The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

"Boom!!" Centered on him, high-frequency vibrating pale particles spread outwards like waves, the ground cracked layer by layer, and Oden's slash collided with the shock wave, bursting out with dazzling light.

The shockwave threw both of them back simultaneously. Oden tumbled several times in the air before landing, his wooden clogs sinking deep into the rock.

Meanwhile, Gern slid dozens of meters, the blade carving a charred trail in the ground.

"It's not over yet!" Oden stomped his foot, his figure flashing forward like a ghost, his twin swords becoming afterimages, "Dual Sword Style: Peach Slash!"

The blades flashed like swallowtails, crisscrossing as they came. Gern raised his sword to block, but Oden's sword stance suddenly changed. The Ame no Habakiri slashed upwards from a tricky angle, aiming straight for his throat!

"Clang!" Gern dodged to the side, avoiding a fatal wound, but the blade still left another bloody gash on his cheek.

At the same time, Gern unleashed a Supreme Wave Punch at Oden's abdomen, but it was blocked by the hilt of Enma's sword.

In the instant of their stalemate, Oden grinned: "Just as Hakukichi said, your vibrations... are quite interesting!"

Before he finished speaking, Oden's Ryuo suddenly surged, and the Haki on his twin swords boiled like flames, actually forcing back Gern's vibrating particles!

"Trouble?!" Gern was startled.

"Take this!" Oden's arms bulged with muscles, and he brought his twin swords down with a fierce strike, "Dual Sword Style: Reversal of Heaven!!"

"Boom!!!" The crimson-black slash poured down like the collapse of the sky, instantly tearing apart Gern's defenses. He was blasted away, crashing into several giant rocks before barely coming to a stop.

At the same time, Oden charged forward again and spun around, his twin swords slashing towards Gern's waist like a whirlwind.

Gern took a half step back, and the Eight Desolations blocked in front of him. The moment the blade collided with the twin swords, vibration particles erupted, reflecting the force of Oden's slash back.

Oden's arms went numb from the shock, but he used the momentum to leap and flip in mid-air, slashing down with his twin swords once more.

Gern looked up, his pupils reflecting the glint of the falling blade. His left hand suddenly spread its five fingers, the fingertips tearing a crease in the air and bursting forth with a blinding pale light.

"Earthquake - Rift!"

"Whoosh!" Five parallel spatial rifts instantly tore through the atmosphere, and the shockwaves cut through everything in their path like invisible blades.

Seeing this, Oden forcibly twisted his body in mid-air to block, but the impact of the slash sent him flying hundreds of meters, crashing into several giant trees before barely stopping.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, but the fighting spirit in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest: "Hahaha! That's more like it!"

Gern was slightly out of breath, thinking to himself, "This guy's stamina is simply inexhaustible..."

But he did not back down; on the contrary, his fighting spirit grew even stronger.

The pale particles on the Eight Desolate Blades condensed again, and the surrounding air emitted a piercing buzzing sound due to the high-frequency vibration.

Gern did not answer, but instead held the Eight Desolations horizontally in front of him. The pale particles on the blade suddenly contracted, and then...

"Buzz!!" A piercing buzzing sound echoed across the deserted island. High-frequency vibrating particles were compressed to the extreme on the blade, and even the surrounding air began to distort and collapse.

Seeing this, Oden didn't retreat but advanced, laughing wildly as he charged forward: "Come on!!"

“Heavenly Tremor - Collapse of Realms.” Gern uttered four words coldly, and the blade slashed down fiercely.

"Crack!!" Space shattered like glass, and a pale white slash pierced through the earth, causing everything in its path to collapse.

"Boom!!" A beam of light shot into the sky from the center of the deserted island, tearing a huge hole in the clouds, and a tsunami swept outwards from the island.

Amidst the smoke and dust, two figures were simultaneously sent flying backward.

............

Oden stood not far away, his twin swords hanging limply, his chest heaving violently, yet he still grinned maliciously with a bloodstained mouth, saying, "What? Is this all the Navy can do?"

"Heh, so you really enjoy forcing me to compete in swordsmanship." Gern, covered in wounds, wiped the blood from his chin, his eyes icy.

"Since that's the case... then I'll treat you to something good too!"

Before he finished speaking, the air around Gern suddenly distorted, and eight pale, vibrating spheres materialized out of thin air around him.

