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"Emergency, sorry! Deuce."

With flickering flames still wrapped around his arms, Ace appeared next to Deus.

"Ace, you..."

Touching his burnt hair, Deus was depressed and wanted to curse, but he was not that kind of unreasonable bastard. It was indeed an emergency just now. If it weren't for Ace's flame, he would have been killed by Eschbach. The punch flew out.

By then it probably won’t be a matter of burning your hair.

"Be careful, this guy is a user with animal devil fruit abilities. I don't know what kind of animal he is, but I think it's hard to deal with."

Deus quickly calmed himself down and relieved the depression in his heart, and in turn provided Ace with the information he knew, although this information was pitiful.

"An animal-type esper?"

The flames on Ace's arms were swaying and beating. He looked at Eschbach who was dodging his own flames. He could clearly feel the opponent's undisguised powerful aura with his open domineering look. He was really strong! It is incomparable to monsters like [Black Wrist], [Pluto], and [Black Prince].

But apart from those monsters, even compared with Lieutenant General Doluo, he is not far behind.

In addition, it is indeed difficult to deal with people with animal devil fruit abilities... From the East China Sea to the New World, I have experienced countless ups and downs, but I have also made great progress in knowledge and experience. He gradually gained a more detailed understanding of the Devil Fruit's abilities.

When in Paradise, the natural Devil Fruit is a symbol of invincibility.

The specific abilities of Superman-type Devil Fruits depend on their abilities. Some are as powerful as those of the Natural-type.

Only the animal type Devil Fruit is probably the bottom among the three types of Devil Fruit in the perception of the pirates in East China Sea and Paradise.

However, after arriving in the new world and seeing and mastering the power called 'Haki', he realized that animal-type ability users can stand up here. With the blessing of armed Haki and the combination of animal-type devil fruits His vitality and resilience have become an extremely difficult enemy.

"Fire Fist, Portcas D. Ace."

Eschbach took a step forward and extinguished the flames on the grass. "What did you come to the Kingdom of Ecmundo to do? To take revenge on His Highness Eleus for hunting you down in the Chambord Islands?"

"Revenge? No, I won't do such a stingy thing, okay? Although I am a pirate, please don't look down on people like this."

Ace denied it without thinking.

"······"

Eschbach's eyes widened, "Do pirates still want to be looked at by others?"

"······"

Ace choked this time.

Okay! That’s right! As a pirate, he is also self-aware. No matter what, pirates are not positive representatives. It is normal to be hated, despised, and hated by others!

"That's right for you to say... that, I'm sorry! I got a little carried away!"

Eschbach's mouth opened wide this time. Damn it, is this a ghost?

Unexpectedly,

Apologized?

This was the first time he saw a pirate apologize, and he had seen a lot of weaklings begging for mercy after being beaten by him. In short... this fire fist was different from ordinary pirates, and Eschbach had something in his heart. Mingwu, but even so, it cannot affect his work.

Among the attendants, he is the only one who stays in the country now. The rest are busy developing and maintaining the maritime network. Although there are two pillars of the country, [Mei Sword] and [Fighting Dog], these two seniors are basically They were stationed around the royal capital,

So after receiving the information about the appearance of the Spade Pirates from the officials of Black Swan Island, Eschbach rushed over as quickly as possible.

His duty is to protect the tranquility of his country. Unstable elements like Fire Fist must not be allowed to run rampant in the country.

"Fire Fist, I will give you one last chance. If you leave Ecmundo, I will not attack you." Eschbach issued an ultimatum. His character is still so kind. Through this simple exchange, he discovered that Fire Fist Unlike ordinary pirates who were keen on burning, killing and looting, the murderous intention and fighting spirit in their hearts suddenly became much lighter.

After all, Fire Fist is not a weakling.

He can clearly sense the aura that is as hot and powerful as the sun with his knowledge. If such an opponent really fights, it cannot be solved with three punches and two kicks. The residents of Black Swan Island and those who will suffer at that time will be the ones who suffer. Ecological.

"Sorry! No!"

Ace shook his head as expected.

"Although I came here for some unavoidable reasons... But this is not an excuse. I will not use this kind of thing as an excuse. If there is a reason... we are pirates!" He laughed. He said, emphasizing his identity as a "pirate".

