there were such an existence, they would just let Aqua take them and run away!
An unexpected third party?
Or…
Did King, as the strongest summoner, summon Saitama, the bald demon king?
No, it shouldn’t be.
Not to mention if King has such an ability, the green light shooting into the sky didn’t seem like Saitama’s attack method!
On the other hand, the direction where Aqua was too quiet.
Not even a hint of a magic circle’s glow was seen!
The strange situations on both sides made Icey frown slightly, looking serious.
He looked up just as Kuro’s murderous gaze was also looking over.
Both men thought of the same thing at the same time.
That was, to kill the other as quickly as possible!
After adjusting his glasses one last time, Kuro started moving his legs, his naturally hanging arms slowly swaying.
Creak, creak.
The ten blades touched each other, making a chilling friction sound.
“Let’s see, Icey, if your proud physical defense can withstand this attack!”
“Shakushi…Death!”
Buzz!
The moment the last word fell, Kuro’s figure seemed to evaporate out of thin air, disappearing.
As Kuro disappeared, the area fell into a strange silence.
The sea breeze blew, and a fallen leaf floated down, being cut in half by a swift slash before it even hit the ground!
Swish, swish, swish!
A terrifying chain reaction followed, with shadows flashing and the surrounding trees and rocks being cut in half.
Five lines next to five lines, densely packed slashes covered the yellow dirt road, spreading rapidly towards Icey!
Perhaps due to not being idle as a butler for three years, Kuro’s full-power Shakushi at this time was stronger in both power and speed than in the original story!
Icey was highly focused, standing still despite the surrounding trees falling and the ground’s slashes enclosing him.
With his eyes slightly closed, he maximized his Observation Haki, carefully sensing the movements around him.
Though he couldn’t precisely track Kuro’s movements as before, he could still grasp the general direction of his attacks.
Buzz!
The stinging wind pressure with a dense sense of danger rushed at him, leaving five bloody gashes on Icey’s left cheek.
As Kuro said, in Shakushi state, he could break Icey’s physical defense!
Despite this, Icey still didn’t intend to move.
He was waiting for Kuro to show a flaw in his high-speed movement.
“Now!”
At a certain moment, Icey suddenly opened his eyes, swinging his two Haki-covered machetes with all his strength.
Clang!
The left machete swept across, shattering the five claws before him, sending fragments flying.
The right machete was chopped down, creating a fatal wound from shoulder to thigh on the suddenly appearing Kuro!
Thud!
Severely injured, Kuro was forced out of Shakushi state, staggering backward while clutching his bleeding chest.
At this moment, his face was filled with horror, losing the previous calm demeanor, not even bothering to fix his fallen glasses, letting his bloodshot eyes be exposed.
Without giving him time to recover, Icey explosively rushed forward with his machete.
Kuro, enduring the pain, hurriedly blocked with his remaining five claws.
In a one-sided situation, Kuro quickly received several more injuries, his aura weakening.
Even his cherished glasses were punched to pieces by Icey!
By now, the outcome between the two was clear.
As Icey prepared for a finishing move, Aqua suddenly appeared in the distance.
“What? You haven’t dealt with this glasses-wearing fool yet? That’s too weak, Icey!”
She looked relaxed, breathing evenly, holding a handful of peanuts she had somehow obtained, talking while leisurely eating them, even licking her fingers.
She didn’t seem like someone who had just experienced intense combat!
“You’re not dead?!”
The disheveled Kuro turned around, staring incredulously at Aqua.
Did this ditzy girl avoid all his traps and ambushes around the base?
Impossible!!
Even Icey found it strange.
Since when did this useless goddess become so reliable?
Aqua continued eating peanuts, ignoring Kuro’s shock, and talked about her recent experiences with Icey.
“Icey, you wouldn’t believe how dumb these guys are! It’s hard to imagine they’re fierce pirates.”
“I walked down the road without anyone stopping me, and even their base door was wide open!”
“There were only a few weak pirates inside, especially that weird guy with heart-shaped glasses. He just waved two rings in front of me, and guess what?”
“Haha! He hypnotized himself and lay there motionless!”
By the end, Aqua couldn’t hold back her laughter, clutching her stomach and laughing.
Her sharp, annoying laughter made people want to punch her, including the black-lined Captain Kuro…
“Why, why would you just walk in! Such an obvious trap, shouldn’t you first observe the situation from a more hidden place?!!”
Kuro shouted, breaking down.