Each sphere's surface is covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and the high-frequency humming vibrations inside make the surrounding air tremble.

"Heavenly Tremor - Eight Extremes Jade!" Eight spheres instantly locked onto Oden and shot out like meteors!

"Hey! Hey! Hey! You cheated!!" Oden yelled, seeing that Guern had completely created distance, he could only grit his teeth and swing his sword to meet the attack.

"Clang!" The moment Enma shattered the first sphere—"Boom!!" Space exploded!

The terrifying shockwave spread out in a spherical shape, and Oden was thrown several meters away, his arms instantly torn open.

Before he even landed, the second and third spheres came one after another!

"Dual-wielding swords - Reversal!" Oden hastily spun his twin swords, creating a barrier with his strikes, barely managing to take two of the orbs, but the fourth one attacked from a blind spot!

Without a doubt, Oden took another solid hit to the side of his abdomen from a shockwave, and blood gushed out!

He groaned and forced himself to steady himself, but the fifth and sixth spheres had already blocked his escape route!

"Damn it..." Oden gritted his teeth, hardening his entire body with Armament Haki to withstand the explosion!

"Boom boom boom!!!" Three consecutive shockwaves blasted a deep crater into the surface of the deserted island. Oden knelt at the bottom of the crater, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, his twin swords planted in the ground to support his body.

Although Armament Haki blocked most of the damage, it greatly depleted his stamina, and he was breathing heavily.

"Feeling bad? It's not over yet!" Gern sneered, suddenly grabbing his hands.

"Heavenly Tremor - Thousand Light Wheels!" Hundreds of rotating white ring-shaped energy bodies appeared behind Gern, each radiating a destructive high-frequency vibration.

The next second, the rings poured down like a torrential rain!

"Hey! Wait!!" Oden's eyes widened, but Guern didn't give him a chance to breathe.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!!!" The ring exploded upon landing, and the high-frequency shockwave spread wildly, shattering the surface of the entire deserted island layer by layer like fragile glass!

Oden dodged the explosions in a sorry state, but there were just too many rings. Even with Armament Haki, he couldn't take all that damage!

"Pfft!" A ring grazed his shoulder, instantly turning his flesh into a bloody mist!

"Dual-wielding Tornado!" Oden roared as he unleashed a storm of slashes, barely clearing a safe area, but more rings had already blocked his retreat.

Gern stood at a distance, coldly watching the spectacular explosion.

"Damn it, now you know what 'cheating' means?"

This is a battle. You can use your swordsmanship advantage to force me into close-quarters swordsmanship, then I'll use my nature-based Heavenly Tremor advantage.

A devastating, overwhelming natural disaster!

Chapter 101 Peach Blossom Spring!

Above the island, Gern coldly watched as Oden was swallowed up by the pale explosion.

The high-frequency shockwaves tore countless fine cracks in the air, even distorting light into eerie rainbow colors.

Oden possessed talents almost on par with Roger—the ability to use all three types of Haki, to hear the voice of all things, and a near-monstrous physique.

One has a terminal illness, while the other has strength but no brains, relying on his intuition for everything.

“No wonder he’s the future ‘King of Endurance’…” Gern snorted coldly, his fingertips trembling slightly as he sensed the information from the shockwave feedback.

Back when Zephyr faced his high-frequency vibration field in the training field, he would instantly pull out of the field after using Armament Haki, but Oden was still able to stand up without dodging or avoiding and take all the hits head-on.

Although it appeared that his entire body was hardened with Armament Haki, and his muscles were bulging like steel, Gern knew...

My vibrations are not the same as those of other natural systems.

Short-term defense is fine, but prolonged pure impact can penetrate the defense and directly cause shock to bones, flesh, and internal organs!

Armament Haki won't last long at all!

"So, you couldn't take it either, right?"

Amidst the smoke and dust, Oden's figure swayed slightly, his body riddled with wounds and gushing blood.

But his eyes still burned with fighting spirit, even... more frenzied.

At this moment, Kozuki Oden even considered it an honor that he could withstand Gern's attack!

Therefore, to deal with such a strong opponent who "doesn't use his brain much," Gern doesn't even need to fight head-on.

His Observation Haki was already fully applied; every slight vibration in the air was his "eye."

Oden's breathing rhythm, muscle contractions, and even the subtle tremors of blood flow were all under Gern's control.

