Boom!
A savage blast of air erupted beneath Lorne's feet, and the ground across Beheading Reef instantly sank three meters.
Shrouded in a blazing Golden Shield, Lorne drove his right fist, wreathed in Divine Dragon Lightning, straight into Mihawk's descending blade.
The edge of Black Blade Yoru collided heavily with the golden gauntlet, unleashing an ear-piercing metallic roar.
Black-and-red arcs of Conqueror's Haki rampaged between them, and the hard basalt strata crumbled layer by layer like tofu.
"Mihawk, your blade had better not have gone dull!"
Lorne roared, his left fist tearing through the air toward Mihawk's face.
Mihawk turned his wrist, sliding the Black Blade along Lorne's knuckles and sending up a dazzling shower of sparks.
"You dare meet my Black Blade head-on with your flesh!"
Mihawk abruptly dropped low, sweeping his blade diagonally upward toward Lorne's ribs.
The slash was so fast that it left not even a trace in the air.
Lorne did not retreat an inch. He stamped his left foot down and forced himself sideways with the instantaneous burst of speed from [Decimating Smash].
Rip!
The Black Blade's peerless edge still sliced through the flesh at Lorne's waist, sending blood spraying along its blade.
This fellow doesn't care about pain at all!
Mihawk was shaken.
My slash clearly cut into his flesh. Why wasn't there the slightest hesitation in his movements?
Using the recoil from the wound, Lorne curled his right hand into a claw, and a fierce gravitational pull suddenly erupted from his palm.
[Crushing Blow]!
The violent gravitational force dragged at the surrounding air and forcibly hauled Mihawk forward.
"Got you!"
The muscles in Lorne's arms suddenly swelled as he threw both arms around the approaching Mihawk in a crushing embrace.
Mihawk's pupils contracted sharply. In that instant of weightlessness, he displayed a