Chapter 722
Soon a crew member came over. "Pops! What can I do for you?"
"Send a notification to that guy named Chen Fan, telling him that I, Whitebeard, am waiting for him in the New World!"
Chapter 207 Movements from All Sides
(Chapter 207 Movements from All Sides)
But the moment the three-dimensional flame touched Chen Fan's body, "...!"
The flames were deflected directly back. Ace's expression changed; he hadn't expected this outcome. Was Chen Fan also Devil Fruit user? How could he deflect his attack? However, the attack was launched by him, and it was fire, within his control. Therefore, the flames from the cross passed directly through Ace's body and landed on the ground behind him.
"Sizzle...!" A cross-shaped crater was pierced into the ground;
"Fire Fly!" Ace opened his arms to Chen Fan, and tiny sparks appeared around Chen Fan's body;
"Fire Daruma!"
"Boom! Boom!..." These sparks exploded around Chen Fan's body like bombs.
Ace said into the exploding inferno, "So what if you took this hit! You can't counter it now!"
But soon, Chen Fan's calm voice came from within the sea of fire. "A rebound? Ah! You mean that one from before? Well, you could call it a rebound."
Ace stared at Chen Fan in disbelief, "How is this possible? Why are your fire attacks ineffective against you?!"
"Just consider it as me eating the 'Reflect-Reflect Fruit.' I'm going to make you admit defeat wholeheartedly. Do you want to give up? That way, you'll suffer less." Chen Fan smiled and spread his hands, saying to Ace.
Ace chuckled and said, "I don't care what Devil Fruit you ate, but you can't expect me to surrender obediently! The battle has only just begun! Divine Flame! Nameless Fire!"
Flames erupted from Ace's arms, which he flicked towards Chen Fan, transforming into two flaming spears that shot towards Chen Fan.
"Why are you doing something unnecessary! I'll make you admit defeat!" Chen Fan said, then stomped his foot and charged towards Ace. The two flame-formed spears changed direction the moment they hit Chen Fan and shot into the ground, scorching a deep, black, and smoking hole in the ground.
Seeing Chen Fan close behind him, Ace waved his hands and shouted, "Flame Commandment! Flame Pillar!"
Ace released flames from his body, forming a circle of fire. Then, by rotating the flames in his hands, he unleashed a towering pillar of fire from his entire body to attack Chen Fan.
Chen Fan kicked the spot where Ace had been standing amidst the pillar of fire Tempest Kick, unleashing an invisible wave of air that sliced through the flames.
"Boom!" The attack landed on the ground in the distance, carving a deep trench, but it didn't hit Ace. Ace's body appeared behind Chen Fan, his feet firmly planted on the ground, his right fist clenched, gathering power at his waist;
"Fire Fist!" A giant fist formed of flames attacked Chen Fan's back. In Ace's mind, the previous attacks had all targeted Chen Fan's front. Since attacks from the front could be deflected, what about from the back? Surely, attacks from the back wouldn't be deflected too;
But just as the fiery fist was about to touch Chen Fan's body, Ace saw a mocking smile on Chen Fan's lips, as if he were laughing at Ace for overestimating his abilities;
"...!"
The flaming fist bounced back even faster, slicing off Ace's upper body. But the flames quickly reformed, and Ace reappeared unharmed, a bead of sweat trickling down his forehead. He smirked and said, "Oops...! This looks like I've messed with someone I shouldn't have!"
At the start of the battle between Chen Fan and Ace, the World Government received information. After all, no one knew whether Chen Fan was alive or dead at the time, and they hadn't received any information from Tashigi. So they sent people here. Since Chen Fan had been here before, the Log Pose must not be full. Therefore, the most likely scenario is that Chen Fan will return here.
The phone suddenly rang in Fleet Admiral Sengoku Fleet Admiral's Office at Navy Headquarters.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku! Chen Fan and Ace, the 2nd Division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, are fighting on Jaya Island!" Fleet Admiral Sengoku answered the phone and heard the words coming through the Den Den Mushi.
"What?!" Fleet Admiral Sengoku was shocked. He hadn't expected Chen Fan to be facing off against the Whitebeard Pirates, especially Ace, the 2nd Division commander. Ace was far more famous than Blackbeard, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. He was a very active figure in the New World. The World Government had once invited Ace to become Shichibukai, but Ace refused and instead joined the Whitebeard Pirates, making them enemies of the Navy Headquarters.
"How's the situation?!" Sengoku the Fleet Admiral Sengoku shouted. "Chen Fan the kind of person who could push Aokiji to that point; even Fire Fist Ace is probably no match for Chen Fan."