Luo Chen stood atop the head of the Thousand-Armed Guanyin statue, wreathed in white clouds.
On the ground, everyone was a tiny black dot, as small as an ant.
'Susanoo,' Luo Chen called out in his mind.
Following this, the entire Thousand-Armed Guanyin statue was encased in an azure, energy-based suit of martial god armor.
Inside was the dark green Thousand-Armed Guanyin.
On the outside was the azure Martial God Giant, holding two swords, also over a thousand meters tall.
An indescribable sense of pressure weighed down on everyone's hearts.
On the other side, Bullet let out a wild laugh. A demonic aura surged from his body, like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts. Blue lines of light fanned out from under his feet, spreading across the entire island.
Garp's expression turned grim. He suddenly unleashed his Armament Haki, blocking the blue lines that were spreading toward him.
Whitebeard, seeing this, also shouted, "Everyone, pull back for now!"
Luo Chen's thousand-meter Martial God Giant and Guanyin statue were already terrifying enough.
It seemed Bullet was also about to use the power of his Clank-Clank Fruit.
The Clank-Clank Fruit, as its name implied, allowed one to merge with external objects.
These objects did not include any organic matter.
However, rocks, mountains, soil, ruins, weapons, and ships could all be fused.
The blue lines spreading out from under Bullet's feet were the tangible manifestation of his fruit's power.
Garp was using his Armament Haki to block the large patch of earth behind him, trying to prevent Bullet from merging with too many external objects.
The more he fused with, the stronger Bullet would become.
Countless tons of soil.
The hundred-plus warships and forty-plus pirate ships docked in the bay.
The vast number of weapons scattered on the ground.
The cannons lining the high walls.
All of it became a target for Bullet's fusion.
Even with Garp using Armament Haki to block, he couldn't stop it all.
The inorganic materials flowed like a black torrent, converging on Bullet's body.
His massive frame was instantly swallowed by the black flood.
A pitch-black "mountain peak" rose from the ground, reaching a height of one hundred meters in an instant.
Three hundred meters... five hundred meters... seven hundred meters... nine hundred meters.
In the end, it was just slightly shorter than the azure Martial God Giant next to it.
The giant monster Bullet had created was pitch-black, its body flickering with deep blue patterns of light, like blood vessels.
The black monster had the head of a beast, its eyes as red as two blood moons hanging high in the sky.
"ROAR—!" The black monster roared.
The blast of air from its giant mouth blew away many Marines and pirates.
From Marine Rear Admirals down to Marine officers, all stared at the two giants that touched the sky, feeling a deep sense of despair and powerlessness.
How could they fight monsters like these?
One punch, and they wouldn't even leave bone fragments behind.
Crocodile, who was busy fighting Enel, looked at the black monster, his expression complicated.
Once, in his youth, he had fought Douglas Bullet to a standstill.
But after so many years, he couldn't even beat a chuunibyou idiot.
Bullet's strength, however, hadn't faded much at all.
On the pirate side, most of Whitebeard's "sons" had run back.
Only a few of the stronger commanders and elite officers were still fighting.
It was obvious that the coming battle would have a massive area of effect.
If they weren't strong enough, staying on the battlefield would only mean throwing their lives away.
Luo Chen's cold voice drifted down from atop the thousand-meter Martial God Giant.
"Sengoku, hand over Onigumo. You and Vice Admiral Tsuru will confess what the Marines did in the East Blue in front of everyone, and I can leave."
"Otherwise, don't blame me for sinking Marineford."
"Once this battle truly begins, it's hard to say how many of these Marines under your command will survive."
On the execution platform, Sengoku roared, "Sharp-tongued! Do you think the Marines will yield?! Justice will never bow to criminals like you!"
"You won't cry until you see the coffin," Luo Chen snorted.
The Martial God Giant and the Thousand-Armed Great Buddha forms continued to merge and transform.
In a moment, the giant Susanoo also grew a thousand arms from its back.
