"Is it coming?" Hawkeye was also panting non-stop.
The difficulty of this battle with Akira had simply surpassed that battle with Shanks back then, because although they had fought fiercely in that battle with Shanks, it hadn't been a truly life-and-death battle.
However, this battle with Akira was betting everything, including their lives. So the battle was even more dangerous and intense.
"Akira Brother."
Hancock had already arrived at the two of them's battlefield before. However, because Akira and Hawkeye's battle was too intense, she couldn't get close at all.
When she saw Akira transform into the appearance of a Shinigami, she was also very surprised, because it was the first time she had seen Akira in this appearance, full of coldness and killing intent.
"No wonder Akira Brother is called the Shinigami. So he has this kind of appearance as well."
After being surprised, Hancock was full of worry. She had been standing here for so long, and had naturally clearly seen Hawkeye's strength.
During the process of Akira and Hawkeye's exchange of blows, Hawkeye had basically occupied the advantage most of the time.
Moreover, their destructive power was really too strong. Within a radius of several kilometers, it had basically become dilapidated.
There wasn't a single complete piece of ground to be seen. Sword energy crisscrossed, and there were traces one after another on the ground. Most of them had been caused by Hawkeye.
However, Hancock didn't know that this kind of battle wasn't the limit of Akira and Hawkeye. The real battle between them had only begun after Akira used Tensa Zangetsu.
"Hawkeye, this is my last sword. I won't change swords again." Akira said to Hawkeye with a cold face.
Hawkeye revealed a smile. He said with a solemn face, That's what I've been hoping for.
Although I recognize your swordsmanship, in my opinion, a swordsman only has one most suitable sword in his life. Only that sword can unleash his power to the extreme.
You've used many swords before. However, you haven't truly understood them. So you can't unleash their strongest power.
If it was another swordsman, they might have already retorted after being questioned and lectured like this by Hawkeye.
However, Akira didn't retort, because Hawkeye wasn't wrong. He really hadn't had that kind of deep communication with all of his Zanpakutō, because that wasn't his swordsmanship.
However, he wouldn't refute Hawkeye either.
However, not refuting didn't mean that he wouldn't say anything. Akira said, "I'm different from you. Weapons are external objects to you.
However, my sword is a part of my body. It's a part of my soul. So I don't need to understand it like you do. All I need is to use it."
"Then let me see your swordsmanship." A sharp light shone in Hawkeye's eyes.
A sharp momentum suddenly burst out from his body, like a sharp sword that shot straight into the sky, piercing through the clouds in the sky.
Seeing Hawkeye, whose momentum was so amazing, Akira not only wasn't afraid. Instead, he trembled with excitement.
"This is the real you, Hawkeye. This is also the duel that I've been looking forward to. The warm-up has ended. Next, let's have a decisive battle."
The excited Akira also released his momentum without reservation. Conqueror's Haki, coupled with the sharpness of a swordsman, was like a vast sword domain that filled the entire space.
Although he hadn't taken action yet, the powerful momentum had already affected the air, making the wind in the air suddenly become sharp, cutting the air like a blade.
The momentum of Akira and Hawkeye enveloped the area within a radius of several kilometers.
Hancock, who was already relatively far away, was actually forced back a great distance after the two people's momentum erupted.
It wasn't that she couldn't withstand the momentum of these two people. It was that she couldn't release her own momentum to resist, because once she did that, she would immediately be counterattacked by these two forces.
Not only would it affect Akira and Hawkeye's battle, but she might even be injured by the two people's momentum. So she could only retreat.
"This is the real Akira Brother, and the world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye? Just the momentum is probably enough to make ordinary people collapse, right? Even the strongest people will be affected when facing this kind of momentum, right?"
As the only person who was feeling the two people's momentum up close, Hancock was extremely horrified in her heart.
She had always thought that her strength was good. However, she had only truly seen the gap between her and the top powerhouses on the great sea at this time.
"However, Akira Brother's Conqueror's Haki is really so powerful. It's much stronger than my Haki."
Hancock's Conqueror's Haki had only awakened for not long. Akira's Conqueror's Haki had already awakened for more than ten years.
Naturally, Hancock couldn't be compared to him in terms of application and growth. There wasn't just a difference in quantity between the two of them. There was also a difference in quality.
Hawkeye was also extremely shocked in his heart when he saw that Akira's momentum wasn't weaker than his. Instead, it was faintly stronger.
"He actually condensed Conqueror's Haki and his own swordsmanship together, and formed a more powerful domain. Akira, you're the most talented person I've ever seen. Even Shanks is inferior to you in this aspect."
Hawkeye praised sincerely. Red-Haired Shanks was the strongest opponent that Hawkeye had encountered since he had started wandering the world.
