One Piece: The Cryo Doctor on the Straw Hat Ship

The deafening roar seemed to tear space apart, as the blazing magma, pale lightning, and thick darkness clashed violently together.

The terrifying energy shock exploded in a ring, instantly evaporating and discharging a large area of ​​seawater, forming a brief, huge depression filled with steam and chaotic energy!

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The intense heat clashed fiercely with lightning and darkness, producing a sound that made your teeth ache.

Akainu clearly felt that the lava and Haki on his fist were being rapidly "swallowed" and "eroded" by the darkness, while the lightning was trying to penetrate his defenses, bringing paralysis and destruction.

What alarmed him even more was that these attacks also carried a hint of Conqueror's Haki, constantly impacting his mind.

"This power..." Akainu's eyes flashed with even more ferocity, his left fist poised to unleash a more ferocious attack, ready to blast the rat hiding underwater out completely.

However, in that instant when the old forces had exhausted themselves and the new forces had not yet arisen—

A calm, almost indifferent voice suddenly rang out from very close behind him:

"You're focusing your attention in the wrong place, Admiral Sakazuki."

Chapter 160 A Navy Admiral, Nothing Special

Akainu was startled and almost instinctively wanted to turn around and defend himself.

But a tiny, almost spatial black crack had silently adhered to the back of his neck, which was covered in lava and exuded an aura of dominance.

There was no grand display, no blazing lightning.

The rift was like reality itself being torn apart, its edges flowing with pure darkness that devoured all light.

The rift widened suddenly the instant it touched the back of Akainu's neck—

"Shadow Erosion - Bind".

V's voice was as calm as ice.

This is a bizarre combination of the Dark-Dark Fruit's "gravity domination" and the Shadow-Shadow Fruit's "shadow manipulation".

The Dark Rift does not act directly on the physical body, but rather by eroding and fixing Akainu's shadow, thus restricting his actions in reverse!

Akainu felt his body sink, as if countless invisible chains were extending from the shadows beneath his feet, binding his limbs and torso.

It is not a physical constraint, but a more fundamental "rule interference".

His movements were momentarily slowed down, and even the flow of energy from the Lava Fruit within his body seemed to be blocked by an invisible membrane, becoming obscure and sluggish!

"What a ridiculous trick!"

Akainu flew into a rage, and molten lava erupted around him.

Dark red magma, like an out-of-control volcano, spewed from every pore of his body, and the scorching heat instantly vaporized the surrounding seawater, forming a constantly expanding barrier of steam.

"You mere pirate, don't get too cocky!!!"

With a roar, Akainu unleashed his Armament Haki to its fullest extent, his black and red Haki armor forcefully breaking free from the shadow's restraints.

He stomped his right foot on the void, and his Moon Step exploded with a scorching wave of air. He was like a meteor flying backwards, forcefully breaking free from Shadow Erosion's restraint!

But V's offensive was not over.

Almost at the same moment Akainu broke free, V clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and the Dark Engine was running at full power!

"Shadow Tide - Thousand Hands Bind".

Beneath the sea surface, countless dark shadow hands burst forth from the water.

This time, they no longer extended from V's feet, but grew directly from Akainu's own shadow—as if his shadow had gained an independent life and was devouring its master.

Dozens, even hundreds, of shadowy hands emerged from the shadows around Akainu's ankles, calves, waist, and shoulders, wrapping around, grabbing, and dragging him.

Even more bizarrely, a tiny dark crack appeared in the palm of each Shadow Hand, emitting a faint devouring power, constantly absorbing the lava energy overflowing from Akainu's body.

"You bastard...!"

"What kind of ability is this?"

Akainu, who knew nothing about V, turned ashen-faced.

He had never encountered such a bizarre and troublesome ability.

Attacking his shadow can affect his main body;

Darkness not only devours energy, but it can also "grow" binding tentacles from its shadow!

Even among the most bizarre mythical beasts, he had never heard of such power.

"You think you can trap me like this!?"

Akainu's eyes flashed with ferocity, and the terrifying power befitting a Marine Admiral was finally unleashed.

