Chapter 222 Acting class for the awakening of the natural system!

A small sun seemed to have exploded on the earth, and the fiery red light was like an expanding bowl.

Even at a high altitude, Amata Mima could still feel the pain of the heat wave, burning her skin, especially the rich smell of sulfur, which made her breathless.

In his eyes, the ground that had just been rolled over by the earth dragon was turning into a lava swamp at a speed visible to the naked eye, with hot magma flowing in all directions.

"Sure enough, has this guy's ability awakened..."

Crocodile, who remained semi-elemental, watched the landscape below undergo such supernatural and drastic changes, his eyes narrowed with desire and envy.

As for Douglas Barrett, the party concerned.

There was only one feeling at this time, and that was heat, unimaginable heat. Even when he covered his whole body with armed domineering and hardening, he could still feel a faint burning pain.

Especially the right fist that had just collided head-on with the 'Pluto Dog', the surface was already red at this time.

But the biggest pain came from the magma attached to his arms. He found that this magma was different from flames, and even different from normal magma in nature.

Akainu's lava will continuously emit high temperatures when it sticks to his body, and this high temperature is horribly permeable, and even Haki cannot completely block it.

【boom! 】

Seeing the giant lava fist hitting his head again, Barrett's face became extremely ugly. He could only suppress his extremely furious emotions and chose to retreat.

The situation he is facing now is that if he continues to have a head-on confrontation with Sakaski, more magma will stick to his body. Because of this, he doesn't dare to use the combined fruit ability now.

This area has turned into a rolling pool of magma. If you use your ability, it is equivalent to burying yourself alive in the lava, which is definitely asking for death.

So how to fight this?

In fact, there is a way. Twenty-four years later in the original timeline, Mr. Kaido showed up and said that he had turned himself into a fire dragon that could burn everything, and personally taught Monkey D. Luffy how to fight Sakaski.

The solution is simple.

By using the weapon-colored Haki technique, which is called Ryuzakura in Wano, you can attack without touching high-temperature lava or flames.

But the problem is that Barrett doesn't know this skill at this stage.

Because he boarded the ship as a 'challenger'.

For three years, he only thought about constantly challenging Roger and the other crew members on the ship. In the end, he defeated everyone except Roger, and felt that even the deputy captain, Rayleigh, could only tie with himself.

This directly caused him to be less popular in the Roger Pirates. No one would take the initiative to teach him these things. Being strong does not mean that he knows all the techniques.

It is worth mentioning that.

In the original timeline, Douglas Barrett was suspected of being captured in Impel Down after being defeated by Sakaski, because at the time of Operation Fever, the current Admiral of the Navy was Sakaski.

However, some people think that he is not referring to Sakaski, but to Navy Marshal Sengoku more than 20 years ago, but it is impossible to know who it is.

"How are you going to defeat me when you can't even fight back?"

"Kid!"

Barrett, who had just dodged the bombardment of a large spitfire and was flying backwards at high speed amid layers of sonic explosions, heard a sudden sharp sound in his ears, and his expression suddenly changed.

"How can it be!"

"Isn't he in front? My knowledge..."

But he didn't have time to think about it. Just when he was about to turn around to fight back or defend, he felt an unbearable pain and a burning sensation like a needle prick in his back.

【boom----】

It was as if Barrett had been erupted from a distance from a volcanic crater. In the large sputtering lava flow, his whole body was burning with blazing flames, and like a flying fireball, he crashed into the belly of the hill on the other side that was still intact. .

"Is this also the awakening ability of the natural system..."

Although Barrett below could not see clearly what happened, Crocodile, who was high up in the sky and looked down from a viewpoint, could see it clearly.

then.

Sakaski was in the form of a completely elemental lava. He turned into a beam of red light from the magma pool behind Barrett and blasted it heavily on Barrett's back.

at the same time.

The 'Sakaski' in the distance quickly faded and melted into a pool of magma and blended into the environment.

It was obvious that General Akainu had just passed through the magma land at an incredible speed, and even Barrett's Haki had no time to react.

"Sakaski!!!"

At this time, the hill that swallowed Barrett began to shake violently, and then streaks of dark blue light penetrated from the cracks.

【Bang! 】

The next moment, the entire hill exploded from the inside, revealing a giant black man with streams of lava flowing all over his body and shrouded in blue light.

【boom! ! 】

With his eyes red and blood at the corner of his mouth, Barrett roared and rushed away. The rock mass under his feet trembled and exploded, and a large amount of gravel exploded in all directions like cannonballs with the force of his energy.

He has completely gone berserk.

The heavy blow Sakaski had just given had completely aroused his ferocity. At this time, Barrett no longer had any basic sense.

Completely ignoring the burning pain caused by the high-temperature magma adhering to his body, his whole body pushed against layers of air walls visible to the naked eye, and landed in front of Sakaski in an instant.

"Die to me————"

"It's just a beast..."

Sakaski snorted coldly, raised his arms that had already turned into rolling lava, and blasted away, but this time Barrett made no attempt to avoid it.

"Even if I die, I will still get a handful of dog hair!"

Barrett's arms, as thick and long as gun barrels, were swung into dense blue afterimages, and with each punch, a mist-like ring wave appeared in the air.

【Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang】

The extremely fierce fist shadows that filled the sky competed with the lava fire fists that could melt everything into ashes. Blue and red lights completely covered the entire lava land.

"This guy......"

Sakaski was surprised to find that Barrett seemed to have found a way to confront him head-on.

He actually relied on brute force to punch out turbulent air waves, constantly pushing away the approaching viscous lava, and then launched a second burst to let his fists pass through the air layer and hit his body.

At first glance, this approach requires Barrett to use all his strength, and it will definitely not last long.

"The fighting talent is indeed amazing, but unfortunately, the background is still too poor!"

For this battle that would determine his status in the Army, Sakaski never thought about losing, which made the look in his eyes at Barrett become dangerous.

"This little pirate must be defeated completely!"

General Akainu, who transferred to the army, no longer held back and began to fully activate the power of the lava fruit in his body.

"If you die like this, you can only blame yourself for being so weak..."

【Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! 】

The next moment, the lava pool around Sakaski and Barrett erupted with high lava flows one after another.

Next, they quickly transformed into vicious dogs one after another made of magma. This scene was like summoning an army of messengers from the abyss of hell.

"Dog bites Guren!"

Following the former's roar, all the lava dogs bared their fangs dripping with magma and bit into Barrett's upper and lower parts.

"I see. After awakening, can the natural system still control the elements of the outside world..."

High in the sky, Crocodile held on to the completely sluggish Sky Bird Beauty and murmured to himself thoughtfully, "Then if I wake up, wouldn't I be invincible in the desert?"

It has to be said that Sakaski's battle gave him access to the door of 'awakening' in advance.

At the same time, he also realized that the winner of this battle would be decided soon. Thinking of this, he was not interested in seeing the last scene, so he took the little brother he had just accepted and turned into wind and sand and left.

Who knows if General Akainu will really bite him like a mad dog...