Facing Sengoku's Mountain-Crushing Palm, Ryan did not yield. He thrust out another sword and blocked Sengoku's attack.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, don't you know that hunters often appear in the guise of prey? While you wanted to capture me, I wanted to get rid of you too!" Ryan sneered.
"Four years ago, we suffered a crushing defeat at your hands. But now, it seems the situation has reversed!"
Sengoku's face instantly darkened at Ryan's words, which struck straight at the heart.
Ryan was conveying only one message: thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never look down on the poor youth!
Ryan was no longer the youth he had once been. His strength had undergone an earth-shaking transformation, while Sengoku was still standing in place.
"Do you know what I regret most in my life? That I didn't keep an eye on Whitebeard back then and kill you!" Sengoku roared.
He increased the force in his hands again, but it was all futile. Even Whitebeard, far stronger than at his peak, had not been Ryan's match. With Sengoku alone, defeating Ryan was almost impossible.
For a time, Sengoku was suppressed by Ryan. Even his Buddha Golden Body bore indelible sword scars!
But Ryan did not continue tangling with him. This was not yet the time for a decisive battle against Sengoku and the others. Ryan teleported beside another warship and swung his sword again, splitting it in two as it slowly sank into the sea!
"Garp, stop him!"
As Sengoku moved the Marines off this warship, he bellowed at Garp.
This could not go on!
"Got it!" Garp answered and charged straight at Ryan. He was not a Devil Fruit user, so his strength was not weakened much no matter where he fought. Unlike Sengoku and the