Doubting Life's Ember (2/3)

"As it turns out, Ancient Type does not have such strange abilities as Mythical Type, and his flames are the result of his own beliefs." Longinus analyzed without changing his face, already ignoring the tingling pain that came like a tidal wave from his right hand.

After all, this level of pain is nothing compared to the depth of Garp's "love"!

"No way, you weren't this strong before!" Out of the rubble, Ember had reverted to human form, not severely wounded, but the mask was shattered, revealing the bruised and swollen right eye.

"Maybe I just happened to have a massive strength rise today?" Longinus replied with a smile.

"Heh! Do you think I'm an idiot? Such a sharp increase in strength in such a short time is only possible with Devil Fruit!" Ember analyzed with a grave face, "There is only one explanation for this situation, and that is, you already knew that I was observing in secret, that's why you deliberately hid your strength."

"This kind of dark scheming can be a bit at odds with your usual bright image, can't it?"

"No, it's your understanding of justice that's shallow," said Longinus with a "holy" face. Longinus said with a saintly look on his face, "I am always on the path of justice, so whatever I do is righteous and bright. For this, haven't you learned from that punch just now?"

"What a terrible justice to believe in your justice, even if you are on the wrong path!" Embers scoffed faintly.

"Would you think that I am on the wrong path to show that your existence is inherently a mistake? Let me persuade you with the light of justice!" Longinus suddenly felt as if Garp's unreasonable way seemed to have taken hold.

If you disagree with my philosophy, I'll beat you into agreement!

"Boring rhetoric!" Ember looked gloomy and pressed his right hand to the hilt of the knife at his waist, "I won't make a mistake I just made a second time, now, I will send you to hell with all my might!"

"Swordplay? That's strange, shouldn't someone with your ability to specialize in physical techniques better?" That said, Longinus was more cautious in his mind; instead, the fact that he could make his opponent give up his more dominant physical skills could only mean that his talent for swordsmanship must be robust.

"Inferno - Guillotine!" The embers didn't make Longinus wait too long, but with a short momentum build-up, the blade was sheathed in its reflected cold light.

The violent chopping attack mixed with fierce flames came raging in. With similar stamina of condensation, it made the chopping attack even more ferocious and intense, and in a flash, it had flown in front of Longinus.

"Tekkai - Utsugi!"

It was so fast that Longinus didn't even have time to dodge the cutting blow, so he had to quickly pump up his blood and let his body gather all the power.

Boom!

The fierce blade bounced Longinus away so hard that his chest felt like flames burning in pain, but he could no longer care about the boiling blood in his body and used Geppo to forcefully change direction in midair.

Ember, who was about to move forward to make up for it, turned and cut behind him without even thinking about it.

But he was still a step too slow, and the wind of his fist stirred, and explosive power erupted in his abdomen, causing him to spurt out a mouthful of blood unexpectedly.

The eyes of Ember were so fierce that he took half a step back, changing his head directly into a pteranodon's head and pecking away with his long, sharp beak at the approaching Longinus.

However, Longinus, who had taken Kenbunshoku Haki to the extreme, was ready, and his long hair quickly wrapped around Ember's pointed beak like a viper.

"Shigan - Madara!"

While his opponent was bound by long hair, Longinus fired numerous Shigan with both hands, landing precisely on the heart of Ember.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Ember encountered countless Shigan firing repeatedly in the chest is the sound of steel pounding.

"Busoshoku Haki!" Longinus said quietly, "And the level of development is remarkable!"

"Correct answer, but no reward!" Ember swung his sword and strangled his long hair, his bound pointed beak regaining its freedom, before speaking coldly.

"Although your Kenbunshoku Haki is much stronger than mine, you're ultimately too young to use Busoshoku Haki, and that's your greatest weakness!"

"Busoshoku Haki is indeed strong, but it's far from being able to decide the outcome of this battle between you and me." Longinus wasn't impatient. Although he hadn't yet developed Busoshoku Haki, his teacher was "Black Arm" Zephyr, known for his Busoshoku.

He often fought against Zephyr, and his knowledge of Busoshoku Haki was even better than Ember.

"Indeed, for someone as strong as you, Busoshoku Haki can't yet have a single hammering effect, but what about your physical strength?"

Ember were playing psychological warfare without moving, "After killing so many pirates, your stamina should be almost at the bottom, right? But I'm different. As a Zoan Ability User, my physical strength is almost endless."

Longinus, on the other hand, looks odd. Why does everyone like to talk about physical strength? Does he seem so lacking in stamina?

"Let's give it a try, then! The Fist of Justice!" Longinus stopped talking and used his Soru to explode with extreme speed to appear in front of Ember, swinging his right fist up as if he held the sun in his hand and blossomed with radiant light.

"Scorch - Storm!" Ember slashed straight down with his saber in his hand, the blade having a black metallic sheen creeping on it before wrapping around the orange flames.

The moment the fist and blade hit, it erupted with terrifying power, and the ground beneath their feet instantly crumbled, even collapsing to Freezing Hell, and the cold wind blew out along the hole.

The aftermath of the fighting struck all around. Even the steel forged doors were torn apart, and the remains of the bodies on the ground were pushed out.

"This is the Warden ... yuck! Is that traitor Ember fighting Head Jailer?" The jailer guarding the door was horrified to see Blazing Hell that had been almost destroyed.

"It's horrible, is this the kind of destruction humans can cause?"

"No good, one of the corpses that just flew out is pretending to be dead, go after them!" A jailer noticed that something was wrong and sent someone after him.

The stalemate in Blazing Hell didn't last long, and soon Ember holding the sword was so bad that he was blown into Longinus's fire.

"This, this is a traitor being killed by Head Jailer?" The outer guards were dumbfounded and asked, although they were now in a hostile relationship with Ember, they knew what kind of power that brutal man held within him, the force that was terrifying enough to burn this hell!

And now, that mighty Ember had been punched into the fire by the new Head Jailer.

Gurgle! Gurgle! Gurgle!

The sea of fire stormed, and huge pteranodon flew out bathed in flames.

"No way, that's impossible! Why are you a few points stronger compared to just now? Have you ever hidden your strength until now?" Ember asked in shock and anger.

Longinus sighed in his heart. I've told you it's a surge of strength, why don't you believe it? Now for every point of fighting you, my high power can be consolidated and subsided by one point.

Although soul strengthening didn't instantly increase strength like body strengthening, the stronger the soul meant, the greater the control over the body, and the greater the potential that could be unlocked from the body.

If previously Longinus was utilizing eighty percent of his body's strength, now it was ninety percent.

Therefore, Longinus said sincerely, "Of course it's because, during this battle, my faith in justice has been strengthened in my heart!"

"Huh?" The pteranodon face in midair was filled with confusion and skepticism as he thought, "Is it true that only the paranoid can truly exercise the power of faith?"