One Piece: Invasion of the Heavens

With a bang, a big hole appeared in the ground. A star spirit wearing a maid outfit emerged from the hole, followed by Natsu who was imprisoned.

Natsu patted the dust on his body and said, "Thank you so much, otherwise I would still be trapped in that dark place!"

Baluge bowed and said, "The princess needs me, so I'll leave first!"

After saying that, she returned directly to the star spirit world. For a Celestial Spirit Mage, it is rare to be able to summon two Celestial Spirits of the Zodiac at the same time. According to legend, one who can summon three people at the same time can even summon the Celestial Spirit King.

Although Lucy has developed a second source of magic power and can summon two zodiac stars at the same time, Baluge's absence will definitely take away most of her magic power. Therefore, as soon as Natsu was rescued, Baluge rushed back to the Star Spirit World to reduce the burden on Lucy who was fighting.

Natsu looked at the Beast Pirates' headquarters not far behind him, although he wanted to bulldoze the place with the roar of the fire dragon. But the earth-shattering sound of the battle between Makarov and Kaido could be heard in his ears, and he was still more worried about the situation over there.

"Damn it! I don't know what that cell is made of, but it can actually isolate magic!" Natsu complained, angrily rushing to the battlefield.

When the power of magic appeared in this world, it was restrained by the ingredients in the Sea Tower Stone just like the ability of the Devil Fruit.

Fortunately, this kind of restraint is only effective with high-purity sea floor stones, and the magician does not have the weakness of being unable to swim.

But before Natsu could get very far, he bumped into a boy wearing a cowboy hat!

Natsu showed a wary expression. He had not forgotten that he was in the enemy's base camp, which meant that he was probably encountering an enemy.

"Well, I...!"

"Damn it, we have encountered an enemy. We must deal with it quickly! The iron fist of the fire dragon!"

Ace wanted to explain, but Natsu's attack had already arrived.

Ace also felt that he had encountered a disaster. He originally wanted to come here to watch the fun. Unexpectedly, a few people from Fairy Tail almost turned Onigashima over.

He came all the way and came directly to the core area. But his good luck ended here, because he encountered the most unfavorable opponent.

Ace wasn't one to stand and take a beating, so his arm turned into flames and he punched it out.

"fire punch!"

Natsu's eyes lit up. Every meal in the prison was only a small rice ball, and his stomach was already starving. Even his magic power is less than 60% of what it was in its heyday.

In his opinion, Ace's attack is like every meal. The Dragon Slayer can feed on the corresponding elements to replenish his magic power.

As the Dragon Slayer of Fire, fire is food to Natsu!

He simply stopped attacking and Natsu opened his mouth wide and swallowed Ace's attack!

Ace showed a horrified expression. He could imagine that his opponent was hit by this move. It would not be surprising if the opponent was a strong person who avoided or directly defeated this fire punch. After all, this is the territory of Kaido, who is the same Yonko as his father. It is not surprising to have such a strong man.

But what kind of trick is it to eat it? And that expression of thanks for the hospitality, what exactly is going on.

Natsu wiped his mouth and said, "What a delicious flame! Eat it and your power will surge up!"

As he spoke, the flames on Natsu's body suddenly burst into flames, and he instantly recovered from his sluggish state to his peak!

Ace's pupils tightened, and the momentary panic had passed. Under Shitian's special training, he instantly returned to fighting condition.

From this point of view, my fruit ability will not have any effect, and it may only have the opposite effect. But now Ace is powerful not only in his fruit abilities.

Withdrawing the flames, black armed domineering energy covered his fists.

Although it cannot be used to attack, the other abilities of the flame can still be used.

Ace's legs turned into flames and he used the propulsion from the flames to rush towards Natsu. Natsu also shot out flames from his hands and crashed into Ace as well.

The two flaming meteors collided, and their fists hit each other.

"Your fist is still far behind!" Ace said nonchalantly as he held up Natsu's fist.

The power of Natsu's dragon-slaying magic lies in the power brought by fire, but Ace also has fire abilities. The restraint of the two is relative. Ace's flames have no effect on Natsu, and Natsu's flames also have no effect on Ace.

When it comes to physical strength, even after being transformed by dragon power, the dragon-slayer magician far exceeds that of ordinary people. But Ace was trained by Shi Tian and has already surpassed Natsu.

Therefore, even without the ability to burn the fruit, Ace is enough to suppress Natsu. After all, Natsu at this stage is not at his peak seven years later in the original work.

Natsu was hit in the chest by a punch and rolled and flew away.

Natsu rubbed his chest. He could feel that the opponent's physical quality completely surpassed his own. Although this gap is not as good as the one between himself and Gildarts, it is almost the same as between Erza.

In other words, even if the opponent's ability is ineffective against you, it will be difficult for you to defeat the opponent.

But just like this, Natsu became more motivated to fight.

"I'm on fire!"

Natsu smiled cheerfully, and a red magic circle appeared when his fists collided.

Ace smiled and said, "He is such a hot-blooded guy, but he does look a lot like Luffy."

Natsu snorted and said, "I will definitely defeat you!"

"The fire dragon's sword horn!"

Natsu, who was covered in flames, rushed towards him, but he let Ace escape without even touching the corner of his clothes.

"The brilliance of the fire dragon!"

After Natsu stood firm, he turned back towards Ace.

Ace rushed forward and defeated Natsu's attack with his fist wrapped in armament-colored Haki.

"The claws of the fire dragon!"

Natsu kicked out and collided with Ace's kick.

Only then did Ace understand why Shitian trained his physical skills so harshly. There are countless weird abilities on the sea, and there might be some flame that can restrain him.

And physical skills are the final insurance. No matter what time, physical skills and domineering that have been honed to the extreme are the most reliable power.

Just like now, if it were the original Ace, when the burning fruit could only increase Natsu's magic power, he might not be able to beat Natsu.

The two exchanged punches and kicks, and Natsu soon discovered that Ace's body was strange. If his attacks didn't use magic or fire, they wouldn't be able to hurt him at all.

And the flames have no real damage to Ace, so his roaring and other moves are useless.

To a certain extent, the problems they encountered were the same. Both of them have to deal with it the same way.

Even if you use your fists, you must defeat the opponent.

But after all, magicians are people who use magic to cause miracles, and Natsu also aims to improve his magic. So even if magic and dragon power would subtly strengthen his body, it would still not be enough compared to Ace who had specially trained in physical skills.

Ace dodged Natsu's headbutt and kicked him in the abdomen, sending him flying away.

Natsu gasped for breath, and he was about to continue rushing back, but a black shadow fell from the sky and landed right between the two of them.

"Kid, this is my territory!"