The blazing flames swept in from the southeast of the battlefield. In just a blink of an eye, it had swept across the battlefield, and directly blasted a terrifying flame belt a thousand meters long and more than ten meters wide in front of the revolutionary army, dividing the entire battlefield into two areas.
The crow that was running towards the royal city stopped almost subconsciously, and the pillar of fire swept past the crow's nose almost close to it.
"!!!" Crow quickly exited the elemental state, sniffed lightly, and smelled the faint smell of burning coming from the leather mask. His expression became extremely solemn.
Tilting his head, the crow looked in the direction of the attack.
At the same time, a red flame fell from the sky and hit the ground. A ring of fire swept out in all directions, and a strong scorching wind blew. The crow couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his body, his eyes slightly narrowed.
The flames dissipated, and a handsome young man with a long sword on his waist and wearing ordinary naval training uniform appeared in the sight of Crow and others. There were even flames surrounding the young man that had not completely dissipated.
Crow could clearly feel the heavy sense of majesty emanating from the young man.
This feeling is not only due to the opponent's powerful strength, but also a sense of oppression from deep in the soul.
"That's Marine Headquarters, Fire Fist Ace?!"
With just one glance, Crow recognized the young man who suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and there was a look of surprise in his eyes.
Marine Headquarters, Fire Fist Ace.
For the revolutionary army, the navy is one of their biggest enemies, and Crow, as the commander of the Northern Army, naturally knows some important figures in the Navy Headquarters very well.
Although Ace and Sabo are young, they have already gained fame. Any force with a bit of background will have an in-depth understanding and investigation of these two young generations of naturalists in the Navy Headquarters.
The revolutionary army was no exception.
"User of the Flame-Flame Fruit."
Seeing that the person coming was Ace, Crow felt very troubled at this moment. Ace's appearance meant that the Navy Headquarters had already noticed the revolution that took place in the Kingdom of Pepe.
However, the young natural ability user in front of him was actually very difficult for Crow to deal with.
In this world, those who can pose a threat to natural-type ability users are not only those strong ones who can use a large amount of Armament Haki. In fact, there is also a subtle restraint relationship between natural-type abilities.
The impact of this subtle restraint on the ability user can sometimes even be greater than the impact of domineering power on the ability user.
There is actually a subtle restraint relationship between Ace and the Flame-Flame Fruit and Crow's Me-Me-Me-No-Fruit.
Previously, when the crow was moving towards the royal city, it was in an elemental state. Normally, the natural system in the elemental state can be immune to most types of attacks.
However, facing Ace's attack, not only was Crow forced out of the elemental state, but he himself was also affected.
Fortunately, the crow stopped in time. If he had been hit by that kind of attack, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Thinking of this, Crow looked at Ace with a more solemn look. The black wings behind him folded, and Crow quickly fell back to the ground from the air, protecting the revolutionary army.
It seems that the people from the Navy Headquarters have bad intentions.
Before Crow could speak, Ace's eyes had already fallen on Crow from a distance. After a quick look, Ace reached into his arms. The next second, he took out a wanted poster and compared it with the poster.
Unlike the "experienced" Crow, Ace's ability to identify people is obviously slightly inferior.
"Hmm"
"You must be the commander of the Northern Army of the Revolutionary Army, Crow?!"
After a while, Ace put away the wanted poster and grinned at Crow.
"Crow, stop it."
"Let this war end here."
Young Ace was extremely confident in his own strength. Even when facing Crow, a wanted criminal who had been famous in this sea for a long time, he still looked calm. When he said this, he did not take Crow seriously at all, as if in front of Ace, this group of revolutionary soldiers were weak opponents that could be easily destroyed.
"Um?!"
"Stop?"
"Just your words?"
"Do you know how long these people have been waiting for this day?!"
Crow obviously felt Ace's "indifferent" attitude, and his face became ugly. He pointed at the crowd behind him and his tone became unfriendly.
