The obstruction of the new navy has already wasted a lot of Sakaski's time. Now both Tsugikoku Yoshiichi and Marcus Mazsheng have disappeared. Under such circumstances, the new navy has no intention of withdrawing.

This made Sakaski a little impatient.

He is a pure man, and he does have some concerns about his subordinates being held hostage by Yixiao, but if his "mission fails" just because of this reason, Sakaski will absolutely not accept it.

He wanted to complete the task assigned by Zhan Guo without any compromise.

Things have developed to this point, and conflict with the new navy is no longer avoidable.

Sakaski was quite familiar with the New Navy, and he was also aware of the strength of Yixiao, Mihawk and others. He knew that if he fought with these people, he would probably not be able to distract himself to consider the safety of his subordinates.

After giving instructions to his adjutant, Sakaski took the lead in attacking Mihawk.

Sakaski is quite clear about the principle of striking first when facing a strong enemy!

"The Navy calls it the strongest natural magma fruit!"

"I don't know if it can really surpass my sword skills!"

Facing Akainu's lava "iron fist", Mihawk's expression was fierce, and he held the long sword in his hand, and quickly swung the sword towards Akainu's fist to counterattack.

Both of them moved very quickly. The sailors on the ship had just heard Akainu's order a second ago, and the next second Akainu and Mihawk were fighting each other.

The giant lava fist was blocked by Mihawk's black sword, and the rolling heat wave, accompanied by a powerful and domineering shock wave, quickly spread in all directions.

Some young sailors were not careful for a moment and were blown off the deck by the heat wave and fell into the cold sea.

"Don't do anything, I'll do it myself!"

At the moment when Mihawk and Sakaski were in a brief stalemate, Abel and Kuma flashed and quickly left Mihawk's side.

The two were about to help Mihawk defeat Akainu when they heard Mihawk speak loudly to them.

"Mihawk, be careful."

"Mr. Jiguo once said that the three admirals of the navy today are not people who rely solely on the ability of devil fruits."

Mihawk's temper was more or less known to the New Navy. He was a pure swordsman and didn't like being disturbed when he was fighting the enemy.

Without further ado, Xiong gave a warning before evacuating the command ship and quickly returning to the Dawn. After hearing Mihawk's words, Abel smiled wryly and leaped off the deck.

Mihawk's temper

Even Tsugikuni Yoriichi couldn't persuade him to stop what he was about to do.

The New Navy left the Navy command ship. Sakaski glanced at Mihawk, who blocked his attack with a knife, and his face darkened slightly.

After taking a quick glance at the Dawn warship not far away, thoughts flashed through his mind. After using his Observation Haki to sense the breath of the crew members on the warships above his head, he had already made a decision in his heart.

The most urgent task is to rescue the crew members from Yixiao's ability.

The plan to attack all nations must not be affected by the people of the new navy.

It is unrealistic to want to conquer Wan Guo with just the team led by Kuzan. Kuzan must have enough available people in his hands.

Although Sakaski and Kuzan have different interpretations and concepts of "justice", Sakaski still recognizes Kuzan's ability. In this case, Sakaski dares to entrust his back and his subordinates to Commander Kuzan.

"Hurry up and inform Admiral Aokiji and Vice Admiral Tsuru."

"Don't dilly-dally."

Under the influence of the shock wave, the sailors on the deck had just stood firm when they heard Sakaski's roar.

Seeing this situation, the adjutant did not dare to delay and hurriedly left and ran to the liaison office.

However, the departure of Adjutant Sakaski did not bother Mihawk at all.

He held the knife against Sakaski's fist, and waited until Sakaski had made all the arrangements and focused all his attention back on the battle before Mihawk quickly exerted his strength, and with the burst of domineering aura, he directly cut off Sakaski's fist with a knife.

"Is everything taken care of?"

"If it's okay, then I won't be polite!"

The brief fight with Sakaski just now left Sakaski with many flaws, but Mihawk had no intention of exploiting those flaws.

When he fights with others, no matter what kind of opponent he faces, he will fight with the opponent in a fair and square battle!

"snort!"

"Arrogant guy!"

Sakaski, sensing the implication in Mihawk's words, curled his lips into a faint smile. Then, his smile faded, and he swiftly swung his left fist, sending a molten column shooting directly towards Mihawk.

Before becoming a special ability user, Akainu relied on his physical skills to attract the attention of the navy's top brass when he was studying at the Naval Academy.

He has a "little understanding" of fists, swordsmanship, and dual-color domineering.

After becoming a user of special abilities, although the power of nature has greatly helped him, his combat style does not rely entirely on the ability of the fruit.

His physical and natural abilities have been completely integrated with his physical skills.

