Logia Awakening: A Demonstration!

It was as if a small sun had appeared on the earth and exploded, its fiery red light like an ever-expanding inverted bowl.

Even high in the sky, Biba Amatori could still feel the heat waves and pain, burning her skin, especially the strong sulfur smell, which made it hard to breathe.

In his eyes, the ground that had just been churned up by the Earth Dragon was turning into a lava swamp at a visible speed, with scorching lava flowing everywhere.

"So, this guy's ability Awakening all?"

Crocodile, still in his semi-elemental form, watched the supernatural and dramatic changes taking place in the landscape below, his narrowed eyes revealing longing and envy.

And Douglas Bullet, the person involved.

At this moment, he only had one feeling: heat, unimaginable heat. Even though he covered his entire body with Armament Haki Hardening, he could still faintly feel a burning pain.

Especially his right fist, which had just collided head-on with that 'Hellhound,' was now completely red.

But the greatest pain came from the lava clinging to his arm. He discovered that this lava was different from flames, and even different from normal lava in nature.

Akainu's magma, when it adheres to his body, continuously emits high temperatures, and these temperatures are incredibly penetrating, so much so that even Haki cannot completely block them.

[Boom!]

Seeing the giant lava fist hurtling down on him again, Bullet's face turned extremely ugly. He could only suppress his extreme rage and choose to retreat to avoid it.

The current situation is that if he continues to fight Sakazuki head-on, he will get more magma stuck to his body. Because of this, he doesn't even dare to use his Clank-Clank Fruit ability.

This area has been transformed into a pool of molten lava. Using your abilities here would be tantamount to burying yourself alive in the lava, which would be suicidal.

So how should we play this?

Actually, there is a way. Twenty-four years later in the original timeline, Kaido himself appeared and transformed into Fire Dragon capable of melting everything, personally teaching Monkey D. Luffy how to fight Sakazuki.

The solution is simple.

Using the Emission application of Armament Haki, also known as Ryou in Wano Country, allows one to attack without touching high-temperature magma or flames.

The problem is that the current Bullet doesn't know this technique.

Because he boarded the ship as a 'challenger'.

For three years, he only thought about challenging Roger and the other crew members on the ship. In the end, he defeated everyone except Roger, and felt that even the first mate Rayleigh could only fight him to a draw.

This directly resulted in him not being well-liked in Roger Pirates; no one was willing to teach him these things, because being strong doesn't mean you know all the techniques.

It is worth mentioning.

In the original timeline, Douglas Bullet was apparently defeated by Sakazuki and imprisoned in Impel Down, because at the time of Stampede, the current Navy Fleet Admiral was Sakazuki.

However, some believe it refers not to Sakazuki, but to Navy Fleet Admiral Sengoku from over twenty years ago, but who it actually is remains unknown.

"How can you defeat me if you can't even fight back?"

"You brat!"

Bullet, who had just dodged a Great Eruption and was flying backward at high speed amidst layers of Sound Explosion, heard a sharp sound suddenly ring in his ears, and his expression changed drastically.

"How is that possible!"

"Isn't he up ahead? My Observation Haki."

But before he could think any further, just as he was about to turn around to retaliate or defend himself, an unbearable pain and a burning sensation like being pricked by needles shot through his back.

[Boom----]

Bullet was like someone caught in a volcanic eruption at point-blank range; amidst the spewing lava, he was engulfed in flames as he crashed headfirst into the relatively intact belly of the hillside like a shooting star.

"Is this also Logia Awakening ability?"

Although Bullet below couldn't see what happened, Crocodile was high in the sky looking down, could see it very clearly.

Then.

Sakazuki, in his fully elementalized lava form, shot out as a beam of red light from the magma pool behind Bullet, slamming heavily into Bullet's back.

At the same time.

In the distance, 'Sakazuki' quickly faded and melted into a pool of lava, merging into the environment.

It was obvious that this Admiral Akainu had just traversed the magma-covered land at an incredible speed, so fast that even Bullet's Observation Haki didn't have time to react.

"Sakazuki!!!"

At that moment, the hill that had swallowed Bullet began to tremble violently, followed by beams of deep blue light shining through the cracks.

[Bang!]

The next moment, the entire hill exploded from the inside, revealing a giant black man whose body was covered in streams of magma and shrouded in a blue, eerie light.

[Boom!!]

With bloodshot eyes and blood at the corner of his mouth, Bullet roared and charged forward, causing the rock beneath his feet to tremble and explode, sending large amounts of rubble and debris flying in all directions like cannonballs.

He has completely lost control.

Sakazuki's heavy blow had completely ignited Barrett's ferocity; at this moment, Bullet had lost all basic rationality.

Completely ignoring the burning pain from the high-temperature magma clinging to his body, he pushed through the visible walls of air and instantly appeared in front of Sakazuki.

"Die!"

"It's nothing but a wild beast."

Sakazuki snorted coldly, raised his arms which had already turned into rolling lava, and slammed them out, but this time Bullet showed no intention of dodging.

"Even if I die, I'll still pluck a handful of dog hairs from your head!"

Bullet's thick, long arms, like cannon barrels, swung in a dense array of eerie blue afterimages, each punch creating a misty, circular wave in the air.

[Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang]

The overwhelming barrage of fist shadows, powerful to the extreme, clashed with the lava Fire Fist capable of melting everything into ashes, and blue and red light completely covered the entire lava land.

"That guy."

Sakazuki was surprised to find that Bullet seemed to have found a way to confront him head-on.

He actually relied entirely on brute force to unleash a series of surging punches and shockwaves, constantly forcing back the approaching viscous magma, before launching a second burst of power that allowed his fists to penetrate the air layer and strike his own body.

This approach clearly requires Bullet to exert all his strength, and it's definitely not something he can sustain for long.

"His combat talent is indeed amazing, but unfortunately, his foundation is still too weak!"

Sakazuki had no intention of losing this battle that would determine his position in the Army, which made his gaze toward Bullet dangerous.

"We must thoroughly subdue this One Piece brat!"

Admiral Akainu, who had been transferred to the Army, no longer held back and began to unleash the full power of the Magma-Magma Fruit within him.

"If you die like this, you can only blame yourself for your own lack of magnanimity."

[Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!]

The next moment, towering columns of lava erupted from the lava pools surrounding Sakazuki and Bullet.

Next, they quickly transformed into vicious hounds made entirely of magma, a scene that resembled the summoning of an army of messengers from the Abyss Hell.

"Dog-Biting Crimson Lotus!"

With a roar from the former, all the lava hounds bared their fangs, dripping with lava, and pounced on Bullet from head to toe.

"I see. So, after Awakening Logia, one can still manipulate the elements in the outside world?"

High in the sky, Crocodile, holding the completely stunned Biba Amatori, muttered to himself thoughtfully, "If I Awakening, wouldn't I be invincible in the desert?"

It has to be said that Sakazuki's battle brought him to the door of 'Awakening' ahead of time.

At the same time, he realized that the battle would soon be decided, and with that thought, he had no interest in seeing the final scene. He then led his newly recruited followers away in a cloud of sand.

Who knows if that Akainu Admiral actually bite him like a mad dog later?