Borsalino first looked at Nojiko and Kaya again, then his surprised gaze under his hat immediately turned to Garp.
Garp nodded. Having ventured on the high seas for many years, engaging countless enemies, his experience was absolutely rich, and he had already recognized them.
"Angel and Yuki-onna, once powerful Mythical Zoan Hito Hito no Mi that held great renown on the high seas. It's been so long since these legendary Devil Fruits have appeared on the high seas, and to think I'd see them here today, and two of them at that."
Garp naturally recognized them by Kaya's and Nojiko's current appearances. And it was clear that the Six-Winged Angel Fruit and the Ice Sky Snow Woman Fruit had indeed made a name for themselves on the high seas, something Garp still remembered.
But what truly surprised him was that he could see the users of these two Devil Fruits today, and they were these girls.
"To have obtained these two Devil Fruits, I've underestimated these girls," Garp's expression had become somewhat serious.
After all, two legendary and powerful Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits in their hands had already made him pay close attention.
And he knew very well that as the strongest type of Devil Fruit, Mythical Zoan, if these two girls had decent talent and were willing to work hard...
Their future might not be inferior to Kuzan's and Borsalino's.
And while he was still musing, Luna and the others had already turned their ship around.
"Special situation detected. A new mission is now being assigned to the host."
"As a true pirate, one should never fear the pursuit of the Marines. Counterattack the Marines and repel them."
"Mission Reward: One random Devil Fruit, magic person-seeking staff."
Luna was overjoyed at this moment. After all, not to mention that she had obtained another powerful Devil Fruit—because anything produced by the System was bound to be a high-quality product—
this was also the first magic item she would soon acquire, which perfectly solved her immediate problem. Because her next companion, the one she had already decided on, she didn't know where she was right now.
Through the System's introduction, she quickly understood that this magic person-seeking staff was a special magic item specifically for finding a person.
An item from one of the myriad magic worlds across the myriad realms.
As for whether she could complete the mission, hehe, she had already said it before, she was very confident.
"Captain Luna, you can fire the cannons," Shiro said, standing in front of the cannon, turning to Luna with a smile on her face.
"Then fire! Counterattack!" Luna, also smiling, gave the order, and Shiro immediately lit the fuse.
"Bang bang bang—!!!"
Cannonballs immediately flew out, nearly five or six of them, heading towards Garp's warship.
Everyone on the Marine side, including Garp and Borsalino, was stunned. They hadn't expected these girls to dare to actively counterattack.
"Borsalino," Garp said with a cold laugh.
"Yes," Borsalino replied, then immediately used Moonwalk to jump into mid-air, and with a draw-and-slash, he instantly cut all the cannonballs that hadn't yet hit the warship in half, causing them to explode in the air.
Borsalino easily defused them, even more effortlessly than Nojiko and Kaya.
"Angel Thousand Feathers!" But at some unknown point, Kaya had already appeared on top of the warship, startling the Marines. Borsalino and Garp were both surprised: when did this girl get here?
But at this moment, Kaya had already appeared above them, and immediately launched her attack. The six angelic wings behind her suddenly spread wide, and then countless golden, shimmering angel feathers flew out from within. Their sharpness and threat were no less than those of sharp knives.
Kaya waved her hand, and the tips of these angel feathers immediately pointed towards the Marines, then shot down like bullets from a barrel, aiming at the Marines.
And there were at least a hundred of them.
They were too dense. This time, even if Borsalino intervened, unleashing a sword aura that destroyed some of the feathers, some angel feathers still managed to strike down.
The Marines sustained damage this time, being cut by the sharp angel feathers, blood splattering. They suffered considerable harm. After all, the Marines on Garp's warship were not ordinary Marines; they had the ability to protect themselves and fight.
But when she saw the blood appear, Kaya's face was already pale, and she even felt like throwing up.
For a young lady like her, who had spent years at home, seeing blood like this was no less than killing someone for the first time; she found it a bit unbearable.
"You always have to take this step. Battles, even wars, are never without blood, never without casualties," Nojiko flew over and patted her shoulder.
Nojiko had experienced Arlong's brutal rule and had long witnessed death and bloodshed. Coupled with eliminating Marines and pirates of all sizes on the sea during their journey, she had personally engaged in slaughter. Because of this, she had already adapted and felt no discomfort, so she could naturally fly over to comfort Kaya.
"I understand," Kaya didn't say anything else, just nodded, a brief sentence, but she truly knew that she always had to overcome this step.
