This figure was Ace.
At that moment, he used all his strength to rush in front of Luffy and block the lava fist for him.
The lava fist pierced through his chest from behind, and the flames were burning.
If Ace, who had the ability to burn fruits, intentionally avoided the attack, he could turn his mouth into a hole in advance. Even if the Lava Fist was equipped with an armed domineering aura, it would not hit him.
However, this meant that the Red Hound's fist would pass through and hit Luffy in front of him.
Therefore, Ace used his body to block the Red Hound's punch, and the lava directly pierced through his body.
Even if it was a natural fruit ability user, as long as the physical body was hit, there was no way to recover.
The red hound pulled his fist out of Ace's mouth, leaving a huge hole. This time, he did not return to his original body like before.
Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned on the spot.
The White Beard Pirates exclaimed,"Ace is injured!”
Karp widened his eyes in disbelief.
White Beard also looked over in disbelief.
However, the red hound wanted to attack again, trying to kill Ace completely.
Someone tried to interrupt him with a cannon, but it only pierced through the lava. Soon, the red hound returned to its original form.
At this critical moment, Shen Ping stood up and used seawater to drown the lava on the red hound's body, standing alone in front of Ace.
At this moment, the captains of the White Beard Pirates rushed over and surrounded the Red Hound. The Red Hound's attack was interrupted.
Karp, who saw Ace suffer a fatal injury, could no longer suppress his anger. At this moment, Zhan Guo grabbed his head and smashed him to the ground.
Karp's body was trembling. He gritted his teeth and said,""Phew…War Country! You're pressing me down like this!
Otherwise, I will kill the red dog!”
Everyone could feel the anger that Karp had towards the red hound from his words. If Sengoku hadn't stopped him, he might have really done it.
However, even at this moment, he still remembered that he was a navy officer.
This man was respectable and heartbreaking.
Outside the video, Karp looked at the Red Hound. His hands were already covered in veins. When he saw the Red Hound punch through Ace's chest in the video, anger burned in his heart. He even had the idea of killing the Red Hound in advance to prevent this from happening.
However, this thought was extinguished as soon as it appeared.
He tried his best to suppress his anger, just like Karp in the video, who was being held down by Sengoku.
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In the video, Ace, whose chest was pierced through, seemed to have lost all his strength and fell straight onto Luffy.
Luffy quickly hugged Ace, and blood kept flowing out of the wound on his back.
" I'm sorry, Luffy..." Ace whispered.
"Ace! Hurry up and bandage it!" Luffy said anxiously.
However, Ace was unusually calm. He said gently,
" I can't let you save her properly…I'm really sorry…"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Someone come and bandage Ace!”Luffy shouted.
"It's no use. I know I'm going to die soon. Listen to me, Luffy. If it weren't for Sabot and your troublesome brother, I wouldn't want to live anymore."
Perhaps it was really time to die. Past memories flashed past Ace's eyes like a lantern.
"Oh, if you see Darden, please help me say hi to him…When I knew I was going to die…I missed that guy very much…"
Luffy hugged Ace in a daze and listened to him say his last words in detail.
"But I'm still worried about one thing, and that is that I won't be able to see the other side of your dream…but you…you can definitely do it, because you're my younger brother!”
"I can't shout anymore…Luffy…Help me tell everyone what I'm going to say next…
And you…everyone…
To this day, I'm hopeless
To me, who inherited the bloodline of the devil…
He has always cared for me…
Thank you!"
After saying that, Ace's lips curled into a beautiful arc. Then, his hand that was around Luffy's neck suddenly lost its strength. His entire body slid off Luffy's body and fell to the ground without a sound.
Only his side profile had a smile of peace.
Ace was dead.
In an instant, countless sorrowful cries echoed in the air above the naval headquarters.
The moment Ace fell, Luffy's eyes lost their color. He was like a soulless doll kneeling in front of Ace's corpse, his mouth wide open as he looked up at the sky.
However, at this moment, the man who had killed Ace, the admiral Red Hound, rushed over again. Half of his body had turned into lava, and thick smoke surrounded him. He raised the lava fist that had just killed Ace and punched at Luffy, who had lost consciousness.
"Grass Hat, you're next!”
As the red dog finished speaking, the scene came to an abrupt stop, stopping at the moment when the red dog raised his fist and charged at Luffy.
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