"Why? Why can't I move my body?"
"I'm the same—so cold!"
"What's going on?"
"..."
All the Navy soldiers looked down and saw that their feet were frozen to the ground with ice.
"Damn it, it's that woman!" Major Hapi's eyes widened with rage, because he could already feel the extremely cold, icy aura emanating from Jiana.
[Frost Nova]: Freezes enemies within a certain range in place.
"Devil Fruit ability? What kind of power is this?" Hapi was a bit confused. This ability reminded him of Kuzan, the Admiral at Marineford, but in this world, there couldn't be two Devil Fruit abilities exactly the same. It must be a subtype of the Ice-Ice Fruit. If it's a natural-type, then that's a problem.
"Bastard, first I'll deal with this woman," Hapi said, his left arm muscles bulging instantly, growing as big as his entire body: "I have the Superhuman-type, Muscle-Muscle Fruit ability. I can strengthen any part of my body's muscles. You're dead meat."
Hapi charged forward first, his huge left arm swinging through the air: "Raging Kick: Arm Slash!"
Swish!
A red shockwave shot toward Jiana, while all the Navy soldiers opened fire.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Water Element, protect me!" Jiana waved her blue staff, and a three-meter-tall water element instantly appeared in front of her.
"Ha~" The water element roared, spreading its hands wide, blocking the red shockwave and bullets all at once, then transforming into a pool of water and vanishing.
"Frost Ring!" Jiana didn't give the Navy soldiers any chance, immediately casting a powerful spell.
[Frost Ring]: Summons a massive frozen zone that freezes all enemies within the area.
Suddenly, intense cold surged from the ground.
Crack crack crack crack crack—
The sound of ice spreading echoed nonstop. In just a moment, all 500 Navy soldiers turned into ice sculptures, including Hapi, the Muscle-Muscle ability user!
The other Navy personnel inside the headquarters were stunned!
At Marineford Headquarters, in General Sengoku's office.
Sengoku, reading documents, furrowed his brows deeply, clearly in a bad mood. He kept wondering: where did the shells that bombed the headquarters a few days ago come from? Could they have fallen from the sky?
Impossible—only Shiki's fleet could drop shells from the sky. It definitely wasn't Grimm's doing. Could Grimm and Shiki be collaborating?
That's even less likely. If Shiki was over Marineford with such powerful shells, it wouldn't just be ten seconds of bombing; it would level the entire Marineford.
Most importantly, that day, Shiki was playing with "Patrick Redfield."
"Buru Buru Buru…"
As Sengoku picked up the phone, the Den Den Mushi showed an extremely expressive face: "General Sengoku, at Sabaody 66, the Navy's base has detected traces of Eternal Angel Grimm, and also found a new accomplice— a woman. Grimm has already escaped, but our first fleet has been completely wiped out by that woman. She appears to be a Natural-type, Snow-Snow Fruit ability user. It's snowing in the sky right now!"
Sengoku's expression turned serious. He said, "Don't act rashly. Follow Grimm and that woman. Investigate their location secretly. I'll send someone to handle it. Wait for my orders."
"Understood!"
After hanging up, Sengoku stood up and ordered, "Call Borsalino and Kuzan here. And prepare to set sail!"
Ten minutes later, two battleships left Marineford. At that moment, Borsalino sat in the command room, his long legs resting on the table, staring at Grimm's wanted poster, with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Hm A bounty of 700 million Beli. A pirate who can only be captured alive. So scary"
At this moment, a Navy rear admiral approached, holding a Den Den Mushi.
"It's from Admiral Kuzan!"
"Ah, you have plans?" Kuzan's lazy voice came through.
"Hmm… Well, leave the planning to you!" Borsalino adjusted his sunglasses and crooked his mouth.
"Uh… alright!" Kuzan said. "I'm curious about that woman's ability. I'll handle her. Grimm, I'll leave to you!"
Meanwhile, at the No. 1 auction house on Sabaody.
A fat, greasy-rich man bought a pair of beautiful twin slave girls for 120 million Beli.
As the final bid was completed, today's auction ended. Perhaps because there were no particularly rare items, the Celestial Dragons didn't show up.
The tiered seating inside the venue wasn't full. Grimm was sitting in the last row. Because he didn't encounter any Celestial Dragon he wanted to see, he was a bit unhappy. The World Nobles, who supposedly hold the secrets of the world, are just trash in his eyes. Grimm had always wanted to look down on them, but unfortunately, this time, he missed out.
Since the auction was over and most people had left, the remaining were wealthy buyers or pirates who had successfully purchased items. Some rich people stayed behind to handle the payment and collection, while others paid themselves—like the fat man who just bought the twin beauties.
The host, acting quite comically, shouted to the remaining audience: "Now, all successful buyers, please come up to collect your goods! Thank you for your support of our auction house. We will notify you immediately when there are new treasures!"
The buyers sitting in the seats all headed toward the stage. Soon, the stage was crowded with many buyers.
Everyone took out their bank cards—banks still exist in this world, but they're mostly for the rich. Pirates, of course, don't use these!
"Oh, Lord Louisdin Bragi, you bought another fine pair this time!" the auction host recognized the fat man and called out his name, indicating they were familiar.
"The last blonde woman was not really my taste. She killed herself after a few tries. But this pair is quite good, right up my alley!"
Bragi, with a sinister smile, draped his arms over the shoulders of the twin sisters he paid a fortune for, and pulled out a golden bank card: "Go ahead, swipe it!"
The twin sisters looked deathly pale. They had a premonition that their lives from now on would be filled with darkness—no, it's uncertain how long they'd survive.
"Thank you for your purchase. Would you like a discount this time? You've bought from us many times already!"
"Stop the nonsense. Just do it. I'm waiting to go enjoy some good food!" Bragi impatiently said.
"Yes, yes, yes. We won't bother you anymore!"
Just as the host was about to take Bragi's gold card, a golden spear suddenly flew over. The host felt a cold sensation in his right arm, a sense of emptiness. Looking down, he saw his right arm had already fallen to the ground.
It was cut off at the shoulder, blood pouring out.
Then came the pain—agonizing, searing pain!
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