Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

[Rubber Rubber——Giant Battle Axe!!!]

With a loud shout, Luffy's giant feet covered with armed color domineering have already reached Aokiji's head.

At this moment, Aokiji even showed a hint of smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Ah, it looks like I've run into a gun."

【ice】

Aokiji let out a sound calmly, and cold air continued to emerge from his body, soon forming an ice shield that wrapped himself up.

It looks like a giant egg.

Bang! ! !

Luffy's big feet slammed the giant egg into the ground. With a loud bang, a huge deep pit appeared on this small island.

Smoke and dust rose up, and debris flew everywhere.

After the attack landed, Luffy flipped over and landed on the ground, holding down his straw hat and looking at the smoke.

His eyes were still solemn, without any relaxation.

The same was true for Bai Ye and the other two around them. Even though they had practiced this combat routine many times before, they were still not arrogant enough to think that they could take down a naval admiral just by doing so.

Sure enough, before the smoke dissipated, the four of them vaguely saw a tall figure slowly standing up.

"【Swordsman】Roronoa Zoro not only possesses this level of flying slash, but also seems to have a strong dual-color Haki."

In the smoke, Aokiji took off the eye patch on his forehead and put it in his pocket, then slowly spoke:

"It looks like the Straw Hat Pirates will soon have another bounty of over 100 million."

Aokiji raised his right hand with five fingers spread out, as if trying to catch the smoke in front of him.

The cold air overflowed and quickly swept over the surrounding sand, forming tiny and sharp ice cones.

The ice cones slowly circulated around the body, making Bai Ye and the others even more nervous.

"Monkey D. Luffy, your destructive power is very similar to your grandfather."

Aokiji clenched his right fist again and swung it towards the empty space to his right.

In an instant, the ice cone in that direction was pushed by a ball of cold air and shot out, aiming at Luffy.

[Rubber rubber——jet machine gun! ]

Faced with the fierce attack, Luffy did not panic at all. He quickly punched forward with both hands, and countless afterimages appeared, smashing all the ice cones into pieces.

At the same time, Aokiji's voice continued to sound:

"But the one who surprised me even more should be you, [Tianshi] Bai Ye."

Aokiji half-clenched his left hand and drew a circle in front of him. As he moved, the remaining ice cones gradually condensed to form an ice bird that seemed to be flapping its wings.

"This current situation must have been planned by you!"

[Ice cube——Pheasant mouth! ]

Aokiji clenched his left fist and lightly smashed it in the direction of Baiye, and a huge ice bird flew towards Baiye with a roar.

Wherever the ice bird went, it seemed as if even the air was frozen.

"You actually felt it so quickly?"

A somewhat helpless voice sounded:

[Kun Gua——Crazy Rock! ]

Bai Ye stepped forward with his right foot, the ground instantly rose up, and a huge rock broke out of the ground to meet the ice bird.

boom! ! !

After a loud bang, half of the ice bird's body was smashed by the boulder, but it still rushed towards Bai Ye.

The latter seemed to have anticipated this, and the sword in his hand, condensed with golden light, stabbed fiercely towards the ice bird's forehead.

【break!】

As the ice bird exploded, the battle returned to calm again.

"I noticed it when I just stood up."

Aokiji didn't seem to be in a hurry to continue attacking, and the two moves just now seemed to be just to save face.

"Your positions seem to have had an effect on me."

His expression was somewhat solemn, and it was the first time that he realized the magical power of [Tianshi] Bai Ye.

"That is different from any kind of arrogance. It is a kind of power related to momentum."

Aokiji seemed to want to feel this power more, so he simply used chatting to delay time.

"It's as if you guys are connected in some way, and I—"

Aokiji raised his head and glanced at Bai Ye and the other three:

"It's like they're surrounding us tightly."

Aokiji's gaze finally locked onto Bai Ye:

“And this feeling first appears when you enter the field.”

"【Tianshi】Bai Ye, who are you?"

Regarding the "Tianshi", Bai Ye had taken the initiative to report this name to the Navy, and the latter had been studying it for an unknown period of time.

But no matter how old the information is, or how many intelligence personnel are sent to the sea to investigate.

No one knows the origin of these two words.

Even the Navy has always had only a vague understanding of Bai Ye's abilities, which makes the Navy even more fearful.

The growth rate of Bai Ye.

Every once in a while, the Straw Hat Pirates appear on the sea, showing even stronger strength than before.

This is why their bounties are rising so rapidly.

Among them, the growth curve set up by the Navy for Bai Ye is simply incredible.

This is also why Aokiji said before that Byakuya has a very bad reputation in the Naval General Staff.

He almost single-handedly destroyed the calculation formula that had been in operation for a long time in the Naval Headquarters' staff department.

Logically speaking, excluding situations such as eating a devil fruit or awakening domineering that can improve strength in a short period of time, a person's growth curve can be predicted.

A large part of the work of the Naval General Staff is to predict the future strength of pirates through growth curves.

And use this as the standard to report to the Navy Headquarters.

The latter will also refer to this and send corresponding troops to capture the pirates.

This was how the General Staff had always worked before the White Nights.

But after the appearance of White Night, or the entire Straw Hat Pirates, the work of the General Staff became much more complicated.

As for how complicated it was, Brian once called Bai Ye for half an hour to vent his feelings.

Of course, it's not just the General Staff.

All departments in Marinford have heard of the Straw Hat Pirates, a strange pirate group.

Aokiji is naturally no exception. Besides Robin and Luffy, he also wants to see Byakuya's magical abilities this time.

But just the fight had just begun and it already surprised him a little.

"I am just an ordinary Taoist priest."

"I can't compare with you devil fruit users who are standing at the top of the ocean."

With a smile on his face, Bai Ye said this to Aokiji.

And these words also sounded familiar to Zoro on the other side.

It seems like I have heard it somewhere.

"Ah, la la, he really does have a bad personality."

When Aokiji heard Bai Ye's words, he responded with the same meaningful tone.

"Although this [trend] is indeed good, it's a pity——"

Aokiji seemed to have regained his lazy expression:

"If you want to defeat me, this is still a long way off."

"I recognize your strength."

"Whether it's physical skills, swordsmanship, devil fruit abilities, or Haki, including those magical abilities, they are all at a very good level."

“But it’s still not enough.”