Reunited with Shiya, Momonosuke Caught in the Crossfire

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The roar kept rolling over the training ground. Time passed, and darkness settled in completely.

In the blink of an eye, Akainu and Noah had already exchanged dozens of blows.

Landing on opposite sides once more, they met each other's gaze, then charged again. Their tentative skirmish was over. The battle had reached a fever pitch, and both were fighting in earnest.

"Meigo!"

As Akainu growled, his right hand, already transformed into searing magma, clenched into a fist and hurtled toward Noah's chest faster than the eye could follow!

That looks familiar. Wasn't that the move he used to kill Ace and blast away half of Whitebeard's face?

The thought flashed through Noah's mind, but his hands never slowed. The dark red blade of Yone's Sword swept upward to meet Akainu's magma fist head-on.

Boom!

A muffled impact rolled outward like thunder hidden inside gathering storm clouds.

Before the eyes of countless Marines, the two figures collided and locked in a stalemate, neither giving an inch!

The molten rock hissed and bubbled!

Scalding magma sprayed from the collision, but it could not break through the Armament Haki coating Noah's blade. It merely wore away and scattered, making Akainu raise an eyebrow in surprise.

"Your Armament Haki is a little stronger than I expected, kid."

He spoke in a low voice and steadily poured on more force. "But if that's all you've got, it won't be enough!"

With a dull thud, Akainu drove his right arm forward and knocked Yone's Sword aside.

His free left arm had somehow taken the shape of a savage dog's head. Red light flickered across it as it lunged at Noah's head, carrying blistering heat in its jaws!

Inugami Guren!

It was another of Akainu's signature close-combat attacks. Like a vicious hound crawling