Energy armor wrapped around each of the thousand arms.
This was his technique, fusing the two great jutsu of Susanoo and the True Several Thousand Hands.
The giant azure Martial God stood in the world, holding two swords, with a thousand arms fanned out behind its back like a peacock's tail.
Luo Chen slashed one sword down at Aokiji and Kizaru below.
The sword, hundreds of meters long, also covered a large number of Marines in its range, including no small number of Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals.
Aokiji tried to stand, but the severe wound on his back made him grimace in pain. His body bent over, and he had to support himself with his hands on his knees.
Kizaru looked troubled.
His fruit's development was more focused on speed.
In terms of raw frontal power, he was far behind Aokiji and Akainu. He would have a hard time blocking this slash.
But now Aokiji was heavily wounded, and who knew where Akainu had run off to.
It seemed this attack was his to block.
At the critical moment, a figure beside him leaped into the air, heading straight for the giant's sword.
"Leave it to me!" Garp's "Justice" coat whipped in the wind, his expression unusually serious.
His right fist turned pitch-black, black-and-red lightning crackling around him as his Haki dominated the sky.
"It's Vice Admiral Garp!"
"Great! Vice Admiral Garp is making his move!"
Below, the Marines were overjoyed.
Next to the Martial God Giant, Bullet's fused black monster was preparing to slam its fist into Garp.
Luo Chen said, "Go help Shiryu. He's about to be finished by Mihawk."
The black giant glanced at Shiryu's fight, and a muffled voice rumbled from its mouth:
"After this war, you and I will fight in these forms."
"Fine," Luo Chen agreed.
'A fight is fine.'
'But I'll wait until my physical techniques have improved, and I can easily defeat Bullet.'
'I don't need to worry about training points. There's still gold on Skypiea to sell.'
'And in the New World, there's that guy called the Golden Emperor, said to be the richest man in the world.'
'Get him, and I've practically got the world.'
Luo Chen estimated that after subduing the Golden Emperor, he would be truly, genuinely close to being invincible.
The black giant lifted its mountain-sized thigh and stomped toward Mihawk.
The world's greatest swordsman, Mihawk, casually flicked out a glowing green slash.
The black giant's body leaned back, taking a step backward.
The entire island of Marineford trembled slightly.
'The man whose basic attacks are ultimate moves... he's really something,' Luo Chen couldn't help but complain internally.
Then his attention returned to his own battle.
The Hero of the Marines, Garp. Even in his old age, his strength was not to be underestimated.
This slash would probably be blocked by him.
In mid-air, Garp's iron fist, wreathed in Armament and Conqueror's Haki, collided with the giant sword.
Endless energy exploded at that moment.
A brilliant white light, like a sun in the sky, bloomed fiercely at the point of impact.
Many people were forced to shut their eyes from the blinding light.
A heaven-shaking sound exploded in their ears. Some people's ears began to bleed, and they clutched them in pain.
A gale-force shockwave swept out from the point of collision.
The hundreds-meter-tall ice waves on both sides of the battlefield shattered instantly.
The frozen ocean also cracked, and the sea churned violently, crashing against the broken shore.
A figure in a "Justice" coat fell from mid-air.
The giant's sword was also stopped.
In this clash, Luo Chen and Garp were evenly matched. Neither had gained an advantage.
"Garp, you're so old. You should have retired long ago," Luo Chen's voice drifted over.
The Martial God Giant's other hand brought its greatsword slashing down.
At the same time, the thousand arms on its back, covered in energy armor, also swung down.
Armament Haki wreathed, Conqueror's Haki wreathed.
The thousand arms condensed into a sea of pitch-black fists, dark red lightning slithering between them like thousands of spiritual snakes.
Garp's expression was grave. "I can't retire until I've dealt with all you pirates."
He used Moonwalk to stop in mid-air, wreathed his fists in Armament Haki, and unleashed an extremely fast and dense barrage of punches.
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