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Chapter 79 Guan Yi vs. Garp
Vice Admiral Garp... is injured?

Although it was just a minor scratch, it was no less impactful than having shards of ice, freshly broken, splashed into the hearts of the marines. Fortunately, before the somber atmosphere could once again engulf the battlefield, Vice Admiral Tsuru's powerful and resolute voice echoed throughout the entire battlefield.

"Those who can move, quickly move the wounded! If we can successfully retreat from the attack of three sea emperors, that will be our victory!"

Yes, wasn't our original goal to retreat from here? The arrival of Vice Admiral Garp and Admiral Kuzan gave us hope of turning the tide, but our opponents are, after all, the three Emperors of the Sea who severely injured the Vice Admirals and Admiral Kizaru!

The elite marines struggled to move, using the footholds created by Aokiji to quickly rescue their comrades who were still conscious and able to climb onto the ice, and ran in a direction away from the battlefield.

On the other side, Kaido had already shattered the ice that had frozen his lower body, but he didn't stop him. He never paid attention to these small fry who couldn't hurt him no matter how many there were. His targets were Kizaru, Aokiji, and Garp!
"Oh ho ho ho... Garp, you've really gotten old!" he laughed loudly. "And Ian, you bastard, why didn't you use any of those fancy moves when you fought me before?!"

"Mama mama... Garp, it seems I'll have to settle some old scores with you today! 35 years ago, back in God Valley, you chased me around like a madman!" The old woman laughed as she broke free from the ice.

He's not quite past his prime yet, but Garp is certainly not the naval hero he once was.

Like Rayleigh, his strength has diminished due to age and fewer battles.

It's hard to say how he would compare to Big Mom, but if he were to face Kaido, Garp would probably only be able to suppress Kaido for a short while in the early stages with his powerful iron fists. In a life-or-death battle, his chances of winning would probably be less than 30%!

But as a man who had driven the Pirate King Roger to the brink of defeat many times, and the possessor of Conqueror's Haki, how could Garp show any weakness just because of the unfavorable situation and his failure to make a move?

He just laughed loudly, then leaped up again and threw a punch at Guan Yi.

"Fist and bone clash!"

The fist, imbued with the most powerful, deep black Armament Haki, compressed the surrounding air, transforming into a visible vacuum cannon that blasted towards Guan Yi.

This time, Garp's target wasn't the enormous tiger's head, but rather the tiger's neck.

During that brief collision, Garp had already realized that Guan Yi's current enormous form was merely formed from fire energy. His core body was not much larger than when he was in human form, and his true form was hidden in the center of this giant fire tiger!

The location is right there in the tiger's neck!

Guan Yi was not surprised that Garp saw through his core. Facing Garp's attack that went straight to his body, he neither dodged nor avoided. With a thought, the awakened Flame-Flame Fruit condensed into one fiery crystal wall after another in the air, blocking the vacuum cannon.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
The powerful vacuum cannon pierced through several fiery crystal walls in succession, its power greatly diminished, before finally crushing the enormous fiery tiger.

Boom——

Amidst a deafening explosion, brilliant flames shot into the sky, and the giant fiery tiger formed by Guan Yi twisted and disintegrated, turning into countless sparks that drifted across the sky!

'Where is his real body? This kid's Observation Haki seems to be able to interfere with mine?'

The firelight blocked Garp's vision. He looked around, but there was nothing to see to the left, right, up, or down. So it could only be... behind him!

He suddenly turned around and saw a stream of light shooting towards him, which was Guan Yi, who had returned to human form, or rather, partially returned to human form!

Guan Yi's wrist and fingertips were covered by two solid, dark gold tiger claws with edges pulsating with blazing white light.

That tiger claw was not an illusion, but was formed by the extreme compression of flames and Armament Haki. Its five fingers were sharp as hooks, and faint tiger stripes appeared on the back of the claw. It radiated heat and sharpness that could tear everything apart, and was entangled with Conqueror's Haki!
"Fiery Tiger Splits the Mountain!"

It leaps and pounces, its momentum as fierce as fire.

Guan Yi's movements perfectly captured the essence of Xingyi Tiger Form, but they were more than that. His chopping strike also incorporated Xingyi's splitting fist and the 'imaginary joint' technique taught to him by Guo Haihuang.

His arm lashed out like a whip, accumulating the sharpness of a tiger, and covered with Guan Yi's Armament Haki, which had now reached its peak. The vacuum cannon was already formed while the attack was still in mid-air!
Garp, his left arm covered in deep black Armament Haki, held it in front of him to block. With a loud bang, his body was thrown into a slump, and the ice beneath his feet shattered.

