One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

A deafening explosion suddenly came from the passageway outside the isolation door!

Then came the ear-piercing sound of metal twisting and the soldiers' screams. The heavy alloy door bulged inward with a terrifying lava fist imprint, and crimson light shone through the crack, instantly turning the air in the room scalding hot.

The second blow followed immediately.

The entire door was blasted away by the violent force, crashing into the room along with lava and black smoke.

V stood still. The flying door panel seemed to hit an invisible wall a few meters away from him, its speed suddenly reduced, and then it was caught in mid-air by several mechanical arms wrapped with faint arcs of electricity that suddenly emerged from the shadows and gently placed on the ground.

Amidst the smoke and heat, a tall, imposing figure, his body flowing with dark red lava, stepped into the operating area.

Navy Admiral, "Akainu" Sakazuki.

His gaze, like solid magma, swept over the World Government agents and naval officers in the room who had just been transformed and were still somewhat bewildered, finally locking onto V.

There was no surprise in his gaze, only a suppressed rage and a cold scrutiny.

"Pirate..." Akainu's voice was low and hoarse, each word seeming to be squeezed out from the depths of lava, "Why are you here!?"

A powerful sense of oppression swept through the entire space like a tsunami.

Several newly awakened agents turned pale and instinctively backed away.

Peacock stepped forward, blocking V's side, and said in a deep voice:

"Admiral Sakazuki! This is a top-secret operation personally approved by Fleet Admiral Sengoku! Mr. V is invited by the World Government to—"

"Shut up!" Akainu interrupted sharply, not even glancing at Peacock, his gaze fixed on V.

He's someone who came here specifically to cause trouble; why would he listen to such nonsense?

Moreover, Peacock is a true member of the Warring States period lineage, and he has no connection with him whatsoever.

Chapter 158 Your Ability is Really Useful

Akainu took a step forward, and the alloy floor beneath his feet groaned under the weight, quickly melting and leaving a crimson footprint.

"Those who are filthy, despicable, and only know how to destroy and plunder have no right to stand on this island!"

"Your very existence is the greatest stain on 'justice'!"

As he spoke, Akainu's right fist erupted like a volcano, carrying a torrent of molten lava capable of melting steel, and slammed straight toward V's location.

This attack showed no mercy.

As a pirate under the Seven Warlords of the Sea with a bounty exceeding 100 million, Akainu believed that his casual attack wouldn't kill V outright.

As for what if you accidentally kill the other person...

so what?

Who told this guy to be so weak?

Clearly, although Akainu didn't say it outright, he was still filled with resentment towards the Five Elders' attitude.

I was here first!

The giant lava fist plowed a crimson trail through the air, the intense heat distorting the light and making the entire surgical area blurry and shaky.

Several agents who were closer to the scene turned pale. Even though they had just acquired powerful cybernetic bodies, their bodies still trembled instinctively in the face of the admiral's devastating attack.

But V did not move.

He didn't even raise his hand.

Just as the giant lava fist was about to reach V a few meters in front of him—

hum!

A thick, inky darkness spread out from beneath V's feet without warning, surging upwards like a living thing, instantly coalescing into a thick barrier of darkness in front of him.

Compared to Blackbeard's pure darkness, the darkness emanating from V is much more intense, almost like a tangible entity capable of devouring all light.

The darkness combined with the shadow power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit is more controllable and more powerful than ordinary darkness!

The barrier's surface was covered with eerie ripples, like a deep-sea whirlpool, radiating a chilling sense of oppression.

The next moment, the giant lava fist slammed into the dark barrier.

boom--!!!

A deafening roar erupted in the enclosed space, and the shockwave sent the instruments in the operating area tumbling about.

However, the anticipated scene of lava splashing and raging heat did not appear.

Akainu's pupils contracted slightly.

His massive lava fist, powerful enough to melt steel and destroy warships, seemed to sink into an abyss the moment it touched the barrier of darkness.

The intense heat on the lava surface dimmed at a visible speed, and the flowing magma was quickly "swallowed" by the darkness, as if it were being forcibly decomposed and absorbed by some invisible force.

In just two seconds, the two-meter-diameter lava fist completely disappeared into the darkness, without even a spark.

