Blaize didn't stay idle, he attacked again. But, this time he intended for a wider range. He can't let the pirates close the gap between them as it would put all the marines' life at risk.
From what he sensed, the pirates' number is at least thrice that of Marines even after he destroyed one of their ships.
Blaize breathed while bluish-white flames surged from his body. By pressing the palm together like that of a praying gesture, he drove it forward.
The flames surged from his palms like an inferno and burned forward growing into a wide one, enough to annihilate the pirate ships in one fell swoop.
Noticing his attack, the marines cheered and fired the cannons enthusiastically as if the victory is in their grasp.
On the other hand, aside from Crystal pirates, the other pirates, and underworld people nearly pissed their pants facing Blaize's flame, as they witnessed what happened before. They don't want to scatter as ashes by the wind!
Left with no choice, they all looked at Crystal for help. They knew he's the only one in their group who can stop the flames and fight Blaize as his equal.
Crystal snorted and spread his hands, shooting a long crystal shard from his hands that connected to the sea and crystalized the entire seawater into the crystal that had a purple hue inside them.
As far as one's eyes could follow, it was covered in crystal. The entire sea is crystallized while the ships of both sides had also stood in their position, losing the ability to move.
'Shook...' The terrain quivered for a moment before a huge crystal wall of around 25 meters sprouted from the ground, covering the pirate ships thoroughly.
It totally obstructed everyone's view. Even Blaize's flames can't break through such a sturdy crystal wall and hit the pirate ships that are protected behind.
Everyone gasped at the sudden change in the situation. It seems they underestimated the Yonko.
But, Blaize wasn't done with the attack. Before the flames could strike the crystal wall, Blaize undid the pressed palm and thrust them again.
As soon as he did that, the flames parted into two ways and effortlessly avoided the crystal wall before they pressed together again, striving to destroy the pirates from both sides.
Crystal was quick to react as he raised another layer of protection with his ability on the sides but he failed to notice that Blaize's flames weren't the same as he encountered before.
"Boom!"
When Blaize's flames came in contact with the Crystal wall, they battled for domination before his flames destroyed the defense with force and advanced forward.
The momentum was disrupted by Crystal's ability but Blaize's flames still destroyed two ships on both sides. As a result, the pirates' forces decreased further.
In the meantime, Crystal stared at Blaize with his raised brows as he noticed the latter's flames are intense with high temperatures and had a solid texture to them, unlike before.
In direct combat, it may pose a threat to him if not defended properly. His senses tell him that Blaize isn't the same person that his crew crushed before.
Just as the remaining pirate crew rejoiced escaping Blaize's flames, Kizaru launched an attack of his own.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
Crossing his arms before the chest, he used both hands to fire a torrent of destructive light beams, that's capable of causing extreme damage to whatever they hit.
But, against Crystal's impregnable defense even Kizaru's light beams failed to deal significant damage. It surprised neither Kizaru nor Blaize as they both knew well about the latter's ability.
Kizaru's just testing the extent of his fruit power and at the same time, playing with the other side.
Blaize knew very well about Crystal's power. His ability may look similar to Admiral Aokiji but in fact, it was vastly different.
Aokiji's ice ability work on the concept of elementalization, while Crystal has the ability to crystalize most of the things. Besides, he can harden or soften them as he wishes.
A good example is the crystalized ground, if he wants he can soften a part of the ground similar to the texture of mud and use it to sink the others before hardening them.
Blaize had to admit Crystal's control over his devil fruit ability is unprecedented. With all his skills combined, he's indeed a terrifying opponent.
If Blaize compares Crystal's use of devil fruit ability to his attribute point, it would be above the '70. bar limit. But, Blaize too has promoted the power of his devil fruit to the next level.
The result won't be the same as the last time!
"I will take Crystal, you watch over the others," Blaize uttered to Kizaru.
"Ok!"
Both the sides jumped from their respective ship and faced one another. On one side is Marines and on the other side are, pirates and underworld people.
Left with no choice, both sides confronted one another after their superior's command!
"Clash!" The sounds of metal clanking and the burst of blows reverberated across the surrounding.
Meanwhile, Blaize too leaped from the ship and faced Crystal who still stood in the same spot, looking at him while his subordinates went to stall Kizaru from rampaging.
"I should have killed you the last time when we had met!" Crystal shook his head in pity.
"You should have when you had the chance. Not anymore!" Saying this, Blaize waved his hand while a solid staff bluish-white in color actualized in his hand.
It emitted a horrible heat and sense of oppression. Imbuing them with conqueror's Haki, Blaize rushed forward and brandished the staff horizontally with everything he got.
The staff let a trail of black bolts of lightning that sparkled in all directions.
As for Crystal, he produced a sword made out of black crystal and coated them with Armament haki before waving at the direction Blaize's attack was coming from.
"Bang!"
The strikes collided for a brief second before a cracking noise echoed followed by a thwack sound. Crystal's sword scattered and Blaize's staff banged Crystal's face, smashing him way back.
Crystal's figure flew back for hundreds of meters before crashing into the ground!
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