"Is that so? But I'm very certain that my ending today will definitely not be what you think."
Akira Stone's expression became serious. He held Zangetsu with both hands, and shouted in a low voice, "Bankai!"
Immediately, a dazzling light enveloped him. Then, he transformed into the appearance of wearing a Soul Reaper uniform, holding Tensa Zangetsu, and staring at Akainu with a cold expression. He didn't need to test him at all. He used his strongest state from the start.
"I've already seen through your moves."
Akainu roared in a low voice. Suddenly, he punched towards Akira Stone with a magma fist. Akira Stone naturally wasn't willing to be outdone either. He swung Tensa Zangetsu in his hand, and shouted, "Getsuga Tenshō!"
The slashing blade light and Akainu's magma collided together. It was like a spark hitting the earth, making a muffled collision sound. However, neither of them could do anything to the other. They both dissipated into nothing.
Akainu's eyes narrowed. He was secretly shocked in his heart, "This brat's strength seems to have increased by a few points again."
Akainu remembered that a few hours ago, when Akira Stone had used this move to fight against him, it definitely didn't have this level of power now. In other words, in just a few hours, his use of this move had become stronger again. Moreover, the speed was also faster and more swift.
"Here it comes."
Before Akainu could figure it out, suddenly his pupils shrank. He saw Akira Stone in front of him move. His whole person was like he had teleported, turning into a black shadow, and rushing out tens of meters in the blink of an eye, arriving in front of him.
"How bold. You actually dare to counterattack."
Akainu shouted. In his view, Akira Stone was just a fish on the chopping board. Facing him, he only had room to escape. However, he didn't expect that Akira Stone would actually dare to take the lead and counterattack. Moreover, his attack was so swift.
Even with Akainu's eyes, he couldn't see Akira Stone's specific speed clearly. He could only capture Akira Stone's figure. He quickly turned his body into magma. And Akira Stone's attacks also landed on his body.
The Tensa Zangetsu in his hand was as light as nothing. He easily swung it to slash. In an instant, he struck out seven or eight slashes, all of them hitting Akainu.
"Ah, this is really annoying. It's always this kind of boring attack."
Akainu roared impatiently. He wanted to counterattack. But Akira Stone's movement speed was too fast, making it so that he didn't even have a chance to attack. Angry, he immediately used his magma fruit ability with all his strength.
With him as the center, terrifying magma enveloped the entire earth. Fire pillars were constantly emerging, like a volcanic eruption, impacting Akira Stone.
Akira Stone was moving on the magma at an extremely fast speed. Those fire pillars wanted to surround him. But his speed was even faster. Moreover, he also had the extremely powerful Tensa Zangetsu in his hand. So these attacks couldn't trap him at all.
Listening to Akainu's impatient roar, the light in Akira Stone's eyes became even more intense. He thought in his heart, "That's right, it's like this. The more angry you are, the greater my chance will be. I must completely enrage you before my eruption ends."
Akira Stone was very clear about his disadvantages. Don't look at how he seemed to be very fast now. Akainu couldn't do anything to him. But this state couldn't continue forever. The use of Tensa Zangetsu came at the cost of consuming physical strength.
The faster he was, the faster his physical strength would be consumed. As his physical strength decreased, his speed would become slower and slower.
Looking at Akainu, he basically didn't have any consumption. Being elementalized, Akira Stone had no way to deal with him.
Tensa Zangetsu couldn't hurt him either. So although Akainu was showing extreme anger, he actually wasn't too anxious. He was also waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to defeat Akira Stone in one fell swoop.
In just a few minutes, Akira Stone and Akainu launched a competition of speed and speed. Both of them were going all out. Akira Stone was dodging Akainu's attacks while constantly attacking Akainu. And Akainu didn't dare to be careless either.
He was worried that Akira Stone would escape. So he was also attacking with all his strength. Whenever Akira Stone had a tendency to escape, he would use the most swift attack to force Akira Stone back.
So although neither of them had harmed the other for the time being, Akira Stone's disadvantages were slowly showing.
However, all of these changes were within Akira Stone's expectations. Akainu was waiting, and he was also waiting.
After another short while, Akira Stone's speed finally slowed down. It was no longer as fast as before. And Akainu also keenly discovered this. Immediately, a bright light shone in his eyes. He instantly launched a counterattack.
