Akira's path of swordsmanship wasn't the usual route either. People like Hawkeye walked the path of domineering.
No matter how strong the enemy was, I would slash down with one strike. It belonged to the unreasonable power-type path of swordsmanship. Then there were people like Vista.
He walked the path of lightness and agility. He advocated sword moves, and used moves to win. Then there was Zoro later. His Santoryu was also a route.
The reason why Rambo's swordsmanship was called 'Sword Demon' was because his swordsmanship was unpredictable. There were no special moves at all.
You would never know what his next move would be. He would entangle his opponents like a ghost. He was fast, ruthless, and accurate.
The moment Rambo drew his sword, the battle between the two had officially begun. Rambo rushed towards Hawkeye like a gust of wind. The sword in his hand didn't stop either.
He kept swinging it, forming countless sword shadows, making it impossible for people to distinguish between the real and the fake.
"Ding ding ding ding ding!"
In just a few seconds, Rambo had already swung dozens of swords. It was conceivable how fast his attack speed was.
However, his opponent was Hawkeye. Hawkeye had fought countless swordsmen. He had also met many swordsmen who pursued speed.
The fastest one was naturally Akira, who used Tensa Zangetsu. So he didn't suffer any losses when facing Rambo's sword moves.
Hawkeye was just holding the Black Sword. His body kept retreating. He occasionally swung the Black Sword, making ding ding sounds. However, he blocked all of Rambo's attacks.
But Rambo had used his strength to the extreme the moment he had attacked. His body seemed to have merged with his sword. He was able to stab from incredible angles every time.
Moreover, he had completely given up on defense, and was only pursuing single-minded offense.
"What a violent swordsmanship!"
Hawkeye exclaimed in his heart while dodging. He had really never seen this kind of swordsmanship that completely gave up on defense, and only pursued offense.
What was even more terrifying was that he had actually fallen into a passive position the moment Rambo had launched his attack.
Moreover, the more he retreated, the more fierce Rambo's sword momentum became.
His momentum had actually increased by more than double from the beginning until now. It had only been a few minutes.
"Overpowering with momentum, winning with speed! Amazing swordsmanship. What a 'Sword Demon'. He's indeed a demon among swords, difficult to predict!"
Rambo's swordsmanship was something that Hawkeye had never seen before.
Although it was somewhat similar to Akira's fast attack at the beginning, it was completely different.
Because Rambo would gather momentum every time he swung his sword. His momentum had already increased to the point that even Hawkeye had to look at him with respect in this short period of time.
Sometimes, battles were like competing in momentum. Whoever's momentum was stronger would be able to take the advantage even more.
However, the strength of a person's momentum was basically fixed. Although it could slowly increase during battle, it was only a little.
There were really no others like Rambo, who gathered sword moves into momentum, and whose momentum became stronger the more he fought.
Hawkeye discovered that as Rambo's momentum increased, Rambo's attacks also became smoother. He had even been forced by Rambo to have a smaller and smaller range of activity.
If he continued like this, he was afraid that he would be crushed by Rambo's momentum, and would become unable to resist.
"Strong is strong, but the weakness is also very obvious."
As the world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye was amazed by Rambo's sword momentum. However, he had also seen the weakness.
As long as he shattered Rambo's momentum, then it would become much easier to defeat Rambo. This might be very difficult for ordinary people.
However, he was the world's greatest swordsman. He hadn't found anyone stronger than him on the path of swordsmanship.
"Slash!"
Hawkeye suddenly swung his sword, and made a horizontal slash. It formed a huge blade of light.
Even if Rambo's speed was fast, he could only retreat rapidly when facing this extremely wide-ranging slash.
"Boom!"
A small mountain on the opposite side was directly split open by Hawkeye's slash, Rambo wasn't injured. However, he had also been forced back dozens of meters away.
The momentum that he had gathered had also stagnated. His face was flushed. He felt very uncomfortable with this feeling of being forcibly forced back.
"What a strong slash. It's even stronger than Big Brother Akira's slash. As expected of the world's greatest swordsman. He's really terrifyingly strong."
He had just been forcibly forced back by Hawkeye's unreasonable force.
Although it hadn't injured him, it had also made him very uncomfortable. He couldn't continue to gather momentum like he had been doing just now.
He had never encountered this kind of powerful, unreasonable slash before. Even his most respected Akira didn't have such a powerful slash in his impression.
However, Hawkeye had already launched his attack mode. He continued to swing the Black Sword Yoru.
Every slash carried an amazing momentum, as if he wanted to split everything open. That amazing momentum and slashing blade of light forced Rambo to retreat constantly.
His attacks, which he was so proud of, were actually completely ineffective in front of Hawkeye.
Hawkeye's attacks weren't fast. But they were really too powerful.
