Although his left arm was gone, Garp seemed not to feel anything, not even frowning.
Then he turned to look at Zephyr on the other side and threw Sengoku, who was on his shoulder, at Zephyr.
" Zephyr, you take Sengoku and run! Run as far as you can!"
As Garp watched Zephyr, he tore off a piece of his clothing and used it to bandage his left arm.
" Garp, what are you saying? Do you mean I should desert? I can't do that..."
" Zephyr!!"
Zephyr was interrupted by a roar from Garp before he could finish speaking.
His gaze froze, and he saw Garp staring intently at him with red eyes.
This was a look he had never seen before.
" Zephyr! Our entire navy can't die here! If we do, the navy is truly finished!"
"The enemy is far too powerful; they are completely beyond our capabilities!"
"To put it bluntly, there's probably nothing I can do if I stay, but as a naval officer, no matter how powerful the enemy is, I can't retreat, even if I know I'm doomed!"
"And..."
As he spoke, Garp looked down at his left arm.
After a moment of silence, he said, "My left arm is gone. Even if I return to the Navy, I'll be crippled. Since that's the case, I might as well die here. At least that way, I'll have died a glorious death!"
" Garp!"
Zephyr murmured, momentarily at a loss for words.
Suddenly, he saw a figure appear behind Garp.
"Bang!"
A dull thud was heard, and Garp felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, then his body collapsed.
Kong caught the falling Garp and chuckled.
"This guy is already so badly injured, and he's still trying to act tough!"
When those huge rocks came crashing down, Garp bore the brunt of the pressure, and even lost an arm trying to save him.
That's right. He was already in a weakened state after fighting Rocks, and then he faced Xia Chen's powerful attack.
I'm starting to feel a bit overwhelmed!
One of the boulders was originally heading straight for him, and given his condition at the time, he had virtually no ability to resist it.
At this moment, Garp stepped forward and risked losing an arm to briefly block the boulder for him, thus allowing him to escape.
Otherwise, he might already be dead!
Thinking of this, Kong turned his gaze to Zephyr, the only one still conscious around, and solemnly said:
" Zephyr! You take Garp and Sengoku and leave here. Like Garp said, our Navy has suffered too many losses this time; you can't afford to die too!"
"Otherwise, the navy will truly be finished!"
" Garp is still young. Even without an arm, he still has the strength of Admiral. How can we send him to his death?"
"But I'm an old man, and my strength has basically reached its peak. There's not much room for improvement, so..."
"Let my crippled body do something for you one last time!"
"But..."
"That's an order!"
Zephyr was about to say something when he was Kong. At this moment, Zephyr was already in tears, his face full of grief.
They lost too many comrades in this battle, and now even their Fleet Admiral is...
After a moment, Zephyr removed the sadness from his face and said:
" Fleet Admiral! Although I understand your good intentions, the problem is that Xia Chen may not be willing to let us leave!"
"With our strength, how do we expect to escape from him..."
"You should leave now!"
Zephyr was interrupted yet again before he could finish speaking, and this time it was Xia Chen who spoke.
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but turn their gaze to him.
"You three should get out of here! Honestly! The way you're talking makes me sound like the villain!"
"I have absolutely no interest in killing you as long as you don't provoke me!"
Xia Chen helplessly shrugged.
Xia Chen was speechless listening to their incessant chatter; it made him seem like some kind of evil person.
War is always filled with death and injury!
The side with the inherent advantage naturally has a villainous feel to it, but the problem is that it's normal for one side to be strong and the other weak in a war!
If he were weaker, wouldn't the outcome be reversed?
"Then... can we leave?"
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from the side.
Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw Saint Saturn tentatively looking at Xia Chen.
Xia Chen:...
What do you think?
Xia Chen countered with a question. Then he added:
"Was I not clear enough? I said the three of them can leave. Are you all so quick to assume it applies to you?"
"You and Rocks are not leaving here. Today, you only have one fate: to perish in this sea!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Chen's figure vanished from the spot and reappeared in front of the five people.
At this moment, there was a Xia Chen in front of each of the five people, and they all raised their golden sticks high.
" Godfall!"
The five sticks in Xia Chen's hands swung out instantly, giving them no chance to react at all.
This series of actions may seem to have taken a long time, but it actually took less than a second.
The Flying Nimbus granted Xia Chen unparalleled speed, allowing him to accomplish these feats with ease.
"Bang bang bang bang bang!"
Five muffled sounds rang out almost simultaneously, and the five people's bodies instantly plummeted downwards like shooting stars, landing in the sea in the blink of an eye.
"Boom!"
Five huge craters instantly appeared on the sea surface, and the surrounding seawater was squeezed out. One of the craters was clearly larger than the other four.
This was an attack launched by Xia Chen's true form, and the lucky one who was attacked was none other than Saint Saturn, who had shown his face the most!
Xia Chen could only say that he really didn't mean to target Saturn; it was just a coincidence!
Before long, the squeezed seawater began to flow back towards the center of the crater, and five more huge water columns erupted. The seawater continued to surge.
Upon seeing this, Kong, who had already jumped out of the sea, quickly jumped back into the water.
The Five Elders and Rocks are both Devil Fruit User; if we don't go to save them, they'll surely die!
Meanwhile, Zephyr had already carried Garp and Sengoku away into the distance, and Xia Chen didn't bother with their thoughts.
However, the navy's ships were all destroyed by the aftershocks when they destroyed God Valley.
Whether Zephyr can carry two people using Geppo until they find a ship or an island is uncertain.
But none of that concerns him; what he needs to focus on right now is...
Xia Chen gripped the Jingu Bang tightly and suddenly turned around to unleash a powerful attack behind him.
"Clang!"