Vongola Primo in One Piece - Chapter 324

With a low shout, flames surged around Giotto’s right fist, forming a blazing dragon that lunged toward the Shiki.

Seeing the approaching flaming dragon, the Shiki immediately felt the scorching heat spreading through the air around him. However, within this searing inferno, he also sensed a chilling presence emanating from the flames, sending shivers down his spine as if they were about to devour him completely.

“Slash Wave!”

Since he faced fire, the Shiki decided to extinguish it with seawater. He manipulated a massive volume of seawater and directed it towards the oncoming fire dragon. Seawater was known to be the nemesis of Devil Fruit users, and it had the power to extinguish flames. However, Giotto’s fire dragon was exceptionally hot, and upon collision with the seawater, it instantly vaporized, shrouding the sky in white mist.

Realizing the effectiveness of this tactic, Shiki immediately gathered an enormous wave of seawater and sent it charging toward Giotto.

Faced with this attack, Giotto found himself in a troublesome situation. The seawater was a natural enemy of Devil Fruit users.

I wouldn’t have eaten Devil Fruit if I know it would come to this. Although the system upgraded the Flame-Flame Fruit, the fact that I was weak to seawater didn’t change. If I was drowned by this overwhelming seawater, I can’t say for sure how much stamina I’ll have left even if I survive,” Giotto thought.

He used Sky Plame to provide a powerful propulsion force. In an instant, he disappeared, leaving behind afterimages. Meanwhile, the seawater struck the protective barrier around Secon Island, but it was disintegrated by Storm Flame, falling like gentle rain onto the island.

“Dying Will Armament: Bone Crusher!”

Giotto seized this opportunity and reappeared behind Shiki. With Color of Arms Haki covering his fist, he threw a punch that he directed at Shiki’s head.

“You little brat!”

Seeing Giotto evade his frontal attack and launch a close-range attack, Shiki couldn’t help but curse. However, he reacted swiftly. As the Float-Float Fruit user, he possessed remarkable agility in the air. Just as Giotto’s punch was about to hit him, he quickly tilted his body and kicked out with his right foot, delivering a fierce blow to Giotto’s punch.

“Boom!”

A loud explosion echoed through the air, and Giotto was sent flying by the impact. Without the Sun Tattoo, he was at a disadvantage when it came to close combat with opponents of the same level. As he regained his balance, Shiki’s barrage of compressed air blades rained down on him once more.

“Roar!”

At that moment, a fierce roar resounded through the sky. Qilin with Sky Flame around his body appeared in front of Giotto, and the flames it released immediately intercepted all of the compressed air blades.

“Form Change!”

After blocking the compressed air blades, Giotto shouted, and Qilin transformed into golden light that merged into his body. In the next second, the Sun Tattoo manifested on his skin.

In an instant, Giotto’s aura became even more intense than before. The activation of the Sun Tattoo allowed him to gain the strength that rivalled Kong. For someone like Shiki, who primarily used swords with his feet, engaging in close combat with Giotto wouldn’t be easy anymore.

“Ha ha ha! Impressive, Vongola brat! No wonder even Whitebeard had trouble with you. With this kind of strength, along with the powerhouses in your Family, you should have no problem dominating the New World, right? Instead, you’re just sitting on this small island. Just like Roger, both of you are foolish!”

Shiki burst into laughter. The stronger Giotto was, the more he looked down on him, who was now hailed as the strongest person in New World.

With enough power, one should have matching ambitions. That was the correct way to survive in this world.

“We will never see eye to eye. In your opinion, I may seem very foolish, but in my opinion, you’re just an arrogant old lion!”

Giotto stared coldly at Shiki. In their previous battle, he had already grasped most of Shiki’s strength. If Shiki wasn’t using his swords with his hands, he didn’t pose any threat to Giotto.

In the next moment, rings of flames spread out from under Giotto’s feet, expanding rapidly. Finally, they condensed into a blazing longsword in his hand. As the longsword took shape, the Shiki’s face turned even grimmer. He could sense the destructive power contained within the sword.

Even Shiki knew that the blazing sword was bad news.

Then, without hesitation, Shiki’s expression changed from grim to ferocious. A powerful aura, like a volcanic eruption, erupted from his body.

As one of the well-known swordsmen in the world, Shiki was finally beginning to reveal his true strength.

“You brat, you’re not nearly enough to surpass me! After all, I am Shiki!”

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