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

His body swelled wildly—five meters, ten meters, twenty meters...

Ultimately, it transformed into a fifty-meter-tall steel behemoth clad in Armament Haki!

His muscles were like cast steel, each one gleaming with a metallic sheen as they spun wildly across his body!

"Now..." Wald's voice boomed like thunder.

"Taste a hundred times the power, speed, and the limits of your physical body!!"

"Thump!!" With one step, the entire island trembled violently!

The next second, his figure flashed in front of Gern at an incredible speed!

"Momo - 100x Speed ​​- Giant Machine Gun!!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom!!" His fists were unleashed like a meteor shower, each strike tearing open a vacuum in the air!

Wherever the fist passed, the earth cracked and towering waves rose on the sea!

However, faced with this devastating attack, Gern merely raised his eyes coldly, his fists wrapped in pale particles that vibrated at high frequencies, the air twisting and collapsing around his knuckles!

"Black Shock - Star Link!"

His punching speed was in no way inferior to the amplified Wald, and every strike was precisely intercepted!

The two men's fists collided wildly, unleashing a deafening roar, and the shockwave swept across the entire island like a tsunami!

At that moment, the entire island of Hatchinos trembled under their power!

Chapter 172 "World Destroyer" Defeated!

The shockwave from the clash of the two fists completely overturned the ground within a radius of 100 meters, sending debris flying in all directions like bullets.

Before long, Wald's giant body was shaken and staggered backward, each step leaving a footprint and crack several meters deep in the ground.

"Impossible!" Wald's eyes widened, his voice booming like thunder. "My power has been amplified a hundredfold, how could you possibly..."

"A hundredfold increase?" Gern shook his numb fist, a cold smile playing on his lips. "So what?"

No matter how many tricks you use to develop things randomly, it's useless! His figure suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he had already leaped into the air, his right leg slashing down like a battle axe!

"Bang!!!" A downward slash carrying vibrating particles slammed into Wald's blocking arms, forcing his giant body to his knees!

"There's another point: your power is borrowed, so you can't possibly adapt this quickly."

Using the momentum, Gern leaped into the air and flipped, gathering power in his left fist, "And my power..."

The pale shockwave emanating from the fist distorted the surrounding space. "It's the result of countless trials and tribulations!"

"Black Shock - Star Piercing!!"

The punch landed squarely on Wald's chest, sending his giant body flying backward as if struck by a meteorite.

It crashed through the rock walls along the way and finally slammed into the bay, creating a giant wave hundreds of meters high!

"Wald!!" Bingjack cried out in alarm from afar, his withered fingers gripping the wheelchair armrests tightly.

The sea churned and boiled as Wald's massive body slowly rose to his feet, seawater cascading down his body like a waterfall.

He looked down at his chest, where a huge dent had appeared, with cracks spreading outwards like a spider web.

"Cough..." He spat out a mouthful of blood, but his eyes burned with an even more intense fighting spirit. "Interesting...very interesting!"

"You actually dared to lecture me, Navy guy!!!"

"Momo - Overlimit Amplification!" Wald roared to the sky, his muscles bulging again, veins bulging like dragons.

But this time, blood began to seep from his skin...

This is a sign that the fruit is currently pushing the body beyond its limits.

"Five hundred times!!" The world seemed to freeze at that moment.

Wald's fist slammed out with the force to destroy everything, distorting space and compressing the atmosphere into visible ripples!

Faced with this devastating blow, Gern closed his eyes.

"Fruit development should proceed according to the user's limits."

A 100x increase in intensity is the strongest you can currently handle; anything beyond that... is meaningless!

Wald's fists rained down like a storm, each strike carrying the power to destroy the island, but Gern's Observation Haki had already foreseen everything!

“Even your movements are much slower than they were a hundred times slower.”

Gern's pupils suddenly contracted, and a purplish-black Conqueror's Haki surged wildly at his fist.

Vibrating particles coiled around his right arm like living things, eventually mimicking a ferocious black-purple dragon with a roaring head and scales as sharp as knives!

"Black Shock..." With a punch, the Shock Dragon roared and tore towards Wald's chest!

"Dragon Fist!!!"

"What?!" Wald's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly pulled back his fist to block, but the shockwave pierced through his defenses, and the violent shockwave raged wildly inside his body!

"Ugh!" His massive body staggered backward, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The amplification effect of the Momo Fruit had been abruptly interrupted!

"It's not over yet!" Gern's figure suddenly transformed into elemental form.

He flashed in front of Wald in a white blur, lowered his stance, and brought his right fist to his waist.

"Black Shock - Star Piercing!"

Armament Haki hardened to its limit on the fist, and vibration particles were compressed into a spiral drill shape, causing the air to twist and collapse under extreme pressure!

"Bang!!" The punch landed squarely on Wald's abdomen!

"Cough!" Wald's eyes bulged out as the 30-meter-tall giant was blasted into the air by the force of the punch!

"Damn it..." He gritted his teeth, trying to adjust his posture, but Gern was faster. Almost instantly, his figure flashed above him.

"Black Shock - Collapse!" Gern slammed his fists down like a warhammer.

"Boom!!!" The vibrating particles spread out in eight directions, and Wald's chest caved in instantly, with the sound of bones cracking clearly audible!

