One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK2!

Chapter 329 - War 23.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV

Marineford, First Half of Grandline.

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Luffy immediately burst through the ground and charged at the two opponents in front of him, closing the distance against the first, who was none other than his own grandfather.

Garp also advanced towards the challenge posed by his grandson, raising his fist as Luffy did the same. And the moment their fists collided, a massive explosion erupted in all directions.

Both fists remained evenly matched, as bolts of armament haki expanded against each other. For the first time, Luffy was holding his own against his grandfather, the Marine hero and one of the strongest people in the world, albeit he was maintaining his hybrid form, the moa moa no mi, and his haki to stand up to his grandfather.

"You really have become strong since the last time, kid," Garp couldn't help commenting, feeling the pressure of Luffy's strike, as everything around them began to crack and fly.

Even many of the Marines who were still making the last stand against the pirates were blown away, screaming and unable to do anything but fly. Luffy was managing to stand up to Garp's attack until, even though the ground began to tremble and the earth started to give way. The same platform began to shake with Ace on top, starting to sway.

Garp, seeing this, maintained a sparkle in his eyes and he began to unleash something with his other haki while his hand began to wrap with the coating of the king.

"Are you going to use that already?" Luffy couldn't help but complain and also began to wrap his strike with the king's coating, which he had just learned, but was far inferior to Garp's.

The strike exploded the next moment, while Luffy ended up losing the battle again, flying backwards, but not too far as he managed to stay a few meters from the impact.

"He really holds the title of the Marine hero after countless battles with Roger and other big fish..." Luffy felt his entire arm tremble and ache after the clash.

His moment of reflection didn't last long as he shook his arm a bit to ease the pain, because while the area around him was enveloped in smoke, a glow emerged above him, and he saw Sengoku appear in his Buddha form, using his palm above him, spinning a shockwave and sending him flying back a few meters while keeping his feet to brake the advance.

"This is not going to be easy," Luffy murmured, but soon a glimmer arose in his eyes thinking about this situation. "This is also a good opportunity to learn and evolve." Quickly, he activated his moa moa no mi ability, enhancing strength and speed to increase his learning 100x.

Luffy sensed the presence of the two in front of him within the smoke with the ground in ruins since the start of the dispute with the two and charged rapidly against the giant Buddha, Sengoku quickly sensed this and placed his palm against Luffy, generating a blast of flames with the fleet of his beast, but he began to lose, being driven back.

It also didn't help as Garp appeared at his side and punched him again, feeling his arm bone break with his grandfather's fist trying to protect himself from him. "Why did you suddenly get so weak?" Garp was a bit surprised by this, after all, his grandson should withstand that blow.

Despite the pain, Luffy did not complain and his body was sent to the excavated ground; he was taking a big risk, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity to learn from it, he quickly used Eikon healing and began to recover instantly.

"Luffy?!" Lucy shouted without knowing what was happening inside the smoke that Luffy, Garp, and Sengoku had created, but she knew that Luffy was having some trouble in the end.