One Piece: Nico Robin Collection

Chapter 132 Burning Domineering Aura
"Focus on Fire Fist!"

Ace's right fist suddenly erupted with a blue flame, and the domineering blue flame fist appeared in front of Caesar in the blink of an eye.

Bang!
With a muffled thud, a fist slammed heavily into Caesar's forehead, but was blocked by a layer of dark, domineering aura.

However, the next second, the raging blue flames suddenly enveloped Caesar's entire body, only to be swallowed up by a deep darkness in the blink of an eye.

"good."

As darkness receded, Caesar appeared before Ace in a brand-new outfit.

"It burned all my clothes off; the temperature at the moment of the explosion was more than three times higher than before."

Ace clicked his tongue: "But it still has no effect on you..."

"What I can say for sure is that, including all the top experts in the world right now, in a one-on-one fight, I am absolutely the strongest one, and this strength is not limited to combat power, but includes all factors including survivability."

Caesar chuckled to himself.

Ace's strength was cultivated step by step.

But his strength was enhanced by the system's cheat code, and he also cultivated it step by step on his own.

The difference is obvious when compared!
Of course, this is just a joke.

Its terrifying physique surpasses that of Kaido and Big Mom, it possesses the life force granted by the Vampire Fruit, and the ability to devour and absorb through the Dark-Dark Fruit.

This abnormally high margin for error is the key to his invincibility against any opponent.

Seeing Caesar's calm demeanor, Ace breathed a sigh of relief: "It still won't work..."

…………

"You two should be approaching your hundredth battle soon, right?"

Seeing Ace's somewhat confused expression, Vegapunk chuckled and asked, "Caesar has Lunaria blood, so fire doesn't have much effect on him. You're at a huge disadvantage, from the very beginning."

"I know."

Ace's face darkened: "My Devil Fruit ability has absolutely no effect on him. Damn it, I should never have eaten this Devil Fruit! Could that guy have done it on purpose?"

"I think this fruit suits you quite well; it has the same passion and the same vigor."

Vegapunk sized up Ace: "There are rumors that Zoan Devil Fruits possess self-awareness and consciously choose the most suitable host for themselves. However, based on my observations over the years, this phenomenon shouldn't only occur with Zoan-type fruits..."

"But my fruit was given to me by Caesar."

"Yes, but it's hard to say whether Caesar chose to give you the fruit, or they chose to have Caesar give himself to you."

Vegapunk turned and walked into the house: "Isn't it amazing? It sounds like you can see through fate... Believe me, no fruit is more suitable for you than this."

"Speaking of which, Doctor, you are the most brilliant scientist in the world. Do you have any way to quickly improve my abilities?"

"I have a human modification project..."

"Besides cyborgs!"

"Well…"

Vegapunk clapped his hands, and a small household robot came over and poured iced cola for the two of them.

Despite his advanced age, Vegapunk's eating habits are remarkably youthful.

“I’ve seen your training. To be honest, Caesar’s strict requirements for you are correct. You should know about the strength of the Great Bear, right? Even without training, that guy has a very strong physique by nature. It’s a racial talent.”

Vegapunk said calmly, "Although I am very interested in the research on cyborgs, in my opinion, no matter what kind of cyborg, the primary standard is to have a powerful body. So-called modification is based on this."

"To be honest, if you want to fight Caesar using your Devil Fruit ability, your chances of winning are not zero, but they are very close to zero. If you focus on strengthening your body, the possibility is also low, but it is much greater than the former."

"You mean, like Nami, using lightning to forge your body?"

Although Ace had never been to school, he was quite intelligent and immediately understood what Vegapunk meant.

"Ah, that's right, but not entirely. That girl is a user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, so her resistance to lightning is much stronger than others. If it were anyone else, they could die if they messed around with it."

Vegapunk raised his index finger and shook it gently: "I have done some research in this area, but this kind of training is very slow to take effect and won't help you much. The intensity of your training is much more effective than electric shocks."

"What I mean is, you could try giving yourself some temporary boosts."

Vegapunk brought over a small blackboard and wrote Caesar's name on it.

