Another punch sent the Molten Beast flying, its eyes filled with confusion. As it pounced again, it roared, "Why? Why aren't you affected?"
In Akainu's view, even if Longinus could avoid inhaling volcanic ash by stopping his breathing, he would be unable to gain energy without breathing. Longinus should not have been able to remain at his peak indefinitely.
"Do you mean this?" Longinus loosely clenched his right hand, as though grasping those tiny particles in his palm. "I just absorb it."
Akainu fell silent. If this guy could even absorb volcanic ash, he definitely was not human, was he?
Seeing Akainu momentarily distracted, Longinus naturally did not miss the opportunity. He appeared above the beast's head as if teleporting, his Armament Haki-coated hand seizing the magma. His gaze sharpened as he slammed his right hand downward!
An explosive boom nearly drowned out the thunder. Then, spiderweb-like cracks spread rapidly across the ground as the Molten Beast sank entirely into it.
Apparently unable to react in time, the beast roared as Longinus pressed it all the way into the depths beneath the earth.
A massive hollow collapsed into the center of Thunder God Island, resembling an inland lake.
Then, an eerie howl came from below, as though some abyssal beast had broken free of its restraints and was about to burst into the surface world.
The next moment, a pillar of fire shot into the heavens. Boiling magma nearly burned through the sea of thunder in the sky.
Longinus flew out of the magma, his entire body charred black and looking somewhat bedraggled.
"You actually triggered an undersea volcano. That truly is astonishing power!" Longinus murmured. If he had not noticed something was wrong and detonated it in advance, then once the volcano fully erupted, the entire island would likely