"Old Man Garp, you've grown old. In the end, this world will be saved by young n like !"
"You're still just a child!"
At so point, Roldy lowered his twin blades.
Garp withdrew the Haki from his fists.
They stood face-to-face.
Then—
They punched.
No Devil Fruit powers.
No Haki.
No blocks.
No evasions.
Roldy could have used the Mo-Mo no Mi to burst backward at extre speed and avoid Garp's fist.
Garp, with his refined Observation Haki, could have easily deflected Roldy's comparatively slower punch.
Neither chose to.
They simply stood there—
Trading pure, unadulterated blows.
Teacher and student.
Using the sa fundantals.
Roldy endured a punch head-on. His enormous body crashed backward with a thunderous impact. Yet just before his back struck the ground, his muscles tightened violently. His feet rooted into the earth like ancient trees.
He bent to his limit—
And answered with an even heavier blow.
His fist struck Garp like a war hamr.
Garp grunted. His legs sank deep into the ground.
How to describe this clash?
It was the rawest kind of battle—
Flesh against flesh.
Blood sprayed into the air.
Pri Garp.
The fully matured Roldy.
Undoubtedly the greatest masters of pure physical combat on the seas—
Yet their thods were crude, almost childlike.
Garp launched another punch.
It smashed into the corner of Roldy's eye.
The impact made Roldy's vision roll white. He nearly lost consciousness. The bone around his eye shattered instantly, blood splashing outward. The world before him turned red.
Then—
His pupils refocused.
A savage aura surged from within, ancient and feral.
The muscles in his arm bulged grotesquely, distorting their perfect symtry.
A low growl rumbled from his throat.
This—
Was the strongest punch his body could unleash.
He swung.
Only when his fist connected with Garp's body did the sonic boom explode through the air.
BOOM!
Absolute power.
Absolute weight.
Even Garp's legendary physique could not resist it.
He was blasted away like a shell fired from a Marine warship's main cannon, soaring straight toward the battlefield.
Dragon's face changed instantly.
He rushed forward to intercept his father.
The mont his hands touched Garp's body—
An indescribable force surged through his arms and into his body.
His already tattered clothing exploded apart, strips of fabric scattering everywhere. For reasons unknown—perhaps sheer luck—he was left with only a pair of shorts intact.
The violent force rampaged through him as he was dragged backward for dozens of ters before finally digging his feet into the ground, slowing the montum.
"Hey, old man! You're not dead, are you? You can't die here! If you die, who's going to help
beco Fleet Admiral one day?!"
Dragon spoke in his usual blunt tone.
But this ti—
No fist struck his head.
No familiar pain followed.
He froze.
Looking down at his father—the Hero of the Marines, who always laughed boldly and lived freely—
He saw sothing he had never seen before.
Garp's chest had caved inward in a strange arc.
Without Haki to defend himself, his body could not compare to Roldy's monstrous bloodline-enhanced physique.
Multiple fractures covered his body.
Though not mortally wounded—
He was in terrible condition.
"Vice Admiral Garp!"
Many Marines had witnessed Roldy's punch.
Shock spread across their faces as they shouted.
And that shout caused a greater problem.
A hero falling in battle—
Was devastating to morale.
"Garp is down! Slaughter the Marines! Make them never dare set foot in the New World again!"
"Follow Vice Captain Roldy!"
The pirates surged forward like beasts.
Marine officers scrambled to organize counterattacks. Though chaotic, they managed to hold the line—for now.
But when that towering, ten-ter-tall figure, radiating ferocious killing intent, began stepping forward—
What could they possibly do?
"Damn it!"
Seeing Garp still dazed, Dragon knew he could not hesitate.
He gently laid Garp down.
Then he charged.
His gaze locked onto Roldy, burning with fury—not only because of his father, but because Roldy had begun attacking indiscriminately.
Young Marines with justice in their hearts rushed forward—
Only to beco shattered flesh beneath Roldy's feet.
In re monts, over a dozen soldiers had died.
This ti was different.
Roldy truly regarded the Marines as enemies.
Dragon could not allow this.
He rushed forward like a madman.
Just as Roldy was about to kick another Marine to death—
Dragon arrived.
A violent gale swept the soldier away to safety.
Dragon turned sharply.
Wind exploded from his Dragon Claw Fist—
And then—
A layer of dark red lightning wrapped around it.
He wanted to save those who did not deserve to die.
In that desperate mont—
He broke through.
He had awakened the advanced application of Conqueror's Haki—
Advanced Conqueror's Haki Coating.
Like a protagonist rising at the brink.
However—
Roldy, now focused on him, grinned.
Red lightning crackled violently along Roldy's right arm.
When the thunder subsided—
A blood-like aura of Advanced Conqueror's Haki Coating enveloped his entire arm.
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