Chapter 12: Blue Hole!

As Garp finished speaking, the purple-black lightning in his pupils seemed to materialize, surging out with a roar. 

It coalesced into terrifying bolts of purple-black lightning, crackling violently in the atmosphere. In an instant, these countless bolts converged on Garp's right fist, which now gleamed with an ominous purple-black hue.

The tremendous energy seemed trapped, tightly wrapped around his fist, as if caged and ready to be unleashed.

"This… this is…" 

Ace stared in shock at the terrifying power enveloping Garp's hand. At that moment, he felt a stirring within himself—his own Conqueror's Haki was slowly awakening.

"Watch closely, Ace!" 

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Garp vanished in an instant, reappearing dozens of meters above the ground, high in the air. Using his Observation Haki to gauge the distance and ensure Ace wouldn't be seriously harmed, Garp grinned.

Then, with tremendous force, he swung his right fist downward.

In that moment, the violent purple-black energy that had been sealed in his fist roared out like a ferocious beast, finally set free.

BOOM!

The purple-black energy exploded, sweeping across the atmosphere with unstoppable force. The earth beneath it shattered instantly, crumbling as if it were made of fragile glass.

Fragments of the ground shot into the air, only to disintegrate into ash before the overwhelming energy.

"Blue Hole!" 

Garp grinned as his destructive force consumed the landscape.

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Ace looked at the scene of destruction—the shattered ground and the remnants of purple-black lightning crackling in the air—with a mixture of awe and shock.

Is this what Kaido spoke of—the supreme power, the Conqueror's Haki infusion? 

Though he had seen this power in the original story back in his previous life, witnessing it in reality was an entirely different experience.

It was truly overwhelming.

Suddenly, Ace's vision dimmed.

In the next moment, Ace found himself standing before a dense forest. He watched as a man dressed in warrior garb was driven back by a powerful slash crackling with purple-black energy.

Kozuki Oden?!

Ace was stunned. This was...

"Damn it! I can't accept this!" 

Oden, defeated by the attack, roared in defiance and charged forward once more.

But before he could make his next move, a towering figure emerged from the woods, causing Oden to freeze in his tracks.

Whitebeard! Edward Newgate!

"You've come at last." 

A voice filled with commanding Haki echoed from Ace's mouth, as a violent red light gleamed in his eyes. In an instant, this red aura seemed to materialize, flooding the sword in Ace's hand.

BOOM!

The violent purple Haki roared around him, and as Ace stepped forward, the ground beneath his feet shattered.

"Roger!"

Whitebeard's voice rang out, his Conqueror's Haki surging as it wrapped around his weapon, Gathering-Clouds Cutter.

"Take this!"

Both Ace and Whitebeard slashed out with their swords at the same time, the air itself quaking from the force.

BOOM!

The two supreme swords collided in midair, and the resulting shockwave swept across the entire island.

"They didn't even touch..." 

From a distance, Oden struggled to comprehend what he was witnessing. Eyes wide, he could barely utter a word in the face of such overwhelming power.

"Hahaha!" 

"Gurarara!"

Both men laughed, their Haki no longer restrained. Their Conqueror's Haki clashed violently, erupting in all directions.

BOOM!

CRACK!

The purple-black lightning crackled with deafening force, and even the atmosphere seemed to shatter under the immense pressure.

The earth was torn apart, while the sea rose up in massive waves. Many members of the Roger Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates were overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the clash.

In the end, even the sky itself seemed to tear under the violent storm of Haki.

A true clash of Conqueror's Haki, intertwined and tangled!

Whoosh!

In an instant, the vision shattered, and Ace's consciousness returned to the nameless island where he stood.

"Your comprehension is heaven-defying—you have realized the Conqueror's Haki infusion through visualization."

"Your comprehension is heaven-defying—you have understood Garp's technique, 'Blue Hole,' and comprehend a new technique, 'Ring of Flame – Red Hole'"

In his mind, two lines of text slowly appeared.

"Hahaha, it seems like I've gotten rusty," Garp said, laughing.