Enough! Time to get serious!
Adrian took a deep breath and, for the first time, charged straight at Garp as he came rushing in again!
"Hahaha! Attaboy! Finally got the guts to go toe-to-toe with me?"
Far from startled, Garp was delighted. His chest swelled, and his presence surged like an erupting volcano. The muscles in his arms bulged, every fiber stretched taut. Armament Haki, wielded with consummate mastery, poured into his right fist, turning the truly pot-sized fist pitch-black.
Even Doflamingo, watching from atop the island cloud, felt a needle-sharp sense of danger radiating from Garp. Every hair on his body stood on end, as though he were an ordinary creature facing a natural enemy—an apex predator.
Yet Adrian did not so much as bat an eyelid as Garp gathered his power. He merely raised his hand and tightened his grip on the hilt of [Pale Emperor], which fitted snugly against the lines of his palm.
Veins bulged on Garp's forehead. With all his strength concentrated in his right fist, he unleashed a crushingly heavy Navy Straight Punch directly ahead!
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The punch flashed through space like lightning, tearing through the surrounding air and punching through ring after ring of white shock waves, producing thunderous sonic booms.
But directly in the path of that Navy Iron Fist, an ornate longsword shimmering with chaotic colors appeared like a phantom. It was [Pale Emperor], coated in dense Spiritual Pressure and Armament Haki imbued with multiple properties.
[Basic Attack]!
Boom!!
In the next instant, two terrifying powers standing at the absolute pinnacle of the seas collided, unleashing a translucent, spherical energy shock wave that expanded at tremendous speed. Its reach instantly spread across nearly half the island.
The once-deserted frozen island seemed to have become a nuclear testing ground. Dazzling