Chapter 140 Dueling Garp
"There's no other way. Since you killed someone you shouldn't have, I naturally cannot allow you to continue running wild on the sea." Garp rolled up his sleeves, the smile fading from his face, replaced by intense anger.
"First the disciple, then the master. After the young one is beaten, the old one comes along. I wonder who the Marines will send to bother me next if their Marine Hero dies here." Looking at the rage the man displayed, Zane laughed lightly instead.
"Insolent! Who do you think you are to speak such nonsense!"
As his adjutant, Bogard immediately took a step forward, his hand on his hilt as he drew his blade halfway. He glared at Zane and shouted.
Garp raised a hand to stop Bogard.
Shadows obscured the upper half of Garp's face. He grinned at Zane and said, "If you truly have the skill, then I'll have no complaints even if I'm killed."
'What an arrogant brat.'
'It seems I've been slacking for too long, to the point where even the younger generation dares to look down on me.'
"Then have it your way!"
Someone like Bogard was just a pebble on the side of the road, not even worth Zane's attention.
Looking at Garp's powerful stance, he whispered.
[LET'S DUEL!]
The Nen ability activated without warning. Both Zane and Garp vanished simultaneously.
This caused the expressions of Bogard and the others on the warship to change instantly.
Even with their Observation Haki, Bogard and the rest could find no trace of Zane or Garp.
Inside the Equality Space.
Boom!!!
An iron fist struck out.
Zane didn't retreat an inch, meeting it with his own punch.
Before the fists even touched, a terrifying shockwave radiated outward, shattering the surrounding ground.
Garp truly lived up to his name as the Marine Hero.
Old age seemed to have no effect on him.
Be it reaction speed or power.
He was actually even superior to Kuzan.
From the moment they suddenly entered the Equality Space.
Garp was completely unfazed by the change in environment, immediately launching a fierce and decisive assault on Zane.
High-intensity Armament Haki flowed continuously from Garp's iron fist.
Zane countered with his own Armament Haki and Nen aura.
'Aside from Armament Haki, he really does possess another similar power, just as Kuzan said.'
'But what's with this technique?'
'Didn't that brat Kuzan say that the kid's Armament Haki was only at the level of flowing emission? How is he showing Internal Destruction techniques now?'
During the clash.
Although their fists didn't make physical contact.
Garp still felt various forces from his opponent pressing against his own Armament Haki.
Internal Destruction.
Not only did Garp's Armament Haki contain the Internal Destruction technique.
Zane's Armament Haki was surprisingly the same.
Several days had passed since his fight with Kuzan.
Through the piercing vision of God's Eye, he had successfully mastered this technique by now.
With dual energies working in tandem and the double Internal Destruction technique.
Even though Garp's Armament Haki strength was staggering, he couldn't suppress Zane's counterattack.
Thunderclap!!
At almost the same moment.
As if they had agreed upon it.
Both of them unleashed bolts of lightning.
The only difference was that one came from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, while the other came from Conqueror's Haki.
Violent lightning bloomed in their fists.
It further turned into steel, spinning like a drill.
Zane stomped on the ground, powerfully erupting with even greater force to press against his opponent.
Conqueror's Coating.
Black lightning coiled around the iron fist.
Compared to Zane's stack of multiple abilities.
Garp was a simple yet extreme display of pure Haki.
Boom!!!
An even more incredible collision erupted.
Below the point where Zane and Garp clashed, the earth split open, sending long cracks snaking toward both sides until they hit the edge of the Equality Space.
Swoosh!!
In the midst of the intense confrontation, both sides were simultaneously pushed back.
Zane turned into lightning and reappeared dozens of meters away.
Garp retreated over a dozen meters.
The difference in distance undoubtedly showed that Zane had been at a slight disadvantage in the previous exchange.
Rumble: Five Dragon Destructive Rotation!
Despite being at a disadvantage, Zane's face remained expressionless as he immediately launched a new round of attacks.
He stomped his foot.
Wild lightning surged as five majestic thunder dragons, each hundreds of meters long, spiraled up around Zane, roaring in unison as they lunged at Garp.
Boom!!!
His form turned into a blur.
While the thunder dragons decimated a large area of the ground, Garp had already moved away at extreme speed.
Circling and darting, Garp attacked from the side.
God's Eye observed with cold precision.
Zane twisted his waist and turned, executing a Lightning Kick, his foot slamming into the incoming iron fist once more.
Amidst the violent impact and the crumbling ground.
Zane didn't get bogged down in a struggle of strength, instead turning into his elemental form to shed most of the impact and decisively retreating as a bolt of lightning.
Thunder Treasury!
Flying high into the air over a hundred meters away.
Zane looked down at Garp.
A massive curtain of light made of lightning immediately appeared behind him.
This was a further evolution of the Partisan technique he had stolen from Kuzan.
In the next instant, an endless stream of sabers, spears, swords, and halberds forged from lightning flew out from the curtain, bombarding Garp at high speeds.
These lightning weapons were all condensed from high-density electricity.
The power contained in each weapon was enough to sink an ordinary warship.
Double Grand Fist Bone: Volley!
He didn't dodge.
Using Observation Haki to track the incoming lightning weapons and their intensity, Garp charged forward instead of retreating.
His iron fists, coated in dual Haki, became a blur as he punched repeatedly, intercepting the incoming lightning weapons with terrifying impact.
Boom boom boom!!!
A continuous series of thunderous explosions echoed throughout the Equality Space.
The surrounding earth shattered as if it had been bombed.
Yet, in such a chaotic scene, Garp's speed did not falter. He punched through the lightning weapons while rapidly closing in on Zane.
Once he was close enough.
Garp leaped up suddenly.
Fist Bone Impact!!
An iron fist flickering with black lightning smashed toward Zane like a meteor.
Door-Door: Absolute Defense!
Calmly raising his right hand, the closed Space Door appeared once more.
Boom!!!
The iron fist slammed into the Space Door.
Amidst the intense vibrations, the Space Door held firm, blocking the attack and preventing even a hint of damage from reaching Zane behind it.
His brow furrowed.
Faced with his attack being blocked once again by what was clearly a space-type Devil Fruit ability, Garp had to admit that this kid was indeed extremely troublesome.
Unable to break through the defense, Garp decisively retracted his fist, used Moonwalk to quickly fly over the Space Door, and then dove down to punch Zane again.
Rumble: Thunder Wing Sky Drive!
Lightning extended from his back, forming lifelike wings of electricity.
With a flap of his wings, Zane immediately moved backward at supersonic speed.
Their figures crossed paths.
Garp crashed into the ground below.
Zane retreated dozens of meters, successfully evading the attack.
While the speed of Thunder Wing Sky Drive wasn't as fast as turning into a bolt of lightning, its maneuverability was superior.