Lafitte frowned slightly, and chose to retreat under Ace's power.

He didn't have a wide range of attacks, and Ace's fire could damage him, and he didn't really want to fight Ace in close combat.

But in long-range combat, the natural ability of burning fruit can undoubtedly gain the upper hand.

"Awesome ......"

Many of Ace's crew members who were watching not far away looked at Rhodes with great power, and their eyes showed a look of excitement.

"The Four Emperor Pirates don't seem to be a big deal."

"Yes, the captain who has frightened countless people is not just as embarrassed to hide in front of Boss Ace."

Since he had seen red-haired people with Ace before, and had a banquet with the red-haired pirates, everyone had almost no fear of the Four Emperors.

Now watching Ace be so powerful, forcing Lafitte to keep dodging, they all smiled.

However.

Lafitte, who was constantly dodging Ace's attacks, looked very calm.

He just didn't want to fight with Ace, it wasn't that he had no resistance, and he wasn't pressed against anything.

Sou!

Seizing the slightest opportunity, Lafitte approached Ace's side and threw a punch, and the fist instantly attached to the armed color domineering, and the darkness hardened.

Ace was not afraid and swung a fiery fist at Lafitte.

Rumble!

Blazing flames exploded in the field.

Lafitte quickly retreated back in the flames, not wanting to be burned by the flames.

Ace kept his fist swinging, and the flames in the sky churned violently, and with a low shout, he continued to sweep towards Lafitte.

Armed color domineering is also divided into strong and weak.

Lafitte's armed color domineering is not strong, he is better at seeing and hearing colors, and for those with natural Devil Fruit abilities, and it is also a burning fruit, it is a little dwarfed.

"Can you only fight for physical exertion?"

Lafitte avoided the flames swept by Ace and continued to climb back, shaking his head slightly.

Since his armed attack is weaker than Ace's fire fist, he can only rely on his domineering ability to find an opportunity, or fight for the consumption of physical strength.

However, the physical strength of people with natural Devil Fruit abilities is very perverted, or they use abilities, and the consumption of physical strength is very low, far lower than those with superhuman abilities.

However.

After Ace forced Lafitte back, he did not continue to attack, but looked at Lafitte from afar.

"What, aren't you going to make a move?"

He raised his head, with flames still burning in his arms, and said, "If you think you can't win against me, you might as well shout out your boss as soon as possible." ”

When Lafitte heard this, her face sank, revealing an eerie expression that made her heart palpitate.

It doesn't matter what else he says, no matter how rampant he is, he can be fooled around like a child, but he can't act as if he didn't hear it.

Can't deal with the Fire Fist and call Rhodes out?

Joke!

What did this take him for?

"I can't pretend I didn't hear what I said."

Lafitte had a palpitating expression on his face, not hideous, but evil.

However.

Just as he was about to make a move, he suddenly noticed something and turned his head to look at the sky behind him.

I saw a black shadow, at a very fast speed, breaking through the sky from the distant sky, like a meteor, falling towards this island.

At the same time.

Ace also noticed the appearance of the black shadow, and also looked up at the sky, and a hint of strange color flashed in his eyes.

"What's that?"

Many crew members behind him also subconsciously looked at the sky and saw the black shadow that had fallen.

One second...... Two seconds...... Three-second ......

The black shadow was getting closer and closer, and when it was about to reach the sky above the town, it disappeared strangely, like a black flash.

"Gone?"

Ace couldn't help frowning as he watched the black shadow disappear from sight very abruptly.

Many other crew members also showed inexplicable expressions, you look at me, I look at you, but they didn't see how the black shadow suddenly disappeared.

And when they strangely withdrew their gaze and looked in the direction of Lafitte again, their eyes froze.

Saw.

Beside Lafitte, a figure appeared at some point.

"I didn't notice ...... at all"

Ace looked at the figure, and there was a hint of solemn alertness in his eyes.

He didn't even notice how the shadow had appeared!

