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When the race is about to start, some sea merchants will come here, rent houses here to do business, and earn money for a few days.
But it is enough, because in these few days, the accommodation, food and weapons sales here will reach a peak.
Of course, the town also has some unwritten rules. For example, fights must be carried out outside the town and are not allowed in the town.
So after entering the town, it is relatively safe.
Xia Zheteng was also dressed in casual clothes. In this place, the navy was not welcome.
We found a place to rest in the town and waited for the game to start.
There are many swordsmen in the town. While Xia Zheteng was eating noodles in the town, he actually saw a group of familiar faces.
Ghost Spider, Bastiu, Flying Squirrel, and behind them, there were a few lieutenant colonel-level guys.
Moreover, among these people, there were two who attracted Xia Zheteng's special attention. Jiyuan and Kaji also showed up.
What's going on? What are they doing here? And they are all wearing navy uniforms. Are they going to cause trouble?
The pedestrians on the street also looked at them. They were obviously somewhat resistant to the arrival of these navy officers. However, since the navy did not arrest anyone, they did not take any action either.
These people did not notice Xia Zheteng who was eating noodles, but went towards a very luxurious building at the back of the town.
That was a corner of the town, but Xia Zheteng also knew that the people living in that building were all nobles, nobles from the four surrounding countries.
What does the Navy mean by looking for them?
Forget it, since no one recognized me, I’ll just eat noodles. I have a feeling something is going to happen here, so I’ll just watch.
Fortunately, the excitement value was not increased randomly. Let’s leave it like this for now. It will be useful at the critical moment.
After staying for a few days, the Four Nations Sword Competition is about to begin.
There were more people in the town, including several pirates and some famous swordsmen, all of whom had rushed here.
Xia Zheteng is not the only one who likes to watch the fun.
Otherwise, Mingge’s fighting arena wouldn’t have attracted so many people, and there would have been no commentators.
I followed a group of guys who didn't look like good people into the venue, and they even asked me to buy tickets.
Xia Zheteng finally understood. It turned out that these four countries were not just having fun, they were also making money. Although this arena was only opened once every three years, they made a lot of money every time.
A ticket that costs one hundred thousand is really expensive.
When I entered the venue, I found that there were not many people sitting in the front seats, and they were all people who looked very powerful.
Xia Zheteng didn't have so many requirements. If you don't stand forward to watch the fun, how can you still call it watching the fun? If I hadn't stood so far forward, would those three fragments have hit me? Dream on.
When he came to the front row, people around him were squinting their eyes at him, obviously judging his ability, but no one said much.
There had been an incident during a previous Four Nations Swordsmanship Tournament when two swordsmen were fighting so fiercely that their sword energy overflowed and directly chopped off the heads of some people in the front row.
From then on, those who sat in the front row were either confident in their own abilities or stupid enough not to take their lives seriously.
After waiting for a while, the shadows of nobles from the four countries appeared on the high platform of the arena, and sitting below the platform were the swordsmen who were going to compete here, as well as the navy personnel.
Xia Zheteng scratched his head. Wasn't the navy here to maintain order? Was it necessary?
"The Four Nations Swords Tournament begins now." A host shouted excitedly while holding a loudspeaker, Den Den Mushi.
There were cheers all around.
Afterwards, according to the competition rules, the swordsmen came up to draw lots and then arranged their matches. This was conducted on the spot, and the main focus was on fairness.
However, Xia Zheteng raised his eyebrows, still not seeing that guy Mihawk.
Soon, the drawing of lots was over, and the first two swordsmen to come on stage, one used a rapier, and the other actually used a tiger-head broadsword.
As soon as the word "start" was given, the Western swordsman used his speed to constantly change his body shape, trying to confuse the opponent.
The guy holding the tiger-head sword is obviously very powerful, but his speed is a disadvantage.
But this guy was also smart. When he saw that all the opponent's shadows were within his attack range, he swept across with his tiger-head sword.
