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Chapter 4: You Call This a Primary Dungeon?!
Inside the barrier, the air was so heavy it seemed ready to drip water.
Violent lightning, angry beast roars, and... a man's uninhibited laughter. The three interwoven to form a strange prelude to war.
The Lightning Armor on the Third Raikage crackled; every jump of an electric arc contained devastating power.
He stared dead at Garp, his sharp eyes filled with a mix of wariness and fighting intent.
"You..."
His voice was low and husky, like two rocks grinding together.
"Who exactly are you?"
"Did you appear here for the Eight-Tails?"
As soon as this question was asked, the atmosphere in the entire canyon tightened to the extreme.
However, facing the Raikage's interrogation, Garp's reaction surprised everyone.
He extended his pinky finger, slowly stuck it into his nostril, and dug around vigorously.
Then he flicked his finger.
"Hmm?"
He looked blankly at the Third Raikage, tilting his head.
That expression was as innocent as a three-year-old child's.
"Eight-Tails?"
Garp picked his nose and repeated doubtfully.
"What's that thing?"
"Is it edible?"
Boom!
This sentence was like a bucket of gasoline poured onto the Third Raikage's already burning anger.
Playing dumb?
Mockery?
A monster strong enough to beat back the Eight-Tails with one punch wouldn't know what a Tailed Beast was?
In his view, this was simply naked contempt!
It was the most thorough contempt for him, and for the Hidden Cloud Village!
"Bastard..."
The Third Raikage's teeth ground together loudly.
The armor of lightning formed by chakra on his body suddenly surged with light!
The blue-purple arcs became thicker, more violent!
Crackle!
Amidst the ear-piercing thunder, the ground around him was crushed inch by inch by the powerful energy, gravel floating upwards!
"Doesn't matter!"
The Third Raikage let out a low roar suppressing extreme anger.
He suddenly lowered his body, assuming a charging stance, his whole person turning into a blue cannonball ready to fire.
"I don't care where you came from!"
"And I don't care what your purpose is!"
His eyes were bloodshot with rage, locked firmly onto Garp's figure.
"I'll beat you half to death first!"
"Then I'll interrogate you slowly!"
Before his voice had even faded.
The ground beneath his feet exploded with a boom!
Boom!
The Third Raikage turned into a bolt of blue lightning. Where he passed, the earth collapsed inch by inch, leaving behind a charred trench!
That speed had completely exceeded the limit the naked eye could capture!
"Die!"
A furious roar exploded in Garp's ears.
However, facing this thunderous blow, the smile on Garp's face only became more rampant.
"BWAHAHAHA!"
"Just what I wanted!"
He didn't retreat; he didn't even have the thought of dodging!
Garp also lowered his body, the muscles of his right arm instantly knotting and bulging, veins wriggling crazily under his bronzed skin like small snakes.
He fiercely pulled his fist back, charging power!
Then, against that explosive incoming blue lightning, he threw a punch!
"Hah!"
No flashy move names, no dazzling energy effects.
Just a simple, plain punch!
The next instant.
The fist wrapped in lightning and the iron fist covered in calluses collided brutally in the center of the canyon!
HUM——!
There was no earth-shaking loud noise.
Only a terrifying hum that was enough to deafen the entire world!
Centered on where their fists met, a devastating shockwave exploded outwards in a spherical shape!
The ground beneath their feet, like a lake surface struck by a giant object, threw up waves of earth tens of meters high!
The entire massive barrier formed by the "Four Violet Flames Formation" trembled madly under this force, violent ripples appearing on the purple energy walls!
Outside the barrier, all the Cloud ninjas were blown away by this terrifying aftershock, falling pell-mell, blood spilling from their noses and mouths, their faces full of unbelievable horror.
Inside the barrier.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Crisp shattering sounds rang out.
The ground beneath the Third Raikage and Garp could no longer withstand this brutal force, instantly cracking like a spiderweb before collapsing with a boom into a huge pit!
Dust filled the air.
The two figures separated upon contact, each blasting backward tens of meters.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Every step the Third Raikage took stamped a deep footprint into the hard rock ground. He retreated more than ten steps before barely steadying himself.
He raised his head, staring dead at the man opposite him, his eyes filled with unprecedented gravity.
He looked down at his slightly trembling right arm.
The fist under the Lightning Armor was actually sending waves of numb pain.
How was this possible?
His Lightning Armor was known as the Strongest Shield!
His Nukite was known as the Strongest Spear!
Offense and defense in one!
But this man in front of him had actually fought him to a draw using only pure physical strength?
No!
He even... faintly suppressed him!
The Third Raikage had a more precise assessment of Garp's strength in his heart.
This guy...
Definitely had strength not inferior to his own!
And this monstrous strength was simply terrifying!
On the other side.
Garp also shook his fist, grinning.
A shallow white mark had actually been left on his fist, along with a slight numbness from being electrocuted.
The wild laughter on his face slowly converged.
Replacing it was a seriousness mixed with surprise and annoyance.
"Damn it..."
Garp muttered in a low voice, his eyes changing.
"This thing is called a Primary Dungeon?"
As one of the powerhouses standing at the apex of the pirate world, he had originally come in with the mentality of "experiencing life" and "just playing around".
After all, for one million Berries, could he really expect any earth-shattering challenge?
But that punch just now had given him a solid lesson.
The opponent's strength and speed completely exceeded his expectations.
"Looks like I have to get a little serious."
Garp clenched his fists, his knuckles crackling.
"Otherwise, I might really capsize in this small gutter!"
Inside the dungeon, the battle had already turned white-hot!
"BWAHAHAHA! Now this is getting interesting!"
Garp's wild laughter was restrained, replaced by an extremely hyper-excited seriousness!
His muscles bulged, his tendons and bones crying out in unison, the aura radiating from his entire person even more terrifying than before!
"Don't get carried away there!"
The Third Raikage roared low, the Lightning Armor on his body brightening to the extreme, the blue-purple light almost turning solid!
These two monsters had completely entered their zones!
However.
They both ignored the third existence present.
Beaten away with one punch, trapped by the barrier, and finally completely ignored by two tiny humans, the Eight-Tails Gyuki's anger had broken through the horizon!
ROAR!!!
It opened its bloody maw.
Black and purple energy began to gather wildly, compressing, forming a sphere that emitted an aura of destruction.
(To Be Continued)...
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