The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

However, the lingering force still forced him back several steps, the soles of his shoes scraping against the ground with a harsh sound.

"Heavenly Tremor... truly lives up to its reputation." Ancient Saint Grimm steadied himself, a cold smile playing on his lips.

"But do you think you can fight against the Knights of God with just this much skill..." Grimm Saint's words were cut short.

The next second, Gern's presence completely disappeared from his Observation Haki perception!

"What?!" Grimm's pupils suddenly contracted, and his nerves tensed instantly.

His Observation Haki has never failed him; even when facing top-tier powerhouses like Roger and Garp, he can still detect a trace of their presence.

But at this moment, Gern seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving not even a trace!

"How can this be......"

It wasn't just Figarand Greene who was stunned; among the powerful naval figures present...

Characters like Sengoku, Kong, Kizaru, and Aokiji, who had never seen Guin's "Shock Flash" technique before, subconsciously trembled in surprise.

Meanwhile, in the square

Grimm, whose Observation Haki seemed to have been snapped like a broken string, tensed up completely at that moment.

In particular, the man's presence in their field of vision had mysteriously vanished, as if he had never existed.

This realization caused his mind to go blank for a moment.

Just as Grimm's pupils were frantically darting around, trying to find Gern's whereabouts...

Gern, whose original image seemed to have been erased from the world by an eraser, "jumped" directly to within half a meter of Grin in the next frame.

At this distance, there's no way to react!

Green Ancient Saint's vision was filled with a white light.

Gern grinned, revealing teeth that were eerily white.

A pair of eyes, flashing with a domineering red light, loomed close to his face like a demon!

"When you're fighting, stop spouting pretentious nonsense."

A highly compressed, vibrating sphere had already formed in the palm of Gern's right hand. The air around the sphere twisted and collapsed, emitting a piercing high-frequency buzzing sound.

"Bang!!!" In the next instant, his palm slammed hard onto Grimm's face, and the shockwave sphere exploded instantly!

What followed was a sickeningly loud cracking sound, like a hundred eggs being crushed by a hydraulic press at the same time.

Under the influence of the shockwave, Grimm's eternally proud face twisted and deformed like a clay mask crushed by a child.

As the shockwave spread in a spherical shape, Grimm's golden hair first exploded straight back, and then the ends of his hair began to decompose into golden powder.

"Boom!" His body flew backward like a cannonball, carving a cone-shaped vacuum tunnel through the air.

During the process, he tried to plant his weapon in the ground to stabilize himself.

The result was that the rapier scraped the ground, creating a continuous stream of sparks, but it couldn't slow down its speed by even a fraction.

Finally, it crashed into the square, carving out a trench tens of meters long!

"Cough!" Ancient Saint Grimm coughed up a mouthful of blood, a hint of horror appearing in his eyes.

He tried to steady himself and stand up, but Gern gave him no chance to catch his breath!

"Boom!!" Gern's figure exploded once more, transforming into a pale afterimage.

Space twisted and collapsed along his path, the high-frequency vibrating particles folding the air in his way like layers of crumpled tin foil by an invisible hand.

The ground wasn't cracked from being trampled, but rather riddled with gullies as if gnawed by some giant beast.

“This guy’s strength…” Grimm’s Observation Haki finally caught Gern’s movements, but it was too late!

"This speed...impossible!" The moment this thought formed in his mind, Green Saint's vision was once again filled with a blinding white light.

What terrified him even more was that in the center of that white light, those scarlet eyes were still clearly visible, approaching like the Grim Reaper!

Gern's right fist was enveloped in three layers of energy: the outermost layer was a pulsating dark purple Conqueror's Haki arc, and the middle layer was a liquid-like flowing Ryuo Haki.

Meanwhile, a pale, rice-grain-sized dot of light in the center of his fist was vibrating at a frequency of millions of times per second, causing spiderweb-like black cracks to appear in the surrounding space.

"Black Shock - Instant Prison".

As a cold voice fell, the moment the fist struck Green Saint's chest, time seemed to stand still.

First, a perfect circular indentation appeared on the chest of the ancient saint Grimm, then a dazzling white light shone from the center of the indentation.

With the point of impact as the center, the ground within a radius of 100 meters rises three meters high simultaneously.

It wasn't just shattered; the entire piece of ground was ripped off.

At the same instant, all the glass in the distant Naval Headquarters building shattered, and the shards of glass floated in the air, forming an eerie nebula shape.

Green Guss felt a chill in his chest, as if someone had poured the Arctic wind directly into his chest cavity.

Then comes the excruciating pain, not from external injury, but from every cell vibrating at high frequency, on the verge of disintegration.

The most terrifying thing is the groaning sound from one's own bones that the auditory nerves pick up.

In an instant, a golden figure shot through seven reinforced city walls like a cannonball, finally crashing into the wreckage of a warship in the harbor.

The affected ships did not capsize, but instead disintegrated into their original wood chips, creating a strange circular blank area on the sea surface.

Watching this scene, Gern remained in his punching stance, a vacuum channel extending in front of his fist that lasted for three seconds before dissipating.

He slowly raised his head, the red light in his eyes gradually fading, revealing a lazy smile.

"Now, you can continue with your pretentious talk from before."

Chapter 160 Genius? A madman!

As the smoke and dust in the harbor slowly dissipated, Figarando Greene, who had been blasted into the wreckage of the warship by Gern's two punches, remained motionless for a long time.

The naval personnel watching the battle held their breath, their eyes fixed on the ruins. For a moment, a tense atmosphere filled the air.

On the high platform, a hollow steel teacup hangs in mid-air, oblivious to the hot tea spilling onto its trouser leg.