"Die!"
Akainu roared. Having been dodged by Akira Stone so many times, he attacked with all his strength this time, completely sealing off any corner for Akira Stone, forcing Akira Stone to forcefully take his attack.
"Getsuga Tenshō!"
Akira Stone wasn't anxious. He swung Tensa Zangetsu, and used two Getsuga Tenshō in succession, canceling out Akainu's attacks.
However, Akainu's attack mode had already been activated. He didn't intend to give Akira Stone any chance to breathe at all. He came up with the most terrifying attack. Even the Marines on the shore could see half of the sky turning red.
This was the power of Akainu erupting with all his strength. Where Akira Stone and Akainu were fighting, all of it was flowing with magma. It was almost impossible to find a piece of intact land.
"Is that brat really that powerful? Vice Admiral Sakazuki hasn't taken him down after so long?"
On Aokiji's ship, his adjutant was looking at the magma churning everywhere not far away. His eyes still revealed a look of disbelief. He exclaimed, "He actually forced Sakazuki to use this level of power. He's really not simple."
Aokiji had been quietly looking in that direction. Although he couldn't see the specific situation clearly, he could also guess it. He said with a serious expression, "Get ready. That kid is definitely not Sakazuki's match.
Being able to fight Sakazuki until now is already very difficult. So I estimate that it won't be long before he tries to escape."
His adjutant immediately asked in surprise, "Vice Admiral Kuzan, you mean, that kid will escape from Vice Admiral Sakazuki's hands?"
Aokiji said, "There's probably a 90% chance."
The adjutant took a breath of cold air. If someone else had said these words, he definitely wouldn't have believed it. But since Aokiji had said it, he had no choice but to believe it. So he immediately perked up, and stared with his eyes unblinking.
Suddenly, Akira Stone didn't know if it was because he was exhausted, or for some other reason. When he was dodging Akainu's attack, his body suddenly stagnated, and paused for a moment.
Of course, Akainu wouldn't let go of this opportunity. He suddenly pounced forward, and punched Akira Stone. Even though Akira Stone had blocked with Tensa Zangetsu, his body was still blasted away directly. His body was constantly tumbling in mid-air.
"It's now!"
Akainu roared wildly. He instantly mobilized all his power. Magma all over the sky condensed into eight huge fists, connecting the ground, and rising into the sky. The center of the attack was precisely Akira Stone.
While Akainu was shouting, Akira Stone's eyes also shone brightly. He looked at the terrifying magma giant fists that were attacking him. Without any hesitation, he directly put Tensa Zangetsu back into its sheath, and then drew it out violently. The speed was shockingly fast.
Regarding drawing the sword, Akira Stone was very confident. He dared to say that if he acknowledged himself as second, absolutely no one would dare to acknowledge themselves as first, because when the Death God Blade changed to other Zanpakutō, it had to be sheathed and redrawn.
So he had practiced the most in drawing the sword and sheathing the sword. Now, he could almost complete all of it without even taking a breath.
Facing such terrifying magma attacks, Akira Stone had no choice. He drew out Sōgyo no Kotowari in the first instant, and then performed Shikai, using Sōgyo no Kotowari to absorb Akainu's magma.
"It's that move again."
When Akainu saw that Akira Stone had used Sōgyo no Kotowari again, the anger in his eyes immediately increased greatly. He charged into the sky, heading towards Akira Stone. He knew that his magma attacks would be difficult to harm Akira Stone. So he prepared to directly use physical skills.
The terrifying magma was directly absorbed by Sōgyo no Kotowari. However, Akira Stone didn't reveal a hint of joy, because while he was absorbing the magma, Akainu had already rushed to his side. His huge arm was blasting towards him.
"Clang!"
Holding Sōgyo no Kotowari in front of him, Akainu's fist covered in Armament Haki blasted onto Sōgyo no Kotowari. The powerful force directly made Akira Stone spit out a large amount of blood rain. At the same time, his whole person was blasted away.
After Akira Stone landed, he didn't do anything. He immediately rushed towards the direction of the shore. He had already done everything. Whether he could escape next would depend on his luck.
"You want to escape."
Akainu saw Akira Stone's actions, and shouted angrily. Then, his whole person transformed into magma, and quickly chased towards Akira Stone's direction.
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