Adrenaline surging, Garp ignored the pain all over his body. He looked up, and the Haki in his eyes condensed into a tangible, thunderous form.
The next second.
Boom!
Garp's figure transformed into a brilliant meteor, streaking across the sky with lightning speed, arriving before the two Gorosei in an instant, moving too fast for them to even perceive.
"You're insane!!!" Saturn, in his bull spider form, shrieked.
Before the two Gorosei could react, Garp's fully charged heavy punch had already struck the empty air.
The solid white fist, imbued with exceptionally thick Haki lightning, was like a black lightning tornado, violently impacting the bodies of the bull spider and the sandworm.
Rumble!
Under the rampage of this power, the two Gorosei were uncontrollably sent high into the sky by the enormous black lightning tornado.
Several seconds later, they exploded with a roar against the dome, under Mars' shocked gaze, making the already terrifying celestial phenomenon even more bizarre and grand.
Mars, who had just rushed into the high sky, preparing to move against Akainu, now stared blankly at the old man radiating a bloody aura. He knew that even he would not be able to last more than a second in front of Garp in his current state.
"Hoo... Hoo..."
Garp's movements still didn't stop, but no matter how hard he tried, he could clearly feel the abnormality coming from various parts of his body. His hands and feet were gradually becoming uncontrollable, and his movements began to slow down.
"There's still one more. I need to knock this bird-snake flying too."
Garp took a step, and just as he was about to punch Mars, who had transformed into a bird-snake, flying—
A sharp blade pierced through.
Under Akainu's shocked gaze, a cold gleam carrying an eerie aura passed through Garp's body.
Garp's pupils suddenly contracted. Then he violently spat out a large mouthful of blood, and the vitality in his eyes and the bloody aura emanating from his body began to rapidly fade.
"Garp!"
Hearing Akainu's sorrowful voice beside him, Sengoku, who had already closed his eyes on the ground, couldn't help but sigh.
He was old after all...
Nusjuro had recovered, and taking advantage of Garp's moment of preparing to attack Mars, he transformed into a giant skeleton centaur and ran a blade through Garp's chest.
It was a fatal wound!
"You..."
Garp's hands were covered in powerful Haki. He grasped kitetsu, but this could not resist the blade's sharpness. Fresh red blood and the crimson from his chest simultaneously overflowed.
Garp struggled to twist his body, about to deliver one last punch to the skeleton centaur behind him.
However, the next second, Nusjuro gave Garp no more chances. The skeleton arm suddenly exerted force, violently flipping upwards.
Garp's upper body was cut open by kitetsu, and the pupils in his eyes rapidly turned gray.
"Mars, continue to deal with Akainu." Nusjuro's eyes were cold, and he spoke in a commanding tone.
Seeing this, Mars, in his form as a giant bird-snake monster, shrieked. With black flame clouds trailing from his massive body, he suddenly rushed high into the sky, accelerated, and charged towards Akainu.
"Bastard!"
"I'm really being underestimated, do you think you can take me on by yourself?"
On the constantly cracking earth, Akainu, in a red suit, gritted his teeth, and surging magma erupted from his fists.
"If you want to become a roasted bird, then come on, Mars."
Boom!
Akainu, who had already expended a great deal of energy in the previous battle, suddenly erupted again. The remaining molten magma within him, like his own hot magma, emitted a scorching, crimson glow.
Buzz... Buzz...
Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!
To everyone's astonished gaze, an incomparably dazzling crimson light swept across the sky above Akainu, like a red line dividing heaven and earth, separating the sky from the ground.
At the same time, it instantly pierced through Mars in the sky.
"What is this?"
Nusjuro adjusted his glasses, his eyes revealing intense shock.
That move just now, it didn't seem like something Akainu could do, right?
In his memory, there was only one who could unleash such a powerful red light.
Akainu looked in surprise at the pierced bird-snake monster. As the crimson light pillar in the sky slowly dissipated, he realized something, and a surge of excitement rushed to his brain.
At this moment, thousands of meters away, Renji's black hair danced wildly, and an unprecedented fury surged in his azure eyes.
The next instant.
Boom!!!
A red glow, enveloping the entire world, illuminated from afar.
The boundless pressure, even surpassing the might of heaven, instantly descended upon every inch of Mary Geoise.
A hint of fear finally appeared in Nusjuro's eyes at this moment.
"This power! How can it be so strong?!"
Before he could make too many moves—
Boom!
Nusjuro, in his skeleton centaur form, instantly felt a force descend from the sky. Under the terrifying pressure, even a powerful figure like him was immediately forced to his knees on the ground.
Deep within the Holy Land, in a long, narrow shadow, the bloody, double-ringed pupils trembled violently, as if they had seen something incredible.
Swish!
In front of Garp, who was lying on the ground, a cloak of justice fluttered.
"Renji!"
Akainu's eyes were excited, his fists clenched.
Renji didn't hesitate, raising his hand and placing it on Garp.
[Ding! Reverse Cursed Technique has been upgraded to Lv. 9!]
"Heh heh, are you trying to save him? Give up, it's already..."
Swish!
Before Nusjuro could finish speaking, his head rolled to the ground.
"AHHHHH!!!"
A scream of extreme agony rang out as Nusjuro's rolling head let out a roar.
With King of Curses, even top-tier experts with great pain endurance would scream in pain, let alone someone like Nusjuro, who hadn't felt pain for hundreds of years.
Unbearable agony completely overwhelmed his brain, making him wish for death.
His face was already distorted beyond recognition, covered in snot and tears.
Renji's palm was pressed against Garp's chest. The Cursed Energy that had brought hellish pain to Nusjuro had now transformed into Positive Cursed Energy, capable of healing any fatal wound.
Garp's unfocused pupils refocused, and his cells regenerated rapidly. He slowly opened his eyes.
"Renji?"
Renji grinned. "Vice Admiral Garp, long time no see."