He walked out of it.
Blood was already trickling from the corner of his mouth.
His hands, gripping the knife, were trembling.
That slash just now missed its target.
The impact from Gryphon alone severely damaged his internal organs.
Hawk Eyes looked at Tashigi.
She stood still.
Black Blade Yoru pointed diagonally at the ground.
From beginning to end, she only swung her knife forward once.
"It's not a power boost."
Hawk Eyes raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"It's not that his Haki suddenly became stronger."
"Your control over the sword has surpassed that of Great Swordsman."
Tashigi did not deny it.
A completely new foundation in kendo continues to be integrated into his body.
The slashes that used to require the Black Blade Yoru to unleash can now be completed with just a thought.
Hawk Eyes's swordsmanship remains formidable.
But in her eyes, there were flaws everywhere.
The angle at which you hold the knife.
The direction in which Haki flows.
The process of sword energy taking shape.
She could even anticipate Hawk Eyes's next attack location by observing the changes in the surrounding sword intent.
This is not Observation Haki.
Rather, it was a crushing defeat in terms of swordsmanship level.
Tashigi picked up the Black Blade Yoru.
"Continue."
Hawk Eyes did not back down.
He slowly straightened up.
Gryphon gripped his hands tightly again.
"I have practiced swordsmanship for decades."
"I have never seen a path beyond that of Great Swordsman."
Now that I've arrived, I won't stay here.
As soon as he finished speaking, Hawk Eyes charged out again.
He was even faster than before.
All the Haki on Gryphon was compressed into the blade.
There was no large-scale sword energy.
There were no unnecessary movements.
Hawk Eyes focused all his power on this one strike.
High in the distance, Perona saw this and immediately moved closer to Robin.
"Is Hawk Eyes going to fight again?"
"The gap is already so big, can't he see it?"
Robin's Observation Haki locked onto the island.
"He figured it out."
"Precisely because he saw it, he's even less likely to stop."
"When a swordsman discovers a higher realm, but lacks even the courage to draw his sword, his swordsmanship comes to an end."
Perona looked at Tashigi.
"Then he has no chance of winning."
" Tashigi's swordsmanship has synchronized with her master's."
Even if Hawk Eyes fights with all his might, he can't stop her.
On the island, the two approached each other again.
Hawk Eyes gripped the sword with both hands and slashed down head-on.
This strike was already the limit of his swordsmanship.
strength.
Haki.
Sword intent.
All of it is focused on Gryphon.
The space around the blade appeared slightly distorted.
Tashigi, however, did not retreat.
She took a step forward to face Hawk Eyes.
Black Blade Yoru slashed down at Gryphon from below.
clang!
Blades clashed.
The black and red lightning exploded instantly.
The ground beneath their feet did not crack.
All the leaking power was forcibly erased by a surge of sword intent.
Hawk Eyes's arms sank.
Gryphon nearly dropped it.
He forcefully steadied the blade and swerved it to the side.
The sword's edge slashed along the Black Blade Yoru towards Tashigi's wrist.
Tashigi simply turned the hilt of the knife.
Black Blade Yoru had already blocked Gryphon's advance.
clang!
Hawk Eyes immediately changed tactics.
Straight cut.
Cross-section.
Pick up.
Stabbing.
Every strike was aimed directly at the vital points.
No matter how he changed direction, Black Blade Yoru appeared ahead of Gryphon.
Ten cuts.
Dozens of cuts.
Hundreds of cuts.
The clanging of metal echoed across the island once more.
Hawk Eyes's speed has been pushed to its limit.
Tashigi, however, remained standing in the same spot.
She didn't even launch an attack.
Black Blade Yoru never moved more than half a meter at a time.
But this half-meter range completely blocked all of Hawk Eyes's sword paths.
Perona felt a chill run down her spine.
"Even Hawk Eyes couldn't get through with a single strike?"
Tashigi didn't even move her foot.
