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Wood had thought his slash would at least leave some damage on Garp, but to the astonishment of Wood and Gion, it was crushed into countless fragments by Garp's bare hands!

Chapter 179 Tiger Attempts to Sacrifice Himself

To be honest, Wood's slash just now, in terms of power, was almost comparable to Shiki the Golden Lion's attack on the day he escaped from prison.

Even so, Garp easily crushed such a powerful slash!

This is the strength of the naval hero Monkey D. Garp. He is not yet fully old, and his strength has not yet declined.

Wood and Gion didn't even know how much of their opponent's power they had just displayed, but it was certain that it couldn't have been their full strength.

"With my current strength, am I only enough to make the true strongmen of this world take me slightly seriously?"

"So, if I add the power of the 'Heart of God,' how far can I push Garp?"

"Heart of God" is a skill that requires sacrificing one's life, and Wood doesn't want to use it too much unless there are special circumstances.

But now, facing the relaxed Garp, Wood felt a surge of fighting spirit. He wanted to see how far he could fight Garp when he went all out.

The runes belonging to the "Heart of God" on his chest glowed with a faint silver light. Just as Wood was about to spend a little money to test his current limits, Gion, who was watching from the side, suddenly stopped the two of them.

"Wood, Lieutenant General Garp, I just received a message from Fleet Admiral Sengoku. Spandam, the highest-ranking officer on Enies Lobby, has just requested assistance from the World Government."

The reason given was that they had discovered Fisher Tiger, who was responsible for the incident at Mary Geoise, but the forces on Enies Lobby were insufficient to stop him.

The World Government has accepted Spandam's plea for help, and in a few tens of minutes, their reinforcements should arrive through the Gates of Justice.

Upon hearing Gion's words, Wood remained calm and stated that he had anticipated this would happen when he sought help from the Sun Pirates.

So what? Garp and Gion, the strongest fighters on Enies Lobby, are here putting on an act for him. The rest of the mediocre guys on Enies Lobby are no match for Tiger and Jinbe.

It's not like it's more than ten years later. CP9's Lucci and Kalifa are still young teenagers, and they're not here right now. There are practically no capable fighters on Enies Lobby.

Even if the World Government's reinforcements could quickly arrive here through the "Gates of Justice," by then they would have already vanished.

Don't forget, the Sun Pirates are all fish-men; they don't need a ship to leave Enies Lobby.

With a hundred or so fishmen leading Wood and a dozen or so ordinary people, leaving Enies Lobby before the World Government's reinforcements arrived was incredibly easy.

Wood was explaining their detailed plan to Gion, hoping that the other party would cooperate with them in the pursuit, when the Den Den Mushi he had been holding in his pocket suddenly rang.

This Den Den Mushi was given to Wood by Tiger during their previous split-up operations, to facilitate communication.

Hearing the Den Den Mushi ring in his arms, and calculating the time, Wood assumed that Tiger's operation had succeeded and he was being notified to retreat.

However, when Wood answered the Den Den Mushi, he saw a rather guilty expression on Tiger's face.

"Brother Wood, I'm truly sorry, our rescue operation has failed, and your pirate crew members have been captured alive..."

When Wood heard Tiger say those words in a rather self-reproachful tone, his first reaction was bewilderment, followed by surprise and astonishment.

Could it be that, even without Lucci and his group, there are other hidden powerhouses on Enies Lobby?

Yes, Gion and Garp are external supporters. Enies Lobby is one of the three major agencies under the World Government. How could it not have other powerful forces? I was far too careless!

"No, this is my responsibility. The island's defenses are actually not much different from what you said before. I just underestimated Brother Ruth and his men's strength."

Tiger then told Wood about the delicate situation they had encountered, leaving Wood speechless.

Is this some kind of Saint Seiya rescue Athena? With Tiger's team's setup, they could have easily pushed all the way to the end, even if it took them a little more time.

Unexpectedly, they followed the same pattern as the main characters in action anime, staying behind one by one to cover the rear and letting their teammates go first.

Tiger is a master of fishman karate, and the innate advantages of the fishman race make Tiger far superior to humans in terms of strength, endurance, and recovery.

However, the fish-men also have a major weakness: fish-men like Tiger and Jinbe, who are huge in size, are strong enough, but their speed is quite poor.

In the water, this weakness is not a problem, but on land, it would be extremely difficult for Tiger to rescue someone or take Spandam hostage in front of two CP9 members who have mastered "Shave".

"I'll get there right away. Before that, I'll hold off Spandam and the others if they manage to get through the Gates of Justice."

If we want to save more people, we'll really have to cause a huge disturbance in Mary Geoise!

Tiger was clearly taken aback when he heard that Wood was planning to come over. He really didn't expect that Wood not only held off two top-tier fighters by himself, but also had the strength to come back and help.

Tiger contacted Wood with the intention of taking a risky gamble: to open the Gate of Justice on Enies Lobby and travel alone to the World Government's support fleet's likely route to ambush them from the sea.

Doing so is naturally extremely dangerous, after all, the world government's intelligence agencies are not pushovers that can be easily manipulated.

But Tiger has no choice now. Abandoning Russ and Tom and leading the Sun Pirates to run away would not only be unethical, but Fisher Tiger simply couldn't do such a thing.

Ruth and her companions were both crew members of their fish-man benefactors and their fellow countrymen, alongside Tom.

