One Piece: Kaido's adopted son, starts with the Eight Gates Formation.

So he could only stand there, suppressing his pent-up frustration and murderous intent into a volcano about to erupt. The ground around him had already begun to melt, turning into a slowly flowing pool of lava; any creature that tried to approach would be instantly vaporized.

Just then, an untimely footstep broke the tense silence of the forbidden zone.

Kiruj Oppi's figure drew nearer. He stood on the edge of the still-solidifying lava, his white military boots spotless. He looked at the scene before him, a flicker of surprise crossing his eyes behind his goggles.

A man exuding the aura of lava was guarding a strange skull throne.

"Oh?" Kiru stopped, standing a hundred meters away from Akainu. He could feel the immense energy within Akainu that was completely different from spirit energy—violent, scorching, and full of destructive power.

"You're not Death itself," Kiruge said in a scrutinizing tone, full of condescension. "Neither are you a Hollow. What are you?"

Akainu slowly turned his head, his eyes, hidden in the shadow of his hat brim, shooting out two icy, bone-chilling killing intents. He saw Cheruzee's pure white military uniform with the cross insignia and sensed the unique spiritual energy fluctuations of a Quincy emanating from him.

A new "evil".

"roll."

Akainu's voice was hoarse and deep, as if squeezed from the depths of his throat, with a texture like molten lava grinding against something. Each word carried an undeniable warning.

Upon hearing this, Jilu Jie not only didn't back down, but instead laughed. It was the kind of laughable feeling one gets when hearing a rural native shouting in front of him.

"What an impolite barbarian." He pushed up his goggles and gracefully extended a hand. "Since you're unwilling to answer, I'll just 'take' the answer myself."

"I am Cheruze Opie, a member of the Sternritter of the Unseen Empire, codenamed 'J'. You should feel honored to die by my hand."

Before he finished speaking, the spiritual energy within him suddenly erupted!

"Sankt Zwinger!"

Om-!

Centered on Akainu, barriers of light composed of high-density spiritual particles rose from the ground, instantly weaving into a huge cross-shaped cage exuding a sacred aura!

This is a skill used by Quincy to absorb spirit particles. Any life form composed of spirit particles, once captured by a "Saint," will have its body's spirit particles forcibly stripped and absorbed, ultimately turning into nothingness.

In Cheruge's view, although the man before him had a strange energy system, he was ultimately made of flesh and blood and must possess a soul. As long as it was a soul, it could not exist without the composition of spiritual particles. With this move, the opponent, along with the strange energy within his body, would be completely absorbed by him, becoming nourishment for himself.

He was ready to watch the other person painfully disintegrate in the holy light.

However, the smile on Kiruje's face froze the next second.

The cage of light stood silently, and Akainu stood silently inside as well.

Nothing happened.

There was no decomposition, no absorption, not even the slightest flow of spiritual particles. That sacred "Holy Servant" was like a flashy but ineffective light show, serving no purpose other than to appear bright.

Akainu didn't even lift his eyelids, as if the terrifying technique that was enough to disintegrate a high-level Hollow was just a breeze brushing past his body.

"How...how is this possible?"

For the first time, the arrogance on Cherugger's face faded, replaced by deep astonishment and bewilderment.

His "sacred servant" has failed!

This man… isn’t composed of spirit particles? This is completely beyond his comprehension! How can there be a powerful life form whose existence isn’t based on spirit particles? This defies the common sense of the world!

"Is the juggling over?"

Akainu finally spoke, and in his voice, a suppressed volcano began to awaken. He slowly raised his head, and his eyes, beneath the brim of his hat, were now a molten lava-red.

"Since you're so eager to die..."

boom!!!