Garp didn't hesitate at all when facing Kazu in his prime. He charged forward instantly, his right fist already raised high, ready to start the second round of the battle with Kazu.
A few days ago, Kazu also tried transforming into his half-beast form, and his strongest feeling was summed up in one word—powerful!
I feel like my entire body has been further strengthened, with improvements in damage resistance, stamina, recovery, strength, agility, and every other aspect.
At that moment Kazu saw Garp charging towards him with his iron fist clenched. He also gathered Armament Haki, a confident smile on his face, and his fist collided with Garp's fist.
Bang!
"Um?"
Garp felt the weight of the fist and was utterly shocked.
The opponent's strength increased so much after transforming that I was completely suppressed.
At first he could manage, but now...
Garp's iron fist was unusually retaliated against by Kazu.
Kazu's fist slammed straight in, landing directly on Garp's face.
Swoosh~
puff!
Garp plunged directly into the sea, which terrified the navy aboard the Dog-Head Warship.
"Oh no! Vice Admiral Garp has fallen into the sea!"
"Search and rescue team, jump into the sea and rescue Vice Admiral Garp!!"
"Yes!"
Dozens of naval soldiers jumped into the sea one by one, without even taking off their clothes, to search for Garp where he had fallen.
"You underestimate Vice Admiral Garp. This damage isn't enough to defeat him."
Bogard had the clearest understanding of Vice Admiral Garp's strength, and sure enough, before the search and rescue team soldiers even swam there, Garp had already burst out of the sea.
"That's really something, Kazu little devil."
"It's hard to believe you still have spatial powers you haven't used. You seem even more powerful than that man."
That's right, the strongest opponent Garp ever faced was Rocks.
The current Kazu felt to him that he was no weaker than Rocks was back then.
This is assuming the opponent didn't use any spatial powers. If it were a life-or-death struggle, Garp felt that Kazu alone could defeat the once invincible Rocks.
When Kazu heard Garp's praise, he just smiled and smoothed his blond hair with both hands, making sure all of it went back.
"Hehehe, although I don't know who the man you're talking about is."
"But old man Garp, I must say, you do have a sharp eye."
"That's right, right now, I am the strongest being!"
If someone unaware of the situation were to overhear Kazu's words, they would surely laugh at him for overestimating his abilities and being extremely arrogant.
" The World's Strongest? Did you even ask the bandit king of the East Blue?"
Those were just a few punches and kicks; they almost ended the existence of the Pirate King.
Garp had faced off against Kazu head-on, and he knew very well just how powerful the man before him truly was.
No, he hasn't witnessed Kazu's most powerful attack yet, so he doesn't fully understand Kazu's strength.
Thinking of this, Garp's heart pounded and his blood boiled. This powerful opponent made him eager to see the opponent's full strength.
He was willing to risk defeat just to see the view from the top of the world.
Are you ready?
"Don't blink!"
"Because this punch will be really cool!"
Kazu vanished from his spot in an instant, his body teleported directly behind Garp using Space Swap.
Garp had already pushed his Observation Haki to its limit, just waiting for Kazu to make his move.
"Don't underestimate me, Kazu brat!!"
Garp spotted Kazu and was about to turn and throw a punch when his body was inexplicably frozen in place, as if he were being rotated!!
" Time Stop."
Although it only lasted a short time, about 0.2 seconds, it was enough for Kazu to punch him a dozen times.
BOOM!!
Kazu punched Garp in the back with a loud thud, Kazu Garp once again.
Even without using the Conqueror's Coating, the sheer power of Kazu was enough to make Garp suffer for a long time.
Garp fell into the sea again, and after more than ten seconds, he leaped back out of the water.
Garp used Geppo to enter the air, panting heavily, a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
"Hahaha, that's more like it."
Garp wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"It seems I must prepare to take a gamble."
Garp used Geppo to leap through the air with a series of thuds. Although he didn't know what the force that had immobilized him was, he knew it was definitely one of Kazu's abilities.
Garp adopted a tactic of agile movement, hoping to use it to escape Kazu's move that could immobilize him.
"Hmph, how naive, Garp!"
Kazu vanished from his spot in an instant. Although Garp's movements were unpredictable, Kazu's speed was far superior.
He just stayed right behind Garp like that, without doing anything, just playing around!