"boom--"
The lava meteorite flew through the clouds at a high speed, rubbing violently against the air and making a loud roar.
The originally bright blue sky suddenly darkened, and the sky above the Island of Origin was dyed red by flames.
"What is that?!"
"Meteorite?! Is that Mr. Yixiao's attack?!"
On the battlefield at the edge of the Island of Origin, the new navy who were struggling to resist the attack from the main navy noticed something unusual in the sky. During the breaks in the battle, they all raised their heads and looked up into the sky.
When he saw the lava meteorite falling towards the island, he did not show any shock or fear.
However, the lava meteorite that was believed to be pulled down by Yixiao's ability did not fall towards the battlefield in the center of the island as the new navy had expected, nor did it hit the warships on the sea below the island. Instead, it fell rapidly towards the defense position of their new navy.
The new navy members who noticed this immediately changed their expressions. For a moment, panicked shouts rang out one after another in the defensive positions established by the new navy:
"That meteorite is coming for us!! Get out of here!"
"Get out of the way, quickly get out of the way! That's not Mr. Yixiao's ability, it's an enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Bursts of exclamations rang out in the position, but the lava meteorite fell very quickly. While the new navy hesitated, the meteorite had already arrived above the position.
"It's General Sakaski's ability!"
Under the threat of the lava meteorite, the new marines were forced to abandon their trenches and bunkers and flee in panic. Smoker, still mingling with the new marines in the crowd, raised his head and immediately recognized the lava meteorite as Sakaski's ability.
The difference between Yixiao's ability and Sakaski's ability is quite obvious. Yixiao, who possesses the heavy fruit, can use his ability to pull meteorites in the universe, but the density of meteorites pulled from outer space is much greater than the soil and metal on the earth.
The intense friction between meteorites and air will cause them to burn, but the part that burns most severely is actually the bottom of the meteorite, the part that comes into most intense contact with the air.
But Sakaski's lava meteorite is different. The meteorite made from magma fruit does not have a long tail flame, and the entire meteorite will burn violently. The effect of the explosion when it hits the ground is much more terrifying than that of a "normal meteorite".
"Run, Smoker!"
"If you don't run faster, you're going to die!!"
Peacock, who was standing by, didn't have the time to look up after noticing the lava meteorite above. Seeing that Smoker's speed had slowed down a little, he immediately grabbed Smoker's wrist and sped up.
"boom--"
The lava meteorite fell at a high speed and hit the defensive position of the New Navy directly. The lava shattered as soon as it touched the hard red soil. The hot lava broke into countless sparks and splashed towards the fleeing New Navy.
Some new marines who were slower or less fortunate were directly hit by the splattering lava, their bodies pierced through and a fiery hole was carved out. Even those who were lucky enough only had their skin, protected by domineering aura, rubbed by the lava, leaving a large area of skin charred black, and their cells completely dead.
The level of Haki of an ordinary New Marine is no match for Sakaski's Devil Fruit ability.
If you touch it, you will die; if you scratch it, you will be injured.
The ability of the magma fruit is a complete dimensionality reduction attack for these ordinary new navy.
A large number of new navy officers abandoned their positions and fled, which also gave the people in the Navy Headquarters a lot of breathing space.
The naval headquarters, which had been unable to establish a foothold on the edge of the island, finally occupied a platform, and more and more naval headquarters were gathering here.
The one-sided battle situation took a turn for the better just because of a lava meteorite.
For the main navy, they do not possess the same "domineering luck" as the "Grand Mage" Liu Xiu, but a reliable general.
“Gurgle—”
There were no more lava meteorites falling from the sky, but the lava meteorite that fell on the new naval position suddenly cracked from the middle, and red magma flowed out from it, forming a pool of magma on the ground. A red figure was slowly standing up from the magma pool.
Sakaski's figure condensed from the magma pool. Sakaski reached out and gently took off his hat, rubbed the flat area on his head with his hand, and then calmly put the hat back on his head.
"You guys are the elite of the elite in our Marine Headquarters!"
"I'm so disappointed in you for being stopped here by these guys!"
