How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 76: Unpolished Jade and Gold

On the sea.

Gawain managed to steady himself, and when he looked down he discovered that his knuckles had been torn apart by Hawkeye's tyrannical force, oozing scarlet blood.

The surge of adrenaline made him unable to feel any obvious pain. The only thing he felt was his accelerating heartbeat and his fingers trembling with excitement.

It showed that he was unusually excited at the moment.

The opponent is too strong!
Stronger than you can imagine!

But the more this happened, the stronger Gawain's fighting spirit became, and this was even more true for the already bloodthirsty Guanshi Zhengzong in his hand.

He also wanted to try whether he could use the enormous pressure brought by Hawkeye to verify whether the changes in Cloe could be replicated.

Now Gawain's own combat power has been upgraded to silver, and the upper limit of his own potential is only silver.

In a few months at most, what happened to the Black Iron Pirates will most likely happen to Gawain.

Silver-level combat power is enough to dominate the East China Sea, but it is still far from Gawain’s own goal.

Since Gawain is unwilling to let his cat brothers die, now is the best time to try to understand his true nature through fighting.

This is especially true when the opponent is Hawkeye!
Gao Wen tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes and wrapped Guan Shi Zheng Zong tightly around his hand. Then his eyes became fierce:
"Come again!"

Accompanied by Gao Wen's loud shout.

The deck under his feet was immediately submerged by sea water. When he surfaced, Gawain had already crossed a distance of dozens of meters and slashed at Hawkeye with a knife.

The airflow caused by the high speed alone made the coat on Hawkeye's shoulders dance wildly.

“It’s getting faster!”

Hawkeye looked at the young man in front of him, and for the first time in a long time he felt his body, his hands, and his knife becoming hotter and hotter with excitement!
"Knight Gawain!"

"not bad!"

Hawkeye slashed with his sword, and the blade landed on the point where Gawain's aura and power were the strongest, instantly repelling the latter.

Do it all.

The deck beneath Hawkeye's feet didn't even shake.

"monster!"

Although Gao Wen had anticipated this, he still couldn't help but twitch his lips, and the fire in his eyes became more and more intense.

Being number one in the world should be so overwhelmingly powerful!

Thoughts swirled in my mind.

Gao Wen's attacks became more and more fierce.

The super-fast speed brought by the Shaosi and the Flash Step allowed him to even walk on water easily.

He stepped heavily on the water to dissipate the force of Hawkeye's attack, and at the same time accumulated a new wave of thrust, and attacked Hawkeye again with Guanze Masamune in hand.

For a while, Gawain's offensive continued.

Like a whistling gale, driving the blade like a torrent!

Under such a fierce and rapid attack, anyone else would be beheaded by Gawain in an instant, but his opponent was, after all, the man known as the best in the world!
As Hawkeye understood Gawain's true ability, he gradually increased the strength in his hands, and the hand holding the knife could not help but make a creaking sound.

What he got in return was an even more powerful blow!

when!
when!
when!
……

The sound waves, as dense as the buzzing of bees and as deafening as the ringing of bells, spread in all directions in the air, and even distorted the air visibly to the naked eye.

Everyone who remained on the deck frowned and covered their ears for a moment.

"What the hell!"

"In the end what happened!"

Paddy opened his eyes wide, but could only barely see a series of water columns exploding on the sea in the distance. Hawkeye swung the black knife in his hand quickly, making a deafening sound as if it collided with the air.

The scene before them could only be described as something like ghosts and gods!
"quick!"

"Peel off that extended deck and we'll retreat!"

Zhepu looked solemn as he gave orders to the chefs around him, and then everyone began to act belatedly.

Yes.

Just the initial confrontation between these two monsters almost caused the ship to sink. Such destructive power was enough to tear the ship apart directly!

Between life and death.

The movements of the crowd were several times faster than usual, and the extended deck was peeled off in just a few seconds. The offshore restaurant Barati quickly retreated to several hundred meters away.

Just when Kanier thought he was barely safe, a flash of knife passed by and cut off half of the hat on his head.

He immediately lay on the ground, curled up into a ball, and cursed in a trembling voice: "Monster!"

"A complete monster!"

Zhepu glanced at him, took a deep breath of the tobacco in his mouth, and then turned his gaze to the battlefield in the distance.

His expression seemed calm, but his palms were already covered with sweat.

It was true that he had been to the Grand Line, but he had never even seen a monster like this, let alone a battle with one!
Sanji, who was standing next to him, was already stunned:

"Is that bastard so strong?"

"what."

Zhepu looked solemn:

"It's been a long time since a monster like this appeared in the East China Sea!"

"He's just an opponent, after all, he's number one in the world!"

……

far away.

The center of the battlefield.

Gawain continued to use Flash Step to launch thrusts, but they were constantly resolved by Hawkeye. His legs became heavier and heavier, and finally...

Ding!
The tip of Guan Shi Zheng Zong's sword was precisely placed on the blade of Heidao Ye.

Both of them stopped and left at this moment.

Gao Wen was sweating profusely and looked a little embarrassed. The cloth wrapped around his palm had been soaked with blood and had slipped onto the knife.

Looking at the calm and composed Hawkeye in front of him, Gawain couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:
"It's so despairingly powerful!"

The instant-step-driven thrust was already his strongest combination skill, but up to now, he had not been able to leave even a scratch on Hawkeye.

Even though Gao Wen was mentally prepared, he still felt suffocated.

"It seems that the distance between me and the world is still too far!"

"The swordsman's will lies entirely in the sword."

Hawkeye calmly put away his knife, and his hawk-like eyes fell on Gawain, as if he saw through everything:
"I have seen clearly the difference between you and Roronoa."

"If it is a rough jade that still needs to be polished, its essence is pure enough and all it needs is time."

"Then you are a piece of gold full of impurities. You have begun to shine with your own light, but there are too many impurities in your body, and your value has been greatly reduced."

"So what you need now is to temper your beliefs through battle after battle, and forge the sword in your heart!"

"most……"

"It's a battle in which you will die if you don't win!"

talking.

Hawkeye's expression changed, and he changed from holding the knife with one hand to holding it with both hands.

Anyone who has been exposed to kendo knows that the biggest difference between holding a sword with both hands and holding it with one hand is strength.

It's just a change in the way you hold the knife.

The sense of oppression that Hawkeye brought to Gawain increased several times, even dozens of times. Especially during the battle, the look in this man's eyes was really as rumored, which made people tremble uncontrollably!

"Gawain!"

"Live!"

Say it.

Hawkeye held the knife in both hands and slashed forward heavily.

The green flying slash flew out of his hand and rushed towards Gawain.

This moment.

The observation Haki that had just been upgraded to LV-3 sounded the alarm in Gawain's mind so wildly that he even felt a noticeable stinging pain on his skin!
In a hurry.

Gawain barely turned sideways, letting Hawkeye's flying slash pass by his chest, and then...

laugh!
A huge crack extended all the way to the end of the sight, facing the setting sun, and the sea was divided into two parts visible to the naked eye.

From Gawain's perspective, he could even see the corals growing on the seabed, the starfish filtering food in the mud, and the fish stranded due to lack of water...

In his two lifetimes, Gawain had never had such a direct feeling of what the seabed looked like.

(End of this chapter)