Chapter 1883 Sage Art: Wood Release: True Technique! Garp's all-out attack!
Chapter 1883 Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands! Garp's all-out attack!
"cut!"
Ace seized an opportunity and slashed down with the Susanoo sword. Even before the sword arrived, the sharp pressure of the sword had already caused the ice surface below to sink.
"Fist Bone·Clash!"
Garp neither dodged nor evaded, but roared and punched the greatsword head-on!
"clang!!!"
Fist and sword clashed, producing a sharp, explosive sound that tore through the sky!
The terrifying energy shock exploded in a spherical shape, and the ice layer within a radius of several thousand meters collapsed, shattered, and turned to dust like fragile glass.
The sky was filled with ice shards and purple energy fragments, which mixed together to form a devastating storm!
“Boom, boom, boom!!!”
Every time Garp's iron fist clashed with Susanoo's giant sword, it unleashed a devastating impact.
The ice field kept collapsing, breaking apart, and vaporizing, only to be frozen again by the freezing air continuously released by the Aokiji, in an endless cycle!
Garp honed his physical skills and Haki to perfection. His attacks were simple and straightforward, without any fancy moves, only the purest power.
Every punch that struck Susanoo pierced through it.
If Ace hadn't constantly used his eye power to repair it, Susanoo wouldn't have lasted this long.
"Fist Bone - Profound Technique - Overlord of the Sea!"
Garp took a deep breath, his domineering aura restrained to the extreme, and his right fist seemed to transform into a black hole that devoured light before he suddenly unleashed it.
This punch, though not fast, carried a terrifying, overwhelming power that could not be resisted!
"Crack!"
"boom!!!"
The punch landed squarely on the chest of the Complete Susanoo.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment.
The next moment!
The colossal, fully-formed Susanoo unleashed countless spiderweb-like cracks from the point where its fist struck! The cracks instantly covered its entire body!
"boom!!!"
A deafening shattering sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth. The Susanoo, which stood three hundred meters tall, was blasted to pieces by Garp's attack.
Its enormous body instantly transformed into countless purple specks of light, dissipating into the air!
Ace flew out of the explosion and landed lightly on a floating ice floe in the distance. Looking at Garp, who stood proudly on the ice field, exuding a terrifying aura like a prehistoric beast, a hint of amazement flashed in his eyes.
"As expected of the old man, he was able to crush even a complete Susanoo head-on with absolute power."
"I originally thought that with the defense and power of Susanoo, I could at least fight you to a draw; it seems that I underestimated the strength of you, a naval hero."
Ace sighed softly, the nine tomoe in his Rinnegan slowly rotating.
Although he didn't use his full strength in the previous battle, not even 30% of his power, he was still not much weaker than Madara Uchiha, who hadn't yet reached the Six Paths level.
As a result, the complete Susanoo was shattered so easily.
It can only be said that the old man's strength was much greater than he had imagined.
It's hard to imagine that an old man of this age still has such strength. How strong must he have been at his peak?
He's probably no weaker than Hashirama Senju at his peak.
"In that case, let's use this one."
"That's enough, sir!"
"Immortal Technique·Wood Release·True Thousands of Hands!"
Ace slowly closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them, his body erupting with terrifying energy.
Although it's called Sage Mode, natural chakra doesn't exist in this world. What he's using is the power he naturally possesses after eating the fruit of the Divine Tree.
The reason for choosing to use "True Several Thousand Hands" instead of the Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, or other abilities, is quite simple.
Before consuming the fruit of the Divine Tree and awakening the Rinnegan, Ace's most familiar and skillfully used powers were "Wood Release" and "Susanoo," based on his Sage Body and Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
Moreover, his fight with Garp was not a life-or-death struggle, but merely a display of power.
He feared he wouldn't be able to keep those abilities if he used them.
Of course, the most important thing is that "True Thousand Hands" is enough. No matter how powerful the old man is, he is old now.
He didn't need to use any more force.
As he said, the old man is already quite powerful to have achieved this level.
"Boom!!!"
A colossal Buddha with a thousand arms, several times larger than the previous Susanoo and truly "standing tall and firm," slowly broke through the ice behind Ace and rose majestically.
