Rumble!
A heavy punch imbued with Conqueror's Haki and accompanied by thunderbolts suddenly crashed down, striking Rayleigh's Armament Haki-enhanced sword from a distance.
With a resounding boom and a massive burst of Haki, the power of the punch instantly exploded.
"Ugh!" Rayleigh was struck hard, spiraling rapidly downwards.
Boom!
Soon, Rayleigh plummeted into the ground below, almost embedding himself directly.
"Rayleigh!"
From afar, Gaban, seeing this, quickly rushed over with his twin axes to provide support.
But he stopped abruptly halfway because his Observation Haki sensed Kenji's powerful aura rapidly approaching.
"Hey! Isn't this too much?!" Gaban's eyes widened, his expression filled with shock.
"Why can he still unleash such a level of explosive power? Doesn't he get tired?"
"He's simply a monster!"
Amidst his internal shock, he didn't forget to swing his large axes, enhanced with high-intensity Armament Haki, even employing Emission.
Puff puff!!
Several streams of Armament Haki released through Emission were instantly shattered by the rapidly moving Kenji, only producing two soft sounds.
Subsequently, Kenji's heavy punch arrived, smashing the twin axes Gaban held defensively in front of him.
Bang!
Haki surged, and Gaban was sent flying, crashing onto the ground far away, unable to get up for a long time, while the axe fragments scattered around him.
However, at this moment, Kenji stopped, not continuing his attack. He sensed a powerful aura about to arrive.
It was the Legendary Pirate, Roger, arriving as reinforcement.
"Don't be so heavy-handed. They're all my dear comrades." Roger still wore his signature smile but his eyes were filled with a sharp fighting spirit.
The next moment, the rapidly moving Roger suddenly leaped high into the air, descending from the sky to strike with Ace.
As he leaped, through the distorted vortex, Garp's exasperated figure could be seen.
However, at this moment, Kenji had no time to worry about it.
He focused his attention, concentrating his spirit to meet the challenge, while the Conqueror's Haki radiance bloomed on his raised right fist.
"Hey! Kenji, wait!"
Just then, Garp's shout came from behind, but the subsequent words were drowned out by the roar of Roger's descending sword.
Roger was seen gripping his sword with both hands, its blade enveloped in an intensely deep crimson light, with Haki swirling all around, tearing through space.
This scene made him look as if he held a forbidden weapon, arriving with destructive power.
Kenji pulled back his arm, building up power, waiting patiently for Roger's sword to arrive, while also accumulating his punch power to its maximum extent, finally unleashing it.
Crack—Rumble!!!
Instantly, lightning and thunder flashed all around, and thick black lightning bolts wildly whipped around the center of the battlefield.
Above Kenji's heavy punch, the light of his punch was scorching and dazzling, with black and red Haki swirling and flowing, subsequently colliding with Ace, and the power of Conqueror's Haki erupted from a distance.
Buzz—Boom!
A terrifying energy wave spread far and wide, two powerful Conqueror's Haki collided fiercely, and endless Haki twisted and danced like snakes.
Among them, the thickest black lightning bolts struck the earth below and attacked the sky above.
The sky echoed with rumbling thunder, the earth vibrated violently, and the immense energy blew away everything around.
"Just ordinary Conqueror's Haki Infusion? You're outdated, little kid."
In the standoff, Kenji suddenly smiled, and then the Conqueror's Haki light around him flashed brilliantly.
Across from him, Roger's expression suddenly changed drastically, his Observation Haki sensing a violent energy erupting from a distance.
The next moment, Roger was blasted away, but as his body flew backward in the air, the look of shock on his face was gone.
Instead, he stared intently at Kenji's right fist, his eyes revealing a fervent desire.
"That power... is that the move that defeated Rayleigh and Gaban earlier?
Roger unleashed his Haki and struck the ground behind him with his sword, forcefully stopping his backward momentum.
After barely steadying himself, he immediately and eagerly asked Kenji, "What was that power you just used? Does it have a name?"
"That's a Conqueror's Haki technique I comprehended myself, named Conqueror's Haki Emission."
"Conqueror's Haki Emission? Hahaha! What a cliché and unoriginal name." Roger laughed heartily, his eyes still burning with fervor.
As the two conversed, a figure descended from the sky, entering the battlefield from mid-air, plummeting straight into the open space between Kenji and Roger.
It was Garp, who had suddenly arrived, and judging by his expression, he seemed extremely annoyed.
"Hey, I say." Garp slowly straightened up, turned to look at Kenji, and said indignantly, "Don't steal my opponent!"
"Roger must be defeated by my own hands!"
Garp's angry voice echoed incessantly, fire practically shooting from his eyes.
He had pursued his arch-nemesis Roger for many years, and Roger had escaped him numerous times.
Now that he finally had the chance to single-handedly fight his arch-nemesis on this island, Garp was preparing for a battle that would last days and nights, eager to clash with him properly.
But the battle had just reached its climax, and his opponent was suddenly stolen?!
Of course, Kenji was innocent. Roger actively ran over, he didn't invite him.
He shrugged helplessly and said, "Garp, don't you consider the timing and occasion? Is this the time to say such things?"
"Roger must be defeated by me!" Garp said with a resolute gaze.
"He's a Legendary Pirate, it won't be easy to defeat him." Kenji said with a frown.
"I must defeat Roger!" Garp said righteously.
"Kid, do you have nothing else to say besides that?"
"Roger must be defeated by me.."
"...Alright, alright, you go, you go."
At this moment, Kenji felt a bit exasperated.
He had known before that Garp had a deep-seated obsession with capturing Roger, but he hadn't expected this obsession to be more than just deep-seated.
"No wonder that kid Roger is jokingly called Garp's Lure!" Kenji finally understood.
Perhaps for Garp, everything else in this life was minor, and the only truly important things were: eating, sleeping, and catching Roger.
Upon hearing Kenji's statement and seeing him actively retreat a certain distance, Garp finally felt satisfied, turning around to focus on the Legendary Pirate he considered his 'lifelong enemy'.
"You absolutely won't escape today, don't waste your effort anymore, Roger!" Garp shook his fist, grinning confidently.
As Garp raised his hand and clenched his fist, streaks of Haki thunderbolts swirled and danced around him.
However, at this moment, Roger suddenly spoke, "Garp, let's put our matters aside for now."
"This time, I suddenly have no interest in fighting you."
"What?!" Garp immediately became enraged.
(End of Chapter)
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