Fighting Garp! Seventh Gate, Gate of Wonder, Open!

Sensing Feng Lei's aura suddenly grow stronger, Garp was slightly startled.

With strength like that, he indeed had a place on the seas.

Even so, he had a vague feeling that this wasn't all of Feng Lei's strength.

"Brat, don't get too carried away!"

"I'm a man who's sent even Roger flying with a punch!"

Right then, Garp kicked off the ground, causing the entire training ground to cave in beneath him, and shot toward Feng Lei like a cannonball.

With the Gate of Limit open and Earth Release: Earth Spear strengthening him, Feng Lei had almost nothing to fear from Garp's ordinary punches. He moved, stirring the air as he rushed to meet him at tremendous speed!

Boom!

In an instant, their fists collided. The immense force of their punches burst outward in a ring-shaped shock wave, whipping up a blast of air that sent the hems of Boka's, Momonga's, and the others' clothes flapping wildly!

"Old man, that fist of yours isn't hard enough!"

Feng Lei raised his head and grinned.

He had seen the Eight Gates' learning progress on the panel jump by 0.2%!

"Brat! Don't get happy too soon!"

Garp suddenly put more force behind his punch. With powerful Haki and enough strength to destroy a warship in one blow, he sent Feng Lei flying the instant their fists met.

In a flash, Feng Lei's body shot backward like a cannonball and slammed into the training ground wall, embedding him deep in the thick masonry.

"Brat Feng Lei, how did you manage to kill Cracker with that little strength?"

Garp grinned.

Standing where he was, he gripped his right wrist with his left hand and twisted his right fist.

Just then, Feng Lei's body underwent a dramatic change.

The glowing currents of air around him slowly subsided, as though his body had absorbed them. His once-flaring aura was completely drawn inward.

But at this sight, Garp's gaze sharpened.

Surprise appeared in his aged eyes for the first time, and he was even more excited.

The stronger Feng Lei proved to be, the happier he was!

Boom!

The wall behind Feng Lei, sturdy enough to withstand cannon fire, collapsed in an instant.

The next second, he appeared before Garp as if he had teleported.

A fist loomed ever larger in Garp's eyes.

It seemed to have broken the speed of sound, moving so fast that friction with the air produced bursts of blinding sparks!

Bang!

In an instant, Feng Lei's fist slammed into Garp. Before Boka's and Momonga's horrified eyes, Garp's towering body flew backward, just as Feng Lei had earlier.

"This... he's so fast, and so strong!"

"He actually sent Vice Admiral Garp flying!"

"Unbelievable! Is this Feng Lei's true strength? No wonder he could kill Cracker!"

None of them had witnessed Feng Lei kill Cracker with their own eyes.

They had always harbored a trace of doubt.

But the strength Feng Lei had displayed now had completely won them over.

That was Garp!

The Marine hero, the formidable man who had once chased Pirate King Roger all over the world.

If he had been willing, he would have become a Marine Admiral long ago!

Yet Feng Lei had sent a man like that flying. They could hardly believe it!

After all, when they attacked Garp head-on, they could barely get near him, much less send him flying.

However, before Garp's body could hit the wall behind him, Feng Lei intercepted him from behind. His right leg threw off sparks from friction, leaving a trail of flame as he kicked Garp back into the air.

Even Garp couldn't help feeling alarmed by the tremendous force.

If he hadn't used Armament Haki to defend himself in advance, he likely would have been injured.

But Feng Lei's assault wasn't over.

He flashed above Garp again, swinging both fists in a furious barrage.

His punching speed pushed past its limit, and his fists rubbed violently against the air, igniting clusters of blazing orange-red flame around his knuckles.

"Morning Peacock!"

Bang, bang, bang, bang!!

Countless fist shadows struck the air in succession, sending flame-wreathed shock waves roaring outward. Streams of fire spread and burst across the sky in every direction, like a peacock suddenly fanning its tail!

The terrifying force of the punches rained down from all directions, completely engulfing Garp.

Even Garp didn't dare underestimate an attack like this!

"Ahahahaha!"

Garp burst out laughing.

"Brat, I acknowledge your strength!"

The next moment, he stopped holding back. Abruptly halting his upward flight, Garp threw a succession of punches at the fist force filling the sky like a peacock's fanned tail.

"Fist Bone Barrage!"

Bang, bang, bang!

The two of them exchanged punches furiously. The force of their blows collided continuously, erupting in the sky with deafening reports.

Sparks burst forth, illuminating the entire sky!

The waves of force that reached the ground left Boka, Momonga, and everyone else below dumbfounded!

They had never imagined that Feng Lei could fight Garp to such an extent!

"That guy's a monster, isn't he?"

Momonga's face was full of shock.

He had never imagined that the refined-looking Feng Lei possessed such terrifying strength.

"He's more than a monster..."

Boka was even more shocked.

He had seen with his own eyes how Feng Lei had trained in just one month to the point where Garp had to throw a serious punch.

Such a rate of growth was unheard of!

Watching Morning Peacock seemingly fail to do anything to Garp, Feng Lei couldn't help but marvel.

As expected of someone among the top fighters in the pirate world!

Even though he's old, he can't be underestimated.

But...

Feng Lei lifted his eyelids and glanced at the data on the panel.

[Eight Gates: learning progress 80.5% (Gate of Wonder)]

The next moment, Feng Lei felt his body grow tremendously stronger. That feeling of evolving from the inside out meant that, even while exchanging punches with Garp, he felt neither the slightest fatigue nor any disadvantage.

A thought surfaced in his mind.

With the system strengthening it, could this body withstand the Eight Gates' side effects without dying?

After all, the physiques of people in Hokage couldn't compare to those of people in the pirate world.

Even Might Guy had been unable to withstand the side effects after opening the Eight Gates and had nearly died.

Feng Lei, on the other hand, had his body strengthened each time he opened a gate.

His strengthened body allowed him to withstand the side effects of the corresponding gate when he used the Eight Gates.

Now that he had undergone seven rounds of strengthening, Feng Lei could only say that, whether compared to Kaido's invulnerable body or Big Mom's Iron Balloon, his physical strength was no less than theirs, if not greater!

"That's it!"

"They trained painstakingly or were born with powerful physiques, but I'm different. The system strengthened me directly. It's obvious which is better!"

Having realized this, Feng Lei was in an excellent mood.

All this time, he had worried over the Eight Gates' side effects, afraid he wouldn't dare use the Eighth Gate when the time came!

Now it seemed the system had already taken care of those worries for him!

"In that case...!"

At that thought, fighting spirit rose in Feng Lei's eyes once more, and an indescribable aura erupted from within him again.

"Seventh Gate, Gate of Wonder, open!"

His previously restrained aura burst forth like a flood breaking through a dam. The sweat on his body evaporated, and blue steam rose from all over him.

"This is..."

At this moment, even Garp wore a look of shock!