Chapter 370 The World of Genius
Over the past four years, Mihawk's strength has not only not stagnated, but has been improving rapidly.
He obtained the title of "The World's Strongest Swordsman" a year ago. In the same year, Mihawk accepted the recruitment of the World Government and became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
When Mihawk fought with his disciples, Luke was right next to them, so he felt it clearly. The will contained in Mihawk's sword moves was very amazing, surpassing any person Luke had ever met. This was also the reason why Luke came to visit Mihawk.
At the gate of the palace in the center of the island, Lu Kai knocked on the door.
Not long after, the palace gate was opened.
Mihawk was carrying the black sword 'Night', one of the 12 supreme swords, on his back, and looked towards the door with cold eyes. At this moment, he was like a sword unsheathed, ready to attack at any time.
But when he saw that the person at the door was Lu Kai, Mihawk was stunned at first, and then the sword intent in his body immediately dissipated a lot.
"I was wondering where this master came from, but I didn't expect it to be you!" Mihawk opened the door and welcomed Luke in.
It’s no wonder that he reacted so strongly just now. Anyone would be alert if a person with a very powerful aura suddenly appeared at his doorstep.
After Luke followed Mihawk into the castle, Mihawk ignored Luke and went into the kitchen.
He was just cooking dinner, but halfway through, Lu Kai came knocking on the door. Now that the crisis was resolved, he naturally continued cooking.
Ten minutes later, Mihawk sat down at the table and began to eat his dinner elegantly, as if Lukai didn't exist.
Lu Kai did not disturb Mihawk the whole time, but sat leisurely on the sofa and waited slowly.
After all, Lu Kai needed help from others, and Mihawk was just that kind of person, so Lu Kai naturally wouldn't spoil the other party's mood.
After finishing the meal and clearing the table, Mihawk sat across from Luke and asked, "What can I do for you, Admiral of the Navy?"
"I wonder if Mr. Mihawk has heard of Sandra?" Lu Kai said straight to the point.
"The government called me a year ago and told me about his situation. They also asked me to keep an eye on him." Mihawk said, "But he has nothing to do with me, and I don't know his information. Did you find the wrong person?"
"You misunderstood. I didn't come here to ask you about his situation." Lu Kai spoke again, "To be precise, I came here to learn swordsmanship from you."
"From me? Learn swordsmanship?" Mihawk was stunned when he heard that. "Everyone in this world knows that you, General Lukai, conquer the world with just one punch and one sword. Even the Four Emperors are no match for you. Do you still need to learn from me?"
Lu Kai shook his head and said, “Mr. Mihawk’s information about Sandra may still be stuck at the level of a year ago, but I can tell you clearly that this Sandra is a complete monster.
"I fought him once before. His strength was very weak, so any moves, even domineering, could not cause any damage to him. So he relied on his weak strength to escape from my hands."
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“But I did gain something. I discovered that moves that contain willpower can cause damage to him, and among all the people I know, you are the one with the strongest willpower in swordsmanship.
"So I had no choice but to come and disturb you with a shameless face."
Mihawk suddenly became interested when he heard Lukai's description of Sandra.
"How can there be such a person in the world? Could he be a user of some special devil fruit ability?" Mihawk asked.
Lu Kai nodded, and then described Sandra's details to Mihawk.
While listening, Mihawk frowned several times, because this Sandra violated almost all common sense, and the ability of the evil fruit was so abnormal and foul, and extremely weird.
After a moment of silence, Mihawk suddenly said to Luke, "Sir Luke, are you interested in a fight?"
Lu Kai immediately became eager to fight. He grabbed the Ghost Sword from the void, then disappeared from the spot in an instant and appeared outside the palace, as if he couldn't wait.
Mihawk's fighting spirit was also aroused by Luke. He put on the black knife "Night" on his back and walked out slowly.
However, the two did not start fighting immediately, but continued to build up their momentum. When their momentum reached its peak, the two rushed towards each other almost at the same time.
The black knife and the ghost sword collided violently. The sword energy surged in all directions with the two people as the center, instantly cutting the ground into the shape of a spider web.
Under the impact of the sword energy, neatly cut pieces of stone flew off the ground.
But before it could fly high, it was chopped into smaller stones by the sword energy. Finally, it turned into dust and was blown away by the strong wind caused by the sword energy.
Lukai wasn't surprised by this, but Mihawk's eyes suddenly lit up.
As expected, the reputation is not lived up to. Admiral 'Red Wind' Luke of the Navy Headquarters lives up to his reputation.
After one move, Mihawk immediately changed his move, changing the chop into a slash, trying to deflect the ghost sword in Luke's hand.
