Chapter 256

"*Boom! *"

Ace, with flames on his body, descended from the sky onto the deck, staring straight at Karl without blinking, his expression solemn. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the petrified Mihal in the corner out of the corner of his eye, and his face changed instantly.

"Karl, what did you do to my partner?"

Responding to Ace was silence. Hancock, standing beside him, snorted coldly, raised her arrogant head, covered her face with one hand, and pointed at Ace with the other.

"I petrified him. Who told him to use that lewd look to defile me? This is the end he deserves!"

Ace suppressed his anger and growled word by word: "Miss, my partner didn't mean it, please let him go, okay?"

"Hmph! Are you ordering me?"

Karl waved his hand: "Release the petrification!"

"Okay!"

Ace:???

After releasing the petrification, Mihal looked at Hancock in horror, scared to the point of retreating continuously, hiding behind Ace before stopping. The Franky Family members petrified on Scrap Island were a bit confused, but after Franky's reminder, they fled quickly.

The point is thorny, retreat quickly!

"Mihal, are you okay?"

Mihal panted a few times before saying: "I'm, I'm fine, Ace."

Ace nodded and put his focus back on Karl, saying lightly: "Uncle Karl, if you are here to invite me to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, sorry, I have no interest."

"Oh, are you sure? You're making it very difficult for me! If you are unwilling to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, then I have no choice but to send you to Impel Down."

"You should still remember what I said to you a few days ago, right?"

Ace revealed a smile: "I remember, but I promised Luffy that we would meet on the sea in the future, so I won't be captured without a fight!"

As soon as the words fell, the flames on Ace's body became more violent, and the temperature around them rose rapidly—hmm, the atmosphere became scorching.

"Hmph, your wings got hard after eating a Logia Devil Fruit?"

Ace took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and launched an attack suddenly: "Sacred Fire: Shiranui!"

His hands turned into flames, and the flames turned into long spears, which then pounced toward Karl. But in Karl's eyes, Ace was like someone who had delivered himself to the door.

Karl reached out to stop Hancock, who wanted to make a move, looked at Ace who was approaching continuously, and kicked backhand.

*Bang~* Then came Ace's cry of pain.

Ace, who was kicked flying, flipped several times before barely stopping. There was a size 47 footprint on his abdomen. After being helped up by his partners, Ace began to retch.

No other reason, Karl's kick made Ace nauseous.

"How could this be, isn't Captain Ace a Logia type? How could he be hit?"

"I know, this is the power from the New World, Haki!"

"Is this the strength of an Admiral Candidate? Too terrifying!"

The members of the Spade Pirates looked at Karl with panic. With just one kick, he beat Ace, who was called invincible, like this. Then if they weaklings went up, it would be for nothing. Could their pirate path end here?

Lucci, who was silently eating melons in the crowd, clenched his fists until they cracked. He saw that kick just now very clearly.

Tempest Kick + Armament Haki, and he had also held back his strength, which meant that Karl's Tempest Kick had already reached the realm of mastery, not to mention the Haki he hadn't mastered to this day.

Clearly his starting point was higher, but he was left far behind by Karl. This feeling...

"Ace, for the sake of your grandfather, I'll let you go today, but you won't be so lucky next time..."

"This is the invitation letter for the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Think about it carefully. If you figure it out, call the number on it."

Karl threw the invitation letter on the ground casually, sat on Raiu with Hancock, and left Scrap Island, highlighting his "do as one pleases" attitude, leaving Ace's companions stunned.

"Captain Ace, what, what does this mean?"

"I don't know..." Ace took a deep breath, his face changing between light and shadow. At this moment, his mood was very complex...

He had become a "free" pirate, but had to rely on his grandfather's face to escape a disaster. What was this?

*Boom~*

The invitation letter on the ground spontaneously combusted, soon turning into ashes and dissipating in the sea breeze.

Ace adjusted his emotions and smiled at Lucci and Kaku not far away: "The two masters have been laughed at. This is our ship. Please guide us so we can sail to the dock to repair the ship."

"Goo! No problem, please sail in this direction!"

The pirate ship gradually sailed away from Scrap Island and headed toward Dock 1. Ace stood silently by the railing, looking at the boundless sea.

At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind: immediately, right now, head to the New World, master the power of Haki! Become stronger!