Ace raised a finger and set it alight.
He looked at his burning finger, then at the flames pouring from the Uchiha clan members' mouths.
They did seem a little different.
But not that different.
"Forget it. I'll help you out!"
"Fire Fist!"
Ace had never liked the Marines, and Akainu's arrival only made him more uncomfortable.
He couldn't say why. He just disliked Akainu on sight.
So Ace, never one to hold back, joined the barrage without hesitation. His arm became a massive blaze of searing heat, then stretched forward to strike Akainu with a flaming fist.
The combined volley of fire could have vaporized an entire army in an instant.
Yet at its center, Akainu wore an undisguised sneer.
"Fire?"
His voice carried through the roaring inferno, low and rumbling like churning magma.
"Your flames are ordinary fire. I am magma that can burn even fire itself!"
He spread his arms, and dark-red magma surged from his entire body as though it were alive!
"Fire is child's play!"
"Meteor Volcano!"
Countless streams of hot, viscous lava erupted skyward around him like fountains, then swept outward in every direction like waterfalls flowing in reverse!
The dark-red torrents carried heat far beyond that of ordinary flames.
With devastating force, they collided with the Fire Release Ninjutsu coming from all sides!
Hiss—!!!!
A harsh chorus of vaporization filled the air!
The Uchiha clan members stared in horror. Their prized Fire Release Ninjutsu, hot enough to melt gold and corrode iron—
The moment it touched that dark-red magma, it met its match and was swiftly devoured, extinguished, and nullified!
Before the magma, their flames seemed to face a superior force. They vanished into it without a ripple!
Worse, the magma torrents lost none of their momentum after wiping out the Fire Release