Garp, Your Era Is Over

"Tashigi!"

This time, Ye Zhuo once again saw Tashigi standing beside Garp.

"So you really did come for me!"

"I came to pursue you!"

Tashigi was both angry and annoyed. She had not expected the person Bogard was pursuing to be Ye Zhuo.

More importantly, the owner of this ship was none other than the renowned Garp!

"Still thinking of running? Or are you ready to make a last stand, kid?"

Garp clenched his fist and waited for Ye Zhuo's answer.

"Of course I'll fight!"

What did Ye Zhuo have to fear?

"Hero Garp, Dragon's father, a Marine hero who bore countless titles throughout his life."

Robin analyzed him seriously.

"I think I saw him when I accompanied my father to the Reverie as a child."

Vivi thought back to the scene in her memories.

Back then, there had been an old king from Drum Kingdom who brought along a son. He had looked foolish and resembled a hippopotamus.

"He pursued the Roger Pirates countless times and forced Roger into desperate situations on several occasions!"

To Kalifa, Garp was likewise an invincible existence.

"Are we really going to fight a legend?"

Nami found it rather terrifying. In her hand, she held a long staff cast from gold; with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, refining it had been easy.

Besides, there was no shortage of Beli and gold aboard the ship.

"So what if he's strong? He's still an old relic. In my eyes, he isn't even a tenth as capable as the captain!"

The Empress stood proudly, seeing nothing to fear.

As one of the few exceptional women who possessed Conqueror's Haki, how could she possibly fear mere strength?

"Looks like your crew has great confidence in your strength."

Garp leaped into the air, intending to jump directly onto the Demon King.

"Sorry, but my ship can't become a battlefield."

Ye Zhuo snapped his fingers.

Water Demon Aura erupted, and the sea became a battlefield in an instant.

"I can't let my crew be affected."

He stood suspended in the air as lightning descended from the sky, intertwining with seawater to form an enormous cage.

It became a prison that could not be broken.

Fire Chi burst forth, wrapping his entire body in Haki and flames.

He looked at Garp, who stood within it without the slightest fear.

"Did you copy Linlin's ability?"

Garp said upon seeing this.

According to his intelligence, Ye Zhuo was a Copy-Copy Fruit user.

And this scene contained seawater, lightning, and flames.

No matter how he looked at it, it resembled Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit.

"Then you probably guessed wrong."

Ye Zhuo reinforced both fists with all his strength.

The Rabbit Talisman and Ox Talisman were pushed to their limits in that instant.

The three great Demon Auras of water, fire, and lightning.

Ryuo, Future Vision, Ultra-Long Distance, and Conqueror's Coating were all activated.

"I hate it most when people fly around during a fight. It's just as annoying as Golden Lion."

Garp grinned broadly and stepped upon the sea.

"Is that so, Garp?

Everyone has an era that belongs to them.

And now—

your era is over!"

Ye Zhuo assumed an opening stance, standing on the sea and hovering slightly above it.

"Xingyi Quan, Crushing Fist!"

Whoosh!

The two erupted in an instant and vanished from everyone's sight.

The next moment, they appeared at the same time.

Their fists collided, sending wave after wave surging into the air.

No one could enter this cage.

Vice Admiral Bogard gripped the railing nervously, one hand holding his longsword.

Garp was indeed powerful, but in Bogard's view, he was ultimately getting old.

Ye Zhuo, with a bounty of 2.2 billion Beli, was at the height of his fame.

More importantly, the mission was not to pursue Ye Zhuo.

It was for Garp to invite Ye Zhuo and have him speak with Sengoku.

If he was willing to become a Shichibukai, all he had to do was remove the Fruit abilities left on Akainu, Kizaru, and the others.

How could hot-tempered Garp possibly endure that?

"That old man actually still has such tremendous strength?"

Even the Empress had to admit that while Garp was advanced in years, the aura and Haki he unleashed were still terrifying.

In the blink of an eye.

The two had already exchanged over a hundred punches.

"Excellent!"

Garp appeared at one corner of the battlefield, Haki flowing around him and battle intent blazing in his eyes.

He had not expected Ye Zhuo's Haki, speed, and strength to have all reached the pinnacle of the world.

He was no less formidable than the legendary pirates of their prime.

Over all these years, Roger had died, Golden Lion had disappeared without a trace, and Whitebeard drank himself senseless every day.

There were fewer and fewer people who could fight him.

He had not expected to meet a young pirate with such immense power in his lifetime.

On the other side of the battlefield.

Ye Zhuo was equally surprised. It seemed he had still underestimated the Pirate World's true top-tier combatants.

Whether it was Haki, strength, or speed, none of it was on a human level.

Garp truly remained vigorous despite his age.

Moreover, Haki stood above all else in the Pirate World. It could even resist and restrain Devil Fruits.

If Ye Zhuo had truly been a Devil Fruit user, he would instead have been severely constrained.

He could not keep probing any longer. He had to reveal his trump card.

"Your martial arts are unusual. Where did you learn them?"

What intrigued Garp even more was Ye Zhuo's combat style.

This martial art called "Xingyi Quan" was full of ever-changing variations and was simply unbelievable in battle.

"I learned it in my hometown."

Ye Zhuo changed his stance once more.

"Baguazhang!"

As they clashed again.

Ye Zhuo's entire body swelled by a full size.

After transforming into his Demon Sorcerer Form, even the strength enhanced by the Ox Talisman rose rapidly.

Boom!

Lightning surged beneath his feet, accelerating him like a propeller.

Flames flared behind his hands, serving as additional thrust.

Under such circumstances, combined with the Rabbit Talisman, his speed would rise to an even higher level.

Sure enough.

The moment they exchanged blows, Ye Zhuo was a step faster.

Garp threw a punch at the same time.

What shocked Ye Zhuo most was this.

Garp was actually using Xingyi Quan this time!

He had copied it!

Even though he had only grasped the basic stances and forms, it was still astonishing.

"Your martial arts changed again."

Garp was surprised by the imposing force of Baguazhang.

He had believed his mastery of physical combat had already reached its peak.

Only after meeting Ye Zhuo did he understand that there were martial arts in this world developed to an even more exquisite extent.

Every move seemed as though it had been refined over a long period.

Under normal circumstances, speed and strength indeed decided everything.

Any technique would be reduced to flashy, useless motions.

However, when two people were nearly equal in strength.

The one with superior technique would be the final victor.

"Your strength, speed, and technique all seem to be a notch below mine!"

Ye Zhuo turned, shifting into a Tai Chi stance.

His aura changed accordingly.

He had long suspected that Ryuo, the advanced form of Armament Haki, was likely similar to the transforming force and hidden force of traditional martial arts.

Ordinary Armament Haki should belong to overt force.

But in an age of declining spiritual energy, how could anyone possibly cultivate to the realm of transforming force?

Not to mention the physique required; it was even less possible to match the monsters of the Pirate World.

Only through his constant training over these past days had he finally integrated it all.

"Tai Chi, Carry-and-Block Punch!"

"A third martial art!"

Garp was astonished. He could sense a faint connection among the three martial arts.

Yet at that crucial moment, his chest took the blow.

Before he could think further, his entire body flew backward like a kite with a snapped string.

"What kind of power was that?"

Garp forcibly stabilized himself and asked.

"Kung fu!"

Ye Zhuo's tone was firm and resolute.