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Chapter 406: This Punch is Called God's Fall!
Boom!
Blue sweat vapor erupted from every pore on Garp's body.
The natural energy of Sage Arts, the wild ferocity of Lightning Release, the absolute destruction of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and the impregnable defense of Armament Haki. Plus the ultimate physical limit-break of the Eight Inner Gates!
Five distinct powers merged flawlessly into Garp's right fist!
At this moment, the space around Garp couldn't even withstand the sheer magnitude of this power. It began to shatter into pieces, fracturing like a broken mirror.
"Hey, Uchiha!"
Garp opened his mouth wide, revealing an incredibly savage smile.
"If this is all you've got..."
"I'm going to be really disappointed!!!"
Madara Uchiha's pupils shrank instantly.
Lunatic! This old man is an absolute battle-crazed lunatic! Facing that violently fused power, even the battle-hardened Madara felt a genuine, physical sense of mortal crisis.
I can't underestimate him!
Madara's hands blurred into a series of hand signs before his chest. The four massive arms of his Susanoo simultaneously raised pitch-black chakra greatswords.
"Then let me see just how far an ant like you can struggle!"
"Divine Vacuum Strike!"
The four chakra greatswords, each hundreds of meters long, cleaved down at the charging Garp with the momentum to slice the world itself in half. This strike was so powerful it carved pitch-black fault lines straight through the fabric of space!
Inside the Partys Bar in Foosha Village, everyone held their breath. Their hearts were practically leaping out of their throats.
On the screen, facing those four apocalyptic greatswords, Garp didn't dodge. He met the blades head-on, roaring as he threw out that ultimate punch—the culmination of all his combined strength.
"Fist Bone: Sage Art: Thunderous Great Atmospheric Quake!!!"
Boom————!!! One tiny fist against four colossal blades. Two forces that completely defied the logic of this world collided violently ten thousand meters in the sky.
There was no sound. The very medium for sound to travel had been utterly annihilated in that instant. An orb of destructive light, thousands of times brighter than the sun, rapidly expanded from the epicenter of the clash.
Just when everyone thought this titanic collision would end in a stalemate...
Crack... A crisp shattering sound suddenly pierced through the orb of light.
Madara Uchiha's expression drastically changed. On the very first chakra greatsword the Susanoo had brought down, a shocking crack was spreading!
Crack! The sharp sound of fracturing echoed like rolling thunder across the silent battlefield. That chakra greatsword, which looked capable of cleaving an entire continent, had actually been halted by Garp's iron fist, wrapped in lightning and tremors.
Immediately after, countless dense fractures crawled wildly up the blade. It looked just like a pane of glass struck by a heavy sledgehammer.
"Shatter... for me!!!"
The veins on Garp's forehead bulged, and the red Sage Mode markings at the corners of his eyes looked as if they were about to drip blood. He had gambled everything on this punch. It wasn't just physical strength. He had compressed the destructive power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to its absolute limit using Senjutsu Chakra.
Rumble——!!! Finally, the pitch-black greatsword could no longer endure this apocalyptic force and violently exploded. Pitch-black chakra fragments rained down from the heavens like a dark blizzard.
But Garp's figure didn't pause for a fraction of a second. Like a primordial beast that had just smashed through its cage, he charged straight at the Susanoo's chest with even more feral momentum!
"What?!"
For the first time, genuine shock appeared in Madara's cold Rinnegan. His proud Perfect Susanoo. The ultimate power that represented a God of Destruction. Someone had actually smashed through it... with nothing but their bare fists?
"Don't get too arrogant, you mere speck of gravel!"
Madara laughed out of sheer fury. With a thought, the Susanoo's remaining three arms moved in unison. Accompanied by the shrieking sound of tearing wind, they attempted to swat this insolent rat to death.
"Too late!"
Garp cackled wildly, the blue-green steam spewing from his mouth like a high-temperature blowtorch. His speed in midair was so fast that not even an afterimage could be tracked.
"Daytime Tiger: Second Stage: Atmospheric Quake Barrage!"
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—! In a single instant, Garp unleashed hundreds, thousands of punches midair. Every single strike carried a white halo that shattered space. Every single strike was cloaked in the wild ferocity of Sage Art Lightning Release. The air was compressed into countless air cannons, bombarding the Susanoo's massive body like a meteor shower.
Back inside the Partys Bar in Foosha Village. Red-Haired Shanks, who had been holding a glass, was completely dumbfounded. His glass tilted, spilling liquor all over his lap, but he didn't even notice.
"Is... is that a level of martial arts a human can actually achieve?"
Shanks' voice trembled. He had always believed that pure Taijutsu had its limits. Yet that crazy old man, Garp, was currently teaching the entire world a lesson with his fists!
"Gurarara..."
Whitebeard stared dead at the screen, the Murakumogiri trembling slightly in his grasp.
"That bastard Garp..."
"To think he's developed my Tremor-Tremor Fruit to this extent."
"Compressing the atmospheric vibrations onto the surface of his fists instead of radiating them outward..."
"A fighting style like that... only his freakish body could withstand the sheer recoil!"
Kaido swallowed hard. Watching the figure on the screen brutally dismantling the Susanoo like a one-man demolition crew made his scalp tingle.
If that relentless barrage of strikes had landed on me... Kaido subconsciously touched his own rock-hard abs, suddenly feeling a bit insecure.
I might die. I would seriously get beaten to death!
On the battlefield.
Boom, boom, boom—! The sounds of explosions merged into one continuous roar. Madara Uchiha's proud "absolute defense." That layered Karasu Tengu Armor. Under Garp's tempestuous bombardment, it began to collapse on a massive scale. The black chakra shell was forcibly ripped away piece by piece, exposing the purple energy skeleton beneath.
"Get the hell... OUT!!!"
Garp roared, his figure instantly appearing right in front of the Susanoo's forehead. That was exactly where Madara Uchiha was located. There was nothing flashy about it. It was just a plain, unadorned right hook!
"Fist Bone: Meteor Smash!!!"
Crack—! The pentagonal crystal at the Susanoo's forehead instantly fractured. Madara's pupils shrank to pinpricks. Through the layer of crystal, he clearly saw Garp's old face, twisted in a savage, roaring laugh. And that fist, wreathed in Haki and lightning.
Boom!!! The final defense shattered. With an unstoppable momentum, Garp's fist smashed right through!
At this moment, time seemed to stand still.
Immediately after, a blinding pillar of light tore across the sky. The colossal Perfect Susanoo, looking like a giant whose spine had just been ripped out, violently disintegrated from the head down! The massive body dissolved into a sky full of fading purple motes of light.
And from within that sea of light, a figure plummeted to the earth like a kite with a snapped string. It was Madara Uchiha!
Rumble—! The earth suffered a devastating impact once more. Madara's body crashed into the ground, gouging out a bottomless crater. Dust and smoke blocked out the sun. The entire dungeon world fell into a deathly silence.
Huff... huff... huff... High in the sky, Garp maintained his punching posture, gasping heavily for air. The lightning armor around him had dissipated. The blue-green steam sputtering from him was now intermittent. His right arm was twisted at a grotesque angle, the skin split open and dripping with blood.
Clearly, that limit-breaking burst had placed an immense toll on his body.
"Did we... did we win?"
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