Dressrosa.
Inside the palace.
Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, sat there with his legs crossed, reading a newspaper with a wicked expression on his face.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fighting to a draw with that Hawk-Eye? Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? That Hawk-Eye probably held back."
" Doffy, how about we try making contact?" Trebol, with a disgusting snot dripping from his nose, wriggled over to Doflamingo's side and said, "Even if Hawk-Eye is holding back, this Uya isn't too weak. If we could recruit him into the clan..."
Doflamingo put down his newspaper and said, "It's not that easy. This guy seems to have appeared out of thin air. Let others deal with him first. We should be able to find out whether he's really that strong in no time."
"Fufufufu, the turmoil of this era is getting more and more intense; I'm already itching to get involved."
The first half of the Grand Line.
In Alabasta, at Baroque Works, Desert Crocodile is smoking a Crocodile and reading a newspaper.
"A rookie as strong as that Hawk-Eye? That kind of nonsense makes the newspapers."
Crocodile's face showed impatience. Regardless of whether Hawk-Eye held back or not, the news that he had fought to a draw with a newcomer was a disgrace to the Seven Warlords, and as one of the Seven Warlords himself, he felt extremely displeased.
"Hmph! It seems Hawk-Eye has lost his former edge. He should probably step down from his Seven Warlords position and retire soon." Crocodile snorted and threw the newspaper into the trash can.
In the latter half of the Grand Line, on an unnamed island.
It is now the 20th year of the Great Pirate Era, twenty years since the death of Pirate King Roger, which is two years before Luffy. Fire Fist Ace has already arrived in the New World.
After his battle with Hawk-Eye, which shook the entire world, Uya was sitting on the edge of a cliff on this small island.
Uya's power was 99% depleted in the void turbulence, but with only one-tenth of his power remaining, coupled with his unskilled swordsmanship, he still managed to fight Hawk-Eye to a draw!
Hawk-Eye truly lives up to his title as the world's greatest swordsman, a master of the art of swordsmanship. Uya doesn't know exactly how strong Hawk-Eye is, but he estimates that he is likely stronger than a Marine Admiral. Otherwise, Zoro's ambition in the original work would be far too limited.
However, even if Hawk-Eye is stronger than an Admiral, he wouldn't be much stronger, and there are also differences in strength among the Admirals, although the differences are very small.
Whether it's Hawk-Eye, a Marine Admiral, or one of the Four Emperors, they are all beings existing in this world. The Four Emperors may be stronger than the Admirals, but they are not much stronger.
Uya himself doesn't really care about who is stronger; he's only concerned about his own power and when he can fully recover.
Even a fraction of his power is comparable to that of a naval admiral; with just a slight recovery, he would be able to surpass everything.
"This time, I've expended quite a bit of energy, and it seems the recovery is rather slow."
Sensing the state of his body, Uya murmured something, but he wasn't worried about anything. Even if he lost 99% of his power, he would still be able to stand at the pinnacle of this world.
Even if Uya had no power left, no one could harm him in the slightest. It should be noted that even the chaotic spatial power of the void turbulence could not harm Uya's body.
Without Uya needing to do anything, his body naturally recovered its strength, just like a person who has exhausted their energy and doesn't need to do anything special; they can slowly recover their strength by resting for a while.
Although the battle with Hawk-Eye was very impressive, it consumed almost no of Uya's strength. Unless it was a technique that shook space, it didn't take much of Uya's energy out of him.
"Swordsmanship, this kind of power is actually quite useful."
Recalling the sword techniques he had previously analyzed and learned, Uya's eyes flickered slightly, and he couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Although the swordsmanship of this world, even one as powerful as Hawk-Eye's, is difficult to shake Uya's, this swordsmanship is pure slashing, just like Uya's Taijutsu, which are pure physical attacks.
If you become powerful enough, you can still unleash extremely powerful slashes even when you have little energy left, which is very useful.
" Sword Radiance, Sword Pressure, Sword Intent, Sword Domain."
Uya stands at such a high level that he doesn't need to start learning from the most basic swordsmanship; he can completely deduce the realm of swordsmanship in reverse.
After his battle with Hawk-Eye, Uya roughly understood the power levels of sword techniques.
Even the lowest level of Sword Radiance is the threshold to becoming a swordsman. Once you reach that level, you can cut through steel with just an ordinary sword.
By comprehending the Sword Pressure, one can unleash terrifying sword energy attacks, so powerful that they can even solidify into a tangible form, like Hawk-Eye!
Above that lies the unique Sword Intent of each individual.
Everyone's Sword Intent is different, such as the Flowing Water Sword Intent of the swordsman Loff, and the Flower Sword Sword Intent of Vista, the fifth division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Finally, it is the Sword Domain formed by merging all the Sword Radiance, Sword Pressure, and Sword Intent together.
The Sword Domain is not an actual area; it is simply the range that a sword can reach, or rather, the range within which sword energy can be perfectly controlled.
Within this area, you can cut down anything you desire, at will, cutting down everything!
Uya easily comprehended the Sword Intent with his own power, and then, through reverse reasoning, he learned the Sword Radiance and Sword Pressure. However, the Sword Domain was not so easy to achieve.
Moreover, Uya knew that with his level of cultivation, once he fully integrated the Sword Radiance Sword Pressure, and even Sword Intent into Sword Domain, it would far surpass Hawk-Eye's Sword Domain. Without using any other power, he might be able to cleave space with just the sword dao!
In terms of swordsmanship, Sword Radiance's aura Sword Pressure, and its Sword Intent still need further refinement.
As for the other two powers, Uya was also very interested in them: Observation Haki and Armament Haki.
The Observation Haki seems to have a similar effect to Uya's Shockwave Sensing, and Uya learned it very easily.
Armament Haki, however, doesn't seem to be particularly easy to master.
To be precise, Uya was able to cultivate Armament Haki, but he found it difficult to control because his Armament Haki was simply too strong!
Armament Haki is a power related to the body, and Uya's body is incredibly powerful, immortal, and even capable of countless transformations!
The Armament Haki cultivated by such a body is almost unbelievably strong, and precisely because of this, it is very difficult to control.
At this very moment.
Uya stood on the edge of the cliff, his whole body surging with a terrifying aura, as if shrouded in black clouds. It was Armament Haki that was so powerful that it was almost tangible!
Because this Armament Haki was so powerful, no matter how hard Uya tried, he couldn't control it perfectly, couldn't fully condense it, and then attach it to his body; he could only barely keep it in this state of surrounding him.
Moreover, Uya could sense that even in this surrounding state, his Armament Haki was in no way inferior to the Haki that Hawk-Eye had used before!
How terrifying!
Observation Haki, but Armament Haki was too powerful to control. As for the last of the three types of Haki, Uya 'Conqueror's Haki, he had never seen it before and couldn't find any clues about it.
However, in Uya's opinion, Conqueror's Haki should be similar to his Mental Shock. If he could see Conqueror's Haki with his own eyes once, he might be able to analyze and learn it.
" Conqueror's Haki, while not exactly common, is still quite popular. The Four Emperors of the New World should all be able to use it, so..."
Uya withdrew his Armament Haki and pondered for a moment.
But in the next moment, Uya suddenly raised an eyebrow and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"Interesting. What's this guy doing here? Is he after me?"
" Marine Headquarters Admiral... Kizaru." (To be continued.) 8