Marco, who had also considered this possibility, turned pale.
"Meiser, don't tell me you..."
If this guy died here, their Whitebeard Pirates would truly be disgraced!
"I said I'm fine!" Meiser shouted. "Get them out of here now!"
As his voice fell, Meiser's body distorted and then vanished from Akainu's sight.
When he reappeared, he was completely unharmed and had created distance from Akainu.
Seeing this, everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"Bastard, do you think you alone can stop me?" Akainu said coldly.
But unfortunately, Meiser ignored him and decisively activated his ninjutsu.
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth Flow Walls!"
"Boom!!"
"Boom!!"
"Boom!!"
One enormous earthen wall after another appeared before Akainu, temporarily separating the two sides.
Akainu: ???
Glancing at these walls as tall as the encirclement wall, Akainu sneered, "You think these can stop me?"
How naive!
With a cold laugh, Akainu raised his magma fist and smashed forward!
"Boom!!"
The terrifying attack easily shattered one of the earth flow walls!
"It really isn't that simple." Meiser frowned. Just then, Luffy shouted, "Meiser, let's go together!"
"You go first," Meiser said without looking back, having temporarily blocked Akainu. "I'll join you after you board the ship."
"Oh, I got it!" Luffy nodded.
Then the man's eyes rolled back as he lost consciousness, lying there snoring loudly.
Ivankov, startled, rushed over to check on Luffy and sighed in relief. "He's fine, just asleep."
Hearing this, Meiser immediately relaxed—as long as he wasn't dead.
"Marco, take Luffy and the others and leave," Ace said, standing up. "I'll stay and fight Akainu with the Blood-Eyed Ninja."
Marco was taken aback and replied, "Don't joke, Ace. Even if someone stays, it should be me..."
"I said I'll do it, I..."
"Shut the hell up, both of you!" Meiser roared.
Startled by his outburst, the two fell silent, confused by his anger.
"Ace, you bastard, you still plan to stay?" Meiser scolded. "Do you have to wait until Luffy dies right in front of you before you give up?"
Ace opened his mouth to retort but swallowed his words.
He knew Meiser was right.
He had indeed pushed Luffy into a deadly situation earlier...
If Meiser hadn't intervened in time, Luffy would probably be dead.
At this thought, a flicker of guilt passed through Ace's eyes.
"And don't forget, your Pops is still fighting up ahead," Meiser said. "If you want his death to be in vain, then stay!"
"But don't expect me to save you this time!"
Ace, having been scolded by Meiser, lowered his head and replied, "You're right. I'll take Luffy and leave now."
If he really died here... then Pops' efforts would all be wasted!
With this thought, Ace immediately hoisted Luffy onto his back and swiftly charged into the distance.
"Thank you, Meiser," Marco said.
"Save your breath and get moving!"
"Right!"
This time, Marco didn't waste words but turned and led the others away from the area.
Just then, Akainu shattered all the Earth-Style Walls with his Magma Fist and noticed the fleeing Whitebeard Pirates.
"Hey, you failures of the Whitebeard Pirates, do you really plan to run away like this?" Akainu shouted. "Your Pops is about to die here!"
But unfortunately, no one paid him any attention this time, all straining to run forward with all their might.
Akainu: ???
Just a moment ago, his taunts managed to keep that idiot here. Why isn't it working now?
No, I can't let them escape.
With this thought, Akainu prepared to charge over and eliminate them.
At that moment, Meiser stepped in front of Akainu, blocking his path.
"Damn Blood-Eyed Ninja," Akainu glared furiously at Meiser. "Don't interfere with me eliminating those two with evil bloodlines."
"Evil... bloodlines?"
Hearing Akainu's words, Meiser's eyes immediately turned cold.
"Fire Fist Ace is the son of the pirate Roger, and Straw Hat Boy is the son of Dragon. What else could they be but evil bloodlines?" Akainu said coldly.
But seeing that Meiser's expression remained unchanged, Akainu shook his head. "Then again, there's no point discussing this with someone like you. After all, you're a pirate too."
With that, Akainu activated his Devil Fruit ability, generating massive amounts of scorching magma!
