This power was not aimed at Ortolan, but he was indeed within its range!
Without hesitation, intense lightning flowed from Ortolan's body. He wanted to use the power of the Goro Goro no Mi to flash out of the area.
But the moment he willed himself to turn elemental, he discovered a serious problem!
Garp and Roger's Haki was too powerful!
Their Haki permeated every corner of the space, to the point that Ortolan could not even transform into lightning!
Visible to the naked eye, Ortolan's body kept twisting as lightning crackled across him. He seemed to be desperately trying to enter his elemental state, but he simply could not do it!
Ortolan tried to mobilize the Haki within his body to resist, and it did have an effect. His own Haki could ward off the pressure to a certain extent, but unfortunately, compared to those two monsters, his Haki was nowhere near enough!
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
Garp's iron fist descended from the sky like a galaxy. A sharp glint flashed in Roger's eyes as he lowered his stance, Ace in his hand gleaming coldly. He neither dodged nor could he; the force of Garp's strike had already locked onto Roger.
"Sky Feather!!!" Roger fixed his gaze on Garp as well, swinging his blade before that galaxy could fall!
Ortolan had seen many slashes today, including those of the future world's greatest Great Swordsman, Dracule Mihawk, the slashes of Pluton Rayleigh, and Roger's Kamunmiti.
But at this moment, every slash he had seen before paled before this one!
If Garp's descending fist was a falling galaxy, a sky full of stars, then Roger's slash seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth apart!
Ferocious Haki bloomed in the air, followed by an extreme sense of oppression erupting from the collision.
Within several hundred meters of the battlefield, the buildings along the streets were first sliced into fragments like puzzle pieces and building blocks by the scattered remnants of the slash. Then Garp's fist came crashing down, reducing every rock and ruin to dust!
Lightning blazed around Ortolan as he unleashed all his Haki with everything he had. Under this extreme pressure, he could clearly feel that his Armament Haki had improved tremendously!
It was a breakthrough brought on by overwhelming pressure!
But it was useless. After lasting only three to five breaths, Ortolan's Haki collapsed. His lightning power was forced back into his body, and then the overwhelming impact seeped into every inch of him from all directions.
"Aaargh!!!" Ortolan roared and struggled.
Then his vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
His burly body seemed about to pitch forward and crash to the ground, but after stumbling sharply, he steadied himself!
Ortolan's eyes were still rolled back, and he looked unconscious, yet he was able to withstand the clash between those two overwhelmingly powerful Haki forces. He stood there as steady as a mountain.
However, neither Garp nor Roger noticed this anomaly. Their fist and blade slammed fiercely into each other.
Then heaven and earth seemed to collapse. The wild shockwave finally burst free and swept across the entire island. In an instant, it was as though the whole island had been engulfed by raging winds. Even the massive warships in the harbor began to sway.
At the same time, the waters around the island seemed to be compressed by an immense force. They first sank, the sea level instantly dropping several meters, before the compressed seawater surged outward and gathered into towering waves that spread into the open sea with the island at their center.
Then, at some point, dark clouds had already gathered overhead, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling. But in the next instant, they were torn apart by the Haki soaring from Garp and Roger, as if even the sky had been ripped open!
And just as their fist and blade met, just as heaven and earth changed color, a wild aura suddenly erupted from Ortolan's body!
In an instant, both Garp and Roger turned their attention toward him!
"Conqueror's Haki!?" A look of surprise appeared in Garp's eyes.
An appreciative expression appeared at the corner of Roger's mouth as he said, "Ahahahahaha! The Goro Goro no Mi, said to be invincible, unparalleled physical talent, and the kingly aura that only one in a million people on these seas possesses—the aura to stand at the pinnacle. That kid really is full of surprises!"
That was right. What erupted from Ortolan's body was the one-in-a-million Conqueror's Haki!
Under the collision of Roger and Garp's Haki, under that crushing pressure, Ortolan's consciousness had fallen unconscious, but his body, his instincts, and his soul erupted with Conqueror's Haki, as if roaring at Garp and Roger!
After marveling for a moment, the two suddenly looked at each other. Roger was the first to react, sliding back and withdrawing his Haki. He no longer bothered with Garp at all. After dodging the punch, he shot toward Ortolan at top speed!
That kid truly was one in a million. Whether it was his physical talent, his Devil Fruit power, or his one-in-a-million Conqueror's Haki, the combination of all three meant that once he matured, he would definitely become a top-tier powerhouse.
Roger had developed an appreciation for talent. During the final stretch of his life, he wanted to keep Ortolan by his side and cultivate him properly. More than that, he wanted to bring such a promising youngster along to see the truth of this world!
Roger felt that way, and Garp was no different. How could he allow such an outstanding talent to fall into the hands of pirates? Especially a pirate crew as dangerous as the Roger Pirates!
If the Roger Pirates really raised him, the Marines would gain another huge problem!
In comparison, if he could guide this kid onto the right path and bring him into the Marines, then the Marines stood a very good chance of gaining a top-tier combatant in the future—a powerhouse on the level of a Marine Admiral!
That was a difference of twofold!
"Bastard, don't even think about taking him away!" Garp cursed as he caught up to Roger and threw a punch.
Roger countered with his blade, and the two held each other back, neither able to get close to Ortolan.
Two or three minutes later, a flare exploded in the sky on the other side of the island. Roger glanced in that direction, then looked reluctantly at Ortolan and said unwillingly, "Damn you, Garp. Looks like you got lucky this time!"
Roger then knocked Garp's iron fist aside with a slash, greased lightning at his heels as he fled at high speed toward the flare.
Having fought Roger so many times, Garp naturally knew that it was the Roger Pirates' signal to set sail. It meant that those bastards' ship had already departed!
If he wanted to keep Roger behind, he had to stop him from boarding. Otherwise, even with the speed of his Dog Head Warship, he really could not outrun the top-class Oro Jackson!
But he also knew that stopping Roger was extremely difficult. He had never succeeded even once before.
More importantly, Ortolan was still here. After hesitation flashed through Garp's eyes, he chased Roger for two steps before giving up and swiftly turning back to Ortolan's side.
At that moment, Ortolan's Conqueror's Haki awakening seemed to be ending as well. The aura around him rapidly receded and returned to normal in the blink of an eye. Then, still unconscious, his burly body fell forward. Just before he could hit the ground, Garp caught him.
The more Garp looked at Ortolan, the greater the delight in his eyes became. He could not help saying happily, "Coming here wasn't for nothing, not for nothing at all. I actually picked up a treasure. Ahahahahaha."
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