Rebirth in One Piece as Deputy Captain Chapter 186

Chapter 186

“FIRE FIST!”

[*TL note: Hiken (Hiken, literally meaning “Fire Fist” ): Ace’s signature attack and the source of his nickname “Fire Fist Ace“. Ace turns his fist into flames and launches it as a dense column of fire at his target. This attack is so potent that it can plow through several ships in one shot. This is called Fire Fist in the VIZ translation and Funimation translation, Heat Fist in the 4Kids dub, and Flame Fist in the Funimation dub of “One Piece: Unlimited Adventure“.]

Ace’s right fist turned into a ball of flames, stretching rapidly and becoming more than ten meters. Huge flames gathered, moving towards Lin Tian.

The raging flames volatilized at extremely high temperatures, and the ground was burnt wherever it pa.s.sed, turning into scorched black. At that extremely high temperature, the seawater in the surrounding cracks boiled, blisters emerged. White smoke rose, and the entire forest seemed to be shrouded in mist.

The flame fist, which seemed enormous, was swift, and it came to Lin Tian in a flash.

Looking at the coming flame fist, Lin Tian’s face moved slightly. His right hand was clenched, and a fist suddenly shot out. Lin Tian did not use Conqueror’s Haki, and here, he uses his normal fist against the Fire Fist.

Seeing Lin Tian’s actions, Ace’s complexion slightly changed, his Fire Fist has extremely high offensive and destructive power, and the three-masted galleon would have been destroyed with one punch.

‘Lin Tian tried to catch it with an ordinary fist; he’s this strong.’

Ace thought that he knew that Lin Tian was not the kind of person who would be so big-headed.

“Profound Truth. Air Fist.”

Lin Tian made a low drink in his mouth, and his right fist suddenly slammed out. The powerful force was transmitted into the void. The air vibrated, forming a column of air that was invisible to the naked eye.

When he hit the flame fist head-on, the fire was a thing that was extremely difficult to gather and easily dispersed. Under the impact of the air column, it instantly spread out in all directions.

Fortunately, Lin Tian fought last night, destroying the entire forest. The flame started to dissipate without burning problems.

Marines and pirates outside the island; after waiting for a long time, they can’t see any movement on the island, as if neither of them was fighting anymore.

Thatch asked himself puzzledly: “What’s the matter? Why is there no movement on the island? Based on Ace’s fighting style, on this primitive island, it is impossible to be without seeing a little action.”

Hina was also puzzled and said with a dangling cigarette: “What’s the matter? There is no movement at all. What are the two of them doing inside?”

Before the words fell, a sky-reaching flame appeared on the island, rushing straight into the sky, appearing for a few seconds, and then slowly dissipating between the sky and the earth.

“Fire Fist! Fire Fist Ace! It’s Ace Captain!” On the pirate ship, the pirates watched this scene and couldn’t help but praise.

But there is not much change in the Marines. They are Marines who have fought with Lin Tian. They are obviously all about the strength of Vice-Admiral Lin Tian, and they have no doubt that Lin Tian will win.

Lin Tian threw a fist, but what was. .h.i.t was still a ball of flames, and the fierce fist wind directly blew these flames into a ball of small fires.

“Hey! The feature of Logia Fruit Ability User is troublesome, and my physical attacks are doin’ nothin’.” Lin Tian said with some trouble.

These fireb.a.l.l.s seemed to be spiritual, floating in the sky, and then gathered together, and Ace’s body slowly appeared.

“Fire gun.”

[*TL note:Higan (Higan, literally meaning “Fire Gun” ): Pointing the index and middle fingers of both hands at an opponent like a gun, Ace turns his fingertips into the fire and shoots bullets made of compressed flame from them. In the VIZ translation and Funimation translation, this is called Fire Gun.]

His hands are shaped like a gun, and a ball of flame bullets are quickly emitted from the middle finger, forming a torrent of bullets, and headed towards Lin Tian.

