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Chapter 177: Is This Even Ninjutsu?
Thud!
Garp's fist fell.
But he didn't feel the sensation of crushing bone and flesh.
Instead, it felt like smashing into an indestructible steel plate.
The massive recoil numbed Garp's arm, sending him sliding back several meters.
"What is that?"
Garp narrowed his eyes, looking at the dust-filled pit.
A golden chakra light was slowly rising from the bottom of the pit, gradually enveloping the Golden Lion.
The light was so dazzling it instantly dispelled the surrounding rain curtain.
A suffocating sense of oppression spread out like a tangible substance.
"Jihahahaha..."
The familiar wild laughter rang out again.
Only this time, there was no weakness in the laughter, only endless arrogance and dominance.
"Garp!"
"You enjoyed hitting me just now, didn't you?"
Boom!
Golden chakra shot into the sky.
Under Garp's shocked gaze, the chakra rapidly condensed into form.
First, massive bones.
Ribs, spine, arms, skull.
Followed by meridians, muscles, skin.
In just a few seconds.
A golden giant, dozens of meters tall, stood upon this battlefield.
Power of the Gods: Susanoo!
Second Form.
Golden Lion Shiki stood at the giant's forehead. Half of his body was covered in a white substance, looking strange and ferocious.
But his Mangekyo Sharingan were now blooming with unprecedented radiance.
He looked down from above at Garp, who was as small as an ant on the ground, grinning from ear to ear.
"Now, Round Two begins."
"Do your best to entertain me!"
Whoosh—
The golden giant merely waved its arm.
The terrifying wind pressure uprooted the surrounding trees.
A chakra greatsword, twenty meters long, slashed down toward Garp with earth-shattering momentum.
This strike was no longer a bizarre spatial cut.
It was pure, absolute, unrivaled violence!
Garp tipped his head back, looking at the greatsword blotting out the sky.
The wild wind whipped his hair, and the muscles on his face trembled from the pressure.
The moment the golden chakra giant stood up, the rain within a hundred-meter radius was roasted into white steam by the terrifying heat before it could even hit the ground.
Amidst the curling mist, the golden skeleton, dozens of meters high and clad in armor, looked like a demon god from mythology. Its hollow eye sockets burned with flames as it stared deathly at the ant beneath its feet.
Garp's entire face twitched.
What the hell is this ghost thing?
Just a moment ago he was a red-eyed mad dog, and after I hammered him, he suddenly turns into a Gundam?
"Hey! This is too much!"
Garp pointed at the Golden Lion in mid-air and cursed loudly.
This dog Shiki, is he using cheats?
"Give me a break! If I smash this thing, will a third form pop out next?!"
Responding to him was the Golden Lion's maniacal laughter.
"Jihahahaha! Scared, Garp?! This is the power of a god! This is the ultimate secret technique of the Uchiha clan!"
Standing in the forehead of the Susanoo, the Golden Lion felt omnipotent.
The chakra pouring endlessly from his body, and the sense of control where he viewed all creation as straw dogs, intoxicated him completely.
He raised his right hand.
The massive golden skeleton moved with him, holding the twenty-meter-long chakra greatsword high.
It wasn't just a weapon condensed from chakra.
Wrapped around the golden blade edge was a layer of gray, heart-palpitating fluctuation.
That was the pupil technique of the right Mangekyo eye—Ame no Ohabari.
Sever matter, sever space, sever all obstacles.
"Die, Garp! This strike will send you back to the East Blue!"
Boom!
The greatsword slashed down.
No fancy techniques, no superfluous movements.
Only pure size, pure weight, and that sharpness that cut through everything.
The atmosphere was torn apart, emitting a piercing screech. Before the blade edge even arrived, the soil on the ground began to disintegrate and collapse, forming a bottomless ravine.
Garp's scalp went numb.
Can't block this sword. Have to dodge.
"Bastard thing!"
Garp cursed. The muscles in his legs swelled instantly, and Lightning Release chakra exploded at the soles of his feet.
Bang!
Mud splashed as Garp's figure turned into a purple flash, moving horizontally across the ground frantically.
The next second.
The greatsword struck the ground.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a tooth-aching, soft sound like tearing fabric.
Sshhh—!!!
The earth was like butter cut by a hot knife, instantly splitting into two halves.
The incision was smooth as a mirror, deep and bottomless.
Immediately after, the violent shockwave arrived late, wrapping countless stones and soil as it blasted frantically to both sides.
Garp, who had just escaped dozens of meters away, was blown directly away by this airwave.
He rolled a few times in the air and smashed heavily into a pile of rubble.
"Cough cough..."
Garp pushed away the boulder pressing on him and climbed up, covered in dirt and grime.
He glanced at where he had just stood.
It had turned into an abyss dozens of meters wide, stretching as far as the eye could see.
If he had stayed there for even half a second longer, he would be cut into two slices right now.
"Is this even Ninjutsu?"
Is this the kind of guy that brat Kaido dealt with in Wano Country?
Dust rolled, obscuring the sky and sun.
Garp spat out the sand in his mouth, looking at the golden skeleton standing between heaven and earth, his eyelids twitching wildly.
"What's wrong, Garp? Weren't you hopping around happily just now?"
Shiki stood in the Susanoo's forehead, looking down at the figure in the ruins.
The pleasure of controlling everything almost made him moan.
This was power.
As if with just a thought, the world would tremble beneath his feet.
"Shut up for this old man!"
Garp stood up straight, cursing as he patted the dust off his body.
"Isn't it just a bit bigger? On the sea, this old man has hammered plenty of Sea Kings bigger than you!"
Although his mouth was tough, Garp knew in his heart that this was real trouble.
That golden bone frame was ridiculously hard; the punch just now had left his hand bones aching even now.
And the strange fluctuation attached to that sword... just grazing it meant a severed limb.
"Stubborn dead duck."
Shiki sneered, the Mangekyo pattern in his pupils rotating slightly.
Rumble—
The giant golden arm raised again.
The wind howled, snapping all the surrounding trees.
"Since you won't admit defeat, then die!"
The greatsword slashed down again with an aura of destroying everything.
Garp gritted his teeth, his muscles tense, purple Lightning Release chakra dancing wildly on his skin.
Dodge?
Nowhere to dodge.
The range covered by this sword was too large, and that feeling of being locked on felt like thorns in his back.
He could only tank it!
"Nintaijutsu: Lightning Armor!"
Just at this critical moment.
Shoo—!
A blinding golden light suddenly cut through the gloomy sky.
That light was too fast, too bright.
It even outshone the golden light emitted by the Susanoo.
Ding!!!
A crisp impact sound resounded through the clouds.
Garp only saw a blur, and the chakra greatsword that was about to land on his head actually stopped.
Beneath that massive blade edge, a tiny figure appeared.
The person had one hand in his pocket, and with the other hand, he extended just a single index finger, holding back the greatsword capable of splitting mountains.
Although he only blocked it for an instant.
But that short instant was enough.
Boom!
Light exploded.
The massive reaction force sent the tiny figure flying, smashing through a dozen large trees before stopping.
But the Susanoo's attack was also interrupted; the greatsword deviated from its trajectory and slashed ruthlessly into the open ground nearby.
The earth cracked, and rocks pierced the sky.
Garp seized the opportunity to leap several times, jumping out of the attack range. He looked with astonishment at the figure slowly climbing up from the ruins.
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