Chapter 126: One Punch KO Garp! Pluton Activated!

The sea shook, and the waves instantly turned into a tsunami, almost capsizing the warship.

Countless curses came from the warship; the Navy inside had been sleeping soundly, only to be tossed and turned by the tsunami.

The CP0 member's gaze was dull.

This was a sign that only occurred when two top Haki powerhouses clashed.

"Why did they start fighting?!"

The CP0 member was shocked and hurriedly picked up the Den Den Mushi to report the situation to the Five Elders.

It was late at night, and it took a long time for the call to connect.

"What is it now?"

"My lords, a fight has broken out here in Wano!"

"What?!! Didn't I tell you not to move first and wait for support from Navy Headquarters?"

"My lords, it's not us; the Red Hair Pirates and the Revolutionary Army are fighting!"

"They... how could they?! Hahaha, Shanks actually made such a choice; he is indeed of the Figarland bloodline."

Five different laughs rang out from the other end of the phone; obviously, this news made the Five Elders very happy.

"On the enemy's home turf, the Red Hair Pirates might not be their match. Fortunately, Garp is already nearby, and support from Navy Headquarters will arrive soon. You guys find a way to stall for time..."

After speaking, the Five Elders hung up the phone, leaving only the CP0 member holding the receiver in despair.

Stall for time?

This is asking me to risk my life! There were some things the Five Elders wouldn't say explicitly, but as a henchman, how could the CP0 member not understand? He wore a bitter expression and notified the Navy of the Five Elders' order.

The Navy fleet responsible for assisting CP0 in monitoring was led by a Vice Admiral from Headquarters, with two Rear Admirals under his command.

If it were any other force, the configuration of one Vice Admiral plus two Rear Admirals would already have considerable suppression power.

Unfortunately...

Their enemy was the Revolutionary Army.

"We have no advantage in close-quarters combat. Open the distance and conduct shelling; use firepower to suppress the Revolutionary Army on the shore!"

With an order from the Vice Admiral, the fleet formed a formation and slowly approached the coast.

The Revolutionary Army also noticed the movement and gathered their strength to prepare for a counterattack.

The battle started inexplicably just like that; the overwhelming shelling could not affect the battle between Chu Yang and Shanks.

Shanks still had the leisure to joke, "Why did the Navy suddenly have the courage to take the initiative? I thought they would just stay there like mascots."

Chu Yang grinned, "Probably thought we had an internal conflict."

Shanks laughed, "Then they'll have a hard time later."

While the two were chatting and laughing, their Haki was also clashing, and black lightning erupted from the void.

The strength of the Conqueror's Haki Shanks displayed had already surpassed Kaido's; his talent in this aspect was indeed unmatched.

In comparison, in terms of Conqueror's Haki alone, Chu Yang was slightly inferior.

"Your Haki is even stronger than I imagined. I thought my progress during this time would have put a lot of distance between us."

Although he said that, Shanks was very happy; only if Chu Yang was strong enough would Shanks feel at ease letting him do anything.

Chu Yang held 【Fengdu】 in his hand and slashed casually; the sea directly split a hundred-meter-wide crack, and a Sea King below was cut in two.

Shanks's expression was solemn; this was already equivalent to his full-power strike.

Drawing his sword 【Gryphon】, Shanks's fighting spirit soared into the sky; he could vaguely feel that this might be the last battle between the two.

Shanks swung his sword continuously, each slash entwined with Conqueror's Haki, with astonishing power.

Chu Yang used Flash Step to dodge the slashes.

The slashes missed, with some flying toward the mountains and some toward the sea.

The mountains shattered into powder.

The sea also appeared with a hundred-meter-long crack, exactly the same as Chu Yang's previous slash.

Because both sides were very serious, even the informed Red Hair Pirates had the illusion that the two were fighting for their lives.

Others were even more panicked.

Coupled with the Navy's sudden appearance and attack, it was hard not to be suspicious.

