Chapter 96: Logia
Aokiji asked with considerable patience:
"Well, have you reached the bottom?"
"Mm, mm... I've reached the limit..."
Psykos responded with a strained and forced tone.
Her appearance was currently a mess; her body, composed of light energy, looked like it had been severely battered.
"Since you've reached the bottom, let's begin." Aokiji sat cross-legged on the ground.
"Hurry up and absorb the Ley Line Energy. If you get blown up again this time, you should behave yourself."
"Huff—mm—the one losing this time won't necessarily be me!"
Energy flowed continuously from the tentacles that had plunged deep underground.
Psykos couldn't help but let out a soft hum of pleasure.
Her energy body was being replenished constantly, becoming increasingly full.
Psykos lightly licked her lips, and the way she looked at Aokiji became even more aggressive.
Using Aokiji as a sacrificial offering seemed like a good choice~
What is this bitch thinking now?
How does her self-confidence always recover so quickly?
Aokiji was quite puzzled.
He had clearly been pinning Psykos to the ground and beating her for so long; yet as soon as he let her absorb some energy, she went back to that punchable expression.
She wasn't like Orochi in his prime.
He could directly absorb the even deeper and more massive core energy.
She was currently only able to draw upon a portion of the Ley Line Energy.
Yet she was already getting so cocky.
She still needs a beating.
Just like mochi, the more you beat it, the stickier it gets.
Lifting his Hassaikai(Kanabo), Aokiji stood up and asked:
"Well, have you had your fill? Then it's time to beat it out of you."
"Hehe—then come and try!"
Psykos laughed arrogantly.
She stretched her hands straight ahead, activating her Psychic Power to condense it.
Suddenly! The light dimmed!
Psykos subconsciously looked up.
The massive rock sphere she had previously compressed using her Psychic Power was being held aloft by flame clouds.
It blocked all the direct sunlight, casting a huge shadow on the ground.
"Do you also want to dance!"
Aokiji mimicked a classic, wildly arrogant line.
With his raised arm, he sliced his finger through the air, seemingly cutting the flame clouds from hundreds of meters away.
"Tengai Shinsei!"
The massive rock sphere fell with sluggish, heavy momentum.
The sphere, which had compressed countless layers of soil, rock, and building debris, smashed down toward Psykos with immense mass.
"Childish."
Psykos was unfamiliar with this line and Move.
But from Aokiji's tone, she could guess it probably came from some work of fiction.
Daring to relax so much while fighting me, who can continuously draw Ley Line Energy... A look of annoyance at being underestimated surfaced in Psykos's eyes.
In an instant!
A psychokinetic ray, condensed to only the thickness of an arm, swept upward!
It cut the sphere into two hemispheres, which were separated by the impact and fell to either side.
As they crashed to the ground, they kicked up a heavy, surging wave of yellowish earth!
"Did you see that, Aokiji! This is my current power!!"
Psykos displayed her power arrogantly.
She lightly pointed a finger at Aokiji, and an exaggerated amount of energy condensed into a tiny point of light.
Then it was released like light itself!
It instantly pierced through Aokiji's forehead!
"Hahaha, feel my pow... Eh??"
Psykos, who just wanted to show off her power again, was stunned.
She stared blankly at the hole in Aokiji's head.
Then she made the meaningless gesture of rubbing the eyes of her energy body.
Only then did she confirm it wasn't an illusion or an afterimage.
Her psychokinetic ray had actually headshot Aokiji?!!
Her brain was still in a daze.
Yet the corners of her mouth instinctively curled upward.
Psykos couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"Hahahaha! To think that just the Early Stage form of the plan could easily defeat the strongest Pro Hero!!"
"It seems my plan's goal won't need to wait that long; just a little more preparation will be enough!!"
Clap clap clap clap—
"Omedetou."
Aokiji clapped his hands to congratulate her.
The hole pierced through his head was gradually being filled in by ice crystals.
(T/N: FINALLY!!, To be honest the reason why I started to read this is just to see this scene and it took a 96 f**king chapters)
"How can this be—?!!"
