cough!
Ahem!
Ace's whole body was embedded in the stone wall, coughing violently, blood flowing from his face, and he continued to spit out a little blood as he coughed.
He struggled hard, managed to break free from the stone wall, and fell to the ground. He stumbled with his whole body hunched over, almost falling, and barely managed to stay standing.
"How come the gap is so big..."
His vision was slightly blurred as he looked in the direction of Ross, unable to remain calm at all.
Although Lafitte is a bit tricky, he is fully confident in defeating him. Lafitte is already a senior member of the Ghost Hand Pirates. As the captain, even if Ross is strong, he may not be much better than Lafitte. .
But the fact is.
Lafitte and Rhodes are not on the same level at all. It can even be said that they are two or three levels apart!
"Boss Ace!"
"Are you OK?"
Many of Ace's subordinates came to their senses and ran over in panic, trying to help Ace.
At this time, Ross also slowly walked towards Ace.
"You... leave quickly!"
Ace's vision became clear again and he looked at Ross walking over. He pushed away the person who was supporting him and yelled at everyone.
At the same time, he crossed his hands in front of him and took a step forward.
"Fire Internet!"
The blazing flames intertwined and instantly turned into a large net, appearing behind Ace and blocking everyone behind.
"captain!"
"Boss Ace, what are you doing?!"
Forced back by the heat wave wrapped in the blazing flames, many of Ace's subordinates looked panicked.
However, their sight was blocked by the flames, and they could no longer see Ace's figure. Ace did not talk to them anymore, and looked resolutely at Ross, who was walking over.
"Our fight is not over yet."
"That means I can't chase your subordinates until the battle with you is over, right? You're pretty smart."
Ross looked at Ace calmly.
Ace didn't respond. He waved his arms violently, and the blazing flames were wildly activated and spread in all directions.
"Great Flame Ring..."
Circles of flames rotated, turning into monstrous pillars of fire, gathering towards the sky, and finally turned into a huge fireball, intertwining in the sky.
Emperor Yan!
Ace raised the bright fireball like the sun with one hand and looked at Ross without any intention of flinching.
“…”
Ross glanced at the fireball and could easily judge the power contained in it.
Ace is similar to Straw Hat Luffy. They both have the ability to get stronger when encountering a strong opponent, and they can continue to grow in battle.
The power of this move is somewhat remarkable.
"Drink!!"
At the next moment, Ace let out an angry roar, unleashed all his power, and threw the huge sun-like fireball towards Ross.
Ross stood there, clenched the five fingers of his right hand into a fist, and gave a simple wave.
A little more seriously.
boom!
The huge fireball paused the moment it arrived in front of Ross's fist.
Just like a ball of mud, stirred by some force, the entire fireball suddenly spun and turned into a whirlpool of flames.
Wow!
Under Ross's punch, Ace's Flame Emperor collapsed like a weak flame!
The entire street in front seemed to be swept by some kind of terrifying impact. The buildings were destroyed to pieces, and a ravine was blasted out of the ground that spread to the sky!
Ace's body flew high and landed heavily on the edge of the town.
No more movement.
"it's over."
Lafitte watched this scene, stretched his body, walked to Ross, and said:
"If it's natural, he's probably not dead yet. Do you want to arrest him?"
"How are our people?"
Ross did not answer, but looked at Lafitte and asked a question.
Lafitte said: "I was injured a lot, but there were no deaths. The kid kept his hands."
"oh."
Ross nodded slightly and said, "Then don't pay attention to him."
"If he plans to stay, report back to me."
After leaving a sentence, Rhodes' figure flashed and reached an altitude of several hundred meters. Then he drew a black arc and flew into the sky.
…
Inside the Sky Island Palace.
When Rhodes came back, Robin had also received the specific things that happened below.
"Don't you plan to keep the power of the Burning Fruit?"
When Ross walked into the palace, Robin happened to hang up the phone and asked Ross.
Although they are unable to peel the Devil Fruit from the body of the esper, just like Katakuri, imprisoning and slowly transforming it is a feasible method.
"Need not."
"A Shaoshao fruit is nothing. I want to see how things develop."
Ross took off his coat and his eyes flickered slightly.
Ace didn't go to Whitebeard, but came over to challenge him, which was something that surprised him.
What will happen after he is defeated is something Ross cannot predict. Will Ace go to Whitebeard again? !
If he didn't go, the subsequent development of things would be completely off-axis, and he didn't have the hobby of accepting people as his sons.
but.
Rhodes didn't really care about these.
At his current status, war and the like are no longer important events.
All he has to do is wait for the soul fruit to appear, take it into his own hands, and then use the soul exchange between this fruit and the surgical fruit to execute the plan to annihilate the four emperors!
…
Three months later.
Fire Fist Ace joins the Whitebeard Pirates.
It's a little bit unexpected, but it's also expected.
"Defeated Shichibukai Jinbe by a narrow margin, then lost to Whitebeard, and joined the Whitebeard Pirates..."
Listening to the information reported to him by Robin, Ross rested his chin on one hand.
He defeated Jinbei by a small margin, but it wasn't unexpected. Ace was taught a lesson by him, and he probably grew up a bit anyway.
But Whitebeard was still added later, which was something Ross could have imagined but was still a little surprised by.
"A mysterious power needed for the plot?"
With a murmur in his heart, Ross ignored it and put it aside.
At this moment, Robin, who was sorting out documents in the distance, heard his phone ring.
She took out the phone and answered it without changing her expression.
However.
After only hearing two sentences, her expression changed slightly.
"Roz, the soul fruit has appeared."
Just such a simple sentence made Ross, who was leaning on the back of the sofa and lying there lazily one moment, suddenly open his eyes the next moment.
There was an unprecedented fierceness in those eyes, like a sleeping tiger that smelled its prey in an instant!
"where?"
There are no too many words, just the simplest question.
Robin held the phone bug in one hand, took a deep breath, and said slowly:
"Holy Land...Marie Gioia."