White flames ignited continuously, carrying a faint hint of holiness.
Under Dawn's control, the white flames scorched every part of her, like a punishment by fire, burning her away bit by bit.
Yes, the white flames burning Charlotte Linlin were not self-sustaining flames after being ignited. Every flame had been directly created by Dawn's ability, then spread over Charlotte Linlin's body to scorch her flesh.
If one had to put it another way, it could be seen as a continuous burning skill.
As everyone knew, whether gas or solid matter, fire needed something combustible.
Living flesh could indeed burn because of the fat within it, but that required a great deal of time. The moisture had to be evaporated before the fat could burn.
Yet the powerful defense inherent in Charlotte Linlin's body had effectively blocked Dawn's white flames. While preventing the white flames from sustaining themselves, it also made Charlotte Linlin wish she were dead.
No matter how strong Charlotte Linlin's defense was, even if she could not be injured, fire still hurt.
Dawn's consumption was no small matter either. Creating such terrifying white flames in large quantities with his ability, then maintaining them without any fuel, also consumed an enormous amount of energy.
But Charlotte Linlin was not the Monkey King, able to remain perfectly fine inside an alchemy furnace. No matter what, a body of flesh and blood could not ignore flames of extreme temperature for long.
Within the blazing inferno, Charlotte Linlin continued struggling, but the white flames gradually eroded into her bones, destroying her defenses.
Her tough defense instead became an obstacle that prevented her from dying quickly. Like the punishment of the Volcano Hell among the eighteen levels of hell, she was burned alive without dying.
Meanwhile, although Fujitora, Kizaru, and Akainu could not