Nojiko nodded, she also believed Kaya could do it.
The two immediately flew a bit higher, creating distance from the Marines.
All the Marines were also very troubled, as they couldn't strike that far, especially when their targets were high in the air.
Even Garp and Borsalino were now staring at Nojiko and the others, wide-eyed. One could throw cannonballs, one could unleash sword aura, and they could even use Moonwalk to fly up. But they could also see that the two girls' mobility was too strong, and Moonwalk couldn't fly this high either.
They were not truly strong individuals with flight capabilities. Faced with these two girls who genuinely possessed flight and fast mobility, even the two of them were helpless.
"Nojiko, freeze all the seawater in this area," Luna's voice rang out. She wanted to create an ice battlefield.
After all, Kuina and Shiro couldn't fly. She didn't want to sail the ship over, so this was the only way: create a battlefield.
"Okay, Yuki-onna Aurora," Nojiko agreed and immediately condensed a large amount of Freezing cold air energy at her mouth. Then she instantly shot a Freezing cold air ray towards the sea below, and a huge ice field appeared there, because a large area of the sea below had already been frozen.
Both ships were also frozen in the ice, temporarily unable to move.
Kuina and Shiro jumped down from the ship, finding the ice surface beneath their feet solid enough. Both also drew their weapons, one sword and one axe, and charged towards the Marines.
When they were almost 100 meters away, they stopped. Using the inertia from their run, from their feet to their legs, from their legs to their waists, and then to their arms, both simultaneously swung the demon blade thousand blades and the galactron axe in their hands.
Carrying extremely sharp purple sword aura and golden sword aura with a majestic presence, they immediately slashed towards the Marine warship.
"Reserve Admiral-level slash?!" Borsalino was stunned at this sight, because he hadn't expected these two young girls to have such power.
And he looked at Kuina. Was that sword aura from last time really from this girl?
After all, the sword aura he faced last time and this one were almost identical.
But at the same time, he immediately made his move. Holding the sword in his hand, seeing the sword aura already slashing towards him, Borsalino swung his sword down. But he still underestimated Kuina and Shiro. After all, setting aside the people, the demon blade thousand blades and the galactron axe were by no means ordinary divine weapons.
They were no worse than the supreme grade swords of the Pirate World, and even surpassed them.
Although Borsalino, with his stronger power, shattered Kuina's sword aura with a single slash, the sharpness contained within Kuina's sword aura immediately made him struggle a bit. He gritted his teeth and held on, then slashed at Shiro's sword aura again.
To his shock, Shiro's sword aura directly pushed him back more than ten meters, even though he shattered it with a single slash.
"These two girls are not simple in strength," Borsalino immediately thought to himself, seeing Shiro and Kuina already charging at him.
But he was not afraid of battle, holding the sword in his hand, ready to meet the enemy.
At the same time, Nojiko and Kaya flew around the warship, constantly releasing lasers and Freezing attacks on the Marines on board. The Marines desperately resisted, using Haki, using Six Powers, even picking up weapons to block, and some used cannons for long-range counterattacks.
Garp would also help the Marines defend, a single punch was enough, he didn't even need to use Haki. He could even throw cannonballs to interrupt Nojiko and Kaya's movements, but fortunately, the two girls were very mobile and were not hit by Garp's cannonballs.
But in fact, Garp's attention was more drawn to Luna. As the saying goes, soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, commanders against commanders.
Garp could feel how powerful and terrifying the strength contained within Luna's small body was, which greatly surprised him. This feeling, at the very least, was at the Admiral-level powerhouse starting point.
No, even higher.
It was precisely because of this that Garp's gaze was more focused on Luna. He had still underestimated these girls.
Especially this one, the girl he would have to face seriously later.
Meanwhile, on the ice surface, Kuina jumped up and slashed down at Borsalino.
Borsalino held his sword to block, and at the same time, he was very puzzled, because at such close range...
Why was the sword in this girl's hand so fragmented? But he could also feel that this sword seemed extraordinary.
However, in the next moment, he knew. Borsalino sensed danger with his Observation Haki, and then he saw the ability of the demon blade thousand blades: the blade fragments on it actually moved. With just a slight change in position, Kuina continued to slash down.
Kuina was still not very skilled in using the demon blade thousand blades; otherwise, there would be no blocking, just a direct slash.
After all, don't forget, Borsalino's slash was an active defense.
Of course, active offense was also fine. Use those two fragments to block the enemy's blade, and the almost perfectly intact demon blade thousand blades would continue to slash down at the enemy.