The samurai, who didn't know much about the Red Hair Pirates, were the first to stand out, questioning the Red Hair Pirates members with a hostile attitude.

"What's wrong with your captain? Why are you starting a war at will?"

"Despicable villains, I saw it coming; the Navy was brought here by you, right?"

"As pirates, you're actually cooperating with the Navy. What exactly are your intentions toward Wano?!"

Facing the agitated samurai, Ben Beckman felt something was wrong; he had originally intended to watch the fun, but didn't expect to become the fun himself.

"A bunch of idiots, Yang was originally our crew member. When he was on the ship, he fought with the captain every day; what's so strange about that?"

Yasopp couldn't hold back and stood out to spray back at the samurai.

"Exactly, if we really wanted to do something to you, would we need to contact the Navy? Don't underestimate our Red Hair Pirates!"

Lucky Roux's eyes and tone were extremely disdainful; these words were no different from adding fuel to the fire.

The samurai's emotions became even more agitated! Having been enslaved by Kaido before, they already had a bad impression of pirates. Because of Chu Yang, they had been suppressing their malice toward the Red Hair Pirates, but now it suddenly erupted.

As the tempers of both sides flared, there were signs of a big fight.

Fisher Tiger hurriedly led his crew to stand between the two groups, explaining to the samurai while soothing the emotions of the Red Hair Pirates.

Dragon was fighting the Navy with the Revolutionary Army and had no time to deal with this side.

A big melee, everyone fighting their own battles.

Chu Yang and Shanks focused their minds on the battle; trivial matters couldn't affect them.

The two had entered the stage of close-quarters combat.

Except for Haki and swordsmanship, Chu Yang didn't use other abilities, but even so, he occupied an absolute advantage.

Having experienced the baptism of the Wuxia world and the Feng Yun world, Chu Yang's swordsmanship had reached another dimension, a strength Shanks couldn't understand.

He didn't deliberately use Taiji Sword or Dugu Nine Swords, but swung his sword casually.

Simplicity and directness were the characteristics of swordsmanship in the pirate world; Chu Yang wanted to continue simplifying the complex on this basis.

Every move and style was natural, with traces of "Dao," impossible to describe in words.

Shanks was shocked by this strange feeling; the world he saw seemed to have changed its appearance under Chu Yang's sword.

From Shanks's perspective, Chu Yang was using a sword to perform magic.

Swordsmanship that was difficult even to understand, let alone crack; as the battle drew to a close, Shanks's face was mostly filled with a blank expression.

The duel gradually evolved into a unique swordsmanship lesson.

"Your swordsmanship was strange from the beginning, and now it's becoming more and more incomprehensible. In terms of swordsmanship alone, even Mihawk wouldn't be your match."

Shanks put away his sword and looked at Chu Yang with a complex expression. Before the battle started, he had never thought he would "lose" the duel in this way.

"Whether it's swordsmanship or Haki, surpassing yourself is always more important than surpassing others."

Chu Yang smiled.

Shanks was silent for a moment, trying to muster a smile. "Are you leaving the ship?"

Chu Yang took a deep breath, nodded, and smiled, "Captain, my journey has come to an end. Saying goodbye here is the best way."

Shanks felt relieved and let out a long breath. "Travels will eventually come to an end, but after so many years, I'm still not used to this."

Chu Yang looked at Shanks and said sincerely, "Even if I leave the ship, I will always be a member of the Red Hair Pirates."

Shanks nodded as a matter of course. "Nonsense, Beckman even said he wanted to give the first mate position to you!"

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

The next second.

A huge iron ball flew over their heads, smashing an ancient building to pieces.

A heroic laugh came over.

"Red-haired brat, the old man has come to catch you again. Your speed at running away is much slower than that brat Roger's!"

"Wait until I catch you, I'll properly repay you for what you did to Luffy!"

