However, the necessary sacrifices were worth it.
Just as Jace prepared to increase the output of his flames and burn straight through both the blade and the man from the opposite direction—
The next second!
"Hee hee, all's fair in war, little brother Jace."
Under the glow of the flames, Momonosuke's lecherous face suddenly revealed an extremely sinister smirk.
Accompanied by the strange sound of flowing water, the blade of that originally ordinary great-grade sword actually gushed out a stream of seawater with powerful impact, as though a high-pressure valve had been opened.
Hiss!!!
It was too close, and the angle was too strange!
That deep-blue current instantly turned into a water net in midair and poured straight down over Jace's head while he was unleashing his flames with all his strength.
"You bastard... aaahhh!!!"
The instant fire and water made contact, a large amount of white steam erupted.
But that was not the deadliest part.
The current, carrying an extremely pungent, salty stench, not only extinguished Jace's flames in an instant, but also flowed down his scalp and into his eyes and mouth.
As everyone knew, seawater was the natural enemy of all Ability Users.
For those powerhouses who had developed both their bodies and their fruits to the extreme, getting splashed with a bit of seawater might be something they could still force themselves to endure for a while.
But for Jace, who relied far too much on his Devil Fruit ability, this moment was nothing short of a devastating blow.
Even if that tiny amount of seawater was not enough to paralyze him and make him collapse the way complete immersion in the sea would, that extreme, limp powerlessness still surged uncontrollably through his organs in the blink of an eye.
Jace's knees went weak, and his