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Chapter 75: Three Titans vs. Garp
"Come at me together!"
Garp's utterly wild roar was like a thunderclap in a calm lake, silencing all of Marineford.
He's insane!
The man is completely insane!
Alone, facing the Marine Fleet Admiral and two Admirals, and he still dares to make such an arrogant challenge!
On Sengoku the Buddha's wise face, the last trace of friendship for his old comrade was replaced by cold resolve.
He took a deep breath, his eyes holding no hesitation.
"Attack!"
The order was given!
No more words were needed.
Akainu, Aokiji, and Sengoku... their figures crossed, forming the most stable triangular formation with a practiced understanding.
Three different, yet equally terrifying auras... erupted!
Scalding magma!
Piercing ice!
The will of a conqueror!
The three powers intertwined, fusing into an inescapable net, and crashed down on the lightning-wreathed figure in the center!
The first to attack was Akainu Sakazuki!
"Meteor Volcano!"
He raised his arms. Countless giant magma fists, burning with black flames, rained down like a doomsday meteor shower, covering Garp's position in a saturation bombardment!
Each magma fist... could vaporize a warship!
At the same time!
"Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!"
Aokiji Kuzan thrust one hand forward. The freezing air condensed into a giant, lifelike ice bird. It shrieked, trailing long ice-crystal feathers, and pierced toward Garp's back from a sharp angle!
A rain of magma from above, a bird of ice from below!
And in this pincer attack, an invisible shackle of will, emanating from Sengoku, locked onto Garp, trying to bind his mind and body!
This was a death trap!
It was the combined siege of the Marines' highest powers!
However.
Facing this terrifying setup, one that would make any Yonko's face change.
The man... laughed.
"BWAHAHAHAHA!"
Amidst the laugh, the blue-purple lightning on Garp's body exploded!
CRACKLE!
Blinding arcs of electricity danced. His figure, at this moment, became a blue phantom that the naked eye couldn't follow!
Fast!
Unbelievably fast!
He weaved through the dense rain of magma, through the path of the whistling ice bird, at a speed that defied physics!
Magma fists grazed his clothes, blasting giant magma pits in the ground!
The ice bird's talons slashed through his afterimage, leaving a trail of cold air!
He dodged everything... and even... in the split-second gaps... punched back!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
He didn't touch anything. But the shockwaves from his fists... ignited several magma fists in mid-air!
Wild energy exploded, like fireworks.
And Garp's figure... strolled through this firework display!
"Bastard!"
Akainu gritted his teeth. Magma dripped from his lips, sizzling holes in the ice.
"Ooooh... honestly..." Aokiji's face, for the first time, looked troubled.
Garp's speed... was too fast!
So fast that their proud Devil Fruit abilities... couldn't lock on!
"Don't let him disrupt our rhythm!"
At the critical moment, Sengoku, the strategist, saw through Garp's pattern!
His voice... echoed clearly in Akainu's and Aokiji's ears!
"Sakazuki, main offense! Use your largest AOE attacks to limit his space!"
"Kuzan! Forget single-target attacks, focus on restriction! Use your ice! Slow him down! Don't give him any chance to speed up!"
In an instant, their teamwork became flawless!
"Understood!"
Akainu roared. He no longer aimed, but instead erupted with even more magma, turning the platform ruins into a sea of lava!
Aokiji also changed tactics. He pressed his hands to the ground. The cold air spread, and thick ice walls shot up. The temperature plummeted, and ice crystals formed, hindering Garp's every breath and movement!
Garp's speed advantage... was greatly reduced!
"BWAHAHAHA! Now this is getting interesting!"
Garp laughed wildly. Facing the sea of magma, he stopped dodging!
"Great Eruption!"
Akainu seized the chance. A giant, condensed magma fist... slammed straight at him!
Garp met it with his own fist!
Boom!
Lightning and magma clashed again!
But just as he was locked with Akainu, the ice beneath his feet... exploded with dozens of sharp ice spears, coiling around his legs like snakes!
KRAK!
The ice, which could shatter steel, was instantly vaporized by the high-heat Lightning Release Armour.
But that split-second... pause.
...became a fatal opening!
"Now!"
Sengoku's figure... appeared like a ghost... behind Garp!
He had been waiting for this chance!
There was no grand display. Just a simple, golden palm, imbued with a terrifying shockwave... pressing firmly... onto Garp's back!
VOOM!
A terrifying force, strong enough to shatter organs, exploded!
"Pfft!"
Garp's body shook. He stumbled forward.
A trickle of blood... spilled from the corner of his mouth.
He was... injured!
Under the combined assault of the Fleet Admiral and two Admirals, this monster... was finally... injured!
The Marines, seeing this, erupted in cheers of relief!
However.
Garp, far from looking defeated, slowly straightened up.
He licked the blood from his lips. The light in his eyes... was brighter, and crazier, than ever before!
"BWAHAHAHAHA!"
He grinned, his laugh deafening!
"That's more like it, Sengoku!"
"This... this is what gets my blood pumping!"
CRACKLE!
The blue-purple lightning on his body... didn't weaken. Instead, like fuel on a fire... it blazed even more violently!
An aura, even more brutish, more tyrannical... erupted from him!
"What?!"
Sengoku's pupils shrank.
But Akainu, seeing the blood, showed a cruel smile.
In his eyes, this was just the last flash of a dying candle!
"This is the end, traitor!"
Akainu roared. He slammed his hands on the ground. The magma... formed into two, massive, snarling lava hounds!
"Try this!"
"Hound Blaze!"
ROAR!
The two giant magma hounds... roared... and, with the will to burn everything, lunged from both sides... at the injured Garp!
They would... tear this greatest disgrace of the Marines... to shreds!