One Piece: We already have the Four Gods, so my Six Paths Sage is reasonable, right?

With things having come to this, Roger said no more. This time, no matter what, he would not let his comrade die at Ron's hands like last time.

This time, he absolutely, positively has to stop this madman!!

"Whoosh~"

Roger quickly pulled his arms back sharply, preparing to attack Ron.

"What???"

But at that very moment, a deafening explosion that seemed to tear through the void suddenly rang out, causing the air to vibrate and hum.

Roger's Observation Haki didn't even have time to detect it before Ron's figure appeared out of thin air right in front of him.

"drink!"

With a low shout from Ron, his right fist, crackling with visible dark red lightning, slammed straight into Roger's face!

In an instant, Roger's entire head collapsed like a rubber balloon with a "pop," his face almost pressed into a thin sheet of skin.

Immediately following, propelled by the impact, his head flew rapidly backward, his neck stretching out continuously.

Finally, it stretched out to an unknown distance, seemingly reaching its limit, yet also appearing to be a normal defense. Its neck stopped extending and instead pulled its body backward, flying backward violently.

Ron naturally wouldn't give Roger even a second to catch his breath, throwing a punch and then chasing after him.

The sonic boom rang out again in mid-air.

The surrounding air rippled in layers, forming visible circular ripples that spread wildly outwards in concentric circles.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Ron was already above Roger's head, his right leg raised high, descending from the sky with Conqueror's Haki, stomping hard on Roger's head and smashing it into the ground.

"Thump!!!"

The expected explosion did not occur the moment the two figures crashed heavily into the ground.

Instead, the entire landmass, upon contact, suddenly transformed into a vast, boundless expanse of rubber, rapidly sinking downwards.

Until a bottomless crater was formed, the terrifying impact of Ron's kick was finally completely neutralized.

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

At the bottom of this deep pit, Roger, whose face was being firmly stomped on by Ron, suddenly burst into laughter.

Roger then quickly retracted his fists, imbued them with Conqueror's Haki, and swung them towards Ron.

Ron also wrapped his fists in Conqueror's Haki and threw punch after punch.

"Bang bang bang~~~"

A series of muffled thuds exploded one after another, echoing wildly in this distorted and deformed spatial groove. Each collision sent out large swaths of dark red electric arcs flying in all directions.

The vast expanse of land below, now completely rubberized, trembled violently under the aftershocks, bulging and slumping like layers of jelly, bouncy and elastic.

It must be said that the Nika form is indeed quite valuable. Putting aside other aspects, its attributes alone are above average.

However... Ron wasn't envious at all, because his was even more outstanding.

"How about it, Ron? I'm a completely different person compared to last time, but... I have to thank you for discovering that this 'Rubber Fruit' has such great power." Roger said with difficulty, gritting his teeth and enduring the continuous heavy punches, while forcing a bloodied smile.

Ron gave a cold laugh, ignored him, and suddenly lifted the foot that was stepping on his face.

"Sizzle!!!" A sharp, ear-piercing sound rang out, and a cluster of densely jumping dark red arcs of electricity suddenly burst open at his ankle.

Immediately, Ron stepped down again, aiming directly at Roger's brow.

In that instant, Roger's neck suddenly snapped, stretching out like a snake, barely managing to dodge Ron's stomp.

The next instant, Ron slammed his knee down on Ron's head.

A muffled "bang" was heard.

The entire ground bounced violently.

"Pfft~"

After taking a knee strike imbued with Conqueror's Haki and Sage Mode, Roger coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"asshole!!!"

Roger's gaze darkened, and his neck retracted at an incredible speed, his head slamming into Ron like a cannonball.

Ron moved quickly as well, a huge chakra arm instantly extending from his right shoulder, covered in Haki, and striking directly at Roger's head as he charged forward.

"Bang!!!"

Another muffled thud was heard, and a visible white shockwave was violently blasted out of the air.

Roger suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head and a constant ringing in his ears.

At the same time, Roger began to frantically stomp his feet on the ground.

"Knock knock knock!!!"

The rubber surface underfoot was worn down and bulged, creating a huge, winding ramp!

Then, his legs somehow managed to wrap around behind his head in an extremely bizarre way.

The next moment, the two legs slowly stretched and straightened, and the posture gradually returned to normal.

"brush!!!"

Once Roger's appearance had completely returned to normal, he flashed backward and instantly leaped away, decisively creating a safe distance between himself and Ron.

Ron, unusually, did not immediately give chase, but simply stood still and mocked, "This Devil Fruit ability... really suits you perfectly, Roger. All sorts of bizarre fighting styles, just like you, like a clown."

Roger's expression suddenly darkened, and in the next instant, he slammed his feet into the ground, launching a new attack on Ron!

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Meanwhile, in the Valley of the Gods, on the other side...

Rocks has successfully located Alice and rescued her.

At this moment, Lockes was steadily carrying her slender body, retreating back.

Behind Rocks and his companions, the five Elders in their beast forms were in hot pursuit.

"This can't go on, Rocks." The white-bearded man running alongside Rocks frowned slightly.

"Well, let's stay behind and cover their retreat, and let Rocks take Alice and run away first!" Lingling laughed loudly as she ran.

"I had a bad feeling from the very beginning when I followed you guys... I should have gone to deal with Garp and the others." Babel, who was running at the back, gritted his teeth and sprinted, complaining under his breath, feeling a chill down his spine.

"Can you... do it?" Locke asked rhetorically.

"Idiot, who do you think you are? Lingling and I are teaming up, so we're still optimistic! It's just... there are five of them, I don't know if we can stop them all." The white-bearded man sneered.

"Gibbek!"

Alice suddenly struggled and nimbly slid off Rocks' shoulder. Without pausing after landing, she immediately took long strides and started running forward at high speed.

"Alice?!" Rocks was taken aback, tilting his head slightly, his eyes filled with astonishment and worry.

Alice ran as fast as she could, glancing back with a smile: "If it's because of me that your friends are in such a dangerous situation... then I will feel terrible about it forever, Gibeck."

"Idiot, what are you talking about?!" Rocks frowned and growled.

"Gibbek, I'm not injured, I can run on my own! You can stay and help them, that's the most important thing," Alice said earnestly.

Locke's gaze darkened slightly as he looked at her hair, which was being blown about by the wind. No wonder he had fallen in love with this woman.

"Barbel, you run with Alice! Keep going until you run into Ron! Once you see him, you'll be truly safe," Rocks said.

"Okay!" Babel agreed without hesitation.

"Everyone... please take care," Alice instructed.

"Hahahaha~~~~Rocks!!!"

Suddenly, a loud voice rang out from the edge of the dense forest ahead.

Upon hearing this, Rocks' expression suddenly darkened, and he abruptly turned his head, only to find that Garp and Sengoku were leading a group of marines to intercept them.

"Hey, Babel, your wish has come true," the white-bearded man said slowly.