Chapter 667 Battle of Swordsmen
After Red Hair lost his arm, the two never competed in a formal setting, so the outside world's impression of him and Hawkeye is still stuck on the shocking battle before he lost his arm.
In that battle, the two of them sank an island, causing it to completely disappear on the sea. He lost half a move in that battle, so this time he wanted Vic and Hawkeye to have a kendo duel. The fight between the two might be the top kendo battle in the entire ocean, and he was looking forward to it!
"Olens Vic! It's a well-known fact that the World Government has summoned us, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, many times, but you have never been there once. I am very interested in you!"
Mihawk who came to the camp did not answer Shanks' words, nor did he look at Shanks. Instead, his eagle eyes immediately stared at Vic, with unparalleled fighting spirit!
Before he became one of the Shichibukai, he was a navy hunter and had always been keeping an eye on Vic, the rising star of the navy. However, before he had the chance to find Vic, Vic had already defected from the navy.
After that, Vic's whereabouts became even more secretive. He searched for him for a long time but couldn't find him. Later, as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he had been waiting to meet Vic when the World Government summoned them, and then have a battle between strong men. It's just that Vic never responded to the call, which was a pity. Fortunately, he met him here with Red Hair today, and he definitely couldn't miss it.
"Hawkeye Mihawk! You are also famous, the world's number one swordsman! When I was in the navy, I often heard that Red Hair said that you stopped sparring with him after he broke his arm. Do you look down on him?
Do you want to defeat him when he becomes the emperor of the sea? That's how I treated Big Mom. Do you want to try it too? "
Vic said with a smile that Mihawk was a loner who was both good and evil, and did everything based on his mood. Before he became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he also killed many righteous marines. Although he might be Zoro's master in the future, Vic didn't have a very good impression of Mihawk.
There are a lot of scum in the navy, you can kill them at will, Victor doesn't feel any pain at all, but it is a pity to kill those truly righteous navy members, even if your goal is to become stronger through actual combat, can't you go find other pirates?
The Navy Hunter is a well-known figure, and I wonder how many navy generals have died at his hands. With Mihawk's talent and strength, how could he possibly look down on ordinary navy officers? They are the navy's revival force, and the living force to fight against the World Government in the future!
"I won't compete with disabled people. If you really want to compete, we can have a fight!"
Mihawk is no longer interested in Shanks who has lost his left hand. He is no match for Shanks with both hands, not to mention that he only has one hand. If he wins, he will be accused of bullying a disabled person, and if he loses, he will be accused of being inferior to a disabled person, so it is better not to fight him at all.
He had also heard about Vic defeating Big Mom. A strong man who defeated the Four Emperors was more tempting to him. Of course, he would have to restrain himself from fighting in kendo later. The strength that could defeat the Emperor of the Sea was not something he could contend with now. He could only pursue perfection in his own little corner.
"Hawkeye! You're such a bastard! I'm going to get you drunk to death later!"
Shanks was very dissatisfied with Hawkeye's attitude. Although he lost his arm, his strength was greatly improved. However, this was not something he could tell outsiders, so he decided to get Mihawk drunk and make him look like a fool of himself.
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"Is this Black Blade Night? He is so domineering indeed!"
"Your knife is also sharp!"
The battle between Vic and Mihawk was to take place on the next day. If strong men of their level fought with all their might, they would easily sink ships and destroy islands, and the destructive power would be too great, so they would definitely have to find an uninhabited island as a battlefield. In addition, the banquet was still going on, so the battle was scheduled for the next day.
The result of this battle was known only to the two participants and the Red Hair Pirates' executives, and the news was not spread to the outside world.
However, from that day on, Mihawk would blush a little when someone complimented him as the world's best swordsman, but he always had a poker face and others didn't notice anything unusual.
But what happened that day came to his mind. Before the battle began, he had agreed in advance that they would only practice kendo, and Wick agreed. The two fought in the dark on the uninhabited island. Apart from using sword skills enhanced by the armed color domineering, Wick did not commit any fouls. He did the same.
However, the two men, who had always been evenly matched, suddenly fell into a disadvantage on the second day, as if Vic was in a hurry to eat. Vic's knife suddenly became dozens of times faster. After he struggled to resist a few moves, he could not hold on anymore. The remaining land was torn apart by Vic, and he was also cut in the chest and fell into the sea, unconscious!
After waking up, he found that Vic had left. He was defeated, completely defeated. Vic was just there to play with him on the first day, but on the second day, he defeated him instantly as if in a hurry!
Vic's strength was so terrifying, as if he had no weaknesses. Whether it was swordsmanship or domineering, he could crush him. After that day, he found that there was still a big gap between him and the strong man who could defeat the Emperor of the Sea.
In fact, if we only talk about kendo, there is no clear winner between Vic and Mihawk. Mihawk specializes in kendo and has achieved very high attainments in it, but kendo is not simply using swords to fight.
Kendo is all-encompassing. Haki can be integrated into kendo, and fruit abilities can also be integrated into kendo. It’s just that Mihawk’s kendo only incorporates Haki. So on the first day, Vic did not use his abilities to participate in the battle, and like Mihawk, he only assisted with Haki.
By the next day, Vic had realized that it would take time to determine the winner by fighting with sword energy and domineering power alone, although he was the winner in the end, after all, he was stronger and had a deeper domineering power.
But he didn't want to waste time, the ending would be the same anyway, so he integrated the awakening of the Speed Fruit into his kendo, integrating it into the super-speed sword, which was incredibly fast. Mihawk had never seen such a fast sword, and found it difficult to react, so he was quickly defeated!
Even Shanks, who was watching the battle on the boat, had sweat on his forehead, and the faces of other cadres changed drastically. They couldn't block Vic's knife at all. It was too terrifying!
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In the year that Shanks became the fourth emperor of the sea, Boa Hancock, the queen of the Amazon Lily, took her two sisters and the country's female warriors to sea for the first time to plunder, and the bounty reached 8000 million berries.
Her powerful strength and beauty are also valued by the World Government. Because Shanks became the fourth emperor of the sea, the unbalanced sea needed to be stabilized again, so Boa Hancock, who went out to sea for the first time to plunder, caught the attention of the World Government, and then she was invited to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
After discussing with Guroliosa, Boa Hancock accepted the invitation of the World Government. Amazon Lily needed this title. Their country was a pirate country, and long-term looting was bound to cause trouble.
Although the Amazon Lily is in the doldrums, the navy has developed warships with external wheels, and the doldrums are no longer safe, so this is a helpless move.
After Boa Hancock joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the number of the Seven Warlords of the Sea reached 7. As long as the number of Sea Emperors does not increase, the number of the Seven Warlords of the Sea will not increase easily.
Since after Shanks, only Luffy was given the title of one of the Five Emperors in the newspaper, no one has been able to challenge this title since then, or anyone who wanted to challenge it has failed.
But it’s different here, as long as Vic is willing, he is the real Five Emperors, but Vic will not fight for this title, the real thing is to develop in a wretched way!