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OPI Chapter 248: Ice Meets Ice
🕑 Added 2024-10-17 05:58:57 +0000 UTCLong navy blue hair that fell to her legs, deep ice blue eyes, delicate eyebrows, an impeccably sculpted face and a slender figure that stood out under a white military uniform.
Combined with her imposing and cold gaze, she emanated the absolute presence of a queen, displaying a powerful and authoritative aura.
That was the first impression Kuzan had when he saw Esdeath.
On the other hand, Esdeath was also sizing up Kuzan while she was atop her dragon. Although she had full confidence in her own strength, she didn't allow herself to let her guard down, much less underestimate her opponent.
Not to mention, she also has a certain understanding of the generals of the World Government.
"That guy must be at least three meters tall. Putting aside his power, he's already a monster with that height alone." Esdeath smiled slightly.
However, deep down she was not as relaxed as she seemed.
She had sensed the powerful and majestic energy emanating from Kuzan. At that very moment, a feeling of inferiority took hold of her.
This was also because Esdeath had awakened her Kenbunshoku Haki.
Kuzan remained motionless, but to Esdeath, in her perception, it was as if a gigantic ice bird lay there.
"Great, it seems that I have finally met an opponent who can satisfy me."
Her entire body trembled slightly with excitement. The intense feeling of danger made her vibrate, and in her eyes shone a spark of determination never seen before.
Just as she drew her sword from her waist, ready to attack, Kuzan, from below, shouted: "Well, Miss Esdeath, could you go down first? Let's talk a bit, shall we?"
"No need to talk nonsense!" Esdeath replied bluntly, raising her sword towards the sky.
"Although my subordinates are too weak and it is normal for them to be eliminated by you, who made them my subordinates? I have to avenge them!"
As soon as the voice fell.
A large shadow enveloped her and Kuzan below.
Kuzan watched unfazed as large amounts of cold air appeared out of nowhere in the sky, quickly forming a huge ball of ice.
"Ahlalala~ what an impatient little girl"
Kuzan squatted down and pulled a dozen weeds from the ground, then stood up slowly and threw them in front of him, then blew a breath of cold air on them, and suddenly an ice saber formed in his hand.
"I haven't used a sword in a while. I hope I'm not rusty." He commented, just as the gigantic ball of ice was barely fifty meters from his head.
At that very moment, Esdeath watched as the immense body of ice was split in two by a white lightning bolt.
That made her frown.
"Even his swordsmanship is so exceptional? It seems like he's on par with level eight great swordsmen."
After that Esdeath launched a sharp blade of white light in the shape of a crescent moon towards Kuzan.
In its wake, the air filled with a white mist, and in the blink of an eye, the attack arrived in front of Kuzan.
[Bang!]
Suddenly, the attack disintegrated three meters away from Kuzan, as if it had collided with an invisible, unbreakable barrier.
"Ahlalala~"
"Integrating cold air into the flying slash is a relatively conventional technique." Kuzan commented calmly.
"But why don't you come down now? It's not very polite to make me raise my head to speak."
As soon as he finished speaking, his right arm moved rapidly. He launched his ice saber at an astonishing speed.
"Roar!"
The dragon sensed the impending danger, and its pupils contracted. In a frenzy to survive, it flapped its wings furiously, attempting to dodge. But the next moment the saber pierced its chest, exiting through its back. The blade grazed Esdeath's cheek.
[Bang!]
The wind generated by the impact scattered her blue hair, sending it flying in all directions.
If it weren't for the instinct provided by her Kenbunshoku Haki, which made her take a step back, her abdomen would have ended up just like the chest of her dragon, which was now plummeting while wailing.
"Damn it!"
Esdeath, who was plummeting downwards, her face gloomy, extended her right palm towards the air below her and activated her Teigu's ability.
“I will not lose! Because I am the conqueror of all, no matter who I face!”
The next moment, layers of ice began to materialize beneath her, instantly forming a gigantic ice tower hundreds of meters high.
"Wow - it's really spectacular, quite good!" Kuzan praised her generously.
"Hmph!"
