Akira shouted softly. The two of them withdrew their swords at the same time. Then, they heavily slashed at each other again.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had already slashed out dozens of times. Every slash didn't have any fancy moves. They were all simple slashes. Every time, they collided together.
"Clang!"
Akira raised an eyebrow during another exchange of slashes. He discovered that Hawkeye's strength hadn't changed at all.
Every slash was the same, as if it had been carefully calculated. However, his attacks were slowly showing signs of decline, because although Divine Punishment was strong, it hadn't reached Bankai after all.
Black Sword Yoru was the strongest Supreme Grade Meito in this world. Its material wasn't worse than a Zanpakutō. Moreover, Hawkeye's control over his strength was obviously better.
Akira was very clear about his disadvantage. His strength lay in the abilities of his Zanpakutō.
He was different from people like Hawkeye, who had practiced with the same method from childhood to adulthood.
Hawkeye's swordsmanship didn't have those complicated things. All it had was pure swordsmanship.
Akira knew that he was definitely no match for Hawkeye in basic skills. If he just relied on this kind of head-on collision, he would quickly be defeated once Hawkeye became serious.
Although he wasn't a match for Hawkeye in basic skills, he could gain a great advantage in the abilities of his Zanpakutō.
Suddenly parrying Hawkeye's black sword, Akira retreated rapidly. At the same time, the Divine Punishment in his hand also quickly returned to its scabbard.
"Scatter, Senbonzakura!"
This time, Akira used Senbonzakura, and quickly completed Bankai, using ranged attacks.
A sharp light suddenly bloomed in Hawkeye's eyes. What he had been looking forward to was Akira's ever-changing abilities.
Now that he saw Akira finally change, his fighting spirit naturally increased greatly.
Hawkeye, whose fighting spirit had increased greatly, also changed his attack method. He gave up on slashing in place.
Instead, he rushed towards Akira quickly. He swung the black sword in his hand, actually wanting to fight Akira in close combat.
Akira didn't panic. He controlled the Senbonzakura, and transformed it into countless tiny blades. The blades formed layers of defense.
Every time Hawkeye moved a bit, those blades would quickly block him. Akira was constantly changing his position, making it impossible for Hawkeye to break through Senbonzakura's defense, and rush to his front.
"This level is far from enough."
Suddenly, Hawkeye shouted in a low voice. Then, they suddenly swung the black sword. The tiny blades that Senbonzakura had transformed into were instantly split open by him. He took advantage of the situation, and rushed to Akira's front.
"Ding!"
Akira and Hawkeye collided heavily. Senbonzakura and Black Sword Yoru also collided. A terrifying force spread in all directions with them as the center. Dust flew everywhere. However, it couldn't cause the slightest obstacle to the two of them.
"This is just the beginning."
Akira and Hawkeye looked at each other, and said these words. Then, he roared, "Final Form Senkei Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"
Brilliant white light bloomed from the Senbonzakura in Akira's hand. The white light enveloped Akira, making him look like he had a pair of white wings. This was compressing all of his power, and then erupting it.
Seeing Akira use this move, a look of excitement also burst out in Hawkeye's pupils. He also gathered all of the power in his body, and used Armament Haki.
"Boom!"
The white light and black light collided, erupting a sound that was louder than thunder. Hancock, who was relatively far away, changed her face when she heard this sound.
She was even more nervous when she saw the power that was created in the direction where Akira and Hawkeye were fighting. She had never seen anyone's battle that could reach this amazing level before.
"You guys stay here. I'm going over to take a look."
Out of concern for Akira, Hancock couldn't hold back after all. After giving the order to the people of the Amazon Lily Pirates, she moved her body, and quickly rushed towards the battlefield where Akira and Hawkeye were fighting.
"Cough cough."
Akira was holding his sword, and standing not far away from Hawkeye. He coughed lightly twice. A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
The tiger's mouth of his right hand, which was holding the sword, had cracked open. Fresh blood had dyed the sword hilt red.
