CHAPTER 294: AKAINU'S DEFEAT
Leaping up together with Akainu were several other people.
Because he'd restrained his Conqueror's Haki earlier, the headquarters vice admirals on this fleet hadn't lost any combat ability whatsoever. They now charged toward Brett alongside Akainu.
"Meaningless."
Brett didn't even bother glancing at the other vice admirals.
He simply floated quietly in the sky. The approaching vice admirals all had their expressions change drastically as they retreated after getting close to him.
After closing the distance, the vice admirals realized that if they actually touched Brett, they'd probably be melted instantly.
The temperature was simply too absurd.
All they could do was launch some long-range attacks, like Storm Leg from the Six Powers or flying slashes.
But what effect could such attacks possibly have?
Forget whether they could break through that layer of flame armor covering Brett's body surface—even if they stood still and let them attack, they probably couldn't leave even the slightest mark on Brett's dragon scales.
The only one Brett paid attention to was Akainu.
"All of you, get back! Great Eruption!!"
Akainu roared loudly while swinging both fists continuously. Then one exceptionally massive magma chunk after another crashed thunderously toward Brett.
In that moment, Akainu truly seemed to have transformed into a humanoid volcano.
Brett remained unmoved, simply twisting his body. His tail, also covered in flame armor, wrapped itself in jet-black Haki in that moment, then whipped through the air.
An extremely visually striking scene appeared—Brett simply swung his tail and shattered all the mountain-sized magma chunks in midair.
The shattered magma didn't even have time to fly out and fall into the sea before being directly vaporized by the high temperature coiling around Brett's body.
"...!"
Even Akainu had to acknowledge it now.
Magma seemed to truly have no effect whatsoever on this bastard.
This was the first time Akainu had ever felt so unwilling.
"Hey hey hey, Sakazuki, now's not the time to be discouraged!"
Kizaru flashed into midair, crossing both hands before his chest. Countless light particles scattered down, covering Brett directly.
Even someone as lazy as him knew what it meant if they were defeated here.
"Since you can't handle this guy, let's switch opponents!"
Brett could ignore Sakazuki's magma, but he couldn't ignore his light.
Though the difference wasn't particularly significant—Brett swung his tail again, detonating all the light bullets in midair.
"Don't ignore me!"
Zephyr pounced toward Kizaru again.
"This is really troublesome."
Kizaru took a deep breath. Then the light in the sky dimmed somewhat, while his own radiance became even more dazzling.
"Awakening, huh?"
Brett murmured to himself.
If Navy Headquarters admiral-level powerhouses couldn't awaken, that would be far too laughable.
This was his first time seeing a Logia awakening.
Zoan awakenings affected oneself. Paramecia mostly affected the external environment, with some causing qualitative changes to one's own abilities.
So what did Logia awakenings look like?
Brett found out immediately.
Countless light beams condensed from thin air, then thunderously descended.
The quantity still matched the level of Yasakani no Magatama, but the power was incomparable to before.
What was this? Had he assimilated the surrounding environment into light, or was he manipulating light itself?
Either way, after activating awakening, Kizaru's destructive power had greatly increased.
"Thunder!"
Brett released dazzling lightning to collide with it.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Amid explosions filling the sky, Akainu charged to Brett's front.
"Dark Hound!!"
His entire body had nearly melted into magma, indescribable pressure brewing within his body, then exploding through his right arm the next instant.
A fist capable of piercing through mountain ranges thunderously arrived!
Undoubtedly, this punch's power far exceeded every previous attack.
So this guy had also activated awakening?
Similar to Paramecia, Logia awakenings also consumed massive amounts of stamina—a trump card that could only be used at the most critical moments, right?
But Brett was chuckling softly.
He heard Akainu's attack intent crystal clear, so he simply shifted his body lightly and had already avoided Akainu's punch.
"Thunder-Fire Breath!"
Then he twisted his head and exhaled. A breath combining flames and thunder directly blasted Akainu away.
However, just the next second, with superhuman explosive power, Akainu forcibly charged toward them against Brett's breath through magma eruptions.
"How interesting!"
Brett laughed loudly. "Then try this!"
"Gale!"
Around him, violent winds suddenly rose.
The surging winds began rotating. Massive tornadoes took form in that moment.
The wind pillars seemed to connect heaven and earth—reaching toward the sky above, touching the sea surface below.
Seawater was also drawn up, directly transforming the gale winds into water tornadoes.
Even this wasn't the end. The flames coiling around Brett also flowed out, merging into these water tornadoes.
Flames that could burn in seawater—in this moment, they transformed the water tornadoes into fire tornadoes again.
Flames and seawater intertwined together, beginning to spread in all directions.
"Ngh!!"
The air was in turmoil. Now, even relying on magma eruptions, Akainu found it very difficult to move freely in the air.
The tornado rolled toward him.
"Damn it!!"
Akainu cursed furiously. He naturally realized it—fighting in the sky, on the sea surface, put him at far too much of a disadvantage.
Not only was his movement restricted now, his awakening couldn't be fully utilized either.
Swaying about, Akainu continuously threw punches, launching massive magma fists one after another, trying to shatter the gale.
He did accomplish it—his powerful force even shattered the wind itself.
But at this moment, Brett swam over. Taking advantage of Akainu's restricted movement, he began circling around Akainu.
"It's over, Admiral Akainu."
Brett was stirring up wind and clouds. Using his circling trajectory as a starting point, an unprecedentedly massive tornado began taking shape.
This time Akainu was directly trapped inside the tornado, and no matter how he swung his fists, Brett kept the tornado constantly regenerating.
"Bastard!!"
Akainu's pupils had already contracted to their limit. The violent wind made free movement completely impossible. His body began drifting with the wind.
Worse still, seawater was being swept up by the wind.
"Great Eruption!!!"
Akainu roared, throwing a desperate punch toward Brett with all his might.
But Brett still didn't stop manipulating the gale wind, simply firing a breath downward that shattered Akainu's magma fist.
And then...
"Sakazuki!!"
Watching that massive forming water tornado, Kizaru couldn't help but cry out.
If this were on land, he believed Sakazuki might not beat Brett, but he definitely wouldn't be this pathetic.
But this was on the sea! Sakazuki, wrapped in the water tornado—
"This really is an unanticipated development..."
Kizaru smiled bitterly.
If only Kuzan were here.
That's what he thought.
"Do you have time to worry about Sakazuki, Borsalino? You should prepare to join him and Kuzan!"
Kizaru heard his teacher say this.
"What?"
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