With a single punch, more than half the shoreline collapsed.
Yet Teach's fury showed no sign of abating.
His teeth were clenched tight, his face twisted, every muscle in his body writhing madly. Blood boiled violently through his veins, as though he might burst apart at any moment.
Especially after seeing Garen climb out of the sandpit "completely unscathed" once more, Teach's presence rose to its peak, making him seem like a blazing inferno.
Garen's expression was equally grave. He had measured Teach's damage output with his own HP—
This was the strongest enemy he had ever faced.
Of course, that did not include Garp, who had merely sparred with Garen, Hawkeye, who had sought Garen out to practice swordsmanship, or Rayleigh, an actor from the same production as Garen.
"Die!"
Teach's roar shook heaven and earth once again as he threw a punch.
Before the word "die" could even spread through the air, it was shattered by Teach's pitch-black iron fist. It became a deafening sonic boom within the cone-shaped shockwave before finally dispersing into a tsunami-like roar.
"Laurent's Eye of the Mind!"
Knowing he could not take many of Teach's punches, Garen brought out his strongest defensive skill. He held his sword horizontally before his chest and assumed a blocking stance.
That earthshaking punch landed squarely on the broad blade, and the force pouring from it melted away like snow beneath the warm sun.
The howling fist wind and surging sound waves vanished in an instant. Teach, who had charged like a tiger descending the mountain, seemed to sink into the sea of mud before that greatsword and came to a halt.
But Teach could clearly feel the solid impact through the vibrations from his fist.
The damage had been absorbed by the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability!
The thought