Chapter 442: One Versus Eight! A Fight to the Death!

"This feeling..."

Ledfield tightened his grip on the longsword in his hand, his eyes gradually sharpening.

Even facing the world's strongest, he did not show the slightest hint of retreat.

Back then, facing Whitebeard Luo Jie at his peak, he retreated once.

What that retreat brought...

was decades of power unable to advance even a fraction.

It was being locked in Impel Down by Karp after he defeated the then-Admiral Garp.

It was also the withered body and the unwillingness in his heart on the day he saw the light again.

The only thing worth being grateful for was that Ledfield's fortune was stronger than Luo Jie's and stronger than Whitebeard's.

He still had a chance to start over, and he had gained the ability to help himself retrieve time!

"It hasn't happened in a very long time!"

"Truly..."

"Nostalgic!"

A voice that was half-smiling, half-not, came from Ledfield's mouth.

The staff-sword in his hand slowly slid out of its sheath; crimson Lei Guang symbolizing Conqueror's Haki surrounded his body, displaying his unimaginably fierce and domineering aura!

Kid stood to the side, feeling only his scalp go numb.

The strength of this aura had already exceeded his upper limit of understanding.

In a trance.

Kid seemed to see the legends of the previous era, exposing their vicious claws and fangs before his eyes, killing and fighting each other for supremacy, all just to become the one and only on the Wang Zuo!

What a tumultuous era, what an astonishing spirit!

Kid's breath halted at this very moment.

But even so...

Even so...

Kid turned his head to look at Gao Wen, who calmly walked out of the giant crater in the distance; his body could no longer make any reaction.

If Ledfield's strength was reaching the limit of the human species...

then the monster standing in the distance, who was about to crush the eight strongest of the Martial Arts Tournament with his own power, had already transcended the category of humans and was transforming into some kind of non-human existence!

Boom—!

The heavens and earth changed color at this moment.

It was because the roaring domineering aura erupted from Gao Wen, crashing together with Ledfield's Conqueror's Haki, and like bursting a bubble, directly tore the latter's Conqueror's Haki to shreds.

This world had only one color!

That was Gao Wen!

This is... the world's strongest!

Not just Kid, everyone present, everyone watching the Martial Arts Tournament finals, all had this feeling at this moment!

"Hey, hey, hey..."

"Even Kaido and that S-Drake, working together, were instantly..."

"Is there truly anyone in this world strong enough to reach this degree?!"

"What kind of joke is this!"

"This kind of person, this kind of person, this kind of person..."

Navy Headquarters.

Onigumo's voice was hoarse; his eyes stared fixedly at the man standing in the image, his lips trembling uncontrollably.

It was because the worldview he had built up all along had nearly collapsed.

How is it possible for someone in this world to be strong to this degree!?

"This is unreasonable, and unscientific!"

The voice fell.

The Navy conference room was terrifyingly silent for a moment; only the sound of Akainu inhaling while smoking could be heard.

Kaido's strength naturally needed no words; even twenty years ago, he was a top-tier powerhouse capable of rivaling the three legends.

S-Drake was the strongest Seraphim created unintentionally by the World Government using Gao Wen's bloodline as a blueprint; that nearly uncontrollable strength was already enough to rival a Navy Admiral.

If enough combat experience could be stored in the database, his combat power would climb another level; merely during the Martial Arts Tournament period, S-Drake had already shown obvious growth.

Although this speed was not as much as the unreasonable Gao Wen, it was already beyond what ordinary people could reach.

But even so, these two monsters working together were both slashed away by Gao Wen in a single strike...

"Monster!"

Aramaki reached out to take the cigarette butt from his mouth, tried several times, but didn't touch it.

He looked down and realized his hands were trembling slightly.

As a Navy Admiral, showing fear before the battle even started was originally an extremely shameful thing.

But at this moment, the people sitting in the Navy office could not laugh at all, or rather, no one had the qualification to laugh at him.

Akainu sat in the main seat, his head bowed so low his expression was unclear, but the masseter muscles on his cheeks bulged high due to excessive force, like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.

Yet at this moment, someone pressed down on him firmly; the lava that could make the sea boil had nearly cooled!

Gao Wen is very strong.

No one would be clearer about this than the Navy who witnessed him casually suppressing Whitebeard during the Summit War, but strong to this degree...

"Non-human!"

Zhan Guo let out a long sigh, breaking the solemn atmosphere in the conference room.

Yet that invisible sense of oppression still loomed over everyone's heart!

This is a monster who, single-handedly, can stand on equal footing with the World Government!

……

Britannias.

The battle continues.

Ryderfield's Conqueror's Haki was scattered, yet his battle spirit showed not the slightest retreat.

He suddenly accelerated, but Barrett was even faster!

Even more decisive!

"You…"

Ryderfield felt doubt in his heart, but he was destined to get no answer.

The ground beneath his feet began to tremble.

A purple-black torrent spread outward from Barrett, engulfing the entire arena, swallowing countless earth and stone, stripping the Round Table Arena down to its bare bones.

Then, at an even greater speed, it surged wildly back toward Barrett!

"This is the power of the Combine Fruit!"

Marine Headquarters.

Admiral Kizaru watched the shocking scene on screen, his eyes filled with unspeakable solemnity.

The Demon-Slaying Decree that once hunted Barrett had been led by him personally.

Only he knew just how far the Combine Fruit could go when fully unleashed.

Creak—creak—creak—!

In the stunned gazes of all, the purple-black torrent coalesced in an instant into a massive sphere over a hundred meters in diameter.

Immediately, four giant arms burst forth from within the sphere, tearing the shell apart.

Bevill, who had once fought Barrett, recognized those arms at once—this was Barrett's strongest battle mode.

"Medium-Bullet!"

But when the monster fully emerged from the shell, Bevill's gaze was filled with utter shock!

"No!"

Bevill simply could not link this three-headed, six-armed monster to the Medium-Bullet he had faced last time.