Cough!

Ahem!

Ace's whole body was embedded in the stone wall, coughing violently, blood flowing from his face, and a little blood continued to spit out as he coughed.

He struggled hard, barely broke free from the stone wall, and fell to the ground, the whole person stumbled with his body bowed, almost fell, and barely kept standing.

"How can the gap be so big......"

His gaze was slightly blurred in the direction of Rhodes, and he couldn't keep his peace in his heart at all.

Although Lafitte is a bit tricky, he has the belief to defeat, and Lafitte is already the top of the Ghost Hand Pirates, and even if Rhodes, as the captain, is strong, he may not be much stronger than Lafitte.

But the truth is.

Lafitte and Rhodes are not on the same level at all, and it can even be said that they are two or three levels behind!

"Boss Ace!"

"Are you alright?"

Many of Ace's subordinates came back to their senses and ran over in a panic, trying to support Ace.

And at this time, Rhodes also slowly walked towards Ace.

"You ...... Come on! ”

Ace's gaze regained clarity, and he looked at Rhodes as he walked over, pushing away the people who were supporting him, and yelling at everyone.

At the same time, he crossed his hands in front of him and took a step forward.

"Yan Internet!"

The blazing flames intertwined, instantly turning into a large net, appearing behind Ace, blocking everyone behind.

"Captain!"

"Boss Ace, what are you doing?!"

Forced back by the heat wave of blazing flames, many of Ace's subordinates looked panicked.

However, blocked by the flames, they could no longer see Ace's figure, and Ace did not talk to them again, and looked at Rhodes who walked over with resolute eyes.

"Our battle is not over yet."

"That means I can't chase your subordinates until the battle with you is over, right, I'm pretty smart."

Rhodes looked at Ace calmly.

Ace didn't respond, he waved his arms violently, and the blazing flames were wildly stimulated, spreading in all directions.

"Great Flame Ring ......"

Circles of flames swirled and turned into monstrous pillars of fire, converging towards the sky, and finally turning into a huge fireball that intertwined above the sky.

Yan!

Ace raised the sun-like fireball with one hand, and looked at Rhodes without flinching.

“……”

Rhodes glanced at the fireball, and could easily judge the power contained in it.

Ace is similar to Straw Hat Luffy, both have the characteristics of being strong when they are strong, and they can continue to grow in battle.

The power of this move is also somewhat remarkable.

"Drink!!"

In the next instant, Ace let out a roar of rage, unleashing all his power and smashing the huge sun-like fireball into Rhodes.

Rhodes stood in place, the five fingers of his right hand clenched into a fist, and it was just a simple wave.

A little more serious.

Rumble!

The huge fireball stopped the moment it came to the front of Rhodes' fist.

It was like a ball of mud, stirred by some force, and the whole fireball suddenly spun and turned into a vortex of flames.

Crash!

Under Rhodes's punch, Ace's Yan Emperor was like a faint flame, collapsing!

The entire street directly in front of it seemed to be swept by some kind of terrifying impact, the buildings were destroyed and shattered, and the earth was blasted out of a ravine that spread to the sky!

Ace's body flew high and landed heavily on the edge of the town.

No longer moves.

"It's over."

Lafitte looked at this scene, stretched his body, walked to Rhodes, and said:

"If it's natural, it shouldn't be dead yet, do you want to arrest it?"

"How are our people?"

Rhodes didn't answer, but looked at Lafitte and asked rhetorically.

Lafitte said: "There were a lot of injuries, but there were no deaths, and the kid kept his hand." ”

"Oh."

Rhodes nodded slightly and said, "Then don't pay attention to him." ”

"If he's going to stay, report back to me."

After leaving a sentence, Rhodes's figure flickered, came to a height of hundreds of meters, and then crossed a black arc and flew into the sky.

……

Inside the Sky Island Palace.

By the time Rhodes returned, Robin had already received the specifics of what was happening below.

"The power of burning fruits, aren't you going to stay?"

When Rhodes walked into the palace, Robin happened to hang up the phone bug and asked Rhodes.

Although they can't strip the Devil Fruit from the body of the powerhouse, just like Katakuri, it is also feasible to be imprisoned and slowly transformed.

"No, you don't."

"A burnt fruit is nothing, and I want to see how things play out."

Rhodes took off his coat, his eyes flickering slightly.

Ace didn't go to Whitebeard, but ran over to challenge him, which surprised him.

What kind of things will develop after being defeated by him, Rhodes can't predict, and Ace will go to Whitebeard again?!

If he didn't go, then the subsequent development would be all out of the axis, and he didn't have the hobby of accepting someone as his son.

But.

These Rhodes don't really care either.

At his current status, the war on top is no longer enough to be a crucial event.

All he had to do was wait, wait for the Soul Fruit to appear, and take it into his own hands, and then with the soul exchange of this fruit and the Surgical Fruit, he would carry out the Four Emperors Total Annihilation Plan!

……

Three months later.

Fire Fist Ace joins the Whitebeard Pirates.

It's a little unreasonable, but it's expected.

"Defeated the Seven Martial Seas by a narrow margin, and then lost to Whitebeard and joined the Whitebeard Pirates......"

Listening to Robin's message to him, Rhodes held his chin with one hand.

The slight gap defeated Jinping, but it wasn't much unexpected, Ace was taught a lesson by him, and it is estimated that he has grown a little.

But Whitebeard was still added in the follow-up, which was something that Rhodes could think of, but was still a little surprised.

"The mysterious power that the plot needs?"

Muttering in his heart, Rhodes ignored it and put it aside.

And at this time, Robin, who was sorting out documents in the distance, had a phone bug ringing on his body.

She took out the phone and answered it with an unchanged face.

However.

After only two sentences, her expression changed slightly.

"Rhodes, the Soul Fruit has appeared."

It was such a simple sentence that made Rhodes, who was still lying there lazily on the back of the sofa one moment, suddenly open his eyes the next moment.

In those eyes, there was an unprecedented fierceness, like a sleeping tiger, smelling its prey in an instant!

"Where?"

There are no excessive words, just the simplest question.

Robin held the phone bug in one hand, took a deep breath, and said slowly:

"Holy Land...... Mary Joa. ”