The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

It split itself in two, creating a unique and inviolable territory around itself!

After all, the world's greatest swordsman, the king of swordsmen on the high seas, could not possibly be without Conqueror's Haki!

In an instant, two terrifying auras, both reaching the pinnacle of the world, collided violently in the air!

There was no sound, yet it seemed as if countless black and red lightning bolts were exploding and bursting wildly in the void!

The space between the two began to distort and blur!

The Navy's "Cataclysmic Disaster" and the World's Greatest Swordsman!

Ten years later, the duel was held without a fight, yet the clash of their auras was enough to shake the heavens and the earth!

The invisible yet tangible pressure collided, causing the four spectators in the distance to feel their breath catch in their throats, as if experiencing the extreme oppression before a storm.

Just as this momentum reached its peak

Gern moved!

Without any warning, and without even seeing the trajectory of his muscle exertion, it was as if with just a thought, the Eight Desolations had already torn through space!

"Whoosh!!!"

A twisted, jet-black slash, wreathed in dark purple stagnation and high-frequency vibrations, appeared before Hawkeye as if by teleportation!

This strike was so fast it defied thought and exceeded the warning limits of Observation Haki!

Its power is so terrifying that it inspires despair, as if it exists solely for the purpose of slaying gods with its cold and ruthless nature!

Where the blade passed, the very space seemed to groan, cracking open with fine black marks.

All things are silent, except for this single blade, which seems to be about to judge... the gods!

"God's death!!"

Hawkeye's sharp yellow pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints.

An unprecedented sense of crisis swept over me like ice water being poured over my head.

But the fighting instincts he had honed through ten years of battles and reaching the pinnacle of swordsmanship saved him at this moment!

Almost at the same instant that Gurn drew his sword, Hawkeye's Supreme Grade Sword, Yoru, had already blocked the attack with lightning speed, thanks to his honed physical memory!

The top-tier Armament Haki surged into the Black Blade Night as if it were an instinct, turning it into an even deeper, darker black!

"clang!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

It was no longer the crisp clang of metal against metal, but a terrifying roar as if two meteors had collided and the heavens and earth had shattered!

Hawkeye felt an overwhelming, terrifying force that was completely irresistible.

Mixed with a high-frequency vibration that seemed capable of shattering the soul, it pierced through the Black Blade Night and slammed into his arms and even his entire body!

Crack! He even heard his own arm bones groan from the unbearable strain!

Parry? It's impossible to parry!

Faced with that absolute power, all his swordsmanship skills and methods of deflecting force seemed pale and powerless!

"Ugh!" Hawkeye groaned as his hand instantly split open, bleeding profusely!

He felt as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding island, completely losing control of his body and becoming a blurry afterimage as he was sent flying backward!

"boom!!!!"

His body crashed through the rock wall at the edge of the G-10 outpost island and shot into the vast sea like a cannonball!

"Splash!" A huge wave shot into the sky!

Hawkeye's figure crashed into the sea, but the terrifying impact was far from over!

His feet pounded frantically on the sea, trying to steady himself, the blade carving deep grooves into the water, but he couldn't stop!

And so, propelled by that unparalleled force, his body slid backward at breakneck speed across the sea!

Wherever it passed, the sea was forcibly parted, stirring up two white walls of waves several meters high.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had carved a deep scar on the surface of the sea!

One second! Ten seconds! One minute!

His figure receded wildly across the sea, moving so fast that it tore through the air, creating a deafening sonic boom! He was getting further and further away from the G-10 base!

A hundred miles! A thousand miles!

Finally, after gliding for nearly a hundred nautical miles, the terrifying impact finally subsided.

Hawkeye slammed the Black Blade Night into a rock on a deserted island behind him!

Boom!!!

A giant boulder shattered! Smoke and dust filled the air!

With the help of this final resistance, he barely managed to stop his retreat, kneeling on one knee and breathing heavily.

His right hand, which was holding the knife, and his entire right arm were trembling uncontrollably, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

He slowly raised his head and looked in the direction of the G-10 base, his eagle eyes filled with unprecedented shock and solemnity.

Nearly a hundred nautical miles away, we could see the outpost island that had become a small black dot or was no longer visible.

One strike!

A single, completely unexpected attack... drove the enemy back thousands of miles!

This is the power of "Skyquake" Gern's casual strike!

Hawkeye slowly stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the shock in his eyes was gradually replaced by an even more intense fighting spirit.

He realized the gap.

But I was also even more excited.

This is the opponent he has been waiting for for ten years!

Chapter 276 Let me see the world's number one sword

Mihawk took a deep breath, the salty sea breeze filling his lungs. The next moment, he suddenly drew his black sword, Night, the tip pointing into the distance!

The overwhelming Observation Haki acted like an invisible radar, instantly locking onto the figure of the man nearly a hundred nautical miles away!

"Not enough..." Hawkeye's eyes flashed with a sharp light. "This strike is not enough to make me stop!"

