Chapter 83 Ace, you idiot!

A stick suddenly appeared above Aokiji's head, causing his pupils to shrink suddenly.

It was too late for him to transform into an element at this point, so he could only wrap his arms in armament color and cross them above his head.

"Oh!"

A dull sound was heard, and the ground where Aokiji was standing began to crack like a spider web with him as the center.

The entire ground was sunken by more than one meter under the impact of this blow.

"cough……"

Aokiji couldn't help but cough, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He looked at Xia Chen above his head with a puzzled look on his face.

"Aren't you frozen?"

"Who told you I was frozen? Use your observation Haki to sense what's inside the ice?"

"Hmm?" Aokiji was slightly stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but release his Observation Haki to sense the frozen Xia Chen.

After a few breaths, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

"Are you... a clone?"

In his careful perception, Xia Chen in the ice had a strange aura. If he had to describe it, it would be that there was a lack of life.

However, this detail cannot be discovered without careful perception, which is why he didn't notice it just now.

"Bingo, correct answer!"

Xia Chen snapped his fingers, and then Xia Chen in the ice began to disappear, and then appeared next to him in an instant.

Xia Chen can directly recall and summon his clone, and even if the clone is fatally injured, he only needs to recall it and release it again to full condition.

This is why Xia Chen thought it was a magical skill when he first saw it.

The only problem is that each time a clone is summoned, a certain amount of physical strength is consumed, and the summoned clone is also summoned according to his current state.

"Is this the power of your devil fruit? What kind of fruit is this?"

"It is the ability of a devil fruit, yes. As for what kind of devil fruit it is, it is not convenient to disclose!" Xia Chen replied indifferently.

He explains all the abilities that appear in him as the abilities of devil fruits, otherwise it cannot be explained clearly.

"Then Portgas D. Ace is also a clone?"

"Oh, that's not the case, he is really frozen!"

As he spoke, Xia Chen walked to Ace's ice sculpture, wrapped around Ryuying and punched the ice sculpture in front of him with domineering force.

There’s no way, the ice is quite hard, I need to use some force!

Xia Chen punched several times in succession, but when he first punched, the ice sculpture didn't change at all, not even a single bit of ice was knocked off.

And when Xia Chen threw his last punch, the entire ice sculpture instantly disintegrated, revealing Ace inside.

Seeing this, Xia Chen couldn't help but feel a little fortunate. Fortunately, he checked in to the advanced level of Armament Haki this time and mastered Ryuo, otherwise he would have no way to deal with this ice.

After coming out, Ace moved his hands and feet. Although he was not frozen for a long time, the biting cold at that moment still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Ace leaned close to Xia Chen's ear and whispered to him, "Luffy and the others have almost escaped now. I think we should just run away depending on the situation. We can't defeat them!"

Ace has a clear understanding of his own strength. If he wants to stop the admiral in a short period of time, he can indeed do it.

But it is definitely impossible to last for a long time, so Ace has already thought about running away, otherwise if he runs out of energy, he won't be able to run away even if he wants to.

"Hey, hey, hey, can you guys discuss this openly in front of me?" Aokiji said dissatisfiedly.

"Huh?" Ace was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he subconsciously said: "Didn't I whisper it in his ear?"

Aokiji said a little speechlessly: "We are less than ten meters apart. No matter how softly you speak, I can hear it with my observation Haki..."

"(⊙o⊙)..."

"I forgot, I lost it!" Ace shouted, covering his head.

Looking at this scene, Xia Chen didn't want to say anything anymore. You are the one who mocks Luffy as a fool every day, but aren't you a fool sometimes too?

But it is indeed much better than Luffy!

At this time, Aokiji said: "What you said really enlightened me. If you want to leave, I may not be able to stop you. In this case..."

"Ice Age!"

Hearing this familiar voice, the two of them subconsciously flew towards the sky, but Aokiji's goal this time was not to freeze them.

The ice began to rise from the ground when it spread out for more than a thousand meters, and then formed a huge cover that wrapped them all.

This huge movement instantly attracted everyone's attention, including Luffy and others who escaped.

"What...what is that?" Sanji asked in shock.

They saw a huge ice cover appear in front of their eyes. From their perspective, it even felt like the entire city was wrapped in it.

Seeing this scene, Luffy couldn't help but shout anxiously: "Xia Chen, Ace!"

Then he immediately turned back, but after taking a few steps, he was kicked away by Sanji.

Sanji looked at him unkindly and asked, "What do you want?"

"I want to go back and save Xia Chen and the others!"

"Do you think you can save them if you go back? They worked so hard to get us out, and if you go there now, all their efforts will be in vain!"

"Do you know what a general in our headquarters means? Even Xia Chen told us to flee first when dealing with this kind of opponent. And you know the difference in strength between Xia Chen and us. If you go back, you will simply die!"

Sanji said everything he wanted to say and scolded Luffy.

If possible, do they want to abandon Xia Chen and escape first?

It is because they knew that they were a burden to Xia Chen, so they left decisively so as not to add burden to Xia Chen.

After listening to Sanji's words, Luffy sat there in silence for a long time. After a while, he stood up and said, "Let's go, let's get on the boat and run!"

……

At this time, Xia Chen is here.

Xia Chen and Ace both had puzzled expressions on their faces.

From their perspective at this moment, the outside world looked like a complete mosaic.

Even the sun in the sky looked like a light bulb in their eyes.

Looking at this scene, Xia Chen's face turned dark and he looked at Ace unkindly.

It was all his fault for speaking so loudly just now, otherwise Aokiji wouldn’t have created such a large ice shield to prevent them from escaping.

Feeling Xia Chen's gaze, Ace turned away embarrassedly.

This wave is indeed his problem!

But it’s no use saying this now. The real problem is how to escape.

And now there is a problem facing them, that is, since they are in this huge ice cover, air cannot penetrate at all.

So this means that the less oxygen you use, the less you have.