《One Piece: Magma of Absolute》Chapter 54: Volcanic Jade Blast
Roger barely flinched at Sakazuki's taunt. He simply flashed a wicked grin.
With a twist of his wrist, the Conqueror's Haki swirling around his blade tightened, spiraling into a solid force as he unleashed a mighty slash.
A razor-sharp arc of sword energy, gleaming like a comet, shot straight for Sakazuki.
Sakazuki's eyes narrowed. Instantly, both arms coated themselves in Haki. He raised his left forearm to intercept the incoming slash.
CLANG!
His right fist clenched, elbow erupting with explosive force.
He hammered his left arm, channeling the impact to deflect the black sword energy. It veered off, slicing into the distant forest.
BOOM!
A mushroom cloud billowed skyward, the shockwave unleashing a howling hurricane and a blast of searing heat that swept through the ruined town, scattering the thick black smoke.
The instant the haze cleared—
SWOOSH!
Both men vanished, only to reappear elsewhere in a flash. Their bodies collided for a split second—then vanished again.
BOOM!
Where they'd just clashed, the earth erupted as if a bomb had detonated beneath it. Rubble and magma exploded upward, raining down in a fiery storm.
Steel rang against steel, the air alive with the relentless clangor of their blades. Their afterimages flickered in and out of sight.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!...
Columns of magma shot up from the ground, painting the battlefield hellish red.
The two figures reappeared. A flash of savagery flickered in Sakazuki's eyes.
CLANG!
Sparks flew as his jet-black left hand clamped down on Roger's blade.
His right hand, coated in Armament Haki and shaped like a dagger, stabbed for Roger's heart.
But Roger's left hand, also wreathed in Armament Haki, caught Sakazuki's wrist mid-strike.
CRACK!
A sharp snap—a bone fracturing. Sakazuki didn't even blink.
He twisted his right hand from a palm to a claw, locking his grip around Roger's wrist in return. Then, with Armament Haki surging down his leg, he drove a savage kick toward Roger's knee.
CLANG!
Roger blocked with his own Haki-coated leg. The two locked together in a brutal stalemate.
Suddenly, six magma vents burst open along Sakazuki's back. An eruption of molten rock and concussive force blasted out—like rocket boosters strapped to his spine.
Still locked together, the pair rocketed toward the coast.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!...
They smashed through boulders and ancient trees, the air around Sakazuki burning with a wild, manic heat. Crimson light blazed from his body as he held Roger in an iron grip.
That scorching aura set off alarm bells in Roger's mind. In Sakazuki's eyes, a glint of madness.
"Volcanic Jade Blast!"
Roger's pupils shrank. He knew—he was out of time.
BOOM!!!
A colossal mushroom cloud of magma erupted, blotting out the sky. Scorching lava and choking smoke engulfed the entire shoreline in an instant. Magma surged outward, devouring everything in sight.
At ground zero, the explosion was cataclysmic. The shockwave split the earth like an earthquake, the entire island trembling under the force.
A tidal wave of heat and molten rock swept out, swallowing everything like an unstoppable mudslide.
The beach at the heart of the blast was simply gone—replaced by a massive crater, over a kilometer wide and a hundred meters deep, filled with bubbling magma.
At the bottom of that hellish pit, the two titans faced each other.
Magma oozed from every wound on Sakazuki's body—whether it was blood or lava, no one could tell. His magma-forged form was spiderwebbed with cracks that refused to heal.
Roger still stood tall, but the inferno had left its mark. Even with Armament Haki shielding him, his body was covered in a lattice of wounds. Half his greatcoat had been burned away. The heat was so intense, not a drop of blood remained—it had all been vaporized.
Gone was his trademark grin. Roger glared, voice low and thunderous.
"Brat. Are you trying to die?"
Sakazuki stared back, cold as stone. "I am."
BOOM!
A new crater burst open beneath their feet as both men lunged forward. Twin shockwaves collided, sending hurricane-force blades of wind slicing through the battlefield, shredding everything in their path.
A heartbeat later, a figure was blasted backward. Roger appeared in pursuit, bringing his foot crashing down toward the airborne Sakazuki.
Sakazuki raised an Armament Haki-coated arm to block, but the force drove him deep into the crater's molten floor.
From above, Roger gripped his blade in both hands, Haki swirling into a visible torrent. He brought it down in a thunderous arc.
Sakazuki rolled aside on instinct. The blade struck, splitting the earth anew and sending magma erupting skyward.
Sakazuki seized the moment, summoning his power. A massive magma gauntlet formed around his right arm, a huge vent on the shoulder glowing with Armament Haki.
He aimed it at Roger.
With a violent roar, magma blasted from the gauntlet's rear, propelling his arm forward in a deep crimson blur.
CLANG!
BOOM!
Roger snatched the gauntlet with his left hand, holding on for a split second—then the overwhelming force hurled him into the molten crater wall.
Embedded in the rock, Roger bared his teeth in a savage grin.
He clamped his left hand around Sakazuki's right arm. His right hand, blade shimmering with Haki, slashed down with merciless force.
SLASH!
Too close to dodge, Sakazuki's Haki shield held for a moment. He triggered Life Absorption, his body shrinking slightly. Then, with a burst of Partial Life Return, his shoulder bones swelled grotesquely.
He twisted, clamping his head down to trap the blade that had bitten several inches into his neck.
Expressionless, he spoke:
"Volcanic Jade Blast."
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