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Like a drop of water falling onto a lake, creating ripples in the air.

Surprisingly, the clash between the two attacks, which were far more powerful than before, did not produce any significant shockwaves; instead, the atmosphere remained remarkably calm.

Between the two, a black sphere with a diameter of about one centimeter was formed.

The 'black sphere' has swirling ripples around its edge and is entirely black, drawing in all the surrounding light.

This is the ultimate black.

At this moment, "it" is constantly rotating.

!!!

Not to mention the others, Kyle and Im were also completely bewildered, not knowing why this had happened.

They didn't know what this 'black ball' actually was either.

This was the first time they had ever seen such a situation.

Before they could think too much, the 'black sphere' in the middle suddenly emitted an extremely powerful gravitational force.

Even with Kyle and Im's strength, they were completely caught off guard and utterly unable to resist.

The next second everything went black, and he lost consciousness, completely unaware of what had happened.

At this moment, besides the heavens and the earth, only Garp below knew what had happened.

Garp was floating in mid-air using Moonwalk, his clothes tattered, and blood trickling from his mouth down his body.

He looked quite disheveled.

Garp was already seriously injured after being hit by Im.

But Garp was completely ignoring his injuries at the moment. Instead, his pupils widened as he stared incredulously in the direction where Kyle and Im had originally been.

He had an expression of utter astonishment, as if he had witnessed something that would shatter his worldview.

A purplish-black "hole" appeared in mid-air ahead, about half a person's height, as if it were about to devour everything.

Before Garp could react further...

A ripple suddenly spread from the purplish-black "hole," and a wave of energy spread outwards.

In an instant, Garp felt an extreme chill rush from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

His expression changed drastically.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately turned around and sped away into the distance at an extremely fast speed.

Despite his severe injuries, Garp still exerted all his strength, his body transforming into a blur as he streaked across the sky.

Even knowing that this would worsen his current injuries, he did not hesitate at all.

At that point, it will be a question of whether I'll even survive.

The extreme threat behind him was the most deadly threat Garp had ever felt in his life, without exception.

As he quickly left, Garp glanced back out of the corner of his eye, and what he saw made his pupils widen in shock.

The strange fluctuation looked exactly like an ordinary shock wave, and it was even less noticeable than an ordinary shock wave in terms of the external commotion it caused.

But that's just how it looks.

In reality, wherever this fluctuation occurred, everything vanished into nothingness.

For example, the clods of earth on the Red Earth Continent disappeared the instant that this fluctuation spread.

That's right, it just disappears.

The kind where nothing is left isn't just being ground into dust; it means not even the dust is gone, it's completely transformed into particles and disappeared from this world.

The fluctuation spread over a range of several kilometers before stopping.

After the commotion subsided, there were no obvious changes in other places, but a huge spherical indentation appeared on the massive red earth continent.

It's as if a huge spherical object had landed on it and then disappeared.

Karp stood several kilometers away, staring with lingering fear at the huge crater in the distance, his heart pounding like a drum.

Beads of cold sweat slid down his forehead.

"What...what was that just now?!"

A considerable amount of time passed, and Garp made no move, remaining in the same spot and observing.

Although he doesn't usually like to use his brain, that doesn't mean he's a reckless person.

On the contrary, he is often very cautious when it comes to fighting.

However, most of the time he could solve problems by simply brute force with his iron fists, which is why he gave the world the image of a brute.

Do you really think he's stupid?

He went to check the situation at this time, in case that kind of fluctuation happened again.

Wouldn't that just be a complete disaster?

He dared not gamble that his Armament Haki could withstand that strange fluctuation just now.

I'm not too worried about whether Kyle can withstand him.

Although he didn't know what the fluctuation was, he was certain that it was caused by Kyle and Im.

In that case, there's nothing to worry about.

If they can't even handle the things they created themselves, then there's nothing more to say.

Besides, if even Kyle can't handle it, then him going up there would just be suicide.

and so--

To be on the safe side, let's play it safe again.

After some time had passed and seeing that nothing had happened, Garp cautiously approached.

Furthermore, the approach speed is not fast, leaving room for error, so that if a problem really occurs, one can escape in time.

So it took Karp almost ten minutes to get to the huge indentation.

A gentle breeze caressed my face.

I looked up slightly; the white clouds were wispy, and the blue sky remained unchanged.

Everything seemed the same.

But Karp knew that there were indeed differences.

First, there's this huge spherical crater in front of us, which witnessed everything that just happened and constantly tells us just how terrifying that force was.

Secondly, he couldn't sense any trace of Kyle or Im at all.

Not even a little bit.

Garp's brows furrowed into a deep frown.

What about people?

Two such grown people, just gone like that?

Before Garp could think too much about it, a yellow flash suddenly appeared on the distant horizon...