The expression on Shiki's face suddenly changed drastically.
It was one thing for Shanks and Kuzan kids to be involved, but no one knew better than him how powerful the old mad dog Garp was!
Just that one old bastard was already someone he couldn't defeat with his current strength.
Not to mention, with both Shanks and Kuzan around.
And even more so, the leader of the Revolutionary Army and that brat Ian were watching from the sky.
"Galaxy Impact!!"
Garp swung a powerful punch from the air.
The roar of his Haki turned into an inverted galaxy, aiming to crush Shiki directly.
Shiki snorted coldly and swung two swords in retaliation.
The collision of Haki shockwaves and Haki slashes created a massive explosion that swept everything in an instant.
As his teacher launched the attack, Kuzan, as his disciple, naturally wasn't idle. He pressed his hand to the ground and said, "Ice Age."
From where he stood, the ground in front of him instantly froze, everything coming to a standstill.
Shiki, who had just swung a sword, was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.
"Ugh—"
Shanks tilted his head, looking a bit troubled. "Should I step in now?"
"Ara ara, although it does feel strange teaming up with pirates," Kuzan said with a sigh, "but, well, there are always special circumstances."
"Blue Hole!!"
Garp plummeted down like a meteor, crashing towards Shiki.
But with the overwhelming strength of Shiki's Haki, there was no way he would be frozen solid by Kuzan's ice attack.
The ice covering his body shattered instantly, and Shiki broke free, swinging his sword to strike at Garp.
The result of their collision was that Shiki was sent crashing into the ground by a powerful punch from Garp.
The already broken and crumbled ground instantly exploded, creating a massive, bottomless pit.
"What a hard punch!"
Shanks couldn't help but comment, marveling at the power of the man who once fought against Captain Roger!
Currently, Shiki had no chance of winning against him.
However...
In the next moment, the ground suddenly began to twist and deform.
A massive surge of dirt and rock erupted from all directions, forming a wave that surrounded the three of them.
Then, the wave solidified into four enormous lion heads, each covered in a powerful Haki, instantly charging toward the three of them.
"Lion's Might—Earthquake!!"
A roar from deep within the ground echoed.
"Ice Age."
Kuzan's face remained expressionless as terrifying cold air surged forth, freezing all the gathered rocks and soil. The four roaring lion heads instantly turned into crystal ice statues.
"Divine Departure."
Shanks casually swung his sword, and the grand Haki slash split two of the lion heads into pieces.
Vice Admiral Garp leapt into the air, his fists swinging in unison to crush the remaining two lion heads.
Far in the distance, the earth cracked open, and Shiki was launched into the sky like a cannonball.
"Come on! What do I have to fear alone!"
Shiki shouted loudly, swinging his sword repeatedly, each slash creating waves of cutting force that fell like a torrential downpour.
Ian couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
Impressive!
Should I say, as expected of the great Shiki?
He really wants to take on Garp, Shanks, and Kuzan alone?
With this lineup, winning would really require bringing Imu here, even if Shanks isn't at his peak right now.
This is basically a one-man fight against one of the Four Emperors and two Admirals.
Though Shiki's attacks are strong, they are still far from enough against Shanks and the others.
Garp swung his fist, Shanks slashed with his sword, and Kuzan tossed ice spears, clearing all the falling slashes in the blink of an eye.
"Shiki!!"
Vice Admiral Garp leaped into the air, aiming to chase after Shiki.
Kuzan's expression changed slightly. "Vice Admiral Garp, don't be reckless!"
Didn't you see what happened to Mihawk just now?
The sky up here is Shiki's domain!
Sure enough, Shiki laughed maniacally, "Kekekekekeke! No one can defeat me in the sky!"
A violent gust of wind whipped through the sky.
The power of the Float-Float Fruit activated again, and the air above was now under Shiki's control.
Even with Vice Admiral Garp's mastery of the Rokushiki, the Soru technique was useless now. He could only continue upward with the momentum from his earlier leap.
But waiting for him was Shiki's overwhelming barrage of slashes.
Garp was instantly knocked down.
"This is troublesome."
Shanks scratched his face in frustration. "It seems like we can't catch him at all?"
"Vice Admiral Kuzan, why don't you just freeze the sky?"
"How exactly am I supposed to freeze the sky?"
Kuzan yawned, "Don't say such impossible things."
"As for you, can't you just cut him down with one sword?"
"Shiki's slashes are stronger than mine; I'm afraid I can't do it."
Shanks sighed.
"Shiki!"
Vice Admiral Garp, who was falling, was so angry that black lightning was crackling around him, "You bastard, if you have the guts, come down here and fight me!"
"Jahahahaha!"
Shiki laughed wildly, "Old mad dog! Do you think I'm just playing house with you?!"
"I've told you, I am the true king of the sky! No one can defeat me up here!"
Just then,
"Shiki, your actions have caused countless people to lose their homes and families, and many others can't sleep at night because of you! I can't allow you to continue existing in this world!"
A fierce wind gathered above Shiki's head. A man in a green robe, his cape flying, swung his fist downward, "Dragon Claw Fist—Storm Dragon King!!"
His arm turned into a wildly spinning tornado, and the fist, carried by the wind, stirred up a tremendous storm.
Shiki's pupils constricted sharply, and he instinctively swung his sword to defend.
Boom!!
The sky exploded.
Shiki fell like a cannonball.
"Wa hahahaha! Well done, Dragon! As expected of my son!"
The Navy hero leapt into the air, raising his right arm high, "Fist Bone Comet!"
His fist shot forward like a comet, trailing a black tail, aimed to pierce the sky.
Clang!!
The pitch-black lightning suddenly flared again, and at this moment, Shiki was once again sent flying like a baseball hit into the air.
"Huh?"
Shanks couldn't help but dig in his ears.
What did he just hear?
"Old man's son?"
Ace was completely stunned, looking up at Dragon.
Doesn't that mean, the guy named Luffy's father?
By generation, isn't that the bastard's younger brother?
Hmm, something doesn't seem right?
"Huh?"
Law was also taken aback, "The Marine Hero is the father of the Revolutionary Army leader, Dragon??"
This was something they'd never heard of before.
"Ara ara," Kuzan slapped his palm against his forehead with a look of extreme headache. "Vice-Admiral Garp, you shouldn't be so careless with your words sometimes."
Dragon, however, paid no attention to this, his hands moving downward.
"Breath of the Storm Dragon King!"
The fierce wind and Haki combined as one, transforming into a whirlwind that violently crashed downward, directly engulfing Shiki.
The massive tornado hit the ground, creating an enormous, deep crater, drilling downward like a power drill, unstoppable.
However, the fierce winds didn't ravage for long. Inside the tornado, enormous slashes shot out, directly scattering the whirlwind.
Shiki floated upward.
His clothes were in tatters, his body covered in wounds, with a clear fist imprint on his chest, a small part of it caved in.
Blood was flowing from his mouth and nostrils as well.
Garp's punch was not easy to take.
Shiki looked down at Shanks, Garp, and Kuzan below.
He then raised his head to look at Dragon, who floated above him, making escape impossible.
That's right.
This guy was the wind itself.
The trick of manipulating air was nothing more than child's play in front of him.
And if it was a matter of flying speed, it was impossible to outpace the wind.
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