"You've got plenty of boasting, but let's see what you're really capable of!" Newgate sneered.
On the other side, Ortolan said no more. He first relaxed his body, then suddenly exerted force, standing on the ground with his feet neither too far apart nor too far apart in a horse stance, his arms pressed against his waist and abdomen with fists clenched to gather strength.
Then, he took a deep breath.
He first took a long, deep breath, which made his chest swell considerably. As he inhaled, the dense lightning power on his body surface quickly transformed into streams of light, flowing rapidly into his body through his slightly open mouth and nostrils.
Afterwards, as a large amount of lightning power entered Ortolan's body, his muscles swelled up a little more. It wasn't an exaggeration, but the intimidating power emanating from his body was clearly stronger.
Then, he exhaled, and with this action, the pupils of Ortolan's eyes disappeared again, transforming into dense streams of lightning, with an uncontrollable surge of lightning energy emanating from the corners of his eyes, exuding unparalleled Haki.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
His heart pounded even harder, and the roaring sound, like an imperial engine, emanated from his chest, and could be heard within a radius of nearly a week!
With each heartbeat, the veins on the surface of his skin grew thicker, and several major arteries, like dragons, exuded power!
No sooner said than done, this change happened in the blink of an eye, in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, even with his strength and level of skill, Newgate felt as if he were facing a ferocious beast!
As if unable to withstand his own strength, Ortolan's body gradually lowered, and soon, his arms, which had been tucked at his waist, naturally hung down, with his fingertips touching the ground.
With just a light touch, the ground became as smooth as tofu, causing his finger to sink into it.
This action also made Newgate's heart tremble. It wasn't some kind of Future Sight, but rather the instinct of a strong person. He sensed a crisis.
Without hesitation, he responded. A powerful tremor spread rapidly across his body, amplifying his already faint aura several times over. At the same time, the invisible Awakening power formed layers of tremor barriers in front of him, like an invisible and intangible shield wall, protecting him.
Almost at the same moment Newgate exerted his strength, Ortolan moved. He slammed his hands into the ground, shattering the solid ground and kicking up a lot of rubble. His figure shot towards Newgate like a cannonball!
"Try it and see if your Awakening power can stop this Admiral!" Ortolan roared.
Before he could finish speaking, Ortolan felt as if he had crashed into an invisible wall. A violent tremor suddenly erupted, as if it were about to shake him away and send him flying.
However, although the tremor was powerful, it could not stop Ortolan in the slightest. With a crack, it seemed as if something was happening, but it also seemed as if nothing was happening.
Several invisible tremors tried to block him, but to no avail. In the blink of an eye, Ortolan had already broken through Newgate's Awakening power and appeared in front of him.
But Newgate's reaction speed was certainly fast enough to keep up. As Ortolan suddenly rushed over, he had already locked onto Ortolan's figure, his arm wrapped with powerful Conqueror's Haki and surging tremor power, and he slammed a punch down on Ortolan.
Wherever the fist passed, space rippled outwards, then was torn apart by the violent tremor, revealing black spatial cracks. Even the area around Newgate was distorted, demonstrating the terrifying power behind its destructive force!
Ortolan also threw a punch, but both of them dodged each other's punches. With a bang, their two strong arms clashed together. The two terrifying forces collided and completely shattered the surrounding space. In an instant, the two seemed to be trapped in a pitch-black environment.
But it was only for a moment. In the next instant, the space restored itself, and the two figures reappeared on the battlefield.
With one arm draped over Newgate's arm, Ortolan used the momentum to leap up, his figure swiftly passing under Newgate's arm and reaching behind Newgate's waist. His five fingers formed a claw, grabbing at Newgate's waist.
As Newgate was also on guard, he pressed down with his backhand and, at the critical moment, precisely grabbed Ortolan's wrist. As he grabbed Ortolan's wrist, a tremor burst from his palm, as if to crush Ortolan's hand.
But it was no use. With its extremely strong defense, Ortolan did nothing to withstand the trembling power.
