In Water 7, two giant martial gods swung the twin swords in their hands, striking down with immense force.
The fifteen Marine elites, including Gmil and Dalmatian, roared defiantly, unafraid of death.
Admiral Kizaru was trapped within the forest, unable to break out in time.
They understood they could only save themselves.
The azure martial god's hundred-meter greatsword had not yet fully struck, but the wind pressure it generated had already kicked up a hurricane, blowing over the surrounding residential houses.
The trees in the forest swayed violently in the strong wind, leaves flying everywhere, mixing into the gale that carried seawater.
Gmil, Dalmatian, and the other Marine elites unleashed their strongest powers, using Moon Step to soar into the sky, rushing toward the azure energy greatsword.
The moment the fifteen Marines made contact with the greatsword, a massive sound erupted. Power collided violently, and a shockwave rolled out.
After a stalemate of only a single breath, Gmil and the others were swatted away like flies, plummeting toward the ground.
The screams and blood of the fifteen men echoed in the air as they successively smashed into the earth.
The ground's stone tiles shattered and scattered, revealing fifteen craters.
The Marine lying in each crater had an expression of agony, unable to move, only capable of muffled groans.
The giant sword in mid-air continued to fall, its power undiminished.
Even Luo Chen, inside the Susanoo's brow, couldn't control this strike.
Because the inertia was still there, it could only be stopped after the slash was fully executed.
Below the other Susanoo, Aokiji's eyes were splitting with rage. He wanted to provide rescue, but the attack above his own head was equally terrifying.
The martial god's hundred-meter greatsword was entirely wrapped in pitch-black Armament Haki.
The wind pressure alone caused spiderweb-like cracks to spread across the ground near Aokiji.
The water in the nearby canal boiled as if it were scalding, blown onto the streets by the wind pressure.
"Ice Glove!" Aokiji roared.
His right arm elementalized into ice, wrapped in Armament Haki.
The way he exerted force and the motion of this punch looked somewhat familiar to Luo Chen.
The projection of his grandmaster Garp, when using the Armament Iron Fist, looked exactly like Aokiji at this moment.
'Aokiji is Garp's student. This punch must have been passed down from Garp.'
Luo Chen mused to himself.
The Susanoo's several-hundred-meter greatsword slashed down brazenly, colliding with Aokiji's ice fist.
A tremendous shockwave and a deafening roar instantly swept out.
The countless houses and buildings surrounding Aokiji and the Susanoo were instantly blasted into dust.
The entire residential area's houses were flattened in an instant by the aftershock of their clash.
All sorts of building debris, broken walls, shattered bricks, and wooden furniture rushed into the distance with the shockwave.
It was as if a great earthquake had struck Water 7.
The entire city was shaking!
In the thousands of crisscrossing canals, the water within surged several meters high, then lost its support and spilled onto the banks on both sides.
At the highest point of Water 7, countless residents had gathered, staring in terror at the two azure giants.
It was clearly the day of the Aqua Laguna, yet two such terrifying, mysterious beings were unexpectedly wreaking havoc on the city.
Even from so far away, they could hear the sound of the attacks colliding, more deafening than thunder.
And the fierce winds brought by the two martial gods' attacks felt like knives scraping their faces, causing pain.
"Just who is fighting?!"
"What kind of beings are those two azure giants? Are they gods?"
"Honey, I think our house is gone."
"..."
Most of the crowd wore expressions of awe.
The two martial gods, standing tall as the sky, made them feel as if they were witnessing a miracle.
There were also reporters, who had been filming the Aqua Laguna, disregarding the danger and rushing toward the giants' feet.
They felt that there was definitely big news to be captured!
...
At the edge of the battlefield, the Going Merry on the wooden man's shoulder was shaking violently.
Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji watched the two giants with faces full of astonishment.
The power of a single sword strike was simply too terrifying.
Even the Marine Admiral Aokiji seemed to be struggling immensely against the giant's strike.
"Be careful, everyone, hold on tight!"
Luffy suddenly roared.
He saw the other martial god's sword about to slash the ground.