The last move just now had injured him. Blood was also overflowing from the wine-red clothes of Hawkeye, who had crossed paths with him. A wound had appeared above his left arm.
"I haven't been injured for many years, especially in a duel with a swordsman. Besides that battle with Shanks, I haven't been injured. You're another person who can make me get injured."
Akira slowly sheathed Senbonzakura, and said, "Is that so? Then I'm really proud enough."
Hawkeye said, "But if it's just like this, it's far from enough."
"Just as I said, this is just the beginning." Akira said.
"Sit upon the frozen heavens, Hyōrinmaru!"
Facing the powerful Hawkeye, Akira went all out, and used all of his Zanpakutō. However, Hawkeye was definitely terrifyingly strong. No matter how he changed, the powerful Hawkeye could resolve them one by one.
"Huff, huff!"
Akira was panting heavily. His battle with Hawkeye had lasted for more than an hour. Both of them had been injured to varying degrees. He had basically used most of his Zanpakutō.
However, no matter how he changed, Hawkeye's black sword was defending extremely tightly. It didn't give Akira the slightest chance to take advantage.
Although both of them had been injured, it was obvious that Akira had suffered more injuries and consumed more power than Hawkeye.
Many wounds had also appeared on Hawkeye's body. However, his expression didn't change at all. He was still holding the black sword tightly. The blade was pointing directly towards the direction where Akira was.
"Besides Shanks, this is the first time I've fought someone for so long."
Akira sheathed his Zanpakutō again. He had done this action several times already.
Hyōrinmaru, Senbonzakura, Divine Punishment, Sōgyo no Kotowari, he had even used Ryūjin Jakka.
However, although the abilities of these Zanpakutō were powerful, they couldn't gain an advantage when facing Hawkeye's one person and one sword.
This wasn't because the abilities of the Zanpakutō weren't enough. It was because these attacks couldn't break through Hawkeye's defense.
After Hawkeye used Armament Haki, it was even more impossible to break through his defense.
There was also one point. Akira knew that there was a limit to the power that the Zanpakutō could erupt in this One Piece world.
Hawkeye was one of the strongest people in this world. Hawkeye's strength was definitely no worse than a Navy Admiral, or even stronger.
"Ice, fire, and other abilities, Shinigami, your abilities are really strong. However, it's not enough to defeat me by relying on them. I haven't seen the swordsmanship that you insist on until now. What is your swordsmanship? Is it just these abilities?"
Hawkeye didn't rush to attack. Instead, he started talking to Akira. He wanted to fight the strongest Akira. So he had to make Akira become the strongest.
Akira said in a deep voice, "My swordsmanship doesn't need you to deny it."
Akira had always been relatively clear about his advantages and disadvantages. He was different from traditional swordsmen. He hadn't learned swordsmanship step by step.
He had a very high starting point. He had all kinds of Zanpakutō. So he didn't feel that he needed to follow just one path. What he needed was for all flowers to bloom together.
What he needed was to control these Zanpakutō, because these Zanpakutō were originally a part of his life. They were inseparable.
"All I need is a strong heart, a strong heart that can control the Death God Blade."
He was different from those traditional swordsmen, who needed to achieve the unity of man and sword. He was originally one with the Death God Blade.
"Raise your head, Wabisuke!"
Suddenly, Akira drew his Zanpakutō again. However, this time, he was just using a relatively ordinary Zanpakutō, Wabisuke.
He had used powerful Zanpakutō like Hyōrinmaru and Ryūjin Jakka. However, he still couldn't defeat Hawkeye. So he knew that he needed to change.
Wabisuke was a relatively special Zanpakutō among his many Zanpakutō. It only had one ability.
After Shikai, Wabisuke's tip became a hook shape. It was a Zanpakutō with a very strange shape.
Hawkeye saw Akira use a Zanpakutō with a different shape again, and said in a low voice, "Another new ability?"
He had long been used to Akira's bizarre abilities. He just needed to adapt. Then, he would use his power to defeat him. It didn't make much of a difference to him.
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