With a single punch, Akainu had nearly destroyed the Death God. Its propulsion system was damaged too. Gin tried several times to get it running, growing frantic when he realized it could no longer set sail.
Akainu nodded in satisfaction, then turned toward the warship. More than half the marines aboard were dead or wounded, and blood had stained the deck red. His face was expressionless, but the muscles in his cheeks twitched, making him look even more terrifying. Then he swung a fist at the warship. "Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!"
"Huh? He's attacking his own men?"
Nami hid far away, her eyes wide with horror. She could hardly believe what she was seeing.
"Nicely done, Red Dog," Ye Chen said with deliberate sarcasm.
Boom! The warship took Akainu's punch head-on. Scalding magma blasted a huge hole through it with a crack. The hull rocked violently, then tilted and rolled into the sea.
Akainu had meant that punch for Pizarro, but Pizarro had dodged it in time.
In the Original Work, Blackbeard had gone to Impel Down to choose his companions. Every one of those he selected came from the Sixth Level, the Infinite Level, and had survived a bloody fight against the other prisoners. Pizarro was one of them.
The prisoners of the Infinite Level were fearsome pirates whose very existence had to be kept from the world. For Pizarro to have survived among such formidable villains, his strength had to be terrifying.
"I'm over here, Admiral Akainu. Meow... Though I have to say, Ye Chen's name for you suits you better."
"I agree. Red Dog sounds much more imposing."
That came from Loka. He burst out of the rock underground and shot toward Akainu like lightning. "Lightning Venom Dragon Drill!"
As a user of the Dig-Dig Fruit, Loka