A large sword shadow flashed by, and the Western swordsman had no choice but to jump high.
"Haha, you've been fooled. You're flying in the air. Let's see how you can dodge."
The tiger-headed swordsman swung his sword and chopped it vertically at the Western swordsman.
Xia Zheteng said, "Big fool, you don't know how to do the Moon Walk, right? In the world of pirates, turning in the air doesn't seem to be a difficult task."
Sure enough, the Western swordsman also sneered, and when the big knife was about to hit him, the Western swordsman suddenly split into two, and the knife passed through the middle and fell heavily on the ground.
The Western swordsmen on the left and right sides had already stabbed their swords at the temples of the tiger-headed burly man.
"Star Strike."
The burly man was sweating profusely and was about to be defeated.
Boom, at the critical moment, a sword energy flew over from the entrance.
The two people on the ring never expected that someone would attack from outside the ring, and were instantly knocked out of the ring by the sword energy.
A figure slowly walked in from the entrance, the black knife in his hand shining with a chilling light.
Chapter 73 Hawkeye’s Challenge
Mihawk finally arrived.
Xia Zheteng's mouth curled up, that's right.
Look at how the Western swordsman and the tiger-headed muscular man fought so hard just now, but they only earned less than 200 excitement points. Then look at Hawkeye, as soon as he appeared, his single attack directly increased the excitement points to 350.
That's good. If Mihawk could hit me a few more times, maybe my excitement level could go up to a higher level.
Wait, it seems that I came here with a mission, which is to make Mihawk a Shichibukai, but why should he be a Shichibukai? Xia Zheteng now had another idea in his mind, a very interesting idea, Hawkeye, this guy, has the strength to rival the Four Emperors.
Mihawk then walked onto the ring and looked up at the platform above.
"Great swordsman Ge Feilangqi, I know you are here, come out and fight me."
Xia Zheteng nodded. This was the right idea. Why didn't Mihawk come out at the beginning and only arrived now? He didn't think about participating in any sword meeting. He had only one goal, which was the so-called great swordsman Gelflangci.
When asked who Ge Feilangqi was, Xia Zheteng said he didn't know him. Just as he was about to get to know him, he heard someone say, "Why don't you stand up?"
The great swordsman did not stand up, but many of the marines did.
"Navy Hunter Mihawk."
Demon Spider looked at Mihawk, his eyes full of anger.
Xia Zheteng clapped his hands. Oh, right, these guys in the navy probably guessed that Mihawk would come to the Shikoku Sword Conference, so they came here to ambush him.
"Hey, man, why is Mihawk called the Navy Hunter?" Xia Zheteng asked, pulling a fat guy next to him.
"You don't know?" The man didn't even look at Xia Zheteng, but just said it with some surprise. He was probably wondering why this man didn't know Hawkeye Mihawk.
"I've been busy with other things recently, so there's no news on this."
The man gave a brief account.
This matter is simple. Mihawk is not a traditional pirate. He is more pursuing breakthroughs in swordsmanship.
After challenging many swordsmanship masters, it is said that a few months ago, when he challenged a gym, the man said that Mihawk dared to bully the swordsmanship masters in the gym or pirates. There are plenty of real swordsmanship masters in the navy, so go and challenge them if you have the guts.
It would have been better if he hadn't said this, but once he said this, Mihawk got excited and actually ran to the Marine Branch to challenge.
Of course, the branches he chose were those navy branches that were more famous for their swordsmanship.
The navy won't fight you just because you want to challenge them, so some of them naturally won't prepare to take action.
So Mihawk cut straight into the Marine branch and had to pick you first.
Fortunately, Mihawk was more inclined towards kendo, so even when he hacked into the Marine branch, he didn't kill anyone, he was mostly just injured.
Over the past few months, more than a dozen branches have been targeted by Mihawk, and almost all members of these branches were injured. The branch leaders who were masters of swordsmanship might even be seriously injured.
That's why he got the title of Navy Hunter.
