i, with her face painted in vibrant colors, licked her lips.Virgil remained silent, with half a piece of bread smeared on his cheek."Very soon, this place will belong to our Don Quixote family!" Pipa..."Chieftain's War... Darren vs. Kusan!"

As Zee's voice faded, all eyes in the room lit up, eagerly looking towards Darren and the others.

Finally here!

"This is a battle between monsters!!"

"Both of them are powerful Devil Fruit users!"

"I always feel that Darren gives off a more noticeable sense of pressure."

"I just don't know if he has any way to threaten Kusanagi... As a Devil Fruit user, it's just too invincible."

"..."

These naval elites from all over the world couldn't help but discuss amongst themselves.

After several previous battles, they clearly realized that Darren and Kusan were no longer at their level.

Only those who also bear the title of "monster" can compete with a "monster" on the same stage!

Even Ze Fa, who had retreated to the edge of the schoolyard, became serious. He peered at the two people beneath his sunglasses.

Neither Darren nor Kuzan was able to truly push the other to their full potential during their duel just now.

This battle for "chief" might reveal something.

"HAHAHAHA!! Darren!! Are you ready! Finally...finally it's our turn to fight!!"

Kuzu rushed to the center of the schoolyard, his face flushed with excitement, his eyes burning with intense fighting spirit.

Upon hearing his words, Darren couldn't help but smile.

It has to be admitted that Kouzan in his younger years did have a certain inexplicable sense of being over-the-top.

But this isn't unpleasant.

"Come on."

He didn't have too much to say.

The metal wrist guard on her hand swiftly melted, twisted, and condensed into a metallic sphere. Propelled by the magnetic field, it shot out at an incredibly fast speed.

Bang bang bang!!

The metal ball erupted with terrifying speed and force, exploding through the air with dull booms that rippled outwards in circles of white vapor.

Facing a "monster" like Kuzan, Darren had no need to hold back any longer.

Under the full power of the magnetic field's thrust, the metal ball was moving more than twice as fast as it did when facing the fire.

Slap!

Except for Zefar, no one else at the scene could see the trajectory of the metal ball.

They only felt a gust of wind hit them, and then Kuzan's face suddenly "exploded".

Tiny shards of ice spattered as Kuzan's face was blown apart, half of it reduced to a gaping hole. The remaining portion became cold ice, the surface slowly spreading with cracks.

The ice clumped together again into a human face. Ku Zan's expression clearly froze for a moment, as if he couldn't react.

"Hiss!!"

The sailors finally came to their senses, drawing a collective gasp of astonishment. Their scalps prickled with a wave of goosebumps.

"You... have you seen" Dobberman said, his face pale.

"There was nothing..." Ghost Spider's voice was hoarse, as if burned.

"Simply… unbelievable…" Dalmesia's forehead was slick with cold sweat.

Others were also filled with terror, their hearts trembling.

Only now did they realize the extent to which Darren had held back during his fight with the inferno.

If it were any other person facing Darren's attack, their head would probably explode like Kusanagi!

But they weren't Devil Fruit users with natural ice powers. What exploded wasn't ice, but brains and blood.

"As expected...very strong..."

A bead of cold sweat slid down Ku Zhan's forehead, and he froze for a second.

Soon, the astonishment on his face vanished, replaced by feverish excitement and fervor!

"As expected of the man I recognize!"

"Darren, only a man like you is worthy of being my lifelong rival!!"

As soon as his words fell, visible frost emanated from Ku Zan's hand. A pitch-black ice spear formed rapidly, radiating an icy chill.

Only then did Ku Zan's smile quickly fade, his expression becoming grave and serious as he took a step forward.

The whole person was like a taut bowstring, holding a high ice spear in his hand. It glimmered with a faint cold light under the scorching sun.

"Be careful, Darren. Try this move."

The war bow was drawn to the limit, Kuzan's eyes narrowed, and he heaved the ice spear in his hand with all his might!

Boom!

A circle of white air exploded, and the ice spear whistled towards Darren at a terrifying speed.

Darren narrowed his eyes, his biomagnetic perception instantly reaching its peak.

He subtly shifted his body, and the ice spear, imbued with frigid air, grazed his hair before plunging into the ruins of the military fortress.

Swish!

In less than a second, the entire fortress was instantly covered in a white expanse, completely frozen into a massive ice block. The frost spread out for ten meters before slowly stopping, leaving all the sailors staring in horror.

At the instant he dodged the ice spear, Darren's figure zipped out like a bullet.

The power of fear caused the ground beneath him to crumble layer by layer, and yellow sand churned like waves.

Wow, that's fast!

Ku Zan's pupils contracted, but his eyes blazed with fervent fighting spirit.

Although he had long known Darren's extraordinary abilities, he didn't expect that when facing him directly, the overwhelming sense of pressure would be so heavy.

But...

Ku Zhan raised his hand, and a snow-white ice pillar shot out from his palm.

"Ice ball!"

At that moment, the metal sphere shot out from behind Darren and stretched in a blink of an eye into a massive metal shield, slamming hard against the ice pillar.

Boom!!

The ice pillar shattered, turning into a shower of glittering ice crystals.

The next moment, Darren's figure pierced through the ice crystal curtain, appearing like a phantom before Kuzan in mid-air.

The body spun in a circle, using centrifugal force. The black boots, like iron whips, shot towards Kusanagi's head with tremendous power!

Ku Zan's face remained unchanged. With a flick of his wrist, he once again solidified an ice spear in his hand and swung it to block the attack.

The ice spear only impeded for a moment before shattering suddenly.

"I won!"

Kùzàn suddenly burst into laughter, and instead of retreating, he flung his arms wide open, striding towards Daren's feet!

He actually wanted to use his element-manipulating abilities to directly take Darren's kick, then freeze him completely!

No matter how strong Darren is, he has no way to deal with the Devil Fruit users of the natural system!

"Ice time—— Nani!"

Bang!!

Heavy boots, driven by a furious wind, pressed down on his face with undeniable force. Even the crowd could clearly see Kuzan's long horse-face contorting rapidly, his skin rippling like waves.

Comparable to the exaggerated strength of a giant, the kick sent Kuzan flying. He soared through the air for hundreds of meters before crashing into a teaching building like a cannonball.

Boom, boom, boom...

Before everyone's stunned eyes, the five-story teaching building appeared layer by layer to be cracking and collapsing, finally crashing down with a deafening roar!

A surge of mighty energy suddenly arose, sending up clouds of dust and earth like waves.

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