The giant Buddha has a solemn and majestic appearance, with countless massive arms behind it, each containing a terrifying power capable of shaking the ocean.
"Sir, please be careful from now on."
Ace stood on the giant Buddha's forehead, looking calmly at Garp.
When that towering, majestic, and life-giving thousand-armed Buddha tore through the ice field and stood tall between heaven and earth, even Garp, who had seen countless storms, showed undisguised shock on his face!
But the shock lasted only a moment.
The next moment, Garp suddenly tilted his head back and burst into a hearty laugh!
"Hahahahaha!!!"
"Good lad! Ace, you really gave this old man a pleasant surprise."
His laughter carried an indescribable sense of pride and satisfaction; he never imagined that his grandson had grown to such a terrifying level without anyone noticing.
This power surpasses that of the vast majority of people on this sea, and even the Admirals and the Four Emperors cannot be stronger than him.
He was even comparable to him in his youth and Whitebeard.
But this will never stop him!
Garp's laughter stopped. He straightened his mountain-like body, and his ferocious Conqueror's Haki and his Armament Haki, refined to the extreme, soared into the sky like raging flames.
"Ace!"
Garp's voice boomed like thunder, each word carrying an unquestionable will.
"The greater the power, the less it should be allowed to go astray!"
"The 'perfect world' you're trying to create, which erases everyone's will, is absolutely wrong!"
"As your grandfather."
"Today, even if it costs me my life, I will use these fists to wake you up!!!"
"This is something we, as family members, must do!"
"boom!!!"
Garp moved, his body transforming into a black lightning bolt that tore through space, and charged towards the thousand-armed giant Buddha that resembled a god.
Faced with this power that could make all living beings tremble, he chose the most direct and domineering response.
attack!
Ace's gaze narrowed slightly. The thousands of giant arms behind the Thousand-Armed Buddha moved simultaneously. Like a mountain range that had come to life, they covered the sky and attacked Garp from all directions, from top to bottom and left to right.
"Fist Bone - Meteor Volcano!"
Garp roared, his fists transforming into countless afterimages, each punch precisely striking an incoming giant arm!
boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!
The dense, rain-like sounds of collision instantly merged into one, as if countless suns were exploding simultaneously in the sky above the ice field!
Terrifying energy shockwaves spread like tsunamis, causing the entire sea area frozen by Aokiji to tremble violently.
Garp's iron fist is unparalleled in its power and ferocity!
Each punch could shatter a giant arm into countless splinters; he was like a raging dragon swimming against the current, forging ahead fiercely amidst a sky full of fist shadows, domineering and unparalleled!
But
The Thousand-Handed Giant Buddha's work is so extensive! So dense! And so powerful!
"boom!"
A giant fist grazed Garp's shoulder, the terrifying force causing him to falter.
"boom!"
Another giant fist struck his back, causing his domineering aura to violently tremble. Garp groaned, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
More and more fists broke through his defenses, raining down on him.
Garp was constantly being hit and had to retreat.
More and more blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and he stomped deep holes in the ice beneath his feet, making each step backward feel incredibly heavy.
Feeling of oppression!
An absolute sense of oppression!
Faced with the terrifying power of the "True Thousand Hands," even Garp was clearly at a disadvantage.
He was like a small boat in a storm, stubbornly cutting through the waves time and time again, but the situation became more and more critical!
"puff."
"That's far from enough!!!"
Garp spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, but the flames in his eyes burned even more fiercely.
The black and red Conqueror's Haki surrounding him boiled at this moment, no longer just flames swirling around his body, but transformed into a tangible torrent of destructive energy, like lava and shadow intertwined, soaring into the sky!
"Boom!!!"
The sky has changed color!
It was no longer azure, but was imbued with an endless aura of black and red!
The clouds were torn apart, replaced by a terrifying vortex that slowly rotated. At the center of the vortex, streaks of dark red lightning roared and darted about like giant pythons!
Behind Garp, a vast and boundless, star-studded galaxy seemed to appear, and he himself seemed to have transformed into the most dazzling and violent star in this galaxy.
