"Old man--"
Kaido parried another heavy punch from Garp, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, but his smile grew even more ferocious.
"After all these years, your fists are still as hard as ever!"
"But do you think I'm still the Kaido I used to be?"
The Hassaikai are swept away.
Black and red Conqueror's Haki Inazuma around the spiked club, tearing through the air the moment it was swung out.
Garp raised his fist to block, his fist colliding head-on with the spiked club. A circular shockwave exploded from the point of impact, sending all the surrounding debris flying.
They both took a step back at the same time.
Kaido steadied himself and stretched his wrists.
He had taken so many punches from Garp, and his face, chest, and abdomen were covered in bruises and bloodstains, but those injuries were visibly fading away.
Within seconds, the shallowest bruises had completely disappeared, and the deeper wounds were healing rapidly.
Garp also wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
He took Kaido's blow, and although he absorbed most of the force, the power of the Conqueror's Haki Coating still made his internal organs ache.
You are indeed stronger than before.
Garp's voice was hoarse but had calmed down somewhat.
After his outburst of rage, the composure of a seasoned warrior returned to his bloodshot eyes.
"But no matter what level you are now—I'm going to make you disappear from this ocean today!"
Before the words were even finished, the two figures collided again.
The top of the main hall.
Sanji is engaged in a Yamato battle with Zoro and Sanji.
Genzo and the three knives clashed repeatedly, sparks flying everywhere.
Zoro's sword strikes grew increasingly fierce, and Sanji's kicks became Yamato cunning, forcing Yamato to retreat step by step.
Suddenly, the battle between Kaido and Garp spread to them.
Garp punched Kaido in the chest, sending Kaido flying backward and crashing into the ruins of the palace's dome.
The shockwave spread in all directions, knocking Yamato, Zoro, and Sanji back several steps.
Zoro steadied himself and glanced at the two people locked in fierce combat in the sky.
His pupils contracted slightly when he saw Garp's face clearly.
"Naval Hero - Garp?"
Sanji was also stunned.
He naturally recognized the face—a legendary figure from the Marine Headquarters, a living fossil on par with Roger and Whitebeard.
More importantly, he is Luffy's grandfather.
Why is Luffy's grandfather here?
Yamato the opportunity to retreat and landed on the ruins not far away.
She watched Garp and Kaido's battle warily, then glanced at Zoro and Sanji, her grip on Genzo's hand tightening slightly.
" Kaido is fighting Garp-- "
Sanji quickly analyzed the situation.
"This is our opportunity."
While they are holding each other back, we—"
"Don't think about it."
Yamato interrupted him, his voice flat.
I won't let you pass.
And at this moment, in mid-air.
Roy leaped out of the side window of the main hall, his Telekinesis suspending his body in mid-air.
He didn't rush to make a move, but quietly watched the fierce battle between Kaido and Garp on the rooftop, a hint of emotion flashing in his eyes.
Garp's fighting style has remained unchanged for decades.
There are no fancy techniques, no dazzling special effects, just pure power and Haki.
But it is precisely this kind of simple and unadorned battle that best tests a person's true strength.
There's no room for trickery, no opportunity for a sneak attack; whoever has the stronger fist wins.
After watching for a few minutes and confirming that Kaido and Garp were unlikely to be defeated in a short time, Roy turned his gaze back towards the plaza.
Observation Haki covered the battlefield plaza.
The battle there is raging.
Jin and Sengoku clashed head-on.
The flaming blade and the golden Buddha light collided repeatedly in the air, and the resulting energy blasts left the plaza's ground scarred and devastated.
But the other officers weren't as composed as Jin.
Jack transformed into a mammoth and charged forward, Queen unleashed a barrage of fire from his Gatling gun.
However, their attacks were either deflected by Fujitora's gravity field or struck Ryokugyu, who possessed the Logia Woods-Woods Fruit ability.
They are utterly ineffective and lack any deterrent effect.
Fujitora slammed his cane on the ground, causing the gravitational field to expand suddenly. Several of the Flying Six rushed forward were forced to their knees by the sudden increase in gravity.
Ryokugyu transformed himself into a giant tree-man, its roots bursting from the ground and whipping away the attacking cadres one by one.
"Is that Beasts Pirates capable of? They're all tanks with no damage output!"
The Ryokugyu's voice echoed across the square, its sarcasm undisguised.
Roy watched this scene and shook his head slightly.
The weakness of having an entire group of Zoan was exposed at this moment—their defense was ridiculously high, but they couldn't deal any effective damage to Admiral- level opponents who could dodge nimbly or suppress them from a distance.
Jin could hold his own against Sengoku, but he could only hold off one of them at a time.
The remaining people were clearly outmatched by Fujitora and Ryokugyu.
Roy used his Telekinesis to gently flick the air, and he vanished from his spot.
In the square, the Ryokugyu was still running rampant.
His body transformed into a gigantic tree-man, its roots tumbling out from the ground and coiling outwards like pythons.
Several Beasts Pirates who couldn't dodge in time got their waists caught in the tree roots and were flung into the air with screams.
"That's it? That's it? Wasn't the Beasts Pirates supposed to be the strongest?"
Hey, hey, hey, you can't even fight back?!
Ryokugyu laughed without restraint.
Just then, his body's instincts suddenly triggered a frantic warning.
It was a warning from a life-level perspective, like prey suddenly smelling the scent of a top predator in the jungle.
The hairs on the back of his head stood on end.
Ryokugyu whirled around, but it was too late.
A long, black knife had already pierced his back.
The blade pierced through the treant's thick bark, emerging from its chest with a cold, gleaming light.
Have you said enough?
Roy appeared behind him, gripping the Shusui sword, and Conqueror's Haki flowed into it.
"Ugh!"
At that moment, Ryokugyu felt as if a bomb had exploded inside his body.
Black Blade Shusui pierced through his back, the tip of the blade penetrating his chest.
The pain from the blade itself was intense enough, but what was truly deadly was the Conqueror's Haki that seeped into the blade.
Dark red Inazuma surged wildly within Ryokugyu's body, like a swarm of frenzied wild bees, tearing muscles, bursting blood vessels, and causing internal organs to tremble wherever they passed.
The Ryokugyu tried to bellow, but the sound got stuck in his throat. He opened his mouth, but only managed a series of broken hoarse sounds.
Even more terrifying is that after Conqueror's Haki erupted within him, his Woods-Woods Fruit power instantly went out of control.
The enormous tree-man's body began to shrink rapidly.
The outstretched branches and leaves quickly withered and turned yellow, the thick bark peeled off in pieces, and the roots that had sprouted from the ground drooped limply, turning into ordinary withered vines.
In just a few seconds, Ryokugyu transformed from a giant tree-man tens of meters tall back into human form.
A human with a knife stuck in his chest, suspended in mid-air by Roy.
" Ryokugyu!"
When Sengoku saw this scene from afar, his eyes widened in fury.
He never expected that Roy, instead of staying on Hachinosu, would dare to show up in Wano Country.