Indeed, all his traps and ambushes were around the base’s surroundings, meant to catch normal intruders like Captain Morgan.
He never expected the blue-haired girl to walk through the front door brazenly!
And he never expected Jango to mess up so badly!!
“You’re the fool here. Why wouldn’t you walk through an open door? Too dumb, really too dumb.”
Aqua laughed loudly, her blue eyes full of mockery.
It was hard to believe she could mock someone else’s intelligence.
Especially since Kuro had no retort!
“Pfft.”
Understanding the whole situation, Icey couldn’t help but laugh.
Kuro’s cunning mind was justified in the pirate world of low average IQ, living up to Oda’s high IQ setting for him.
A normal person might fall for it, but unfortunately, he encountered the unusually clever Aqua!
Keeping Aqua away from messing with others was a brilliant pre-battle arrangement!
Seeing Kuro’s face as if he had eaten something foul, Icey felt a deep satisfaction.
“By the way, Icey, even if I didn’t do much, those pirate bounties are mine. Don’t try to cheat me, since this was your arrangement!” Aqua suddenly remembered, demanding her bounty from Icey.
“No problem.” Icey, in a good mood, agreed without hesitation.
“Icey! So it was you behind all this!”
Kuro glared at Icey, his strong confidence shaken.
Rather than believing the blue-haired girl was cluelessly walking into the base, he believed Icey had seen through all his plans.
Combining this with leaving the mysterious blond man on the ship, Kuro
He felt he was outmatched in both intelligence and strength, which made him feel helpless for the first time in his pirate life!
Perhaps due to panic, he forgot the traps and ambushes were meant for Captain Morgan’s navy…
“Say what you want, but I’m taking your bounty, Captain Kuro.”
Icey had no intention of explaining, stepping towards Kuro.
Kuro’s chest heaved, forcing his wounded body to quickly pull out a smoke bomb, throw it to the ground.
Bang!
Gray-white smoke exploded, covering everything and blocking Icey and Aqua’s sight.
“This little trick won’t work on me…”
Icey was about to use his Observation Haki to find Kuro when a wave of dizziness hit him.
He had exhausted too much energy and Haki during the battle.
This became evident as his body relaxed, feeling weak from the power drain.
In the end, he lacked enough battle experience.
As the sea breeze blew away the smoke, Kuro had vanished!
“Aqua, don’t just stand there, our 14 million bounty is running away.”
Kneeling on one knee, Icey urged Aqua, “Hurry, heal me!”
“Huh?!”
Aqua was shocked, tightly covering her ample chest, her face showing disdain and embarrassment, “Just for some pirate bounty, Icey, I didn’t expect you to be like this!”
“…I meant give me a blessing.” Icey was speechless.
If not for the urgent situation, he would have smacked Aqua’s head!
“Ah? Say that clearly then!” Aqua belatedly understood.
Soon, a brilliant light shone, and Icey regained some mobility with the blessing.
Following Kuro’s blood trail, he explained the location to Aqua and started chasing.
At this time, Kuro, having escaped, was quickly moving through the dense forest.
He knew the island well and the quickest route to the beach.
Jango was useless, so he pinned his hopes on the Nyaban Brothers who went to destroy the sea restaurant.
Though the earlier commotion was worrying, if they succeeded or could hold off Icey, Kuro could escape by ship!
“Damn you, Icey, I’ll remember this grudge!”
As the forest thinned and the light brightened, Kuro relaxed a bit.
But when the refreshing sea breeze hit, and the view opened up, Kuro grabbed a tree, stopping abruptly.
“What the hell is this?!”
Like seeing something terrifying, his eyes widened, heart pounding.
Looking forward, the waves roared, crashing against the cliffs.
Where was the beach?
Where was the huge beach?!!
Boom, boom, boom!
Amidst his confusion, Kuro heard a loud sound in his ears.
He couldn’t tell if it was his heartbeat, as it sounded like cannon fire!
Looking around, he found the sound source on the floating sea restaurant ship.
On the second deck, the blond man stood with his arms crossed, his fierce scarred face calm.
Even as the waves rocked the ship, he remained unmoved.
Opposite him, on Captain Morgan’s warship, over a hundred armed marines, including Morgan, faced him nervously!
Kuro’s mind raced.
He knew the marines’ capabilities, and none could make the vast beach disappear, even with continuous cannon fire.
Recalling the earlier commotion during his fight with Icey, a terrifying realization dawned on him.
“That blond man…”
“He erased the entire beach!!”
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