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# Chapter 1060: Admiral Ghost Shark VS Iron Fist Admiral Garp!
"Old man, this time, I feel like I can win, and this feeling is very strong!"
Bullet raised his chin, facing the blowing wind, and laughed heartily without restraint.
He seemed completely unconcerned about the previous four defeats, only caring about the victory in this battle before him.
And Bullet wasn't just saying that to feel good about himself.
He had a basis for it.
After summarizing the experience from the previous four battles.
Bullet found that Garp's strength wasn't growing very fast.
Especially the pressure he felt from the previous battle and the one before that was almost the same.
Meanwhile, his own strength had significantly improved every year.
Not only did the duration of their clashes get longer and longer, but the damage he inflicted on Garp also increased.
Especially the 'Gravity Training Ground' that was just established last year.
For someone with a physical talent of a monster level like him, every training session would cause his potential to be squeezed out by gravity like water.
This allowed Bullet's physical fitness level in all aspects to quickly catch up to his 'canon' self from nineteen years later.
Honestly, his current strength.
Perhaps it was truly as he thought, not much different from Garp's strength last year.
Furthermore, there was another point: Bullet had intentionally not used his Combine-Combine Fruit Ability in the previous four battles.
Because the Combine-Combine Fruit Ability couldn't really play a significant role.
At most, he could combine with the soil on the island or other things to create thick 'earth armor' for himself.
But such a thing was unable to withstand a single blow against Garp's fist, and it also severely affected his movement agility.
If he coated it with Haki to resist, the Haki consumption would be even greater.
So, every time, Bullet relied entirely on martial arts and Haki to clash head-on with Garp.
Actually, some people had suggested he bring a Great Grade Sword, then combine with it before the fight to strengthen his body.
However, Bullet disdained doing so.
He said he wasn't a swordsman, so what was the point of bringing a blade?
Winning wouldn't be glorious, and losing would be even more shameful.
Only weaklings would choose such petty tricks.
What he wanted was to defeat Garp fair and square, then face Im with his chest held high!
Of course.
It was also related to the fact that there were no materials stronger than Great Grade Swords available at the moment.
The Combine-Combine Fruit Ability requires the material to be inorganic matter.
Therefore, 'Punk Hazard Memory Metal' wouldn't work, because this alloy contains biological Lineage Factor.
And ordinary metal, even steel, was like soft mud in front of them.
However, it was said that the Academy of Science was currently conducting research, based on Jozu's Sparkle-Sparkle Fruit Ability and the War Hammer Titan's Body Protection Crystal, to replicate a type of Special Diamond.
So, in the future, Bullet might be able to instantly turn into a second 'Diamond Man'.
Until a material stronger than 'Sparkling Diamond' appears to replace it.
Looking at it this way, the Combine-Combine Fruit was actually more flexible to use than the Sparkle-Sparkle Fruit.
Although it was borrowing external aids, if the external aids were strong enough, they shouldn't be underestimated.
"Puhahahaha!"
Hearing Bullet's words, Garp immediately threw his head back and let out a hearty laugh.
"Stop being so cocky, Shark brat! You're still far from being able to defeat This Old Man's fists!"
In fact, Garp could also feel Bullet's terrifying growth rate.
That was the help brought to him by the World Government's resources.
But Garp didn't have any opinion.
After all, he had been in the World Government much longer than the other party.
Of course, if calculated from the 'Star Gate' opening time, the two were actually the same.
Now, the textbooks in public schools across various places have already designated Marine Calendar 1498 as the first year of the 'Age of Ten Thousand Worlds'.
Only after that would they briefly mention the so-called 'Execution of the Pirate King Incident'.
To be honest, if it were his past self from last year, Garp truly wouldn't have much confidence in defeating this aggressive Bullet before him.
Unfortunately, last year was last year, and this year is this year.
BOOM!!!
"Then let's try it, Old Man Garp!"
Bullet's expression suddenly turned cold, and he let out a roar towards Garp.
Immediately, his fighting intent and aura were no longer held back, bursting outwards fiercely.
In an instant, his entire body's tendons and bones, muscles, and blood vessels all bulged.
The bones inside his body even let out a series of crackling loud noises, causing his already burly muscles to swell another lap.
But these changes all paled in comparison to the aura that burst forth.
The blue-purple aura, visible to the naked eye, transformed into real violent winds and raging waves, carrying unimaginable mental oppression, sweeping across the entire area like an overwhelming tide.
"Come on, Kid, taste This Old Man's fists again!"
Garp's aura was like a volcano erupting.
The powerful strength caused the earth to tremble and the soil and rocks to shake.
Instantly.
Crackling dark red lightning emerged, also transforming into an aura like turbulent waves, colliding head-on with Bullet's Conqueror's Haki.
Rumble————
The heaven and earth of the entire island instantly paled in comparison.
The blue-purple aura and the black-red aura each occupied one side, clashing against each other, resulting in a standoff.