"Look, this is Caesar in his normal state, a Yonko-level powerhouse with no weaknesses. However, considering that he has the blood of the Lunaria race, he will be very fast in this state, and his stamina recovery speed will also be very fast."

As he spoke, he drew a line after Caesar's name, wrote "flame," and below the flame, wrote "vampire." He then drew two lines after the two words, connecting the ends of the two lines, and wrote "second gear" after them. He then drew another line and wrote "awakening."

"This is his state when the Lunaria Flame is ignited. His defense will be greatly increased. Although his speed will decrease, it won't make much difference to you. The other is his Vampire Fruit transformation state. This state can be used simultaneously with the Lunaria bloodline state."

"The two are considered to be at the same level of enhancement. In this state, Caesar not only has the strong defense of the Lunaria race, but also the high mobility and powerful destructive force of the Vampire Fruit."

"The next level is the second level. This is where Caesar uses his Vampire Fruit ability to greatly enhance his physical functions by accelerating blood flow. Of course, doing this for a long time will deplete his life force, but that guy is a vampire, so he won't have any such problems."

"Finally, there's the awakening of the Vampire Fruit. These are the forms he's shown to the public so far, totaling five levels of enhancement! Don't even mention that he's also hiding the Dark-Dark Fruit!"

Vegapunk opened his arms, his voice filled with excitement.

These ability data were given to him by Caesar. However, since the Devil Fruit ability and bloodline were not yet complete, Caesar did not plan to use the Bloodline Furnace for the time being. He simply informed the other party of his own abilities, hoping to use his big brain to come up with some directions for Devil Fruit development.

"And you, Ace, all you have is Fire Fist."

"..."

Ace was speechless for a moment.

I'm really sorry that I only have Fire Fist!

"But that's alright. Although you only have the Flame-Flame Fruit, you can't use lightning to temper your body, nor can you pressurize your blood like Caesar..."

"Doctor, why don't you just give me your conclusion?"

Ace gave an awkward but polite smile.

"Okay, conclusion..."

Vegapunk, with his hands behind his back, said: "You might start with the concept of 'burning'."

Ace: "What is a concept?"

Vegapunk stumbled, his large head nearly hitting the wall.

"Your power isn't fire, it's combustion! Think about what you can burn!"

“Uh… wood? Earth?” Ace scratched his cheek, not quite understanding Vegapunk’s meaning: “But this doesn’t make sense, does it? Caesar said I have the Flame-Flame Fruit, not the Fire-Fire Fruit. The key is burning, not flame. There’s a limit to the temperature.”

"It seems that guy has some ideas, but he's also fallen into the trap of rigid thinking."

Vegapunk explained, "Actually, in my opinion, 'burning' is more important than 'flame' because burning is a concept. Although Logia-type Devil Fruit abilities are very limited, they are not entirely without room for development."

"Caesar mentioned to me that Logia-type Devil Fruits also have conceptual abilities. For example, the Sand-Sand Fruit has the ability to dry out and turn objects into sand, which is obviously beyond the simple concept of sand. The Dark-Dark Fruit also has the ability to devour, which can be regarded as a Paramecia-type ability."

"These kinds of conceptual abilities are usually very abstract. Perhaps you could try something like burning... a domineering aura?"

"Can this thing burn?"

Ace was stunned. Haki was the only ability besides Seastone that could detect Logia-type abilities, so Ace had always subconsciously regarded it as a nemesis or weakness, and had never really thought about it in this way.

Vegapunk asked leisurely, "Can your flames be imbued with Haki?"

"can!"

"So theoretically, domineering aura can also be burned."

Vegapunk said without hesitation, "You should try this, try to make your Haki burn, whether it's burning yours or burning your opponent's."

"That makes sense..."

Ace nodded repeatedly: "Are there any other development directions?"

"Then we need to make it more abstract..."

Vegapunk thought for a moment: "For example, things like fighting spirit and belief, which are invisible and intangible. But I think that for a Logia type, this kind of development direction seems a bit too advanced. But considering that Kuma can even film something like pain, I think you can give it a try."