"That scoundrel is making a scene every day now, insisting on becoming a pirate!"

"It's really making the old man angry!"

A warship was docking, and a majestic and tall figure stood on the deck of the warship.

Garp, wearing a dog-head hat, stared fixedly at Shanks, his eyes almost spitting fire!

Shanks's expression stiffened; before coming, he had already shaken off this old man, but didn't expect him to pursue him persistently again.

"The Navy hero Garp, fighting him is the most appropriate farewell ceremony."

Chu Yang laughed and took a step forward. With a flash, he appeared on the warship a thousand meters away.

Garp's eyes blurred, and a strange young man suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

"Kid, who are you?"

"Looks a bit familiar..."

Garp squinted, his fist, bigger than a sandbag, waving in front of Chu Yang.

A soldier hurriedly ran to Garp's side and whispered a few words.

Garp showed a sudden realization.

"You're the one who beat up Borsalino?! And the Navy's several sieges of the Revolutionary Army were also blocked by you?!"

"Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, these guys also fell into your hands?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is really, should I say I'm old, or that young people today are too powerful?"

Garp seemed to have thought of something interesting and laughed heartily, holding his stomach. "Not to mention anything else, putting a bounty on the Celestial Dragons was well done. I haven't seen that group of people eat humble pie in a long time, which made me happy for a long time."

"Thinking about it now... Hahahaha!!!"

Chu Yang looked at him with interest.

Even if they were in an opposing position, he couldn't hate Garp.

Seeing Garp laughing wantonly, the Navy soldiers beside him had to remind Garp, "Mr. Garp, now is not the time to laugh; this is a heinous guy!"

Garp stopped laughing, scratched his head in embarrassment, and then coughed a few times with a serious face.

"Although what you did is interesting, the result is that the pirates are becoming more rampant, affecting many innocent civilians. No matter what, this farce should stop." Garp clenched his fists and said seriously.

Chu Yang nodded. "You're right, it really should end."

Garp froze for a moment; he was just saying it casually, not expecting the pirate opposite to actually agree with his point of view.

"You're quite sensible. If you surrender now, I'll go easy on you."

"I can't agree to that."

A fist entwined with Conqueror's Haki slammed into Garp's face. Garp flew from the bow to the stern, even breaking the mast in the middle.

"Quite a hard fist, huh?"

Garp stood up from a pile of debris and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"It's okay, just a bit harder than yours."

Fighting Garp, Chu Yang didn't need to talk about martial arts. After knocking him away, he kept stacking BUFFs on himself.

The flashy special effects light made the battle-hardened Garp stunned.

After decades of ups and downs, this was the first time he had encountered such an opponent.

"What kind of Devil Fruit ability is this?"

Garp envied him from the bottom of his heart; compared to the simplicity of a pair of iron fists, he preferred this kind of movement that looked very intimidating.

"Armor-stacking style, ever heard of it?"

Chu Yang grinned, picked up his fist, and rushed over. Fighting a melee-type player like Garp was what he liked most.

Simple and direct, both sides went head-to-head with their fists.

The most annoying were enemies like Jujutsu sorcerers or Shinigami who could use rule-based powers; killing them was very troublesome, and they might break through his defense.

How could the armor he worked so hard to stack be as fragile as that membrane? As the ceiling of Haki, Garp obviously didn't take Chu Yang's Conqueror's Haki entanglement seriously. Seeing Chu Yang waving his fist over, he actually chose to use Armament Haki to confront him.

He could look down on Chu Yang's Haki, but he shouldn't look down on Chu Yang's BUFFs.

Conqueror's Haki entanglement VS Armament Haki entanglement.

The result was that the careless Garp was punched away by Chu Yang for the second time, directly piercing through the warship and falling into the sea.

At this moment, not only were the Navy soldiers on the dog-head warship silent, but the Navy fleet that was bombarding the Revolutionary Army next door also ceased fire.

