"What's this talk of ruling the world?"
"The battle has only just begun!"
Garp trembled all over, the Haki within him at the peak of his life.
In his thirties, he had endured countless trials on the sea.
He had transformed time and again.
His fists had even smashed through old, abandoned ships without relying on Haki, through Haki alone!
His every breath told the world.
There was still hope!
"So Kong lost! Does that mean all hope is gone?"
"You bunch of idiots! Who defended justice when Kong was young, then?"
"There will always be young Marines! Hope should be created by the young!"
Garp planted one hand in the sand and struggled to rise.
Every muscle and bone in his body shook as he drove his Haki to its limit!
"One day, when I'm an old man too."
"Hope should be left to the next generation."
"Right now is the perfect time to create hope!"
"My iron fists can smash through anything!"
Boom!
Garp stood up.
Haki roared throughout his body.
His short hair already stood on end, but now it floated along with the rising sand.
After a sharp swish.
Smiling, Garp unleashed his Haki, sending it crashing into Rocks's domineering Conqueror's Haki!
"Rocks, you bastard, don't underestimate justice!"
Boom!
For the first time!
Haki emerged that surprised even Rocks a little.
He had thought the battlefield was already entirely in the Rocks Pirates' hands.
He had never expected a hotheaded upstart like Garp to charge out.
"That's some big talk for a mere vice admiral, Garp!"
Of course Rocks knew how strong Rocks was.
But so what? He still couldn't match him!
He could still mock and ridicule him!
"Hey! Roger, are you planning to sleep all day?"
Garp ignored Rocks's words.
He turned to look at Roger.
That straw hat still covered his face.
Young, in his prime, and free of illness.
He laughed without restraint!
"Hahahahaha! Garp! Rayleigh!"
"Are you ready? This world is about to welcome a new era!"
"Years from now, people will remember my name-Roger!"
He laughed, and even lying on the ground, he unleashed powerful Haki like a shock wave!
"Rocks!"
Roger roared.
Even the Rocks Pirates were shaken.
Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Linlin, Kaido, Shane!
The pirates who would each become legends later all watched the man before them.
He proudly placed his straw hat on his head.
Then he casually drew his famous sword, Ace.
His carefree bearing was unforgettable.
Zephyr, who spent his life as the admiral who never killed, had taken decades to encounter a pirate like Roger.
The three great legends of his era were all both his enemies and his friends!
The new Four Emperors thirty-eight years later would all set him as their goal!
This man had already made a name for himself.
But the sea had yet to truly remember the name Roger.
The Rocks Pirates, the pirate paradise of Hachinosu.
Rocks, King of the World!
Every one of those names overshadowed Roger's fame!
Before this slash was unleashed, the world did not know why even gods had to evade it.
After this slash was unleashed, none but those at the pinnacle would be worthy of drawing their blades!
Roger's Haki followed, joining Garp's in cleaving apart Rocks's overwhelmingly powerful Haki!
Sengoku turned back, panting. He had sensed Roger's Haki.
Untamed, yearning for freedom!
Longing for the sea more than fish, loving the sky more than birds!
Roger gripped his sword, with Rayleigh and Gaban close behind.
"Roger Pirates!"
This straw hat was etched into the hearts of everyone in his era!
"Here!"
All the elite crew members rose, fighting on, bathed in blood.
"In the name of pirates, we're declaring war on the Rocks Pirates! Let our names ring out across the world!"
"To war!"
Roger's blade struck like thunder, and a storm swept through heaven and earth.
"Divine Departure!"
An aurora carved an arc through Rocks's all but absolute Conqueror's Haki!
"Fist Bone!"
Garp struck at the same time, moving as swiftly as a gale, becoming a bolt of thundering lightning!
What nonsense about being invincible on the seas and ruling the world!
On the sea, each wave overtook the last; on the mountain, others would follow!
"Now this is interesting!"
"The Rocks Pirates declare war on the Roger Pirates!"
"On Marine Headquarters! On the Reverie and the Celestial Dragons!"
"We declare war on the entire world! To war!"
Rocks felt no fear, only an unceasing will to fight.
"Roger, Garp! Come if you've got the guts!"
The overlord at the pinnacle of the era.
The possessor of the strongest Devil Fruit abilities and Haki.
The great pirate who took open schemes to their utmost, yet was hated to the bone by countless pirates.
Rocks launched the battle that would bring an era to its conclusion.
Powerful figures sped past him, one after another.
