Chapter 165 – Another Fight with Akainu
"Meigō!"
When Ace flew across the square, a stream of molten magma erupted from below, snapping upward like a ferocious beast.
"Akainu!" Ace twisted his body in mid-air, narrowly avoiding the magma hound's bite. He steadied himself, then glared down at the Admiral. "Step aside. I don't have time to waste on you right now."
"Waste time?" Akainu's face darkened at the words. His lower body became magma, the pressure propelling him skyward like a rocket.
"You little brat… You dare look down on me?!" With a roar, Akainu hurled another Meigō straight at Ace.
"Pure Flame Fire Fist!"
Ace's eyes narrowed as white-hot flames flared across his body. He clenched his fist and smashed it into the incoming magma beast.
BOOM!
White fire and crimson magma clashed in mid-air, exploding in a violent burst before burning out against each other.
"Don't get in my way. The one I want to kill most today… isn't you, Akainu!" Ace's voice thundered across the battlefield. His mind was fixed only on Blackbeard—the true traitor responsible for Sabo's fate.
Akainu's brow twitched. To be ignored—by the very pirate he once hunted down—was an unbearable insult.
"Kill me?!" His voice dripped with rage. "The brat I almost burned alive last year now dares to mock me?"
The Admiral's fury erupted. "Ryūsei Kazan!"
From both fists, Akainu unleashed a storm of magma meteors. The fiery projectiles rained toward Ace, threatening to engulf him completely.
"White Flame Ring!"
Ace crossed his arms, and pillars of white fire surged outward from his body. A roaring column of flame shot skyward, colliding head-on with the magma barrage.
KA-BOOOOM!
Flames and magma clashed, exploding into a rain of molten stone and burning embers. The battlefield below descended into chaos as fire and lava fragments showered indiscriminately upon Marines and pirates alike.
"Oi oi…" Kizaru, mid-battle with Marco, paused to glance at the sky. "These two are going way overboard, don't you think?"
On the other side, Aokiji momentarily halted his duel with Jozu, his cold eyes narrowing as he watched the fiery clash overhead.
"Gurararara…" Whitebeard swatted aside falling debris with a quake-infused fist and let out a booming laugh. "Those two little brats… already setting the heavens on fire, are they?"
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"I'll say it again, Akainu," Ace said coldly, flames wreathing his fists. "I don't want to fight you now. Move."
"But I want to execute you here!" Akainu's magma surged violently, propelling him forward like a volcanic eruption. In an instant, his magma fist—another Meigō—was swinging straight for Ace's skull.
BOOOOM!
Ace countered with a blazing fist. The clash shook the air, but the sheer explosive force of the magma overwhelmed Ace, blasting him back dozens of meters.
"Raaaah!!" Ace roared as he was hurled back, flames igniting around him. Twelve jets of white fire burst from his back, halting his retreat and propelling him forward again like a rocket. His fist ignited with pure white flames as he punched straight toward Akainu.
"Pointless, brat!" Akainu snarled, slamming his magma fist forward. The two collided again, volcanic power against scorching fire. Akainu's strength began to overwhelm Ace once more.
But then—Akainu's eyes widened.
On Ace's arm, dozens of small vents had opened, each spewing jets of white fire. The explosive propulsion multiplied his strength, driving his flaming punch even harder into Akainu's guard.
"What…?!" Akainu gritted his teeth as his magma fist was forced back.
Ace grinned through the blaze. "This is my Hundred-Thousand Turbine Fire Fist!"
With a final burst of force, his punch detonated forward, pushing Akainu back through sheer propulsion.
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"Tch… Don't think you can beat me with parlor tricks!" Akainu roared, his fists erupting in magma hotter than ever before. His blows struck with the fury of an erupting volcano.
He too had grown stronger over the past year. Ever since Ace had displayed flames that resisted magma's natural superiority, Akainu had refined his fruit to terrifying new levels of explosive output. Now his magma fists carried a destructive force far beyond what he had once wielded.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The sky shook as fire and magma collided again and again. Each clash sent showers of molten rock and blazing embers raining down, throwing the battlefield below into turmoil.
Dozens of exchanges passed, neither combatant yielding. Ace's turbine-powered strikes kept him in the fight, but Akainu's sheer volcanic force still pressed him back again and again.
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"What's wrong, brat?" Akainu sneered, his voice dripping with scorn. "Didn't you say you wanted to defeat me? Is this all your strength amounts to?"
Then he cast a cold glance toward the execution platform. "Don't forget… your brother will be executed soon. If you waste too much time struggling with me, you'll never reach him."
Ace's flames flickered violently. His breathing steadied, and a deadly calm filled his eyes.
"You're trying to provoke me…" he muttered, narrowing his gaze.
Then, his fists ignited brighter than ever before.
"I didn't want to burn through my strength on you, Akainu. But as you just said—the time for Sabo's execution is drawing closer. I don't have the luxury of holding back anymore."
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🔥 End of Chapter 165 🔥
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