A body as hard as diamond, combined with Armament Haki.
Even across the entire world, Jozu's defense was considered among the very best.
The reason Hawk Eyes' slash had failed to harm Jozu in the slightest
was that Jozu's defense was simply too powerful, while the slashing wave was limited by its inability to cover Armament Haki.
So,
in a situation like the one he was in now, Jozu was confident he could withstand any form of long-range attack from anyone.
That was also why people called him the "Diamond Shield."
Before this, Jozu had never imagined that, in the great war taking place today, someone would slash him viciously in the area where he was most confident.
How had he done it?
Hawk Eyes, who was closest to Maud, lived up to those eyes that seemed capable of seeing through the essence of things. He keenly grasped the fundamental reason Maud had managed to injure Jozu with a slashing wave.
He had slashed the shadow, then inflicted damage on the shadow's owner.
Such a thing sounded utterly absurd, but it was nothing special for the Shadow-Shadow Fruit.
In fact,
the most difficult part of using a shadow to injure a target was concealing the moment of attack.
Maud had not originally intended to attack Jozu.
After all, even Hawk Eyes' slash had been unable to do anything to Jozu. Maud was not so swollen with confidence that he thought he could injure Jozu with a slash alone.
But when he saw Jozu grow so confident that he dared to use his body to endure Hawk Eyes' slash head-on, Maud immediately spotted an opening.
Of course, it could not be said entirely that Jozu had chosen to take the slash head-on out of overconfidence. After all, the Moby Dick and