Chapter 45: Three Heroes Battle Garp!

The red light and the white light blended together, transforming into a dual-colored spiral shockwave.

The dual-colored spiral collided with a conqueror's Haki shockwave as brilliant as the sun.

The sky trembled instantly.

The collision of the two forces sparked a tiny black dot, which suddenly expanded, creating a massive explosion fireball hundreds of meters wide that spanned across the firmament.

The fireball suddenly burst open, and endless energy transformed into wave after wave of shockwaves that instantly swept across the heaven and earth.

The clouds in the sky shattered, and the earth was battered by flying sand and stones.

"What immense power!"

Abel raised his hand to block the oncoming gale, the flying sand making it almost impossible for him to keep his eyes open.

The collision of their techniques made him feel as though he was witnessing the end of the world.

"Wororororo! Kid, you've gotten quite proficient!"

Amidst the churning gale, Kaido burst into laughter.

Roa stood shoulder to shoulder with Kaido, his hair dancing wildly in the wind. "You're not bad yourself, big brother Kaido. You must have been practicing in private, right?"

"However,"

Roa smacked his lips, looking at the figure falling toward the ground like a meteorite in the distance, "isn't this strength a bit exaggerated? Is the combined power of the two of us barely enough to match him?"

As a collaborative ultimate technique, Hakai was not simply one plus one equals two; it carried a much higher multiplier of enhancement.

Even so, it had only managed to fight Garp's punch to a standstill.

"Wororororo! This world is vast! Roger, Newgate, Shiki—they are all monsters like this!"

Kaido's gaze burned brightly. " Brat, are you scared?"

"I'm almost scared to death."

The corners of Roa's mouth curled high.

The entire island was suffused with a dense black aura, and with that, there was nothing to fear!

Could you even one-shot me?

With my indestructible body protected by the calamity, could you, Iron Fist Garp, really one-shot me with a single punch?

If you can't one-shot me, then I possess infinite healing!

"Brothers in arms, are you?"

Garp's gaze when looking at Roa and Kaido turned slightly solemn, and then his eyes quickly fell upon Abel standing behind Roa. "Lunarians? Where did this brat come from?"

"You should ask your World Government that, Hero Garp,"

Roa said with a sigh. "Just because he was born a Lunarian, he was hunted down by the World Government at a young age to be used for experiments. Do you think this kind of thing is reasonable?"

The Marine Hero fell into a brief silence.

He naturally knew the survival conditions of the Lunarians; merely reporting their whereabouts to the government could earn a reward of one hundred million Berries!

Seeing Garp's expression, Roa shook his head.

This is the part that is completely unacceptable, Vice Admiral Garp.

You've already become a dog for the Celestial Dragons, yet here you are putting on an act of reluctant sympathy?

It feels somewhat less sincere than Green Bull... at least he's honest.

"What a headache!"

The Marine Hero scratched his head. "Forget it, I won't think about things I can't figure out for now. I'll just beat you two brats up first!"

"Wait!"

Roa raised his left hand with a deadpan expression. "I still have something to say!"

"What could you possibly want to say at a time like this?"

Garp cooperated and paused for a moment. "Let's make it clear first, even if you surrender now, I'm still going to beat you up severely."

"There's something I've wanted to say for a long time, and today I finally have the chance,"

Roa said solemnly. "Black Tiger Roa? What on earth were the Marines thinking?! Do you know how much psychological trauma such an ugly moniker caused to a mere child of a few years old back then?"

"Because I was so afraid of being called that, I had no choice but to wipe out every single guy who addressed me that way. My mental stress was huge!"

"Vice Admiral Garp, when you go back, discuss it with Headquarters and have them change me to a cooler nickname. How about Calamity Roa? Or Disaster Maker?"

"Wororororo! You brat!"

Kaido burst into hearty laughter.

This brat hadn't changed at all; he still maintained this casual attitude of not taking his opponent seriously, even when he was at a disadvantage.

"What do you brats know?!"