Sakaski's figure appeared on the battlefield. The headquarters navy who were gathering quickly were relieved to see this scene. Although they were "reprimanded" by Sakaski, these people didn't care at all. Instead, their morale was boosted by Sakaski's appearance.
"It's General Sakaski!"
"Very good!"
Cheers rang out on the battlefield. The main navy, which had been suppressed by the new navy, had found its backbone at this moment and quickly seized the defensive positions that the new navy had just given up.
"general?!"
"Are you the admiral of the navy?!"
"If I can kill you, I think Mr. Jiguo will definitely look up to me!"
Just as the headquarters navy was preparing to advance further into the depths of the island with high morale, the new navy who had just escaped not long ago assembled a force of nearly a thousand people and came to the battlefield under the leadership of Huangmu.
Huangmu, who stood at the forefront of the soldiers, was supported by many new navy officers because of his outstanding performance in this war, and his own prestige was also greatly improved.
Huang Mu, who was a little flattered by the praise from his subordinates, rushed here as soon as he noticed the changes on the battlefield.
The top brass of the new navy were fighting against the invaders. Although Huangmu was only a major general, as one of the leading figures of the new generation of the new navy, he believed that he needed to stand up at this moment.
"Kill me?"
"Boy, can you really do something like this?!"
"That's not the kind of guy I'm looking for."
"Surrender consciously and don't make me unhappy."
Aramaki had been doing very well since his debut, so it was inevitable that he had become a bit arrogant. He also acted arrogantly towards the powerful Sakaski, which made Sakaski feel a little uncomfortable.
What kind of rotten fish and shrimp dares to threaten to take the general's head?!
"surrender?"
"Are you kidding me, you bastard!"
As he spoke, Huangmu stretched out his arms towards Sakaski, and his arms turned into two thick vines, shooting towards Sakaski at a rapid speed.
"Ability user?"
"Your reliance is the devil fruit?!"
Facing Huangmu's attack, Sakaski's expression remained unchanged. He punched the vines that were rushing towards him. The magma gathered into a big lava hand. With a light grab, the big hand directly pinched the two flying vines in his hand.
The dark green vines burned into ashes the moment they were grabbed by the giant lava hand.
Sakaski spread his hands, letting the flying ashes in the palm of the giant lava arm drift away with the wind. He glanced at Huangmu with contempt, stretched out his hand again, and slapped Huangmu and the new navy behind him directly.
"whispering sound!"
"That ability is really troublesome!"
Aramaki's expression changed slightly when he saw his attack being easily neutralized by Sakaski. Facing the enemy's counterattack, Aramaki didn't panic. After a light spit, he plunged his arms directly into the dirt in front of him.
“Firebreak Forest!!!”
Giant trees rise from the ground.
There was no space between the huge trees, and they were lined up side by side to form a wooden wall, directly blocking the new navy and protecting them firmly behind them.
Sakaski's lava hand directly slapped the protective forest created by Huangmu with his ability, and a loud bang was heard on the battlefield.
Amidst flying wood chips, a large dark brown handprint was imprinted on the entire thick protective forest by Sakaski's attack. The high temperature of the lava was burning the protective forest, but strangely, although there were some sparks on the surface of the protective forest, it did not spread into a large-scale fire.
A row of wood actually managed to withstand Sakaski's attack.
"Um?!"
One palm strike failed to break the opponent's defense. Even Sakaski was surprised. After muttering softly, his expression returned to calm.
Sakaski noticed Aramaki's Devil Fruit ability and recalled some key figures in the New Navy that he had noted down before the war. This rude young man was one of them.
Although Huangmu has not been in the New Navy for too long, his abilities are extremely powerful and precious even among the top forces like the New Navy.
A natural-type devil fruit, user of the Mori Mori fruit.
In addition to Araki's own extremely powerful abilities, his devil fruit ability can also contribute to the construction of the new navy.
The defensive fortifications of the Starting Island were able to be built so quickly, and Aramaki's Sen Sen Fruit ability also provided a lot of help, speeding up the construction of the fortifications.
