Hearing Kai's words, Kizaru raised an eyebrow and asked:
"Oh my, Kai-kun, don't tell me you've learned Armament Haki? But if you're just a beginner, that won't be enough to threaten me, you know."
"Armament Haki? I haven't learned that yet," Kai admitted openly.
"Is that so? Then it must be a seastone weapon?" Kizaru said with that punchable expression of his.
The only things that could threaten a Logia user were Armament Haki and seastone. For Kizaru, with his light-speed abilities, seastone weapons could never hit him anyway.
The only thing he truly feared were masters of Armament Haki.
Hearing that Kai couldn't use Armament Haki, Kizaru stopped caring. So what if your physical skills were amazing? You couldn't even get close to him.
"Admiral Borsalino, it's not a seastone weapon either," Kai said with a faint smile.
"Oh?" Now Kizaru was curious.
Besides those two, was there anything else in these seas that could restrict Logia users?
Kai didn't speak. He held his breath, slowly raised his right arm, and spread his five fingers. Then he suddenly clenched his fist—a slender katana appeared in Kai's hand!
The katana's design was extremely simple, the kind you could buy for a few hundred berries at any street weapon shop. But from the blade emanated an ancient, primitive aura!
Seeing the katana that suddenly appeared in Kai's hand, Kizaru's pupils contracted sharply:
Where did he pull that katana from? Why didn't I sense anything? Could he also be a Devil Fruit user?
Looking more carefully at the katana in Kai's hand, Kizaru couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
For some reason, just staring at this katana made Kizaru feel unbearably hot all over. His instincts screamed that this blade was definitely not ordinary!
Just then, Kai's low chant suddenly rang in Kizaru's ears:
"All things in the universe, turn to ash—Ryūjin Jakka!!!"
A terrifying tongue of flame erupted violently from the long blade in Kai's hand, extending hundreds of meters into the distance. The entire human auction house was split directly in two!!
"Oh ho ho, Kai-kun, I didn't expect you to be a Devil Fruit user too. The Flame-Flame Fruit? But that's completely countered by Sakazuki's Magma-Magma Fruit, you know," Kizaru said.
In Kizaru's understanding, someone who could control the power of flames was undoubtedly a Flame-Flame Fruit user.
Moreover, at this point in time, Ace hadn't set sail yet. No Flame-Flame Fruit user had appeared on the seas, so Kizaru had no reason for further doubt.
"The Magma-Magma Fruit?"
Kai smiled contemptuously, completely unconcerned.
That whole theory Akainu believed about the Magma-Magma Fruit being superior to the Flame-Flame Fruit, about magma being "burning fire"—
Kai thought it was complete bullshit!
Compared to the Flame-Flame Fruit, magma might have a higher starting temperature!
But magma had fatal limitations! You had to understand—even the hottest magma in the Earth's mantle only reached about three thousand degrees!
The Flame-Flame Fruit, while starting with flames of only about four hundred degrees, had excellent developmental potential!
Strictly speaking, the Magma-Magma Fruit was just a branch fruit of the Flame-Flame Fruit. The reason Ace lost to Akainu was purely personal.
But enough about that—because the Ryūjin Jakka in Kai's hand wasn't the Flame-Flame Fruit!
It was—a Zanpakutō!!!
The most ancient fire-type Zanpakutō—Ryūjin Jakka!
In just its Shikai state, the flames produced by Ryūjin Jakka reached six thousand degrees!!
That was twice the temperature of the hottest magma!!!
First Form: Nadegiri!!!
Without wasting more words with Kizaru, Kai immediately launched an extremely swift and powerful slash, striking toward Kizaru with lightning speed!
The blade formed of flames rapidly expanded in mid-air!!
Devouring toward Kizaru!
Even from dozens of meters away, Kizaru could feel the scorching heat waves hitting his face!
His expression grew serious. Kizaru hadn't expected that with such incredible physical skills, Kai could also develop the "Flame-Flame Fruit" to this extent!!
"Ama no Murakumo!!!"
Kizaru cried out. Even when getting serious, his voice still sounded so sleazy.
A golden light sword five or six meters long appeared in Kizaru's hand!
A long sword formed from released photons, condensed into a solid state. The sharpness of Ama no Murakumo was definitely not comparable to ordinary good swords or skillful grade blades!!
In the original story, Kizaru had used Ama no Murakumo to battle Rayleigh, and as the Pirate King's right hand, a legendary great pirate!
The sword in Rayleigh's hand was a Supreme Grade blade!!
After their clash, Kizaru's Ama no Murakumo was completely unharmed, showing that whether in sharpness or durability, it wouldn't lose to a Supreme Grade blade.
Wielding Ama no Murakumo, Kizaru directly met the incoming massive flame blade!!
When the two collided, Kizaru's face instantly changed dramatically!
Though the Ama no Murakumo sword didn't shatter or break, Kizaru's body couldn't withstand such scorching temperatures!
This was definitely hotter than Akainu's magma!!!
Can't take this head-on!
Kizaru instantly made his decision. Switching to one-handed grip on Ama no Murakumo, his other hand immediately accumulated mirror-like light!
Yata no Kagami!!
Light shot rapidly from Kizaru's hand, bouncing continuously off the broken walls of the human auction house, finally forming trails of light.
Then Kizaru's body instantly disappeared, merging into these countless light trails!
Within Yata no Kagami, Kizaru could perfectly utilize his light-speed abilities!
Light trails filled the entire space. Kizaru moved constantly within them—Kai had no idea where he might suddenly emerge.
"Laser Beam!!!"
Kizaru's voice suddenly rang out from behind Kai!
Two golden rays of light shot straight toward Kai's back!!
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