Chapter 38: Giant Fire Soldier
"Enel... You know, my master once told me—those who can't accept failure will never become truly strong."
Flames surged wildly across Ace's body, rising high into the sky. The fire expanded into a blazing inferno nearly 100 meters tall. Within the heart of this towering blaze, a giant flame arm tore through the firestorm, and Ace's form reemerged—merged with a massive humanoid fire giant, mirroring Enel's own thunder giant form.
"Giant Fire Soldier!"
By now, Enel had mastered his Raijin form (Thunder God), far surpassing the level he displayed when fighting Luffy in the original timeline. Ace's Fire Giant stood toe to toe with Enel's Thunder God—each over fifty meters tall. But in Ace's eyes, this form was only the first stage of his new "giant" flame techniques.
As the two colossal figures faced off, the Sky Island's cloud bed could no longer support their immense weight. The moment became inevitable—the two titans plummeted from the sky and crashed down onto the Upper Yard, the Island of the Gods.
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"A real strong man? No—I am no mere strong man. I am a god!"
"Thunder Hammer!"
One of Enel's massive arms morphed into a gigantic hammer, crackling with destructive voltage. He swung it down at Ace's Flame Giant.
"High-Compression Fire Fist!"
Ace's Fire Giant clenched its right fist. Flames condensed rapidly at its core, forming a dense, glowing fireball that exploded with heat. With a mighty roar, the fiery titan launched a punch that collided with Enel's Thunder Hammer.
BOOM!!!
A thunderous explosion echoed across Skypiea. Enel's Raijin form stumbled backward. The transformed hammer-arm had completely vanished—erased by the sheer force of Ace's blow.
Ace's High-Compression Fire Fist was a technique born from immense control—compressing a massive amount of flame into the giant's fist at ultra-high speeds and releasing it in a single, destructive burst. The result was devastating.
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Not stopping there, Ace lifted one palm. A ten-meter-wide fireball hovered above it. Within seconds, he compressed it to barely thirty centimeters before hurling it toward the reeling Enel.
"Ultra Compression: Fire Bomb!"
BOOOOOM!!!
The compact fireball exploded directly on Enel's Thunder God form. The resulting blast obliterated nearly half of his upper torso—including a huge section of his left chest.
Ace had first developed this move when he could only compress a half-meter-wide fireball ten times in seven seconds. Now, he could compress a ten-meter-wide flame into a palm-sized bomb instantly. The destructive power was incomparable.
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"You bastard! BASTARD!" Enel roared madly, lightning crackling as he hastily regenerated his missing thunder-body parts, then charged forward again.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The two giants clashed in a flurry of massive hand-to-hand combat. Thunder met fire. Each strike shattered limbs and armor, only to be regenerated moments later by elemental powers. The shockwaves from their blows could be seen—and felt—from kilometers away. It was a battle beyond human limits.
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Watching from afar, Camachiri's jaw dropped.
"W-Wyper... can humans really wield that kind of power?"
Wyper, standing beside him, was just as stunned. The entire Sandia warrior force behind them stood frozen. Despite their will to fight, their bodies refused to move.
"They're not human... Not anymore."
One warrior stammered, "Do we... do we still go forward?"
Wyper slowly sat down and answered quietly, "No... We wait. We wait for this battle to end."
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Elsewhere, the priests and Divine Soldiers of Enel's temple watched from a safe distance.
"It's terrifying... Lord Enel has become something beyond human! This is the power of a true god!" exclaimed Yama, his eyes filled with awe.
But another priest, Gedatsu, frowned nervously. "But... Lord Enel seems to be struggling..."
"Shut up!" barked Sky Knight Shura. "It doesn't matter who the opponent is—Lord Enel will win. He is our god!"
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Back on the battlefield, Enel laughed wildly as he fought Ace toe-to-toe.
"See, Blue Sea dweller? Even you can't defeat me! I am invincible—I am a god!"
"Armament Haki—Hardening."
Ace's calm voice cut through the roar of battle.
Blackened Haki instantly coated the Fire Giant's chest. Enel's punch struck—but instead of dealing damage, his arm in Thunder God form shattered on impact.
"What... what?!" Enel recoiled in shock.
"I told you," Ace said coldly. "Only the truly strong can master this power. It doesn't just attack—it defends. Your lightning is useless against me now."
Ace flexed his fingers. "That entire fight until now? It was just to test how well the Fire Giant could fight."
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"I'M A GOD, DAMN YOU!!" Enel shrieked, thunder surging wildly. He raised his palm toward Ace, summoning a massive electrical storm.
"100 Million Volts: El Thor!"
At the same time, Ace raised his palm, and a sphere of swirling flame condensed in his grip.
"Ten-Thousand-Degree Inferno: City-Buster Cannon!"
BOOOOOOM!!!
The two ultimate techniques collided.
The clash of fire and lightning created an explosion so vast it scorched the sky. A crater opened where they stood. Hurricane-force winds tore through the jungle, trees vaporized in the heat, and the very ground turned to glass from the temperature.
In the last year, Ace had trained his Armament Haki relentlessly—but he hadn't neglected his Flame-Flame Fruit either. He had pushed his elemental flame to new extremes. As of six months ago, he could withstand altitudes close to 35,000 meters—temperatures rivaling the surface of the sun.
The flames Ace now produced weren't just 10,000°C in temperature—they were burning with such intense thermal energy that they could instantly melt almost any metal on Earth, despite the fantastical rules of this world.
Iron? Melts at 1500°C. Boils at 2750°C.
Ace's flames exceeded all of that.
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As the smoke and fire cleared, Ace stepped forward.
"Enel... I've seen what I needed to see."
"This battle—is over."
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