"The dignified Navy hero Garp was actually punched away by two blows?" A group of Navy soldiers, along with CP0, were stunned.

Dragon watched his own father being hammered, and the person hammering him was his own teammate; the expression on his face was extremely wonderful.

"This guy actually held back when fighting me?!"

The gap was too large; Shanks couldn't accept it and kept hypnotizing himself that he was dreaming.

"These two punches destroyed the Navy's morale. Take this opportunity, let's get Pluton out and break through their defensive formation."

Fisher Tiger immediately led the Sun Pirates and disappeared from the coast.

Chu Yang jumped off the warship, walking on the sea as if on flat ground. He walked to the spot where Garp fell into the sea and waited quietly. The sea surface suddenly began to shake, and ripples formed giant waves that hit the reefs on the shore.

Garp rushed out of the sea, the huge impact causing the sea to explode.

"I really am getting old, actually misjudging again and again. Young man, I'll be a bit heavier with my next move."

Garp's whole body was entwined with Conqueror's Haki, falling from the sky like a meteorite, slamming straight toward Chu Yang.

"It's okay, old man, I won't be light either."

Chu Yang stepped on the sea surface and soared into the sky, his right fist entwined with Conqueror's Haki, slamming toward Garp.

The two collided.

Instantly, the world changed color.

The night was as bright as day!

The impact of Conqueror's Haki pierced through the sky, illuminating the entire sea area.

The light dissipated.

Only Chu Yang stood alone in the sky.

His whole body was entwined with black lightning.

Garp fell from the sky like a meteor, slamming heavily into the sea. He was covered in blood, with only a glimmer of consciousness remaining.

"How could there be such a strong person..."

Garp's consciousness was blurred, looking up at Chu Yang above the firmament, as if he were a god.

Chu Yang used his full-power strike with all BUFFs stacked; Garp wasn't killed by one punch, and his ability to withstand a beating was enough to look down on the entire pirate world.

After this punch, there wasn't a single good spot on Garp from the inside out, almost like a shattered piece of porcelain. Even with Garp's inhuman physique, he wouldn't be able to get out of bed for ten days or half a month.

Without something ruthless, with Garp's perseverance, he didn't know how long he would have to spend with Chu Yang.

Garp, who fell into the sea, was like a real corpse, floating quietly on the sea surface. Chu Yang fished him up and threw him directly back onto the dog-head warship.

The Navy soldiers present were ashen-faced; their faith of so many years collapsed before them, and that feeling was one of despair.

The Navy fleet fighting the Revolutionary Army also ceased fire, completely giving up resistance.

A large number of warships became burning scrap metal, lying heroically on the sea level, slowly sinking.

During this period, Dragon killed the CP0 member responsible for monitoring.

"Time to go." Dragon said to Ivankov.

"Aren't you going to take a look at your father?" Ivankov teased.

Dragon's footsteps paused, and he turned to look at where Garp was. After a moment of silence, he actually let the ship move closer to that side.

At this time, the Navy on the dog-head warship was in a panic, and even Garp's adjutant, Bogard, found it difficult to soothe their emotions.

As soon as Dragon's ship approached, the Navy soldiers were immediately on edge.

"Help me up."

Garp's voice wasn't as full of energy as before, and Bogard almost didn't hear it clearly.

Garp couldn't stand up anymore and could only barely lean against the broken mast, sitting and watching Dragon's arrival.

"Used a bit too much force."

Chu Yang felt a bit embarrassed; beating his old man like this in front of his son was somewhat unjustifiable.

"Understandable."

Dragon nodded slightly; he understood Chu Yang's dilemma. In fact, if possible, he didn't want to meet his father so early either.

Dragon stepped onto the warship deck, and the opposite side had already tightened their nerves to the limit.

He walked slowly to Garp.

Father and son looked at each other.

Yet neither of them spoke first.

The warship was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard, and only the sizzling sound of fire burning reached people's ears.

