I, a Celestial Dragon!

This knife was clearly just one blow, but when it came near Gawain.

In an instant, Gawain retreated more than two kilometers!

Just as he was retreating, in the area where he had just stood.

Whether it is wind or light...

It seemed that the entire world, even time and space, was shattered by Hawkeye's sword!

Note, it’s not about cutting off, but about chopping into pieces!

After Hawkeye's sword reached the end, countless knife marks burst out in an instant.

It was clearly just a sword, but in a split second, if someone really stood in front of this sword, he would probably be chopped into at least a hundred thousand pieces by Hawkeye!

Gao Wen suddenly recalled scenes from the past, and remembered an anime he had watched, in which there was an excellent swordsman in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, who was clearly just a low-magic background, and who had performed many super-membrane phenomena!

That’s right, the world’s number one swordsman in Demon Slayer can slash out thousands of times in an instant, chopping a demon into tens of thousands of pieces, and at the same time continue to slash and destroy every bit of flesh and blood in these tens of thousands of pieces!

Compared with the world of Demon Slayer, the strength and background of the One Piece world is much stronger.

Is there anyone in Demon Slayer who can destroy a huge island and kill more than hundreds of thousands of people in an instant?

There are many of them among pirates!

Before fighting with Hawkeye, Gawain did not underestimate the world's greatest swordsman.

But only after the actual fight did Gawain truly know for sure.

The pinnacle of swordsmanship in this world is truly an extremely unreasonable realm!

I remember that Zoro’s teacher once said that the mark between a swordsman and a non-swordsman is probably Zantetsu.

The difference between a great swordsman and a swordsman is probably paper cutting.

The former is the basic requirement for strength. Only when one can swing a sword strong enough to cut through heavy steel, and only when one has cultivated such strength, can a swordsman step his right foot into the threshold of a swordsman.

The latter is the extreme control of body and strength.

If an ordinary person tries his best to smash a piece of tender tofu, is it possible that the tofu cannot even be deformed?

The key is to try your best!

There is no such thing as picking up high and putting down gently. The sword that the great swordsman needs is a sword that can cut through mountains!

But this sword, if the great swordsman wants, can't hurt even something as thin as a piece of paper.

This kind of ability can be called idealistic, not to mention Hawkeye at this moment.

Hawkeye just now was neither cutting iron nor paper.

He not only cut through the wind, but also cut through the thunder!

After that slash of the knife, the wind originally flowing nearby was divided into hundreds of thousands of equal parts!

This kind of equal division is not the dissipation of Feng Zhan.

Instead, a flowing wind is cut into hundreds of thousands of parts, and each part still maintains the continuous flow of wind!

As for Thunder...

Although he was not actually hit by Hawkeye, Gawain had a vague idea.

He always felt that if his lightning was blocked by Hawkeye's sword energy...

In that short period of time, he might not be able to recall that lightning!

Although it is not known whether Hawkeye can cut through the light, it is even more unknown whether Hawkeye can cut through atoms.

But vaguely, Gawain felt that Hawkeye could do it!

even……

There was a famous meme that was all over the Internet, the one where Atomic Samurai and King were fighting with swords and chopping apples...

Atomic Samurai chopped off the atoms of the apple, but King did nothing.

Even though King did nothing, Atomic Samurai was sweating profusely because he imagined that King had drawn his sword and, at a speed that he could not see, let the blade pass around every atomic nucleus in the apple.

So much so that the King's sword clearly went through the apple, but the apple was not hurt at all!

Admittedly, that was Atomic Samurai's imagination, and King doesn't have that kind of strength.

But Hawkeye...

Looking at this sharp guy, Gao Wen thought Hawkeye could do it!

This is not a figment of the imagination, but a very likely fact.

If a swordsman could cut off the sunlight...

Is there anything in the world that he can't do?

For a moment, Gao Wen held Qiu Shui's hands even tighter.

An amused smile also appeared on his face.

He is worthy of being Hawkeye, worthy of being the strongest swordsman in the world, and even more worthy of being the current sea, the only swordsman who has trained his supreme sword into a black sword!

Even if his strength is not the best in the world, I am afraid that only the former Whitebeard, the former Garp and other world's best can be compared with him!

As for my previous judgment of him...

In the past, Gawain would inevitably wonder if Hawkeye was just tough in words and his actual strength was worse than Shanks'.

After all, Shanks still has one hand left, and he also has the domineering power of a king.

but now……

After personally witnessing Hawkeye and Shanks, Gawain has come to a conclusion.

It’s worthy of being the law of anime, the later a guy appears, the more terrifying his strength is.

Shanks had shown some of his strength long before Hawkeye, but he is probably no match for Hawkeye!

As for Shanks having the Conqueror's Haki, doesn't Hawkeye have it too?

