"Are you ready?"
After Carina finished creating the battle terrain for Nami, Yami's figure appeared out of thin air in front of them and asked.
"Mhm... I'm ready, Master."
Nami, Carina, and Hancock, the three women, all nodded.
"Good. Then let's start the battle according to the assignments."
Yami nodded, then controlled the Pegasus and the Perfume Yuda to descend from the sky.
After Robin, the other girls, and the Kuja warriors had all disembarked, the Pegasus and Perfume Yuda once again shot into the sky, quickly disappearing from this battlefield.
Immediately, it's unknown what orders Sandersonia and Marigold gave the Kuja warriors.
Under the curious gazes of the Kuja, Nojiko took all of them into her castle.
Then, Robin, Perona, Sandersonia, and Marigold were also taken into the castle.
As for Shirahoshi, Yami did not bring her, nor did he leave her on Amazon Lily.
Before the battle began, he had sent Shirahoshi back to Fish-Man Island, much to the immense relief of Neptune and the three Neptune brothers, who had also seen the news.
After taking Robin and the others into the castle, Nojiko's body suddenly transformed into a tank.
Just like that, on the ice plain that originally held two ships and over a hundred people, only five remained: Captain Yami, the "Big Three" Hancock, Carina, and Nami, and the regular officer, Nojiko.
"Hahaha... brat, I'm here!"
Just as everyone entered their combat stance, a hearty laugh, full of Haki, traveled from far to near, reaching the ears of Yami's group of five.
A giant afterimage, like an arrow loosed from a bowstring, was flying rapidly towards them.
"That kind of Moon Walk and Soru... is that the legendary Marine Hero?"
"As expected of the legendary Marine who pushed the Pirate King to the brink multiple times. Such a strong sense of pressure!"
"..."
Sensing the rapidly approaching Garp, Carina and Nami exclaimed in slight awe.
"Heh... I've been waiting."
Looking at the charging Garp, Yami's mouth quirked, his face also showing intense fighting spirit.
After deciding to walk the path of martial arts, where one force breaks all techniques, Yami had set several targets he must defeat.
Among these targets, Kaido and Garp were two of them.
The former was the World's Strongest Creature, a hexagonal all-around warrior at the peak of his strength.
The latter was a true martial arts master, who had earned his current status with his pair of fists and Haki.
Fighting or defeating these two people would allow Yami to achieve astonishing growth.
"Go find your opponents. Be careful."
Thus, Yami left this instruction, and his figure, instead of disappearing with teleportation, also turned into an arrow-like afterimage, flying rapidly towards Garp.
The two afterimages, one from the left and one from the right, were about to collide.
"Perfect timing! Eat my fist!"
Garp ripped off his 'Justice' cloak, the muscles under his suit jacket bulging. His fist, covered in a black substance and wreathed in dark red lightning, tore through the air as he threw a punch at Yami from a distance.
Boom—
A shockwave, even more astonishing than the previous Fist Bone Impact, was blasted out by Garp's punch.
No probing, just a greeting between super-powerhouses—Conqueror's Haki Infusion!
This also meant Garp was not underestimating Yami and wasn't treating this battle like child's play.
Yami also hadn't expected this Marine Hero to regard him so highly.
Thus, Yami didn't choose to dodge. He likewise wrapped his fist in Advanced Armament Haki and threw a punch.
Boom—
A giant, transparent white pillar of light was blasted out by Yami.
The two different shockwaves and flowing Haki collided. They didn't make contact; they were blocked by an invisible substance.
Because it wasn't a clash of Conqueror's Haki Infusion, the dark clouds in the sky were not torn apart.
After the two shockwaves stalemated in the air for a moment, they immediately turned into a hurricane, once again ravaging the ice plain, filling the white land with cracks.
Fortunately, Aokiji had used Ice Age again, freezing the deeper sea.
The two shockwaves and flowing Haki did not turn the ice plain back into the sea.
"Hahaha... brat, you haven't mastered Conqueror's Haki Infusion?"
Garp and Yami landed from the sky. The former then charged at the latter, laughing and teasing as he threw out punches that could easily shatter mountains.
"Yeah, why don't you teach me?"
Yami wasn't angry either. He also threw out fists that tore the air, smiling as he spoke.
Their fists collided, once again erupting with a fierce shockwave, forming blade-like gusts of wind that tore at the ground.
"If you give up being a pirate and join the Marines, I'll teach you."
"Heh... I'd dare to join, but would you dare to accept me? A mere Headquarters Vice Admiral, talking big without batting an eye. Anyone who didn't know better would think you're the Fleet Admiral."
Yami and Garp continuously attacked and defended, each punch exploding with a sound more astonishing than a cannonball.
At the center of the terrifying shockwaves, the two could chat as if they were having a normal conversation.
Yami, having entered combat mode, habitually started talking trash: "Fleet Admiral? Even above you are the Commander-in-Chief and the Gorosei. If you could really convince them, your son wouldn't be history's most vicious criminal."
"You damn brat, show some respect when talking to your elders!"
Garp, rendered speechless by Yami's comeback, could only glare, then threw a punch wreathed in Conqueror's Haki.
To this, Yami didn't take Garp's punch. He used Soru to appear behind Garp and kicked out.
However, when the kick landed on Garp's body, it passed right through. It was just an afterimage.
The next second, a fierce gust of wind hit him in the face.
A fist, larger than Yami's head, smashed over from the side.
Yami was not surprised; his figure disappeared like a gust of wind.
Bang bang bang bang bang...
Two agile figures, one tall and one short, constantly flickered on the ice plain and in the air, attacking and defending.
Changing positions every second, their colliding fists erupted with shockwaves that bloomed in the air like halos.
Garp, while fighting Yami, didn't notice that he had been marked by Yami.
He also didn't notice that this young man was using Clairvoyance and "Scan" to peer into the cellular changes during his battle.
That's right, Yami had quietly deployed his Ope-Ope "Room".
Over the past six months, Yami hadn't just improved his combat power. His knowledge and fruit mastery had also seen astonishing improvement. He had specifically developed a "divine skill" for stealing techniques, using his Giro Giro no Mi and Ope Ope no Mi.
Since he didn't have the talent for that Haki, he would just cheat with his "hacks"!
The reason he mastered Advanced Armament Haki wasn't some sudden enlightenment in the past six months; he had used this "stealing" skill to learn it from Hancock.
Now, Yami was stealing Garp's Conqueror's Haki Infusion.
Compared to Kaido, who likes to fight with a kanabo, Garp, who also fights with his fists, seemed to be a more suitable teacher for Yami.
While Yami and Garp were fighting fiercely...
The warship, advancing with its paddle wheels, also arrived on the battlefield, and Carina and the others began to choose their opponents.
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