Nika Luffy crashed into the ruins of Mary Geoise.
Apart from the violent crash on impact, it seemed as though nothing else had happened afterward.
The ground bizarrely turned into a spring mattress, sinking deep before bouncing him back out. Nika Luffy bent forward, his face scrunched in misery:
"Bleurgh-"
The magma forced into his stomach had not exploded. Instead, under his powerful Devil Fruit Ability, it turned into rubber and spilled onto the ground like jelly as he vomited it out.
Red-Hair's head was mixed in with it.
Nika Luffy's mouth involuntarily stretched all the way to the ground. Though he was still grinning, the disbelief in his eyes made it clear he could not accept what he was seeing.
His hand stiffly reached toward Red-Hair's head...
Tap-
The sound of a leather boot stepping into a puddle rang out.
Sakazuki had landed without anyone noticing. His black leather boot stepped into the jellylike magma in front of Nika Luffy.
Before Nika Luffy could touch Red-Hair's head, Sakazuki pinned it under his right foot, his indifferent voice ringing out:
"What a mess..."
"Magma is dangerous stuff. How could you just spit it out anywhere...?"
Nika Luffy's outstretched hand froze, and he abruptly looked up.
Though his mouth curved in a wicked grin, his eyes brimmed with murderous intent as he stared at Sakazuki.
Sakazuki looked down at Nika Luffy, the corners of his own mouth lifting as he pressed down with his right foot...
Crack-
Red-Hair's head shattered.
Sakazuki forcibly reclaimed the jellylike magma beneath his foot. It turned back into churning magma, sending scorching heat rising into the air.
BOOM!!!!!!
The compressed magma swept across all of Mary Geoise in an instant like a miniature nuclear bomb.
Lava surged outward with a blast wave that set everything around