While attacking Mihawk with a quick punch, Sakaski also kicked Mihawk's calf with his right foot.

The upper and lower lanes attacked at the same time, combined with the power of the magma fruit, no matter which blow Mihawk took, he would probably not be able to continue fighting.

"Um?!"

Mihawk noticed Akainu's attack and murmured, slightly surprised.

He has fought against Kuzan, who is also an admiral. Both of them are nature-type. Although Aokiji's fighting style also emphasizes both ability and physical skills, he feels that Akainu pays more attention to physical skills than Aokiji?

Lava's attack power can be said to be unparalleled, but in terms of "shaping ability" and functionality, it is somewhat different from Aokiji's Ice Fruit.

This also caused some differences in the fighting styles of the two.

Mihawk did not dare to use Haki to take Sakaski's attack head-on. He jumped back lightly and quickly dodged Sakaski's "lower section" attack. At the same time, he quickly blocked the long sword in his hand in front of him and used the blade to directly block the incoming molten column.

However, this time, when the molten pillar hit the black sword Yato, the feeling was completely different from Akainu's attack just now.

If in the previous attack, Akainu's fist was a hard "iron fist", then this time Akainu's attack, his molten pillar, was more like a softly flowing "water stream".

"Bang--"

The molten column that hit the black knife suddenly exploded, and with the flying flint, it easily passed through Mihawk's defense and hit Mihawk's body.

Mihawk had nowhere to gain support in mid-air, so he quickly used the Moon Step he learned from Yoriichi Tsugikuni. With roots under his feet, he could fully exert the strength of his body.

In an instant, Mihawk swung his long sword, and a clear sword light suddenly appeared in the night sky, quickly forming a defensive net in front of Mihawk. The lava falling towards Mihawk was directly shattered by Mihawk's slash, and sparks scattered on the deck.

Soon, clusters of small flames began to burn on the deck of the command ship.

"Such a long sword can be controlled so freely and accurately."

Akainu's thought flashed through his mind, and the ground beneath his feet instantly turned into rolling lava. His lower body quickly turned into elements, and he soared into the sky. He actually gave up on Mihawk who was right in front of him, and rushed to the deck of the Dawn warship parked in front of the command ship.

As he soared into the air, Akainu raised his arms towards Yixiao on the deck of the Dawn warship, and his fists turned into lava shells that shot directly towards Yixiao.

Big fire!

Fist-shaped lava shells fell from the sky towards the deck of the Dawn, covering the sky and the sun like a small meteor shower. At this moment, the sky above the Dawn warship was already a sea of ​​red.

"this"

“Coming towards us!!!”

On the deck, facing Akainu's attack, the new navy members shouted loudly. Even though they were the elites of the new navy who had fought in the New World, they couldn't help but feel fear when faced with the power of the magma fruit.

"call out!"

"call out!"

On the deck of the warship, facing Akainu's attack, Yixiao frowned slightly, flipped the long sword in his hand, and held it horizontally in front of him.

However, before he could make any move, two figures immediately jumped out from his side.

The black wings behind Abel stretched out, and the whole person soared into the sky. As his figure shot up, the long sword at his waist was also drawn out, and he swung it directly at a piece of lava that fell on the deck.

In an instant, the huge lava was cut in half and fell into the sea on both sides of the warship.

While Abel was defending himself, another figure quickly took to the air.

The bear quickly appeared in front of another giant ball of lava. With a sudden swing of his broad hand, the lava that had fallen on the warship instantly vanished from everyone's sight. (In the sky, the lava that the bear had swatted away was rapidly sweeping towards the Holy Land.)

Abel and Xiong are both very powerful. If the lava attacking the warship was just one or two, or a little more, there would be more than a dozen!

It won't be a problem in front of either of them.

However, Akainu's fire breathed out not just dozens of molten lava, but hundreds or thousands of them, covering the sky and the sun. Even if only one fell on the ship, it could cause irreversible damage to the warship.

Abel and Kuma were unable to block all of Akainu's attacks in such a short period of time.

Several pieces of lava passed through Abel and Xiong's defenses and fell towards the warship.

Feeling the burning sensation coming from his body, Yixiao, who was standing at the bow, no longer had the idea of ​​standing by and watching. He turned his head slightly and "looked" directly at the flying Akainu.

Akainu's body was mixed with the falling "meteor shower". Judging from his appearance, his target was actually Yixiao!

“The target is me.”

"Want to rescue your men?"

Yixiao instantly understood Akainu's intention, and gripped the sword in his hand reversely, with gravity rapidly accumulating on the blade.

Gravity Knife——Tiger!

He smiled and swung the knife backhand, and the condensed gravity shot directly into the air as Qiu Shui was swung.

