Imu's Resolve and Scheme

"Brothers! Their immortality has other weaknesses!"

Babel excitedly unleashed the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit, setting Sommers Saint, the thorn-covered man beneath him, ablaze with all his might.

"Aaaah!"

"Get off me!"

Sommers Saint roared in fury. Countless thorns surged out, trying to throw the ten-meter-tall catfish Fish-Man off him.

"You little thorn monster! You think you can turn the tables under my flames?"

"Great Flame Burst: Fire God's Wrath!"

As one of Houka's admirers, Babel followed his lead just as Charlotte Linlin and Shiki did, imitating the techniques Houka had developed.

Fire God's Wrath was Babel's ultimate move!

Babel transformed completely into a massive titan of flame, like a fire god descending upon the world.

The terrifying heat warped the air.

The green thorns erupting beneath him withered rapidly in the flames.

It was a clash of incompatible powers.

Fighting at an elemental disadvantage was usually viable only when there was a vast gap in strength.

When two fighters were evenly matched, the one with the elemental advantage held the upper hand.

If ice and magma countered each other, then fire countered thorns in every way.

With Babel going all out, even Sambel at the shore did not dare approach.

Who would have thought his fellow Fish-Man would one day become a "fire god"?

The contrast was striking.

Sambel had his Fish-Man underlings carry Sommers Saint's mechanical heart and one of his legs a thousand meters down into the sea.

He did not destroy the heart or the leg.

He worried that if he did, Sommers Saint would simply grow new ones.

Better to keep them submerged and suppressed by the seawater. It might have other useful effects, too.

Lord Imu, please save me!

Sommers Saint screamed as the heat scorched him. Unable to bear it any longer,