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Chapter 168 - Chapter 161: The Burning Heat

Secret Body Flicker Technique- Hollow Dance.

Scorpio stood still as hundreds of afterimages of Emma surrounded him.

Scorpio looked around calmly.

"So many copies."

Emma's voice echoed from every direction.

"Can you find the real me?"

Scorpio smiled.

"You're trying to confuse my senses."

Heat started spreading from his body.

"The problem is..."

"I don't need to find the real you."

The air around Scorpio suddenly exploded.

BOOM!

A wave of heat spread in every direction, destroying Emma's afterimages one by one.

Scorpio looked ahead.

"There you are."

Emma appeared above him with Crown Clone already swinging down.

Scorpio raised his arm.

CLANG!

Fire and ice collided with Scorpio extreme heat.

The force pushed both of them backward.

Emma landed on the ground while skid backwards a little.

"So your sword has two powers."

"Fire and ice."

Emma held Crown Clone firmly.

"Not just fire and ice."

"But every element. "

Scorpio laughed.

"Interesting."

Scorpio stepped forward as the temperature around him increased.

"I name the Heat-Heat Fruit which allows me to control the temperature of anything I touch."

"The hotter my body becomes...The stronger my attacks become."

Scorpio disappeared.

Emma blocked.

CLANG!

The impact pushed her across the ground.

Scorpio appeared again and threw another punch.

Emma dodged as the attack passed inches from her face.

The ground behind her exploded from the heat.

Emma jumped back.

"Your attacks are getting stronger."

Scorpio smiled.

"And you're getting slower."

Emma looked around as the heat continued to destroy the area around her.

Scorpio rushed forward again, but this time he attacks with his sword.

Emma blocked his attack.

The moment their weapons touched, the heat traveled through her sword.

Emma quickly jumped away.

"Tch."

Scorpio smiled.

"Now you understand."

"Every time you block me, I can heat up your weapon making it extremely hot and impossible for you to hold."

Emma looked at her sword.

Then she smiled.

"No."

Scorpio frowned.

"What?"

Emma pointed her blade at him.

"I understand your weakness."

Scorpio laughed.

"My weakness?"

"You think you found one?"

Emma nodded.

"Yeah..You're too confident."

Scorpio's expression changed.

Emma rushed forward.

She moved faster than before.

Scorpio attacked.

Emma dodged.

She side step around his attack and spin.

BOOM!

She kicks him in his side.

Scorpio slid backward and looked up surprised.

"You broke through my heat?"

Emma smiled.

"I stopped fighting your temperature."

Scorpio narrowed his eyes.

"How?" Scorpio asked.

"Your power controls heat. But Haki can nullify devil Fruit powers."

Black Haki covered Emma's body.

Scorpio smiled.

"So your using Armament Haki."

"Not just any Armament Haki...but Advanced ." Emma replied.

Emma raised her sword and attacks. In an instant she disappeared.

Scorpio looked around.

Emma appeared beside him.

CLANG!

He blocked.

Another Emma appeared behind him.

Then another.

Then another.

"Is that the true skill to your Hollow Dance technique?" Scorpio asked.

Scorpio released heat around his body.

"That trick won't work twice."

The copies disappeared.

Emma was already above him.

Scorpio looked up.

Emma swing her sword down.

BOOM!

The attack forced Scorpio into the ground.

The remaining beast knights watched in shock.

"Scorpio is being pushed back?"

"That girl..."

"She's not normal."

Scorpio slowly stood up and wiped blood from his mouth.

"You're impressive."

Emma held her sword.

"You're not bad either."

Scorpio laughed.

"I haven't had a fight like this in years."

Heat exploded from his body.

The sky above them changed as the temperature continued to rise.

The air became difficult to breathe.

"I'll show you my strongest technique." Scorpio said with a sinister grin.

Emma tightened her grip.

Scorpio raised his hand.

Heat- Heat Fruit- Solar Pressure.

The temperature around him skyrocketed. The ground cracked beneath his feet.Rocks started floating from the intense heat.

Scorpio let'sout a sinister laugh.

"Finally...You look worried."

Emma stepped forward.

"I'm not worried...I'm excited."

Black Haki start to cover her sword.

Scorpio rushed forward.

Emma rushed forward.

The two attacks collided.

BOOOOOOM!

The island shook as a massive wave of Haki and heat exploded outward.

MEANWHILE...

Noah and Nyx stopped.

Noah smiled.

"Emma is still fighting."

Nyx looked over.

"That yellow hair guy is stronger than expected."

Noah nods.

"Yeah...but Emma isn't even using twenty percent of her power."

BACK TO EMMA VS SCORPIO....

Emma and Scorpio stood in the middle of the destruction.

Their weapons were still locked together.

Scorpio smiled.

"You really are a monster."

Emma smiled back.

"Funny...I was about to say the same thing."

They pushed against each other.

Then suddenly...Scorpio vanished.

Emma's eyes widened.

"Behind me?"

Scorpio appeared with his sword covered in extreme heat.

"This is over."

Emma turned and raised Crown Clone.

"Not yet."

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