The terrifying gravity in the completely opposite direction instantly hit "Meteor Shower" and Akainu's body.

"boom--"

There was a loud roar in the sky. The lava group above the warship was attacked by reverse gravity. After a loud bang, the lava exploded directly in the air and fell into the sea in the opposite direction.

Akainu, who was mixed in the lava and rushed towards the deck of the Dawn warship, had his body exploded directly in the air. The flaming rocks fell on the navy's command ship, igniting the wooden boards on the ship, and the warship was immediately engulfed in flames.

"Gurgle, gurgle—"

On the deck of the command ship, a clear sound came from the hole created by the lava.

Mihawk seemed to have noticed something and turned his head slightly to find a tall man with lava flowing all over his body slowly crawling out of a hole on the deck. The man's appearance made the fire on the ship burn even more fiercely.

The sailors on the command ship were unable to control the fire on the ship, so they lowered the lifeboats and began to flee the command ship. Akainu was not moved at all by his fleeing subordinates. After standing up, he wiped the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, spat lightly, and spit out a pool of bloody phlegm.

The power of the Gravity Fruit had already injured Akainu. The slashing blow from the accumulated gravity was beyond Akainu's expectations, and even with the timely elementalization, he was unable to dodge it.

Seeing that Akainu seemed to be injured, Mihawk suddenly became a little uninterested. Akainu was hesitant and his mind was not on fighting with him.

For Mihawk, such an opponent cannot be called a "good opponent".

He didn't have much interest in Akainu like this.

Although Mihawk thought so in his heart, Akainu had no intention of giving up.

He knew very well that if he could not break through these powerful men of the New Navy, his mission would not be carried out and his subordinates would not be saved.

Although he estimated that his subordinates' lives would not be in danger, it was not a solution to continue to be controlled by Yixiao.

only

"Did I make an error in my judgment?"

"The power of a smile"

"I thought his control over gravity was limited to fixed objects and directions. He shouldn't be able to control gravity to attack in other directions while simultaneously keeping the warship aloft."

"If they wanted to counter my attack, they should have 'released' those warships in the air."

“But now it seems.”

"I still underestimated his ability."

"Can the power of the devil fruit be applied infinitely to different things and areas?"

“It’s really tricky.”

"And this swordsman. The Bakhanya and Lunaria tribes are not people to be underestimated."

Akainu did not take action immediately. On the one hand, he wanted to give his subordinates enough time to evacuate, and on the other hand, he was thinking quickly about ways to break the current situation.

He actually has quite a few lieutenant generals with outstanding abilities under his command, but at his level of strength, lieutenant generals who are still within the scope of "ordinary humans" are unable to provide him with any assistance.

Akainu doesn't have the "swordsman" mentality like Mihawk. He is a soldier and what he has to do is to defeat the enemy. When facing a powerful opponent, if possible, he doesn't mind using human wave tactics to teach the other party a lesson!

but

Unfortunately, those guys in the new navy are monsters in the true sense of the word, and have long exceeded the scope of "ordinary humans".

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, the sound of Den Den Mushi suddenly broke the silent atmosphere.

Yixiao's heart was trembling, and he reached out with a look of joy and took out a Den Den Mushi from his arms. Xiong and Abel beside him also showed surprise when they saw the Den Den Mushi in Yixiao's hand.

"Gah~"

After a slight ring, Yixiao picked up the receiver and asked hurriedly, "Is that Yunyi?"

"How are you? Where are you?!"

On the other side of the Den Den Mushi, the wind was howling, and the sound of the wind filled his ears.

However, after he finished speaking, the wind in the receiver stopped, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi's voice came out:

"Ah! It's me!"

"Just left from the holy land of Marinjoa."

"That black magic circle is the power of the Five Elders. There seems to be some special connection between the five of them, allowing them to summon and pull each other regardless of space."

"I was unable to succeed. The power of the Five Elders was somewhat beyond my expectations."

"What's the situation over there now?"

When Yixiao heard what Jigoku Yoshiichi said, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face.

He didn't care whether the assassination of the Five Elders succeeded or not. What was more important was that Jigoku Yoshiichi was safe.

"I've had a conflict with Admiral Akainu. The marines have been controlled by my abilities and are now at a stalemate."

Yixiao summarized the situation of Wan Guo and asked for Tsugakuko Yuichi's opinion: "What should we do now?"

Hearing Yixiao's question, Jiguo Yuanyi also smiled and said:

"Just detain Sakaski, and don't worry about the others."

"The Navy still has strength in Punk Hazard and is not defeated by the Wan Guo. Let Sakaski leave after the battle between the Navy and the Wan Guo is over."

"If the battle situation is unfavorable for the navy, we can let him go early."

(End of this chapter)