Just now, after the fierce exchange, neither side had gained a significant advantage.
They stopped almost simultaneously.
Luffy didn't want to be held up by this bastard grandfather. He used whatever moves he had the most power.
"Gomu Gomu no White: Rocket Launcher!"
Luffy's arms were like fully drawn strongbows. After charging to the extreme, he unleashed a devastating punch forward!
His fists, wreathed in a fiery black-red aura, like two falling white meteors, with a piercing shriek that tore the air, slammed into where Garp had been a moment ago.
KABOOOOM!
A nearby abandoned warehouse, already teetering on the brink of collapse, under the impact of this long-range punch, had its walls torn open like paper, creating a massive hole. Bricks and debris mixed with dust shot into the sky.
Very fast.
But it missed!
Garp's figure was no longer there.
"Luffy, you bastard, just calm down." and reflect! How did you even come up with the idea of making a deal with the World Government?!"
The voice came from beside Luffy. Garp's figure appeared like a ghost. His fist charged up behind him, and he swung it at Luffy's head.
Merciless.
The fist wind squeezed the air, producing a dull sonic boom.
THUD!
Luffy was equally stubborn. He didn't dodge.
His forehead instantly covered in pitch-black, thick Busoshoku Haki. He charged backward, then threw his head forward.
Head and fist collided hard.
A dull impact like a great bell exploded. The violent collision of Haki against Haki sent dazzling sparks. A violent shockwave spread in a ring, lowering the surrounding ground by another layer.
Luffy's head tilted back slightly. But besides a faint white mark from the Haki clash on his forehead, there was no injury.
Using the reaction force from the clash, he pulled some distance and glared fiercely at his grandfather.
"To hell with dealing with the World Government! They have no credit. I'll just storm Impel Down!"
Garp's expression instantly froze. Veins bulged on his forehead.
Storm Impel Down? Wasn't that even worse than dealing with the World Government?
He was completely lawless!
Was he trying to make his grandfather die of anger?
"You bastard brat."
Garp ground his teeth.
But Luffy completely ignored his grandfather's anger. His body expanded like a balloon. The white flame clouds around him grew larger. His hair danced like flames. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a white giant even larger than the nearby towering Yarukiman Mangrove trees!
He looked down at Garp below. His huge right foot raised high, wrapped with black and red electric arcs and Ryu Sakura-like Haki. Like the punishment of a heavenly god, he stepped hard toward Garp!
"Gomu Gomu no White: Kyojin no Ashi!"
A huge shadow instantly fell over Garp. The ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch from the wind pressure.
"Puhahaha!"
Seeing this, Garp was not afraid. He laughed instead. He tore off his already damaged Marine coat, tugged his suit, clenched his fists, and laughed boldly. "Brat, even if you become as big as that Kaido guy, it's useless against this old man!"
Before the words faded, Garp twisted his body. The ground beneath his feet exploded.
At a speed beyond the giant's stomp, he instantly lunges to directly below Luffy's foot.
He didn't choose to dodge. Instead, using his waist and abdomen, his right fist shot upward like a rising dragon.
"Genkotsu: Shōtotsu!"
"I'll crush You!"
The enormous white foot and the tiny black fist collided again in mid-air.
The expected impact did not occur. Their attacks abruptly stopped at very close distance. Black-red Conqueror's Haki lightning and condensed Armament Haki clashed wildly in the tiny space between them.
BOOM! BOOM!
They remained locked in a stalemate. The explosive air pressure surged outward like a tsunami. The already battered battlefield was swept clean again. Building remnants further away were directly ripped away. The ground, as if plowed, cracked open countless bottomless ravines.
After a few seconds of stalemate, Luffy's massive body swayed slightly. He took a step back, lifting his enormous foot away from Garp's fist.
At the same time, he looked up at the thick storm clouds that had gathered in the sky due to the battle's aftermath. His enormous white hand suddenly reached into the clouds, then grabbed... a huge thunder and lightning.
"Puhahaha! Your ability development is getting weirder and weirder!"
Garp shook his slightly numb fist and laughed up at the sky. "You can even grab lightning? Who did you inherit your imagination from?!"
The most important thing in Devil Fruit development was imagination.
If you had enough imagination, your Devil Fruit was strong enough.
When Luffy was a child, he had named his moves after things like guns, cannons, and whips.
Now it was even more extreme. Lightning had become one of his moves?
CRACKLE!
Dazzling thunder exploded in the clouds. Luffy grinned ferociously as he jerked an incredibly thick thunderbolt javelin from the dark clouds. Destructive energy jumped on it.
The javelin was made entirely of lightning. Held in his huge white palm, it emitted a heart palpitating buzz.
"I got it from you, your bastard grandfather!"
"I don't have your kind of ridiculous imagination!"
Facing the terrifying thunder spear, capable of vaporizing steel instantly, Garp showed no fear. If anything, his fighting spirit grew stronger. "But can the power of lightning really compare to this old man's fists, honed over a lifetime?!"
