Garp, Your Era Is Over

"Tashigi!"

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

"So you really came for me after all!"

"I came to pursue you!"

Tashigi was both angry and annoyed. She had never expected that the person Bogard was chasing would be Ye Zhuo.

More importantly, the owner of this ship was the famed Garp!

"Still thinking of running? Or will you make a last stand, young man?"

Garp clenched his fists 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 went to the Reverie with my father as a child."

Vivi tried to recall the scene from her memories.

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

"He pursued the Roger Pirates countless times and drove Roger into desperate straits on several occasions!"

To Kalifa, Garp was likewise an invincible existence.

"Are we really going to fight a legend?"

Nami found it somewhat terrifying. In her hand was a long staff forged from gold; the Rumble-Rumble Fruit made gold easy to smelt.

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

"So what if he is strong? He is still an old man. In my eyes, he is not even one-tenth as capable as the captain!"

The Empress was brimming with pride. In her eyes, there was nothing to fear.

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

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

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

"Sorry, but my ship cannot become a battlefield."

Ye Zhuo snapped his fingers.

The Water Demon Aura surged forth, and the sea became a battlefield in an instant.

"I cannot let my crew be affected."

He stood suspended in the air as lightning descended from the sky, forming an enormous cage intertwined with seawater.

It formed an unbreakable prison.

The Fire Chi erupted, wrapping his entire body in Haki and flames.

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

"Did you copy Charlotte Linlin's ability?"

Garp spoke upon seeing this scene.

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 have probably guessed wrong."

Ye Zhuo reinforced both fists with all his strength.

The Rabbit Talisman and Ox Talisman were pushed to their limits at that moment.

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 is as irritating as Golden Lion."

Garp grinned broadly, his feet planted on 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.

In 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.

Bogard, the vice admiral's aide, nervously gripped the railing with one hand and held his longsword in the other.

Garp was indeed powerful, but in his eyes, he was ultimately getting on in years.

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

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

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

If he was willing to become one of the Shichibukai and remove the Devil Fruit abilities left on Akainu, Kizaru, and the others, that would be enough.

How could hot-tempered Garp possibly endure that?

"That old man actually still has such strength?"

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

In the blink of an eye.

The two had already exchanged more than a hundred punches.

"Splendid!"

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

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

He was no weaker than the legendary pirates in their prime.

Over all these years, Roger had died, Golden Lion had vanished from sight, and Whitebeard spent his days drinking himself into a stupor.

There were fewer and fewer people who could fight him.

He had never expected to encounter a young pirate with such formidable 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 truly strongest 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 negate and restrain Devil Fruits.

If Ye Zhuo truly were a Devil Fruit user, he would instead be severely constrained.

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

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

What Garp was more curious about was Ye Zhuo's martial arts.

The martial art called "Xingyi Quan" was ever-changing and simply unbelievable in battle.

"I learned it in my hometown."

Ye Zhuo changed his stance once more.

"Baguazhang!"

They clashed again.

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

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

Boom!

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

Flames burned behind his hands, serving as additional thrust.

Under such circumstances, the Rabbit Talisman would elevate his speed to yet another level.

Sure enough.

The moment they clashed, Ye Zhuo was faster by a step.

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 learned it!

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

"Your martial arts have changed again."

Garp was surprised by the force of Baguazhang.

He had believed his martial arts had already reached the pinnacle.

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

Every move seemed to have been honed for a long time.

Under normal circumstances, speed and strength did indeed decide everything.

Any technique would become nothing more than flashy, impractical moves.

However, when the strength of two people was nearly equal.

Then whoever possessed 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 the stance of Tai Chi.

His aura shifted with it.

As for the Ryuo of Armament Haki, he had long suspected that it might be the Transforming Force and Hidden Force of traditional martial arts.

Ordinary Armament Haki should belong to Manifest Force.

But how could anyone in the Dharma-Ending Era, where spiritual energy was so thin, cultivate to the realm of Transforming Force?

Not to mention the physique required. It was even more impossible to compare with the monsters of the Pirate World.

Only after his continuous 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 see a faint connection among the three martial arts.

Yet at this critical moment, his chest took the blow.

Before he had time to think, his entire body flew backward like a kite with a broken string.

"What kind of power is this?"

Garp forcibly steadied himself and asked.

"Kung fu!"

Ye Zhuo's tone was resolute.