"You're nothing but an ant!" San Juan Wolf's roar shattered the clouds within a thousand-meter radius.
With every step of his 180-meter-tall body, the seawater was forcefully compressed into a solid state, forming temporary "land" several hundred meters in diameter.
But these "lands" would then collapse the next second, stirring up hundreds of tons of seawater, like countless depth charges exploding simultaneously.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" San Juan Wolf's fists were suddenly covered in pitch-black Armament Haki.
Before his fists even arrived, the force of his punches had already plowed a thousand-meter-long vacuum trench in the sea, with the seawater on both sides standing vertically like cliffs!
"No wonder Zephyr said that super-large Sea Kings are terrifying; just a casual move from a 180-meter-tall guy like you makes me feel troubled."
Gern held black blade eight desolations horizontally in front of him, the Armament Haki intertwined with Tremor particles on the blade forming a black and white light membrane.
"Clang!!!!" The moment the fist and blade collided, a hundred-meter-diameter energy sphere erupted from the point of contact, filled with high-frequency vibrating white lightning.
The instant the sphere expanded, the seawater within a thousand-meter radius was forcefully pushed aside, revealing the reefs and sand on the seabed.
The splashes solidified into ice crystals at the edge of the sphere, then vaporized into white mist the next second.
"Crack, crack, crack..." The seabed rock layers cracked under the vibration.
Gern's powerful Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability caused micro-plate movement, and an "island" made of shattered rocks actually rose out of nowhere beneath their feet!
"A little interesting," Gern's military boots sank deep into the rock layer, but a excited arc formed at the corner of his mouth.
The blade of black blade eight desolations rubbed against the giant fist, creating dazzling sparks, each spark exploding into a small Quake Flash in the air.
At the same time, San Juan Wolf, who found himself unable to push forward an inch, felt his pupils tremble.
He actually felt that Gern's strength was completely on par with his own, and he was a Super Giant!
"Why is your strength so similar to mine?!"
"No choice, this is just one of my seemingly good talents on the surface!
And... if you can't push me, then it's my turn!" Gern suddenly withdrew his blade and retreated.
San Juan Wolf didn't have time to retract his strength, and his entire massive body staggered forward.
At the same time, Gern's left fist was covered in Armament Haki, and a vibrating vortex condensed into a wave at the tip of his fist, causing the surrounding space to twist and collapse.
"Hey, wait!!!" San Juan Wolf's expression changed in surprise, but his massive body had no time to dodge.
"I've wanted to try this move for a long time!" Gern showed an excited smile, "Take this, Supreme Ripple Fist!!!"
"Boom!!" The moment the straight punch sent out the wave, the air on the punch's trajectory was completely sucked out, forming a vacuum tunnel.
The instant it hit San Juan Wolf's abdomen, a thousand-meter-class cylindrical Quake Flash erupted behind him, directly tearing the sea area behind him in half.
"Waaah!" San Juan Wolf spewed out a waterfall of blood, kneeling on the temporarily formed "island."
Gern shook his wrist, pointing black blade eight desolations at his opponent: "Continue?"
"Continue your..." San Juan Wolf was about to curse, but just as he raised his hand, a terrifying voice came.
"I understand, raising your hand isn't an apology, it's Supreme Ripple Fist!!"
"Supreme Ripple Fist!"
"Supreme Ripple Fist... This is so satisfying, your body size is simply custom-made for this, taking full damage... Supreme Ripple Fist!"
For a time, facing the oversized San Juan Wolf brand experimental dummy,
Gern said nothing, just repeatedly used Supreme Ripple Fist!!
...
"Whew!" After a long while, Gern, thoroughly satisfied with the fight, let out a long breath.
"Heh, you can't even knock me down!" San Juan Wolf's massive body forcibly straightened amidst the intense pain.
His whole body was softened, but his mouth was stubborn.
"Shatter the sky? It's nothing special." As he spoke, he seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, his left palm, carrying the force to shatter mountains and break seas, slammed down towards Gern.
