Chapter 14

Seeing this,

Garp nodded with satisfaction!

In this way,

he could cut off the pirate's retreat to a certain extent!

Otherwise,

just as he went up,

if that pirate happened to slip down from somewhere nearby and took a boat to run away,

wouldn't that be very troublesome!

Immediately after,

Garp waved his big hand,

and took a few Marine officers to turn and quickly head toward the Marine G-16 branch base above along the small path!

A few minutes later,

when Garp arrived at the G-16 branch base,

he saw a group of Fish-men constantly moving money out from inside the Marine base with bags large and small,

and the entire entrance was already piled with gold, silver, and treasures, as well as mountains of Berries!

A young man was standing on the side with his arms crossed,

as if admiring his own spoils of war!

Just as Garp looked at Li Xiao,

Li Xiao seemed to have sensed it too,

and subconsciously looked back!

After seeing who it was,

Li Xiao was instantly stunned!

This is... Garp???

Holy crap!

How could he be here!

I only hacked a Marine branch Colonel,

it shouldn't be enough to make him run all this way!

Furthermore,

he hasn't even finished ransacking the place yet,

your arrival speed is a bit too fast!

Wait,

come to think of it,

this is the East Blue...

Li Xiao suddenly thought of a possibility,

could this old man be on leave again to go home and see his grandson?

And just happened to be passing through this area?

Ah, this...

It couldn't be that coincidental, could it...

In this instant,

Li Xiao felt that all his previous analysis had been for nothing!

Just when Li Xiao felt he could easily handle anyone below the rank of Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral,

damn it, a Marine Hero shows up directly!

Damn!

At this very moment,

feeling Garp’s scorching gaze fixed tightly upon him,

Li Xiao awkwardly rubbed his nose,

and laughed:

"Um, if I said I just wanted to come and collect a bounty, would you believe me?"

No sooner had he finished speaking,

than Garp raised his hand without hesitation and threw a punch toward Li Xiao!

Seeing this,

Li Xiao’s expression instantly turned grave,

and subconsciously he summoned the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda,

pouring a massive amount of spiritual power from his dantian into it!

A nine-story pagoda, purple all over, instantly appeared above Li Xiao’s head,

emitting bursts of golden light!

The light spilled down like a curtain,

enveloping Li Xiao entirely,

forming a golden barrier around him!

The next second,

Garp’s iron fist slammed heavily into this golden barrier that looked as thin as gauze!

With a loud boom,

the surrounding ground cracked inch by inch under the residual force of this punch,

and the shockwave rushed out to both sides,

blowing the Arlong Pirates and the scattered Marine soldiers who were watching from the sidelines back repeatedly,

some even losing their footing and falling directly to the ground!

However,

Li Xiao, who faced this punch head-on, remained standing steadily in place,

completely unscathed and unmoving,

and that golden barrier didn't even ripple!

In this instant,

Garp was stunned,

and Li Xiao himself was even more dumbfounded!

Just as Li Xiao had judged before,

his current strength was roughly equivalent to that of a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral,

and by exhausting all his methods,

he could even retreat unscathed when facing a Headquarters Vice Admiral!

Although in terms of rank,

Garp was also a Headquarters Vice Admiral,

the key was that he wasn't an ordinary Vice Admiral!

Other Marine Vice Admirals were Vice Admirals,

because their strength could only reach the level of a Vice Admiral!

But Garp was a Vice Admiral,

because he only wanted to be a Vice Admiral!

After all, this was a fierce man who spent his youth chasing after Roger!

And in the world of pirates,

Garp was one of the few people who had aged,

yet whose combat power hadn't been overly affected!

With Li Xiao’s current strength against Garp,

it could be said there was almost no suspense,

the two sides were simply not on the same level!

Even if Garp’s punch was just a casual one,

it was extremely dangerous for Li Xiao!

Therefore,

when he saw Garp attack him,

Li Xiao subconsciously summoned the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda,

hoping only to cushion the attack as much as possible!

However, what Li Xiao didn't expect was,

the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda not only blocked the punch,

but also left him completely unscathed,

not feeling even the slightest impact!

Even the consumption of spiritual power was pitifully small!

Simply put,

this punch,

didn't break his defense!

