Chapter 796 Change
"That's great! Get out of here!"
When Whitebeard heard Ace's affirmative words, a relieved smile appeared on his face, and then he drove Ace away. He really couldn't hold on for much longer!
"Do you really think you can get away with this? How naive!"
After Ace said goodbye to Whitebeard, he and Luffy ran to the beach, but were stopped by Akainu who had been staring at them. Akainu punched out, and the boiling magma cleared out a blank space for the navy and pirates in front of them. Ace and Luffy then faced the Navy Admiral Akainu directly.
"Luffy! Stay away from me for now, I'll take care of this guy!"
"Oh!"
Seeing Akainu blocking the way, Ace spoke seriously to Luffy beside him, then accelerated forward, and hit Akainu with his fist turning into fire.
Akainu was also fearless, his fist turned into magma and rushed forward. The two fists collided instantly, and the powerful shock wave overturned the surrounding navy and pirates, and the entire area turned into a sea of lava and fire.
Neither of them gained the upper hand as soon as they came into contact. The Ace here is not the Ace in the original work. The Ace here has practiced Haki well, so he was not injured in the fight with Akainu.
There is no distinction between superior and inferior fruits. If you have to say, the Flame-Flame Fruit is superior. This is the original state of the five elements ability of fire. It is the purest five elements ability, not a product of the five elements branch. The magma fruit is more like the ability of the hybrid of earth and fire.
In the original work, Ace didn't win because his fruit ability was not developed enough and his Haki was too weak. His Haki was dispersed and the magma burned his body, instead of the superior fruit suppressing the inferior fruit as Akainu said.
Even though many people can use fire in the later period, there is a saying that "even dogs won't eat the Flame-Flame Fruit". But that's just a joke. There are differences between fires and there are levels of fire. You can't rely on the Flame-Flame Fruit just because you can set a fire.
The potential of the Five Elements Fire is very great. The Law of Fire is at the forefront among the three thousand high-level laws. Ordinary flames can burn people, but the Five Elements Fire can burn everything! When you comprehend it to the end, you can even burn the power of other laws!
The two soon fought again, and after more than ten moves there was still no winner. Akainu knew that it was impossible to defeat the opponent in a short time. If Fire Fist Ace wanted to leave, he couldn't stop him at all. So he could only use the method he had thought of before!
"Meteor volcano!"
This time, Akainu did not rush towards Ace, but stood at a distance and threw hundreds of lava fists at Ace. When Ace responded, he immediately rushed towards Luffy who was still watching the fun and waiting for Ace. No matter whether it was Ace or Luffy, he had to leave one of them behind today, not even old man Garp's grandson.
"Luffy!"
Akainu's speed is still very fast, and Luffy has been fighting for the past two days, and his body has long reached its limit. Even though Ivankov has given him hormones and given him a few rough treatments, Luffy still reached his limit and his body is no longer under his control.
Even though he noticed Akainu rushing towards him quickly, he couldn't make any effective reaction. By the time Ace received the Meteor Volcano, Akainu was already very close to Luffy. In fact, this was the result of Akainu controlling his own speed. He just wanted to trick Ace!
In Akainu's mind, Ace is a much greater threat than Luffy. He can now fight a protracted war with him. Moreover, he has natural abilities, so his future achievements will definitely be higher. Such a pirate cannot be allowed to stay.
The performance of the Straw Hat Boy was very average, and his fruit ability was also ordinary. Killing him would really offend old man Garp. He had seen old man Garp at his peak and knew how terrifying he was. Even though he did not think that he would be weaker than the seventy-year-old Garp, it was better to avoid conflict if possible.
Therefore, he thought that the best outcome would be to seriously injure or kill the Straw Hat Boy while Ace was rescuing him and had no time to use his Haki defense.
Ace really did what Akainu wished. He really cared about his sworn brother, just like Luffy cared about his sworn brother. He would not hesitate even if his life was in danger!
Seeing Akainu rushing towards Luffy, Ace immediately turned into flames and rushed over at the fastest speed in his life. After regaining his human form, he stood between Akainu and Luffy, leaving his back to Akainu who was swinging his fist with a raised mouth.
Feeling the heat coming from his back, Ace, who had just transformed into a human form, had no time to use the armament Haki to defend himself. He also couldn't transform into an element to avoid the punch, otherwise the punch would hit Luffy.
Ace was fooled. This was Akainu's conspiracy, and also a multiple-choice question left by Akainu for Ace, allowing him to choose who will survive!
Whether it is Ace or Luffy, they both have the spirit and awareness of self-sacrifice, so Ace decided to sacrifice himself. Anyway, his life was saved by Luffy, and he himself did not seem to have much attachment to the world, starting from when he knew that his father was the king of villains, Pirate King Goel D. Roger!
