Gawain couldn't help but complain in his heart and subconsciously raised his arm to block Kizaru's slash, but the power of the lightsaber still pushed him back dozens of meters, and the blood in his abdomen surged for a while.
"You should understand now, right?"
After the attack, Kizaru stopped and stood aside calmly, his tone still as indifferent as at the beginning.
The lightsaber in his hand was still making waves.
"Even for a newcomer as strong as you, you still have a long way to go before you can fight me."
Gawain stuck out his tongue and licked his lips; fighting spirit continued to rise in his eyes.
Of course, he knew.
Even though he was already someone below the emperor's level, he was very likely the strongest one among them.
But there is still a huge gap between him and the real emperor level.
He almost suffered a crushing defeat when facing an old Golden Lion before, so the result of a life-and-death fight with Kizaru would only be even worse.
But by now, Gawain had already figured it out.
Kizaru had no ill intentions, at least no intention of killing him right here and there.
But for him, who was only interested in gaining experience in Conqueror Haki, this was enough!
"Infinite Protrusion!"
Gawain roared and took instant action, stomping the yellow sand under his feet.
The next moment, he shot towards Kizaru like a ray of red light.
"What a hassle."
Kizaru sighed and looked at Gawain, who was excited in the distance. At this moment, he regrets taking on this troublesome task.
This was especially true after seeing the wound on Gawain's body, which was gradually healing.
Hard!
Ridiculously hard!
There are countless powerful people in this sea, and Kizaru has fought with them all; among them, there are naturally some who can easily suppress or even defeat Gawain.
Even he himself can do this.
But when it comes to defensive power that can reach Gawain's level, Kizaru could only think of a few names at the moment.
These people are either the so-called emperors of the sea in the New World, legends who once dominated an era, or officers within the Marines.
Monster!
This is different from the tone of praise but actually, ridicule towards the new generation of monsters that have entered the New World.
At this moment, this word clearly appeared in Kizaru's mind.
At this age, even Sakazuki and Red Hair can't do this!
If this guy is left alone, he will definitely become one of the emperors of the sea in the future!
For a moment, Kizaru really wanted to kill Gawain, but he eventually suppressed this thought.
After all, whether it was Gawain's title as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, or Zephyr's over-emphasis on him, or the slight curiosity in his heart, all of these made it impossible for Kizaru to kill Gawain here!
In that case…
When Gawain's sword approached, Kizaru moved instantly. He took action last, but he was the first to arrive, and he slashed Gawain's chest with the lightsaber in his hand.
Swish!
Blood splattered, and Gawain flew backward in an instant. However, the moment his feet touched the yellow sand, he used the force to swing his sword again to attack Kizaru.
Under the double defense of dragon scales and Armament Haki, although Kizaru's sword broke his defense, it did not affect his ability to move. Instead, it made him more bloodthirsty.
Kizaru still had a relaxed smile on his face, but he was extremely bored with his opponent.
He swung the lightsaber in his hand and collided with Gawain in mid-air.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Two figures, one red, and one gold.
The same super-fast stabbing tactics were constantly intertwined in mid-air.
The golden laser dissipated, causing continuous explosions.
The silver-white blade light shattered, and the scattered flying slash almost completely cut the entire desert!
A fierce fight broke out at this moment!
Swish!
Lines of wounds continued to appear around Gawain, and there was even a faint, sickening smell of burnt flesh.
In such an intense battle, no, it was a battle in which Gawain was almost completely suppressed by Kizaru, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.
The Conqueror's Haki, based on belief, gave Gawain feedback at this moment.
He gradually felt the flow of the Conqueror's Haki, but he was still some distance away from fully controlling it.
But at this moment, Gawain's Conqueror's Haki, which is close to Level 3, is still too weak.
In such a battle, it is far less practical than the Armament Haki.
But the sudden feeling made Gawain realize that he might not have to rely on the system's ability to master the Conqueror Haki's entanglement!
Then, on the list of features provided by the system, he can choose the more precious option.
Boom!
After another collision, Kizaru stabilized his body in mid-air, raised his palm, condensed countless lasers in mid-air, and shot it at Gawain like raindrops…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The explosion almost completely covered the entire desert, and the impact even raised a lot of dust.
The wind is howling.
The clouds in the sky all dispersed at this moment.
Gawain, whose body was charred black, suddenly jumped out from the flames, and the sword in his hand collided with Kizaru's lightsaber!
The fight between the two continued until late at night.
The almost endless bursts of Devil Fruit ability and the release of Armament Haki made even Kizaru break out in a sweat, and he stood there gasping for breath.
Gawain, who was standing next to him, was even more limp, lying on the gravel. His entire body was covered with wounds left by the lightsaber, and the dragon scales covering his body were broken, with almost no intact scale to be found.
"Hey."
"Why do you have to go to this extent?"
Kizaru couldn't help but ask.
He believed that Gawain had already seen the signs he had deliberately left behind.
But what he didn't understand was why Gawain would fight to such an extent under the circumstances.
After all, for Gawain, whether to take the opportunity to retreat or to stop and figure out his purpose is far more correct than fighting to this extent.
"Who knows?"
"Maybe I want to see the difference between me and you monsters."
Halfway through the conversation, Gawain was slightly stunned as a familiar system prompt appeared in front of him.
But his eyes turned extremely bright the next moment because today's experience came to his mind:
"Conqueror Haki experience +4403!"
> Conqueror Haki: Level 2 (7,196/8,000) —> Conqueror Haki: Level 3 (3,599/15,000)
"Only over 4,000 experience points?"
"However, this battle is different from the previous battle against Golden Lion. Kizaru held back everywhere, so my life is not in great danger."
"That makes sense."
The next moment, a violent and domineering Conqueror Haki spread out in all directions, with Gawain as the center.
The violent sand and dust all dissipated at this moment, going against the wind direction, colliding with the original wind and sand, and even causing waves of turbulence.
When the impact of pure Conqueror Haki brushed across Kizaru's body, feeling Gawain's violent and restless Conqueror Haki, a trace of caution appeared in his eyes for the first time tonight.
The thoughts that he had just suppressed appeared in Kizaru's mind again.
Should he finish this guy off here?
Amazing fighting spirit, Mythical Zoan fruit user, and the Conqueror's Haki that only one in a million people can possess…
People who possess all of these conditions.
There is only one candidate in Kizaru's mind.
One of the four emperors of the New World, the strongest creature in the world, Kaido!
At this moment, Gawain really has some of Kaido's shadow.
Wrong!
Kizaru looked back at the information about Gawain that he had seen before he took action.
It recorded in detail how Gawain had taken the position of Warlord step by step within a year.
The scheming ability revealed in this is far superior to Kaido!
This guy might be more dangerous than Kaido!