Chapter 267: Extracting Garp's Abilities!

Facing the pale giant dragon with its fangs and claws bared, even Garp couldn't help but show a hint of solemnity. He focused his entire body's strength and concentrated it on his fist.

The next moment.

The pale giant dragon, with its earth-shattering momentum, lunged towards Garp, biting down on him.

This attack not only used Adrian's spiritual pressure ability, but also incorporated his Armament Haki.

Almost all of Adrian's strength was condensed into this dragon body.

But.

Garp.

Still only had one punch.

Boom——!!

The iron fist wrapped in Armament Haki collided with the narrow dragon's mouth of the pale giant dragon in mid-air, as if the surrounding air had suddenly frozen.

The next moment, under the terrifying Dragon of Destruction.

Garp, who had no leverage point under his feet, was forced to be pushed back, like a toy held in the dragon's mouth, flying straight back.

The sea where the pale giant dragon passed was violently torn open into a terrifying abyss, and towering white waves spread to both sides, splashing water.

"Ah——!!"

Garp roared. His eyes widened, his teeth clenched. Although he felt the extraordinary power of the White Dragon, he didn't expect its power to be so immense!

With this roar, Garp's already much larger body visibly swelled a bit more, and mercury-like blood surged back and forth in his body, revealing several twisted veins on his skin, causing it to redden!

Under this state of bursting beyond the limit, the force that Garp had originally concentrated on his right fist increased by another level. The Armament Haki wrapped around his right fist even faintly revealed a deep crimson like blood!

Sizzle——

A teeth-gritting crunch echoed through the void.

In his explosive state, Garp repeatedly stepped on the air, actually managing to withstand the impact of the pale giant dragon and stalemate in mid-air.

But after a moment.

Garp let out another roar and slammed his right fist forward heavily.

Under this immense force, several crisp sounds like glass shattering suddenly rang out from the body of the pale giant dragon.

Several deep and irregular ravines suddenly appeared on the once uniform winding dragon body. Dazzling white light burst forth from the ravines, and at the same time, a large amount of pale energy dissipated.

Boom!

Garp's eyes narrowed and he unleashed the last of his strength.

This force also became the last straw to break the pale giant dragon.

Accompanied by a mournful dragon's roar, the pale giant dragon collapsed, breaking into segments.

Garp, who had originally thought this was the end, was about to relax and catch his breath.

However, the broken body of the pale giant dragon did not disappear completely into the air as he had expected, but instead burst into extremely dazzling brilliance.

"What——"

In the reflection of Garp's tightly contracted pupils, the broken White Dragon body exploded directly.

Boom——!!

The violent shock wave instantly caused the surrounding waves to roll incessantly.

However, before they could form into towering, sky-high waves, the raging spiritual pressure from the broken dragon body exploded, directly shattering the not-yet-formed sea waves and creating a huge spatial hole.

Even the sea surface below was cut, and the cloud in the sky also dissipated and collapsed, revealing the clear and blue sky behind it.

The raging wind and water splashed, almost overturning the marine warship at the edge of the battlefield.

After the power of the white dragon was finally fully unleashed, layer after layer of huge waves rolled and surged, and the scene finally calmed down.

With a plop, a ragged figure emerged from the sea, revealing the bare-chested Marine Hero, his body covered with fine injuries, and blood all over.

Obviously, the last wave of impact from the white dragon also caused no small damage to this marine hero.

"That White Ghost bastard!"

Garp searched the sky with his Observation Haki, but still couldn't find Adrian's figure. He shook his head.

"He's getting stronger and stronger!"

After briefly identifying the direction, Garp waved his arms and swam towards the direction of the naval warships.

As for why he didn't use Moonwalk...

Garp still didn't have the strange hobby of exposing himself to the wind.

...

High in the sky.

Adrian, with a pale face, smiled at the corners of his mouth.

Although the last move, "Dragon of Destruction," consumed a large amount of his spiritual pressure and physical strength, he couldn't even afford a second shot.

But it also allowed Adrian to confirm the level of strength he could burst out at his limit.

Even if it wasn't long-lasting, it was definitely the real top level of the sea!

Putting aside his distractions, Adrian focused on the panel, took a deep breath, and decided to settle the task.

The last challenge task of Whitebeard gave him the top speciality of the sea, 'Unmatched Strength'.

I wonder what kind of ability options will be drawn from Garp's challenge task this time.

[You have gained 2.33 billion experience points!]

[You have received a reward: Randomly draw one of the enemy's skills or Expertises]

[Hint: Due to the large difference in size between the host and Monkey D. Garp, the effect of some of the skills that can be drawn has been automatically adjusted]

[Randomizing... Drawing complete]

[Please choose one of the following five abilities as your reward:]

[1: [Sleeping King] - Expertise: Under normal conditions, the recovery rate of health, stamina, and physical strength remains unchanged; when in a sleep state, immediately recover 5% of your own health, stamina, and physical strength, and increase the recovery rate of the three attributes by 250%. Note: This ability can be activated at any time in a relaxed mental state.]

[2: [Iron Fist of Love] - Skill: A fist filled with love, with a small chance to ignore defense, doubling the pain felt by the target when hit.]

[3: [Fist of Justice] - Skill: A fist filled with justice, with a high chance to ignore defense, and additional 100% damage.]

[4: [Marine Iron Fist] - Expertise: Every five attacks, the fifth attack comes with an additional 1/5th of damage that ignores defense.]

[5: [Giant Iron Ball] - Skill: Lift and throw a spherical object with a diameter at least ten times larger than your chest size towards the opponent. Note: Requires a base strength attribute of 500.]

"This Iron Fist is really something!"

Looking at the series of abilities in the reward options all bearing the title 'Iron Fist,' Adrian's eye twitched.

"And isn't Garp's skill description a bit too unreliable?"

"Although they are all powerful... three skills and two Expertise."

Naturally, Adrian instantly ruled out the [Giant Iron Ball] ability.

This ability...

It's not only strange but also impractical.

Why would there be a skill move judged by chest size?!

The first expertise reward, [Sleeping King], was also quickly dismissed by Adrian.

Although it seemed like a very interesting expertise...

For a lone wolf like him, it's practically a death sentence!

The only ones left are the three iron fist abilities.

"Fist of Love"—probably for punching Luffy and Dragon?

"The Fist of Justice, this seems to be the ability for hitting Marco, who was a user of the Phoenix Fruit, still had bandages on his head for a while after the war. It's a terrifying fist."

And then there was the third option… It resembled the top-tier template expertise "Unmatched Strength"!

Every fifth attack automatically dealt an extra 20% damage. And the expertise is a passive ability, without any consumption required, which means that Adrian's attack power has increased by a large chunk out of thin air!

Maybe the word "additional damage" doesn't sound easy to understand.

But "true damage" is very intuitive!

Perhaps "additional damage" sounded confusing, but "real damage" was straightforward!

Adrian hadn't expected such an ability to exist—capable of causing "real damage"!

Truly befitting a legendary marine hero!

Compared to the other four options, "Marine Iron Fist" shone brightly.

Without hesitation, Adrian selected it.

[You obtained [Marine Iron Fist]!]

"So this is the protagonist's grandpa?"

"Indeed, Iron Fist Garp, forever godly!"