"Magma Hell - Extreme Scorching Heat!!"

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!

Centered on Akainu, dark red lava spread wildly outwards like a tsunami.

It wasn't just one or two eruptions, but a 360-degree, all-encompassing eruption of lava.

The scorching magma, as if alive, spread rapidly along the sea surface, causing the seawater to boil and evaporate wherever it passed, with white steam rising into the sky, forming a wall of thick fog that covered an area of ​​thousands of meters.

What's even more shocking is—

The lava that fell into the sea was not cooled and extinguished by the seawater. Instead, driven by Akainu's berserk Devil Fruit power, it quickly solidified, piled up, and bulged.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

On the sea, islands made of lava rise up one after another!

The smaller ones are tens of meters in diameter, while the larger ones exceed one hundred meters. The dark red rock surface is covered with golden-red lava veins, emitting a scorching heat and a pungent sulfurous smell.

In just a few breaths, the sea around Akainu was transformed into an "archipelagic hell" consisting of dozens of lava islands.

Steam filled the air, lava flowed, and the intense heat illuminated the entire sea area, making it resemble a hellish landscape.

This is the power of a Navy Admiral!

With all its might, it is possible to change the terrain in an instant, turning the sea into a lava island.

The soldiers at Marineford port in the distance stared in horror at the scene, and many instinctively backed away.

"Admiral Akainu... is getting serious!"

"Who is it?! Who could make Admiral Akainu unleash such a powerful force?"

"No matter who it is, that guy... is dead..."

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"As expected... the power of an admiral is indeed not to be underestimated."

V's voice came calmly through the thick fog.

He hovered in mid-air hundreds of meters away from Akainu, his gaze behind his glasses calmly sweeping over the lava islands below.

"but……"

A slight smile slowly curved V's lips.

"My ability is exactly what counters your 'energy-emitting' type."

As soon as he finished speaking, V suddenly pressed down with both hands.

"Dark Erosion Domain - Fully Deployed!!"

He hasn't been working hard all these past few days!

He completed the cybernetic modifications of nearly a hundred top agents and naval officers, which not only allowed his trading points balance to break through six figures for the first time, but also prompted a comprehensive upgrade of many of his own cybernetic bodies.

Although each upgrade is only a "small leap" from 5th to 6th tier, or 6th to 7th tier, when the number of upgraded prosthetic bodies accumulates to a certain scale, V's overall strength does not simply increase incrementally—but rather exhibits an exponential increase.

Buzz—!!!

Centered on V, thick, inky darkness poured down like a burst dam onto the lava islands below!

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!

The entire lava archipelago trembled violently.

Countless dark fissures tore out from the depths of the island, like wounds on the earth, frantically devouring the heat and rocks in the lava.

The power from the Demon Badge allowed V to completely disregard the presence of the seawater.

Soon, these dark fissures connected and spread, weaving a vast, ever-expanding dark network across the surface of the lava islands.

Light and darkness, at this moment, created a magnificent scene—

Above are islands of crimson, flowing lava, radiating intense light, like a furnace of hell;

Below is a dark network that spreads wildly and devours everything, like the gaping maw of an abyss.

Red and black, light and darkness, high temperature and cold, creation and devouring... Two completely opposite forces collide, erode, and strangle each other on the sea surface!

Akainu stood on the largest lava island, his face ashen.

He clearly sensed that his connection with the lava islands below was being rapidly weakened and severed by the darkness.

"Damn it... what kind of ability is this!?"

Akainu growled, and his right fist once again condensed lava.

This time, however, the lava solidified much more slowly, and its light dimmed considerably.

High in the sky, V's face was also pale.

Maintaining such a large area of ​​dark erosion is a huge burden for him at the moment.

The backlash from the Dark Engine running at full power felt like countless red-hot steel needles piercing his internal organs along his nerve pathways.

Good thing...

He has no internal organs!

"It's not over yet..."

Since we're going to do it, let's see it through to the end!

V raised his right hand, palm facing Akainu in the center of the lava islands below—