"Ughhhh!" Wald roared in pain, spitting out mouthfuls of blood as his body plummeted like a meteorite, but Gern had already predicted his landing point!

He flashed again and followed up with an uppercut, the vibration particles compressed into a cannonball-shaped shockwave, which blasted Wald into the air once more!

"It's not over yet!"

Gern took a half step back, his leg muscles tensed, and his Conqueror's Haki erupted, crackling with lightning.

He instantly teleported to the front of Wald high in the sky, his left hand hardened with Armament Haki into a claw, and grabbed Wald's head!

"Black Shock - Heaven's Fall... Meteor!" Gern roared, slamming him towards the ground with all his might!

“Boom, boom, boom!!!”

Wald's massive body crashed down like a meteorite, causing the entire island to tremble violently, and the shockwaves created dust waves hundreds of meters high!

……

When the smoke cleared, a giant crater with a diameter of one kilometer was clearly visible on the ground.

Wald lay at the bottom of the pit, covered in blood. The amplification from the Momo Fruit had completely collapsed, and his body returned to normal.

"Cough...cough cough..." He struggled to get up, but Gern's figure had already slowly descended to the edge of the pit.

The Black Blade Eight Desolations had returned to his hand at some point, its tip pointing directly at his throat.

"It's over, 'World Destroyer' Bundy Wald."

"Why...why..." Wald struggled to lift his head, his bloodied teeth grinding together, his eyes filled with resentment.

"My Momo Fruit... it can obviously be infinitely amplified..."

"Heh." Gern stepped forward slowly, the sound of his military boots crunching on the ground was particularly clear in the silent battlefield.

He looked down at the great pirate who struck fear into the hearts of the New World, his eyes cold and icy.

“Because…” Gern said coldly, “even the most powerful abilities require a matching physique to support them.”

No matter how much you increase it, each time it's a completely new feeling of power; your body hasn't adapted to or gotten used to this power at all.

Aside from the 100x increase that suits you best, the remaining amplification levels, in my view, are...

However, he was just an infant who had suddenly gained the power of an adult.

"Hahaha!" Upon hearing Gern's assessment, Wald suddenly threw his head back and laughed, but his laughter was tinged with sorrow.

"It seems... my legend... has come to an end!"

Can I ask you for a favor?

"explain."

"Don't kill my brother." The laughter abruptly stopped as Wald's head slumped down, and he lost consciousness completely.

"When you destroy islands, towns, and countries... are there also civilians pleading with you?"

A mocking smile curled at the corner of Gern's lips as the Black Blade Eight Desolations spun lightly in his hand.

The grayish-white bandages wrapped around itself as if they were alive, eventually settling into an ordinary scabbard.

"He's just a captured pirate; you have no right to make demands."

After saying that, Gern bent down, grabbed Wald's disheveled hair, and dragged him toward the warship.

This once-powerful "world destroyer" now resembled a hunted beast, leaving a long trail of blood on the scorched earth.

Chapter 173 The End

Meanwhile, on the other side of Hatchinos Island, the battlefield

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Guyram's sniper rifle fired continuously, but Lipo dodged all the bullets with incredible flexibility.

She leaped and bounded among the ruins, leaving spiderweb-like cracks in the walls with each step.

"Shotgun!" Guyram finally panicked, and one bullet split into hundreds of bullets in mid-air!

Libo wielded two daggers with crossed arms, their blades flashing as bullets struck the daggers and were sliced ​​in two.

But the impact still propelled her backward for more than ten meters, the soles of her boots carving two deep furrows in the scorched earth.

"Gotcha, rabbit!" Naiqin's blade suddenly stabbed from behind.

Libo managed to turn to the side, but a bloody gash remained on her left shoulder.

"Lieutenant Lippo!" exclaimed a naval soldier who was organizing the evacuation.

"I'm fine!" Libo wiped away the blood, and the wound healed rapidly in the green light.

Suddenly, a sly smile appeared on his face: "However, they're in trouble... Life Pulse - Overload!"

"What?" Naiqin suddenly felt a sharp pain in her wrist where she was holding the knife.

Looking down, I saw that my skin was abnormally red and hot, and my muscles were spasming uncontrollably.

"It's nothing! I was just giving you some treatment!" Lipo quickly did a backflip to create some distance.

"However, this time it's a reverse healing process, increasing the pain receptors in your skin by 300%!"

Naiqin knelt down, and her long sword clattered to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Guyram immediately turned his gun around, only to see a white shadow flash before his eyes.

"Too slow!" Lipo's soles magnified rapidly in his vision. "Rabbit Kick - Meteor Fall!"

"Crack!" The sound of the bridge of the nose breaking was clearly audible.

Guyram flew backward like a rag doll, crashing through three broken walls before coming to a stop.

……

On the other side, inside the golden cage, the fishman Sebastian had been turned into a statue.

Tesoro sighed without turning his head, took out a Den Den Mushi, and said, "Sergeant, the pirate executives in the southeast district have been dealt with. Send someone over to take them into custody."

"receive."

After turning off the Den Den Mushi, Tesoro looked in Lipo's direction.

"I wonder if she's finished..." he murmured, as the golden liquid formed a slide beneath his feet.