After the battle on Patri Vic's side ended, the battle on Whitebeard's side ended as well.
"Smack!"
Whitebeard found an opening. The veins bulged in his arm as he coated it in Haki and used the power of his Devil Fruit to land a heavy blow on Sengoku.
The immense force sent countless twisting cracks through the surrounding space, while the ground split open into innumerable ravines.
The powerful blow made Sengoku's massive body seem to split apart. He spat blood, then a flash of golden light passed over him, and he returned to human form.
"Damn it."
Sengoku's face was deathly pale. He watched Whitebeard with a solemn expression, his body badly injured.
He still fell far short of a powerhouse like Whitebeard.
After all, Sengoku had yet to come into his own, while Whitebeard had spent years honing his strength in the New World.
"Sengoku!"
Several figures appeared in the distance. They were a few Navy Vice Admirals and Tsuru.
They hurried toward them.
"We have to go, Vic!" Whitebeard shouted to Patri Vic.
"You're lucky this time, Garp." Patri Vic glanced coldly at Garp in the pit, then followed Edward away.
Garp had been badly hurt, but he hadn't lost the ability to move and could still fight.
Killing him would take some effort.
And once the Navy learned they were here, they would send reinforcements without end.
Staying any longer would be trouble.
"Garp!" Tsuru reached the edge of the pit and saw him standing in the middle. She called out anxiously.
"They're gone?" Garp panted.
With Patri Vic gone, he relaxed and lay down on the ground.
Several vicious gashes marked Garp's body, leaving him covered in blood.
"Who injured you?"
Tsuru had only seen Whitebeard, who had injured Sengoku, and a giant wooden golem. She didn't know who had controlled the golem.
"Patri Vic!" Garp lay on the ground and slowly let out a breath.
"The tavern waiter from before?" Tsuru asked in shock.
Several months earlier, they had come to Hachinosu Island to gather intelligence, but a tavern waiter had overheard their identities.
That man had been Patri Vic. As they chatted while leaving that night, Garp had mentioned him.
At the time, Garp had said Patri Vic was only moderately strong.
But after just a few months, Patri Vic could already leave Garp seriously injured?
His rate of growth was truly terrifying!
Tsuru now knew that Patri Vic had become an extremely dangerous figure.
"He has three Devil Fruits," Garp slowly revealed, delivering a shocking piece of news.
"Th-three?" Tsuru's pupils contracted sharply as she asked in disbelief.
Could anyone in this world really consume three Devil Fruits?
According to the legends of the sea, Devil Fruits housed devils, and a person could consume only one.
If someone ate more than one, the devils inside would clash and kill the user.
Even two was unheard of. Three? Was he even human?
"You're not joking, are you, Garp?" Tsuru asked, her voice turning cold.
"Do you think I have any reason to lie? Tsuru, I wish I were joking," Garp said gravely.
"We have to report this to the higher-ups. Someone like this has appeared in this era." Tsuru rubbed her forehead helplessly.
She knew Garp's personality and that he didn't like to joke.
Still, she'd never imagined that a mere waiter on Hachinosu Island had been hiding so much strength.
If only they'd invited him to join the Navy back then. Unfortunately, he had ended up with the Rocks Pirates.
There was no doubt that if Patri Vic grew stronger, he would pose a devastating threat to the Navy.
He might even become a greater threat than Rocks in the future. After all, no one with three Devil Fruits had ever appeared in history.
"The Rocks Pirates are too dangerous," Sengoku said, sitting on the ground and panting.
Both Whitebeard and Patri Vic were terrifyingly powerful.
The Navy's strong fighters carried Garp and Sengoku away from the battlefield. After all, both men were gravely injured.
Once they had taken them back to the Navy warships by the shore, they quickly pursued the Rocks Pirates' fighters across the island.
At that moment, in the center of the Meras Kingdom, Rocks and a Navy Admiral were locked in fierce battle.
Many of the Rocks Pirates' fighters watched from the surrounding area, eager to see just how terrifying Rocks really was.
Patri Vic and Whitebeard had also run into Navy attacks several times, but they dealt with them all in the end.
The battle in the Meras Kingdom lasted a full day and night.
Rocks successfully took the Navy Admiral's head and routed a large number of Navy troops, but the Rocks Pirates also suffered heavy losses.
The Navy kept sending reinforcements. If the fighting continued, the consequences would be unimaginable, so all the officers gathered and fought their way back to the shore.
Golden Lion took control of the ship, and they left the area.
In this battle, around thirty percent of their apprentice and full-fledged crew members in the country were slaughtered.
But this wasn't a major loss for Rocks. The officers had suffered few casualties, after all.
As for the foot soldiers, there were plenty more to recruit in the New World.
The name of the Rocks Pirates had already spread throughout the New World. Surely they could still recruit a few cannon fodder?
The next day, news that shocked the world broke: Rocks had beheaded a Navy Admiral in the Meras Kingdom and routed a large number of Navy troops.
The name of the Rocks Pirates—
On that day, it resounded throughout the entire New World. Countless powerful figures and forces were shaken, and people across countless Affiliated Nations were thrown into a panic.
The leaders of the Navy and the World Government were ready to curse. How many meetings had they held by now?!
Why couldn't they get rid of the nuisance that was Rocks?
He opened his status panel, wanting to see how much progress yesterday's battle had earned him.
God-Tier Template System Host: Patri Vic First Template: Hashirama Senju Completion: 18.8% Unlocked Abilities: Nintaijutsu, Fire Release, Wood Release Each time completion increases by �%, one ability from the template will be unlocked. Character Ability Unlock Template: �%: Nintaijutsu (71%/100%) �%: Fire Release (51%/100%) �%: Wood Release (20%/100%) �%: Earth Release (0/100%) �%: Lightning Release (0/100%) �%: Water Release (0/100%) �%: Wind Release (0/100%) �%: Sage Mode (0/100%) When the template reaches �% completion, the next character template will be unlocked. Hashirama's other abilities will also be unlocked. For every 1% increase in Hashirama Senju's template abilities, completion increases by 0.1%! The battle in the World Government Member States earned Patri Vic �.5 character completion.
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