Chapter 877: Young man, this is not how you use fire!
"You're awesome, uncle!!"
Gildarts's understated but powerful move left Ace in awe.
He knew that if he had not only used the Fire Fist but also used a move like the Flame Emperor's Great Flame Ring, he should have been able to burn the sea king in front of him to ashes. However, that was only possible when he used all his strength. And considering that there would be no sea king to eat after using that move, he deliberately controlled the power of the Fire Fist.
But Gildarts's move should refer to a normal attack, not a special move. In other words, the opponent's casual move is stronger than his ultimate move. So if he uses his full strength...
Maybe only dad can beat him? ?
Such a strong man should...
"Hey, uncle!! Do you want to join the Whitebeard Pirates?"
Ace invited Gildarts, just like when he met Luffy a few days ago and invited Luffy to join Whitebeard's group of kids.
"Sorry, I've already joined the guild!" Gildarts refused with a laugh. He was reluctant to leave Fairy Tail!
"Guild?? Is it a magic guild?"
"That's right! The magic guild 'Fairy Tail', this is the symbol of our guild!!"
Gildarts said as he lifted his cloak, revealing the guild emblem on his left chest. "Although the members of the guild are a little noisy at times, they are like family. Everyone is a very trustworthy partner!"
Ace's eyes instantly went wild with stars: "Oooooohhhh!!! Isn't that similar to our Whitebeard Pirates?!! It's the same for us. Although everyone on the ship is not related by blood, because of the existence of Dad, everyone is like a family."
"Hahaha... so we really are destined to meet! Our guild also has a dad-like figure! The old man is our president. Even though he's over 80 years old this year, he's still very energetic!"
Hearing the words 'very energetic', Ai suddenly froze in embarrassment, scratched his cheek, and changed the subject: "So the people in the guild you mentioned, 'Fairy Tail', are they wizards like you?"
"Yes!"
"Natsu is also in the same guild as you??"
"Basically, all the wizards you meet are from our guild, or they are friends of our guild!"
Gildarts said as he picked up the newspaper beside him and pointed it out to Ace with great interest, "These three are from our guild, and the other five are our friends from the guild. They are very strong!"
"I already know this kind of thing!!"
Eight people defeated the main force of the Big Mom Pirates. Isn't that amazing?
At this moment, Ace suddenly thought of something and asked quickly, "Uncle, do you know what this 'Resurrection of the Dead' in the newspaper is about? Can he really revive the dead? Is this also magic?"
Gildarts put down his glass, glanced at Neinhart's figure on the newspaper, and said, "Oh, you mean that? That's the effect of the magic 'Memory of Corpse'. In a sense, it can indeed revive people."
Then, Gildarts explained the effect of this magic to Ace, and Buggy and others heard the news clearly.
"Can you really resurrect the dead?"
"So he reads the powerful enemy from the opponent's memory and summons them. No wonder he can summon Silver Axe, Wang Zhi, Captain John, and even Captain Roger and Rocks..."
When Buggy was young, he heard the name Rocks mentioned by people who knew his captain. He knew that the other party was a great pirate who was no less powerful than his own captain. He also knew that three of the four emperors: Whitebeard, Kaido, and Big Mom, were all members of the Rocks Pirates. Even the wife of their vice-captain, Pluto Rayleigh, was...
Cough cough!
In short, before Rocks was defeated by his own captain, Big Mom had already given birth to several children on the ship, including her now famous subordinates, Katakuri, Perospero and several other older sons and daughters.
In other words, there is a high probability that these people have seen Rocks and Captain Roger, so there is no problem in being summoned.
After hearing Gildarts' words, everyone on the ship fell silent.
After a long while, Buggy finally exclaimed, "Amazing... Just with this kind of magic, he can form an army by himself, right??"
Even though it is not a true resurrection , and the individual strength of these memory corpses cannot exceed that of their users, but if there are ten, a hundred, or a thousand of them, not to mention the territories of the Four Emperors, even the Navy Headquarters can be broken into!
