After a few hours of continuous sprinting, Blaize finally saw a vague outline of a star-shaped island.

‘Isn’t it the Boin Archipelago?’ When he neared the island, he got a clear view which is a series of flower-shaped islands. Stomach-baron is the name of this large flower-shaped plant. ​​

It’s home to various gigantic bugs and vicious man-eating plants. Usopp was sent to one of these islands by Bartholomew Kuma during the events of the Sabaody Archipelago and spent two years on the island honing his skills.

It is said that anyone who enters this island has no chance of leaving it again, though both Usopp and Heracles managed the feat.

Of course, to someone like Blaize, this island holds little to no threat. What attracts him, is the numerous naturally made foods such as ramen, ham fruits, chocolate rocks, delicious fruits, etc.

Licking his lips, he rushed forward and landed on the island. As soon as he landed, a sun-shaped flower plant attempted to eat him but was incinerated to ash by the heat released from his body.

Marching forward, Blaize met different kinds of animals and carnivorous plants. As a man who transmigrated from the earth, he was fascinated by these things.

It’s only because he was strong, if not, he can only run like Usopp. Making use of the environment, he experimented with his newfound devil fruit abilities.

‘Heat Smash’ Golden-colored fist actualized purely out of extreme temperature.

“Bang!” With a slight motion from his hand, the phantom fist blasted through the hard shell of the giant beetle and pulverized it entirely.

Only blood and gore remained of the beetle.

‘Ray of the sun!’ Orange-red glow surged from his hand and beamed in a straight line melting everything in its way.

“Energy Shock!” Blaize’s favorite skill. A golden spherical bubble coated around his fist similar to Whitebeard’s Gura Gura no mi power.

“Boom!”

With a punch, it released a monstrous heatwave that destroyed everything within 200 to 300 meters, leaving behind nothing but a devastating, scorched trail.

Three attacks…he nearly destroyed the entire stomach baron, and that too within a minute of his arrival. His skills may look flashy, but it needs further development.

The heat released by his devil fruit ability is slightly weaker than normal flames. It won’t be as effective against people with monstrous physical traits.

It’s because his devil fruit potential attribute has just reached ’20’. Once he further improves them, the temperature of his heat will raise further to a shocking degree.

After all, what he ate is sun-sun fruit. He has a long way to go—to bring out the true power of his devil fruit.

At that moment, the man-eating plants in the distance swayed and a human dressed in beetle-styled armor appeared before his eyes. He had a round-shaped body with relatively thin arms and legs.

He’s none other than ‘Heracles’ champion of the Gliston and Usopp’s sensei. His costume resembled a hero with a mask that covers his face, a mantle, and a purple cape.

“Hello! I am Heracles’n. Please don’t destroy any more of the plants, otherwise, the big one will get angry.” Heracles stated while looking at the scorched ground.

“Oh…Sorry. I’m Blaize. Nice to meet you.” Blaize introduced himself with a smile.

“What kind of devil fruit did you eat Blaize’n? Your powers are scary.”

“It’s nothing. By the way, I read this island hosts a whole lot of delicious fruit, can you take me there?” Blaize asked with a drooling expression.

“Mn. Follow me, Blaize’n. It’s surprising that you even know about this island’s specialties.”

“Are you resident of this island, Heracles?”

“No. My hometown is in south blue. I came here a few years ago and decided to live here.” Heracles replied. Chatting, they soon reached the food-filled region.

“Ohhh!” Blaize’s eyes sparkled gazing at all the naturally made foods. Without wasting a second, he began to gorge on whatever his eyes saw.

The place had all kinds of delicacies that one can only taste in their dreams. Observing him devouring the food blindly, Heracles warned. “Blaize’n, you can’t just keep on eating the foods. You have to do something to burn the fat content, otherwise, it will increase your body weight.”

“Don’t worry. The foods here can’t affect my body!” Blaize said. It’s true. His body is the sun, so whatever he eats will be refined in minutes and converted to energies.

After a few minutes, the ground trembled and the entire island seems to be shaking. Heracles shouted, “Blaize’n, hold onto something. It’s starting.”

A huge maw filled with sharp teeth opened about the center of the island and the petal-shaped pieces slowly rose from the ground. All the high-weight animals and the ones without any footing lost their grips and plummeted into the huge mouth.

In a matter of seconds, the petals closed completely blocking every bit of light. Darkness enveloped them. As for Blaize, he hovered in mid-air completely provoked.

This stomach baron disturbed his mealtime. What further incited him is, most of the foods also vanished into the huge stomach as they were at the center.

Blaize’s body boiled while intense heat spread the island. Noticing the anomaly Heracles asked: “Blaize’n, what are you doing?”

“How dare it interrupt my meal?” Blaize replied while a blazing firestorm circled his body.

Hearing the words, Heracles nearly rolled his eyes. ‘You were eating the food produced by the baron, how can you complain when it takes them back?’

Blaize directly attacked. The firestorm surging around him took the form of a fist and blasted towards the huge mouth.

The previous dark atmosphere glowed bright red. A dense column of red-orange fire that seemed like a raging inferno, ignited the huge maw.

Since the stomach baron kept its mouth open, the column of fire burned its inside and then ‘bang’—the intense heat exploded once it hit something solid.

‘Shriekkkk!’

Followed by a loud screech, the entire archipelago quaked intensely for a few seconds, swaying left and right.

“I will forgive you this time, if it happens again, I will burn you to ashes.” Blaize snorted. Soon, the petals opened on their own and the island returned to normal.

The only difference is the center of the island—it was charred completely with purple blood gushing from the surface.

“Who are you, Blaize’n? You are definitely not an ordinary person possessing such a heaven-defying strength!”