"In my opinion, Devil Fruits are a possibility that people hope to evolve. If only we could do this, if only we could do that... These wishes gradually gave birth to human abilities in the future... Of course, this is just my hypothesis."

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call--

The flames on Ace's body burned even more intensely.

On his fists, a blazing blue-black flame, like a blooming lotus, burst forth in all directions, distorting the surrounding air under the intense heat.

"Burning domineering aura?!"

If the focused jet attack just now only slightly surprised Caesar, then Ace's current actions truly astonished him.

To be honest, even he, a transmigrator, had never imagined this, but Ace did it, and more importantly, he succeeded!
Moreover, unlike the focused fire fist just now, the domineering aura burning on Ace's fists now truly made Caesar feel a sense of threat.

The domineering aura he felt was very violent, like boiling water, even more intense than Armament Haki!

"Ah, this move was specially prepared for you!"

With an uncontrollable smile of excitement on his face, four pillars of fire suddenly converged behind him. He pushed off with his feet and his figure drew a straight blue line, heading straight for Caesar. The terrifying speed made the three high-level combatants watching the battle change color.

"Fire Lotus!!"

Gazing at the oncoming fiery fist, Caesar chuckled, neither dodging nor avoiding, and threw a punch himself!
boom--

Black and red lightning burst forth, and a heavy fist wrapped in Conqueror's Haki slammed heavily onto the Lotus Fist!

The two fists collided in mid-air, and the surrounding air emitted a piercing sound during the violent collision.

Suddenly, flames erupted from Ace's fist!

The foot-long flames, like mad snakes, kept crashing into the invisible wall of domineering color.

As the flames surged, Caesar felt a scorching heat constantly burning his fist.

"It can even burn away the enemy's domineering aura?"

Caesar was even more surprised, followed by a surge of joy. In his excitement, he punched Ace, sending him flying.

Bang!
Ace was sent flying backward, his feet carving a deep chasm in the ground before he finally managed to stop.

Ace stared at Caesar in astonishment as his right fist trembled uncontrollably.

"Are you kidding me? This kind of superhuman strength..."

"Sorry, I got a little excited."

Caesar raised his hand and glanced at his right fist, which was still wreathed in blazing flames.

Freed from Ace's control, the flames returned to their normal orange-red color, but they still clung to Caesar's fist like a persistent leech, constantly burning away his domineering aura.

Seeing this, Caesar gently flicked his hand, and Conqueror's Haki flowed, compressed, and released in an instant, extinguishing the flame with overwhelming force.

"The concept of combustion? I didn't expect you to actually pull it off."

Caesar looked at Ace curiously: "But do you have to burn your own Haki first before you can burn your opponent's Haki?"

"No, burning my own Haki, although it will accelerate the consumption of Haki, will also increase the flow speed and explosive intensity of Haki..."

As Ace spoke, his face suddenly darkened: "Wait a minute, why should I tell you my moves? Watch closely, this time don't think you can defeat me so easily!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a crimson light burst forth.

Dozens of terrifying fire dragons soared into the sky, intertwining one after another, eventually forming a huge encirclement around the two of them.

"A fire dragon...it gives me a strange sense of déjà vu."

Caesar rubbed his chin, his tone playful.

I remember that's how he took down Jhin.

However, as the fire dragons lowered their heads and poised to attack, Caesar finally saw clearly that they were not fire dragons at all, but rather a series of horned ghost heads!

Ignoring Caesar's witty remarks, Ace was well aware of the gap between himself and the guy in front of him.

Without daring to delay for even a moment, Armament Haki seemed to be pouring out of its entirety, surging wildly into those ghost heads. Under Ace's control, the flames gradually turned blue and white, making those ghost heads look even more sinister!

"Great Flame Ring: Will-O-Wisp!!"

Ace suddenly waved his hand at Caesar, and dozens of madmen rushed towards Caesar.

"That's more like it..."

Seeing the ghostly heads rushing towards him from all directions, forming a net, Caesar slowly drew his Shadow Blade.

Clang——

The pitch-black slash instantly beheaded the group of evil spirits!
(End of this chapter)