Akainu was sent flying by World's punch, packed with the fury of vengeance. The late Kizaru had once said something very true: speed was power. Although World could not move at light speed like Kizaru, his already considerable speed had been multiplied a thousandfold. The power of that punch was easy enough to imagine.
Akainu smashed straight through three gun emplacements behind him, and his entire body was buried beneath the rubble.
But a moment later, tremendous heat erupted from the spot where Akainu lay buried. Even the three ruined gun barrels glowed red and melted, joining the stones in a pool of liquid!
"Hm?"
Seeing the change before him, World curled his lips into a smile.
"If that were enough to defeat you, you wouldn't deserve to be an Admiral, would you?"
As he spoke, however, World's powerful body trembled slightly. Even the muscles in the arm he had punched with kept twitching.
World did not possess an overwhelmingly powerful Logia ability like Kizaru. His was a Paramecia, and moving at such incredible speed had placed an immense strain on his body.
Just then, Akainu, who had been driven back by World's punch, burst out of the completely melted wreckage.
An enormous mass of magma surged out behind him, propelling him like flames!
"Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!"
Four savage hounds charged at World, barking furiously and baring mouths full of fangs. They carried heat fierce enough to all but ignite the air, and magma dripped from their bodies, melting the ground!
Behind them came Akainu with his fist already clenched. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth on his wrinkled face. Clearly, World's earlier attack had inflicted severe damage on him as well.
World's expression tightened at the sight of the four magma hounds and Admiral Akainu charging