The Revolutionary Army and the Naval Headquarters are naturally hostile to each other.
Although Leader Long tried his best to avoid conflicts with the Navy Headquarters when developing the Revolutionary Army, how could the Revolutionary Army completely avoid the Navy along the way?!
Although Ace was a young man with a prominent reputation in the navy, how could he make the Revolutionary Army retreat with just one word from him?!
What's more, the people of the Kingdom of Peipei have already been ignited by the flames of revenge. Even the crows can't stop them.
As Crow finished speaking, the revolutionary soldiers behind him raised their spears one after another. Thousands of pitch-black muzzles were pointed directly at Ace. This was only a part of it. At this moment, tens of thousands of revolutionary soldiers on the battlefield were looking towards Ace with angry eyes. The indescribable feeling of oppression was so strong that if it were someone else, they would probably not be able to stand at this moment.
But Ace remained calm under the gaze of these people, and his state was not affected by these revolutionary soldiers at all.
"Won't you stop?"
"In that case, let me be your enemy!"
"If you want to go further, just step over me!"
Ace spread his arms, and a powerful domineering aura was released from his body, directly pressing towards the revolutionary army on the battlefield. The target of his domineering aura was Crow, and as for the others, it was just incidental.
But even so, when Ace's domineering color was released, those ordinary revolutionary soldiers still felt a strong sense of oppression. A strong sense of dizziness came from their minds, and their bodies became shaky, as if they were a little unstable.
"Heroic Haki!?"
Crow couldn't help but let out a low cry as he felt the terrifying domineering aura enveloping him. While "king's qualities" weren't particularly rare in this sea, sensing the domineering aura in a marine was enough to surprise Crow.
Moreover, the influence that Ace, who possesses the domineering aura, can have on the battlefield is immeasurable. The originally good situation has actually been reversed because of the appearance of Ace.
At this time, in the royal city, the royal city soldiers who retreated back into the city saw that the revolutionary army did not continue to pursue them, so they also climbed up the city wall and looked towards the revolutionary army on the other side of the flames.
When the Royal City Army saw a young man in a navy uniform standing in front of the Revolutionary Army, they instantly realized that reinforcements from the Navy Headquarters had arrived, and their morale was boosted.
Seeing that the revolutionary army's attention was focused on Ace, the commander excitedly ordered his subordinates to adjust the muzzles of their guns and prepare to bombard the revolutionary army's positions.
The long war caused serious consumption of artillery ammunition in the city, but at this critical juncture, there was no problem in firing a few shots.
On the battlefield, just when Crow focused all his attention on Ace, several dull cannon shots suddenly sounded from the direction of the royal city in the distance.
Immediately afterwards, a series of sharp screams came from the sky. When the crow heard the sound, his face changed and he quickly looked in the direction where the sound came from.
"asshole!"
Crow cursed softly, stretched out his hand, and countless black particles in his palm rushed towards the sky. In just a blink of an eye, they condensed into a coal wall in front of the revolutionary army.
"boom!!!!"
The shells hit the coal wall directly, causing an explosion. The flames quickly spread across the wall, but at this moment the coal wall quickly disintegrated under the control of the crow, breaking into sparks that fell to the ground.
Crow had just used his devil fruit ability to help the revolutionary army block the artillery fire from the direction of the royal city when a barely audible whistle quickly caught Crow's attention. While he was blocking the attack, Crow's observation Haki never left Ace.
At this moment, it was Ace who attacked the crows.
"call out--"
A sound of breaking through the air was heard, and Ace's figure suddenly appeared beside Crow. Without using his devil fruit ability, Ace flashed beside Crow and quickly drew out the long sword at his waist, and slashed directly at Crow's chest.
The entire series of attacks was very coherent, leaving the crow with very little time to react.
