He's in One Piece, but he's also part of the Phantom Troupe.

Chapter 171 Magma and Thunder

Kuroro took a deep breath of the scorching, sulfurous air. In his usually deep and calm eyes, a flame, completely different from Akainu's yet equally fiery, ignited—a pure fighting spirit that yearned for battle and to break through his own limits on the edge of life and death!

This time—without relying on anyone's abilities.

Kuroro didn't even use Bonney's "Year-Year Fruit," which allowed her to temporarily change her age and avoid fatal injuries.

He slowly raised his hands, clenched his fists, and jet-black Armament Haki spread from his arms like a tide, quickly covering his forearms. Its color was deep and restrained. Although it was not as condensed as steel as Akainu's, it exuded a unique resilience that seemed to be able to devour everything.

The spiders' wings were already quite full.

Kuroro's gaze seemed to pierce through the warehouse ruins, seeing his comrades engaged in fierce battles on other battlefields. "They are strong, exceptionally talented, and their teamwork is seamless—but, it's not enough."

His eyes sharpened, like polished obsidian.

"Always staying under the absolute safety net I've woven, they will never experience true desperation."

It is impossible to temper that talent and potential into a truly invincible will and strength in the fastest possible time!

"I'll always have to face this world alone..."

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Kuroro didn't tell anyone about his final plan this time.

He had long anticipated that the Buster Call would arrive with the deaths of the Celestial Dragons.

They had long anticipated that the person who would come this time would be the strongest of the three admirals... Akainu.

but..

That's perfect! This is the best time for him to enter Impel Down!

Door-Door Fruits can only grow in locations they already know.

Kuroro has never been to Impel Down, therefore...

If you want to enter Impel Down... there's only this one most direct and also the most drastic method.

Kuroro's lips curled into a cruel smile.

Only by experiencing grief and despair, and transforming them into an unwavering will, can the spiders undergo a complete transformation. The opportunity that Kuroro has been waiting for... has arrived!

We cannot deal with this world gently... we must use fire.

In addition, he also needs a thrilling battle to stimulate his senses again, allowing him to fully utilize his current abilities and reach even greater heights.

He looked at Akainu, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit: "Only battles like this can truly help me grow!"

Only then can I touch the power that belongs to this world. What kind of scenery awaits at the pinnacle?

"Akainu—!" Kuroro called out the other's name for the first time, his voice like a drawn sword, "You absolutely mustn't—disappoint me!"

The moment he finished speaking, Kuroro's aura suddenly changed!

The previous aura of a "King of Thieves" who controlled the overall situation and planned calmly has faded away, replaced by the aura of a more primal, more ferocious, and more focused fighter!

The pride that almost bound him and the absolute confidence in his own potential—arrogant to the extreme, yet also—moving.

Akainu snorted coldly, but the boiling lava around him solidified even more, its color growing darker. "Then let me, this rock," crush you and your laughable pride into dust! Great Fire Blast!

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No longer a vast "lava hell", but a place where all power is concentrated on one point!

Akainu unleashed a powerful right punch, a dark red lava ray, condensed to its extreme and only as thick as an arm, yet radiating destructive energy fluctuations. Like the gaze of death, it instantly pierced through the air and shot straight at Kuroro's forehead!

It is faster, hotter, and has stronger penetrating power than the previous "Haunted Dog"!

This is a killer move that compresses the explosive power of "Great Fireball" to the extreme after the Magma-Magma Fruit has been developed to an extremely high level!

Faced with this unavoidable and fatal blow, Kuroro's pupils shrank slightly, but he neither dodged nor avoided it!

He bent his knees slightly, and the ground beneath his feet cracked! He didn't dodge to the side, but charged head-on into the lava beam!

Just as the lava rays were about to touch his body, "Zzzzzzz—!!!"

A piercing, thunderous sound, like the simultaneous cries of a thousand birds, suddenly erupted from Kuroro's body!

His entire being emanated a dazzling, azure-blue electric light from within!

Rumble-Rumble Fruit - Elemental Transformation!

This wasn't a temporary borrowing of "Thief's Ultimate," but rather the Devil Fruit ability he had already obtained and fully mastered through the system! Now, he unleashed it at full power!

"boom--!"

