One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Seeing the outside world again, in fact, only a short period of time has passed, but the darkness will infinitely magnify people's senses, resulting in a longer time.

Seeing that Gray was safe and sound, Perry and Ace couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, Jin Shizi and Wang Zhi were [-]% vigilant.

Their captain knelt on the ground holding his chest, his seven orifices began to bleed, but Gray seemed to be fine, the only thing that got dirty was his white clothes.

Along with Gray, there are also other items that Lockes inhaled into the dark cave before. For example, he once covered and absorbed a small town in order to test how strong this ability is.

"What did you do?" Rocks asked Gray, enduring the pain.

Before this, no one else had ever escaped from the dark cave, but Gray escaped easily, and even seriously injured Lockes.

"Huh?" Gray looked innocent, "It's nothing, just lit a fire inside."

He did light a fire, but the temperature of the flame was a bit too high.

Lockes was short of breath, and spit out another mouthful of blood. This time, his vitality was severely injured, and he could not recover his combat power in a short time.

Gray ignored him and went to see Ace and Perry, frowning in distaste, "What? It's not over yet, you guys are too slow."

"It's not because I'm worried about you." Ace replied angrily.

Golden Lion and Wang Zhi looked at each other, and they both saw the retreat in each other's eyes, but if the captain left the captain and ran away at this time, then if the captain escaped alive later, they would definitely not be able to return to the pirate ship.

But if you continue to fight, it is not a question of whether you can return to the ship, but a question of whether you can survive.

However, before the two made their choice, someone had already made the decision for them.

With a wave of Gray's hand, a black wall of fire rapidly raised from the ground completely sealed off the surrounding area.

The golden lion's hair stood on end, thinking that Gray was about to attack, he subconsciously flew towards the sky, but just when his head was at the same height as the wall of fire, several strands of flames suddenly branched out from the wall, forcing him back down.

The golden lion tried several times, and the flames seemed to know the direction he was going in advance, always hindering his flight in advance.

After three times, Golden Lion gave up. He knew that Gray stopped him but didn't mean to hurt him. The other party didn't want him to leave, so he couldn't leave.

Wang Zhi looked at the golden lion who returned to the ground with a cold face, and felt a little gloating in his heart. Just now, the golden lion clearly wanted to run away when he saw the danger, and he didn't care about the safety of him and Lockes who stayed here.

If Gray didn't have the ability to deal with the flyer, then the Golden Lion could really escape successfully.

But unfortunately, they still underestimated the strength of the Emperor of the Sea. Although the propaganda in those newspapers would be watery, the description of the Emperor of the Sea's strength was just right.

"The battle isn't over yet, how can you run away?" Gray casually sat down next to Lockes, who stared at him unwillingly, but couldn't move because of his injuries, so he could only watch Gray's actions so casually that he felt like he was in his own home.

"What do you want?" asked the golden lion.

"After this battle, if you win, you will leave. If you lose, you will give it to the navy." Gray added, "Don't worry, I won't participate."

Not to participate?The golden lion raised his eyebrows and looked at Ace. He had never carefully read the boy's reward order before. In the fight just now, Ace had been at a disadvantage. The golden lion was sure that as long as Gray didn't make a move, he could win the battle.

Ace tilted his head, and after thinking about it, he knew what the golden lion was thinking now. It was nothing more than that he looked weak and easy to bully.

Although compared with Gray, it is really a bit worse, but Ace doesn't think that he will lose to the Golden Lion at this time.

"Boy, this is what your captain said." Golden Lion flicked the sword flower, with a mocking and cruel smile on his face, "Swords have no eyes."

"You will regret everything you imagined before." Ace said loudly, word by word, the flame rose again in his hands, hot and white, and it was not at all obvious that the color of the flame was the normal orange-red.

The nature-type devil fruit is different from the superhuman-type. Its ability will not change, but Ace's flame changes color. Does this mean that this burning fruit has changed its attributes and become another fruit?

Gray also doesn't know much about devil fruits, and he can't explain the reason to Ace, but now it seems that this is a good thing, as for whether it will be a good thing in the future
Gray can only guarantee that as long as he exists, he will protect those important to him for a day.

That's the only sure thing that never changes.

Ace charged at the golden lion, shooting out a burst of flame.

The golden lion lifted his feet off the ground and floated in the air. He quickly cut Ace's flame with his blade, and then he backed up, because Ace's next attack was imminent. If he didn't retreat, he would be caught by the opponent's sudden accelerated attack.

The golden lion can't tell the feeling brought by the flame, which is completely different from the oppressive terror of the black fire. The white flame gives people a warm and gentle feeling, which is very strange. Even if he is fighting now, the golden lion can't feel the slightest bit of malice from the flame.

But although the senses are good, the power of the flame is completely opposite to what it shows.

The flames were so hot that they seemed to melt the blades of the swords. The two swords of the Golden Lion were sharp knives. After countless times of beating and quenching, and the protection of armed colors, they were even more fearless flames. But in the face of this white flame, he was still worried that his two swords would melt.

The flames wrapped Ace's fist, and he turned sideways to dodge the surprise attack from behind, which was something that the golden lion used its ability to float in the air to interfere with Ace.

It’s just that unlike the initial struggle, Ace can feel the progress of his knowledge. He was originally a genius who can grow rapidly in battle, and inherited his father—even though Ace didn’t want to admit it, he inherited all of Roger’s fighting talents.

This kind of bloodline inheritance is a wonderful thing. Although many people advocate that the inheritance of will is more important than bloodline, it is undeniable that the genes flowing in the bones will not lie.

Ace has the same talent and the same courage as Roger. If he can grow up like other children and not be charged with the ridiculous crime of the child of the devil, he may really land on the island of the end as Roger expects and learn everything.

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"We... came too early, who will find the unique secret treasure?"

"Of course it's my son!"

"Where did you get your son?"

"Go and give birth to one, and there will be one~"

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