Dog? Or Wolf?

"Don't think you'll get away with this!"

Ace roared, and blazing flames erupted from his entire body!

"Flame Emperor: Phoenix!"

Dazzling blue-gold flames shot into the sky, transforming into an incomparably enormous, magnificent, and majestic immortal Fire Phoenix!

The searing heat even briefly Forced Back the suffocating pressure brought by Akainu's magma.

Without hesitation, Sabo transformed his entire body into an element, becoming a streak of flowing fire that landed precisely on the Fire Phoenix's broad back.

"Ace! Go! Flame Emperor: Phoenix Wing Heavenly Soar!"

The two brothers were of one mind, their powers merging!

The enormous Fire Phoenix let out a clear, resonant cry. Its wings suddenly spread to their fullest extent, blotting out the sky! Massive fiery wings formed from highly compressed flames, like a burning canopy of heaven, charged fiercely toward the falling meteor shower of magma, trying to intercept and incinerate it!

"Rumble, rumble, rumble!" Fire and magma collided violently, exploding! The fiery wings successfully blocked and detonated most of the magma shells. Bursting fireballs and lava fragments scattered in all directions like fireworks.

However, flames could not ultimately suppress magma. The blocked magma merely slowed slightly and shrank somewhat in volume, yet still pierced through the fire wings like red-hot molten iron and continued falling!

Ace and Sabo gritted their teeth and held on with all their strength, but they were clearly struggling to keep up.

"Tsk, that old Akainu still loves playing with fire."

Allen curled his lip, apparently dissatisfied with Ace and Sabo's interception. He casually snapped his fingers.

"Buzz!" A slightly smaller spatial vortex opened out of thin air beside him.

"Lord Allen! This Empress has arrived late!"

The first thing to step out was a long, flawless leg in high heels, followed by a figure capable of toppling nations.

The Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock, raised her swanlike neck proudly and looked down upon everyone present, as though she had descended onto a runway rather than a battlefield.

The moment Sengoku saw Hancock appear, his face darkened instantly.

"Wororororo! How could a fight be complete without me!"

Amid a bold laugh, Yamato jumped out with a sword over her shoulder, her face full of excitement. Even the oni horns atop her head seemed to be glowing.

He silently swept his gaze across the battlefield, his eyes locking onto the Marine camp.

Watching people appear one after another, Sengoku's face darkened beyond measure.

The moment Yamato landed, she saw the magma rain overhead—weakened by the fire wings, yet still terrifying—falling down.

"Whoa! What huge fireballs! Watch this!"

Without another word, she planted the Glazed Sword into the Ice Surface, formed a specific gesture with Both hands, and cried out, "Great Mouth True God Form!"

"Bang!" White frost burst outward! In her place appeared an enormous, imposing beast with snow-white fur... a "giant dog?" At least in appearance, its fluffy fur, upright ears, and eyes carrying a faint air of goofiness made it difficult not to think of some large canine, like a supersized Samoyed.

Everyone's attention—whether Marines, Imperial Guards, or even those halfway through charging—paused instinctively for a fraction of a second, their focus completely drawn to the massive white creature.

"So big... so white... a dog?"

A certain Marine Major General muttered unconsciously.

"Roar—!!!"

The white beast suddenly bared its fangs and unleashed an ear-splitting roar, though it still sounded a little like an oversized angry dog. "I'm a wolf! A divine wolf! Baka yarou!"

She was furious. Her enormous Claws raked the Ice Surface hard, leaving deep furrows behind.

Yamato raised her huge head, opened her dog mouth wide, and a dazzling icy-blue glow lit up deep in her throat. The surrounding air temperature plunged below freezing!

"Servantless Ice Fang—!!!"

"Boom!!!" An utterly condensed blast of extreme cold, several meters in diameter, erupted wildly from her mouth like a high-pressure ice cannon! The thick icy-blue beam Swept Across the sky!

Wherever it Passed, the magma shells that Ace and Sabo had weakened, though still scorching hot, met their nemesis. They instantly lost all light and heat, freezing completely from the inside out and turning into enormous black stones wreathed in wisps of cold air. Then, like hailstones, they crashed onto the Ice Surface with a series of crackles, shattering into icy fragments!

"Bastard!" His prized ultimate move had been easily broken by a "dog," and Akainu flew into a rage!

Magma Gathered and swelled wildly around his right arm, instantly transforming into a terrifying giant magma fist several times larger than before, as if it could melt mountains!

"Great Eruption!!"

The giant fist tore through the air with world-destroying force, smashing down toward Yamato's head just as she finished releasing her breath and was still panting slightly.

Facing this terrifying punch, powerful enough to sink an island, the white beast merely tilted her huge head calmly, her eyes even carrying a hint of Is that all?

She took another deep breath. This time, the charge-up was shorter, but the icy-blue glow in her mouth was even more dazzling!

"Servantless Ice Fang: MAX!"

An even thicker and more condensed blast of extreme cold surged forth like an overturned glacier, precisely meeting the giant magma fist descending from the heavens!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Only a long, piercing "Hiss—!!!", like the violent reaction of a red-hot branding iron plunged into Ice Water.

Akainu's peerlessly mighty magma fist faded from scorching dark red at a visible speed the instant it came into contact with the MAX Ice Fang, hardening and losing all vitality!

In mere seconds, an incomparably massive black stone fist, radiating cold air like a sculpture frozen in time, hung stiffly in midair. Then, with a "Rumble!" and a Loud Noise, it crashed heavily onto the Ice Surface, shattering into pieces and sending black stone dust flying everywhere.

As the white frost dispersed, Yamato returned to human form. She patted nonexistent dust from her hands, looking utterly relaxed.

Ignoring Akainu across from her, whose face was black as a pot and whose magma was boiling unstably, as well as the monster-like stares from everyone present—including her own side—she turned to Allen and naturally held out her hand. "Done! You'll serve me seven times tonight!"

The entire battlefield fell silent, especially the Marines: "..."

They frantically complained inwardly, Is she here to fight a war or spend the night?

"Hey! Ace! Sabo! Stop dawdling! Open a window in that turtle shell of the Marines!"

Allen's voice pierced through the noise of the battlefield and reached the two of them precisely.

Ace was Burning with magnificent Golden Red flames. In his Mythical Zoan Fire Phoenix form, he looked like the Phoenix reborn.

Sabo's left arm was Wrapped in scorching fire, while his right hand was Covered with the Armament Haki of Dragon Claw Fist. The two exchanged a glance, perfectly in sync.

They leaped backward at the same time, widening the distance as they Gathered their power frantically.

"Flame Emperor!"

"Dragon's Breath: Modified!"

The golden-red and orange-red flames did not clash. Instead, they spiraled and Intertwined like two mad dragons, ultimately merging into an astonishingly wide, blindingly white supermassive pillar of fire!

It tore through the air with a roar that promised to burn everything to ashes, blasting straight toward the center of Rock Island's plaza—the final barrier hastily constructed by the Marines from Superalloy Seastone Composite Steel Plates, said to be capable of withstanding Admiral-level attacks!