"Looking down on me that much?"
Yuu smiled calmly.
He did not even draw Black Blade Shusui. Instead, he casually picked up an ice spike from the ground—yes, the kind Kuzan had created by freezing the seawater.
Hawk Eyes stared at Yuu, seemingly confused.
In a swordsmen's duel, what did it mean to use an ice spike? Was he looking down on him?
"Take this!"
Yuu made the first move.
Someone as proud as Hawk Eyes naturally would not take the initiative. In this duel, Yuu had been the one to seek him out.
Naturally, Yuu should strike first.
Once they faced each other, their weapons collided, both coated in Armament Haki.
The white ice spike in Yuu's hand instantly turned black, becoming incomparably hard.
It was even tougher than darksteel. Hawk Eyes's short blade was also coated in Armament Haki.
He had applied it afterward. At first, Hawk Eyes had looked down on Yuu somewhat, so he had not used Haki.
Only after clashing with Yuu and discovering how powerful his Armament Haki was did he coat his weapon in Armament Haki.
But because he had applied his Armament Haki a moment too late, Hawk Eyes was forced back again and again.
"What?! Hawk Eyes actually retreated? The legendary strongest swordsman was actually being driven back by an unknown nobody wielding a picked-up ice spike?"
Everyone present was stunned, especially the swordsmen.
Many swordsmen regarded Hawk Eyes as their goal. Whether Navy or pirate, from the moment they chose to become swordsmen, they had heard the legends of Hawk Eyes. All this time, Hawk Eyes had been the ceiling of the swordsman world. Every swordsman wanted to challenge and defeat him, but so many years had passed.
Ever since Hawk Eyes took the throne of the world's greatest swordsman,