"Garp!"
Oak sent Garp flying with a punch, blood spraying from his mouth. Everyone around them was horrified. Sengoku was the first to react. At this point, none of them could hold out for long against Oak alone, so he immediately launched himself forward to support Garp.
Amid a series of cracking sounds, Kizaru burst out of the ice and charged at Oak as well. Ice spread from where Aokiji had shattered into a pile of fragments, forming a straight ice path toward Oak. Aokiji's presence flickered faintly within it.
Rayleigh and Shanks exchanged a glance, clutching their wounds as they charged in too. At a time like this, they could not stand by while any one of them was in trouble. If Oak found an opportunity to defeat them one by one, they would be finished today. Benn Beckman, who had been out of action for a while, also reappeared on the battlefield with a weakened presence, coordinating with Shanks and Rayleigh.
In an instant, seven top-tier powerhouses coordinated once more and charged Oak together. Yet someone arrived behind Oak even faster than them—Tsuru.
"Smack~"
Tsuru appeared behind Oak and struck toward him with her palm. She had been unable to join the earlier battle, and now she only wanted to buy Garp a little time.
Her palm carried the power of the Wash-Wash Fruit. However, Oak was no longer the Oak he once was. With his current Haki strength, no rule-based Devil Fruit ability could threaten him anymore. Thus, when Tsuru's palm struck the center of his back, his face remained expressionless and he showed no reaction at all.
"So it really won't work?"
Tsuru had already expected this. Her expression turned solemn, but before she could change tactics, her waist suddenly tightened. Looking down, she found that