Shanks's swordsmanship cultivation was similar to his. However, what was most powerful about Shanks was his Haki. He had used all three types of Haki to an extremely terrifying degree.
Hawkeye felt that Akira was somewhat similar to Shanks, but also somewhat different, because Akira had actually fused his own Haki and swordsmanship together, and formed a domain formed by Haki and sword intent.
Even he felt somewhat restricted in this domain. This ability was really amazing. There wasn't a second person in this world who had it.
Hawkeye's statement wasn't wrong. Akira had indeed fused his Haki and swordsmanship together as he had said. The reason why he could do this was entirely because his swordsmanship was a part of himself. That was why he could fuse with Haki.
As for Haki and swordsmanship fusing together, and forming this domineering sword domain, this was something that Akira himself hadn't thought of.
However, there was no doubt that this sword domain was very powerful. If someone whose cultivation was weaker than his entered this domain, they would be suppressed by him, and it would be difficult for them to unleash their strongest strength.
This was the first time that Akira had used this power. Although he had fought Navy Admirals before, he had mostly been on the side of escaping.
However, his battle with Hawkeye was one that he couldn't retreat from. So he had to go all out.
"Hawkeye."
Akira stared at Hawkeye intently, and said slowly, "The real battle is about to begin. I'm already prepared. How about you?"
Hawkeye smiled casually, and said, "I'm always prepared."
"Then!"
Akira's eyes shone brightly. The momentum on his body actually soared again. The domineering power pushed away all of the flowers, plants, and trees around him, forming a terrifying no-man's land.
"Let's fight!"
Two terrifying sword intents shot straight into the sky. The clouds in the sky were quickly separated, as if they had been split apart by these two sword intents.
Although the two of them hadn't taken action yet, their momentum had already enveloped the entire island.
The few natives who were surviving on the island looked at that scene in the sky with horror.
They all felt as if there was a heavy pressure in their hearts, making it difficult for them to breathe.
On an island that was some distance away from the island where Akira and Hawkeye were dueling, a huge Navy warship was coming towards the island where Akira and Hawkeye were dueling.
Standing on the deck of the warship were two Navy officers, one male and one female. The male was two or three meters tall.
He was Admiral Aokiji Kuzan, one of the three great Admirals of the Navy who were shaking the world. The female was an old woman, the Navy Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Tsuru.
"Vice Admiral Tsuru, are you really confident?" Aokiji asked Vice Admiral Tsuru beside him.
Actually, he had been very surprised when Sengoku had asked him to follow Vice Admiral Tsuru to capture Akira, and had asked him to listen to Vice Admiral Tsuru's orders, because he had fought Akira many times, and naturally knew how troublesome Akira was. So he really wasn't optimistic about this operation.
However, it was Sengoku's order after all. So even if Aokiji wasn't optimistic, he could only choose to obey.
So he had chased after the direction where the Amazon Lily Pirates had left with Vice Admiral Tsuru. They originally had a chance to catch up with the Amazon Lily Pirates.
However, Vice Admiral Tsuru hadn't done that at all. Instead, she had been slowing down all the time, and had been hanging behind the Amazon Lily Pirates, maintaining a distance that wouldn't be discovered.
Vice Admiral Tsuru didn't answer Aokiji's question. However, at this time, Aokiji and Vice Admiral Tsuru's faces suddenly changed at the same time. Their faces were all solemn as they looked towards the sky in front of them.
"In the sky, what's this?" Vice Admiral Tsuru's old face first revealed a look of surprise. However, she quickly understood.
Aokiji's expression was extremely solemn. He said in a deep voice, What a powerful sword intent.
Moreover, there are two of them. They were actually able to break through the sky. When did two such powerful great swordsmen appear on the great sea?
Vice Admiral Tsuru said, "It's Hawkeye and that Shinigami kid."
Aokiji was shocked. He looked at Vice Admiral Tsuru with surprise, and asked, "Vice Admiral Tsuru, how did you know?"
Vice Admiral Tsuru said with a calm face, "Because I directed all of this. It's absolutely impossible to catch the 'Shinigami' by relying on ordinary methods. His ability to escape is unique. We can't catch him at all. So if we want to prevent him from escaping, we have to give him a reason that he can't retreat from."
"So you found Hawkeye?" Aokiji reacted instantly, and asked.
Vice Admiral Tsuru shook her head, and said, How is that possible? Although Hawkeye is a Shichibukai, you should know his relationship with our Navy better than I do.
Do you think he would help our Navy deal with the Shinigami? His relationship with that kid is better than ours.
"Then what exactly is going on?" Aokiji asked strangely.
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