Esdeath at the top of the ice tower saw Kuzan put his hands back into his trouser pockets.
She felt that the other party didn't respect the fight with her, which made her face cold.
With a movement, she raised her sword, and ice spears began to form around it, emanating extreme cold.
In less than two seconds, the spears had already filled the entire sky.
“Feel the pain of this world, invader of another world!”
At that very moment, the ice spears launched themselves towards Kuzan, crossing the air at a dizzying speed.
“This is getting a bit boring. We might as well get this over with.”
With a calm expression, Kuzan showed no concern for Esdeath's killing intent. He leapt into the air, letting the ice spears crash down where he stood moments before.
"Ice Ball!"
Suddenly, he stretched out his right hand, from which gusts of cold were already beginning to emanate.
"Ice Barrier!"
Esther slammed her heel hard on the surface of the ice tower, and instantly five thick ice walls rose up in front of her. However, those walls did not last even a second before being shattered by Kuzan's attack.
"What?!" Esdeath was shocked.
Just as she was about to be caught and frozen, she made an instant decision: she released all of her Teigu's energy.
[Boom!]
A snowstorm, impossible to describe with words, exploded from the center of Esdeath, like a gigantic avalanche.
"Ahlalala~"
Before Kuzan could finish his sentence, he had already been buried by the gigantic avalanche.
Soon the entire island was completely covered in snow.
And the most amazing thing was that the snowstorm did not stop. It continued to spread at an incredible speed. Everything in its path was instantly frozen.
In the end, its range covered the entire southeastern region of the empire.
All suffered a devastating disaster due to this sudden blizzard.
Esdeath, at the center of the storm, on the other hand encased herself in ice armor and, using her Kenbunshoku Haki, quickly located the place where Kuzan had been buried.
"Pleasure me with your death!"
"The navy admiral of the World Government!"
Esdeath raised her ice sword and mercilessly plunged it into the snow mound where Kuzan stood.
[Clang!]
Suddenly, just as Esdeath's sword pierced the snow mound, a loud metallic sound rang out.
In an instant, a powerful gust of wind blew away the snow, revealing Kuzan, who had caught the ice sword with his Haki-covered hand.
“How is this possible?!” Esdeath was completely stunned.
“Wow, wow. How curious... how is it that you can use Haki?” Kuzan examined the ice sword curiously, while assessing the opponent's Haki level.
“Looks like I’ll have to take you with me as soon as possible.” Kuzan's gaze turned serious.
He tightly gripped the ice sword, shattering it, and then slammed his hand against Esdeath's ice armor.
[Bang!]
The armor crumbled before Esdeath's astonished eyes.
In the next second, Esdeath tried to forcefully remain calm, and with a surge of momentum, she quickly moved away from Kuzan.
"The game is over, Ms. Esdeath."
But at this moment, Kuzan's voice sounded from behind her.
At the same time, she could feel a cold palm approaching her back.
Her instincts screamed at her not to let him touch her. If he did, she would be finished.
“Freeze in my presence, Mahapdama!”
A flash of white light erupted from Esdeath's hands, rapidly expanding into an energy field that spanned two kilometers in radius.
Everything inside that field was completely stopped and frozen.
Except her.
“I am the eternal vertex. I will always be the victor, no matter what comes my way.”
Esdeath turned around slowly, raising her chin proudly.
With a haughty look, she swept her eyes over Kuzan's hand, which was only three centimeters away from her face.
Just as she was about to plunge her sword, wrapped in Haki, into Kuzan's forehead, she saw with horror that he winked at her.
Immediately, Kuzan caught the sharp tip of the sword with his left hand and, with complete casualness, placed his right hand on Esdeath's shoulder.
"How is it possible?"
As the effect of the Mahapdama faded and the snowstorm began to rage again, Esdeath, with an expression of shock and disbelief, was completely frozen.
"Oh, wow... how do I explain this?" Kuzan said, scratching the back of his head as he smiled a little embarrassedly.
Shortly after, Kuzan left the island, taking Esdeath, Liver, and Teigu Shamshir with him.
