Akainu stood up from the rubble.
Blood was still seeping from the wound on his right arm. The magma along his entire arm churned and changed color, sending black smoke straight into the sky.
"Bullet! You relic of a bygone era!"
Akainu strode forward, lava flowing over the ice and hissing out great clouds of white steam.
"And you rats, wherever you came from-none of you are leaving Marineford alive today!"
Akainu suddenly swung his left arm, turning the magma into a gigantic dog's head that lunged straight for the assault team's faces.
"Canine Red Lotus!"
Bullet sneered and strode forward to meet him.
"Sakazuki, your barking is still as ugly as ever!"
The muscles in Bullet's arms swelled, dark red arcs of electricity coiling around his fists.
It was Conqueror's Haki, coating his fists and radiating outward.
The air shook violently, and the pressure sent the surrounding Marines staggering.
Bullet drove a fist straight forward, his iron fist wreathed in black and red lightning as it slammed squarely into the oncoming magma dog's head.
The dull impact shook the entire ice field.
Magma splattered everywhere, the scorching sludge burning pits of all sizes into the ice.
Akainu felt an irresistible weight strike his fist, and the magma of his entire arm was blasted apart on the spot.
Black and red lightning spread up his arm. Blood rose in Akainu's throat, and he staggered back seven or eight steps with a muffled grunt.
His feet melted two deep furrows into the ice, each half a foot deep.
"Admiral Akainu was actually driven back head-on!"
The surrounding Marine officers and soldiers panicked, their ranks falling into disarray.
"The retreat route is clear."
Standing beside the Light Gate, Qian Ye dusted off his hands.
"Hatake Sakumo, don't let the small fry around