You say this is a big deal, but no one was hurt. You say this is a small deal, but the navy officer was slapped in the face.
Xia Zheteng scratched his head. What was Sengoku thinking about asking him to recruit Mihawk?
Well, it is probably the task from above. For the current world government, it is not worth it to mess with this guy with superb swordsmanship, and this is also a great fighting force.
For the sake of so-called balance, Mihawk has now become the target of recruitment by the World Government. As for the face of the Navy, the Navy has nothing in front of the World Government.
That makes sense. Ji Yuan and his men came here mainly to regain face for the navy.
But then again, I'm afraid you guys are really no match for Hawkeye.
Xia Zheteng sighed inwardly, this was going to be difficult.
"Everyone, since this is a four-nation sword competition, if there are any problems, it is natural for people from our four countries to solve them, so leave it to us to solve this problem."
The swordsmen waiting in the competition area took action first, rushing out of the competition area together, each holding a knife in their hands, and surrounded Hawkeye on the ring.
This time the order came from the kings of the four countries.
How can such a hard-earned fencing match be ruined by an eagle-eye?
Surround him, kill him, but Hawkeye didn't even look at these swordsmen.
As a swordsman, he actually wanted to win by relying on numbers. From this point of view, they had already lost. His real target was only one, and that was Gefferanchi, who was known as the great swordsman of the four countries.
"Go, kill him." Someone among the surrounding swordsmen shouted, and then more than a dozen figures flew up and rushed towards the arena.
Hawkeye closed his eyes, looking completely unconcerned, which further aroused the dissatisfaction of these swordsmen.
The swordsman in front had already rushed forward, and only then did Hawkeye open his eyes.
The sharp eagle eyes made the swordsman who rushed to the front pause slightly.
Xia Zheteng shook his head. As a swordsman, he was afraid at the last moment. How could he continue to play?
Hawkeye made his move, and Black Knife Ye started swinging. There were no so-called sword moves, just a flat attack with every strike.
But the swordsmen who rushed forward were sent flying one by one, blood gushing out, and most of them had cuts on their chests.
Until everyone fell down, Hawkeye swung Night in a semi-arc on the ring.
With him as the center of the circle, a burst of energy swept all the guys lying on the ring off the stage.
The ring was clean, with only Hawkeye left. He raised his head and looked at the stands again.
[Ding, watching the fun value +2200. ]
Beautiful! Hawkeye is worthy of being called a swordsman with the strength of the Four Emperors, and those dozen or so guys besieging him are not ordinary people either.
Yes, it is said that ordinary swordsmen would lose their will to fight just by seeing Hawkeye's eyes. It is considered acceptable that these people can still slash at Hawkeye with their swords.
The people in the navy team could no longer sit still and were obviously planning to take action.
"Dear guests, please take a seat."
Following the sound, a figure jumped down from the high platform. He was two meters tall, a little taller than Hawkeye, with two long swords on his waist, and stood in front of Hawkeye.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Finally showed up." The people around Xia Zheteng seemed relieved.
Then, the entire arena became boiling, and a large number of people began to shout a name, Gefeilangchi.
It turns out that this guy is the great swordsman challenged by Hawkeye. He looks very imposing, but I wonder how many moves he can withstand from Hawkeye.
The battle between Hawkeye and Red Hair was described by Whitebeard as just like yesterday, but today's battle is not very famous. It seems that there should be no suspense.
However, I should be able to hold out for a few moves at least. If I lose in one move, it would be really meaningless.
And the navy guys seemed very unconvinced, but was this a round-robin battle? Should I get involved as well?
Come on, add swordsmanship first.
Chapter 74 The Battle of the Great Swordsman
The swordsmanship added 20000 excitement points, and now Xia Zheteng has reached the strength of a beginner swordsman.
There is absolutely no problem in cutting iron, and it can also cut down ships, let alone sea kings.
But this strength is definitely not enough to deal with Hawkeye, but there are not enough points.
Only 23500 points left.