Even if Rambo was able to dodge with his speed, and was able to counterattack from time to time, his counterattacks were difficult to have any effect in the face of absolute power.
Gradually, Rambo discovered that his swordsmanship was completely countered by Hawkeye.
His swordsmanship relied on ghost-like attacks, and quickly gathering momentum, to achieve overpowering with momentum, and succeeding with one strike.
In the past, his opponents had been unable to adapt to and resist his storm-like attacks. In the end, they had lost their minds, and had been miserably defeated by him.
However, he was facing the world's greatest swordsman Hawkeye this time. Whether it was his mental quality, or his swordsmanship cultivation, he was much stronger than him.
So although his sword momentum, which he was so proud of, had forced Hawkeye back at the beginning, his swordsmanship was difficult to resist after Hawkeye had truly launched his attack.
Not only was his momentum suppressed, but his attacks were also difficult to get close to Hawkeye, let alone injure Hawkeye.
From the time that Hawkeye had broken Rambo's sword momentum, and Rambo was unable to continue to gather his momentum, Rambo had been somewhat unable to resist.
Hawkeye's slash was really too strong. Although you knew his moves, and you knew how he was attacking, you just couldn't resist and counterattack. This was the most despairing thing.
Hawkeye's attacks were just that despairing. After Hawkeye had launched his attack mode, Rambo had slowly fallen into a slump. In the end, he could only be defeated by Hawkeye.
Hawkeye had still shown mercy. He hadn't injured Rambo. Instead, he had put away the Black Sword after winning the battle.
On the other hand, Rambo was staring blankly at his hands, and was somewhat absent-minded.
"Did I just lose like this? I lost so easily. Is the gap between us that big?"
From Rambo's own perspective, he had indeed lost very decisively. Besides the attacks at the beginning, he hadn't gained any advantage.
He had been quickly defeated after Hawkeye had launched his offensive. Although it couldn't be said that he had been unable to resist at all, it definitely couldn't be considered a battle of equal strength.
"It's already amazing enough that you were able to reach this level of strength at your age. Your path of swordsmanship is still very long."
...
Hawkeye looked at the absent-minded Rambo, and commented faintly. With his strength, he was qualified to evaluate Rambo.
Rambo's strength was actually still very strong. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to defeat Gekko Moriah, one of the Shichibukai.
However, although they were both Shichibukai, there was no comparison between Hawkeye and Gekko Moriah.
He was able to defeat Moriah, but he didn't have the power to resist in Hawkeye's hands.
Rambo suddenly raised his head, and asked, "Did you win your duel with Big Brother Akira back then?"
Hawkeye answered, "No, I didn't win. I didn't win or lose with him. He was about the same age as you back then. But his strength was much stronger than you are now. Even I didn't beat him."
Rambo said, "Since you didn't beat him, then why hasn't he appeared until now? According to my investigation, he has been missing for several years. I understand him. If he was really still alive, it's impossible for him to not show his face for so many years."
Hawkeye said, "Just because a person doesn't appear doesn't mean that he's dead. Do you really want to know about him?"
"Of course." Rambo said with certainty.
Hawkeye's brows furrowed slightly. Besides the Navy, he was the only person in the world who knew Akira's location.
He would go to confirm Akira's life and death every year. So he was the only one who knew about Akira's miserable situation.
It was precisely because he had seen Akira's misery that Hawkeye felt very guilty. After all, a large part of the reason why Akira had been caught back then was because of him.
If it hadn't been for him, Akira wouldn't have fought until he was exhausted, and was unable to even resist. He would have been caught by the Navy.
So over the years, this matter had also become a knot in Hawkeye's heart that he couldn't untie.
However, with Akira's instructions, he could only pretend that he didn't know anything. Actually, he was also thinking about how to rescue Akira in his heart.
However, facing Navy Headquarters, even if he was the world's greatest swordsman, he was equally helpless.
He felt guilty in his heart. In addition to that, he didn't want a swordsman with such unlimited potential to be finished just like that.
So when he knew about Rambo and Akira's relationship, he had an idea in his heart.
"I do know where Akira is." Hawkeye suddenly said.
Hearing this, Rambo immediately revealed a look of joy mixed with surprise. Even the dejection from being defeated had disappeared all at once. He asked excitedly, "Where is he now?"
Hawkeye said, "His current situation is very bad. If you knew that he was in a very dangerous place, would you be willing to risk your life to save him?"
Hearing this, Rambo immediately felt very bad in his heart. Even Hawkeye had said that it was very dangerous. Then it must be very dangerous.
However, he still answered firmly, I'm willing. Big Brother Akira saved my and my father's lives. He's the benefactor of our family. So even if I have to sacrifice my own life, I'm willing.
"Good."
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