Rumble! The scorching fire fist, like a cannonball, crashed towards Kai head-on.
In an instant, it submerged him. The resulting explosive air waves caused the flames to shoot straight into the sky.
Witnessing this scene, a trace of killing intent flashed in Ace's pupils. With a sway, he rushed into the explosion circle first.
"Ace, be careful of a trap. He can become the mastermind of the jailbreak, so he shouldn't be simple." Jinbe's face couldn't help but change, and he hurriedly reminded him.
In his eyes, Ace's strength was good, but the only thing he lacked was his youthful vigor and his inability to judge the difference between himself and his enemies.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have done such a foolish thing as challenging Whitebeard.
"Hmph, a guy who escaped from prison by luck, who can't even avoid the Marines, what ability could he have? Moreover, my bounty is 50 million higher than his." Ace didn't turn his head and snorted disdainfully, appearing in front of the pillar of fire.
However, before he could react, the soaring flames showed a trace of stagnation. That was the flame created by his Devil Fruit ability.
Moreover, at this instant, the connection between him and the flames was severed.
The sudden scene made Ace's expression freeze.
The next moment, what first entered his eyes was a pair of flaming eyes lighting up in the soaring sea of fire.
A huge sword, several meters long and condensed from flames, came crashing down on Ace head-on.
The unexpected scene stunned Ace at first.
Not having time to think too much, he hurriedly raised his hands to block.
Bang! The enormous force was released like a raging tide.
Although the flame giant sword couldn't bring fatal injuries to Ace due to their similar attributes, the contained enormous force still overturned him in an instant, slamming him heavily onto the rocky earth dozens of meters away.
"Ace!" Jinbe hurriedly rushed over.
As soon as he got close, he saw Ace flip out of the ruins, looking towards Kai with a pale face.
However, the scene that entered his eyes made his pupils contract.
"What is that monster?"
The Source Fire Elemental, seven or eight meters tall, stood upright in front of Kai.
Kai, who had been in the sea of fire, stood unscathed behind it.
With a slight tightening of the staff in his bony skeletal hand, he said, "These are just some of my little tricks. You can think of it as someone who has the abilities of the Flare-Flare Fruit, just like you."
"However, before I defeat you, I want to ask a question. Is my name widespread on this sea?"
"Someone who has the Mera Mera no Mi abilities just like you?" Ace's expression froze, then a trace of madness appeared on his face. As endless flames spewed out from his body.
He shot towards Kai again like a cannonball.
The distance of dozens of meters was only a blink of an eye.
As soon as he appeared in front of the Fire Elemental, Ace pressed his hands forward from a distance.
"Mirror Flame!"
Rumble! The violent pillar of fire detonated in his hands in an instant.
At such close range, it directly pierced through the Fire Elemental's body.
The remaining power didn't diminish and struck over a hundred meters away.
Rumble! The rocky earth shattered in response, and the enormous impact force caused scorching air waves to roll back.
However, watching the Fire Elemental, whose chest had been pierced through, wriggle slightly and heal again.
Its height, which had been seven or eight meters, was forcibly raised again under the infusion of flames, reaching a height of twelve or thirteen meters, causing Ace's expression to turn pale.
In his eyes, the monster before him not only possessed the immortal means of elementalization but could also absorb his flames to enhance its own strength.
If it weren't for the fact that their appearances were a bit different, it would probably be just as Kai had said.
This Fire Elemental would be another Ace!
"Hehe, I told you, you can't win against it!" Kai chuckled, and as the soul fire flickered in his sunken eyes, he landed on Jinbe and said, "Please, answer my question from just now. I'll use that to judge whether or not to kill you."
Kill us?
Ace was stunned for a moment, then a mad look appeared on his face, and he roared, "You're just a madman! I might not be able to kill it, but as long as the attack is powerful enough to make that monster unable to protect you, then you'll definitely die."
"Great Flame Commandment - Flame Emperor!"
Ace raised his right hand violently, and endless flames quickly surged into his right hand.
Witnessing this scene, Jinbe's face changed drastically, and he shouted urgently, "Ace, quickly create some distance! There are rumors that that guy's speed is as fast as lightning. He knocked out Kizaru with one punch and almost sent him to the bottom of the sea."
"As fast as lightning?" Ace couldn't help but be stunned, and the movements in his hands also showed a trace of stagnation.
However, before he could react, the cold words that fell in his ears shook his nerves.
"More rumors? But I'm really faster than lightning!"
The sound of crackling electricity echoed, and the next moment Kai's skeletal feet took a step, and as endless lightning burst out, he directly entered Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Paired with the Navy Six Styles Shave that he had learned not long ago, that speed was completely beyond description.
Shu! As the sound of air being torn apart rang out, Ace only felt a blur before his eyes.
A huge figure, weighing down on him, appeared in front of him first.
Pitch-black Armament Haki had already covered his hand, and paired with the crackling lightning, the hand that was reaching out was simply as fast as lightning.
It violently grabbed Ace's face.
"Sorry, the difference can't be measured by the bounty. For example, you don't even know Armament Haki."
The cold words didn't contain the slightest bit of emotion.
Ace only felt a tightening on his face, and the next moment his entire body, like a heavy hammer, slammed down onto the ground.
"Flowing Sakura - Black Burst Heavy Stream!"
Rumble! The thunderous explosion suddenly echoed.
Endless lightning, mixed with pitch-black Armament Haki, crashed down on the rocky earth like a thunderbolt from the blue.
The enormous impact force, like a raging tide, was released.
The rocky earth shattered in response, and the air waves that rolled back overturned the earth within a radius of a thousand meters.
As the rolling sand and dust swirled and debris flew, Jinbe's face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but retreat a few steps quickly.
By the time the sand and dust had subsided slightly, Jinbe clenched his ten fingers violently, and as Armament Haki quickly circulated, he rushed towards the center of the attack.
However, having only taken half a step, a hurricane suddenly swept up from the battlefield, revealing a circular pit that was twelve or thirteen meters deep.
Then, what entered his eyes was Ace, with half of his head slammed into the ruins, his life or death unknown, and Kai, who was standing unharmed to the side.
Seeing the victory or defeat that had been decided with one strike, Jinbe's face also changed drastically.
Just now, when he had exchanged blows with Ace, he was only holding the thought of blocking and stalling for time.
After all, Whitebeard had personally issued a recruitment order, and Jinbe didn't plan to use Armament Haki to confront Ace head-on.
But he never expected that the Skeletal Demon before him would directly defeat Ace, who was known as the number one supernova, with one move.
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