"BOOM!!"
The next moment, Akainu controlled the terrifyingly hot magma to surge toward Meiser, intending to delay him.
Meanwhile, Akainu himself used the magma to propel his upper body forward, charging toward Luffy and the others.
Staring at Akainu high above, Meiser said coldly, "I hate guys like you the most!"
As he spoke, Meiser summoned his half-body Susanoo and simultaneously called forth his weapon, the TimePiercingSpearOfToki!
Then, Meiser raised the spear and aimed it at Akainu, who was charging through the air!
"Useless!" Akainu roared. "I am a Magma Fruit user!"
With his level of Observation Haki, he could easily use Elemental Transformation in advance to evade enemy attacks!
This way... even if his opponent had mastered Armament Haki, they still couldn't hit him!
Thinking this, Akainu completely ignored Meiser's attack, intending to reach Ace and the others as quickly as possible.
Faced with Akainu's reaction, Meiser didn't waste a single word, hurling his spear directly at Akainu's body.
"THUD!"
The strike pierced straight through Akainu's abdomen, creating a hollow space where he had used Elemental Transformation!
"Useless, I can use Elemental Transformation in advance..."
"Yomotsu Hirasaka!"
Without giving Akainu any chance to speak, Meiser immediately activated the Sacred Gear Effect of TimePiercingSpearOfToki in coordination with his left eye!
Whoosh
A terrifying force acted upon Akainu's body, instantly freezing his condition at the moment he was struck!
"Yomotsu Hirasaka?"
Frowning without realizing what had happened, Akainu said, "Another Ninjutsu I've never heard of?"
Though he didn't know what this technique was, since it hadn't inflicted any injuries on him, it probably wasn't anything formidable.
Thinking this, Akainu ignored Meiser's attack and allowed him to pull out the pale golden spear.
"Hmm?"
Glancing at Meiser who was silently staring at him, a flicker of confusion passed through Akainu's eyes.
'Why isn't this kid continuing his attack?' Akainu wondered inwardly.
Wait!!
Suddenly sensing something amiss, Akainu immediately looked down at his abdomen.
"What's going on?!" Akainu's expression changed sharply. "Why can't my body restore itself to its original form?"
He had habitually tried to shift the elemental part of his abdomen back, but when that element touched his abdomen, it recoiled like a mouse seeing a cat, returning directly to its previous position.
This left him unable to restore his body to its original state, forced to maintain the hole in his abdomen!
"Damn it, what is this?!" Akainu thought in shock.
He could confirm there was no trace of the opponent's Haki on him, nor any negative effects from a Devil Fruit.
So the question remained - how had the opponent achieved this?
Could it be that Ninjutsu he mentioned earlier?!
At this realization, Akainu focused his gaze on the spear in Meiser's hand.
Just then, Meiser spoke: "Does it feel unpleasant being unable to restore your Elemental Transformation?"
"Brat ninja, what did you do?" Akainu asked, halting his movements.
"You guess," Meiser said, narrowing his eyes.
Seeing Meiser's expression, veins bulged on Akainu's forehead.
'Damn it, what kind of ability is this?!'
He could clearly feel the presence of the elemental portion in his abdomen, yet couldn't manipulate it back into place.
'It seems some strange force is acting on my abdomen,' Akainu murmured inwardly.
He just couldn't comprehend what kind of power could affect a Logia type's Elemental Transformation!
Subsequently, Akainu lowered himself to the ground while retracting the scorching magma.
Glancing at the still-dripping magma hole in his abdomen, a shadow crossed Akainu's eyes.
He tried once more to shift the elemental portion toward his abdomen, attempting to restore his body.
But unfortunately, the result remained unchanged.
The elemental portion immediately returned to its previous position upon contacting his abdomen.
"Damn brat!" Akainu cursed.
If he remained in this state permanently, he wouldn't even be able to set sail!
After all... his magma would burn the marine warships to ashes!
At this thought, Akainu's expression grew even darker.
The marines watching from behind froze in confusion upon seeing this scene.
"What's happening with Admiral Sakazuki? Why can't he restore his body?"