After about ten seconds, Dragon turned and left.

Heavy breathing sounded one after another on the warship.

Garp suddenly showed a gratified smile. "Stinky brat, want to say that you are the correct one, right..."

"As a complete loser, I have no way to refute him. This time, it can only count as his win."

"Hahahaha."

Shanks's expression was complex. Garp and Dragon reminded him of the late Captain Roger, the man who raised him and was more like a father than a captain.

"I'm leaving."

Chu Yang said softly.

"It is time to go. Garp is here, and the Navy's support should be arriving soon." Shanks nodded and smiled. "You don't need to worry about Wano; I'll stay here for a while."

"Also, take Mr. Tom with you; his biggest dream in this life is to see Pluton with his own eyes."

At the same time.

Fisher Tiger was leading the fish-men to splice the slide rails, extending from the old site of Wano all the way to the sea.

A long time ago, Chu Yang had taken Queen and Judge and the others to make a super-large crane.

Now, as long as the slide rails were spliced, Fisher Tiger could hoist Pluton onto the rails and send it all the way to the coast.

This was a plan that had been formulated long ago, but it was disrupted and delayed by the arrival of the Red Hair Pirates.

As time passed bit by bit.

The fish-men were sweating profusely from splicing the rails, and some threw their tools aside, shouting that they couldn't do it anymore.

Splicing the slide rails originally required a full day, but now they had to let the fish-men complete it in a short time.

Fisher Tiger looked at his companions, worried.

The Revolutionary Army was growing, and Chu Yang was also becoming stronger, defeating many powerful enemies.

Only he and the Sun Pirates were still the same. If this continued, they might become the ones dragging the team down.

Even though everyone was moving toward the same goal, he had suddenly fallen behind, and this feeling was not good.

Since they were allies and partners, they needed to be able to rely on and help each other, rather than them just taking.

If they couldn't even exert effort now, what about later?

After attacking the Holy Land later, were they going to stand on the sidelines and cheer as cheerleaders?

For Fisher Tiger, this was simply torturing his soul and conscience! "All of you, get up! If you can't even do this little thing, get out of the Sun Pirates immediately!"

"If any of you are willing to let your relatives and friends continue to be slaves, then get out! Don't waste time here!"

Jinbe lifted a section of the slide rail and roared angrily, "From the first day I stepped in here, I was prepared to die. As long as we can overthrow the rule of the Celestial Dragons and make slavery cease to exist, I can die now!"

Jinbe's roar was deafening, making all the fish-men fall into silence, feeling ashamed.

Wano's natural defenses and Chu Yang's strength gave them a sense of security from being protected.

Over time, their inner awareness had been worn away.

People who were used to peaceful days found it difficult to turn back and face swords and fire.

"Mr. Tiger, we're here to help!"

"With so much work, how could you possibly finish it?"

"Let us do it; during the years Kaido was still here, we were used to doing these things."

The civilians of Wano appeared in the town at some point, spontaneously picking up tools to help the fish-men splice the slide rails.

Everyone's face was filled with smiles, seemingly happy because they could help them.

Once upon a time, these civilians were very wary of the fish-men, and the two sides were at daggers drawn, looking at each other with displeasure.

But now, the two sides had become friends and companions.

"These people destroyed the natural defenses with their own hands and exposed themselves to the Celestial Dragons just so Pluton could emerge smoothly. If we stop now, are we worthy of them?"

Fisher Tiger asked his companions with red eyes.

Perhaps because of shame, or perhaps because they had more objects to protect, the fish-men reignited their fighting spirit!

The speed of splicing the slide rails increased suddenly.

Not long after, Chu Yang arrived with Tom, Queen, and the others. Queen and Judge stayed behind to help splice the rails, while Chu Yang took Tom to the power room.

Tom touched the heart-shaped power source like a treasure.

After a while, he said seriously, "We need sunlight!"

Time passed second by second.

