When Allen heard Garp's rather far-fetched excuse, he could not help rolling his eyes and grumbling inwardly, If you're going to make up an excuse, at least make it convincing!
Then, he suddenly increased the force in his hands. His immense power surged forth like a raging tide, actually forcing Garp back a short distance.
With a hint of provocation in his eyes, Allen said, "Old man, are you trying to be the first one to stick your neck out?"
Garp merely chuckled, trying to ease the tension. "Kid, do me a favor and let these people go."
However, just then, Yamato spotted Garp and stormed over angrily.
Hearing her, Garp turned around, his face immediately breaking into a grin. "Oh, it's you, girl!"
Yamato did not appreciate it in the slightest. She turned her head away and said coldly, "Quit acting all friendly. I don't know you."
Seeing this, Allen said, "Hey, you old geezer, that's pretty shameless. They wanted to kill me, yet you're asking me to let them go."
Garp knew the negotiations had begun, so he immediately turned into an expert negotiator and said solemnly, "Kid, let them go this time for my sake!"
Yamato cut in from the side, "You say let them go, and I'm supposed to do it? No way!"
Allen hurriedly grabbed Yamato's arm and spoke to her quietly for a few moments. Only then did she nod reluctantly.
Allen cleared his throat and announced loudly, "It's impossible for me to let all of them go. I only want one person."
As he spoke, he extended a finger and pointed straight at Kake.
Seeing that, Kake pointed to himself and asked with a puzzled expression, "Me?"
Allen answered decisively, "Yes!"
When Garp heard Allen's demand, he immediately became displeased and shouted, "I'm taking everyone with me. If not, then we fight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an incomparably violent aura erupted from Garp's body. Black lightning flashed and coiled around him like nimble snakes.
With the negotiations broken down, Allen showed no weakness either. An earth-shaking aura burst from him as well, black lightning wrapping around him as he faced off against Garp.
Right after that, Garp raised his right hand high and began gathering power. Black lightning swiftly wound around his fist as he bellowed, "Great Galaxy Impact!"
Seeing this, Allen wrapped black lightning around his greatsword and then slashed viciously at Garp.
In an instant, the two overwhelmingly powerful attacks collided through the air, releasing a deafening boom as though heaven and earth themselves were trembling.
The ground cracked beneath the impact of that immense power. Sand and rocks flew everywhere, throwing the area into chaos.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Allen crooked his fingers at Yamato and Nana, signaling for them to come closer.
The two understood at once and hurried toward Allen.
Once they were close, Allen created a vortex out of thin air. A powerful suction force surged from it and instantly pulled both women inside.
When Garp saw Allen's series of actions, he sensed that something was wrong. Knowing Allen must have a follow-up move, he immediately fixed his gaze on Kake, since Allen had specifically named him earlier.
Just then, Allen suddenly vanished.
As the force resisting him disappeared in an instant, Garp staggered forward several steps from the momentum of his previous attack, nearly falling flat on his face.
Meanwhile, Allen appeared beside Kake in an instant and used his Space Ability to bind him firmly.
Worried that Garp would interfere with what he planned to do next, Allen Teleported with Kake to a spot a little farther away.
Then, a strange pair of scissors formed from sword energy slowly condensed in Allen's hand, the sword energy gleaming with a cold light.
Before anyone could react, Allen viciously snipped at Kake's crotch.
This shocking scene made every man present, as well as every man watching through the screen, instinctively cover himself below. It seemed to be a man's instinctive sense of self-preservation.
Right after that, Allen pulled out a bloody chunk of flesh with the scissors.
Kake immediately let out a miserable squeal like a slaughtered pig. "Ah! Ah! Ah~"
He lay on the ground in agony, both hands tightly covering his wound. Then he discovered that his most important thing was gone and immediately cried out, "Give it back! Give it back!"
Allen grinned at him and asked teasingly, "Want it back?"
Upon hearing that, Kake nodded desperately. In his mind, so long as Allen was willing to return it, there was still a sliver of hope—it could still be saved.
Allen gave a sound of agreement, but a sinister smile appeared on his face.
Seeing this, everyone present felt an ominous premonition rise within them, all secretly thinking, That smile of Allen's can't mean anything good.
Sure enough, a Space Sphere appeared out of thin air and wrapped around Kake's treasure. Suddenly, countless tiny yet incomparably sharp strands of sword energy erupted inside the sphere, instantly shredding that chunk of flesh to pieces.
When Kake saw his treasure completely pulverized, he looked as though he had been struck by lightning. His heart turned to ashes, as though he had lost all reason to keep living.
Witnessing Allen's horrifying sequence of actions, everyone broke out in cold sweats and kept muttering inwardly, He's a demon. A demon!
Allen looked at the now-dazed Kake and smiled faintly. Squatting down, he stuffed the Space Sphere into Kake's hand and did not forget to tease him, "Here, take it back. It's all in there, every last bit!"
Then Allen stood up and shouted toward the Film Bug, "Anyone who dares set their sights on me will end up like this! Hahaha~"
Although Allen's words and actions were extremely arrogant, he was not entirely unreasonable in a sense. After all, if others were trying to kill him, was he supposed to sit still and wait for death without fighting back?
Seeing that his objective had been achieved, Allen planned to leave.
However, before leaving, he decided to give the Marines a "big gift," so they would not dare pull any more tricks on him so easily in the future.
Then Allen's body slowly rose into the air. He raised both hands high and continuously compressed sword energy into a Space Sphere.
As he kept ascending, the Space Sphere's energy grew increasingly powerful.
Once he reached a certain height, Allen stopped. Looking down at the ground, he shouted, "Whether you survive depends on your luck."
After saying that, Allen hurled the Space Sphere, which contained terrifying energy, viciously toward the ground.
Several Vice Admirals on the ground saw the rapidly descending Space Sphere and fled toward safer areas.
However, one person did the exact opposite. It was Garp.
He used Geppo, repeatedly kicking through the air as he rapidly approached the Space Sphere, while his right hand gathered power as well.
When he was only two or three meters from the Space Sphere, it suddenly cracked open, and countless strands of sword energy burst forth like a surging tide.
Seeing this, Garp shouted, "Galaxy Impact!" Then he threw an upward punch, continuously clashing against the rampaging sword energy.
For a time, thunderous booms rang out without end, and the entire world seemed on the verge of collapse under the impact of that immense power.
After a tremendous explosion, everything finally returned to calm.
Amid the billowing smoke, Garp intended to settle the score with Allen, only to find that Allen had already vanished without a trace.
Left with no choice, he could only escort Kake and the others back to Marine Headquarters. This thrilling battle and conflict temporarily came to an end.
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