He had always regarded Devil Fruit users with a certain
A scrutinizing attitude.
Except for the top-tier ones who had developed their abilities to the limit and integrated them into their own fighting systems—
Like Sengoku and Whitebeard. Most others relied on their abilities and neglected their own foundations.
He had always looked down on them.
In Garp's view, true strength came from an unmatched physique and Haki!
"Then let's find out!!"
Luffy grinned, his signature bright smile looking particularly oppressive on his white giant face.
Then, his huge body assumed a perfect throwing stance. He hurled the lightning javelin at Garp with all his might!
CRACKLE—
The lightning javelin tore through the air, carrying a breath of destruction. It arrived in an instant!
Garp did not dodge. Instead, he let out a low growl, stomped his feet hard on the ground, and launched himself like a cannonball, charging towards the thunder spear!
His right fist He stretched backward again. His arm muscles bulged like dragons. The extremely compressed Armament Haki even caused the air around his fist to distort slightly.
"Genkotsu: Ryūsei!"
BOOM!
His iron fist, crackling with black and red arcs of electricity, clashed violently with the massive lightning javelin!
The explosion seemed to muted.
Then, countless out-of-control bolts of lightning burst and exploded in all directions like raging lightning serpents.
CRACKLE! CRACKLE! CRACKLE!
The entire area seemed to be under a raging thunderstorm. The ground was scorched. The remaining buildings were shattered. The air was filled with the pungent smell of ozone.
Garp's figure emerged from the scattered thunder. Wisps of smoke rose from his fist.
The clothes on his arm were somewhat scorched. But he himself seemed unscathed.
"You've improved a lot, brat. Much stronger than you were at Water..." 7."
A trickle of blood leaked from the corner of Garp's mouth. He was not completely unscathed. "But it's still not enough!"
"I will defeat you!"
Luffy looked directly at Garp. His size rapidly shrank, returning to his normal Gear Fifth form. But the white steam surrounding him began to leap with golden electric sparks. His arm, which had grabbed the lightning, turned red, emitting searing heat, as if flames were flowing inside it.
Thunder and fire are elements that can be produced together.
Luffy had experience using both.
"Gear Fifth: Nika: Raika Shisei!"
"Where do you come up with all these messy gestures?" Garp complained.
"As long as it works, why do you care?"
Luffy let out a low growl. His figure again turned into an afterimage, instantly appearing before Garp. He threw a punch!
This punch was no longer a simple rubber impact. It was wrapped around blue Lightning and red flames merged under Haki into a devastating torrent of intertwined thunder and fire!
"White: Raika Ken!"
Flames and lightning spread. The sensations of heat and numbness descended simultaneously. It was aimed at Garp!
Garp's pupils contracted. He sensed something unusual about this strike. He did not take it head-on. His massive body displayed incredible agility. With a light step, his figure slid sideways as if teleporting.
KABOOM!
The thunderous, fiery fist brushed past Garp's body and slammed into the ground behind him, instantly blasting a huge, charred crater. The edges had molten rock and jumping arcs of electricity.
Before that dodging figure could make its next move, Luffy's attacks followed like a raging storm!
He quickly lowered his body. One leg covered in thick Haki, like a scorching thunderous, fiery battle axe, with A devastating, all-consuming force cleaved down.
"White: Raika Ono!"
THUD!!
The immense force shattered the ground beneath Garp's feet. The debris turned to dust amidst the thunder and fire.
Garp raised one hand, Haki gathering on his arm, forcefully blocking the fierce strike. The ground beneath him caved in again.
He looked up, meeting the eyes of the upside-down Luffy.
"Now that's a bit of force, brat!"
Garp let out a low shout. He grabbed Luffy's ankle with a swift, powerful grip. His terrifying strength erupted, swinging him like a windmill and violently tossing him sideways.
At the same time, his other fist, already poised, aimed at Luffy's waist as he was thrown, and slammed out.
THUD!
At the critical moment, Luffy's body displayed the extreme flexibility of rubber. He forcefully twisted his body mid-air. His other... leg, like a whip, came sweeping with thunder and fire.
"White: Raika Muchi!"
Foot and fist again collided at a distance. Haki clashed fiercely, producing a deafening explosion!
"Grandfather, are you really going to block me?!"
Using the force of the clash, Luffy flipped and landed, staring at Garp.
"If you can't even get past this old man, forget about saving that guy!"
Garp roared back. He gave Luffy no time to catch his breath. His forehead covered in pitch-black Haki. His upper body leaned forward suddenly, like a mad bull, and he slammed his head hard into Luffy's abdomen.
"Tettsui: Sei Kudaki!"
"Urgh!"
Luffy let out a grunt. This sudden headbutt knocked him off his feet, sending him flying backward.
But his combat instincts were amazing.
The moment he was hit, He braced his feet together, engulfed in lightning and fire, and kicked hard into Garp's solid chest! They exchanged blows back and forth.
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