"I've been waiting a long time."
Mihawk drew the black blade Yoru from his back. He had wanted to clash with this man during the Summit War, but the timing had been wrong. Afterward, he had waited a long time without finding another opportunity.
This time, he had come along with Zoro precisely to truly experience this man's swordsmanship.
"Take it up there. This ship can't withstand our power."
Yang Hao raised a hand, summoning a blood-red spear into his grasp. He leaped into the sky, and Mihawk followed. He knew Moon Walk as well.
The two attacked at the same time in perfect tacit understanding. Yang Hao thrust his spear forward, empowered by the God-Slaying Domain, its sharpness unmatched.
This blood-red spear had been forged by fusing fragments of Raiu with superalloy. Using the blade spirit within and the Divine Slaughter's Domain, he had evolved it into the God-Slaying Spear martial soul.
Mihawk swung his blade, releasing a jade-green slash that was equally unstoppable.
Yet when it met Yang Hao's God-Slaying Spear, it was suppressed and pierced through.
Clang!
Mihawk swung his sword to strike, the blade accurately hitting the spear tip. But the immense force sent him flying, and he crashed straight into the sea.
The difference in their physical strength was simply too great.
"The world's greatest swordsman lost in a single move?!"
Everyone was stunned. They had thought the two would fight for a while. After all, that was the world's greatest swordsman—yet he had lost after one exchange.
"That despicable, shameless, rude man has gotten stronger again."
Boa Hancock was deeply puzzled. Just how did that man improve so quickly? And even after reaching that level, he could still grow stronger.
Wasn't it supposed to become harder and harder to improve the further one went?