The Warring States period's glasses slipped down to the tip of his nose, and his eyes behind the lenses were wide open.

Zephyr's sunglasses were askew, revealing an incredulous look in his eyes.

"Gern's strength..." Steelbone's Adam's apple bobbed, "has improved again?"

"And what happened during your first attack..." Sengoku adjusted his glasses, his voice strained.

"Even my Observation Haki couldn't detect his presence."

"Garp!" Zephyr suddenly turned his head and looked at the person who was grinning.

"When Gern lost to Roger, you wouldn't...?"

“That’s right!” Garp laughed, turning his head to stare at Zephyr.

"Ever since this kid lost to Roger and experienced the power of a king-level warrior..."

But he's clinging to me, begging me to give him another round of hellish training!

"Hellish training?" the three exclaimed in unison.

"Hmm." Garp narrowed his eyes, looking at Gern below who had retracted his fist, a rare serious expression on his face.

"For a full six months, you fought me one-on-one without holding back for six months." Garp narrowed his eyes.

"Throughout this process, I launched every attack with the utmost seriousness, except that I did not use lethal force."

"Wait!" Kong grabbed Garp by the collar. "You call this training?"

"Don't rush~" Garp chuckled and slapped his hand away.

"Isn't this thanks to Ribo's healing fruit?!"

"Every time I crippled someone, I'd heal them immediately, then I'd beat them again." He recalled, stroking his chin.

"However, Gern's growth is also evident to all."

He went from losing in less than four hours at the beginning to being able to fight me for three days and three nights straight, locked in a fierce battle...

"Fight Garp for three days and three nights? Even if you didn't have any fighting intent towards the enemy throughout the whole process, this..." Zeff was stunned.

"That's terrifying! I'm sparring with Garp to improve my physical skills."

Sengoku looked at the tall, imposing figure in the arena: "This kid isn't a genius at all..."

“He’s a madman,” Steelbone interjected. “A madman who’s risking his life to improve his strength.”

"Genius or madman, it doesn't matter." Garp suddenly stopped smiling and turned his gaze to the harbor.

"Unfortunately, the problem with the Knights of God isn't here..."

"So..." Kong Kong frowned, and said in a deep voice.

"That guy... he's not really going to end it like this, is he?"

"No, if the Knights of God were so easy to deal with."

Sengoku pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting a sharp light: "The World Government won't let them stay in Mary Geoise anymore."

Zephyr crossed his arms, his gaze behind his sunglasses serious: "Garp, what did you mean by the 'words' you just mentioned?"

Karp grinned, his gaze still fixed on the harbor: "The literal meaning."

"Those guys' bodies... aren't made of ordinary people." Before the words were finished, the ruins of the harbor suddenly exploded, and a golden figure soared into the sky.

Grimm Saint hovered in mid-air, his shattered jaw regenerating at a visible speed, his flesh writhing like a living thing.

Aside from the chest area where it was hit by "Black Shock - Instant Kill" imbued with Conqueror's Haki, almost the entire body was restored.

"It's still the same as always," Garp clicked his tongue. "Exactly the same as back in front of God Valley."

Steel Bone Kong suddenly turned his head: "Exactly the same?"

“Heh…” Garp sneered, “Otherwise, what do you think those bastards relied on to hold off the other Rocks executives back in God Valley?”

"Forget Shiki, even a Whitebeard at his peak could make them grit their teeth!"

......

In the center of the square, Gern's pupils contracted slightly.

He could clearly see that the shattered bones and internal organs in Green Gus's chest were rapidly regenerating.

The flesh beneath the skin wriggled like a living thing, and in the blink of an eye, it was restored to its original state.

Having almost fully recovered, Grimm wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, revealing a ferocious grin: "Not bad punch, but unfortunately useless against me..."

"What a disgusting ability." Gern sneered, the Black Blade Eight Desolations twirling in his hand, its blade gleaming coldly.

“Surprised? Gern.” Gringu Saint raised his head, his long, golden hair still reaching the sky, but a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes.

“Our Knights of God are ‘immortal,’ something you can’t possibly understand.”

Before he finished speaking, his figure vanished abruptly and reappeared in front of Gern the next moment, his rapier piercing Gern's throat with a sharp sword aura!

"Clang!" The black blade Bahuang clashed with the Western sword, sparks flying everywhere.

Using the momentum, Gern retreated, his fighting spirit intensifying: "Immortality? Then let's see how many times you can recover!"

Green Saint sneered, his sword stance suddenly changed, and strange black energy wrapped around the blade: "Ignorance is bliss."

The two figures clashed rapidly across the square, their swords flashing and the ground cracking as shockwaves swept around them.

The naval soldiers had to retreat to avoid being caught in the aftershocks.

In the square, Grin's rapier shot out like a venomous snake, its tip wreathed in Armament Haki, aiming straight for Grin's throat.

Gern could have easily dodged this attack, but Green's tactics made him frown slightly.

The opponent completely abandoned defense, allowing the Black Blade Eight Desolations to slash into his shoulder!

"Swoosh!" The sharp blade embedded itself deeply into Grimm's shoulder blade, and with the accompanying vibrations, his entire shoulder exploded.

At the same time, the rapier pierced Gern's left arm, drawing out a string of blood beads.

"Trying to take it head-on?!" Gern sneered, his left fist gathering vibrational particles as he slammed it towards Gringu Saint's face.

"Bang!" Grimm's nose shattered, but he grinned maliciously and advanced instead of retreating.

He let Gern's fist smash his face, while simultaneously clawing at Gern's chest with his left hand!