Severed Arm

Akainu had already blocked Ace and the others. With Ace's strength, he shouldn't have been beaten so badly, but perhaps because of his prolonged imprisonment, his stamina was severely depleted. He had been beaten to the point where he couldn't fight back at all, barely holding on only with the support of Sabo's Haki. Even so, Ace and Sabo continued to retreat step by step, and were soon forced into a desperate situation by Akainu.

"Absolute justice will never allow people like you to live in this world. Great Eruption!" A fist formed from magma struck toward Ace. Ace no longer even had the strength to become elemental, and could only kneel on one knee, waiting for death.

"Ace!" Luffy cried out in anguish. The aura around him suddenly exploded, and in an instant, both pirates and marines lost focus for a moment.

"This is... Conqueror's Haki!" Sengoku frowned. "Garp, why is your whole family so good at causing trouble?"

"Conqueror's Haki!" Even Akainu suffered an imperceptible moment of distraction. Because of that, his attack slowed by a fraction, and that was precisely what gave Li Ziming an opportunity.

Li Ziming swiftly arrived at Ace and the others' location. "Explosion!" A violent explosion directly blasted Akainu's magma fist to pieces.

"You're that explosive man?" Akainu looked at Li Ziming. "Your strength is actually quite good. Why follow a captain who's as useless as that one?" Luffy had been completely unable to fight back before Akainu. Aside from his still-immature Conqueror's Haki, Akainu couldn't see a single redeeming quality in him.

"Huh?" Li Ziming scoffed. His attention wasn't entirely on Akainu, because the two Celestial Dragons had also realized they had been tricked and were already hurrying back. If he couldn't quickly break free of Akainu's entanglement, Li Ziming might well