"The Limitless Pirates are handling business here, irrelevant people get out of the way, or die!"
Esdeath held the shura sword, and the icy aura around her instantly bloomed. The scene, originally covered in snow, instantly turned into a frozen expanse of ice crystals.
The killing aura she had accumulated over many years was released without reservation. Just the aura alone shocked Doflamingo and Aramaki. How many people must she have killed to accumulate such a killing intent?
"Fufufufufu, so it's Princess Esdeath. Since the Limitless Pirates are handling business here, I won't get involved!"
The moment Doflamingo saw Esdeath, he decided not to get involved and directly backed down.
After all, even if he could get the Ope-Ope no Mi, he wouldn't live to enjoy it. That was something the Limitless Pirates wanted, and they even sent Esdeath to get it. If they didn't get the Ope-Ope no Mi, and they found out he had it, then he would be finished!
After saying that, Doflamingo ran off before Aramaki could even react.
Since he couldn't get the Ope-Ope no Mi himself, he definitely wouldn't help the World Government go against the Limitless Pirates. He still wanted to cling to the Limitless Pirates' leg.
"Damn Heavenly Yaksha!"
Seeing Doflamingo scared away by Esdeath, Aramaki was instantly furious.
"Buzz!!!!"
However, before Aramaki could question or reprimand Doflamingo, an extremely cold freezing aura instantly swept up from the ground.
Aramaki instinctively jumped up, dodging the extreme freezing power.
"Swish!!!"
However, just as Aramaki jumped up, he instantly saw a several-hundred-meter-long ice-blue slash rapidly approaching with lightning speed.
"Divine Wood Giant Shield!"
The slash was as fast as lightning, and Aramaki had no time to dodge in the air. Instantly, his feet turned into trees and rapidly rooted into the ground, and two giant wooden shields, a hundred meters high, rose from the earth.
"Crack!!!"
However, the two shields were mercilessly cut open by the giant slash the moment they came into contact with it.
"Clang!!!"
When the slash flew towards Aramaki, his hands also turned into giant trees, covered with Busoshoku Haki, barely managing to block the incoming slash.
"Logia-type: Mori Mori no Mi!"
The moment she saw Aramaki turn into trees, Esdeath knew what his Devil Fruit ability was.
The Law Net had collected a lot of information about the World Government, including information on Aramaki. Although she didn't know Aramaki personally, she had seen the relevant data. After seeing Aramaki's Devil Fruit ability, she immediately recalled the information.
"Ice Seal Ten Thousand Miles!"
Esdeath instantly entered her human-beast form, unleashing even more terrifying freezing power from her body. In an instant, the surrounding few thousand meters turned into a world of ice crystals. Even Aramaki, who could transform into a giant tree man tens of meters tall, was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.
After knowing the type of the enemy's Devil Fruit, Esdeath had no intention of probing further. Her first move was a full-power strike!
Esdeath quickly rushed forward while Aramaki was frozen. At the same time, her Haoshoku Haki, Busoshoku Haki, Sword Intent, and ice powers all converged on the shura sword.
On this icy and snowy island, red lightning burst forth from the sword. As Esdeath slashed down with her sword, the terrifying power instantly reached its peak.
"Ice Slaughter - Haki Infusion - Mountain of Corpses, Sea of Blood!"
With one sword strike, the world changed color. The soaring slash carried the malevolent aura of everyone Esdeath had killed over the years. Those with weak willpower, facing the slash directly, would fall into an illusion of a mountain of corpses and a Blood Sea, unable to escape, and might even become idiots!
"Crack!!!"
After the frozen Aramaki broke free from the ice, Esdeath had already struck. He had no time to stop her and couldn't dodge!
"Wood Dragon Descends!!!"
From the giant wooden man Aramaki created, countless tree branches grew, lengthening, growing larger, intertwining and converging into a giant wooden dragon over a hundred meters long. The wooden dragon fearlessly charged forward.
"Crack!!!"
However, the giant wooden dragon was easily defeated by Esdeath's slash. Its hundred-meter-long body only blocked for a moment before turning into countless wood chips scattered on the ground.
"Block it for me!"
As the giant slash, carrying irresistible power, continued to rush towards Aramaki, he immediately created two more giant wooden arms and crossed them in front, covering them with Busoshoku Haki.
"Crack!!!"
However, even so, Aramaki's wooden arms were defeated. Although the remaining power of the giant slash couldn't completely destroy Aramaki's entire wooden body, the slash still destroyed half of his wooden body, and even directly hit Aramaki hiding inside the giant tree man.
However, the seemingly half-destroyed wooden giant, under Aramaki's Logia power, quickly had its destroyed parts replenished. But quite a bit of blood flowed from the giant tree man's mouth, indicating that Aramaki was not completely unharmed, but was actually injured!
"How can she be so strong!"
Seeing this scene, Aramaki said in disbelief. The other party was about the same age as him, how could she be so strong? This was something Aramaki couldn't even imagine!
If that last attack had been thirty percent stronger, it might have completely destroyed his entire wooden body. At that point, even if he didn't die, he would have been severely injured.
"With just this much strength, you dare to try and snatch something from my Limitless Pirates? You're really looking for death!"
Esdeath's gaze turned cold, the icy aura around her became even colder, and then she raised her sword and charged again.
Nine years had passed since Esdeath was defeated by Zephyr. In these nine years, Esdeath's strength could be said to have grown by leaps and bounds.
Now, she had complete confidence that if she faced Zephyr again, she could defeat him, no, she should say completely crush Zephyr!
The Gorosei's order was to seize the Ope-Ope no Mi. Even if Esdeath stood in his way, even if Esdeath was very strong, Aramaki would absolutely not retreat just like that.
As Esdeath charged over, many tree branches and vines continuously surged from the ground, wrapping towards Esdeath.
However, his tree roots and branches were completely useless in front of Esdeath. The shura sword in Esdeath's hand could easily cut through his branches, and no matter how many trees there were, they couldn't stop Esdeath's charging pace.
"Forest Prison!!"
After Esdeath delved deep into the tree domain created by Aramaki, Aramaki roared. A large number of tree spikes from the ground and countless tree spikes from the surroundings formed a cage surrounding Esdeath. At the same time, tree spikes shot towards Esdeath from all directions.
Esdeath was indeed a Swordsman, and the sword in her hand was incredibly sharp, capable of easily cutting through his trees. That was true. But he didn't believe Esdeath could instantly cut through all of his spikes!