After half a day of fierce battles...
Hawkeye Mihawk was the first to stop fighting, ending his match.
Blackbeard Teach had no interest in the World's Greatest Swordsman, who was also a non-Devil Fruit user.
More importantly, Hawkeye Mihawk was an honorary Duke of the Goa Empire, so there was no need for a fight to the death.
There was no enmity between him and Hawkeye Mihawk either.
Hawkeye Mihawk was considered a friend of Red-Haired Shanks, but Red-Haired Shanks, Blackbeard Teach's enemy, had not been killed by him.
As Hawkeye Mihawk conceded, Kizaru could not be bothered to keep up the act either. He surrendered outright and went to drink tea while watching the matches.
After thinking it over, the lazy Aokiji Kuzan followed Kizaru's example and ended his battle early as well.
Thus, Blackbeard Teach, Akainu Sakazuki, and Ryokugyu Aramaki advanced to the semifinals on the first day.
None of the spectators were satisfied. This was even worse than the previous round.
They wanted to see top-tier battles with blood flowing everywhere!
Whether they were viewers around the world or spectators at Laugh Tale, everyone was deeply disappointed by the semifinal matches.
Fortunately, the one remaining match was the strongest battle of all.
Beast Kaido versus Sun God Nika!
Every spectator was watching this ultimate battle.
"This is the real final! Those bastards are just deadweight!"
"So incredible!!"
"Who would have thought that even someone as strong as Beast Kaido would be swung around like a jump rope by Sun God Nika, just like Loki!"
"After all, the Azure Dragon and Hellfire Serpent are both long worms..."
Straw Hat Luffy actually recreated many of the moves he had used in his previous battle against Prince Loki.
Jump rope, swallowing his opponent into his belly and turning into