Akainu's lava ray pierced through Chrollo's body, which was made of pure lightning after he was "elementalized"!

The molten lava and the violent lightning collided violently, resulting in a deafening roar and blinding light!

Kuroro's electrified body was slightly twisted and partially disintegrated by the impact, but his momentum did not diminish!

The next second, the scattered lightning instantly reassembled! Kuroro's lightning-transformed figure became a real, space-tearing blue lightning bolt, crashing head-on into Akainu with a speed exceeding the limits of "Shave" and "Moonwalk," almost like teleportation!

"Thunder Strike - Thunder Collision!"

This isn't a technique; it's a combination of the extreme speed granted by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit with one's own powerful physique and Armament Haki.

The most brutal collision ever!

Akainu's eyes flashed with a sharp light!

He never expected that Kuroro would be hiding such a top-tier Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability!

Even more unexpectedly, the other side chose such a fierce and direct frontal assault!

"Well done!" Akainu roared, neither dodging nor avoiding, his left fist also covered in the deepest Armament Haki, wrapped in lava, and he slammed it out head-on!

He was determined to use absolute power to directly confront this "heavenly punishment lightning"!

"Lava Iron Fist!"

"Bang!!!!!!!"

It wasn't an explosion, but a more muffled, heavier, and terrifying roar, like two stars colliding!

At the point where lightning and lava met, space itself seemed to distort!

Centered on the point of impact, an indescribably violent shockwave exploded outwards in a spherical shape!

This time, it wasn't just the warehouse ruins, but also all the still intact buildings within hundreds of meters, the aerial roots of the mangroves, and the drifting bubbles—

Everything was instantly leveled and torn to shreds by the aftershocks of this pure clash of forces!

The earth seemed to have been stomped on by a giant, and a huge, deep pit with radiating cracks on the edges collapsed downwards from the two of them!

The clouds in the sky were dispersed, revealing a darker sky higher up, and there were even faint signs of real lightning flashing and crackling in the clouds!

In the center of the deep pit, the light gradually faded.

Kuroro and Akainu, their fists entangled in Armament Haki, were locked in a fierce standoff!

On Kuroro's right fist, azure-blue, raging electricity surged and exploded like a living thing, violently clashing, annihilating, and devouring the dark red, almost black, dripping lava radiating destructive heat on Akainu's left fist!

The crackling of electricity mingled with the bubbling of boiling lava, creating a symphony of destruction!

Both of their arms trembled slightly from bearing the other's terrifying strength, their muscles bulging to the limit, and their veins standing out like earthworms!

A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of Kuroro's mouth, but his eyes shone with an alarming brightness, filled with excitement and fervor!

He could feel that in this clash of strength without any fancy moves, his body, which had been strengthened and honed through many battles, and his initial mastery of Armament Haki, were rapidly adapting, integrating, and growing under high pressure!

Akainu's gaze towards Chrollo had completely changed.

This young man—not only does he possess bizarre abilities, but his physical foundation, domineering potential, and combat talent are also terrifying!

He actually only slightly lost when facing his own lava fist head-on?!

"Not enough!" Kuroro roared, his left fist also crackling with Armament Haki and lightning, like another bolt of lightning, slamming towards Akainu's face!

"Arrogant!" Akainu roared, his right fist surging with lava as he fiercely met the attack!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

The two stopped using their wide-range abilities and instead engaged in the most primal, violent, and dangerous close-quarters combat!

Lava and lightning exploded wildly with every punch and kick they exchanged!

Within the deep pit, a dark red lava meteor and a bright blue lightning bolt collided, separated, and collided again at a speed too fast for the naked eye to perceive!

Each collision triggers a small-scale explosion and impact, continuously expanding and deepening the crater!

Kuroro pushed the speed of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to its limit, his figure flickering amidst the crackling lightning as he launched a storm of attacks from all angles!

Akainu, on the other hand, remained unchanged in the face of all changes. His lava-like body had astonishing defensive power, and his Armament Haki was profound and refined. Every punch he threw was powerful and heavy. He attacked with his own attacks and never gave an inch!

The sky was torn apart by thunderclouds and the earth was burned by lava, making the whole area look like the end of the world!

This is the purest collision of power against power, speed against defense, dominance against dominance, and will against will!

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