Luke instantly realized Mihawk's intention, but did not retreat at all. He used the same move to sweep towards the black knife "Night". After another collision, both of their weapons were bounced away.
Mihawk used the force of the rebound to turn around and sweep horizontally. When Luke blocked it, he was immediately swept ten meters away.
But as soon as Luke landed, he kicked the ground hard and used a thrust to instantly reach in front of Mihawk. Mihawk also blocked with his sword, but was knocked ten meters away by the force of the thrust.
Next, the two men continued to use their killing moves, and the sword energy spread wildly around.
During the entire battle, Luke did not use any ability of his fruit, and only relied on swordsmanship to fight Mihawk. However, the more they fought, the more shocked Luke became.
Lu Kai has created his own swordsmanship since he was 8 years old. Over the years, he has never stopped improving and enhancing the power of the God-Slaying Swordsmanship. In addition, Lu Kai has fought against many strange opponents over the years and has extremely rich combat experience.
Mihawk's level is 69, and Luke's attribute values are much higher than Mihawk's, and he doesn't hide them at all.
Originally, Luke thought that his swordsmanship had reached its peak, but with such a huge difference in attribute values, the two fought evenly matched, and Mihawk even had a slight advantage over Luke.
This is enough to show that Mihawk's understanding of swordsmanship is much higher than Lukai's, and has reached an extremely terrifying level.
Lu Kai's swordsmanship of beheading gods has always been based on the approach of breaking the law with force.
Mihawk has perfectly integrated almost all the elements of swordsmanship, so the power of his sword moves is no less powerful than Luke's.
Judging from the battle scene, Luke is very powerful, while Mihawk seems to be lifting a feather. Mihawk's seemingly light sword contains a power that seems to be able to destroy the world.
The two men fought as they moved away from the castle, as they were both worried that they would accidentally destroy Mihawk's home.
The baboons, who were acting as 'human imitators', all gathered around to watch the fight, watching the scene without blinking.
The fight lasted for three hours before Luke and Mihawk stopped, both of them feeling refreshed.
Especially Mihawk, since he realized the way of the sword, he had never fought such an evenly matched battle in pure swordsmanship.
Even though it was a sparring match, Mihawk was able to display his swordsmanship without reservation, and after the fight, Mihawk looked at Luke with a different look in his eyes.
At first, Mihawk looked down on Lukai.
Because he believed that the reason why Luke was so strong was related to his devil fruit ability, and he was definitely not as good as him in terms of swordsmanship alone.
But at this moment, Mihawk only felt appreciation and admiration for Lukai.
However, the fight between the two could only be considered a sparring match, because once Luke used the power of the Devil Fruit, Mihawk would be crushed immediately, and he knew this very well.
But instead of being discouraged, he became even more excited because this battle brought him enormous gains.
Lu Kai also gained a lot, because he personally felt the powerful sword intent contained in Mihawk's sword moves. Mihawk's sword intent played a crucial role in his ability to make light work of heavy objects and fight against opponents of higher levels.
The two people in a good mood returned to the castle together. Mihawk also took out his treasured fine wine, poured a glass for Luke, and drank with him.
"Mr. Mihawk, I really admire you." Lu Kai took a sip of wine and said with emotion, "How do you manage to keep improving?
"I always felt that my swordsmanship progress has been much slower in recent years, but after fighting with you today, I realized that I still have so many shortcomings and areas for improvement."
Mihawk explained: “When you first came, you asked me about my will. In fact, the growth of a person’s will is theoretically endless.
“The reason why you make slow progress is actually closely related to your self-perception, which has put a shackle on yourself.
"Your own strength is already top-notch, there is no doubt about that, and coupled with your devil fruit ability, you have been unbeatable for many years. In my opinion, this is not a good thing.
“Once anyone thinks they are invincible, their subconscious mind immediately thinks they are perfect enough, and it is bad for a person to have such thoughts.
"No matter how talented he is, no matter whether his potential has been exhausted or not, his progress will immediately slow down. This is almost inevitable."
Mihawk took a sip of wine and said, “My idea is very simple. I want to become not only the best swordsman of the modern era, but also the best swordsman in history, the strongest swordsman who can kill everything, the one who has never been there before and will never be there again.
"Because there are few opponents who are equally matched with me in swordsmanship, I created a kind of meditation to train myself.
“When I meditate, I will imagine a swordsman who is much stronger than me in every aspect, and then imagine the scene of fighting with him in my mind.
“Then I will always think that I am inadequate and there is always room for improvement.
"I can even learn swordsmanship from this imaginary swordsman. Many of my sword moves come from this. At the same time, I will do my best to teach the baboons my sword moves, and then fight with them to find the flaws in my moves."
Luke was extremely surprised at Mihawk's training methods. It turned out that geniuses are all freaks.