Moreover, Tiger bears a great deal of responsibility in making this decision, and he certainly won't let Russ and the others be taken away by Spandam and his men right now.

If the stalemate continues, the fish-man brothers of the Sun Pirates will surely be doomed once the World Government's intelligence agencies arrive.

Faced with this dilemma, the only thing Tiger could think of was to destroy the arriving support fleet alone, which would hopefully turn things around.

Even if the World Government's intelligence personnel could use "Moonwalk," it would be impossible for them to cross the ocean.

Given the fish-men's absolute advantage in the sea, it's not impossible for them to destroy the enemy's ship when the enemy is completely unprepared.

Once he made his move, Tiger, surrounded, found it difficult to escape.

Tiger didn't care much about this. If sacrificing himself could change their current predicament, he thought it was well worth it.

Chapter 180 Wood: Who told you I was serious before?

"Fishman Karate - Muraikane!"

Tiger conjured a water sphere in his hand and launched it with tremendous force. The powerful, high-speed water cannon pierced through Spandam's warship, which was preparing to flee, in a single strike.

Seeing Tiger's incredibly powerful attack, Spandam was so frightened that he almost peed his pants. When that bubble flew past his hairline, he was so scared.

However, realizing that he now had hostages and that if Tiger attacked him, his CP9 team could also take down Tom and the others, Spandam was no longer worried.

Even when he saw his escape ship destroyed by Tiger, Spandam roared at Tiger, his voice laced with bravado, "Are you crazy, you bastard? Do you really think we wouldn't dare to fight back?!"

The warship was pierced by Tiger's "Wu Lai Guan" attack, and Spandam was furious.

To show that he wasn't just talking, he casually picked up Russ, whose limbs were crippled, and held a long knife to his neck.

Of all these people, only the fishman Tom was important to Spandam; the others were dispensable.

In order to intimidate Tiger, Spandam felt it necessary to make an example of him and let him know that he was not joking.

"I advise you not to do this. The man in your hands is Brother Wood's first mate. I think they said that you are quite afraid of Brother Wood."

If you kill his first mate, aren't you afraid of his revenge later?

"You should know that if he's determined to kill you, the CP9 around you can't protect you."

Upon hearing Tiger's words, Spandam immediately recalled the fear that man had instilled in him at Tom's studio, and a shiver ran through him.

He was thinking of letting go of Russ and finding a weaker target to pick on, like Franky and Iceberg.

But Spandam quickly realized that doing so would only make him look down on by the other party, so he said with less confidence, "Don't even mention that the Navy traitor is now facing two strong people, Garp and Momousagi, and he can hardly protect himself."

Even if he were really here, what could he do to me? Unless he truly didn't care about these people's lives, otherwise…

Before Spandam could finish speaking, the expression on his face changed from smugness to deep fear.

It wasn't that he didn't want to finish his sentence, but at some point, a long knife suddenly appeared from behind him and was placed directly against his neck.

Almost the instant they sensed Wood's presence, the two CP9 members who were standing in front of Spandam turned around with expressions of shock and surprise.

When they saw the strange silver writing on Wood's chest, gleaming through his clothes, before they could even ponder what kind of power it was or how Wood had appeared behind them without their knowledge, a fist the size of a sandbag began to grow larger in their vision.

A CP9 member closer to Wood was hit in the face by a heavy punch before he could even react, and his body flew towards Tiger like a cannonball.

Meanwhile, another CP9 member, seeing Wood make his move, extended a finger without a word, attempting to use his "finger gun" to end Franky and the others on the ground, when a silver arc of light flashed through the air.

The next second, the CP9 using the finger gun felt a sharp pain in his right arm, and then a familiar arm flew through the air in front of him.

"This is impossible! Even if you held back some of your strength last time, you couldn't possibly be this strong!"

As an elite intelligence agent of the World Government, Wood was incredibly tough despite losing an arm, and he didn't utter a single groan of pain.

Even more concerned than his own severed arm, this CP9 member was wondering what had happened to Wood.

During the previous raid on Tom's studio, these two CP9 members had encountered Wood. Although they felt they were no match for him at the time, they didn't realize the huge gap in skill between them.

But now Wood was able to take Spandam hostage behind them without them even noticing, and even instantly beat them severely with a punch and a knife!

"Nothing is impossible. Who told you that I used my full strength when we last met?"

CP9 is considered one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the World Government, after all, it consists of superhumans who have fully mastered the "Six Powers" and was originally a backup force for CP0.

However, the two CP9 members in front of Wood were significantly weaker than Lucci and Kaku.

A year or two ago, Wood might have struggled to win against such an opponent, but for him now, it's really nothing.

As for why CP9 felt that Wood had become much stronger?

Isn't that obvious? Back at Tom's studio, Wood wasn't even serious; he was only thinking about escaping.

However, he has now removed all his heavy equipment, and in order to get here from the previous island as quickly as possible, Wood even used the power of the 'Heart of God'.

Now, let alone two CP9s, even the two CP0s who fought Wood in front of Mary Geoise back then would probably only be able to land a few more hits on Wood in this state.

CP9, sent flying towards Tiger by Wood's punch, didn't even have time to utter a single line before Tiger smashed his head open with a powerful Fishman Karate punch, killing him instantly.

Knowing that he had no chance of survival against the combined attack of Wood and Tiger, the CP9 member who had lost an arm to Wood roared and charged toward Wood.