People are devouring everything; I have a bucket list.

"Damn brat!!"

As the smoke cleared, Hanafuda, enraged by the fireworks, roared in fury, and the giant lizard's shriek made Xiao Yang frown.

Why are you yelling so loudly?!

Hanazha laughed in exasperation at Xiao Yang's rebuke: "It seems that my previous leniency gave you the wrong impression."

He was initially somewhat wary of Xiao Yang, a natural-type ability user.

The reputations earned by the three admirals of the Navy for their Logia-type Devil Fruit abilities are something that everyone has to think twice about.

But Xiao Yang's handling of firearms and grenades just now was completely unlike the style of a powerful expert from the Great Ocean Realm.

—What ability user would carry a gun around?!

"You brat, I'll crush your bones inch by inch and swallow your corpse whole!"

The words in the flower card game had not yet faded.

Boom!

A towering pillar of fire rose from beneath his feet, instantly engulfing him.

Xiao Yang and Ace were both stunned, staring at each other in unison.

"You put this there?!" ×2

"I used the Flame-Flame Fruit to ambush you, why did you ambush me too?" Xiao Yang asked first.

Ace said matter-of-factly, "Xiao Yang, didn't you tell me that if we encounter a brainless villain who talks trash during a fight, we should just ambush him in the bottom lane?"

"Why am I being blamed again?" Xiao Yang was dumbfounded.

The next second he remembered!

Hey! He really taught me this dirty trick.

Back in the Goa Kingdom, he taught Ace and Luffy a lot about things like eye-gouging, peach-stealing, and limestone fighting techniques.

"Xiao Yang, this is all your fault," Ace added.

"Bullshit! I never taught you how to use the Flame-Flame Fruit to plant mines!"

"But I saw you use it," Ace said, scratching his head. "That red-nosed Bucky got his underwear burned off by your trick."

Just as Xiao Yang was about to retort, Ace suddenly realized:

"Wait! Xiao Yang, the poop ball you just fed me, was it a Flame-Flame Fruit?!"

After eating a Devil Fruit, one's instincts will give them knowledge of their abilities.

Ace's mind was filled with thoughts of "I can use fire now," but Xiao Yang was clearly using fire as well.

What's going on?

How come there are two of these Flame-Flame Fruits?

Xiao Yang laughed upon hearing this: "Silly, the Flame-Flame Fruit I ate was male, and the one you ate was female. Is that so hard to understand?"

"That's easy to understand...bullshit! Xiao Yang, do you think I'm that stupid deer Luffy?" Ace spat, not believing Xiao Yang's words that could only fool Luffy.

"Then you're mistaken! You ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, and I ate the Fire-Fire Fruit. How come we ate different things!"

"The Fire-Fire Fruit exists in the world?" Ace was dumbfounded.

Xiao Yang pouted: "Didn't you see that?"

Ace opened his mouth, but couldn't refute it for a moment.

Just then, a mournful howl came from the pillar of fire.

A massive, dark green tail suddenly lashed out, sweeping across the air with a whooshing sound!

Xiao Yang and Ace jumped back at the same time, and the giant tail slammed into the spot where they had just been standing, sending rocks flying everywhere.

"Still have the strength to fight back?" Xiao Yang narrowed his eyes.

As the pillar of fire dissipated, flower cards burst forth from it!

His entire body was covered in dense Armament Haki, and his skin was as black as iron, but his aura was noticeably weaker than before.

The consumption of full Armament Haki coverage far exceeds that of partial hardening, so even if he is an Ancient Species, he cannot last long.

"Two little brats who only know how to set fires from a distance!"

Hanafuda growled and slammed its hands on the ground.

The ground shook, and gravel flew up.

The sharp claws of the Hanafuda claws dug into the ground, lifting up a row of stone walls and smashing them down on the two men.

Ace raised his hand and unleashed a fiery punch that shattered the stone wall, the fragments turning into molten slag in the intense heat.