"That's it! Pirates... Then, I will destroy the pirates here!"

Eschbach's eyes changed.

The fading killing intent and fighting spirit were ignited again.

His kindness was very sincere, and he did not want to bring destructive harm to Black Swan Island due to the battle with Fire Fist. However, when the battle was inevitable, he immediately made up his mind to use the strongest strength to Capture or kill Fire Fist as quickly as possible.

Only in this way can the damage to Black Swan Island be minimized.

"I'm not going to take it easy."

Ace stretched out his flaming fingers and gently pushed the orange cowboy hat on his head, with a bright smile on his face.

In an instant, the ground shook.

The fist that tore through the air caused a shrill scream, and the long distance flashed by. Eschbach's fist wrapped with armed domineering energy was already in front of Ace.

"boom!"

It was a dull sound like thunder on a sunny day.

Fist to fist collided.

Feeling the heavy force coming from the opposite fist that was more than a circle smaller than his own, Eschbach showed a hint of surprise on his face. His arrogant sense of knowledge revealed the power of Ace, but he thought that this man had eaten Shao Shao. The strength of the fruit's natural ability users lies in the development of their abilities.

Unexpectedly,

He actually has such impressive strength.

but,

"It's not enough!"

Eschbach stared, opening his eyes like an inhuman beast, ferocious and violent beastly nature erupting from it, the muscles of the right arm that punched suddenly expanded, and a layer of gray-brown skin as hard as stone covered it. The human palms on his arms transformed into beast claws in an instant.

The changes don’t stop there;

His head turned into a flat dragon's head, a thick and long tail stretched out behind him, and his whole body was covered with tough, strong, rock-like skin.

This is the human-animal form of an animal-type ability user.

The change in posture not only makes the already tall figure become huge again.

more importantly--

The rise in strength,

At the same time as the posture changed, rolling heat surged through the flesh and blood, the heart beat like a drum, power filled the limbs, and the majestic killing intent and fighting spirit were all contained in the fist confrontation, turning into the most powerful force. Violent power.

"Drink!!!"

A roar like thunder erupted from its open mouth.

The surge in power immediately overwhelmed Ace's resistance.

fire punch,

It turned into a discrete flame.

"Active elementalization?"

Eschbach wasn't angry when the fist wrapped with armed domineering power didn't hit the ground. He had already made enough mental preparations before the battle with the natural ability user, and he had expected such a hide-and-seek trick. .

"Let me help you see whether it is your power of knowledge that can see farther, or my fists that are faster!"

Before the words fell,

The heavy iron fist was swung out again.

The air was squeezed out by this punch and there was a circle of white air ripples visible to the naked eye. At the same time, a muffled groan came from the floating flames.

"Ace!!"

Before the fight started, Deus, who had cleverly hid behind a landscape stone by the pond, looked at Ace with worried eyes. He did not doubt Ace's strength. After all, Ace had led them from the hands of Black Wrist. Escaped many times.

but,

Eschbach looks strong too!

Especially the current human-animal form looks really full of invincible power.

"Ahem! That's awesome!"

The grass beside the pond was ignited by the falling flames. Ace quickly stood up from the flames, with a little blood hanging from the corner of his mouth. The punch just now came too fast, and he had tried his best to disperse the flames to avoid the entanglement. Although he was wearing an armed and domineering fist, he was still swept away a little.

As a result, the beating made his chest feel a little tight.

"This one...is it a devil fruit grown in ancient times?"

There are three major types of animal Devil Fruits, the ordinary type, the ancient type, and the phantom type. Among them, the phantom type is the most recognizable. It does not exist in reality, but is an animal or character in myth or legend. In addition, , the types of ancient dinosaurs are also relatively easy to identify.

In addition, the difference between common species and ancient species is not easy to distinguish.

For example, drought is one of the three disasters caused by the beasts. The ancient species, Elephant Fruit, and Mammoth Form... Unlearned pirates who have never seen a mammoth in a book may only understand it after seeing it. Think of it as a hairy elephant.

Eschbach did not explain his fruit ability to Ace.