"Right shoulder drops for 0.3 seconds, left leg muscles tense... Looks like he's about to charge." Gern's pupils contracted sharply, then he threw out the Eight Desolations, followed by a powerful kick that sent the weapon flying like a javelin!

The high-frequency shockwaves wrapped around the blade tore through the air, emitting a piercing shriek.

Almost at the same moment

"Boom!!!" Oden cleaved through the dust and smoke at the bottom of the pit, his figure charging out like a ferocious beast.

With twin blades wrapped in crimson and black flowing cherry blossoms, he shattered the remaining shockwaves and charged out, laughing wildly: "Gern, this isn't over yet!!"

But his smile froze instantly.

The Black Blade Eight Desolations filled his entire field of vision like a meteor. Before the blade even arrived, the shockwave had already caused his skin to crack!

"What...?!" Oden's maniacal laughter came to an abrupt halt.

In the nick of time, he could only rely on his animalistic instincts to dodge to the side. The blade grazed his neck, drawing a trail of blood.

But that momentary delay was enough for Gern!

"Just as I thought, you do rely on your instincts in battle." A cold voice boomed in Oden's ears.

Gern's figure flashed like a ghost, his fists joined together like hammers, wrapped in destructive pale shockwaves, and slammed down on Oden!

In an instant, the air, like fragile glass, shattered and disintegrated under the tremors!

Visible ripples spread outwards.

Wherever it passed, pebbles floated in the air, dust swirled, and even the air itself was compressed into distorted vortices.

Oden's body was blasted off balance by the violent impact, his Armament Haki flashing on his skin, yet the shockwave still penetrated it.

The bones creaked under the strain, the internal organs churned violently from the resonance, and blood spilled from the corners of the mouth.

But Gern's attack was not over yet.

Just as Oden was about to fall to the ground—

"Flash." Gern's figure suddenly blurred, turning into a pale afterimage. High-frequency vibrating particles boiled around him, as if a rift had been torn open in space.

In the next instant, he had already flashed behind Oden, his knuckles wrapped with the Haki of Ryuo, while the compressed "micro-vibration core" emitted a high-frequency hum.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!" Dozens of jabs erupted in an instant, each punch precisely striking Oden's spine, back, and side.

Each strike is accompanied by the implantation of a "micro-vibration core"!

Oden's pupils suddenly contracted, his body trembled violently in mid-air, and spiderweb-like pale spots appeared on his skin.

Immediately after, Gern turned around and caught the Eight Desolations perfectly, then used the momentum of the turn to...

With a powerful slash, Oden's abdomen was struck, the impact of which slammed him into the ground!

"Boom!!" The deserted island trembled again, and Oden's body was embedded in the rock layer like a cannonball, blasting open a huge crater with a diameter of tens of meters.

Dust billowed into the sky, and pebbles rained down, yet the figure at the bottom of the pit was still struggling to stand up!

Oden's arms trembled, and Enma and Ame no Habakiri were driven deep into the ground, supporting his swaying body.

"Hahaha...! That's more like it!!" A wild smile still lingered on his lips, blood dripping from his body, but the fighting spirit in his eyes remained undiminished.

“However, I didn’t expect…” Oden’s gaze fell on the black sword, Hakko, in Gern’s hand.

"You possess one of the twelve Supreme Grade Swords, yet you're not a swordsman!"

Upon hearing Oden's words, Gern watched coldly, and had to admit that Oden was indeed very resilient.

"I didn't expect you to be so resilient, like a..."

“A stubborn beast.” Oden replied, his maniacal laughter exploding in the dust, blood dripping from his chin, only to be shattered into a blood mist by some invisible force in mid-air.

"I felt the same way Bai Ji taught me that move during our fight!"

Oden's arms were bulging with muscles, veins standing out like angry dragons, and the blades of Enma and Ame no Habakiri suddenly hummed and trembled.

Liu Ying's Armament Haki receded like a tide, replaced by crimson-black lightning!

Overlord color entanglement!!

"Entanglement?!" Gern's pupils suddenly contracted; he hadn't expected this.

“You’re right, I do rely on my intuition…” Oden slowly raised his twin swords, the Conqueror’s Haki arcs on the blades crackling like living things, and the surrounding air began to distort.

"But sometimes..." His figure suddenly blurred for a moment.