Chapter 245 When the Red Dragon Roars
"Jump down?" Neptune followed Brett to the cliff edge. Just looking down once, his face instantly turned snow white. "Brett, are you serious?"
Though both fish-men and merfolk were excellent swimmers, jumping from this height and landing on the water surface wasn't a question of swimming ability at all!
At this height, the sea surface would be no different from solid ground!
They'd be smashed into mincemeat!
The Red Line's height above sea level was in no way less than Fish-Man Island's depth below it!
This was about ten thousand meters above sea level. Jumping from here—where was the way to survive?
"This is our only option now," Brett said calmly. "Once we're far from Mariejois, the Dyna Stones' deterrent power will greatly decrease."
"Neptune, trust me." Brett's lips curved. "It'll be fine."
The Ryugu Kingdom's king froze, then shook his head helplessly.
"You've really got me."
He said, "Then everyone, listen up—prepare to jump down!"
Thus, behind them, the three Admirals and Zero maintaining distance at a leisurely pace saw Brett's group successively walk to the cliff edge.
"Hey hey hey, what are they doing?" Aokiji's normally drooping eyelids couldn't help but widen. "Are they trying to learn from Fisher Tiger and climb down the Red Line?"
"No way, right?" Kizaru also said quite surprised. "That would be the worst decision!"
"Isn't this perfect?" Akainu sneered coldly. "Though that Brett guy can also use Moonwalk, when they're halfway down the mountain, that's our best attack opportunity."
"Eh? We're still pursuing?!" Kizaru complained. "But Brett has Dyna Sto—"
He only said half his words, then his eyes widened.
Because he saw a scene that truly felt unbelievable.
"They jumped, jumped down!!" Continuous exclamations suddenly rang out around them.
The converging Marines were truly shocked.
Because they saw the fish-men who'd reached the cliff edge, cornered with no way out, choosing to leap downward!
"Are they seeking death?" Even someone as cold-natured as Akainu couldn't help but exclaim.
Were these fools all treating themselves like Kaido? Thinking they had indestructible bodies!
"Regardless, chase and see! What if that guy has another trick!" Zero already shot out like a phantom, treading air, then after redirecting mid-air, similarly fell toward the Red Line's underside.
As CP0's leader, this man naturally couldn't be anything but proficient in Moonwalk.
"Just what I wanted!" Akainu was the second to shoot out, sweeping across the sky like a heavy bomber.
"Ara ara, this really is—" Aokiji sighed, then immediately chased after. His speed was even slightly faster than Akainu's—completely overtaking from behind.
"What a headache." Finishing Aokiji's unfinished second half, Kizaru also sighed as his body directly transformed into light.
Brilliant light redirected once in the air, then similarly headed beneath the Red Line.
Howling wind swept past their ears, but louder than the wind were the screams from around them.
"Waaaaah!" Neptune screamed with closed eyes.
Screaming with him were the guards who'd jumped simultaneously.
Even deep-sea warriors who'd undergone strict training still felt fear from their hearts when falling from ten thousand meters.
"Brett! Whatever method you have, bring it out quickly!" Neptune's scream remained prominent even in this fierce wind.
"Indeed, what method does Brett-kun have?" Laughter came from above. Brett turned back and saw light condensing in the sky overhead.
Kizaru appeared in the sky with a smile.
Above him, three more figures were also rapidly treading air approaching.
"How persistent," Brett sighed.
"How could we just let you escape like this!" Akainu's loud voice was clearly audible even from far away. "If you want to detonate, go ahead and detonate!"
"Hey, Sakazuki, don't say such things." Kizaru protested very helplessly, turning back.
Brett was also quite helpless. These guys really were—what could he say about them?
However—
"Don't need it anymore now." Brett smiled and put away the Dyna Stones.
"What?" Kizaru, who'd been smiling, now frowned.
Something was wrong.
The situation was wrong.
Could Brett really have another trick?
He immediately found out.
Fiery red scales began spreading across Brett's body surface. A pair of sharp horns extended from his forehead, pointing toward the sky.
"This is—!!" Kizaru's eyes widened.
"Flame Clouds!" Clouds spread out, directly surrounding all the fish-men within.
"Clouds?" Gently caught by the soft clouds, Neptune was very surprised.
"You're kidding!" Kizaru nearly lost his voice.
He looked at Brett wrapped in clouds, floating in mid-air, completely transformed into a fiery red dragon-man.
"Hey hey hey, what's going on?!" Aokiji, who'd descended from the sky treading air and stopped at this height, also dramatically changed expression. "I never knew this guy was also an devil fruit user! Moreover, this ability!"
"Fish-Fish Fruit Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon form!" As his clothes billowed, Zero arrived. "Though the color is somewhat different, it's undoubtedly Kaido's ability!"
"Dr. Vegapunk once presided over experiments replicating Kaido's lineage factor! But ultimately he said the experiment failed! Only produced a useless fruit!"
"My luck was pretty good, right?" Brett said with a smile.
"This really is—!" The wrinkles on Kizaru's face became incomparably deep with amazement.
So this man was much stronger than they'd seen in the past!
"What are you still hesitating for? So what if he's an devil fruit user—it's just one more reason we absolutely cannot let him escape!" The entire sky was becoming scorching hot. Surrounding clouds were dissipating.
Brett looked up. His vision was completely blocked by a massive magma fist.
"Great Eruption!" The magma fist descended like a falling meteor.
"He's right!" Aokiji took a deep breath. His body began freezing.
The strongest shield and Kizaru also simultaneously prepared to strike.
"Gale!" Brett roared toward the sky.
Then in this sky, fierce winds suddenly arose!
The cloud layers that had begun dissipating due to the magma fist were swept completely clean this time.
Violent winds formed a massive tornado spanning the sky, directly sweeping Akainu's magma fist in, then tearing it apart.
Not only that—the winds kept expanding, swallowing everyone within in an instant.
"Bad!" Aokiji immediately realized the problem.
The air was completely disrupted. Moonwalk couldn't be used.
"Damn it!" Zero also cursed angrily, but it was useless.
The massive tornado reversed direction, plunging downward.
Taking all people swept by the winds along in the fall.
Even monsters called Marine Admirals or strongest shield couldn't resist natural laws.
After Moonwalk lost effectiveness, they couldn't conquer the sky.
Conversely, the fish-men wrapped in Flame Clouds still floated steadily in the sky, already heading toward the distant heavens.
"Excellent!" Though Neptune didn't understand what Brett's ability was, he knew they seemed safe now.
But not yet.
"Don't run!" Roaring, a certain man's body gushed magma, forcibly ascending against the wind.