He moved so fast that he flickered into afterimages, his punches faster and fiercer than Garp's.
His interweaving Haki was stronger and wilder than Roger's.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three men's Haki crashed together at once.
It formed a Haki shock wave that rebounded in every direction.
Purple, blood-red, black, and pale-blue lightning intertwined.
Who needed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit? Powerful Haki came with its own lightning!
"Rocks!"
"Roger!"
"Garp!"
All three were battle maniacs, each a first-rate powerhouse.
Newcomers on the seas always thought the strong could not be defeated.
But only those hot-blooded Supernovas understood.
While they were young, while their willpower could drive their Haki and bodies, they had to grow as strong as possible!
That was the secret to reaching the pinnacle faster.
Roger and Garp, men of the same era.
The reason they could become the only two to reach the summit without relying on Devil Fruits.
Was precisely through tempering themselves.
Precisely because their era was full of powerful Devil Fruit users!
That pushed them to hone the strongest Haki!
"You're too young!"
Lightning floated around Rocks, and the corners of his mouth rose in a confident smile.
"Thanks for the compliment!"
Garp punched at Rocks's face.
But five fingers blocked him, darkness and petrification activating simultaneously.
They were resisted by powerful Haki.
"Strong enough Haki has nothing to fear from any Devil Fruit!"
Garp's teeth were covered in blood.
Yet the fire in his eyes had not diminished in the slightest.
"Those eyes of yours look all too familiar."
Rocks looked at the two men, at the honesty in their gazes and their willingness to fight to the death.
They were so much like Rocks in his youth.
"Stop acting so friendly, Rocks! The East Blue won't belong to you!"
Roger slashed at him.
Rocks countered with a backhand, sending his Haki through the air to collide with the sword's radiance!
The wildly raging Haki crisscrossed the ground, invading every inch of soil.
Even the air was scoured by their Haki, leaving people feeling suffocated.
"This era is called Rocks!"
Rocks proclaimed the era he ruled.
No one refuted him. Until he was defeated, those words were fact!
Instead, this battle at the pinnacle left the others itching to fight.
"Newgate, that bastard Roger has gotten stronger again!"
Golden Lion spat out his cigar, deeply annoyed.
If only he were the one fighting Roger now, instead of Rocks.
The two of them could clash swords until heaven and earth went dark!
Just thinking about it made him want to laugh, "Jahahahaha!"
"That bastard Rocks won't let us interfere in his fight!"
Whitebeard glanced at the battle and raised his blade.
Boom!
Sengoku assumed his Buddha Form once more, combining golden shock waves with Haki to clash against the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
The admiral's cape billowed in the fierce wind.
Whitebeard drove a fist toward him.
"Newgate! Having that power to destroy heaven and earth really is impressive!"
"But you're using all of it to destroy this sea?"
"If Rocks succeeds, will your homeland be spared?"
Sengoku's words carried his fruit's effect, adding another layer of psychological influence.
But no one could stop Golden Lion as he flew straight across the sky.
He put another fresh cigar between his lips.
Golden Lion Shiki, holding his dual swords, had no opponent at all.
"Shiki, you bastard, you're always asking for a beating."
Rayleigh's muscles twitched.
Behind him, Shakky was just about to step forward.
But Flame Flower caught her with one hand.
"Don't get in the way of those guys fighting. Real men need battle to nourish them!"
Hearing her captain's words,
Shakky's beautiful eyes narrowed.
"Shakky! Once this battle is over!"
"Find somewhere and open a tavern."
"When my adventure ends, I'll come find you."
Rayleigh's blade gleamed faintly, and a few spots of blood stained his snow-white cloak.
"What nonsense about battle nourishing men! A real man wouldn't be drawn in by beauty!"
Golden Lion flew forward, slashing his Dual Swords in an X.
Whoosh!
Rayleigh, who had emerged from the underworld of death,
clashed blades with the flying pirate Golden Lion!
Huge rocks on the ground were overturned one after another.
Haki destroyed everything without hesitation.
Whatever was blasted into the air was instantly pulverized by Haki.
Shane and Kaido had only met briefly.
Then two figures came hurtling toward them.
Bogard thrust his sword at Shane, while Zephyr confronted Kaido head-on!
"Bogard's strong. Go all out!"
Kaido offered that warning as his spiked club smashed toward Zephyr.
"Zephyr's even stronger. Watch out for internal injuries!"
Shane would face the master swordsman Bogard head-on!
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