Chapter 42

Why is he here!

I only cut down a Navy Branch Colonel,

there's no need for him to come all this way!

Besides,

I haven't even finished ransacking the family yet,

your speed of arrival is way too fast!

Wait,

come to think of it,

this is the East Sea...

Li Xiao suddenly thought of a possibility,

could this old man have taken leave again to go home and see his grandson?

And just happened to pass right by here?

Ah...

It can't be this coincidental...

In that instant,

Li Xiao felt all his previous analysis was for nothing!

Just when Li Xiao thought he could easily handle anyone below a Navy Headquarters Rear Admiral,

the Navy Hero showed up directly!

Damn!

At this very moment,

feeling Garp's intense gaze fixed firmly on him,

Li Xiao awkwardly rubbed his nose,

and smiled:

"Um, I said I just came to collect a bounty, do you believe me?"

No sooner had the words left his lips,

than Garp raised his hand without hesitation and punched straight at Li Xiao!

Seeing this,

Li Xiao's expression instantly became Solemn,

and he instinctively summoned the Purple-Gold Exquisite Pagoda,

pouring all the vast spiritual power within his body into it!

A nine-story pagoda, entirely purple, instantly appeared above Li Xiao's head,

emitting waves of golden light!

The light poured down like a curtain,

enveloping Li Xiao's entire body below,

forming a Golden Barrier around him!

The next second,

Garp's iron fist struck heavily upon this seemingly thin-as-gossamer Golden Barrier!

With a loud boom,

the surrounding ground cracked inch by inch under the Yu Wei of that punch,

a shockwave surged outward to both sides,

blowing the Arlong Pirates who were OB on the edge and the scattered Navy soldiers back repeatedly,

and even causing some who lost their footing to fall directly onto the ground!

However,

Li Xiao, facing that punch directly, still stood firmly in place,

his entire body unharmed and motionless,

and that Golden Barrier didn't even produce a single ripple!

In that instant,

Garp was stunned,

and Li Xiao himself was completely dumbfounded!

Just as Li Xiao had judged before,

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

and with all his methods unleashed,

even facing a Headquarters Vice Admiral, he would be enough to withdraw unscathed!

Although in terms of rank,

Garp is also a Headquarters Vice Admiral,

the key is he is not an ordinary Vice Admiral!

The reason other Navy Vice Admirals are Vice Admirals,

is because their strength can only reach Vice Admiral!

But the reason Garp is a Vice Admiral,

is because he only thought of reaching Vice Admiral!

After all, this was a formidable figure who spent his youth chasing after Luo Jie's heels!

Moreover, in the Pirate World,

Garp is one of the few who, despite growing old,

has not seen his combat power significantly affected!

With Li Xiao's current strength facing Garp,

there is almost no suspense whatsoever;

the two are not even on the same level!

Even if Garp throws a casual punch,

it would be extremely dangerous for Li Xiao!

Therefore,

upon seeing Garp strike at him,

Li Xiao instinctively summoned the Purple-Gold Exquisite Tower,

hoping only to buffer the attack as much as possible for himself!

However, what Li Xiao did not expect was that

the Purple-Gold Exquisite Tower not only blocked this punch,

but also left him completely unscathed,

without him feeling even the slightest bit of impact!

Even the consumption of spiritual power was pitifully small!

Simply put,

this punch

did not break the defense!

But this makes no sense!

Could it be that Garp held back an entire East Sea's worth of water in this punch?

That would be even more unreasonable!

They are strangers to each other, with no kinship or connection,

so there is no possibility of that!

Just as Li Xiao stood dazed,

Garp had already thrown another punch at him!

Unlike the casual punch before,

this punch was coated with pitch-black Armament Haki,