In Sakaski's opinion, the ability of the Mori-Mori Fruit should be restrained by his own magma fruit, but Araki has developed the ability of his devil fruit very well, and it seems that it will not be an easy task for him to defeat his opponent in a short time.
“Bang—”
The giant lava hand that lost its power fell directly to the ground. Apart from leaving a palm print on the protective forest built by Huangmu, Sakaski's attack did not have any effect on the new navy and others who were in the thick protective forest.
Aramaki, who successfully blocked the enemy's attack, also had a bright smile on his face. The praise from his subordinates behind him also made Aramaki, who was already arrogant, feel elated.
"Hehehe."
"For an opponent like you, there's no need for the lieutenant generals to take action!"
"I will stop you guys here and won't let you take a step forward."
Encouraged by the spirit, Huang Mu roared loudly, his body merged with the ground, the surface of his skin turned into bark, and his whole body swelled up rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, Huangmu had transformed into a gigantic tree man, his brown hair transformed into lush green trees. The tree man's lower body was completely submerged in the ground, with only the upper abdomen exposed above the surface.
But just the half of its body that is exposed above the surface is nearly a hundred meters high.
As Huangmu completely unleashed his abilities, lush lawns and saplings began to grow on the originally barren battlefield. The effect of Huangmu's abilities could change the entire terrain.
Rows of trees rose from the ground at the edge of the battlefield, indistinctly cutting off the retreat of the Marine Headquarters.
Suddenly, small holes appeared on the ground under the feet of the headquarters' navy. Thin vines shot out from the holes and directly pierced the bodies of the navy who were unable to dodge. In just a few seconds, the bodies of the navy pierced by the vines quickly shriveled up, and the water in their bodies had been completely drained by the vines.
In the blink of an eye, thousands of mummies were hanging on the vines, floating gently in the wind.
The horrifying scene made the pupils of the surviving headquarters navy members tremble, and they were all deeply shocked by Aramaki's ability.
Sensing the change behind him, Sakaski turned his head slightly and looked behind him out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing many of his subordinates lose their lives in front of him, the calm-faced Sakaski felt a raging rage burning in his heart.
Looking back at Huangmu again, the contempt in Sakaski's eyes had turned into murderous intent.
"Gurgle—"
The red lava flowed down from Sakaski's body, and the grass under his feet turned into red land again after being stained by the lava. Under the influence of Sakaski's ability, the air also became scorching hot, and the rolling heat waves swept towards the Huangmu not far away.
"Boy!"
"I will kill you myself."
Sakaski clenched his fists, and the firelight reflected on his face, making his expression look ferocious and terrifying.
“You can’t do it!”
Although Aramaki felt a dangerous aura from Sakaski, he would not show any fear in front of his subordinates. The power of the Sen Sen Fruit was still affecting the surrounding environment, and the dense forest soon enveloped the battlefield.
Just when the battle between Huangmu and Sakaski was about to break out, a golden light suddenly lit up in the sky, and a laser pierced through the bodies of several people from behind with lightning speed.
The laser shot penetrated Huangmu and hit the ground, exploding into a blazing fire.
The huge body of the tree man that was hit hard swayed slightly, and Huang Mu also let out a cry of pain:
"ah--"
“It hurts so much!!”
"Which bastard?!"
The huge tree man quickly turned his head and looked at the air behind him. He saw a figure in a bright yellow suit falling rapidly towards the battlefield. The tree man opened his palm without saying a word and slapped Borsalino in mid-air in anger.
However, when the tree man's palm was about to hit Borsalino's body, Borsalino's figure suddenly exploded into golden light and suddenly disappeared on the spot.
When the golden light condensed into a physical entity again, it had already appeared beside Sakaski, standing side by side with Sakaski.
"Sakaski——"
"There's no time to waste with this guy. Vice Admiral Garp and Major General Roca were killed by Yoshikazu Tsugakuni."
"The plan has failed. Commander-in-Chief Sora is currently fighting with Yoriichi Tsugakuin. The senior officers of the New Navy are all there. The Commander-in-Chief needs our help!"
(End of this chapter)
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