“DARK BALL”

The void around Lin Tian was also extremely dark. Still, it instantly returned to its original state, and hundreds of small black b.a.l.l.s were quietly suspended around him.

The black torrent and the yellow torrent flashed across the void and slammed into it. Accompanied by the fire, a series of explosions sounded.

“Ace, I haven’t seen you in four years. Your combat power has increased so much. Now you can compete with me. In the past, you were completely abused.” Lin Tian said with a smile.

Ace, whose limbs turned into flames, said, “Lin Tian! As you said, the Great Route is a stage for the strong. Since I got Mera Mera no Mi, my battle strength has started to increase rapidly. Lin Tian, take this move; Flame Mirror.”

[*TL note:Kyokaen (Ky?kaen, literally meaning “Mirror Fire Flame” ): Ace releases a wall of fire to block an attack. In the VIZ translation, this is called Mirror Flame and Flame Mirror in the Funimation sub.]

Countless flames spurted out of both arms, and in a blink of an eye, a ma.s.sive firewall over a hundred meters wide and more than ten meters high was formed, which directly pushed it across with extremely violent force.

The remaining forests ignited spontaneously at this extremely high temperature. The fire took advantage of the wind to start a prairie fire, and the entire forest burned up. When the island was built, it was caught in a fire.

Everyone outside looked at this scene with shocked faces. The whole island was burned and plunged into a raging fire.

The whole island has become a stove. Captain Ace is Mera Mera no Mi Ability User, and this environment has no impact on him. And the Killing G.o.d Lin Tian, although he is also a Devil Fruit Ability User, can imagine what kind of damage he will face in such a high-temperature environment.

Wiping off the fragrant sweat on his forehead, Ain’s face was extremely worried, “How could Lin Tian be able to hold it in this environment?”

They were still hundreds of meters away from the island. Still, when the heatwave hit, they felt that the temperature was extremely high, and they couldn’t stop sweating on their bodies. It was conceivable that Lin Tian, who stayed in the center, had to endure high temperature.

Hina is still extremely calm, “Don’t worry, Lin Tian can fly. If he really couldn’t bear it, he would have come out long ago, and he hasn’t come out yet, which means it doesn’t do much harm to him.”

Eating barbecue every day, Lin Tian finally realized what it’s like to be grilled by fire. There was a tingling pain all over his body; his whole body was hot, sweat evaporated as soon as it appeared, and his clothes clung to the skin. It seemed that it could burn at any time.

This is not the most important thing. There is a ma.s.sive wall of fire in front of him, forcing him towards him, and that is the real powerful attack.

Walking around, looking at the blazing fire around, Lin Tian said with some distress: “It seems that I chose a bad battle site, and there is no advantage for me in this terrain.” Suddenly, he shouted to Ace across the firewall: “Ace, this is a good trick. The whole island has been turned into a stove. Barbecuing me alone is not enough, and this trick is useless for me.”

“s.p.a.cE CONTROL”

An invisible spatial fluctuation spread from Lin Tian’s hands, pa.s.sing in all directions along with the void. In an instant, a huge s.p.a.ce invisible to the naked eye enveloped the entire island.

But Lin Tian stood quietly like this, watching the wall of fire in front of him approaching, but his body was different as usual. No sweat came out, and this huge high temperature did not affect Lin Tian.

As time pa.s.sed by, the wall of fire had already approached Lin Tian, and the fierce flame swept towards Lin Tian with the wind, but when he approached Lin Tian, it was blocked by an invisible shield.

“What, what happened?”

A surprise and incomprehension came out from Ace’s hands. At this time, Ace had turned into flames.

Just now, Ace sensed that the flames on the entire island were gradually becoming smaller and that the ma.s.sive wall of fire was slowly shrinking, and even his body had undergone tremendous changes.

Ace, I feel that I can’t maintain the appearance of becoming a flame. It is very difficult to generate a flame by myself now, no! It may be said that fire can still be easily caused, but as soon as the flames appear, they will be extinguished immediately and cannot burn.

