The magma took the shape of a dog's head. Rubick ignored it and launched a Yatagarasu at Akainu.
Crack!
Whoosh!
Hell Hound clamped down on Rubick's right wing. Scalding magma forced its way through the flames, seized the wing, and snapped and charred it in an instant.
Fighting through the pain, Rubick slashed down with his right talons and tore open Akainu's chest. Blood sprayed everywhere, and Akainu struggled not to cough up a mouthful of it.
Rubick fell from the sky. When he returned to human form, his right arm was broken. Akainu was no better off. His shirt and cloak were in tatters, so he ripped them off and tossed them aside, exposing three claw marks across his chest.
"Trading injury for injury? Mine's a scratch. You've lost an arm."
Akainu's right hand turned into a dog's head again. "I won't give you time to recover!"
Akainu knew Rubick could copy Marco's Phoenix Devil Fruit again and restore his arm. And since Rubick had already fused with the fruit, he was sure to have some way to heal.
Rubick burst out laughing. He threw his head back, then spat a dazzling stream of fire straight ahead. The flames formed a great sword, its point aimed at Akainu.
Akainu tried to withstand it with Armament Haki, but immediately realized his defense did almost nothing against the flaming sword. The fire seemed able to pass straight through his Haki and harm his body!
Akainu sprang backward to dodge it. Rubick twisted, sending the flaming sword toward Sanji instead.
"This... this feeling!"
Flames washed over Sanji, but not a single part of him burned. Instead, the cuts Doflamingo's threads had left on his body healed at once.
Sanji was back at full strength and resumed his fight with Doflamingo. Furious, Doflamingo