As Akainu watched the formidable Fire Fist approach, a contemptuous smile spread across his already lined face. Thick smoke suddenly billowed behind him, and almost half his body turned into scorching magma. He threw a punch of his own at Ace's furious Fire Fist!
The two collided, their searing energy almost setting everything around them ablaze. What seemed an evenly matched clash soon changed: Ace's Fire Fist slowly shrank, while Akainu's Lava Fire Fist grew stronger!
"Aaargh!"
Ace's scream followed. One of his hands was engulfed in magma, exposing the bones beneath!
"!"
"Ace!"
"Ace! He's been burned?"
The pirates cried out in shock at the sight. Trailing billowing smoke, Akainu slowly walked up to Ace, the same contemptuous expression on his face. He said in a low voice,
"Did you let your guard down because you thought you were a Logia?"
"You're nothing but fire. I'm lava that can burn even fire to nothing!"
"My power completely dominates yours!"
Just then, Jig's furious voice rang out.
"Ace!"
"Akainu! You bastard!"
Seeing Ace injured, Jig immediately drew the Nether Spirit Demon Blade from his waist and rushed over, its sharp edge aimed straight at Akainu!
A lavishly dressed woman appeared behind Jig, her entire body radiating a terrifying chill!
"Saya!"
Two streams of cold energy flowed from the hands of the woman standing behind Jig, slowly merging into the Nether Spirit Demon Blade in his hand as he slashed fiercely at Akainu!
Akainu merely turned his head slightly and said in a low voice,
"You don't know your own limits!"
His other hand instantly turned into scorching magma, and he seized the blade Jig swung at him!
The heat, enough to melt stone, melted the Nether Spirit Demon Blade the instant it touched the weapon in Jig's hand!
"What? Nether