Taking advantage of this opening, Hanafuda crawled on all fours at high speed in a bizarre lizard-like posture, circling around to Ace's flank.

His goal was clear: solve one problem first.

Xiao Yang saw through his intention and slapped the ground with one hand:

"Great Flame Pillar!"

A pillar of fire shot up from Hanafuda's path, but Hanafuda was prepared and rolled to the side to avoid it, while simultaneously spitting out a cloud of poisonous mist.

The dark green mist quickly spread, carrying a pungent, fishy smell.

"This old lizard has this trick up its sleeve?" Xiao Yang frowned, flames gathering in his palm before he suddenly swung it.

A wall of fire suddenly appeared in front of them, and the poisonous fog was evaporated by the high temperature, making a sizzling sound.

Ace, perfectly in sync, made a pistol gesture with both hands: "Rifle!"

Hundreds of fire bullets rained down on the Hanafuda.

Hanafuda had no choice but to once again use Armament Haki to cover his entire body and charge forward while enduring the bullets.

But he didn't notice that Xiao Yang had secretly laid a layer of fine flame threads under his feet.

"receive!"

Xiao Yang clenched his fist, and the fiery threads tightened instantly, wrapping around Hanafuda's ankle.

Hanafuda's movements faltered, and Ace's fire whip followed closely behind, wrapping around his waist.

"It's that trick again!"

Hanafuda erupted in fury, its entire body radiating an overwhelming aura as it attempted to break free of its restraints.

But flames are not physical ropes; once one group breaks off, a new one will entangle it.

At this moment, Xiao Yang laughed loudly: "Great Flame Pillar, rise!"

The towering pillar of fire engulfed the flower cards for the third time.

This time, Xiao Yang did not stop. He continued to unleash flames, while Ace kept adding muskets around the fire pillars, sealing off all of Hanafuda's escape routes.

The firelight illuminated half of the harbor.

At this moment, the members of the Spade Pirates and their opponents all stopped fighting, staring in disbelief at the scene.

—Two figures engulfed in flames turned a Shichibukai into a sitting duck!

"The captain and the first mate... they're going to burn the sky down," Diuss muttered.

Two minutes later, a burnt smell filled the air.

Xiao Yang and Ace exchanged a glance, then simultaneously lunged forward and clenched their fists.

"—Fire Fist!!" ×2

The two enormous pillars of fire intertwined, transforming into a roaring fire dragon that completely engulfed the Hanafuda.

"No--!!"

The roar abruptly stopped.

When the firelight died down, only a charred mess remained on the ground, not even a trace of bone remained.

The Seven Warlords of the Sea, Hanafuda, died without a complete corpse!

Ace stared blankly at the scorched earth, then looked at Xiao Yang, and suddenly grinned: "Xiao Yang, we won."

"Nonsense." Xiao Yang patted his shoulder, the flames fading from his palm. "If you can't even beat this, go back and let the old man give you a few more years of training."

"No way!" Ace shuddered as he recalled Garp's grueling training.

At this moment, Deus ran over with a few crew members who were still able to stand, looking at Xiao Yang with shock:

"First mate, you...you weren't already..."

"He missed," Xiao Yang said casually, making it up. "That old lizard in the flower cards missed his mark; he didn't hit the heart!"

Deus's lips twitched, clearly disbelieving, but he didn't press further.

There are many strange things happening at sea. As long as Xiao Yang is alive, it's better than being really dead.

Xiao Yang looked around, and seeing that things were not going well, Hua Zha's men immediately began to flee.

Seeing this, Xiao Yang immediately gritted his teeth and shouted:

"Chase!!"

If Xiao Yang doesn't squeeze every last drop of value out of the Seven Warlords of the Sea who are practically handed to him, wouldn't he have wasted his life?

Upon hearing this, Ace and Deuce exchanged a glance, and then instantly rushed forward, chasing after the fleeing enemy and eliminating them completely!