One Piece: Starting from Obtaining the Float-Float Fruit

"Anya has been spotted near Water Seven? Got it."

At this moment, Kizaru, who was still paddling around in the Kingdom of Karalma, received a call from Sengoku. Anya had actually run to the vicinity of Water Seven.

The power of the Float-Float Fruit is truly terrifying; it's practically like a monster.

……

However, Anya was unaware that his whereabouts had been exposed, but this did not hinder his itinerary, as he already had a plan.

"Have you finished your business?" Mihawk asked as he saw Anya return.

"Of course it's done. To be honest, negotiating a deal is an art."

Anya grabbed the meat that Mihawk had just grilled and started eating it in big bites.

"Did you go to see Tom?"

How did you know?

"I also asked him to build my ship."

Now I see. Anya understands why his little boat was so durable. It turns out Tom built it by hand. That's amazing.

"So, did you have him rebuild a ship for me? That's what you owe me," Mihawk asked, taking a sip of red wine.

"Huh? You still want your ship? You've already joined me, haven't you? My ship is practically your ship now. Here, since we stole so many Pyries, just take a few hundred million as compensation."

Hearing Anya say these shameless words, Mihawk fell silent.

"When did I agree to join you?"

"Huh? Aren't we in the same boat now? Mihawk, just accept your fate," Anya said with a grin.

"You're not qualified yet." Mihawk shook his head, then looked at the Celestial Dragon who was tied up.

"Aren't you going to feed him? He can't last two days without food and water."

Anya turned her head and saw that the Celestial Dragon's eyes were starting to glaze over. He was starving and extremely thirsty, and this was the first time in his life that he had experienced these feelings.

There was no other way; this was their confidence in facing the general. Anya had no choice but to get him a bowl of plain porridge, forcefully force it down his throat, and then gag him again.

As for meat? Does he even deserve to eat it? To give him any more rice would be an insult to food. Besides, Anya had no intention of letting him go back alive!

"Oh right, among those golden things in the sky, there's also a Devil Fruit. I've seen a Devil Fruit encyclopedia before, and it seems to be the Paramecia-type Gold-Gold Fruit."

Mihawk suddenly tossed a Devil Fruit at him.

Oh? Golden Fruit, Anya carefully examined the golden fruit in her hand.

If I remember correctly, this fruit was later in Doflamingo's possession, and then Tesso ate it.

This fruit is both useful and useless; it seems rather ordinary.

Before the fruit awakens, the Gold-Gold Fruit cannot create gold! It can only be used to manipulate gold. If the fruit awakens and gold increases, its price will depreciate.

However, something is better than nothing, and there's no reason not to accept it.

"By the way, haven't you ever considered eating a fruit?" Anya asked curiously.

"There's no need for that. A person's energy is limited. Many swordsmen are unwilling to eat fruits. Do you know why?"

Anya frowned. He felt that eating a Devil Fruit, aside from being disliked by the sea, really didn't have any weaknesses. For example, if Garp ate a Double-Double Fruit, his punches and bone impacts would be 100 times stronger...

I'm afraid I could shatter the pirate's spirit with three punches, sir. I'm just an ordinary person.

Mihawk also noticed Anya's confusion.

"The path of swordsmanship requires constant refinement of swordsmanship and the three types of Haki. For this, every swordsman must dedicate decades, or even a lifetime, of effort."

While Devil Fruits can enhance combat power to some extent, they can also easily lead to distraction. Many master swordsmen have neglected their swordsmanship and Haki because they focused on developing the Devil Fruit after eating it.

"I see," Anya nodded. "That makes sense. The conditions for awakening a Devil Fruit ability are extremely demanding. Kaido once said that it only awakens when the mind and body are in sync with the ability."

This concept is very vague, and Anya doesn't know what it means for her mind and body to match her abilities.

If Anya had focused solely on developing her Devil Fruit powers during those seven years, she would have indeed neglected her Haki and swordsmanship considerably.

It can be said that the benefits brought by the fruit are far less than those brought by dominance.

After all, the power of a Devil Fruit can be countered with Haki. Whether it's a billion volts or billions, as long as it's energy generated by a Devil Fruit, it can be neutralized with Haki!

Therefore, domineering power reigns supreme over everything!

Alas, Anya's only regret is that she didn't awaken Conqueror's Haki, which is the ticket to high-level matches!

So Anya wanted to find an opportunity to awaken her Conqueror's Haki, and Anya felt that she could create that opportunity very soon!

"By the way, Mihawk, can you use Conqueror's Haki now?"

"Conqueror's Haki entangling?" Mihawk frowned; he had never heard of Conqueror's Haki being able to entangle.

"You didn't know? Conqueror's Haki can be applied to a sword just like Armament Haki!" Anya was a little puzzled. How could someone like Mihawk, who was practically the world's greatest swordsman, not know how to apply Conqueror's Haki?

"Among the swordsmen I've encountered so far, very few possess Conqueror's Haki, let alone the so-called Entanglement Haki." Mihawk immediately drew his black sword, Yoru, wanting to give it a try.

He finally understood why he was still a little short of becoming the world's greatest swordsman!

In fact, he felt that he could never break through a certain threshold. Even though he had mastered Armament Haki to the extreme and even developed a black sword, he still felt that he was far from being at the level of a general.

So, Conqueror's Haki can be used to entangle!

Anya seemed to understand why Mihawk was no longer the world's greatest swordsman; he had most likely crossed that threshold when he met Shanks.

Shanks' Conqueror's Haki is incredibly terrifying, and the two of them had a duel before!

It's likely that Mihawk mastered Conqueror's Haki Entanglement during his duel with Shanks later on, which led to his rise to become the world's greatest swordsman!

However, with Anya's guidance, he mastered the technique of Conqueror's Haki Entanglement ahead of time.

Mihawk was surrounded by a terrifying aura of dominance, and the Celestial Dragon next to him was directly stunned by this astonishing aura.

Anya, meanwhile, stared intently at Mihawk's domineering aura, knowing that he too would eventually have to master this move!

Mihawk's domineering aura was continuously compressed and gradually condensed on the sword. This terrifying aura even shattered the sky!

A slash crackled with green-black lightning, cleaving through the heavens and earth! It split the thick clouds in the sky in two, and moonlight gradually poured down!

The world's greatest swordsman is born here!

"Congratulations on your breakthrough. I'm afraid there won't be another swordsman in the world stronger than you."

Anya cheered him on, her smile barely concealed. This first crew member had found a top-tier expert; who could resist that?

Rayleigh is old now, Shanks is still growing, and Mihawk is already the undisputed world's greatest swordsman!

Mihawk was truly grateful to Anya. After all, the fact that Conqueror's Haki could bind people was something that only a few people who had reached the pinnacle knew. If Anya hadn't told him, he probably would never have been able to overcome this obstacle in his lifetime!

"How about it, Mihawk? Aren't you grateful? You're welcome. Just join me!" Anya raised an eyebrow.

"We'll talk about that when you have Conqueror's Haki," Mihawk retorted stubbornly.

"It will happen sooner or later," Anya assured her.