"Hahaha, I know now!"
The dust slowly settled, and Garp stepped forward, revealing his figure. The shirt on his chest was already shattered, exposing a robust chest that seemed untouched by age.
He casually tore off the remnants of his upper garment, revealing copper-colored muscles that were knotted and powerful, radiating a metallic sheen.
"Good lad!"
The old man touched his slightly sunken chest, laughing loudly, his white teeth gleaming brightly in the sunlight, "That punch really packs a punch!"
"Clearly it's your physical body that's tougher!"
Shano sneered, "Crocodile died from this move of mine, but to you, it seems like just a surface scratch!"
"Not at all!"
Garp shouted discontentedly, "You used Armament's Internal Destruction technique with this move, right? It's strong, I feel like my insides are shifting!"
"This kind of pain can't be borne by just me!"
Swish!
Before the words were finished, Garp's figure suddenly blurred.
Shano's pupils contracted, red light flickered in his eyes, Observation went into overdrive with warnings, but he was still a beat too slow—
"Seabed Drop!"
With a fierce shout from Garp, he grabbed Shano's right fist raised in defense and hurled it into the air, before flashing, arriving above Shano's body.
His other hand, enveloped in a concentrated Haki, slammed down solidly on Shano's abdomen!
Boom!!!
The power of this punch was far beyond the previous!
Though Shano immediately covered himself with Armament protection, yet he flew back like a cannonball!
Plowing hundreds of meters across the ice, still unable to completely dispel the force, he pierced through the ice layer, plunging into the sea below.
One hundred meters, three hundred meters... five hundred meters!
At nearly nine hundred meters, Shano finally began to steady himself.
At nearly a thousand meters deep under the sea, sunlight could no longer penetrate, the surrounding darkness was as thick as ink.
Suspended in the icy water, only the roar of the rushing blood inside his body sounded in his ears.
He looked down at his abdomen, the protective layer formed by Armament was scattered, the skin surface was marred with blood stains in many places.
Garp's use of Internal Destruction was significantly stronger,
Though overall, the skin on his abdomen seemed intact, as if no serious damage was caused.
But the stomach, and surrounding intestines, felt as if they had been churned by a meat grinder, twisted into a knot, the pain unbearable.
"That old geezer, he really likes eye for an eye!"
He grinned, revealing blood-stained teeth, the deep-sea pressure causing his wounds to ache slightly, yet his heartbeat grew more frenzied—
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Each heartbeat shook the surrounding seawater, ripples expanded from his body, forming vacuums in the deep sea!
"At this level..."
Shano suddenly lifted his head, muscles in his legs compressed to the extreme like springs—
"Is still not enough!!!"
Boom!
The current beneath his feet instantly collapsed, rippling outwards, he broke through the water like a reverse torpedo!
Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters—
Bam!!!
As the ice layer shattered, Shano, carried by a towering water column, leaped into the sky!
Sunlight pierced through the mist, illuminating his agile frame, the steaming heat distorted the air.
Garp couldn't help but look up, squinting, meeting the dark-haired youth's gaze, both grinning.
"I say, isn't this a bit too serious, old man?"
Shano grinned, spat out a mouthful of watery spit, wiped the blood from his lips, landing on the ground, though speaking, his eyes burned with even greater fighting spirit.
"This is the attitude you deserve now, stupid brat!"
Garp cracked his knuckles noisily, laughing as he stepped forward, "Give it your all, kid! Let me see just how much skill you've grown!"
"Is that so?"
Shano grinned back, locking eyes with him, "That's just what I want!"
Boom—
In the next instant, they both disappeared from their spots!
"Finger Gun: Ripple Burst!"
Shano's hands turned into afterimages, dozens of ripples entwined with Armament erupted like a storm.
Garp neither dodged nor evaded, Iron Fist swung with countless fist shadows in Shano's eyes, each strike precisely intercepting, the clashing Qi bursting into consecutive sonic booms.
"Useless, useless, useless!!!"
Garp laughed wildly as he advanced, drawing back his right fist to gather strength, "Try this instead!"
"Iron Fist!"
Before the fist got close, the terrifying pressure contorted Shano's facial muscles, he quickly took a Moonwalk step back, while raising his right leg high, the black Armament spread like a tide—
"Rankyaku: Ripple Meteor!"
Boom!!!
The blade-like leg clashed with Iron Fist, it was also a collision of intense Armament!
Black lightning constantly flashed and exploded around the two.
Their feet on the ice layer instantly evaporated, revealing the churning seawater below, Garp's punch slightly paused, Shano seized this momentary gap, forming his left hand into a knife, stabbing directly at the opponent's throat!
Squelch!
The fingertip pierced into Garp's neck smoothly, but just hitting the bone, it could not advance further, as Shano's wrist was clamped by an iron-like big hand, Garp leaned forward, baring his teeth, his face was close:
"Caught you again, brat!"
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Shano was lifted and slammed onto the ice surface repeatedly, each collision echoed with earth-quaking tremors.
But before this set of moves could repeat several times, the youth suddenly curled up, legs wrapping around Garp's arm, fiercely twisting his waist and abdomen—
Crack!
Amid the cringe-worthy sound of bone cracking, Garp's right arm suddenly bent unnaturally, drooping down.