Crack!
Space shattered and spread at the point where two fists met. Rocks, locked in combat with Garp, seemed to hear a joke.
"Die?"
Boom!
Garp was sent flying backward. Rocks turned to look at the sword energy that was charging forward, cleaving the sky.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!"
"With just you?!"
Rocks' violent laughter echoed through heaven and earth. He let the sword energy slash at him, but it didn't penetrate his body even a tiny bit.
"I!"
He grabbed the sword energy that had struck him with his left hand.
"Am!"
With a forceful flick to the left, the heaven-splitting sword energy cut through the sky, gouging out a hundred-meter-deep trench that stretched for an unknown distance.
"Rocks!"
His violent voice tinged with madness, he stomped his foot, his figure like a gale passing through, destroying everything in its path. His right weapon, wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, fiercely slashed towards the Five Elders wielding the demon blade.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!"
"Is this all you've got?"
"Not enough, not enough!!!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!"
"Put some effort into it, damn it!!!!!!"
Clang!
Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!!!!
The collision of Conqueror's Haki sent countless black and purple lightning bolts scattering. Rocks' violent voice roared with laughter as he pressed down with all his might on the Five Elders holding the blade, sparing no effort.
Seeing the blade being gradually pushed down, Rocks, with a hint of madness, shouted.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!!!!
Boom!
As the power continued to increase and the lightning raged, the Five Elders holding the blade were the first to falter and were blasted away.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!"
Rocks let out a seemingly frenzied laugh as he watched the Five Elders being slashed away.
Just then, Roger also emerged from the underground palace.
"Kamitsubete!"
A deep voice sounded. He charged forward and, with a slash of his sword, interrupted the somewhat frenzied Rocks.
Clang!
Sizzle sizzle!
"Roger, you are also of the D clan."
"Do you really intend to be my enemy?"
Seeing Roger appear, Rocks' frenzy subsided a bit as he asked in a low voice.
"Rocks, I have no intention of being your enemy."
"But you cannot obtain that thing."
"And..."
"I have already destroyed it."
Roger listened to Rocks' questioning and replied with a somewhat somber expression.
"You! Say! What!"
Upon hearing Roger's words, Rocks asked, word by word, his face growing grimmer with each syllable.
"I have already destroyed it."
Roger looked at Rocks, whose face was covered in dark clouds, and said in a low voice.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"
Boom boom boom boom boom!!!
Rocks, consumed by rage, sent Roger flying. Just as he was about to charge off to kill, he was wrapped in Haki by the suddenly appearing Garp and smashed down with a punch, instantly creating a lake-sized crater in the ground.
Rocks was then smashed into the bottom of the pit.
"You're asking for death!!!"
Rocks' violent voice echoed from the bottom of the pit.
Bang!
The figure at the bottom of the pit vanished, reappearing before Garp. Both of them threw a punch simultaneously.
Crack!
Crack!
Space shattered and spread. At this moment, a rumbling sound arose, growing louder and louder before erupting with a roar.
In an instant, the earth trembled, and the ground cracked inch by inch. The rumbling sound was incessant as a hundred-meter-thick pillar of energy erupted from beneath the palace, shooting straight into the sky.
The energy, soaring into the heavens, accompanied a world-destroying scene, making for a spectacular sight.
Meanwhile, on the other side, feeling a tremor surge from his bloodline.
Rocks was consumed by a desire to go mad. His eyes split open with rage, and his violent voice, laced with overwhelming hatred, roared.
"You! All! Will! Die! Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!"