For example, a swordsman like Hawkeye who is so arrogant, just based on his arrogance, he should at least have an aura similar to that of a domineering person.

In other words, how could it be possible that every number one in the world created by Oda doesn't have the domineering Haki to protect them?

So, what Hawkeye once said to Shanks was that after Shanks lost his hand, he was no longer enough to be his enemy.

it is true! ! !

……

On the opposite side, he gently picked up the black knife Ye and pointed the sword at the ground beside him.

Hawkeye frowned unsatisfactorily and said.

"Dodge? Humph, you really are not a true swordsman.

Even... this is an insult to the black knife in your hand, Gawain!

I don't look forward to fighting you anymore!"

After he finished speaking, Hawkeye turned around with disdain and walked away without hesitation.

Looking at Hawkeye's quickly leaving figure, Gawain was stunned for a moment, then he turned into thunder with a funny look and came to Hawkeye's side.

"Hey, man, you shouldn't jump to such conclusions, right?

Strategic retreat is also a strategy, and avoiding the enemy's sharp edge is also a swordsmanship.

As for us, we only fought a few swords."

"A few swords are enough, enough is enough!"

Facing Gawain's questioning, Hawkeye shook his head disdainfully and said in a cold voice.

"I already know your swordsmanship thinking. The sword is just your tool, not your pursuit!

What if you are not holding a sword, but a mace, a naginata, or even wearing boxing gloves, or carrying a musical instrument?

Those messy things are just like the black knife in your hand, they are all tools for you to bring more damage to your opponent while being fast enough!"

After he finished speaking, Hawkeye turned around and glanced coldly at Gawain.

“So, our fight ends here. Your strength is indeed good, but with your current strength, you will never be qualified to challenge me.

Even if you surpass me one day, even if you really have the power to kill me.

Your swordsmanship is not worth pursuing!"

"Haha, okay, okay, it's been a while since I've been rejected so straightforwardly. I actually feel quite happy.

If you don’t like the way I fight, that doesn’t matter. I’m not you, and I don’t need your approval or satisfaction.

As for my fighting style, is seeking greater advantages considered disloyal to myself?

You just don't want to fight a war of attrition with me, Mihawk!"

While teasing, Gawain naturally retracted his Autumn Water and then came to Mihawk's side.

Meanwhile, Mihawk was silent for a moment before nodding coldly.

“You have a point, this is an advantage.

Acknowledge your problems, then play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, maximizing every advantage you have.

This kind of thinking is very suitable for people like you who are willing to be a pillar and lead others.

Even if I continue to fight, my short-range prediction and speed may be able to catch you.

But I really can't accept your fighting style of retreating several kilometers at a time.

Unfortunately, Shanks lost an arm in the end.

If not, then there might be someone else in this ocean who is worth my anticipation.”

After saying that, Hawkeye put the Black Blade back into the scabbard.

At the same time, Gawain clearly saw that Hawkeye did not simply put the sword back.

As he inserted the sword, his blade cut through the scabbard cleanly, as if it was sliding directly into the scabbard vertically.

This also explained Gawain's curiosity. He had always been curious about how Hawkeye got the Black Blade back into the scabbard.

That thing was almost three times longer than his arm. No matter how hard Hawkeye tried, he couldn't use the normal method to send the blade back.

As for now...

It turned out that he didn't insert the sword at all, but swung the sword towards the scabbard, and then put his sword away with the sword technique that pierced through the scabbard without damaging the scabbard at all.

With a slightly surprised look, Gawain smiled gently at Hawkeye.

“You just said that even if Shanks had arms, he was just someone you could look forward to?

So, haha, wasn’t he your opponent back then? "

On the side, hearing Gawain's words, Hawkeye paused, then spoke to Gawain with cold eyes.

“Haha, Gawain, tell me, what is the essence of Shanks?

He is a swordsman!

If he had beaten me, what do you think...

Will I hold on to the reputation of being the world's greatest swordsman, or can Shanks really refuse the reputation of being the world's greatest swordsman?

He is a rare friend of mine, but no matter how good it is for him or me, we will not and cannot accommodate each other!

Our relationship gradually became familiar during the fights. At that time, he was truly qualified to fight with me and had a good chance of defeating me.

Compared to him, you... you do have something.

But..., just based on your sword-wielding mentality, you will never be my friend.

Because my true friends will never use anything other than swordsmanship to dodge my sword!"

At this point, Hawkeye closed his mouth and then silently quickened his pace.

As for Gawain, he exhaled with amusement, then followed Hawkeye back to his castle which now had a broken part.

Although Hawkeye didn't like Gawain, he still recognized Gawain's strengths besides swordsmanship.

Because next, he sat down at the head seat at the table and raised his glass to Gawain.