More than ten nautical miles is a distance of over 20,000 meters.
Garp's kick nearly shattered the warship, and he leaped into the air, intending to cross the sea directly.
Propelled by a tremendous recoil, Garp shot out like a rocket, soaring through the air like an arrow piercing the sky, creating a visible air vortex.
"Hahaha! You can't escape this time, Roger!" Garp was extremely excited, grinning widely.
However, his voice couldn't keep up with his speed, only arriving several seconds later.
But by then, Garp had already aimed his heavy punch at Roger's location, unleashing a beam.
In an instant, the beam's energy erupted, and the massive commotion overshadowed Garp's earlier words, rendering them unheard by almost everyone.
In fact, Roger and his crew on the battlefield at this moment had no mind to listen to any irrelevant words.
Roger had already pulled back his arm, pressing down the blade of his sword 'Ace', and his body was slightly crouched, poised to strike.
Immediately, a sword strike that ripped through the air was unleashed. A deep dark slash imbued with Conqueror's Haki, instantly covered a hundred meters, rapidly meeting the beam from the distant sky.
Boom! Boom!!
The two forces exploded in the air, and the terrifying energy rapidly expanded, forming a visible spherical pressure wave, with dazzling light shining and enveloping the entire area.
For a moment, the battlefield inside and out was engulfed in a sea of light.
"Not good! Be careful!"
On the shore, Rayleigh shielded his eyes from the intense light, while his Observation Haki suddenly sensed a powerful aura rushing towards them at high speed.
He looked up and saw a figure boldly breaking through the light curtain at the center of the light mass in the distant sky, with Haki surging around him—it was Garp.
At this moment, Garp had already begun to gather strength from afar, gripping his right wrist with his left hand, and his right fist glowed brilliantly.
"So fast!"
Rayleigh's eyes widened slightly, and cold sweat subtly seeped from his forehead.
As he swung his sword, preparing to meet the attack, Roger beside him suddenly raised his hand, gesturing.
"Rayleigh, you all step back a bit."
Before he finished speaking, Roger's figure shot up into the air with a 'whoosh', and the blade of 'Ace' in his hand flowed with intense, sharp light.
At the same time, Garp in the air pulled back his right arm significantly, and the intensity of the light on his fist reached its peak.
"Roger!" Garp shouted loudly, immediately followed by his heavy punch crashing down.
Boom!
The Conqueror's Haki-infused heavy punch collided with the blade of 'Ace' across the air, and several thick black lightning bolts instantly burst forth, connecting heaven and earth.
The rumbling thunder and immense pressure spread rapidly, and the violent energy wave instantly pressed down on the sea, shaking the island.
The entire Samo Island trembled slightly.
"This fight is too hard on the island!"
Kenji looked up at the battle in the distant sky, clenching his right fist, Haki swirling around it.
"Should I help out and end the fight quickly?"
The stronger a person is, the more arrogant they are. These powerhouses standing at the peak of the world disdain to gang up on opponents of their own caliber.
There might be special exceptions, but in most battles, top-tier powerhouses prefer one-on-one duels.
Even without using his Future Vision ability, Kenji could predict what kind of reaction his intervention would cause—Garp would definitely get angry.
Kenji's Future vision had even already shown him Garp's enraged, shouting expression.
"Although I'm sorry, I can only offer you an apology."
"Evolution reward... I must get it!"
Kenji clenched both fists, and as his figure flickered, he was already hundreds of meters away, the glow on his fists pointing directly at Roger in the distant sky.
The reward for this mission was extraordinary. The moment the mission was issued, Kenji had already decided to claim it.
He really wanted to see what kind of evolution this would be.
Thump... Thump... Thump!
Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came.
"Hmm?" A figure appeared in front of Kenji, wielding dual axes and striking.
It was Scopper Gaban.
He wielded his dual axes, carving out slashes, sharp yet embodying the ferocity of axe weapons.
Clang... Clang... Clang~ Bang!!
Kenji raised his hand and smashed those 'flashy' sharp slashes with a single punch, the shattered sharp aura completely chaotic, like beasts escaped from a pen wantonly ravaging the surroundings.
"Opportunity!"
Gaban seized the chance to rise, his two large axes, wrapped in high-intensity Armament Haki, broke through the storm of blades, and chopped down towards Kenji's head with lightning speed.
Clang!!
Kenji raised his arm, steadily blocking the dual axes. No matter how much force Gaban exerted, the blocking arm did not move an inch.
"Gaban?" Kenji looked at the man in front of him, a thought stirring in his mind.
Then, he scrutinized Gaban from head to toe, exclaiming in wonder, "It seems we haven't fought face to face before, have we? Roger and Rayleigh usually took the lead more... Tsk, I really couldn't tell."
"You, kid, with your ordinary appearance, you can actually... Truly, one cannot judge a book by its cover!"
Gaban listened with a bewildered expression, almost thinking Kenji was employing a verbal offensive: using conversation to distract him.
He simply clamped his mouth shut, concentrating his attention and all his strength into his dual axes.
Kenji still held his arm up, blocking Gaban's dual axes, while his other hand stroked his chin, a look of keen interest on his face, as if he were examining an extremely rare existence.
And indeed, that was the case—in Kenji's view, talk of the 'World's Strongest Man Whitebeard' was just for fun, the true 'strongest man' had to be Gaban.
"I wonder what type he belongs to?"
Cave explorer?
Kenji found it hard to determine.
He suppressed his curiosity, looking at Gaban meaningfully.
"Gaban, kid, when do you plan to go there..."
"The land of giants, Elbaph."
"How did you...:" Gaban's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.
Then, a huge force suddenly came from his tightly gripped dual axes.
Bang!
Gaban was sent flying, crashing heavily into the damp ground not far away, getting a mouthful of dirt.
"Ptooey ptooey!!"
"You old geezer, you definitely did that on purpose!"
"And you even used conversation to distract me, how despicable!"
At this moment, Gaban felt extremely annoyed, spitting out mud, but he wasn't really hurt.
He could clearly sense that Kenji's last move wasn't very damaging, but it was quite insulting.
This made him feel like he was being played with. As a warrior, he would rather die in battle than be humiliated.
"Haha! To deal with you, why bother with all that?"
Kenji smiled and extended his right hand, indicating. "I just didn't expect that you seem to be a bit weaker than you appear."
"You can't even block a casual punch. This is far from the performance of the 'strongest man'."
Aside from the term 'strongest man' which Gaban didn't quite understand, he comprehended every other word and sentence, his face quickly turning red, the blood spreading to his neck.
Just then, a voice abruptly interjected.
"Hahaha! Gaban's not enough? Then... what about adding me?!"
As the voice sounded, Rayleigh's figure suddenly appeared beside Gaban.