Robin also sensed the gap between them.
"This is no longer a closely fought battle."
"All of Hawk Eyes's strikes are under Tashigi's control."
Hawk Eyes swung his sword down again.
Black Blade Yoru slashed upwards.
Gryphon immediately veered off course.
Hawk Eyes's chest was completely exposed.
Tashigi did not pursue.
She just looked at Hawk Eyes.
"Shall we continue?"
Hawk Eyes took a step back.
Her breathing was erratic.
The webs between the thumb and index finger of both hands were completely split open.
Blood flowed down the hilt of Gryphon's knife.
He did not bow his head.
He didn't even look at his wound.
"Continue."
Hawk Eyes lifted Gryphon again.
Tashigi gripped the Black Blade Yoru, tightly.
She could sense that Hawk Eyes's attention was no longer fully focused on the battle.
The aura of Red-Haired Shanks has vanished.
Beckman's breath had already ceased.
The remaining members of the Red Hair Pirates were all rendered unable to fight.
Although Hawk Eyes did not ask any questions, his Observation Haki swept across the distant sea several times.
Tashigi didn't warn her.
Being distracted during a swordsman's duel is a fatal mistake.
Hawk Eyes charged again.
His strikes remained swift.
However, compared to before, it has slowed down by a second.
Tashigi stepped forward.
Black Blade Yoru brushed past Gryphon.
She did not continue to block.
The blade bypassed Hawk Eyes's slash and cut directly at his body.
Hawk Eyes felt a sudden sense of danger.
The warning from his Observation Haki made the hairs on his entire body stand on end.
He immediately sheathed his knife.
Gryphon held it horizontally across his chest.
Armament Haki surged wildly into the blade.
Tashigi had moved to his side.
"It's over."
The Black Blade Yoru, slashed out from her hand.
This strike lacked the ordinary sword energy.
Where the blade passes, space distorts inward.
A slash, too sharp to be seen with the naked eye, hurtled along the ground.
No rocks shattered along the way.
There was no mud flying around.
The entire space seemed to have been sliced open by an invisible blade.
Hawk Eyes had no time to dodge.
He grasped Gryphon's hands.
The Great Swordsman unleashed his full sword intent.
Armament Haki.
Conqueror's Haki.
physique.
All the force was poured into the blade at the same time.
"Stop them!"
Hawk Eyes swung Gryphon, facing the sword energy that distorted space head-on.
boom!
Two forces collided.
The Armament Haki on the Gryphon was the first to crack.
Next up is Conqueror's Haki.
The black and red lightning was severed in two by the sword energy.
The veins on Hawk Eyes's arms burst one after another.
Blood splattered onto the blade.
He still didn't let go.
Gryphon is Shanks's sword.
Shanks lent him this Supreme Grade Sword so that he could complete this duel.
Black Blade Yoru is gone.
He can't let Gryphon get away again.
"Stop!"
Hawk Eyes once again channeled all his power.
Gryphon emitted a sharp, metallic clang.
The blade bent to its limit.
Click!
A crisp snapping sound rang out.
Hawk Eyes stopped moving.
Gryphon broke in half from the blade.
The front half of the blade spun and flew into the sky.
Hawk Eyes only had half a broken sword left in his hand.
The sword energy that distorted space did not stop.
The sword energy pierced through the broken Gryphon and struck Hawk Eyes head-on.
Pfft!
Blood spurted from Hawk Eyes's shoulder.
The wound went downwards, running through the chest and abdomen, until it reached the side of the waist.
His ribs were severed.
Internal organs protrude from the wound.
Hawk Eyes's body was lifted off the ground by the sword energy and slammed backward.
Bang!
He crashed into the rock strata.
Its body was dragged for hundreds of meters across the ground before finally crashing into a giant rock.
The boulder broke in half.
Hawk Eyes rolled to the ground.
The half-eaten Gryphon in his hand also fell to the side.
The blood quickly stained the ground red.