Red.
Boiling red magma, carrying scorching heat, had somehow transformed the entire island.
At this moment, the whole island resembled the inside of a volcanic pool, filled with searing magma.
Under Sakazuki's control, countless molten hounds emerged from the magma and howled as they lunged at the Five Elders.
For a time, even the mustached Five Elder, despite his powerful defenses, was left somewhat overwhelmed by the endless, unkillable demonic hounds charging at him.
"Magma Fire Pool!!"
Just as the Five Elder was surrounded and bitten at by the demonic hounds, the ground beneath his feet suddenly sank, sending him plummeting downward.
Although the mustached Five Elder reacted quickly, the hounds around him gave him no opportunity. In the blink of an eye, they pounced on him.
Immediately afterward, boiling magma surged in from around the fire pool like a tsunami, crashing down over him in a torrential wave!
In but an instant, the mustached Five Elder was submerged in the boiling magma pool.
Continuous blasts scattered the surrounding magma. Sakazuki roared and lunged forward, and the two of them fought fiercely within the magma, neither able to gain the upper hand.
"Get lost!!"
The Five Elder looked at the scorching magma pool around him and realized something was wrong. No matter how strong his defenses were, if magma entered his internal organs through his facial features, he would likely still die.
A pitch-black fist smashed into Sakazuki's chest. Blood spurted from his mouth, but he endured the enemy's attack and refused to let him escape. His grim face twisted savagely. "Trying to run? It won't be that easy!!"
As he spoke, magma poured down from the sky and engulfed them both in moments.
Only the occasional massive explosion blasted open the surface of the magma sea, revealing the deadlock