But it also used this recoil force to launch itself like a cannonball at Guan Yi.

Clang—! The sound of their collision was no longer a simple explosion, but a piercing tearing sound like metal clashing!
Garp's fist, imbued with ultimate power, collided head-on with Guan Yi's tiger claw, instantly sending Guan Yi flying backward. However, Guan Yi's tiger claw was not without its impact. The extremely sharp and high-temperature claw tip left four clearly visible white scratch marks on the surface of Garp's fist, which was covered with top-level Armament Haki, and wisps of blue smoke rose from them!
"A flame as hot as Sakazuki's, or even hotter than his lava?"

Garp glanced at it, and the crimson Conqueror's Haki around him exploded, shooting towards Guan Yi.

"Not enough! Kid, you're still far from it!"

After shooting backwards for over a hundred meters, Guan Yi's legs also stepped in mid-air, creating a white aura before he lunged at Garp again.

Clang! Clang! Clang!
Like forging iron, their figures left afterimages on the remaining ice surfaces! Garp met Guan Yi's tiger-shaped pounces with his most powerful stance, knocking Guan Yi away time and time again, shouting loudly in between.

"Ian! I've seen your file!"

"That logistics company in Donghai, you've done a great job! Many people have gained the ability to make a living because of you, and the order in Donghai has been improved because of your company!"

"Judging from the fair and just rules you've established, you don't seem like the kind of villain who would associate with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin!"

"What do you want to do?"

"what do you want?"

"Why did you reject the Navy's invitation, and the Seven Warlords of the Sea's invitation, to choose to become a pirate?! Do you also want to become the Pirate King?!"

"Or do you have even greater ambitions?!"

The raging Conqueror's Haki tore through the solid ice. Garp lowered his waist, his power flowing through his entire body. He pulled his right fist back, and the Haki on that fist seemed to be so dense that it turned into a black hole that devoured light!

"Say it out loud for me to hear!"

"If you don't even have the courage to announce your ambitions to the world, what makes you think you can accomplish them?!"

"Fist Bone - Meteorite!!"

This time, the clash was no longer the clang of metal against metal! Guan Yi's two tiger claws crossed together, transforming into a roaring tiger head the size of two fists. The moment it collided with Garp's full-force attack, it released all the compressed flames and let out a roar like a tiger's howl!

Boom——

After a brief stalemate, a deafening roar shook the heavens and earth. At the center of the collision, light was first swallowed by the force, then shone brightly once more.

It's not incineration, it's erasure.

The solid ice that had formed under the Aokiji Ice Age was wiped off the world by this shockwave, just like a pencil drawing that had been erased by an eraser. The seawater below was also wiped off at the same time.

At the center of the collision between Guan Yi and Kapu, a spherical cavity with a diameter of several hundred meters instantly formed.

Its outer ring consists of two solidified Conqueror's Haki, but inside the sphere, apart from Guan Yi and Garp, no matter exists!

"Old man, you don't forget to teach me when I'm your enemy. You must have raised your own son and grandson very well."

This was Guan Yi's first response, yet it was more effective than all of Karp's previous words combined.

Garp's eyes widened instantly. He couldn't quite connect with the momentum, and with a deafening boom, he was shot backward for the first time by Guan Yi!
Just before he crashed into the sea, the water froze into ice in time, and a somewhat disheveled Aokiji appeared beside him, his expression no longer languid, saying, "Vice Admiral Garp, is it still not resolved? I'm starting to feel the strain."

Kaido and Big Mom surrounded them, forming a triangle with Guan Yi, with the two of them in the center.

"Ian, you don't seem to need our help much here. You won't be unhappy if we interfere in your battle, will you?" Kaido asked with a smile.

"No." Guan Yi twisted his shoulder, which was still a little numb from the shock, and said, "When it comes to fighting, if we can gang up, then we should gang up. This is not the time for one-on-one fights."

“Oh ho ho ho…”

"Mama mama... Garp, your soul is finally going to be mine today!"

Cap paused for a moment, then suddenly grinned and laughed: "Hahaha... You chose the wrong target!"

Ian the Fire Tiger is completely different from hot-blooded idiots like Roger, Shiki, Newgate, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin. Among today's opponents, he may be the most difficult to deal with quickly!
Perhaps in the near future, he will also be the most troublesome one.

Let the Warring States period and the World Government have their headaches.

"Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, it seems you two bastards can't wait to taste my iron fist again!"

(End of this chapter)