"So cool! That magic..."
"Hahaha, of course! Ace, I don't know how much strength you used in that move just now, but if the temperature of your flames can only be this high, then you are far inferior to Natsu!"
For some reason, Ace felt like a poor student being criticized by the teacher. He retorted unconvincedly, "Don't underestimate me, uncle! My flames are very strong! If I use all my strength, I can roast that sea king with one move!"
Gildarts nodded and said, "But if it's Natsu, he can burn ten sea kings !"
"What?! Is this true...?!" Ace widened his eyes in disbelief. A few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. At the same time, his body leaned back, revealing his double chin.
"Of course! Even though Natsu is only 20 years old, his strength ranks among the top ten in our guild!"
"This... I'm also 20 years old! My strength can also be ranked in the top ten in the Whitebeard Pirates! By the way, uncle, how strong are you in your guild?"
Gildarts stroked his chin and thought, "Hmm? Where do I rank in the guild in terms of strength? Let me think, currently I'm third... no, second! After all, the old man can't beat me now! But if we also take into account those retired old men... I should drop to third!"
"No way?! You're only in the top three?!"
Ace was shocked. He could feel how strong Gildarts was. He might be just a step behind his father. But now he said he was only ranked third in the guild? ? Doesn't that mean that there are at least three "Four Emperors" level masters in the guild? !
Just when Ace was in doubt, Gildarts suddenly hugged him and said, "Don't be discouraged by your own strength, boy! I'll tell you a secret, the secret to making the flame stronger is the extreme high temperature! Even Natsu only realized this in the past two years, and since then, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds at a speed visible to the naked eye!"
"Extreme...high temperature??!"
Ace was a little confused. If someone else was pointing fingers at his fire in front of him, he might have shouted to fight with the other person. But now it was Gildarts who was pointing fingers at him, so he could only listen humbly.
In the past, Ace's flames had always pursued attack range and exquisite attack techniques, because in his opinion, the best way of attack was to have flames in the form of large and wide, or small and fine. He even simulated the sun to develop the Yan Emperor Great Flame Ring, and simulated fireflies to develop moves such as Fire Daruma.
Relying on his two understandings of fire, Ace has always had few rivals on the sea.
As a result, someone actually told him that the way he was using it was wrong, which made Ace unable to accept it for a while.
"Yes, it's the extreme high temperature! You just said that your devil fruit ability is called the Flame-Flame Fruit, right?"
"Yes...yes...!!" Ace answered confusedly, not knowing what Gildarts wanted to say.
"It's called the Flame-Flame Fruit, not the Fire-Fire Fruit. Therefore, to unleash its power, the key is not the size, range, or technique of the flame, but whether you can make the target of the attack burn!"
Gildarts asked Ace to light a ball of fire in his hand, pointed at the fire and said, "The fire you are using now has too scattered temperatures! You need to concentrate the temperature of the flame at one point, so that you can burn the target!"
"Natsu can melt ores harder than diamond into juice with just his passive skill!"
Ace was shocked by this display: "What did you say?! Diamond? Can something like that really be done??"
'Diamond' George, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' third division, can make his surroundings as hard as diamond. Ace has fought him many times but has not been able to break his defense even once.
In the past, Ace only thought that the defense of diamond was absolute, but now he understood that maybe it was just that the temperature of his flame was not high enough. Just like many swordsmen could not cut through steel, he was facing a major bottleneck!
"The characteristic of Natsu's flame is burning, which is very similar to your Flame-Flame Fruit."
Gildarts continued, "He can also use his anger as fuel to increase the temperature and destructive power of the flames. I don't think you can do that either, right?"
"Uh... um..."
Ace scratched his cheek awkwardly, but in his heart he seemed to hear something ridiculous and absurd: Using emotions as fuel? What the hell? Can emotions really burn? Isn't this too outrageous? ! !
Seeing this, Gildarts immediately understood Ace's embarrassment and laughed again: "Come on, young man!"
"You still have a long way to go in the future!!"
