Chapter 248

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "Sakazuki's Gentle Justice!", receiving the sign-in reward "Sakazuki's Mighty Physique"!】

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"Sakazuki's Mighty Physique": As an Admiral of the Marines, although renowned for Devil Fruit abilities, his hand-to-hand combat is equally outstanding, and his physique is no match for the Hand-to-Hand Combat Admirals!;

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Sima Di's physique perception increased significantly; his Armament Haki, already at a high upper-level standard, was now pushed directly to the bottleneck of the high level!

He, who had long comprehended "Armament Haki Flow",

found this bottleneck not as difficult as Observation Haki; it only stalled slightly before shattering with a sound!

Armament Haki — Top Tier!

Although merely entering the Top Tier,

after all, it was Sakazuki's physique that was strengthened, not his Armament Haki.

But when Sima Di was at the high level of Armament Haki, he could already use the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and go head-to-head with the Hand-to-Hand Combat Admiral Garp!

Now, not to say he would crush him,

at least pushing him down a notch should be no problem, right?

"Don't think you can make me fall!"

"I am Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become the King of the Pirates!"

Luffy's sudden roar snapped Sima Di back to his senses.

He saw Luffy's right fist blazing with fierce flames, like an Elephant Gun wrapped in fire, swinging a punch that roared toward Sakazuki.

"Hellfire Fist Gun!!!"

Sakazuki raised an eyebrow in surprise; he hadn't expected this kid to actually complete a Devil Fruit Awakening?

Although it was only a partial awakening, it was still rare and precious.

"The Devil Fruit ability of a Freedom Fighter, huh... I'll just have to see!"

"Dog Bite Red Lotus!!!"

A dog's head made of molten lava opened its mouth wide, fangs wrapped in Sakazuki's Top Tier Armament Haki, intending to swallow Luffy's Hellfire Fist Gun!

Logically,

Luffy's Armament Haki was merely intermediate; there was absolutely no way it could break Sakazuki's "Dog Head".

The Hellfire Fist Gun was bitten by the Dog Head,

and the giant fireball wrapped around the Elephant Fist turned into ring after ring of flame rings, exploding from the Dog Head's mouth; it actually melted the Top Tier Armament Haki wrapped around it, the magma evaporating into gas like smoke, cracks spreading all over the Dog Head.

Until...

"Crash-crash-crash—"

Sakazuki's Dog Head was truly shattered by the Hellfire Fist Gun, scattering into a rain of molten lava across the sky; the Hellfire Fist Gun, its momentum undiminished, slammed into Sakazuki, pushing him back a full hundred meters with his arms crossed in defense before finally exhausting all its power and stopping.

It could be clearly seen that

Sakazuki's arms were glowing red, with wisps of gas drifting in the air.

It was the magma evaporated by the high temperature!

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "The Magma Fruit Suppressed by a Superior!", receiving the sign-in reward "Golden Superman's Heat Vision"!】

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"Golden Superman's Heat Vision": Golden Superman is the supreme evolved form of future Supermen, an existence capable of building a castle at the core of the solar system and cultivating under the sun's most intense rays! His Heat Vision has also received high-level enhancement; the shockwave can even shatter a planet's core, and the accompanying high-temperature damage can rival the sun's core!;

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Tsk!

I didn't expect to snag a famous scene from this?

But since it wasn't the Nika Fruit Awakening, is it because it hasn't fully awakened yet, so it doesn't count?

And what's unexpected is...

The Nika Fruit is actually superior to the Magma Fruit?

This made Sima Di think of his past life; everyone said the Mera Mera no Mi was inferior to the Magu Magu no Mi, because no matter how Ace attacked, the temperature would only be absorbed by the magma and then returned to Ace doubled.

Looking at it now,

it wasn't the Mera Mera no Mi that was weak; as long as the temperature was high enough, one could, just like Luffy, directly vaporize the magma!

It was just Ace himself who was weak...

Looking at the reward again,

a shockwave capable of shattering a planet's core, a temperature rivaling the sun's core...

This Heat Vision is ridiculously overpowered!

Correspondingly,

I'm afraid the consumption will also be ridiculously high; who knows, one glare might drain him dry...

"Luffy!"

"Oh my god!"

"Di! Quick! Heal him!"

The flames wrapped around Luffy had long since extinguished; now his skin was wrinkled like an old man's, and even his breath was so weak it seemed he might draw his last at any moment.

He has severely overdrafted his life force again!

Sima Di raised his hand, condensing holy light, while Sakazuki on the side glared with wide eyes!

"Swish—"

"Swish—"

"Swish—"

He directly used Shave, vanishing without a trace.

Sima Di was left utterly confused.

He then successively hurled three beams of Holy Light at Luffy to restore his youthful state, yet Luffy remained in a coma.

Sima Di had a way to replenish the consumed life force, but he was helpless regarding the consumed spiritual energy.

Holy Light glowing in his hands, Sima Di looked at the rather disheveled crowd.

"You must be quite tired too. Want a dose?"

The crowd:? っQ?;)っ

"I'll take Luffy back to rest first."

Chopper transformed into a reindeer, carried Luffy, used Hearthstone, and returned directly to the Going Merry.

"The problem of miniaturizing the energy shield field hasn't been solved yet; I'm out!" Franky also hurriedly rubbed up Hearthstone and fled.

Although he quite liked the "pregnancy gaze," he'd pass on the blessing.

The others also reached for their Hearthstones, preparing to flee immediately.

"Wait! Wait a moment, everyone!" Usopp suddenly shouted, "Wait before leaving! I have something to say!"

Oh?

The remaining people looked at Usopp strangely; had he finally stood up today?

It was indeed rare.

Sima Di vaguely guessed what was coming, extinguished the Holy Light, and watched Usopp with interest.

Suddenly becoming the center of attention,

Usopp immediately struck a pose, coughing with great seriousness.

"Hey! If you don't speak up, I'll take my sword to you!" Zoro said displeased.

"Don't rush!" Usopp hurriedly said, "I didn't notice it while watching the fight, but during my battle with Sakazuki, my Observation Haki penetrated the earth. I discovered a vast space underground, and... people! Or rather... very strange people."

As expected!

Sima Di knew Usopp was going to say this.

"How could there be people?" Jinbe asked in confusion, "A terrible accident occurred on Punk Hazard, turning this island into a deserted isle. This is probably why Sakazuki and the others chose this place as their battlefield..."

"Jinbe, Usopp's Observation Haki has a penetrating property, so it shouldn't be wrong," Sanji said with interest. "Strange life forms beneath a deserted isle? Pity Luffy is unconscious; otherwise, he would definitely be very interested."

"Don't forget about me," Sima Di smiled. "Let's go explore this underground world." 0.9

Usopp was about to ask how to get down...

Sima Di directly struck with a palm, a black-golden Buddha palm punching straight through the magma and the earth, then used the Cosmic Freeze Fist to freeze the magma that was about to flow in.