If Houka had known the Holy Knights were on their way to find him, he certainly would not have left so soon.
After all, this was a perfect chance to kill Saint Figarland Garling and devour the Holy Knights.
While Imu still knew nothing of Houka's capabilities, Houka had every chance of killing these Holy Knights and Five Elders.
What a shame.
After taking possession of the Gran Tesoro, Houka teleported straight to Rocks.
When Iron Fist Garp saw Houka appear out of the lightning just like that, he was startled too.
The dangerous aura this man exuded was indeed more terrifying than Rocks's.
"How did you get stronger again?"
"What have you been doing these past few days?"
Rocks cleaved apart the violent storm clouds once more, equally shocked by Houka's aura.
He must have already taken several great strides into the pseudo-God-level realm.
Rocks had been stuck at King-Class Peak for years, unable to even glimpse the realm of pseudo-God-level Conqueror's Haki.
Houka looked at the raging storm overhead, trying to sense whether the legendary Rain God was there.
But the extreme storm Rocks had triggered this time was clearly less terrifying than the one Houka had triggered near Luffy.
Since there was no trace of the Rain God's presence, Houka could not be bothered to deal with the storm.
With one slash, he split the sky, stuffed Rocks and old man Garp into this world's Rainbow Gate, and dumped them in the ruins of the Eternal Country.
With Rocks gone, the extreme storm stopped gathering.
Houka glanced at the sky, considered for a moment, then swiftly vanished as well.
He did not immediately go looking for Blackbeard. Whitebeard, one of the Four Emperors, might need a little pressure from Blackbeard and Fire Fist Ace.
Houka appeared directly