This is not to say that they are afraid of leaking the details. That is a problem that some superhuman-type ability users need to worry about. Animal-type ability users are basically not afraid of others knowing the details of their abilities. Anyway, the best thing about animal-type ability users is that Excellent vitality and resilience.

All he wanted now was to capture Ace as soon as possible.

fist,

One after another.

"Mirror Fire Flame!"

Ace waved his right arm violently, and a large swath of blazing flames was released from his arm, forming a fire wall more than ten meters high. Encased in high-temperature heat, he faced Eschbach, who was rushing over. The previous failure in the fist fight had already It made Ace realize that with his polished physical strength and armed domineering power, he could not withstand Eschbach's iron fist just yet.

He immediately changed his tactics and began to use his ability to burn the fruit.

The wall of fire with astonishing temperature has indeed caused some trouble for Eschbach. Even the skin in the form of a human and beast cannot withstand the burning of such ferocious flames. The only way to resist is to cover the body with armed domineering, but The full coverage appearance will increase the consumption of armed color domineering.

"Hula-!"

Eschbach, covered in armed domineering spirit, broke through the wall of fire and came to Ace.

Having decided to fight quickly, there was no reason to save his weapons and domineering for a protracted war, so he rushed forward with a desperate attitude, knocked away the burning wall of fire, waved his fist, and smashed the shocked face. Ace was knocked away with one punch.

"it hurts!!!"

The pain on his cheek made Ace feel as if his skull was about to crack. His left ear was buzzing, as if a powerful generator was installed in his ear hole.

This was the result of his timely use of Armed Color Haki to protect his cheek. If his reaction had been slower than half a beat, he would probably have been directly hit with a concussion! This kind of fist strength is second only to Black Wrist in Ace's impression, not counting his grandfather Garp. Although it hurt a lot when Garp beat their brothers when they were children, his strength was definitely restrained at that time.

otherwise,

Grandpa, who has the dual titles of 'Iron Fist' and 'Navy Hero', is no worse than Black Wrist.

Despite the pain, Ace's consciousness was still clear at least. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain. The domineering force he spread out firmly locked on Eschbach's trace, and he was still in a state of being knocked away. The fallen Fire Fist intertwined the fingers of his hands to form a cross.

Just when Eschbach's figure flew to his side, ready to give him another punch.

The cross formed by interlacing the fingers of both hands was placed on his chest, aiming at Eschbach's flat dragon head. Ace endured the pain and showed a bright smile, and whispered:

"Crossfire."

A cross-shaped light shone on Eschbach's dragon head.

The next moment, just before Eschbach's fist fell on Ace's head, blazing flames hit Eschbach's head along the cross-shaped light channel, causing him to let out an extremely painful roar. Even with the protection of Armed Color Haki, it was his head and his face that were hit.

There are so many fragile organs here.

The eyes, neck, mouth, ears... without exception are all parts that are extremely vulnerable to injury. Eschbach felt that his nasal cavity was burned by the flames, and the pain that penetrated his brain forced him to interrupt his treatment of Ace. Chase, stop to recover from injuries.

"Huhu——"

Ace, who flew more than thirty meters away, finally landed in front of a small forest. He rolled over, completely dissipating the terrifying impact, and stood up. He stood there and took a breath. , looking at the embarrassed Eschbach, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter,

"Even if you can't beat the Black Prince now, you should still be able to beat one of his subordinates, right?"

He muttered to himself, full of confidence.

This battle——

He never thought about escaping or refusing from the beginning.

During this period of time, he was chased by the gangsters like a lost dog. Although he benefited a lot from those battles, he was always a little depressed and was beaten by others. And he was not the kind to bully. Weak people come to experience the pleasure of being a strong person.

so,

He couldn't wish for an enemy like Eschbach who could put pressure on him without causing a fatal sense of crisis!

"Hey! If you only have this ability, you can't expel me from the Kingdom of Exmundo!"

Ace took the initiative to provoke him, his smile as bright as the rising sun was so dazzling.

The provocation was successful.

The irritated Eschbach regrouped. The strong vitality and recovery power of the animal-type ability user allowed him to heal the injury in his nasal cavity in a very short time. He waved his fist again and attacked Ace.