That group of Marines below was definitely doomed.
Moreover, a vibration even more terrifying than the last one was coming.
Even the Going Merry, staying on the wooden man's shoulder, might be shaken off!
Zoro and Sanji hurriedly grabbed the nearby railings.
On the deck, Usopp, Chopper, Nami, and the others were in a chaotic mess, their faces filled with terror.
They were truly afraid of being shaken off.
But there was nowhere to grab; they were too far from the railings.
In the critical moment, the large tree binding Kaku and Kalifa extended wooden vines, wrapping all of them up.
"BOOM—!"
It was like a thousand thunderbolts exploding right next to their ears!
Their minds went blank from the shock, as if the thunderous roar had split open their skulls.
The next moment, everyone felt the Going Merry jolt violently, much like the feeling of charging up Reverse Mountain.
This was immediately followed by a sense of weightlessness.
Usopp, Carina, and Nami opened their eyes and screamed in fright.
Only then did they realize the Going Merry had been shaken high into the air.
If not for that tree binding them, they would have certainly fallen to the ground by now.
The wooden man quickly raised a hand, catching the falling Going Merry.
Everyone was shaken to the point of dizziness, seeing stars.
Luffy was the first to recover, sticking his head out to look at the ground below.
In an instant, his eyeballs bulged from their sockets, and his jaw dropped to the deck.
"Water 7 split open!"
Luffy shouted in shock.
Zoro and Sanji also gripped the railing tightly, looking down.
Both were struck dumb as if by lightning, frozen on the spot.
They saw the land of Water 7 neatly split down the middle like a pizza.
The fissure extended from beneath their feet to the limits of their vision.
Seawater was continuously welling up from within the crack.
In just a short time, the icy ground Aokiji had created was submerged by a shallow layer of seawater.
More than half of the buildings throughout Water 7 had already collapsed.
The aftershocks were still continuing.
Luffy and the others even suspected that Water 7 might sink into the sea.
"This slash... how can it be this strong?!" Zoro muttered in disbelief.
The power of that one strike from the martial god Luo Chen controlled made him feel as if he had seen a new world.
Water 7 was a massive island; who knew how deep the soil and rock layers beneath the sea were.
Now, it had actually been split open by a single blow.
To be precise, Luo Chen's strike had split open the ground of half of Water 7.
Usopp, suspended by the tree vines, leaned over the ship's side to peek down.
His mouth opened so wide it dislocated.
Chopper also stared wide-eyed at the terrifying scene below.
He suddenly felt Usopp poking him. Chopper turned his head to see Usopp pointing at his dislocated jaw, tears streaming.
He lifted his hoof and pushed Usopp's chin upward.
With a "crunch," Usopp's jaw was back in place.
He wiped his tears in pain, "That hurt so much! Luo Chen is too terrifying. That slash is simply inhuman."
Beside him, Carina's chest heaved up and down in shock.
Nami was the same, her large eyes smiling until they curved into crescents.
The stronger Luo Chen was, the more at ease she felt.
Looking at it this way, perhaps even Impel Down couldn't hold Luo Chen.
At this very moment, Nami's confidence in Luo Chen was maxed out.
"Hey, hey, hey, there's still another attack!" Sanji suddenly yelled.
This made everyone's hearts, which had just settled back into their stomachs, jump back into their throats.
They all turned their heads to look.
They saw that the martial god dealing with Aokiji had its slash completely blocked, the several-hundred-meter-long blade sealed in ice.
But inside the martial god, facing Aokiji, there was still a thousand-armed Guanyin statue.
The energy blade shattered at this moment.
A thousand pitch-black fists, all wrapped in Armament Haki, rained down, covering the sky.
It was like a black sky pressing down on Aokiji.
At this moment, Admiral Aokiji's legs were half-buried in the mud.
Blood dripped from both his fists, falling into the layer of seawater and ice by his legs.
He panted heavily, looking up at the falling "pitch-black sky," his expression incomparably solemn.
Luo Chen's attacks were far too ferocious.
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