Pacifista

Garp looked at the several sword marks left on his fist, his expression extremely grave. "Why do I feel like this kid has gotten much stronger? That's impossible! After such intense fighting, his stamina should have been nearly depleted. How can he keep getting stronger the more he fights?"

Garp's feeling was not wrong. Lu Ge really was growing stronger with every battle. With the aid of Nascent Dimensional Power, the repeated high-intensity combat had gradually tempered and strengthened his body. His physical qualities were improving at a visible rate.

And as Lu Ge grew stronger, it would indirectly affect the effects of Time Is on My Side. Naturally, the strength he displayed would become even greater.

Garp leaped backward and arrived before Sengoku. "This kid is a real monster. He's absorbing combat experience. He's getting stronger! I've lived most of my life, yet I've never seen such a freak—someone who can grow so rapidly in battle. We can't keep dragging this out with a monster like him. Otherwise, our fight with him will only become nourishment for his growth."

Aokiji also spoke with a solemn expression. "And after fighting for so long, he's still in peak condition. With such terrifying stamina, even trying to wear him down with successive battles probably won't work."

Akainu said, "Lord Sengoku, give the order! It's time to use our final measure."

At those words, Sengoku's eyes narrowed, his face filled with frustration. With their lineup, they had still failed to take down the target and now had to resort to their final measure. It was truly embarrassing.

Yet he did not hesitate. He decisively turned around and looked toward a tall building in the distance. "Tsuru, get ready! Execute the final measure!"

A Visual Den Den Mushi had been placed atop a tall building in the distance, transmitting everything happening here into a command room.

Tsuru watched the footage on the screen with a grave expression. She abruptly rose to her feet and was about to give the order when a richly dressed, potbellied middle-aged man suddenly barged in...

On the battlefield.

"Final measure? What the hell is that?" Lu Ge muttered to himself. "Don't tell me they're planning to launch a Buster Call on the Holy Land Mary Geoise?"

Just then, Lu Ge's Observation Haki suddenly detected hulking figures rushing out from basements all over the city. In a very short time, they had completely surrounded the area.

Looking at the tens of thousands of towering figures, Lu Ge was astonished. "These are... robots? Cyborgs? Pacifistas? They don't seem to be modeled after Bartholomew Kuma. Could they still be Pacifistas? Do Pacifistas already exist at this point? I never expected the Holy Land Mary Geoise to be hiding such a trump card."

But then again, this was the Holy Land Mary Geoise. How could it possibly lack defensive measures?

The densely packed Pacifistas made Lu Ge frown slightly. In just this short span of time, no fewer than twenty thousand Pacifistas had emerged from the underground fortresses beneath the city.

"Damn it, you never know until you push them. Who would've thought this place had something like this hidden away?"

Just as Lu Ge was marveling at it, lasers had already begun gathering in the Pacifistas' mouths...

Seeing this, Lu Ge was somewhat surprised. "You're attacking already? Your own people are still here!"

Sengoku and the others were also startled. "Damn it! Why did they suddenly attack? We haven't even retreated yet! What the hell is Tsuru doing?"

Garp immediately quipped, "Could she be holding a grudge over all the times we bickered with her and taking this chance to get revenge?"

Sengoku shook his head sternly. "Tsuru isn't that reckless. Someone else must have interfered with the order."

Akainu immediately narrowed his eyes. "The Celestial Dragons?"

Garp said, "Who cares who it is? Get out of here now, or we'll be blasted into hornets' nests."

The group immediately leaped back.

Lu Ge had no time to pursue them either, because tens of thousands of lasers were already shooting toward him!

In an instant, the sky above this area was lit up by lasers.

Anyone facing such a scene would feel their scalp go numb.

"Now this is truly a grand display! With this kind of blanket attack, even a future Four Emperor would probably be brought to his knees!"

As Lu Ge sighed, he took a step forward and vanished in an instant.

Amid roaring explosions, the area was instantly covered by lasers. Explosions rang out one after another as flames and smoke surged skyward, flattening everything around them in the blink of an eye.

Then the earth split apart, and violent columns of water shot into the sky.

The bombardment of tens of thousands of lasers had cracked the entire island, pushing it to the brink of destruction.

"Damn it—!!!!!"

Garp and the others, who were fleeing, were dumbfounded at the sight. Sengoku could not help but curse, "Bastard! Which idiot gave the order to attack? So many Pacifistas attacking at once—are they trying to destroy the Holy Land Mary Geoise?!"

Unfortunately, no matter how furious and anxious he was, the Pacifistas' attacks did not stop.

At the same time, Lu Ge appeared among the ranks of Pacifistas through a door.

The moment the Pacifistas discovered Lu Ge, they all locked onto him. Lasers fired in unison, brilliant streams of light streaking through the air in a scene of overwhelming grandeur.

Unfortunately, the instant they fired, Lu Ge vanished from where he stood through a door once more. The Pacifistas' lasers immediately turned into a massacre among themselves. Amid repeated bangs, Pacifista after Pacifista was pierced by lasers fired by their own side, before exploding one after another in rolling flames and thick smoke.

Lu Ge repeated the same tactic, appearing among the Pacifistas' ranks from time to time before vanishing at once. This caused their self-destruction to intensify. In only a few moments, more than half had already been killed or injured.

"Th-this, this—!!!!"

The situation on the battlefield made Sengoku and the others' faces twitch. Why had their invincible trump card ended up in such a state the moment it was deployed?

Just then, Lu Ge suddenly flashed onto the rooftop beside Sengoku and the others. Looking at them with a teasing smile, he said, "So this is your so-called final measure? It doesn't seem like much!"

"You bastard, don't get too cocky!" Akainu immediately flew into a rage and was about to attack, but Sengoku grabbed him and held him back.

Lu Ge glanced toward the castle in the deepest part of the Holy Land Mary Geoise. With a thought, a door appeared behind him. "I had a lot of fun this time. Thanks for playing with me for so long, too. My name is Lu Ge. If you're not convinced, you're welcome to come find me anytime."

With that, he took a step back and vanished right before Garp and the others' eyes.