Chapter 158
Rocks looked at the familiar figure standing at the bow of the Navy warship.
Once upon a time, he was just a rookie pirate being chased all over the sea by this man.
But now he had become the undisputed overlord of the New World — no longer afraid of the Navy's pursuit.
However, this was not his final goal. Rocks was a man destined to become the King of the World.
Rocks' mocking words did not cause much ripple on Kong's resolute face.
At this moment, Kong was solemnly watching Rocks' figure.
Feeling the powerful aura radiating from the other party, even someone as strong as him felt some pressure.
"So this is Rocks?"
Looking at the arrogant, untamed figure ahead draped in a wide black captain's coat, Garp felt every hair on his body stand on end.
Even he found it somewhat difficult to withstand the invisible pressure emanating from Rocks' body.
"Truly terrifying."
Sengoku's Observation Haki was frantically warning him.
He had a premonition that if he faced Rocks right now, he absolutely wouldn't last more than ten rounds.
"Hmph, pirates are pirates after all!" "Sooner or later, I will completely eradicate all of you." "The Golden Pirates are your future."
Kong did not take Rocks' provocation to heart.
He quickly shifted his gaze away from Rocks and carefully assessed the strength of the other members.
After feeling the powerful auras emanating from Vilin and his group, he immediately felt considerable pressure.
Kong hadn't expected the Rocks Pirates to have grown to such an extent. Their top combatants were now comparable to the Navy's.
This cast a shadow over Kong's eyes.
"Hahahahaha!" "Then let's see who laughs last!" "Hahaha!" "Newgate, test their strength!"
Hearing Rocks' words, Newgate immediately felt an itch he couldn't scratch.
"Gurararara!" "So this is the Navy's elite?" "I wonder if they can withstand my attack!"
"Seaquake!"
With that, he used the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and punched the space in front of him.
Soon, invisible cracks rapidly spread outward from Newgate's fist.
In an instant, the entire sea began to shake violently.
A small tsunami formed in front of him and crushed toward the Navy warships ahead with unstoppable momentum.
Seeing the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, even Rocks felt somewhat wary.
He was quite envious of this power, but since he had already eaten one Devil Fruit, he felt deep regret.
Shiki looked at the immense power contained in the Tremor-Tremor Fruit with complex emotions in his eyes — he suddenly felt like he had missed out on a billion berries.
However, looking at his own fruit now, he was still very satisfied with it.
Seeing the massive tsunami crashing toward the Navy, playful expressions appeared on Vilin and the others' faces.
They also wanted to see how the Navy would block this attack.
Facing such a natural disaster-like force, even Steel Bone Kong standing at the bow of the warship couldn't help but frown.
Just as he was preparing to act, Sengoku immediately stepped forward.
Looking at the tsunami ahead, he took a deep breath and used Moon Step to fly high into the sky.
As Sengoku leaped into the air, his body instantly expanded, transforming into a thirty-meter-tall golden giant.
Buddha Palm Shockwave!
Sengoku fiercely swung his right hand, which had accumulated boundless golden light, and slammed it forward.
Soon Vilin and the others saw a sky-covering golden pillar of light erupt from Sengoku and crash toward the tsunami.
Under the continuous impact of the golden light pillar, Newgate's released tsunami was quickly shattered by him.
"Vice Admiral Sengoku!" "Long live Vice Admiral Sengoku!"
Seeing Sengoku successfully block Newgate's attack, the watching Navy forces immediately erupted in deafening cheers, looking at the back radiating boundless golden light in the sky with eyes full of admiration.
Newgate saw his attack blocked and intense battle intent immediately ignited in his eyes.
"Hehe, interesting!" "Then how about this one!"
With that, he punched again.
Seeing another tsunami coming, Sengoku could only grit his teeth and continue to block.
Seeing the two locked in a battle that was hard to decide for the moment, Vilin also turned his gaze toward Garp, who seemed eager to fight.
"Hahaha!" "Garp, long time no see!" "I've really missed you!"
As soon as the words fell, Vilin's figure instantly floated up and charged toward Garp.
Seeing Vilin coming straight for him, Garp also became curious about how much Vilin's strength had improved over the years.
He didn't dare take this opponent lightly at all. In his heart, Vilin's threat was no less than Roger's.
Seeing Vilin's figure rapidly enlarging in his vision, intense battle intent burned in Garp's eyes.
"Hmph, just you wait." "Sooner or later, I'll personally throw you and Roger into Impel Down."
Garp stomped on the warship's deck, used Soru, and charged toward Vilin.
He raised his iron fist wrapped in thick Haki and clashed it head-on with Vilin's incoming punch.
As their fists collided at full power, a powerful energy storm instantly exploded outward from the two of them.
Even the clouds in the sky were shaken apart by their attack.
In the sky, Vilin and Garp stared intently into each other's eyes, both filled with fierce battle intent.
Seeing Garp steadily catch his attack, Vilin immediately unleashed his full power and engaged Garp in fierce combat in mid-air.
As time passed, the two still showed no sign of deciding a winner.
Vilin couldn't help but curse Garp inwardly as a freak.
After all, he had achieved his current level thanks to the special ability of his Devil Fruit, while Garp was fighting him evenly purely with natural talent.
This made Vilin very frustrated.
On the Gibek no Ken, Rocks saw that neither Vilin nor Newgate could completely defeat their opponents in a short time.
He immediately frowned and prepared to take action himself.
As he got serious, a pitch-black Conqueror's Haki filled with destructive aura instantly erupted from his body and spread outward with him at the center.
It knocked out many weaker Navy and pirate members.
Steel Bone Kong saw this scene, and his expression suddenly became grave.
He immediately began secretly accumulating power, ready to counter Rocks' attack at any moment.
"Ah hahahahaha!" "Let me personally test the strength of the Navy's pillar!"
As soon as the words fell, Rocks' figure instantly shot forward, turning into a streak of pitch-black lightning. In the blink of an eye, he appeared above Steel Bone Kong.
Looking down at Kong below, he grinned ferociously and unleashed his strongest punch wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, smashing it viciously toward Steel Bone Kong.
Feeling the immense power contained in the fist, Steel Bone Kong's eyes flashed. He instantly used the strongest technique of the Six Powers, meeting Rocks' full-power strike with a punch of his own.
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