But this didn't make sense!

Could it be that Garp had gone easy on him with the force of an entire East Blue?

That would make even less sense!

They were total strangers with no connection,

there was no such possibility!

Just as Li Xiao was stunned,

Garp had already thrown another punch!

Unlike the previous casual punch,

this one was coated with pitch-black Armament Haki. ===== CHAPTER 49 =====

slamming heavily onto the golden barrier formed by the Purple Gold Linglong Tower!

The momentum of this punch was even more magnificent,

and the aftermath kicked up bursts of smoke and dust,

enveloping Garp and Li Xiao, who were in the center, inside!

A moment later,

the smoke and dust dissipated,

and it could be seen that the golden barrier was still covering Li Xiao's body,

and Li Xiao, who was under the Purple Gold Linglong Tower, was also motionless and unscathed!

At this moment,

Li Xiao completely understood!

It wasn't that Garp was releasing water,

but that the Purple Gold Linglong Tower was ridiculously strong!

According to the information given by the system after getting the reward from checking in before,

the Purple Gold Linglong Tower is an excellent defensive magic treasure!

As long as the strength difference is not too great,

sacrificing the Purple Gold Linglong Tower

is enough to make oneself invincible!

Now it seems,

the system's statement is somewhat modest!

This so-called "not too great strength difference,"

how big is considered big?

With Li Xiao's current strength equivalent to a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral,

after sacrificing the Purple Gold Linglong Tower,

he could actually be unscathed under Garp's Armament Haki punch,

and even motionless!

The most critical thing is that

the consumption of spiritual power is still pitifully small!

If Li Xiao were to sit in meditation and run his cultivation technique on the spot,

the speed of spiritual power consumption wouldn't even be as fast as the speed of recovery!

According to the current situation,

even facing the offensive of a true Yonko level,

with the Purple Gold Linglong Tower,

it should be enough to block it easily!

As for spiritual power consumption,

it is estimated that it won't be very high!

Even resisting the attacks of the Yonko at the same time in a short period of time

shouldn't be a difficult task!

Simply put,

Li Xiao's defensive attributes are now maxed out!

Under the Purple Gold Linglong Tower,

no one can break his defense!

It really is "a sparrow pecking at a cow's butt—a damn good shot"!

At the same time,

having failed to break the defense with two consecutive punches,

Garp's temper also flared up a bit!

He let out a low shout,

and pitch-black Armament Haki instantly wrapped around his arms.

Immediately after,

his fists blasted toward Li Xiao like a machine gun!

The explosion sounds caused by the aftermath were endless!

With the splashing of soil and gravel,

soon,

the smoke and dust enveloped the two again!

The aftermath of this battle was so powerful

that it caused the nearby ground to tremble!

The onlookers,

whether they were the Marine soldiers of the G-16 branch base,

the Arlong Pirates,

or the few Marine officers who followed Garp,

all had to keep retreating at this time,

maintaining a safe distance from the center of the battle!

Facing Garp's crazy bombardment where both fists were swinging into afterimages,

Li Xiao was a little panicked at first,

after all, he didn't know where the upper limit of the Purple Gold Linglong Tower's tolerance was,

what if it suddenly became unreliable again?

Then these sky-filling fists,

he wouldn't be able to bear them now!

However,

after seeing that it had withstood dozens of punches,

the golden barrier spilled by the Purple Gold Linglong Tower still didn't have the slightest fluctuation,

Li Xiao put his heart into his stomach,

and even felt ashamed for his momentary suspicion of the system just now!

Sure enough,

products from the system are high quality!

How could he doubt the quality of the magic treasure rewarded by the system?

It was extremely shameful!

No more words,

where is the Transmigrator Association system branch?

I want to give a six-star review!

I'll manually stick the extra star on it myself!

Garp in front was bombing with great enthusiasm,

while Li Xiao, under the Purple Gold Linglong Tower, was a little bored.

Seeing that Garp wouldn't stop for a while,

he simply sat cross-legged on the spot,

and took out an orange that Nojiko had stuffed into his pocket earlier,

eating the orange while quietly admiring Garp's performance,

treating it as an immersive performance of Armament Haki!

Come to think of it,