Regarding the Conqueror's Haki that appeared on Garp, some people were surprised, while others were calm.
In fact, the World Government higher-ups had already known he possessed Conqueror's Haki nineteen years ago, which was when Garp and Roger teamed up on 'God's Island' to defeat Rocks.
It was just that there weren't many opponents who could make Garp use his Conqueror's Haki.
So, for so many years, not many people within the Marines knew about this.
However, such a spectacular, such a powerful Conqueror's Haki clash, which even the military's Vice Admiral combat power would find difficult to resist, was merely the opening move used by both sides to build momentum.
The next second.
Bullet and Garp exploded into action almost simultaneously.
Then, appearing at the clash point of the two streams of Conqueror's Haki without distinction of who was first.
Looking behind the two of them.
They had already left behind long purple and red afterimages, as well as rings of sonic boom airwaves visible to the naked eye.
The ground along the way was even forcibly ploughed out into two deep dents and earth waves.
BOOM!!!!!
Two dark fists, one large and one small, both coated with streaks of lightning and with a layer of red energy glowing on their surface.
At the midpoint position, separated by a space distance of about one meter, slammed heavily into each other.
Instantly, a deafening loud noise comparable to thunder appeared at the scene.
Immediately after, one after another semi-transparent shockwave, like waves and tides in the air, continuously spread out in all directions, and extended to the earth beneath the two of them.
The release and coating of Conqueror's Haki!
The hardening, emission, and internal destruction of Armament Haki!
Both Bullet and Garp were extremely proficient in these.
What followed was a competition of the most violent strength within their bodies.
The ground violently trembled, cracking open with ugly cracks and fissures.
Rings of earth waves were squeezed out by an invisible force.
In the blink of an eye, a ring-shaped pit occupying more than half the island's area was formed.
The thick dark clouds in the sky could no longer be described as splitting.
Instead, a hole was blasted out of them, allowing the golden sunlight to shine down.
At the same time.
A surging hurricane quickly formed around the two of them.
The white wind wall, visible to the naked eye, intensified and swept fiercely towards outside the island.
And this was Bullet and Garp's first probe!
"Good Kid, you've become stronger again, puhahahaha!"
Garp felt the strength being transmitted and was not surprised but happy.
Bullet on the opposite side didn't answer, but felt some surprise and doubt in his heart.
Because Garp's strength seemed to have become stronger than last year?
"Hmph, so what? In this battle, I must win!"
Bullet roared like this in his heart.
(End of this chapter)
"Old man, this time, I feel like I can win, and this feeling is very strong!"
Bullet raised his chin, facing the blowing wind, and laughed heartily without restraint.
He seemed completely unconcerned about the previous four defeats, only caring about the victory in this battle before him.
And Bullet wasn't just saying that to feel good about himself.
He had a basis for it.
After summarizing the experience from the previous four battles.
Bullet found that Garp's strength wasn't growing very fast.
Especially the pressure he felt from the previous battle and the one before that was almost the same.
Meanwhile, his own strength had significantly improved every year.
Not only did the duration of their clashes get longer and longer, but the damage he inflicted on Garp also increased.
Especially the 'Gravity Training Ground' that was just established last year.
For someone with a physical talent of a monster level like him, every training session would cause his potential to be squeezed out by gravity like water.
This allowed Bullet's physical fitness level in all aspects to quickly catch up to his 'canon' self from nineteen years later.
Honestly, his current strength.
Perhaps it was truly as he thought, not much different from Garp's strength last year.
Furthermore, there was another point: Bullet had intentionally not used his Combine-Combine Fruit Ability in the previous four battles.
Because the Combine-Combine Fruit Ability couldn't really play a significant role.
At most, he could combine with the soil on the island or other things to create thick 'earth armor' for himself.
But such a thing was unable to withstand a single blow against Garp's fist, and it also severely affected his movement agility.
If he coated it with Haki to resist, the Haki consumption would be even greater.
So, every time, Bullet relied entirely on martial arts and Haki to clash head-on with Garp.
Actually, some people had suggested he bring a Great Grade Sword, then combine with it before the fight to strengthen his body.
However, Bullet disdained doing so.
He said he wasn't a swordsman, so what was the point of bringing a blade?
Winning wouldn't be glorious, and losing would be even more shameful.
Only weaklings would choose such petty tricks.
What he wanted was to defeat Garp fair and square, then face Im with his chest held high!
Of course.
It was also related to the fact that there were no materials stronger than Great Grade Swords available at the moment.
The Combine-Combine Fruit Ability requires the material to be inorganic matter.
Therefore, 'Punk Hazard Memory Metal' wouldn't work, because this alloy contains biological Lineage Factor.
And ordinary metal, even steel, was like soft mud in front of them.
However, it was said that the Academy of Science was currently conducting research, based on Jozu's Sparkle-Sparkle Fruit Ability and the War Hammer Titan's Body Protection Crystal, to replicate a type of Special Diamond.
