Chapter 54: What Did You Eat?

The battle between Shiro and the Admiral of the Navy.

Immediately!

In the face of Akainu's aggressive, imposing attack, Shiro also put away his playful expression. No matter how much he could mock Akainu, carelessness in battle could cost him his life!

Even the current Shiro, facing Akainu's attack, held his breath, gripping his sword, Destiny, and taking on the challenge with the strongest resolve!

After all, Akainu's attack, in the original plot development, directly blasted off half the head of the Emperor, Whitebeard! Among the three highest naval forces, Akainu is the most destructive Admiral! Whether Akainu is good or not, his strength is undeniable!

Boom—

Of course, seriousness returned to seriousness, and fear returned to fear, but Shiro wasn't afraid of Akainu at all. Even against the powerful attack, Shiro didn't use any abilities. With just swordsmanship and Haki, he blocked the attack!

This time, even Akainu was slightly surprised! He knew that Shiro's strength had soared, and it seemed that he had acquired incredible abilities, even surpassing his own speed. But he didn't expect Shiro's raw power to be so advanced!

Putting aside all prejudices and being fair, if Shiro were still a member of the Navy at this moment, he would already be among the top powerhouses in the Navy. Perhaps only slightly inferior to the two veterans and three Admirals!?

In short, even Akainu had to acknowledge Shiro's strength! His mastery of Haki, swordsmanship, and mysterious powers was undeniable. If Shiro hadn't become a Navy traitor, he could have become the youngest Admiral in Navy history within two years!

However, the more surprised Akainu was, the more determined he became to kill Shiro. A Navy traitor with such immense strength and potential must be eliminated before he becomes a greater threat to the World Government and the Navy!

With this thought in mind, Akainu struck again.

His other arm instantly transformed into rolling magma, slamming toward Shiro's head with faster speed and greater ferocity!

Ghost!

At this moment, Destiny was still entangled with the Red Dog attack.

At this moment, Akainu attack was already closing in, leaving Shiro with only two options: either abandon Destiny and dodge quickly or use another method to counter Akainu attack!

But with Shiro's character, he would never abandon Destiny again. The last time was an accident. From now on, Destiny would never leave his side. Shiro even wanted to find a Devil Fruit for Destiny to eat, so that this partner could completely possess the 'artifact spirit'! Of course, that's another story.

Boom—

Admiral Akainu's attack mercilessly slammed into Shiro's head. The magma surged like a flood, rushing wildly!

Akainu was overjoyed. Could it be that he had managed to blow Shiro's head off so easily!?

Something wasn't right!

Not to mention, Shiro was the Rear Admiral at the time and had indeed gone through countless life-and-death battles. His combat experience, even Teacher Zephyr had praised and taken pride in it! Now that Shiro was stronger, could he really be careless?

Duang—

Certainly, Akainu didn't have to be surprised for too long. In addition to the Supreme Sword of Destiny, another sword had already attacked, stabbing his chest fiercely. Although Akainu had been using the Rokushiki technique, The Tekkai, during the battle, the sword still pierced several millimeters into his flesh, causing blood to spill!

"Damn it!"

Admiral Akainu quickly retracted his hand, putting some distance between them, looking at Shiro with a mix of suspicion and fear. Akainu was puzzled. It was unrealistic to think Shiro had been directly headshot by him, but if Shiro had been hit by an attack and not injured, only to counterattack strongly, that was even more unrealistic!

Even if Shiro had obtained a Logia-type fruit and could perform elementalization, it was impossible to completely resist his magma without injury. After all, Akainu's Magma-Magma Fruit was one of the superior elements among all fire-related fruit abilities, especially since he had developed it to an almost extreme degree. Even another Logia user wouldn't be able to completely resist his magma attack!

But… Shiro didn't seem injured at all. His momentum and aura hadn't weakened!

Soon, the magma from the attack disappeared.

Akainu narrowed his eyes, staring at Shiro in doubt. He wanted to see how this brat had resisted his attack without getting hurt! To his shock, he saw that Shiro's head had been entirely replaced by purple fire.

At this moment, Admiral Akainu's eyes were filled with shock.

Because under his perception, that small amount of purplish-red fire had an extremely terrifyingly high temperature! Such temperature! Even more than his magma!

You know, his magma could even burn flames!

Fwoosh—

The purple flame extinguished, and Shiro regained his original appearance. At this time, his heartbeat also quickened a little. He had nearly pushed his fire element ability to the limit just now. Based on Shiro's understanding of the Mera Mera no Mi, he could only perform localized elementalization. But even so, Shiro almost pushed the fire element ability to its current extreme, resulting in the flame being purplish-red and unmatched in temperature, even by magma!

Seeing Akainu's ghostly expression, Shiro couldn't help but feel satisfied. Magma is awesome? A superior fruit known as the Mera Mera no Mi? Excuse me, my flame is the supreme of this element!

"Shiro, what kind of Devil Fruit did you eat!?"

Akainu was a mess at this point. He was decades old, yet he had never been so shocked and puzzled as he was today. Since Shiro's appearance, how many abilities had this guy shown? In terms of speed, he could even rival Borsalino's speed. Shiro stopped his plan to injure Whitebeard and even sent him into the core battlefield with obvious wood abilities. Now he even had a purple flame ability with a temperature exceeding magma!

Is this kid the ancestor of Logia Fruits?

Akainu was too surprised. Now recognized as the most destructive force, he finally regarded Shiro as an opponent of the same level because he knew, if he underestimated the young man in front of him, defeat was inevitable! And that would be an unbearable defeat for Justice!

"Oh? You want to know that?" Shiro sneered. Raising his sword, he took a step forward.

The first step, thunder roared.

The second step, fire blazed.

The third step, giant trees flourished.

The fourth step, the sword pointed at Akainu!

"I'm sorry, you don't deserve to know!"

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