"No idea..."
3
"Could it be that Blood-Eyed Ninja did something?" A Marine looked at Meiser and said: "After all, that hole was made by him."
Through the gap created by Admiral Akainu's attack, they had witnessed the entire process!
"What kind of strange ability is this again?" Borsalino frowned.
The previous arrow attack could damage the true body even after elemental transformation.
And now this spear could disable elemental transformation... What kind of nonsense was this!
"An ability that counters elemental transformation?"
Aokiji stared at the massive pale golden spear in Susanoo's hand and said: "It seems we can't use elemental transformation when fighting this guy in the future."
Otherwise, this kind of situation would likely occur.
At that moment, a thought surfaced in Aokiji's mind.
'I wonder if that guy Akainu will still be able to eat from now on.' Aokiji murmured inwardly.
If he couldn't eat anything, he might starve to death...
The first Admiral in history to die of starvation?
Thinking this, Aokiji fell into deep contemplation.
"Damn ninja brat." Sengoku said with an unpleasant expression: "Always causing trouble for us."
Though he didn't know what ability the Blood-Eyed Ninja had used this time, with this delay, Akainu would never be able to catch up to the Whitebeard Pirates now.
Thinking this, Sengoku turned his gaze to Ace who had rushed onto the pirate ship.
Then, the man silently sighed.
Ah.
"Fufufufu~"
"Truly astonishing." Doflamingo grinned: "To actually disable elemental transformation...
Having lived this long, this was the first time he'd encountered such a fellow.
"Elemental transformation disabled."
Crocodile, flying mid-air, looked cautiously at Meiser and said: "What a terrifying guy."
Not only could he manipulate seawater to counter ability users, but now he could directly disable the elemental transformation of Logia type users...
Was this the power of ninjas?
Truly fearsome!
'It seems I should keep my distance from this guy in the future.' Crocodile thought to himself.
While thinking this, Crocodile continued flying toward the pirate ship.
"He can even do something like this?" Buggy stared shocked at Meiser's back and said: "What a terrifying ninja!
If the other party used that special ability to cut him... would his Chop-Chop Fruit still work?
Thinking this, Buggy fell into deep contemplation.
"Hey hey hey, am I seeing things?" A reporter from Sabaody Archipelago showed an astonished expression after witnessing the scene: "Why did Marine Admiral Akainu's elemental transformation ability fail?"
"It must be something the Blood-Eyed Ninja did."
"Indeed, that hole was made by his spear."
"Is it some special Devil Fruit ability?"
"Not sure."
"Whatever, let's record it first." One reporter said excitedly: "Being able to disable a Marine Admiral's Devil Fruit ability - this is crucial intelligence!"
"You're right!"
Hearing this reporter's words, the other reporters immediately picked up their pens and began recording, each of them looking extremely excited.
"How did this kid manage that?" Moria stared in shock at Meiser on the screen. "Can Ninjutsu even accomplish something like this?"
If he could nullify Akainu's Devil Fruit Ability, did that mean... he could also punch a permanent hole through his own shadow?
At this thought, Moria fell into deep contemplation.
This ability... was somewhat eerie.
"How exactly did Xiao Meiser do it?" Shakky asked curiously. "Could it be some advanced Haki technique?"
Like... Conqueror's Haki Infusion!!
Huh?
No!
This kid doesn't even possess Conqueror's Haki, so he couldn't possibly have mastered Conqueror's Haki Infusion.
Then... could it be an advanced Armament Haki technique?
But that doesn't make sense either. Armament Haki doesn't have any special abilities in this regard.
Thinking this, Shakky fell into deep thought.
"Haki doesn't have the ability to nullify a Logia type's Elemental Transformation," Rayleigh shook his head. "So I don't think he used Haki."
The main function of Haki is to grab the fluid body of a Logia user, but it can't nullify Elemental Transformation!!
Yet Meiser's ability can accomplish exactly that...
How did he do it?!
"So it's not Haki." Shakky frowned. "Then it must be an ability derived from his bloodline."
An ability that can nullify a Logia type's Elemental Transformation... how terrifying!!!