Thud!
Gray was in the thick of the fight when Akainu finally returned.
"Great Eruption!" Akainu knew no fear. Even though Gray was stronger than him, he launched another attack without hesitation.
The massive flow of magma covered not only Gray, but also the unconscious Aramaki beneath him.
From this attack, it was clear that Akainu was holding nothing back. He hadn't even considered whether he might hurt Aramaki.
To Akainu, any sacrifice was acceptable as long as it meant killing the enemy. He'd even be willing to sacrifice himself, let alone Aramaki.
Whoosh!
Gray grabbed the unconscious Aramaki and teleported away.
Thud!
The blazing magma struck the ice, instantly piercing through it and leaving behind a massive crater.
"Wow, you don't even spare your own comrades!"
"As long as we can kill pirates, sacrifices are inevitable!" Gray's words couldn't sway Akainu in the slightest.
His first strike missed, so Akainu attacked again. "Meteor Volcano!"
His fists moved rapidly, sending great masses of magma surging across Gray's entire field of vision.
In response, Gray sent a Flying Wheel behind him slicing into Aramaki's abdomen, using its Seastone effect to suppress him. Then he hurled Aramaki away, freeing his hands to attack.
Aramaki couldn't die before Gray extracted the Woods-Woods Fruit.
By the time Gray finished, the magma fists were less than a meter away. In the face of such danger, Gray didn't even flinch.
"Flash!" Gray vanished from where he stood and appeared above Akainu in an instant. His raised right leg crackled with black lightning as he brought it down on Akainu's head.
"So fast!" Akainu knew Gray could do this, so he'd been on guard against Gray teleporting ever since he disappeared.
But only now, facing the move himself, did he understand how fast it was. There was