"?!!"
Hearing Pops Whitebeard's words, the way Ace looked at Lucas truly changed.
Lucas was genuinely speechless, thinking to himself: Old man Whitebeard, can you not fan the flames?
Hearing Pops say this, everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates looked at Lucas with amazement.
They knew Ace's strength very well. Ace had high aptitude and had eaten the Mera Mera no Mi, a Logia-type Devil Fruit, considered the strongest class.
Yet Pops Whitebeard claimed this boy was much stronger than Ace, which was hard for them to believe.
Whoosh!!
Ace's arm ignited, transforming into a massive, super-hot flame.
"Is that so? Since Pops says that, I guess I can't hold back either."
"Fire Fist (Hiken)!!!"
Ace's arm extended, forming a giant fist of fire that blasted towards Lucas.
"Fire?!"
Seeing Ace use fire, Erica and the others stopped worrying. Fire had absolutely no effect on Lucas.
However, Ace's Fire Fist was surprisingly huge, clearly indicating his strength was formidable.
Lucas stood still, raised his right hand, and shouted softly:
"Crash!"
Swish—!
A grid-like substance shot directly from Lucas's hand.
Ace's Fire Fist was completely diced into cubes in front of Lucas.
Then, the Fire Fist dissipated into smoke before reaching him.
"?!"
"Ace's Fire Fist was actually...?!"
"It disappeared?!!"
"What ability is that?!"
Everyone was stunned by this scene. Whitebeard and the others were also seeing Lucas use Crash Magic for the first time and were very surprised.
Ace's expression changed slightly seeing this. His Fire Fist was blocked so easily. It seemed the opponent really couldn't be underestimated.
"Fire Gun (Higan)!!"
Ace pointed both index and middle fingers at Lucas like guns, firing continuous small flame attacks from his fingertips.
Snap!
Lucas snapped his fingers.
A honeycomb-like magic shield surrounded him.
Boom, boom, boom!!!
The small flames constantly bombarded the magic shield, but flames of this level didn't cause even a ripple.
"Again?!"
The Whitebeard Pirates were experienced, but Lucas's moves were incomprehensible to them.
Ace spread his hands, releasing a large number of small fireballs like fireflies to surround Lucas's magic shield.
"Firefly Light: Daruma Doll (Hotarubi: Hidaruma)!"
Boom————!!
Ace detonated all the small fireballs at once, causing a powerful explosion.
"How about that?"
Soon, a gust of sea breeze blew away the smoke.
Lucas stood still, the magic shield around him showing no damage whatsoever.
"Unscathed?!"
"Damn it! I don't believe this!"
Ace crossed his index fingers to form a cross, aiming at Lucas. A cross-shaped beam of light shot from his fingers, followed by flames along the beam towards Lucas.
The flames burned continuously on the magic shield. After a while, they finally burned a small hole in it.
Crack————!
The magic shield shattered.
Crackle, crackle!
Golden lightning appeared around Lucas's head.
Boom—!
A bolt of golden lightning appeared from beneath Ace's feet, striking him.
"Ugh!"
Ace cried out in pain, his body quickly turning into fire to dodge the lightning attack.
"Lightning?!"
"Is he a Logia user too?!"
Crackle, crackle!
Just as Ace dodged, a golden lightning bolt struck down from the sky. Ace hurriedly dodged again.
Boom—!
A large crater was blasted into the ground where Ace had just been standing.
Lucas raised his right hand, golden lightning gathering in his palm.
"Thunder Shock!"
Lucas released a pillar of lightning from his palm towards Ace.
"Heat Haze (Kagerou)!!"
Ace's arm turned into fire, shooting a pillar of fire from his palm.
Boom—————!!
The pillar of lightning and the pillar of fire collided, unleashing a violent explosive shockwave.
Bang!
Ace rushed out of the smoke and appeared in front of Lucas.
His fist burned with raging flames.
"Fire Fist!!"
Ace used Fire Fist again, increasing the power this time, making the flame fist even larger.
Snap!
Lucas snapped his fingers again, and the honeycomb shield reappeared.
Boom—————!!!
The giant flame fist bombarded the magic shield, instantly causing a terrifying explosion.
When the smoke cleared, the spherical shield showed dense cracks, but it had blocked Ace's Fire Fist.
"This guy!"
Ace felt Lucas was very tricky, especially this shield thing; its defense was too strong.
This guy had been fighting him for so long without moving from his spot, which made Ace even more annoyed. The opponent was looking down on him.
In that case...
"Flame Fence (Enjomo)!!!"
Ace's right arm suddenly spewed a large amount of fire, forming a wall of flames that ignited everything around Lucas.
Clearly, he intended to use high temperatures to force Lucas out of the shield.
At this moment, Lucas's voice rang out: "How about we call it a draw?"
Hearing Lucas's words, Ace rejected the proposal directly. "Of course not! There's no draw in a duel! Either win or lose!"
Suddenly, Whitebeard spoke up: "Brat! Stop playing around. These kids always think they're unbeatable. Let them see what a real powerhouse is."
Rin also shouted, "Lucas-nii, go for it!"
Lucas smiled bitterly. He knew he had to put in some effort now.
Crack!
The magic shield around Lucas shattered and dissipated, exposing him directly to the raging flames.
Just when everyone thought Lucas was crazy.
Lucas opened his mouth and inhaled sharply.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh————!!
The flames around Lucas were sucked into his mouth like flowing water. In the blink of an eye, the surrounding flames disappeared completely.
"Ehh————?!!!"
The jaws of everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates dropped to the ground, their eyes popping out.
".........He actually... actually ate the fire..."
"He ate it?! No way!"
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