Before the giant palm arrived, the force of its impact had already pressed a thousand-meter-diameter depression into the sea surface.
The temporarily formed rock island disintegrated under the air pressure, and the splashing gravel turned into dust the moment they touched the edge of the palm's wind.
Gern's cloak of justice flapped in the strong wind, but his figure remained motionless.
Just as the giant palm was about to touch his hair—"Quake Flash."
Gern's body transformed into countless pulsating pale particles, dissipating into nothingness at the critical moment.
The next instant, the sky full of particles re-condensed in front of San Juan Wolf's brow.
"It's been a while since I used this move..." Gern gently stroked the blade of black blade eight desolations with his left hand.
Wherever his fingertips passed, the air began to twist unnaturally.
Tremor particles converged towards the blade like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, and the energy compressed to its limit caused the surrounding space to emit a low-frequency hum.
San Juan Wolf's pupils suddenly contracted.
As a strong individual in the New World, even his not-so-strong Observation Haki instinctively detected a fatal threat.
This was absolutely more terrifying than taking a Supreme Ripple Fist!!
But at this moment, his massive 180-meter-tall body became his biggest burden, unable to make an effective response in time.
"If you have the guts, keep using Supreme Ripple Fist! You bastard Marine."
"Just right to strengthen it now, and casually..."
"Use you to test my blade." As he spoke, Gern's eyes flashed crimson, and Conqueror's Haki surged out like a volcanic eruption.
But unlike usual, this awe-inspiring pressure that shook heaven and earth did not spread; instead, the Haoshoku, which was originally only for deterrence, transformed the moment it appeared.
It turned into a subtle aura that was guided onto black blade eight desolations; in an instant, Armament Haki wrapped around the blade, but the flickering lightning was dark purple.
"I got some insight when I fought Kizaru last time..." The Black Blade let out a joyful hum, and the dark red patterns on the tsuba turned purplish-black.
It was actively guiding the slight Conqueror's Haki that Gern was emitting.
"Buzz buzz buzz!" The low-frequency hum suddenly escalated into a piercing shriek, and the space around the blade began to crack extensively.
Every pulsating dark purple electric light would tear open spiderweb-like black cracks in the void.
"Now, with Eight Desolations' cooperation..." Gern gripped the hilt with both hands and slowly raised the Black Blade.
The most basic overhead stance, yet it caused the seawater within a hundred-meter radius to defy gravity and float upwards.
"This strike..." He gazed into San Juan Wolf's horrified eyes, his voice terrifyingly calm.
"Will make you remember forever what 'Heavenly Tremor' truly means."
"Sky Tremor-Space Split!!" The moment the slash was unleashed, the world stood still for an instant.
"Crack—" A crisp shattering sound echoed through heaven and earth.
Starting from the blade's edge, the entire space cracked like a mirror struck by a heavy blow.
The spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread to a thousand meters high, and destructive purplish-black energy erupted from each crack.
Under the force of fear, San Juan Wolf subconsciously raised his giant palm, but it disintegrated the moment it touched the cracks.
"Im...pos...si...ble..." San Juan Wolf's horrified expression, with his hand severed, froze on his face.
But the cracks continued to extend, silently sweeping past his massive body.
Time seemed to stretch.
Countless fine light traces suddenly appeared on San Juan Wolf's 180-meter-tall body.
The next moment—
"Boom!!!" Amidst an earth-shattering explosion, the giant's body collapsed like a sand sculpture.
A massive crack was cut open in his chest, and every piece of flesh decomposed into dust amidst the purplish-black electric light, causing a thousand-meter-high blood mist to erupt on the sea surface.
The aftershock evaporated the seawater in the entire sea area, revealing a seabed hundreds of meters deep.
When the blood mist dispersed, San Juan Wolf's reduced-to-normal-size, broken body floated on the sea surface, like a whale washed ashore.
Gern sheathed his blade and stood behind San Juan Wolf, the purple-black flashes on the blade gradually dissipating.
"Now, can you still stand up?"
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