"Gulp!!"
"So... so terrifying?"
"Lord Ryker is going to fight everyone alone!"
"The giant Guanyin statue has started moving too. The real battle has finally begun."
"..."
At the edge of God Valley, the young Kaido and Charlotte Linlin suppressed their excitement, staring at the central area without daring to blink, afraid of missing any exciting battle scenes.
After all, this was a battle between the top combatants of the sea.
On one side was the Ancestor of the Sea, Lord Ryker. On the other side were the high-end combatants of the Rocks Pirates, the Roger Pirates, and the Marines.
Observing carefully would definitely benefit them greatly.
As for participating, forget it. The young Kaido and Charlotte Linlin knew their own limits. Joining the battle would only drag Lord Ryker down. It was better to watch from here.
...
At the same moment.
Central area of God Valley.
"Summit... Enlightenment!!"
After this phrase, the thousands of giant arms on the True Several Thousand Hands, which had been motionless, all moved. They blasted towards Garp, Rocks, Roger, Kong, and the others, respectively. Garp bore the brunt of it.
"You really think highly of me?"
Looking at the nearly one hundred giant wooden fists attacking him, Garp's expression changed slightly, and he cursed, "It's just wood. Even if it's wrapped in Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, it can't change the nature of wood. Watch me smash them."
In the next instant, Garp swung his fist, which looked like it was cast from steel, and fearlessly punched towards the one hundred giant wooden fists attacking him.
Boom!!
A deafening roar resounded.
In the blink of an eye, Garp's fist collided with the foremost giant wooden fist, erupting with an extremely terrifying shockwave of energy, causing the air to explode and the entire God Valley to tremble slightly.
Crack...
Under the impact of such powerful force, wisps of visible cracks appeared on that giant wooden fist, but it did not shatter. Instead, it was repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It didn't shatter... How is this possible?"
Garp, who was prepared to attack again, changed his expression drastically, revealing disbelief.
One must know, that punch just now was his full strength.
He intended to start strong by smashing one giant wooden fist first, then destroy the remaining ninety-nine one by one.
Now, his full-strength strike only caused cracks to appear on that one giant wooden fist...
Swish... Swish...
Accompanied by sounds of breaking air, while Garp was stunned, the fists of the True Several Thousand Hands didn't pause. The remaining ninety-nine giant wooden fists attacked Garp like a violent storm, indiscriminately covering the area he was in.
"All of you, get smashed!!"
Garp came back to his senses without hesitation, swinging his fists crazily, utilizing his Armament Haki to the fullest.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
Ear-piercing, dull collision sounds resounded. Fists collided constantly, erupting with shockwaves that exploded the air. More than a dozen giant wooden fists approaching Garp were cracked open one after another, wood chips flying everywhere!
But... the remaining eighty-plus giant wooden fists continued to bombard relentlessly.
After barely cracking more than twenty giant wooden fists, one giant wooden fist seized a gap in his defense and landed ruthlessly on Garp's shoulder.
Bang!!
With a dull thud, Garp's body paused, seemingly in disbelief, then was sent flying backwards, smashing heavily onto the ground hundreds of meters away, kicking up a large amount of dust.
As Garp was blasted away...
Bang! Bang! Bang...
Twelve more explosive sounds rang out consecutively.
Rocks D. Xebec, Golden Lion Shiki, Edward Newgate, Silver Axe, Captain John, Wang Zhi, Gol D. Roger, Silvers Rayleigh, Scopper Gaban, Commander-in-Chief Kong, Sengoku, and Zephyr were all sent flying one after another. Like falling meteors, they smashed onto the ground, causing God Valley to shake continuously.
"What strong regeneration and defense?"
"Enhanced by Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, these giant wooden fists are too terrifying!"
"Why is it like this? Relying on having many arms, he can make countless mistakes, but we only need to make one mistake to be sent flying."
"..."
A few minutes later, the blasted-away Rocks D. Xebec, Golden Lion Shiki, Edward Newgate, Silver Axe, Captain John, Wang Zhi, Gol D. Roger, Silvers Rayleigh, Scopper Gaban, Commander-in-Chief Kong, Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr flashed out from the craters, staring at the giant Guanyin statue before them with heavy expressions.
In the first wave of collective attacks, they were all sent flying.
This giant Guanyin statue before them was more terrifying and tyrannical than imagined, especially with the enhancement of Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki.
"What kind of perverted Ninjutsu is this!!"
Rocks D. Xebec's face was extremely gloomy as he said coldly, "One hundred giant wooden fists, and I didn't smash a single one."
"Damn it, why is it like this?"
Golden Lion Shiki gripped "Oto" and "Kogarashi" tightly and said in a deep voice, "The regeneration and defense are too perverted. Against eighty giant wooden fists, I was helpless."
"Although my tremor power can crack the giant wooden fists, it can't completely shatter them." Edward Newgate leaned on Murakumogiri, his expression unsightly, and said, "Against the eighty giant wooden fists attacking me, I was also helpless."
"Me too..."
Silver Axe, Captain John, and Wang Zhi gritted their teeth and spoke up one after another.
Perhaps due to their strength, the three of them were only attacked by forty giant wooden fists each, but... they were still helpless.
On the other side, Gol D. Roger, Silvers Rayleigh, Scopper Gaban, Commander-in-Chief Kong, Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr also fell into silence. Like the Rocks Pirates, they failed to smash a single giant wooden fist.
Among them, Gol D. Roger was the most speechless.
He pushed his Observation Haki to the limit to find flaws, but underestimated the regeneration and defense of the giant wooden fists.
Even though he cracked all one hundred giant wooden fists attacking him, it was useless.
In the end, he was sent flying.