So, in the future, Bullet might be able to instantly turn into a second 'Diamond Man'.
Until a material stronger than 'Sparkling Diamond' appears to replace it.
Looking at it this way, the Combine-Combine Fruit was actually more flexible to use than the Sparkle-Sparkle Fruit.
Although it was borrowing external aids, if the external aids were strong enough, they shouldn't be underestimated.
"Puhahahaha!"
Hearing Bullet's words, Garp immediately threw his head back and let out a hearty laugh.
"Stop being so cocky, Shark brat! You're still far from being able to defeat This Old Man's fists!"
In fact, Garp could also feel Bullet's terrifying growth rate.
That was the help brought to him by the World Government's resources.
But Garp didn't have any opinion.
After all, he had been in the World Government much longer than the other party.
Of course, if calculated from the 'Star Gate' opening time, the two were actually the same.
Now, the textbooks in public schools across various places have already designated Marine Calendar 1498 as the first year of the 'Age of Ten Thousand Worlds'.
Only after that would they briefly mention the so-called 'Execution of the Pirate King Incident'.
To be honest, if it were his past self from last year, Garp truly wouldn't have much confidence in defeating this aggressive Bullet before him.
Unfortunately, last year was last year, and this year is this year.
BOOM!!!
"Then let's try it, Old Man Garp!"
Bullet's expression suddenly turned cold, and he let out a roar towards Garp.
Immediately, his fighting intent and aura were no longer held back, bursting outwards fiercely.
In an instant, his entire body's tendons and bones, muscles, and blood vessels all bulged.
The bones inside his body even let out a series of crackling loud noises, causing his already burly muscles to swell another lap.
But these changes all paled in comparison to the aura that burst forth.
The blue-purple aura, visible to the naked eye, transformed into real violent winds and raging waves, carrying unimaginable mental oppression, sweeping across the entire area like an overwhelming tide.
"Come on, Kid, taste This Old Man's fists again!"
Garp's aura was like a volcano erupting.
The powerful strength caused the earth to tremble and the soil and rocks to shake.
Instantly.
Crackling dark red lightning emerged, also transforming into an aura like turbulent waves, colliding head-on with Bullet's Conqueror's Haki.
Rumble————
The heaven and earth of the entire island instantly paled in comparison.
The blue-purple aura and the black-red aura each occupied one side, clashing against each other, resulting in a standoff.
Regarding the Conqueror's Haki that appeared on Garp, some people were surprised, while others were calm.
In fact, the World Government higher-ups had already known he possessed Conqueror's Haki nineteen years ago, which was when Garp and Roger teamed up on 'God's Island' to defeat Rocks.
It was just that there weren't many opponents who could make Garp use his Conqueror's Haki.
So, for so many years, not many people within the Marines knew about this.
However, such a spectacular, such a powerful Conqueror's Haki clash, which even the military's Vice Admiral combat power would find difficult to resist, was merely the opening move used by both sides to build momentum.
The next second.
Bullet and Garp exploded into action almost simultaneously.
Then, appearing at the clash point of the two streams of Conqueror's Haki without distinction of who was first.
Looking behind the two of them.
They had already left behind long purple and red afterimages, as well as rings of sonic boom airwaves visible to the naked eye.
The ground along the way was even forcibly ploughed out into two deep dents and earth waves.
BOOM!!!!!
Two dark fists, one large and one small, both coated with streaks of lightning and with a layer of red energy glowing on their surface.
At the midpoint position, separated by a space distance of about one meter, slammed heavily into each other.
Instantly, a deafening loud noise comparable to thunder appeared at the scene.
Immediately after, one after another semi-transparent shockwave, like waves and tides in the air, continuously spread out in all directions, and extended to the earth beneath the two of them.
The release and coating of Conqueror's Haki!
The hardening, emission, and internal destruction of Armament Haki!
Both Bullet and Garp were extremely proficient in these.
What followed was a competition of the most violent strength within their bodies.
The ground violently trembled, cracking open with ugly cracks and fissures.
Rings of earth waves were squeezed out by an invisible force.
In the blink of an eye, a ring-shaped pit occupying more than half the island's area was formed.
The thick dark clouds in the sky could no longer be described as splitting.
Instead, a hole was blasted out of them, allowing the golden sunlight to shine down.
At the same time.
A surging hurricane quickly formed around the two of them.
The white wind wall, visible to the naked eye, intensified and swept fiercely towards outside the island.
And this was Bullet and Garp's first probe!
"Good Kid, you've become stronger again, puhahahaha!"
Garp felt the strength being transmitted and was not surprised but happy.
Bullet on the opposite side didn't answer, but felt some surprise and doubt in his heart.
Because Garp's strength seemed to have become stronger than last year?
"Hmph, so what? In this battle, I must win!"
Bullet roared like this in his heart.
(End of this chapter)
