Arms-Arms Fruit vs. More-More Fruit

"Hey!"

"You should snap out of it."

"Old fellow."

As Brynndi World broke through the ice, he stood there like a demon possessed, muttering to himself.

"Marine..."

When Brynndi World heard Zephyr's voice, his bloodshot, demonic eyes immediately pierced over. At first, his gaze was ferocious, but then a trace of hesitation appeared, as if he sensed something familiar, and the movement of rushing forward paused slightly.

"Are you... Zephyr?"

Brynndi World squinted at Zephyr, a bit uncertain.

Compared to the time before he was frozen, Zephyr was now decades older.

"How could you still recognize me?"

Zephyr was slightly surprised.

"Why do you look like some old ghost?"

Brynndi World was momentarily dazed.

"That's normal."

"It's been 26 years since we last met."

Zephyr's words struck like thunder, shocking Brynndi World to the core.

"26 years!?"

"In that case... you Marines have kept me frozen for 26 years!!"

Brynndi World's gaze swept over the fragments of ice on the ground, and his expression flickered violently.

Twenty-six years.

First betrayed by his subordinates, then frozen by the World Government, and finally imprisoned by the navy.

Even if he had been unaware of all this while frozen, after Zephyr's words, that violent, savage heart of his suddenly erupted with monstrous killing intent.

"That's right."

Zephyr nodded calmly.

"Why did you let me out?"

Brynndi World struggled to restrain the endless murderous intent in his heart.

He quickly pieced together his thoughts.

He hadn't broken the ice himself — it was Zephyr who had set him free.

"Never mind."

"No matter what your reason is, I'm not interested."

"Now, the only thing I want is to kill all those traitors... and finish everything I left incomplete 26 years ago!"

Brynndi World Bennt down and picked up a piece of ice.

"I don't know why you let me out, and it doesn't matter."

"Since you've helped me regain my freedom, I'll give you five seconds to disappear from my sight."

"Otherwise, everything here will disappear!"

A terrifying murderous aura exploded from his entire body.

Betrayed by comrades.

Imprisoned for twenty-six years.

The World Destroyer had accumulated enough resentment and hatred to swallow the sea.

"It's a pity."

"You're not going anywhere."

"As the price for your temporary freedom, the only thing you can do... is serve as a consumable for my student's training."

Zephyr stared coldly at Brynndi World.

"Either die by my student's hand, or die by mine."

"You choose for yourself."

"Brynndi World."

Every word was like a thunderclap.

"If it weren't for those bastard traitors, would your incompetent navy have caught me!?"

"You're not leaving, are you?"

"Fine! Then stay! You and your student, and that Marine over there — die here together!"

Brynndi World laughed angrily. Rather than fleeing, he suddenly clenched the ice chunk in his palm into four fragments and flung them out.

"Thirty-fold multiplier cannon."

It looked as though he hadn't used much strength, yet as soon as those four ice fragments flew from his hand, they let out an ear-piercing whistle, surrounded by spiraling air currents, roaring toward Rosen, Zephyr, Borsalino, and Shiryu like bullets.

This was the World Destroyer.

So what if you were a former Admiral or a current Admiral candidate?

His first attack would always be directed at the strongest in sight.

"The bell for class has rung."

Facing the oncoming ice, Zephyr didn't move an inch. Instead, he only spoke indifferently to Rosen.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura."

Hearing this, Rosen took a step forward, drawing Senbonzakura from his waist with his right hand.

Whoosh!

A violet light flashed across the blade, and then it began to disintegrate from the tip down. The entire blade transformed into countless cherry blossom petals, weaving into a purple vortex — a storm of blades that swallowed the four pieces of ice flying through the air.

Holding only the hilt, Rosen gently waved it.

Clang!

Accompanied by a metallic crash, the ice fragments that had been enhanced thirtyfold by the More-More Fruit were instantly crushed into dust by the Sakura blade storm.

"Is this your student?"

"He does have some skill."

"But only barely."

Brynndi World tilted his neck, glanced at Rosen with disdain, and then slammed his foot into the largest chunk of ice on the ground.

"Multiplier. Fifty-fold cannon."

A plain chunk of ice, under his kick, suddenly expanded fifty times in volume.

What was even more terrifying — after expanding fiftyfold, the speed did not decrease at all. On the contrary, it rocketed forward fifty times faster!

Fortunately, the space in Infinite Hell was vast enough, and the construction materials — whether stone, seastone, or special metals — were unbelievably tough. With Zephyr and Borsalino observing from the side, no serious damage was caused.

"So this is a real pirate..."

"Completely different from my previous spars."

Looking at the enormous ice block crashing through the air like a mountain, Rosen felt unprecedented pressure.

It was different from the duel with Tokikake and Gion — those were matches between classmates.

Different from the Conqueror's Haki clash with Douglas Bullet — there, it didn't matter if he won or lost.

But this —

A life-and-death struggle against Brynndi World.

Every moment was like dancing on a knife's edge. Thrilling. Blood-boiling.

It was a test not only of spirit but of true strength.

Any hesitation or distraction could mean not just defeat — but death.

"This... is combat!"

Feeling the tension of his first true battle, Rosen felt the blood in his body, no — his Haki — roaring and surging.

He didn't feel the slightest fear. On the contrary, under Brynndi World's murderous onslaught, his spirit was more focused and his physical potential more fully unleashed than ever before.

Boom!

Facing the incoming mountain-like iceberg, Rosen suddenly raised the hilt in his hand. His Armament Haki surged forth, pouring into the thousands of cherry blossom blades like a raging torrent.

This was the first time he had truly combined Haki with his fruit ability in actual combat.

Clang!

Under the Hardening and Imbuement of Armament Haki, those originally brilliant purple cherry blossom blades all turned jet black.

Gone was the romantic beauty — now they exuded a solemn, crushing darkness.

"Armed Senbonzakura."

Rosen swung the blackened hilt lightly.

Thousands of Haki-infused blades stormed upward, weaving into a colossal black cherry blossom hand — then pressed down fiercely against the approaching iceberg.

Rip!

A tearing sound echoed.

First, a giant palm print appeared on the iceberg. Then, in an instant, it split open under the descending black blossom hand, and finally shattered completely.

Boom!

The black palm burst apart like a sudden rain of pear blossoms, scattering in all directions.

Snap!

In an instant, the iceberg fragments, which had already been split into countless chunks, were ground down into fine powder and drifted to the ground like icy petals — creating a scene as beautiful as a dark ice blossom storm within the dim Infinite Hell.

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