"Are you ready?"
"This time, you must hold your Black Blade tightly."
"Don't ever let go of your hand again."
Rosen looked down at Dracule Mihawk at his feet.
"You don't have to tell me, I can do it too."
"This time."
"I'll let you know that you can only destroy my body, but you can never cut my black sword."
Dracule Mihawk's nerves were tense, his eyes cold and tough.
He knew that it was impossible for him to defeat Rosen.
However, since he has the chance to start over, he must prove one thing and wash away the shame that he and Yoru have just borne.
That is, the body of a great swordsman can be cut off, but the black sword of a great swordsman can never be cut off.
"Yeah?"
Hearing this, Rosen's lips curled up slightly, and his eyes flashed with a fierce and scarlet light.
"Why can't I sense his presence suddenly?"
Just as Dracule Mihawk was about to use his Observation Haki to see the future, he was shocked to find that he could not sense Rosen's breath, nor could he use his Observation Haki to Predict Attack and Future vision.
Just as he was moved, Rosen, who was standing between Susanoo's eyebrows, had disappeared.
at the same time.
Dracule Mihawk felt his eyes go dark, and with his keen eagle eyes he could barely see a hand getting bigger and bigger in his sight, and then it covered his face.
Five fingers spread out, locking the entire face like dragon claws.
call out
Next second.
Rosen flashed in front of Dracule Mihawk, grabbed his face with one hand, blasted him away from the island with his sword, and then slapped him into the vast ocean with one palm.
Boom
Like a loud thunder, it cuts through the sky with its Haki and splits the sea into a crescent shape.
The terrifying power is venting unscrupulously in the sky and sea of the South Blue.
Even though this is a vast ocean, its terrain is still changed again and again like land.
sometimes.
Huge waves rise from the sea.
sometimes.
A terrifying chasm splits the sea a thousand meters wide.
sometimes.
The dome and the clouds were shattered into pieces.
I don't know how much time has passed.
When the Conqueror's Haki tore through the sea of clouds, when the slash cut through the sea, when the loud noise resounded through the sky and the sea, everything disappeared, and the sea surface that had been changed time and time again, leaving it riddled with holes, returned to its original state.
On the island that had been cut in half by Rosen, a bloody figure lay on the right half of the island, and a Black Blade that had been broken into two halves was scattered on the left half of the island.
In the same place.
The world's most powerful swordsman fell twice.
In the same place.
The world's strongest black sword was cut twice.
The only difference was that Dracule Mihawk's right hand was now tightly gripping a hilt connected to a small part of the blade.
Obviously.
He fulfilled his words and never let go of the Black Blade in his hand from beginning to end.
However,
"Whether you hold the Yoru tightly in your hands or let it go."
"As long as I want, destroying you or your sword is just a matter of a snap of my fingers."
"Do you understand?"
"Dracule Mihawk."
Rosen was standing in the same place with Susanoo on, looking down at Dracule Mihawk and the severed Black Blade Yoru with the same vision.
silence.
There was no response.
now.
Dracule Mihawk lay on the blood-stained rock. His eagle eyes, which were once as sharp as a knife, became dim and his face, which was once heroic, became decadent and wooden.
Black Blade Yoru was cut off for the second time.
In particular, the positions where the blade was cut by Rosen twice were different.
This undoubtedly destroyed all his confidence and pride as a swordsman on a spiritual level.
"It seems that you have understood."
A silent answer is the best reply.
After receiving the answer from Dracule Mihawk, Rosen ignored Hawkeye, who seemed to have lost his soul.
He knew it very well through his perception of Observation Haki.
Even the most powerful swordsman in the world, even someone with an unyielding will like Dracule Mihawk, after experiencing the painful blow of having his Black Blade Yoru cut off for the second time, could only sink into the abyss of despair for a moment, unable to escape.
so.
Rosen focused his attention on the information that emerged in his mind.
[Your comprehension is extraordinary. Through your battle with Dracule Mihawk, combined with your Practicing of the Haki Core, your Three Forms of Haki has been significantly enhanced.]
[The strength of Armament Haki increases by 23%.]
[The strength of Observation Haki increases by 15%.]
[The strength of Conqueror's Haki increases by 19%.]
…
Although the improvement in the Three Forms of Haki is still in double digits, none of them exceeds 30%.
Rosen was not disappointed.
With his current strength, it is impossible for Dracule Mihawk to increase his Three Forms of Haki by three digits, not even 50%.
Moreover, although it was only a double-digit increase, it was still less than 30%, especially the increase in Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki, which was less than 20%. However, this does not mean that the improvement is not significant.
On the contrary, with Rosen's current level of Conqueror's Haki, even a one percent increase would be a significant improvement in both the strength and quality of his Conqueror's Haki.
Not to mention that his Conqueror's Haki and Observation Haki both increased by more than ten percent, while his Armament Haki reached over twenty percent.
In addition to the improvement of the Three Forms of Haki, there is also the devil fruit.
Just after Rosen looked at the increase in the Three Forms of Haki, the picture in front of his eyes began to blur and flicker.
In an instant.
The South Blue world before him, the black sword Yoru that was broken in two, and Dracule Mihawk, who was still immersed in the shock of his broken sword and had not yet recovered, all disappeared.
Instead, there was a desolate wilderness, and three figures wearing captain's haori and death suits were confronting each other.
"Draw your sword!"
Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni raised the cane in his hand, exerted force with his five fingers, and the entire cane was instantly shattered into pieces, revealing the Zanpakutō hidden in the cane.
clang
He held the hilt in one hand and the scabbard in the other. The moment he pulled out his Zanpakutō completely, a powerful sword pressure suddenly surged out, knocking the two Gotei captains in front of him away.
"It's come to this."
"No need to say anything more."
"It's no use saying anything more."
As soon as Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni finished speaking, he inserted the blade of his Zanpakutō into his body with his backhand, then raised his arms high and shook his body.
The captain's haori rose up without wind, separated from his body, and floated in the air, revealing his sturdy and powerful muscles in the air.
Immediately following.
His whole body was burning with red flames as fierce as fire, driving the temperature around him up wildly.
"Reduce All Creation to Ash, Ryūjin Jakka."
Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's eyes glowed red like fire, but his gaze was as cold as a knife as he stared at the two disciples confronting him in front of him.
Boom
The spiritual pressure flame that was originally covering his entire body suddenly exploded.
The Zanpakutō in his hand, as the name Ryūjin Jakka was called out, instantly released a raging flame that spread like wildfire, and carried with it scorching heat, sweeping in all directions.
In an instant, the land and sky of Seireitei were burned red.
The barren mountains and wilderness were immediately transformed into a blazing furnace.