"Are these old guys all monsters?!!"
Gecko Moria looked at Garp and Sengoku; he had almost been taken out.
Two ferocious old men, their legendary strength on full display.
"No wonder they once fought evenly with Roger and Whitebeard… Kuzan should be the one to deal with them." Moria felt very unsafe. Facing these two, his outcome would be dire. He could only play a supporting role from the sidelines.
"Ground Secco"
Marine Headquarters shook. The floor beneath their feet cracked and dried up, instantly eroded by wind and sand, turning into dunes.
The entire terrain was altered, spreading rapidly. Some Marine soldiers couldn't dodge in time and had the moisture sucked right out of their bodies.
Garp landed from above, his impact kicking up a massive shockwave.
"Tch, Logia users are troublesome… and he's still not dead." Garp muttered.
As the dust settled, Crocodile stood up from the ground. The golden hook in his hand was completely broken, his head bleeding, blood streaming down his forehead.
"Damn old man!!!"
Crocodile's gaze was sharp, filled with killing intent and hatred.
Hatred. He wished he could kill him.
"Heh!"
But Garp just gave him a mocking smile. He had seen those eyes too many times before, from countless pirates, whose only real skill was hatred.
If looks could kill, who knows how many Marines would have been slain by pirates.
Clearly, Garp had seen plenty of these pirates' impotent, furious glares and long since stopped caring.
Hum!
The ground made a rumbling sound. The desert was spreading. Wherever it reached, Marine structures were weathered and turned to sand, becoming dunes.
"The power of a Logia awakening!!" Garp's eyes narrowed, looking at the sand at his feet. Careless for a moment, his lower leg was already submerged in sand. A huge sinkhole appeared beside him, swallowing people downwards constantly like an hourglass.
Luffy had been buried by this move once. If not for Robin, he might have died long ago.
Crocodile's ability after awakening was even more abnormal. Garp clenched his fists.
"With just this ability, it's useless against me." His aura erupted, Conqueror's Haki shaking off all the sand. Garp shot straight up into the sky.
"Sandstorm"
Crocodile was ready. Six sand-laced tornadoes erupted at once, lightning cracking overhead, the sky blacked out in a storm of dust.
No one could see where Garp was.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The wind howled. Some Marines couldn't escape in time and were swept up into the tornadoes.
"Fist Impact!"
A voice came from the air. Crocodile instantly turned his body into its elemental form.
BOOM!
A loud explosion. All the tornadoes dissipated. The shockwave rushed towards Crocodile.
Bang!
Crocodile's body exploded, scattering into countless grains of sand floating in the air.
"Bwahahahahaha!!!" Garp crossed his arms, laughing thunderously, his body plummeting straight down from the sky.
BOOM!
The earth shook. An ordinary person would die from that height, but Garp used the force, bending his legs upon landing, performing a move similar to Bellamy's Spring Spring Fruit ability.
BOOM!
A huge crater exploded in the sandy ground beneath his feet. Garp turned into a meteor, heading straight for Crocodile.
"Desert La Spada!"
Crocodile was startled. Countless blades emerged from the dunes, rushing straight at Garp.
Garp raised his fists, punching each desert blade.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Like a high-speed train charging forward, he smashed through everything recklessly. All attacks were torn apart by his fists.
"What the hell is this old man made of?"
Crocodile raised his right hand. Sand gathered into a fist, coated with Haki.
"Meteor Fist!"
Garp met him head-on, his own fist crackling with Conqueror's Haki. No hesitation, no retreat.
BOOM!
A tremendous explosion sounded in their ears. Everyone felt their ears go numb.
Crocodile's golden fist shattered. Garp's fist slammed into his face.
"Shadow Assassin!"
The moment Garp succeeded, a figure emerged from the shadow at Crocodile's feet, holding a pair of scissors.
Squelch!
The scissors passed cleanly through Garp's abdomen, emerging from his back.
Garp's eyes instantly widened. He gritted his teeth, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
"Kishishish, so what if you're a Marine Hero? I've been waiting for this moment." Moria emerged laughing.
His ability was long awakened, allowing him to hide in the shadows of others.
He didn't dare hide in Garp's shadow, so from the start, he had hidden in Crocodile's shadow, waiting for this chance.
However, Garp's response was just one big fist.
"Meteor Fist!"
A solid punch landed squarely on Moria's face. Before Moria could even finish gloating, he took a shattering blow that sent his teeth flying out.
"What are you so smug about?" Crocodile said irritably, glancing at Moria on the ground, then reached out and grabbed Garp.
"Sables: Spada!"
His arm turned into a blade of sand wit extremely strong absorptive properties. Anyone touched by this move would have their moisture sucked dry.
The sand blade struck Garp. Garp clearly felt the water in his body draining away.
"Hmph!"
But Garp snorted coldly, Conqueror's Haki erupting and shattering the sand blade.
"Punk, if you want to defeat me, you'll have to wait a few more decades," Garp raised his fist high, his expression terrifying and ferocious.
Fear arose in Crocodile's heart. He seemed to see the shadow of Luffy from back then.
"GALAXY IMPACT!"
Thud!
A fist the size of a boulder smashed into Crocodile's skull, the impact blasting through him. His vision went black, his body collapsing unconscious, arms spread.
Garp stood gasping for breath, his body trembling. Half his frame was shriveled like a corpse, the sand having drained his fluids, and blood poured from his chest wound. His steps faltered, he nearly toppled.
Moria struggled to stand up from the ground. Seeing Garp's current state, he laughed.
"Kishishi, You're old. This era doesn't belong to you anymore," Moria said.
"It's true this era doesn't belong to me. But the will of the Marines has always been passed down," Garp laughed heartily.
A figure leaped out from behind him. Black lightning pulses gathered on his fist, dazzling like sunlight.
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