When everyone's breathing paused slightly and their faces changed, I saw Lafitte restrain his previous evil expression and salute respectfully to the visitor.

"Lord Rhodes."

"I didn't expect you to come over in person."

Rhodes!

It didn't take too many words, just one word was needed to make many of Ace's crew members breathe.

The strongest man in the world, the captain of the Ghost Hand Pirates...... Ghost Hand Rhodes!

Although they had all seen Rhodes' bounty order, none of them expected that the body of this man, who was called the most dangerous existence in the world, looked no different from ordinary people.

This can't help but remind them of redheads.

During the banquet with the red-haired crew, they were all suspicious, this guy was really the Four Emperors of King's Landing New World?!

Wearing clogs and pants, his beard is scumbag, and his shirt is unbuttoned, and he has no image at all.

If you compare it with the red hair, it seems to be the same as Rhodes, a little more domineering.

"You are...... Ghost hands? ”

Looking at Rhodes' figure, Ace spoke, a smile on his face.

He had not encountered defeat along the way since he went to sea, and the first half of the great voyage was almost swept away like a withering and decaying one.

The World Government tried to use the position of the Seven Martial Seas to recruit him, but he also directly refused, and he didn't care at all.

After visiting the redhead, he had only one goal.

Win against the strongest man on the sea!

And now.

He finally came to Rhodes, or rather Rhodes appeared in front of him!

"That's right."

"Don't you want to see me? I'm coming. ”

Rhodes turned around and looked at Ace directly, his gaze briefly on him, no different from what he remembered.

Ace took a breath, his eyes revealing a surging battle intent, and said:

"The strongest...... Let's have a contest! ”

"Ace Boss ......"

Seeing Ace directly challenging Rhodes, many of his crew members swallowed their saliva, although Rhodes looked no different from ordinary people, but his reputation was there!

However, they followed Ace all the way, and they never saw Ace lose anyone, and the senior cadre of the Ghost Hand Pirates, the captain Lafitte, was completely suppressed by Ace just now.

Maybe......

Ace can defeat Rhodes!

As newcomers to the new world, they have not yet truly experienced the power of the new world.

In their eyes, as long as they win Lodz, they will reach the pinnacle of this sea.

Although this is indeed the case, the real Four Emperors, the real New World, in fact, they have only seen the tip of the iceberg.

"It's too early to fight me."

Rhodes put his hands behind his back, looked at Ace, and said in a calm tone: "You are too anxious." ”

For most pirates, the first half of the journey may be fast, but the journey in the New World is extremely slow.

The more strength grows, the more difficult it is to grow, and it may only take a few years to reach the level of a rear admiral, but it may take more than ten years to reach the level of a vice admiral, and if you want to have the strength of a general, you may not be able to reach it in a lifetime.

Even if he had extremely high talent and tried his best to cultivate, it took him six years to climb to the position of the Four Emperors.

What about Ace?

Planning to come up in a year?

"Do you call moving towards your goal a 'hurry'?"

Ace snorted, he didn't have any feeling of being a junior facing his seniors, he just had the same mentality as Luffy.

Rhodes raised his head, glanced at the crew members behind Ace, and said casually: "Do you think that with them and you, you can bear the name of the Four Emperors?" ”

The crew members who were swept by Rhodes' gaze all felt a palpitation inexplicably, and cold sweat overflowed on their foreheads.

“……”

Ace noticed that his crew was being suppressed by Rhodes' spirit, and his face couldn't help but sink.

"No one is born to be the Four Emperors, and these are not important, as long as you can win, it is enough!"

As the words fell, the flames on his body suddenly rose and turned into a burning man.

"Leave it to me, Lord Rhodes."

Lafitte stepped forward.

Rhodes stretched out his hand to stop him, shook his head and said, "You stand down." ”

"Yes."

Since Rhodes was going to do it himself, Lafitte naturally didn't have a hard reason, so he responded and stepped aside.