"What an idiot!"
Just when Akainu's lava fist hit Ace's back, Vic came as fast as lightning and kicked Akainu away!
Ace's back was only superficially burned by the lava, which means the Whitebeard symbol on Ace's back was destroyed. Ace did not have this tattoo when he first joined the Whitebeard Pirates, but later on, as he got along with Whitebeard for a long time and developed a deep relationship with him, he still got a tattoo.
Vic could have come to the rescue faster and prevented Ace from getting hurt, but he just wanted the symbol on Ace's back to be destroyed. Whitebeard would definitely not be able to go back this time, and the Whitebeard Pirates would no longer exist. He didn't want Ace to continue hanging out with Marco and the others. He needed Ace to practice with all his strength for the final sprint so that he could help him in the near future.
"Mr. Vick! Thank you!"
"Uncle Vic! Thanks so much!"
Ace and Luffy hugged each other and expressed their gratitude to Vic. Just now, when Luffy saw Akainu's fist hitting Ace, his heart was lifted and his mind went blank!
Ace also thought he was dead, he even closed his eyes. Without the defense of Armament Haki, it would be really difficult for him to survive with his chest burned through by magma. This was not an ordinary penetrating wound, all his internal organs would be burned!
But in the end, only the back was burned. Ace turned around and saw Wick's reliable back, and then he and Luffy hugged each other, thankful for surviving the disaster.
"Stop talking nonsense, protect yourself, and don't stay too far away from me!"
"Marshal Zhan Guo! Excuse me, I have more important things to do. If you are interested, we can fight next time!"
Vic had been fighting with Sengoku before, because Sengoku did not do nothing after falling off the execution platform like in the original work. He wanted to continue chasing Fire Fist Ace and capture him back, but was stopped by Vic.
With Victor's current strength, it is very easy to stop Sengoku. Although he is stopping Sengoku, his attention is always on Ace and Luffy, so when the two are in danger of their lives, he can use his speed field to rush to the rescue instantly.
"You bastard! You betrayed the contract with the Shichibukai. Do you really want to be chased again?"
Jinfo Zhan Guo was furious, feeling that he was being played by Vic without paying. He treated Vic with courtesy because of his naval background, but what did Vic give him in return? He sided with Whitebeard and helped the criminals rob the execution ground!
"I am already a pirate. A title can't change anything. If you want to arrest me, come ahead. But one admiral may not be enough, and I won't show mercy anymore!"
Vic didn't react at all to Sengoku's words. He agreed to Zatan to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea just because he wanted to use his time for training instead of spending a lot of time dealing with pursuit. Now that he has succeeded in training, he can go anywhere and even grab a piece of land in the New World to become the emperor.
"Hancock! Remember! You still have your people. Don't go against them."
Hancock, who was far away, saw that Wick had rebelled, and she also wanted to come over to join forces with Wick and Luffy, but Wick's observation Haki foresaw this, and he immediately sent a message to Hancock, telling her not to act rashly.
Although the Shichibukai system will be abolished in two years, the longer it can be delayed, the better. These two years are a good opportunity to think of other solutions.
Sengoku didn't say anything else. What Vic said was right. Even without the title of Shichibukai, the navy really had to treat Vic with caution now with his strength. When Kizaru came back covered in injuries, he knew that Vic had become a big shot.
Now more than ten years have passed, and Vic is still in his prime. I'm afraid he is almost at the same peak as Whitebeard. So Sengoku doesn't want to be an enemy of Vic now. His target this time is Whitebeard. Whitebeard is almost finished, so it's not a big deal to give Vic a favor and let Ace go with the Fire Fist!
"The kid from back then can only do sneak attacks now?"
Sengoku didn't care, but Akainu did. With Vic's protection, he couldn't take down either Fire Fist Ace or Straw Hat Boy. This made him very confused. His arms turned into magma and he walked towards Vic step by step. The magma dripping from his arms burned small holes on the ground, emitting a lot of black smoke.
In order to hide his strength, Vic's kick just now did not use much power, so Akainu thought that Vic was just so-so and wanted to have a fight with Vic to see how it goes.
"Hey! Isn't this Sakaski who bullied me because I was young and had just joined the navy not long ago? It would have been perfect if Sengoku had sent you to chase me when I killed the Celestial Dragons."
Wick couldn't stand Akainu's behavior. He either bullied the elderly or the young, plotted schemes or killed his own people. He formed gangs and factions to suppress dissidents, and distorted the justice of the navy, not even sparing civilians.
Now that Akainu has jumped out, Victor also wants to get back at him and teach Akainu a lesson. It doesn't matter even if the old man has already taken action before, because it is more immersive for him to take revenge in person. It doesn't matter if he hasn't met him before, but now that he has met him, he will do it.