Psykos was filled with shock and uncertainty.
She raised her hand, and numerous psychokinetic rays pierced through Aokiji one by one!
Brain, neck, heart, spine... she aimed at these universal biological weaknesses, frantically launching attacks in disbelief!
But Aokiji neither dodged nor blocked.
Allowing the rays to pierce through and splash fine bits of ice, he walked steadily toward Psykos.
A thick white mist of cold air rose up.
Not only did he want to beat her, but he also wanted Psykos to understand that her attacks were useless.
A ray sliced from top to bottom!
Splitting Aokiji in half from left to right!
Another ray cut horizontally through his waist and abdomen!
His body was divided into four pieces.
After the rays passed through, they left incredibly smooth cut marks on the ground behind him!
But Aokiji's body, shrouded in cold air, returned to normal in the next instant.
Even his forward pace wasn't affected in the slightest!
He even put on an "I see" expression:
"So being split down the middle feels like this."
It was like having two assholes.
Psykos's attacks became increasingly frequent and dense!
The absorbed energy gathered in the palms of her hands, then formed a massive ring, with terrifying rays arranged vertically and horizontally into a net!
Psykos's expression was crazed, mixed with some arrogant confidence as if she had seen through him.
No matter what kind of recovery ability it was.
There would always be a key core, just like with Orochi!
As long as the attacks were dense enough to destroy the core, it could be broken!
Inside the energy ring, the interwoven rays increased once more!
They swept toward Aokiji!
Swish————!
The sharp, smooth sound of cutting flashed by!
"So this is what it feels like to be finely minced into meat sauce."
Aokiji nodded slightly and noted down this strange experience.
Aside from his body turning into cold ice, there was no difference from before.
The cut parts froze back together before the rays even passed through, so he didn't shatter onto the ground.
Although it was convenient to not have to piece himself back together and just re-freeze a body.
Aokiji's goal was to create heavy psychological pressure on Psykos.
Naturally, it was better to show his most relaxed state.
Psykos's offensive had stopped, and her true body hidden deep within was already breaking out in a cold sweat.
How could she win against an opponent who was a monster that couldn't be damaged??
None of the information about Aokiji circulating through various channels mentioned that he had the ability to elementalize.
Excluding combat training, in his battles against numerous enemies.
Aokiji had only used elementalization to toy with a certain enemy who came alone to the volcanic island.
Carrying the Hassaikai(Kanabo), Aokiji stopped and stood in front of Psykos.
"What kind of king did you guys want to become again?"
Boom————!!
Boom————!!
Boom————!!
The induction ceremony reached its final stage.
Aokiji was having a friendly exchange with the newcomer about to join.
Even the earth trembled incessantly with emotion.
Tear—
The flesh connected to the limbs was torn apart.
Psykos's true body fell into Aokiji's hands once again.
Looking at this piece of land now.
No one would ever imagine that this place, with its countless meteorite craters, deep longitudinal gashes, and high-temperature liquefied ground, had once been a human town.
Aokiji squeezed the figure-sized Psykos and asked:
"Do you agree to join?"
"Cough, cough... I..." Psykos felt extremely unwilling, but she had no other choice.
"I agree... I will lift Orochi's brainwashing..."
Aokiji put down Psykos, whose bones were being squeezed to the point of creaking.
Then he looked at Orochi's body.
Without Psykos's suppression, Orochi's consciousness was gradually reviving.
This backstabber, who in the original plot had turned against Psykos.
Rapidly descending from a 10,000-meter Sky Island without a parachute is not an activity exclusive to Kaido.
In the world of the One Piece, the average physical strength is ridiculously high.
The priest under Eneru, the guy who fell from the Sky Island, crashed directly onto an island in the sea.
He didn't die, wasn't even seriously injured; he just got a bump on his head!
The priest even dug out a hot spring on the island where he fell, and with the help of a large mole, dug a submarine tunnel leading directly to Alabasta.
This part comes from a cover story.