At the same time, a smile appeared on his lips as he said, "Got you, Whitebeard!"
Indeed, at this critical moment, Newgate instinctively grabbed Ortolan's wrist. It seemed that this was exactly what Ortolan wanted. Before Newgate could react, Oltoren reversed his grip and grabbed Newgate's wrist with his own hands overlapping each other!
In that instant, Newgate's expression changed in surprise. He suddenly exerted force with his feet, and the ground shattered instantly. It wasn't a tremor, but rather an explosion of his power!
He wanted to shake off Ortolan, but it was too late!
Ortolan gripped Newgate's wrist tightly, and with a powerful stomp of his foot, half of his lower leg sank into the ground. Then, he roared, "Rise!"
His unparalleled strength briefly clashed with Newgate's power before he roared up and crushed Newgate!
In terms of pure strength, Ortolan is confident that he is no weaker than anyone else!
Whitebeard was strong, but in this aspect, he was far inferior to him!
Under the astonished gazes of the many onlookers, they saw Ortolan grab Newgate from the ground and then violently fling him into the air!
Newgate didn't jump that high on his own; he was thrown up by Ortolan. And no matter how strong he was, the impact of being thrown up created a momentary weakness and an opening!
And that's exactly the weakness that Ortolan wanted!
As he flung Newgate into the air, and Newgate momentarily revealed a weakness, a dazzling flash of lightning seemed to pierce through elements such as time and space.
As if rising alongside Whitebeard, Ortolan's figure suddenly appeared in mid-air, behind Newgate.
Ortolan's arms passed under Newgate's armpits, then pulled back tightly, locking Newgate's neck in a grip. At the same time, wild and violent thunderous power surged and erupted from Ortolan's body!
"This move is!?" The moment Newgate was locked up, he instinctively sensed an extremely strong crisis, a crisis that if he couldn't deal with it, he would be severely injured or even die!
At this critical moment, his tremor power erupted with all its might!
But it was too late!
"Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb!!!"
Ortolan's roar echoed throughout the entire island!
The next moment, his figure, enveloped in endless lightning, carrying Newgate's massive body, plummeted from the sky like a cannonball, crashing heavily to the ground.
Like a tidal wave of thunderous power, the ground exploded and spread continuously in all directions. At the same time, a huge crater over a meter wide was smashed into the ground. As if only now feeling the impact, Archino Island shuddered violently, as if it had leaped on the sea surface before crashing down, stirring up endless waves and tsunamis in the surrounding waters.
Then, as if to celebrate the violence of this attack, large amounts of magma were squeezed out from the cracks in the ground all over the island and shot up to a height of tens of meters, exploding in the air like fireworks!
This can be said to have occurred simultaneously, and at the same time, in the central area where the figure fell, a tyrannical and unreasonable tremor surged out as if it were about to tear the sky apart.
Then, Ortolan's figure was thrown out by this force, and in the blink of an eye, he reached tens of meters in the air, where he was torn back and forth by the endless tremors.
Then, Ortolan transformed into a bolt of lightning, vanished from the air, and landed back on the ground.
The massive smoke and lightning were torn apart and dissipated by the tremor. At this moment, in the deep crater at the center of the Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb, Newgate was kneeling on the ground, blood streaming down his forehead, his blond hair disheveled, one hand covering his mouth, but crimson blood seeping out from between his fingers.
His breathing was also somewhat weak, and he looked quite disheveled!
However, he can be said to be the only one among all the powerful individuals who had taken Ortolan's "Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb" attack who did not fall!
Fifty meters away, in another deep pit, a trace of blood trickled from the corner of Ortolan's mouth. Clearly, the full-force shockwave attack he had taken when he was in close combat with Newgate had also injured him.
However, compared to Newgate, he was in much better condition; apart from the bloodstain at the corner of his mouth, he seemed completely unaffected.
He wiped away the bloodstain with a wave of his hand, and Ortolan said with a vicious and ferocious smile, "As expected of the Strongest Man, you are the first person to survive my Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb!"