His body, infused with boundless domineering aura, emitted an intense, blinding light!
"Ace!!!"
Garp let out a roar that seemed to rip out his internal organs!
He poured all the power in his body into his right fist without reservation!
"Buzz!!!"
His right fist transformed into an extremely dangerous, pitch-black singularity that devoured all light.
Around the singularity, space twisted and collapsed wildly, with fine void cracks spreading like a spider web; the terrifying power made even Ace's expression freeze.
"Fist Bone·Clash!"
Punch!
No sound.
Or rather, sound lost its meaning at this moment.
Garp's figure, the black singularity in front of his fist, and the vast galaxy phantom behind him seemed to merge into one, transforming into a destructive dark red torrent that pierced through the heavens and earth.
Time seemed to be stretched out, yet also sped up!
This punch transcended the concept of speed; it was as if the moment the punch was thrown, it had already reached the destination of the target!
Even Ace felt threatened by this terrifying attack.
He thrust his hands forward, and the Thousand-Handed Buddha emitted a deafening roar. Behind him, thousands of giant arms overlapped at an unprecedented speed, forming a barrier hundreds of meters thick in front of the Buddha, composed of countless giant fists tightly embedded together.
"Crack!!!"
No stalemate!
An absolute spear met an absolute shield; but the result was utter and devastating destruction!
The defense formed by the countless arms of the True Thousand Hands was annihilated from the very front the moment it came into contact with the Galactic Starburst Torrent!
The speed of its destruction even exceeds its speed of self-repair!
“Boom, boom, boom!!!”
The colossal Buddha's massive body, starting from its chest, was easily pierced by the dark red torrent, creating a terrifying hole nearly a hundred meters in diameter with smooth, mirror-like edges.
The torrent continued its unabated momentum, piercing through the giant Buddha, tearing apart everything in its path, and heading straight for Ace atop the giant Buddha!
"what?!"
Ace's pupils suddenly contracted. He hadn't expected Garp's attack to be so terrifying, actually piercing through the defense of "True Thousand Hands".
The dark red torrent had already reached Ace, and its destructive energy had even burned his skin!
However, just a moment before that fist, which contained everything about Garp, was about to completely shatter Ace's body.
The torrent came to an abrupt halt.
Garp's figure, which had been extremely dynamic, suddenly appeared in front of Ace, transforming from extreme motion to extreme stillness.
His fist was less than a centimeter away from Ace's forehead.
That power, capable of destroying everything, was tightly restrained on the fist by an unimaginable force of control, without leaking out in the slightest.
"Crack. Rumble."
Only then did the pierced thousand-armed Buddha slowly, with a teeth-grinding cracking sound, begin to collapse from the wound, turning into countless huge fragments that crashed onto the sea below, stirring up towering waves.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Garp was breathing heavily, covered in blood, his Haki completely depleted, and his body trembling slightly from the strain; but his bloodshot eyes were fixed on Ace, who was standing right in front of him.
Ace could clearly see the incredibly complex emotions in Garp's eyes.
"Ace, stop making this mistake."
"I'm begging you, grandpa!"
The fist, imbued with destructive power, pressed against his forehead, ultimately did not fall.
Ace stared blankly at Garp, his heart feeling as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.
He never imagined that Garp would one day speak to him in such a tone, almost pleading.
He remained silent for a few seconds, the light of the Rinnegan in his eyes flickering slightly, and finally, it turned into a sigh filled with endless complexity.
"So, old man."
"Humans can never truly understand the 'possibilities' that they have never seen or imagined."
Ace's tone carried a deep sense of helplessness.
Why do you believe so readily that I am wrong?
His gaze went over Garp's shoulder, landing on the shattered ice field and the surging sea, his voice calm yet firm.
"You can see for yourself right here."
"Look at the world I'm about to create, what will it look like?"
"Use your own eyes to confirm it."
After saying that, Ace raised his right hand.
A warm, soft, and vibrant green light, brimming with life force, slowly emerged in his palm, and he gently placed his hand on Garp's chest.
"Om."
The emerald green light, like a warm stream, instantly flowed into Garp's body!
