Mihawk drew a deep breath, filling his lungs with the salty tang of the sea breeze. The next instant, he whipped out his Black Blade, Yoru, and pointed its tip into the distance!
His immense Observation Haki swept out like an invisible radar, instantly locking onto the figure of that man nearly a hundred nautical miles away!
"Not enough..." A fierce gleam flashed in Hawk-Eye's eyes. "That strike wasn't enough to stop me!"
In the backyard of the island outpost of G-10 Base.
Gern still stood where he had been, his left hand gently stroking the awakened Black Blade: Eight Desolations.
The dark red fissures along its blade pulsed like breathing. High-frequency vibration waves constantly distorted the surrounding air, producing an ominous hiss.
He looked in the direction Hawk-Eye had been sent flying, his gaze calm, with a hint of barely perceptible appreciation.
"He dispersed most of Godfall's impact with just one strike. He looked like he was knocked away, but he was also using that momentum to bleed off the force...
It seems you really have reached your limits over these ten years," he murmured.
But a moment later, Gern raised his brows slightly. He sensed an aura as sharp as a sword's edge locking firmly onto him from across the ocean.
"Oh? You've locked onto me again already..." A smile curved Gern's lips. "Not bad."
Almost at that very moment!
At the distant horizon, a slender yet incredibly concentrated green slash tore through the sky.
It crossed the sea as though teleporting, reaching G-10's outpost island in the blink of an eye!
The slash wasn't enormous, but it was concentrated to the utmost!
It sliced soundlessly through the air along its path, while the sharp energy spilling from it plowed a deep furrow through the sea!
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