Madly Testing the Edge of Limits

Garen's one-button equipment recall function is a rule-level ability set by the System.

No one can stop the Greatsword from flying back into his hand.

Faced with the flying sword, Nami didn't choose to let go, Steel Blade didn't choose to let go, and neither did Garp.

So the first two experienced what it was like to be a human kite, but the latter's encounter was even more tragic:

As the Greatsword hummed and roared, Garp's iron-tower-like, burly body was instantly dragged by the Greatsword, which wanted to fly back to its master.

In an instant, Garp realized the horror of this power. He subconsciously wanted to steady his lower body and resist this sudden strange force head-on.

But the only effect of doing so was

to make Garp like a human-shaped iron plow, plowing a wide and deep gully into the tough and stable wooden deck along the way.

Nami and Steel Blade, who were not strong enough, were so tossed that they no longer had the strength to hold the sword.

But Garp was, after all, Garp. Although he was completely at a disadvantage in the contest of strength, he still stubbornly grasped the hilt of the Greatsword.

With the hilt still held by others, the Greatsword naturally couldn't successfully return to its master's hand.

So, the Greatsword activated a more violent flight mode in that instant.

In the dumbfounded eyes of a group of Marine soldiers, the speed of the Greatsword dragging Garp suddenly accelerated—

More swift than Garp's Shave, the flying sword stirred up a magnificent sonic boom cloud in an instant, and circled Garen at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye.

The unimaginable acceleration brought about an irresistible centrifugal force. Garp finally couldn't hold on and let go of the hilt, and was thrown out like a meteor hammer by the flying sword.

After a series of explosions

Garp, who had measured the width of the warship with his body, had already fallen into the vast sea.

The splashing water was like an overwhelming wave, and the crests almost splashed onto the upper deck, which was dozens of meters high.

And the Greatsword quietly and miraculously braked, and finally returned to Garen's side docilely, lying silently in his palm.

"So powerful?"

Garen was also taken aback by the effect of his one-button equipment recall.

Before seeing this scene, Garen had doubted whether he could successfully recall the Greatsword from a top powerhouse like Garp.

Now it seems that the effect is too good.

Nami's mouth twitched even more as she watched, and the little thought in her heart of stealing Garen's Greatsword to get rich vanished in an instant before this terrifying scene.

"This"

Among the stunned Marine soldiers, the few analysts who had been discussing enthusiastically were even more excited:

"This is definitely the strength of a Marine Headquarters Admiral!"

"Vice Admiral Garp will be alright, right?"

Seeing such a shocking scene, some Marine soldiers were even worried about the legendary Marine figure for the first time.

"Hahaha!"

Garp's hearty laughter had already rang in everyone's ears.

He jumped back onto the deck from the sea with a burst of white waves.

Regardless of his embarrassed appearance soaked in seawater, Garp sincerely praised Garen again:

"What an interesting ability!"

"I can't even keep this sword!"

"That's natural."

Garen put on a calm look according to the knight's persona, and said lightly:

"A true knight will never lose"

Bang!

Before he could finish his sentence

Garen reproduced Garp's previous trajectory with high fidelity, and smashed a large crater on the upper deck of the warship, finally falling heavily onto the lower gun deck.

Garp casually waved his iron fist, which was still smoking, and stood laughing where Garen had just been.

The repair cost of the Marine Headquarters warship has suddenly increased by another level.

"Why did you suddenly hit me?!"

Garen quickly jumped out of the big pit "intact," with fresh iron nails and wood chips on his body, and questioned Garp, who was waving his iron fist, with a face full of grief and indignation.

"Huh?"

Garp replied very seriously: "We are sparring!"

"Isn't it natural for me to attack you?"

"This"

Garen was speechless, but he glanced at his health bar, which was missing a small half, with lingering fear—

This wasn't sparring, it was just a straight-up beatdown!

"Good thing I'm a digitized body with always-full stats."

Garen felt a lingering fear as he secretly mused, "Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't be able to stand up right now."

"You... you can still stand?"

Garp frankly voiced his true intentions, then looked at the "unscathed" Garen with some surprise, saying:

"I thought I had good control over my strength, but it seems I underestimated you."

Although Garp still had reservations about Garen's "righteous knight" theory, he had witnessed Garen's strange abilities.

A junior who possessed such strange power was worthy of Garp's admiration.

And for young people he admired, Garp preferred to use his "loving iron fist" to knock some sense into them, using a head full of bumps to make them feel his expectations and importance.

This was Garp's usual method of education, to keep young people from getting too cocky.

"Uh?"

Garen, however, already had a bad feeling.

"It seems your limit is far beyond this..."

"I'll have to put in a little more effort!"

Garp said with a smile.

Garen immediately felt his scalp tingle and his back grow cold:

This digitized body doesn't show any signs of injury no matter how much it's beaten. Once Grandpa Garp tests out that "limit," he can go buy an urn.

"Wait!"

Garen hurriedly called out to stop him, and at the same time quickly used his life-saving skill:

"Courage!"

With the 40% damage reduction effect applied to his body, Garen was still a little uneasy, and quickly followed up with another skill:

"Mirror Image!"

And Garp was indeed a man of his word; he had already swung his fist and pounced towards Garen.

Unlike the last time, Garp's punch was now imbued with dark Armament Haki, clearly showing that he was much more serious than before.

Garen, hidden in a state of ethereal invisibility, finally felt a little relieved.

Garp abruptly stopped his advance towards Garen's illusory clone, his iron fist wrapped in dark Armament Haki stopping just in front of the fake clone; only the gust of wind caused by the punch continued to whistle forward.

Garen's heart suddenly skipped a beat again.

"No wonder Smoker got hit just now..."

Garp wore an admiring smile on his face, and then said:

"Such a strange means of concealment, Observation Haki can't break through it unless it's trained to a certain level!"

Then...

Bang!

Garen's body once again created a human-shaped crater on the warship, giving the Marine logistics department another headache.

Moreover, it was Garen's main body that was hit, even though he was invisible...

Was he discovered?

Was it Observation Haki?

Garp's innate ability to see through his tricks gave Garen an unexpected blow, allowing him to experience the feeling of being a burrowing missile once again.

Lying in the familiar wreckage of the deck, Garen glanced at his health bar in horror:

Under the 40% damage reduction buff from [Courage], he was still almost emptied by Garp's serious punch.

If he hadn't activated his skills and buffs, he would probably have become the first unlucky person in history to die at the hands of a Marine hero during a sparring match.

Although his body could still move freely, Garen had learned his lesson this time...

He lay in the crater with a "painful expression" and began to quietly play dead.

A moment later, Garp slowly walked to the edge of the pit, his iron fist still emitting wisps of smoke.

The look of pain on Garen's face immediately became a little more vivid.

"You..."

Garp said in surprise:

"Your aura isn't disturbed at all."

"That punch just now still couldn't hurt you?"

Garp looked at Garen with an even stranger expression, and the look of curiosity on his face grew even stronger:

"Alright then..."

Garp's fist, as big as a sand pot, was once again wrapped in Armament Haki, the darkness even more concentrated than the previous punch:

"I'll try your limit again!"

Garen's face darkened.