A tiny ripple spread across the surface of the dark barrier before returning to calm, as if it had just swallowed a wisp of breeze.

"What?" For the first time, Akainu's deep voice carried a hint of surprise.

V remained standing in the same spot, a calm smile on his face.

“General Sakazuki,” V’s voice was gentle, yet carried a hint of sarcasm, “fighting in the operating room is hardly polite.”

"Admiral Akainu! What are you doing!?"

At this moment, the peacock beside him also came to its senses and immediately questioned him sharply.

However, Akainu seemed not to hear her at all, his gaze fixed on V.

After a long pause, he suddenly let out a cold laugh:

"I see!"

The lava around Akainu became even more active, and the dark red light made his face look like a demon from hell.

The temperature inside the operating room rose sharply, and the air itself was distorted by the heat wave.

"It seems you're no longer an ordinary pirate. In that case—"

He slowly raised his arms, and lava rolled and condensed on his fists, emanating a suffocating aura of destruction.

"We must strike hard!"

Before he could finish speaking, Akainu's fists erupted simultaneously like a volcano!

"Ming dog!!"

An even more ferocious and refined lava fist tore through the air, transforming into two intersecting crimson death trails on the left and right, crashing towards V with a force that blocked all evasive angles!

V sighed deeply at this.

"Sigh... the equipment here isn't cheap."

"Can't you find another place to fight?"

Although he didn't use any of the equipment in that operating room, in the underground world, it would be a high-tech product that could sell for hundreds of millions of dollars.

V had originally planned to pack up all the equipment and take it back with her after the surgery.

That bastard Akainu... I really don't want him to get the slightest advantage!

Moreover, judging from his appearance, he probably intends to kill Peacock along with the supplies, agents, and navy personnel.

What a ruthless and heartless iron-blooded officer.

V's eyes flashed, and beneath the cold lenses, golden light and deep darkness surged simultaneously.

Faced with those two "hounds of the underworld" that blocked all escape routes and seemed to melt the entire space into a crimson hell, he did not retreat, nor did he try to dodge with speed.

Because behind him were the peacock and those "patients" who had just completed their transformation and had not yet fully mastered their new powers.

Akainu can disregard the lives of these people and unleash his admiral-level destructive power here without restraint, but V cannot disregard them.

These people are his best promotional ambassadors and the starting point for him to develop more renovation businesses in the future.

More importantly, before he officially gained the right to use the Impel Down prisoners, he absolutely could not allow anyone to undermine the fragile cooperative relationship he had just established with the World Government.

Even if the person who is trying to undermine the cooperation is authorized by the highest levels of the world government.

"trouble."

V whispered something and clasped her hands together loosely in front of her chest.

The next second, an even thicker and deeper darkness erupted from beneath his feet, surging upwards like an inky tsunami, instantly forming an almost tangible arc-shaped barrier in front of him.

Boom! Boom!

The two "ghost dogs" crashed into the dark barrier almost simultaneously.

The deafening explosion was mostly absorbed by the barrier, transforming into a muffled roar, as if coming from the depths of the earth.

The crimson lava and the inky black darkness collided, eroded, and eroded each other in a frenzy.

Akainu's pupils suddenly contracted.

As a naval admiral, he knew better than anyone the power of his attack.

Even Aokiji and Kizaru, who were also admirals, had to take his attack seriously.

However, the two crimson torrents that were powerful enough to turn this area into a lava hell vanished without a trace when they touched that eerie dark barrier.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no scene of lava splashing.

The surface of the dark barrier rippled with deep waves, like pebbles being thrown into a calm lake.

"What...what is this?!"

For the first time, a clear wavering appeared in Akainu's deep voice.

V stood behind the dark barrier, his eyes behind his glasses flickering slightly, also carrying a hint of surprise.

He was prepared to withstand the impact head-on, and even to use the "gravity control" of the Dark-Dark Fruit to deflect or deflect the force.

After all, the other party is a naval admiral, one of the world's top combat forces.

However, the Dark Barrier performed far better than expected.

It not only completely withstood the attack, but also nearly "devoured" the Devil Fruit energy contained within the lava.