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G-10 base outpost in the island's backyard.

Gern remained standing in the same spot, gently stroking the now-awakened Black Blade Eight Desolations with his left hand.

The dark red cracks on the blade flickered like breathing, and the high-frequency vibrations caused the surrounding air to distort constantly, emitting a hissing sound.

He looked in the direction where Hawkeye had been shot away, his gaze calm, yet carrying a hint of barely perceptible admiration.

"With just one strike, he neutralized most of the impact of 'Godfall,' and although he appeared to be knocked away, he was actually using the momentum to deflect the force..."

"It seems you've truly reached your peak over the past decade," he muttered to himself.

However, the next second, Gern raised an eyebrow and felt the sharp, sword-like aura that had crossed the ocean and locked onto him firmly.

"Oh? You've relocked it so quickly..." Gern's lips curled into a smile. "Not bad."

Almost simultaneously!

In the distance, where the sea meets the sky, a subtle yet incredibly refined green slash tore through the air.

Crossing the ocean as if by teleportation, they were already approaching the G-10 outpost island in the blink of an eye!

This strike wasn't massive, but it was incredibly solid!

The air in the flight path was silently sliced ​​apart, and the sea surface was ploughed with a deep trench by the escaping sharp air!

Its speed is so fast that it even surpasses the speed of sound!

"They're here!" Barrett's pupils contracted as he watched from afar.

"Is this the flying slash of the world's greatest swordsman?!" Snake Princess, also a great swordsman, said solemnly, "The level of refinement and speed... far surpasses the rumors!"

You must know, she couldn't possibly unleash a slash that spans the entire ocean!

But Gern's eyes remained unmoved as he faced this attack that spanned nearly a hundred nautical miles yet whose power was not diminished at all.

He didn't even make any blocking or dodging movements.

Just a moment before the condensed green slash was about to strike him

Genn casually raised his black sword, Eight Desolations, with his right hand, the tip of the blade aimed at the incoming slash, and swept it lightly.

"Buzz!!" The high-frequency white vibration wave that was wrapped around the blade instantly converged at the tip of the blade!

The next moment, a tiny, twisted dark purple shockwave struck the green slash precisely!

There were no earth-shattering explosions.

Two extreme forces collided at a single point and annihilated each other!

A blinding white light burst forth from the center, followed by a silent shockwave that suddenly spread out in a spherical shape.

The newly planted flowers and plants in the courtyard were uprooted and crushed into powder, causing the ground to crack inch by inch!

As the light faded, Gern remained standing in the same spot, his cloak of justice fluttering in the wind, while the ground beneath his feet remained undamaged.

He deftly deflected the attack, then took a step forward, his entire body shooting out at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Meanwhile, the attack is not over!

The instant the first flying slash was annihilated, the second, the third... a total of seven even more condensed slashes followed.

The green slashes, with even more unpredictable trajectories, appeared around Gern like ghosts!

They sealed off all his escape routes!

They did not arrive at the same time, but they formed a perfect time-difference attack network!

This was a series of attacks launched by Hawkeye from nearly 100 nautical miles away, based on his top-level Observation Haki!

But Gern's Observation Haki had already detected all of this.

On the way to the finish line, his eyes brightened slightly, and he finally showed a serious expression.

"A decent strike."

Before he finished speaking, he moved!

No longer parrying, the black blade in his hand, Bahuang, emitted a pleasant humming sound imbued with domineering energy, and the red cracks on the blade burst forth with dazzling dark purple light!

Instead of parrying all the attacks at once, Gern flipped his wrist, and the blade flashed out like a black lightning bolt!

"Heavenly Tremor - Ring Break!"

A ring-shaped black slash, entwined with dark purple shackles and high-frequency vibrations, suddenly spread out in all directions from the center of Gern!

"Ding ding ding!!!" A series of crisp yet explosive sounds rang out!

The seven green slashes were intercepted and shattered by this circular slash almost simultaneously!

Meanwhile, Gern had fully landed on the island, but had not yet adjusted his posture.

A figure appeared behind Gern without warning, like a ghost tearing through space!

It's Hawkeye Mihawk!

Using those seven flying slashes as cover, he transformed himself into a sword and rushed to Gern's side at an astonishing speed!

His eyes, sharp as an eagle's, burned with fighting spirit as he gripped the Black Blade Night tightly with both hands and raised it above his head!

The top-tier Armament Haki was poured into it without reservation, making the black sword even darker and deeper, and the space around the blade was slightly distorted!

All that build-up of slashes was for this one sword strike, charged to its fullest potential!

"cut!!!"

Hawkeye roared, and Black Blade Night transformed into a black streak that seemed to split the heavens and earth.

Carrying all his belief and strength to reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship, he fiercely slashed down towards the back of Gern's neck!

This strike was swift, ruthless, and precise! Its momentum was fierce and unstoppable!