In a daze.
Time seemed to return once more to over a year ago.
The scene of his first meeting with Ares.
That man feared neither Heaven nor Earth. He wanted to challenge Rocks and had even bluntly asked:
"How can you forge a person into the sharpest, hardest blade in the world?!"
What he got in return was a thunderous burst of laughter from everyone.
Because in everyone's eyes, it was something impossible to achieve.
How could a human be harder than a Supreme Grade Sword?
But now...
Ochoku looked back on the past, the corners of his mouth lifting. "You've already turned the impossible into reality..."
"You already have the qualifications and strength to challenge Captain Rocks!"
"I'm afraid... no one on these seas will ever laugh at your dream again!"
To him, the past year and more felt like it had only happened yesterday.
It was too dreamlike!
It was hard to believe.
But suddenly.
A sudden change erupted in the sky.
"Armament—Black Arm Technique!"
Zephyr threw a punch, unleashing a terrifying shock wave visible to the naked eye. It slammed solidly into Ares's powerful body.
Muscles harder than steel rippled like flowing water.
Punch Wave!
It was an extremely powerful technique that Ares himself could use.
It possessed peerless offensive power and destructive force!
Ares was blasted backward, falling from the sky toward the island like a meteor.
He hit the island with a thunderous boom.
"Chase him!"
Zephyr shouted.
He and Garp exploded with extreme speed and pursued him onto the island.
The sight made Kaido on the raft instantly frantic. He kept urging them on. "Hurry!"
"Hurry and chase them!"
"Faster!"
Veins bulged on Slada's face. His expression was twisted, and it was impossible to tell whether the liquid on his face was seawater