Divine Wrath Flame

The astonishing high temperature instantly spread outwards. The ground beneath Ian's feet melted, and even the scattered wooden fragments around him burst into flames.

Flapping the wings of fire on his back, the agility stripped away in his spherical form was finally displayed once more. Ian transformed into a gust of wind, a fiery wind that incinerated all things!

The scorching airflow generated by the mere flapping of his wings had already set a nearby wooden house ablaze.

"What?"

Hyogoro felt the searing heat from behind him. He turned his head back in disbelief.

What greeted his eyes was a fiery winged human engulfed in raging flames!

This temperature! It was even more terrifying than the flames before!

Hyogoro dared not advance further. If this guy were truly allowed to return to the battlefield, it would undoubtedly be a disaster.

His left hand formed a tiger claw, covered in black Haki, with an invisible wave intertwined upon it.

"Haa!"

With a shout, he pushed his left hand forward.

Haki surged out instantly, transforming into a powerful Haki shockwave that blasted directly into Ian, like a heavy cannon.

This was Flowing Emission Armament Haki, capable of unleashing Haki shockwaves with bare hands. If Armament Haki were trained to a higher realm, one could, like Garp, unleash a super-powerful wave covering hundreds of meters with a single punch.

Ian was instantly blown to pieces, scattering into a sky full of flames.

However, before Hyogoro could even show a hint of joy, the flames coalesced, and the fiery winged human reappeared!

It was meaningless.

Even the wind of Haki could not extinguish the flames of a god!

This is the mechanic, kid!

How can a stat monster defeat a mechanic monster?

Hyogoro gritted his teeth, his entire body covered in Haki. He swung his blade repeatedly, and in an instant, surging Haki slashes cut Ian into pieces of flame once more.

Of course, this did not even stop Ian from getting closer.

He swung his fist towards Hyogoro.

His fist transformed into a surging pillar of fire, red and golden, two colors of flame perfectly blending together as they roared out.

Absolutely cannot be hit!

Hyogoro's heart tightened. These flames were as scorching as magma! Even Flowing Haki would likely struggle to completely insulate against their high temperature!

He swung his fist again, and the Haki shockwave collided with Ian's fiery fist. Amidst the massive explosion, flames splashed everywhere.

Where the flames fell, the ground melted, and wood burned, creating a scene of apocalypse.

The scorching air made Hyogoro afraid to even breathe deeply; his lungs felt like they were being ignited.

Blocked, huh.

Ian wasn't surprised.

Haki was still a bit too troublesome, especially high-level Armament Haki.

He needed to use a larger-scale move.

Ian's wings vibrated behind him, his speed at maximum. In an instant, he closed in on Hyogoro.

But Hyogoro's reaction was swift. He retaliated with a Haki wave that shattered Ian's body.

Then, within these shattered flames, more flames surged out. The golden and red dual-colored flames instantly engulfed everything around them.

The Haki wave Hyogoro hastily unleashed could not completely disperse the tsunami of flames.

And so.

"Urgh!!"

From within the flames, Hyogoro cried out in pain.

One thing that needs to be clarified is that it's not that Flowing Emission level Armament Haki is necessarily stronger than Hardening level Armament Haki.

Whether it's Entanglement, Hardening, Emission, or Internal Destruction, they are all ultimately techniques for using Haki, skills that can make Haki unleash greater power.

The true strength of Haki remains unchanged.

Hyogoro had indeed mastered advanced Haki, but his Armament Haki was not as strong as Moria's three years ago!

And in these three years, Ian had become stronger, his flames' power becoming even more astonishing.

Hyogoro's Armament Haki could not completely resist Ian's dual-colored flames, and his body wailed under the scorching heat.

However, it wasn't enough.

Hyogoro's body was burned, but it was far from enough to make him lose his fighting ability.

This is why Logia types are out of the meta; simple elemental attacks aren't very effective against Haki masters.

He had to use his trump card.

If he could, he really didn't want to use this move.

But there was no helping it; the Divine Phoenix form couldn't last long.

Amidst the flames, Ian suddenly appeared before Hyogoro.

"Bastard!!"

Hyogoro, his body covered in black Haki, roared and swung a fist towards Ian.

The principle of Flowing Armament Haki was to make the Haki flow throughout the body, concentrate it, and unleash it to erupt with immense power.

And now, with Hyogoro using his entire body's Armament Haki to defend against the flames, he naturally couldn't unleash his strongest power.

Without even producing a Haki shockwave, his fist directly pierced Ian's chest.

Meanwhile, Ian had already raised his right hand, aiming at Hyogoro.

"Divine Wrath Flame!"

A pillar of fire, primarily crimson with a layer of golden flames, instantly shot out from Ian's palm, engulfing Hyogoro.

The brilliant pillar of fire pierced through the surrounding flames, directly smashing through several walls and into the courtyard.

"Waaah!"

Yamato, who had just turned a samurai into ice shards with a spiked club, looked at the pillar of fire that whizzed past her and couldn't help but complain loudly in the direction it came from, "Ian! Honestly, be careful! Getting hit by that move of yours is really bad!"

"...Sorry."

Ian's somewhat weak voice rang out as he slowly walked out of the hole in the melted wall.

At this moment, Ian had already shed his Divine Phoenix state and returned to his spherical Beastman Mode.

He rubbed his head and said somewhat dazed, "But, thankfully, I was the superior fighter."

His voice sounded weak, but he was the one who remained standing.

The ronin samurai were all stunned.

They looked at the figure that had been blasted into the room.

Hyogoro knelt on the ground, his body scorched black and emitting intense heat. His fur had all been burned away, making him almost unrecognizable.

"No way?"

Fukurokuju squeezed the words out from his throat.

The number one ronin leader in Wano Country, Flower Capital's Hyogoro, had been beaten this badly by a mere kid?

To be honest, Fukurokuju had initially thought this kid would be enough to hold off Hyogoro!

But now!

"Wh-what is that?"

Hyogoro staggered to his feet, his voice as dry as if he had swallowed three pounds of glass shards.

Why, why couldn't my Flowing Haki block it?

Although the temperature had indeed increased, it was just the temperature. The power shouldn't have been that strong.

It should have been completely blockable!

"It was destroyed."

Ian walked closer, "I destroyed your Haki."

Divine Flame Cannon was Ian's second strongest move.

But his strongest move wasn't the Divine Phoenix.

The Divine Phoenix was Ian's third form, and Ian's strongest move was exclusive to this third form.

He named it Divine Wrath Flame.

It was the manifestation of the Divine Phoenix's world-clearing ability from the original work, burning everything.

It consumed a large amount of stamina and mental energy to unleash flames that destroyed everything.

In terms of sheer power, these flames weren't much stronger than the flames in the Divine Phoenix form.

However, these flames possessed a special trait.

The trait of "destroying" everything.

Objects that ordinary flames couldn't shatter or burn were, with the enhancement of this trait, simply destroyed.

Haki was no exception.

"Alright,"

His mental and physical strength were excessively depleted, and Ian felt dizzy, making his voice sound light and airy. Yet, this airy voice fell upon the ronin's ears like thunder.

"Samurai, it's about time you surrendered."

Why didn't you just listen to me and talk nicely earlier? Hyogoro staggered, his voice dry but resolute, "Samurai never surrender!"

Ian sighed. Is that so?

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