Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 23 Teach: Cursing his grandson with his mouth while hitting his father with his hands?

With a single blow, the entire naval base was reduced to ruins.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from under a pile of rubble and debris. It then haphazardly cleared away some of the surrounding stones and debris, and Bane emerged from the ruins, covered in blood and wounds.

"Cough cough." Bane coughed twice and spat out some foul blood.

As a user of the Dark-Dark Fruit, although he is a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, Bane cannot transform into an element. However, in the situation just now, Garp's overwhelming Haki filled all directions, so even if he transformed into an element, it would be useless.

What's worse is that, due to the side effects of the Dark-Dark Fruit, Bane suffers double the pain, so he feels that there's not a single part of his body that isn't in pain.

However, as a price to pay for not being able to transform into an element, he also has an advantage that other Logia-type Devil Fruit users do not have: his injuries will be slowly absorbed by the Dark-Dark Fruit.

Just like now, black smoke is emanating from some small wounds on his body, and this smoke is also healing his wounds.

At the same time, as an E-level ability user, Bane's self-healing ability is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Especially during this period, his physical fitness has improved in all aspects. So although he looks very disheveled and miserable at the moment, as long as he is given a little time, he will be able to fully recover.

He had only been crawling out of the rubble for two minutes when a commotion came from the rubble twenty or thirty meters away. Then Smoker emerged from the rubble, covered in dust and dirt, with some small wounds bleeding from them, but overall he was not in any serious condition, just some superficial injuries.

"That old man!" Smoker looked at the naval base, now a complete ruin, and was on the verge of tears!

Bane, however, said understandingly, "In that last attack, Mr. Garp clearly had the initiative and the advantage. Moreover, he already knew that Teach was very strong, so naturally he couldn't hold back and had to go all out. Otherwise, if it turned into a protracted battle, the losses and consequences would be ten times more serious than they are now."

That's right. At the beginning, when Bane was caught up in Garp's onslaught, he was still complaining about Garp.

But when he climbed out of the rubble, he already understood why Garp had done that.

The reason is what he just told Smoker: Garp wasn't acting recklessly; he had made up his mind from the moment he made his move!

Meanwhile, in the center of the ruins, Garp, draped in a Navy Justice cloak and wearing a greyish-white suit, stood imposing and domineering, his face clouded with gloom.

Shaking his cloak, Garp's gaze locked onto a certain ruin. Judging from his Observation Haki, Ace and that guy named Teach were under those ruins.

Sure enough, the next second, the ruins exploded in flames, and then Ace's figure emerged from the flames.

Compared to Smoker and Bane, Ace was in a much worse state. He looked somewhat weak, his ribs were slightly collapsed, indicating that they were probably broken, blood was splattering from his nostrils when he breathed, and blood was also flowing from the corner of his mouth.

It's obvious that the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates was seriously injured after taking a powerful attack from Garp.

Not long after Ace stood up, Teach also crawled out of the ruins in a disheveled state. However, judging from his appearance, although he was also injured and his breathing was a bit unstable, he was in much better condition than Ace.

Seeing this, Garp's eyes also turned serious. Sure enough, that brat named Bane was not lying. This Teach is a tough character!

Just now, at the last moment, this guy named Teach used his Haki to block a lot of the power of my punch. His reaction speed was faster than Ace's, and the intensity of his Haki was also stronger than Ace's!

He had never heard of such a person before, and even his bounty in the Whitebeard Pirates was zero. Such a person was either someone who hated the limelight or someone with a gloomy mind.

Karp thought Teach was probably the second type.

Clenching his fist tightly, Garp once again channeled terrifying Haki power into his hand before saying in a deep voice, "Looking back, I realize I wasn't good enough to teach you how to become a Marine. Ace, your laughable pirate journey ends here!"

Seeing the wild, domineering aura emanating from Garp's hand, Ace took a deep breath and said, "Grandpa, I never said I wanted to be a Marine. Don't always impose your ideas on others!"

"I am aware of your stubbornness, so I will no longer try to persuade you with words, Ace!" A fierce light flashed in Garp's eyes, and he exerted force with his foot again, causing the already cracked ground to fly up with dirt and stones.

Like a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex, Garp charged straight at Ace and Teach.

In that instant, flames erupted from Ace's body, and his Observation Haki quickly locked onto Garp's figure. However, he couldn't catch up because Garp wasn't coming in a straight line, but rather moving back and forth in an irregular trajectory, rapidly approaching the two of them.

Whether with the naked eye or Observation Haki, Ace was unable to track Garp's movements at this moment.

No sooner said than done, in the blink of an eye, Garp's figure suddenly appeared between Teach and Ace.

At that moment, Ace raised his hand in a defensive stance, trying to reduce the power of Garp's iron fist as much as possible. However, as soon as he made the move, he discovered that Garp's target was actually Teach!?

At this moment, Teach was also dumbfounded. "Damn it, you old man, you're cursing your grandson for being disobedient, but why are you hitting me?!"

However, Teach's reaction speed was also extremely fast. He slid his sleeve, and the grappling hook instantly attached to the back of his hand. He reinforced his weapon with powerful Armament Haki and blocked forward.

With a bang, Garp's punch was blocked by Teach, while Ace seemed somewhat surprised. Was Teach really that strong? Could he block the old man's iron fist head-on?

"Old man, I'm fucking..." Teach wanted to curse Garp, but Garp had a wealth of combat experience, and in particular, he did not underestimate Teach at all, treating him as a formidable opponent from beginning to end.

So even though Teach thought he had been careful enough, he was actually a little careless. However, this was a flaw in his character: rashness and arrogance.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

He thought that if Garp couldn't take him down in one hit, he would turn to Ace, but he didn't expect that Garp was keeping a close eye on him.

"Got it!" As Teach parried Garp's punch, Garp changed his move, his fist instantly transforming into a claw that gripped Teach's wrist tightly.

A tremendous force erupted from Garp's hand, and Teach was unable to resist for a moment, being forcibly pulled up from the ground by Garp.

"Fall from the seabed!!!" Garp roared, swinging Teach around, and then slammed Teach into Ace's arms.

Ace reacted extremely quickly this time, instantly igniting the towering flames and merging into them, flying into the air. He was not hit by Garp, but he managed to dodge. Teach, on the other hand, was unlucky. He crashed headfirst into the ground, which then exploded. The immense impact crushed the island's surface into an abyss, and Teach undoubtedly fell into it.

"Flame Ring - Fire Pillar!" Ace seized the opportunity, unleashing a torrent of flames from his arms, instantly transforming them into pillars of fire that shot into the sky, which then struck Garp's figure.

Just then, a burst of dark elemental energy erupted.

"Black Annihilation - Raging Tide!"

The soaring darkness rushed straight towards the flames, and wherever it passed, the flames were quickly swallowed up and disappeared.

Ace was somewhat surprised and doubtful when he saw this, but before he could show it, a powerful attraction suddenly pulled him from the air towards the source of darkness.

(End of this chapter)