The slide rails were finally spliced, and Queen hoisted Pluton onto the rails.

The sky was already dawning.

Sunlight shone on Pluton's hull.

The terrifying Ancient Weapon began to tremble, and the power room made a sound, like an ancient beast roaring.

"It's actually solar energy?"

Chu Yang looked at the power source, very surprised. He had imagined many possibilities, but he never thought Pluton's power would be so environmentally friendly.

"To be precise, the sun provides the energy spark that ignites this device, and it itself can create near-infinite energy."

Tom explained from the side.

"Sounds a lot like an upgraded version of controllable nuclear fusion..."

Chu Yang smacked his lips, suddenly feeling a bit dry in his mouth. If he figured out the principle of Pluton's power source, his technology tree would take off on the spot.

Fed back to the Marvel world, it could not only evolve the Iron Man armor by several versions but also obtain an endless mechanical army.

With power, Pluton was like a waking beast, and its interior began to operate slowly.

"Now go to the control room and you can directly pilot Pluton to leave here."

Tom reminded Chu Yang, "Pluton's control is not simple; it requires a very capable helmsman."

The helmsman was, of course, Jinbe! Looking at it this way, the Fish-Man race had a lot of talent—shipbuilders, helmsmen, everything was available.

Chu Yang first took Tom to the control room, and then brought Jinbe up to pilot the ship.

The Revolutionary Army, the Sun Pirates, and Queen and the others were also boarding the ship one after another.

Kozuki Hiyori didn't board the ship, but the samurai did. Chu Yang advised them to go back, but they said this was the only opportunity to repay the kindness.

Moreover, there were the Red Hair Pirates guarding Wano.

Although the samurai didn't trust pirates, they were willing to trust Chu Yang.

Chu Yang couldn't refuse this group of stubborn people, so he could only take them away; attacking the Holy Land, the samurai would also be a help.

After everyone boarded the ship, Jinbe, at Chu Yang's signal, started the warship Pluton.

The huge power pushed Pluton forward on the slide rails, turning into a land-sailing ship, its speed getting faster and faster.

"With a little modification, it might become an aerospace carrier capable of traveling on water, land, and air."

Chu Yang marveled at the power of Pluton, and the S. H. I. E. L. D. Helicarrier from the Marvel world flashed through his mind.

He felt it was very promising.

By then, attacking the Holy Land directly from the sky, those Celestial Dragons would definitely be scared to pee.

Chu Yang came to the control room and found Tom to explain his idea. The latter was stunned for a long time before nodding. "Theoretically, it is feasible."

"I just checked Pluton's equipment, and it is capable of short-term flight."

"Using flight to describe it might not be very appropriate; it should be that it generates powerful propulsion in an instant, ejecting Pluton to the target position."

Chu Yang pondered, wasn't this the Sunny's "Coup de Burst"?

So Franky got the idea from here...

While the two were talking, Pluton was getting closer and closer to the coast, and Shanks had already seen this legendary behemoth with his own eyes.

"This is the Ancient Weapon Pluton... can it rival the power of a god?"

Shanks muttered to himself.

The crew of the Red Hair Pirates and the Navy on the dog-head warship watched in a daze as Pluton rushed off the land and slammed into the sea.

The waves directly submerged the beach on the shore.

Pluton sailed slowly, brushing past the dog-head warship, its huge hull blocking the sunlight, and the warship deck fell into darkness.

As if a monster had swallowed the sunlight.

The Navy stood in the darkness, looking up in horror at the legendary Ancient Weapon.

"Compared to Pluton, our warship is like a toy."

Bogard's spirit seemed to have been drained, looking up at Pluton in a daze; he didn't know how the Navy could deal with the behemoth in front of him.

The ferocious cannon muzzles, the size of normal ships, were enough to destroy an entire Navy fleet with one shot.

Until Pluton left, the Navy still stood in place, looking blankly into the distance.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 127 =====