Chapter 209

Looking at the situation before him, Makarov was suddenly startled.

No wonder he had such a reaction—the previous battle had almost conditioned him to subconsciously believe that any opponent from another world was bound to be extremely troublesome.

Like the members of the Akatsuki organization from before, the weakest of whom could already rival a Wizard Saint of equal standing.

A single burst of light-attribute magic killing the opponent instantly gave Makarov a sense of disbelief.

But before he could collect himself, the scattered lava began to coalesce, and Akainu's figure swiftly reappeared before the three of them.

"Dead? You're overestimating yourself a bit too much."

Twisting his neck, Akainu let out a mocking laugh.

"I've heard the Wizard Saints are the strongest in the entire Magic Council. I tried taking a hit head-on to test it, and found I was overestimating you lot after all."

"With strength like this, you want to uphold justice? Go back and train for a few more years."

As he spoke, Akainu instantly activated the Marine Six Styles technique 'Soru' beneath his feet, stomped hard with his right foot, and shot forward—the next instant he had already appeared right before Makarov.

Fortunately, Wallode, who had been keeping close watch on Akainu's movements, immediately manipulated his vines to pull Makarov out of Akainu's attack range!

"Bang!"

The dull thud of impact made the entire plaza tremble.

The scalding lava, the instant it collided, began to churn violently, and the stone pillars that had risen earlier all shattered completely!

The loss of their support point caused Wallode, who was holding Makarov, to instantly lose his balance.

At the same time, the lava surged forth, immediately plunging the two of them into a dangerous situation.

In their panic, fortunately Jura released magic once again, directly raising a massive stone pillar beneath Wallode's feet to block the lava attack.

The brief exchange left no one injured, but it still allowed Wallode and the other two to gauge just how troublesome Akainu was.

"Like the Whitebeard Pirates member Portgas D. Ace from before—able to turn his body into a substance without solid form?"

Makarov stared deeply at Akainu for a moment; he had clearly felt his attack land on the opponent just now.

But from the looks of it, the opponent didn't seem to be affected in the slightest.

Such a phenomenon had only ever occurred with Ace from before.

It looked solid, yet was difficult to truly deal damage to.

Could this be a unique ability of their world?

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