Liam Versus Kuzan Part 2

While Luffy and Kizaru's battle going on, Liam and Kuzan were also preparing to face off with their strongest attack.

"What exactly did you do?" Kuzan knew that Liam didn't understand Conquer Coating like Luffy, he believed that Liam relied on his devil fruit.

But, he didn't understand how. Because if Liam's fruit could give Liam permanent strength, Liam would've become stronger than him by now.

So, was it truly the work of his devil fruit? If so, how? And, are there any limitations?

Hearing his words, Liam didn't care about exposing the power of his devil fruit. Because except for Awakening, he has already used the greatest advantage of his devil fruit.

"Don't you understand it yet, Kuzan? My devil fruit is known as Kake-Kake No Mi. It gives me the ability to gamble on anything, including strength. I just gambled, Kuzan."

"This might be the greatest bet I've ever made in my life but it paid off."

Thinking about it, he sounded similar to Blackbeard. Because that guy also bet his future on a single devil fruit and spent twenty years in Whitebeard's ship.

Kuzan frowned for a moment. He didn't care about the name of the devil fruit because he had understood the implications of having such a broken devil fruit.

But, he always thought that there was a luck factor in those gains. And, even if it helps Liam get stronger for a short period, it must come with the cost.

Suddenly, he remembered something.

A trigger. At first, he thought it was Luffy's mastery over Conqueror Coating. But then, he realized something and understood the true trigger.

"It was my Awakening, wasn't it? What kind of bet did you make?"

Liam chuckled and said.

"I made a bet that I can force you to use Awakening. If I had lost my bet, I would've lost both Armament Haki and Observation Haki but I was sure that you would use your awakening."

Kuzan's ice began to spread out. The entire island was already covered in ice and there was not a single person on that island.

Between three islands, one was occupied by his battle, another was occupied by Kizaru's, and the last one was occupied by Straw Hats.

That was the reason why he used his awakening. Once he uses the awakening, he could potentially change the climate of the island and freeze everyone around him.

Only those with enough Haki or fire-related devil fruits can fight back against such calamity.

Kuzan never thought Liam had already planned this entire battle in his mind and the entire battle went the way he planned.

For a moment, he felt scared of that brain. Whether it was choosing the opponent or the battlefield, Liam had planned everything.

"You are truly scary, you know that." Kuzan spoke before his ice powers began to spread even more.

"But, I absolutely can't lose here."

"I know." Liam spoke with some confidence. Even he was sure that he couldn't defeat Aokiji who had used his Awakening at this moment.

Because he didn't have the boost from his devil fruit. He was only relying on his Haki. But even so, everything was going exactly how he planned.

Now, he just needed to wait until Luffy made a move.

Before that, Liam has to face Kuzan because his powers are coming close. The ice was so strong that even with his Armament Haki, Liam couldn't prevent the ice from freezing his body.

Only after he released his Conqueror, he was able to shatter the ice around him and dash toward Kuzan.

He clenched his right fist and coated it with Armament and Conqueror. His eyes closed for a second before he dashed in front of Kuzan. His speed was so fast that Kuzan wasn't even able to perceive him.

Until Liam caught Kuzan by his face and slammed him to the ground.

[Blue Hole]

Crack! Bang!

The ground shook violently as the ice got broken. Kuzan's body fell straight through the ground and stopped several meters underneath the ground.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

Although Liam had successfully pushed down Kuzan, that speed still used a lot of stamina out of him. Thankfully, he had learned Conqueror Coating which made it possible to land such a strike.

"Using the moves of my mentor against me. You are truly pissing me off."

Kuzan's voice came from the hole and before his Future Sight could predict, Kuzan had already appeared in front of him in his Ice form and pierced his chest with his Ice Sword.

The ice began to crazily over Liam before a massive burst of Conqueror coating and armament destroyed it.

"I am using them because they are the best, Kuzan."

Liam clenched his fist and struck forward.

[Galaxy Divide]

Liam's conqueror tore apart Kuzan in half before crushing the ice behind him.

Although Kuzan was torn in half, he had already turned into ice which saved his life but even so, he couldn't dodge the impact of the conqueror.

This strike caused Kuzan to bleed heavily. Previously, Kuzan was easily able to damage Liam while suffering only a little bit of damage.

But now, every strike from Liam could cause massive damage. The moment, Kuzan reformed several meters away from Liam.

At this moment, Liam suddenly smashed the ice beneath him with a kick and revealed a sword sheath and a sword inside it.

Seeing this suitcase, Kuzan narrowed his eyes.

"Wasn't it something that Sanji of your crew left before? But, do you think I will let you use it?"

Saying so, he raised his palm and swung, raising a massive ice storm and thrusting it toward Liam. The ice storm turned into a massive bird and tried to consume Liam.

[Pheasant Glacier]

"I didn't use it before because I hadn't learned Conqueror Coating. Even with Conqueror Coating, I am not sure if I can use it. But, I have trained quite a lot for this."

Liam slowly unsheathed the sword. The sword looked similar to Shanks' saber but it was a simple Katana with purple coating.

The Armament and Conqueror Haki emerged from his hand and coated the sword. The moment he pulled the sword, he extended his right hand and swung his sword diagonally.

For a moment, massive Conqueror Haki burst darkening the surroundings. A dark energy burst out of his sword, creating a sharp energy slash.

[Divine Departure]

The slash charged forward with an intense power. The black lightning coming out of the slash was constantly destroying its surroundings while moving forward.

When it collided with Kuzan's Pheasant Glacier, it sliced through it and the dark lightning began to destroy it from the inside.

Bang!

"This!" Kuzan's eyes widened when he saw the slash coming his way but the massive amount of lightning released out of the slash consumed it before it could reach him.

The slash disappeared in the middle but it left quite a shock in Kuzan's eyes.

"It seems like I haven't mastered it. Sure enough! The sword skill of Pirate King will be difficult to master."

Liam looked a bit regretful. He was hoping that slash to reach Kuzan but it didn't.

Kuzan rolled his eyes when he heard his words.

"How did you learn this skill? The only person who knows this skill is Red Haired Shanks."

"I told you before, Kuzan. I know a lot of things including some information from Void Century and the calamity that will soon consume this world."

"I know it is hard for you to believe me, especially with my position as a pirate. But, as a Garp's apprentice, you shouldn't be the one to blindly follow Justice, right?"

"You have your Justice but your Justice alone can't save the world."

At this moment, Liam's future sight suddenly caught something and his expression changed slightly.

Kuzan's expression darkened upon hearing his words.

"Did Robin tell you this?"

Liam shook his head and explained.

"Kuzan, you have seen the darkness of the World Government but you still chose to work for it because you believe doing so, you can save a lot of people."

"But, when the world is in trouble, you and I can't escape. And, the trouble is coming soon. It won't be long before the world will be submerged into the ocean and the only people who can survive will be the ones living on the Red Line."

"Kuzan, the incident isn't natural. It's the work of the World Government. You won't believe me but you can believe Vegapunk, right? Go and ask him! Ask the original one because there are traitors around him."

Originally, Kuzan wasn't going to pay attention and was preparing his attack until Liam mentioned the threat of the world submerging underwater.

He stopped his attack and asked.

"How do you know all of this? That's what I want to know."

Liam answered.

"I can't tell you that. It's a secret that I haven't even told my crew. Kuzan, after defeating you, I felt something inside me. It won't be long before I will disappear from this world."

Kuzan's eyes widened when Liam said that.

"You are lying."