Ace didn't have time to tell Crow about the code of conduct of "no sneak attacks". The navy was the navy, and the enemy was the enemy. In order to avoid unnecessary damage, Ace also planned to fight quickly and decisively. As long as he could capture the leader of the revolutionary army, the rabble would be defeated without a fight.
"Your navy's behavior is truly despicable!"
The crow quickly turned its head to look at Ace, and while making a light mocking sound, its body quickly transformed into an element.
When Ace's long sword fell, the crow's body began to split rapidly. Black crows condensed from his body and then flew out in all directions.
Crow is very skilled in using his devil fruit ability, and Ace is actually unable to escape and dodge like this.
After his body was transformed into an element, he had no way to escape like a crow, and could only condense into a ball of fire and move away.
This is like the difference between multi-threaded operation and single-threaded operation. There is a big gap between the two of them in how they use their devil fruit abilities.
Perhaps only a few admirals in the entire Marine Headquarters can use the natural system in a way similar to that of Crow.
From this perspective alone, Crow's abilities in certain aspects can even be compared with the admirals of the Marine Headquarters.
The scattered crows gathered again in mid-air, and in just a moment, the crow's body was condensed again. However, only the upper body of the crow was condensed, and its lower body still remained in the elemental state.
The flapping of the bird's wings also allows the crow to hover in the air.
Ace quickly raised his head after his sword missed. After only a brief fight, he already felt the difficulty of the enemy in front of him.
Crow is very skilled in using his devil fruit ability. Facing such a natural ability user, even if Ace uses all his strength, he may not be able to defeat the opponent in a short time.
However, on such a battlefield, if Ace fought with all his strength, he would naturally not be able to take care of other ordinary people. The impact that a natural ability user fighting with all his strength could cause was difficult for others to estimate.
This puts Ace in a dilemma.
With a thought in his mind, Ace tightened the long sword in his hand, and then the elements of his feet turned into flames and sprayed towards the ground. With the help of the flames, Ace rose directly from the ground and shot directly towards the crow in the air.
It is impossible to fight against a strong man like Crow without using the power of the devil fruit. What Ace can do is to control the use of his own power as much as possible and try not to affect others.
If possible, it would be best to take the crow away from this battlefield.
Ace was incredibly fast, and facing the aggressive enemy, Crow didn't seem to have any intention of resisting him. He seemed to be concerned about Ace's Devil Fruit ability, or perhaps Crow was also worried that if he went all out, he might affect the revolutionary army behind him.
Therefore, their thoughts coincided at this moment.
Facing Ace's attack, the crows also took the initiative to fly back and quickly flew away from the battlefield.
"Haku! I'll leave this to you!"
Before leaving, Crow did not forget to instruct his companions. Two figures, one black and one red, quickly moved away from the battlefield and went to a relatively edge of the battlefield.
After opening up a distance of several thousand meters, Ace saw that the time was almost right, and suddenly increased the speed of pursuit. Under the rapid spray of flames, he and Crow's figures quickly closed in.
After all, the propulsion force of the flame is stronger than the wings that the crow transforms into.
Seeing that it had no way to dodge, the crow's body in mid-air suddenly exploded and turned into black coal sparks falling to the ground.
"Fire Fist!!!"
However, Ace seemed to have anticipated Crow's actions. As Crow's body exploded, Ace clenched his left fist and rushed directly towards the airspace ahead.
The blazing flames instantly covered all the exploded coal slag, and the originally red flames even turned into a strange green color at this moment.
"boom!!!!"
The pillar of fire that Ace fired suddenly exploded without any warning. The light at this moment was even brighter than the sun's, and it stung Ace so much that he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.
"Hit."
"Did it work?!"
Ace's observation Haki swept out and explored towards the center of the explosion. However, at this moment, a slight sound suddenly came from the ground.
A figure emerged from the muddy ground. At the same time, black coal slag formed sharp spikes and flew towards Ace in mid-air.
At some point, the crow had already escaped and its real body was no longer in the air.
(End of this chapter)
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