As soon as Kizaru finished his words, his glowing right leg swung towards Takumi with blinding speed.
Takumi reacted swiftly, using Shunpo to dodge at the last possible moment. Kizaru's powerful kick sent a light blade across the deck, smashing through the ship's guardrails.
Takumi, evading the strike, quickly wrapped his fist in Armament Haki and unleashed a Pegasus Meteor Fist towards Kizaru without hesitation.
Kizaru instantly shifted into his light form, causing Takumi's attacks to pass through the illusion of his vanishing figure. The next moment, Takumi sensed Kizaru's presence behind him, another rapid kick already incoming.
Dodging once more, Kizaru's kick smashed into the door of the cabin behind Takumi, turning it into splinters.
"Oh my, you're quite fast, truly terrifying," Kizaru said with his typical eerie tone, turning to face Takumi just as Takumi's fist came towards him again—once again missing due to Kizaru's element-based movement.
Meanwhile, Kuzan, riding his bicycle, finally caught up with the warship. Seeing Kizaru already engaged with Takumi, Kuzan initially wanted to just watch the fight. But with all the Marines on the warship staring at him expectantly, he scratched his head and decided to abandon his bicycle on the ship. He used his powers to create an ice path across the sea, speeding towards the flying ship.
Enel and Kaku wanted to help Takumi in his clash against Kizaru, but both were too fast for them to intervene. Kaku even took out a water gun mixed with Seastone powder, but couldn't get a good lock on Kizaru.
"Big oaf, can you track their movements?" Kaku asked Enel.
Enel nodded, his expression strained. "I can see them, but their attacks are too fast, and they constantly move right after striking. Even if I predict their next step, it's too late. Your water gun won't be effective with the short window."
Just as Enel finished speaking, Kuzan arrived beneath the ship, ready to assist Kizaru.
"Damn it, another one?" Enel noticed Kuzan immediately and transformed into lightning, moving to intercept. Without wasting time, he struck his golden staff against his thunder drum, releasing a massive thunder dragon.
Kuzan sighed, gathering cold air around his right arm, releasing an ice bird to clash with the lightning dragon.
The ice bird froze every splashing wave in its path. When the two forces collided, a brilliant flash erupted, followed by a loud bang as the ice bird shattered into countless shards while the thunder dragon dissipated.
"Oh, not bad," Kuzan remarked. Suddenly, Kaku leapt off the ship, evolving his Devil Fruit powers into dual swords in his hands. With a fluid flip in mid-air, he slashed towards Kuzan, the blades trailing red and blue streaks through the air.
Within a moment, Kaku's double slashes were heading straight for Kuzan.
Kuzan instantly formed an ice sword, blending it with Armament Haki, and faced Kaku's attack head-on.
The tip of Kaku's sword struck Kuzan's ice sword, causing it to shatter immediately. As Kaku grinned, he unleashed two Rankyaku attacks, two vacuum slashes cutting into Kuzan.
But to Kaku's surprise, Kuzan turned into an ice clone and shattered into countless shards.
"You guys really are a hassle," Kuzan's voice sounded behind Kaku.
Kaku landed on the ice path Kuzan had formed earlier. As he turned, Kuzan, standing atop a frozen wave, formed two ice spears and launched them toward Kaku with a flick of his hand.
Kaku leaped to dodge the attack, as the ice spears struck the path he stood on, shattering it instantly.
"Damn it, don't underestimate the Thunder God!" Enel turned into lightning, appearing in front of Kuzan, swinging his golden staff at him.
Almost simultaneously, Kaku, holding his twin swords, used the floating ice fragments to move toward Kuzan, attacking from the opposite side.
Kuzan sighed again, solidifying an ice sword in his right hand to parry Kaku's attack, while his left hand, covered in a thick layer of ice, grabbed Enel's golden staff.
The electricity from the golden staff coursed into Kuzan's ice-covered hand, while the ice began spreading along the length of the staff.
In an instant, more than half of the staff was covered in ice.
On the ship, Takumi and Kizaru were still locked in a relentless exchange of attacks and dodges.
After yet another fruitless clash, Takumi noticed the warship drawing nearer and grew frustrated. Without hesitation, he unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.
Kizaru was aware that Takumi possessed Conqueror's Haki, but the overwhelming surge this time was far beyond what he experienced back in Sabaody.
In just a fraction of a second, Kizaru hesitated, giving Takumi the chance to act. Before Kizaru could shift into his elemental form, Takumi's "Night Guy" struck, sending Kizaru flying.
"Scary... You've grown so much," Kizaru muttered as he quickly used his ability to teleport back onto the warship.
Seeing Kuzan still fighting Enel and Kaku, Kizaru called out, "Kuzan, pull back."
"Alright," Kuzan didn't question it. He crushed the ice-covered part of Enel's golden staff, sending shards scattering into the sea.
Enel stared in shock.
Kaku, frowning, slashed through countless ice swords, and just as he used both his swords to pierce Kuzan, Kuzan once again turned into an ice clone, shattering into the sea, while the real Kuzan returned to the warship.
Kizaru then floated above the warship, crossing his hands in an "X" shape as bright lights gathered between his fingers.
Takumi immediately used telepathy to summon Enel and Kaku back to the ship.
Without hesitation, they returned to the ship.
Kizaru smiled faintly. "Now let's see if you youngsters can dodge my Yasakani no Magatama."
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