Recalling what Lin Tian said earlier, Ace thought to himself: “Could it be that Lin Tian did all this? But is Lin Tian this strong to even change the environment?”

All this happened within a few seconds of trifling. The fire that had burned the entire island disappeared at speed visible to the naked eye and finally disappeared completely from everyone’s eyes. The power of the fire was enough to burn all the things that could be burned on the island. The island, which was still beautiful and beautiful, turned into black, all traces of burning.

Regardless of the confusion and doubts of the people on the sea, how the island that could have burned disappeared completely in an instant is obviously not in line with common sense.

The flame disappeared, and Lin Tian and Ace’s figures gradually appeared in the open s.p.a.ce, but Lin Tian was standing while Ace squatted on the ground with one hand, breathing heavily in his mouth, obviously not breathing enough.

“Lin Tian, you should have done all this. What kind of method is this? I didn’t expect you to be so strong,” Ace said quickly, breathing heavily.

DA!

Lin Tian snapped a finger lightly with his right hand, and suddenly, a fresh breeze blew from all directions on the ground towards the flat ground.

Ace also felt his breathing smooth, and he didn’t pant. With a puff, a small flame rose from his fingers, and Ace regained his ability. Reaching out, feeling the wind coming from all directions on the ground, Ace looked shocked. This feeling was as if the whole world was under Lin Tian’s control.

“This… how is this possible?”

Lin Tian explained with a smile: “Don’t worry, I am not as strong as you think. My fruit power just restrains you, that’s all. I can produce a shield that can cover the entire island while invisible to the naked eye that can isolate the air.”

“Big fire burns but consumes oxygen, especially the kind of fire just now, which burns all the air in the shield at once. So, you can’t use your power, and you can’t breathe.”

Ace suddenly felt disappointed and said in a blink of an eye. He sounded frustrated: “So, what else are we going to fight? I can’t use my strongest ability; how can I beat your incomparably powerful metamorphosis in physical skills, swordsmanship, and abilities?”

“Hey! Ace, why did you give up? It hasn’t been long for the two of us, so I don’t need this trick anymore.” Lin Tian said hurriedly.

As soon as Lin Tian’s voice fell, a smile appeared on Ace’s face, “Okay! That’s it, don’t use that trick.”

Seeing the smile on Ace’s face, Lin Tian had a black line on his head. He immediately understood that he was being pitted and shook his head secretly. 

“CROSS FIRE”

[*TL note:Jujika (J?jika, literally meaning “Cross Fire” ): Ace places his index fingers together in a cross shape before launching a cross-shaped column of fire directly at his opponent. In the anime, after crossing his fingers, a cross-shaped ray of light can be seen emanating from the fingers at the target, followed by a column of fire. The technique’s name is a pun since, written as such in j.a.panese. It refers to the crossfire of guns as opposed to a literal cross of fire as created by Ace; additionally, the h.o.m.ophonous j?jika refers to a cross for crucifixion. In the VIZ translation and Funimation dub, this is called Cross Fire.]

Ace’s two index fingers crossed aiming at Lin Tian, and a cross-shaped flame appeared, which turned into a liquid-like magma. This was a manifestation of the concentration of flames to the extreme, extremely fast, reaching Lin Tian’s side instantly.

Now that Ace has shown his true strength, Lin Tian didn’t dare to be big. Armament Haki covered his right fist and moved towards the flame with a punch.

“PROFOUND TRUTH, IRON FIST”

Peng!

Lin Tian’s pitch-black fist ran into the flame, and a scorching sensation came from his fist. The Armament Haki cannot defend against such intangible things as high temperatures.

“Open!” Shouted in a low voice, Lin Tian’s fist power increased and smashed the flames.

“Gather!”

Under Ace’s control, the size of these scattered flames increased, completely enclosing Lin Tian in the flames.