Boom!
The Iron Shield on his body was smashed by Garp's punch, and the Armament Haki-infused fist sent Pearl's eyes rolling back as he fell straight to the ground.
Garp's actions didn't pause in the slightest. After knocking down Pearl, he was already airborne in front of the three women, and his huge fist was about to hit heavily.
Lily clenched her teeth, tightly gripping the White Thunder in her hand. The Haki that was initially hardened on the blade was now coiling and concentrating at the tip.
Even against Garp...
"I won't disgrace Sage!"
Chirp!
The White Thunder Sword lived up to its name, piercing out a streak of cold light in her hand, with a flash of black thunder at its tip, swiftly aiming at Garp's chest.
"Hmm?"
Garp was momentarily stunned, then grinned and said, "Good!
His punching fist slightly shifted direction, heading straight for the thrusting sword tip.
Whoosh!
Strands of hair once again bound his right arm. Marika stood up from Lily's side, tightening the extended hair which brought her body closer, with a palm pushing against Garp's arm's exterior, the immense force stunned Garp's fist for a moment.
"Power Oscillation!"
Renedia jumped out from Lily's other side, sparks danced on the Mechanical Hammer as she yelled with a little tiger roar, the hammerhead smashing into Garp's left arm, the inertia from the power made Garp unable to move his left arm for a while.
With both arms momentarily stagnated, Lily's sword tip seized the gap, aimed straight at Garp's throat, carrying all of Lily's Haki, the sword tip now touched his throat's skin, a small thrust could pierce through!
Clang!
The sword tip pressed against Garp's throat, emitting a despairing crisp sound.
Garp's throat was covered with a mass of Haki, just enough to block the White Thunder's sword tip.
He grinned at the three of them, "Well done, if I let you grow, you could be quite something in the future!"
His arms stretched forward, left hand grasping Renedia's Mechanical Hammer, tossing it away, sending her body flying straight out.
The right arm gently swung, attacking Marika's waist with the position where the hair was coiled, punching her away.
His fist freed from bondage, Garp lifted it high, Haki coiling on the fist, smashing down towards Lily's head.
It's over!
Lily bit her lip hard, trying to move again, but felt her body weakening, the previous move used all her Haki, causing her will to tire, clearly having stamina but couldn't muster strength.
For Garp's fist, she couldn't counter!
This time, Sage's expectations will be betrayed...
Bang!!
Just as Garp's fist was about to hit Lily fatally, a fist covered with black flowing fire fiercely collided with his, the erupted air wave blew Lily, causing her to take a few steps back.
A fur cloak with a black base and red tips swayed, a white-haired figure just reaching Garp's chest now stood in front of Lily, fist clashing against Garp's.
"Sage!" Lily exclaimed in surprise.
"Sage! Beat up that old undying man!" Renedia got up, waving her little fists vigorously.
"Oh, the Captain's here..."
Marika's face, which had lost its smile, now recovered its joy.
Garp's eyes moved downward, laughing heartily, "Sage, you little brat... you're here!"
"Ah..."
Sage exhaled a breath of foul air, glaring at Garp, "I didn't expect you, old geezer, to have some brains... blocking me in Water Seven, calculated that I'd come here?"
Two hours, with his rapid movement, followed the tracks to Water Seven.
Along the way, he encountered Water Seven's battleships, and saw Garp's Doghead Battleship, but just a glance and he knew trouble would arise.
Because Observation didn't sense Garp's presence!
At that time, Sage started speeding up, using Soru and Moon Step in combination, heading straight to Water Seven's location, just reaching the island below and saw Garp pounding his subordinates.
"Or did you know your grandson was there, so simply didn't go?" Sage's temple bulged with veins, arms gradually applying force.
"Hahaha, how did you know this old man has a grandson?"
Garp bared his teeth, likewise with veins bulging on his temples, starting a strength contest with Sage.
"Monkey D... a surname, you think others are blind?" Sage laughed sinisterly, gradually pushing away Garp's fist.
"This old man never mentioned his surname!"
Garp also broke into a sinister grin, pushing Sage's fist back.
Their other hands moved simultaneously, the old and the young locked fingers, the ground beneath them cracked and caved in, with rubble slowly rising around them.
Boom!!
With an explosive sound, the bodies wrestling against each other separated, both stepping back at the same time, and immediately rushed towards each other again.
Sage leaped forward, his right hand turning into a hand blade slashing down fiercely at Garp's face, Haki coiling around his hand like flowing fire, lifting strands of fringes as it cut down swiftly.
"Rock Mountain Double Slash Wave!"
Hiss!!
The ground was sliced open by the distance-slashing hand blade, leaving a deep trench for the seawater to rush in.
It missed!
Garp dodged to Sage's side, pulling his fist back, pounding it like a cannonball towards Sage's head.
"You brat, you've gone too far lately, taste my Love's Iron Fist!"
Bam!
Sage did not evade, his forehead wrapped in Haki, collided head-on with the fist, producing a dull thud.
The massive fist was stopped by Sage's forehead, the collision of Haki against Haki left his forehead unscathed.
"How about you taste my respect for you!"
Sage showed a menacing grin, his body turning into an afterimage, splitting into several clones surrounding Garp, as his hands drew a circle, all clones moving in unison, their fists creating afterimages as they struck Garp's entire body.
"Secret Technique: Seven-Star Hundred Splits!"
"Brat! No matter how fast, an attack will only come from one place!"
Garp tightly clenched his fists, twisting his body to the side, throwing a punch at Sage's fists, and upon contact, all afterimages vanished, leaving only Sage continuously swinging punches.
Bam bam bam bam!
Sage's fists collided with Garp's, not touching but stopping short with a small distance between them, then unleashing surging blasts and muffled sounds.
The continuous pounding exploded countless waves of air, blowing Sage's cloak and hair tips, and causing the ground beneath to continuously crack.
Boom!!
Until the last punch, their arms intersected, Sage's heavy punch struck Garp's chest, while Garp's punch hit Sage's chin, and under the impact, both flew backward, sliding a distance on the ground before stopping.
"Puhahaha!"
Garp, ignoring the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, laughed out loud, "A familiar taste, your Haki is really strange, double Internal Destruction!"
Sage lowered his lifted head, moved his jaw, and spat out a mouthful of blood, grinning savagely, "Your punch doesn't feel as strong as before!"
"Or should I say, you've grown..."
Garp glanced at Sage, smiling, "This way of exerting power with your fists, did you learn it from me? I use battleships, what do you use?"
The pure iron wrapped around a battleship, the hardness is out of the ordinary, still needing pure physical strikes.
Sage as a Pirate, doesn't seem to have time to train someplace...
Sage hooked his thumb backward, smiling, "I got a Poneglyph from Alabasta, its hardness isn't less than your battleships!"
No need to hide anything.
Long-term pounding the Poneglyph, aided with Life Return, his growth, incomparable to before.
Garp's fist, hard to withstand before.
But now... who can say?
Sage glanced at Lily, who was standing up and directing the remaining Pirates to start loading the spoils onto the ship, smiled, "Old man, coming here alone, won't be easy for you to leave!"
"I never planned to leave, at least... I'm here to catch you!" Garp laughed.
"Then come and try..."
Sage spread his hands, twisting his neck, "Last time you chased me, we didn't settle who won, this time I'll show you how much I've grown!"
The old man held back.
This Sage knew, otherwise, his men probably wouldn't be able to stand.
But it also proven, this old man's target always being him.
Then let's have a good fight!
Let my will... become stronger!