Hero Garp had already roared and catapulted forward. "Nicknames are supposed to be simple and easy to understand!"

Roa's expression changed drastically in horror.

It really is true!

Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Iron Fist, Big Mom, Red-Haired, Blackbeard, Straw Hat...

I'm in despair. I am in despair over a world with such a universally low level of education and even lower aesthetic standards!

"Stop talking nonsense!!"

Kaido sprang forward to intercept, pitch-black lightning surging wildly on his club. "Roaring Thunder Bagua!!"

Roa wisely retreated. "Big brother Kaido, I'll leave the front to you!"

Trying to trade punches in close combat with Iron Fist Garp would definitely get his head bashed full of bumps.

Therefore.

"Abel! We'll provide ranged support!"

Roa shouted loudly.

"Understood, Boss!"

Abel flapped his wings and soared upward, flames blazing fiercely behind his head. "Flame!"

With a push of both hands, a roaring pillar of fire instantly surged forth.

It looked flashy, but uh, it was also kind of cute and small.

Still, it was enough.

"Burn blazing hot!"

The markings on Roa's forehead horns grew.

The surging flames instantly expanded, transforming into huge, scattering fire dragons that charged toward Garp from all directions.

"Amazing!"

Abel was slightly dazed.

Did the Boss use his flames to create an even stronger attack?

As the flames surged, Kaido had already been beaten back by a single punch from Garp.

"Too slow!"

The ground beneath his feet exploded into a deep crater, and Garp pierced through the air like lightning, lunging straight at Roa. The fire dragons coming from the front were pierced directly through, while the ones coming from other directions didn't even get a chance to touch him.

Too fast!

Was he about to get beaten—or not?

Boom!!

The earth roared.

The charging Garp abruptly stopped, simply because ahead of him, a volcano had erupted!

Volcanic ash and magma were spewed thousands of meters into the sky in one breath by a terrifying force.

"What?"

Garp was genuinely shocked.

A volcano?

Is this also this brat's ability?

Even Sakazuki, the bona fide Magma-Magma Fruit user among this year's new recruits, couldn't pull off something like this!

"Hahahaha! Next up, you won't have anywhere to stand, Hero Garp!"

Roa laughed wildly.

The earth rumbled incessantly as volcano after volcano appeared out of thin air, with stream after stream of magma erupting forth.

In just a few breaths, this area had transformed into a pool of magma.

"This brat!"

Garp had no choice but to use Moon Walk to take to the air, all the while having to carefully dodge the magma and volcanic ash constantly falling from the sky.

What on earth is this ability?

First meteors, then flames, and now magma!

"Old mad dog!!"

Kaido pursued him, stepping on flame clouds. "Great Mighty Deified: Thunder Bagua!!"

"Don't get in my way!"

Garp spun around, his fist primed and ready.

But right at that moment.

"Didn't I say it? You have no footing left! The sky included!"

Roa pulled with his left hand. "Tornado!"

A violent gale arose, instantly sweeping Garp into its center.

The turbulent airflow instantly rendered the Hero Garp's Moon Walk ineffective!

Garp's expression changed accordingly.

At that moment, a club entwined with pitch-black lightning came hurtling toward him.

Boom!!

The firmament shook.

The pitch-black Haki generated by the clash of Conqueror's Haki soared into the sky.

Kaido was instantly blasted flying by the astonishing force, looking like a cannonball.

At the same time, Garp, unable to maintain his footing in the air, plummeted diagonally, crashing headfirst into the magma pool.

It splashed magma all over the sky.

"Tsk,"

Roa clicked his tongue. "Pretty hot, right?"

"I'll help you out of there!"

He raised his left hand. "How about some fireworks?"

Boom!!

The magma pool shook incessantly, and then, an unprecedentedly massive volcanic eruption occurred, with surging magma gushing hundreds to thousands of meters high into the sky like a fountain.

"How magnificent!"

Abel muttered in admiration.

Roa turned his head and glanced at him.

It truly fit the allusion of Three Heroes Battling Lu Bu.