At this moment.
On the opposite side, Mihawk's figure suddenly flashed, and the Black Blade Yoru slashed down fiercely. A gigantic black and red Sword Qi shrieked out, heading straight for Kuina.
This slash, he actually used...
Supreme King Entanglement!!!
"Slash!"
Kuina's expression slightly changed.
A familiar feeling.
Terrifying, it resembled the Kamusari cut by Lord Shano!
But in terms of quality, it was clearly still a notch behind!
She let out a low shout, showing no fear, and swung Sakura Yuki with all her might. The wind pressure condensed into a blue Sword Qi, colliding violently with Mihawk's black and red Sword Qi.
Boom!
The moment the two Sword Qi collided, an astonishing shockwave erupted, tearing countless cracks in the surrounding hardwood floor, leaving it unrecognizable.
"It's not over yet!"
Mihawk remained expressionless, his figure closing in like a ghost, the Black Blade Yoru slashing consecutively.
Each slash was imbued with Supreme King Entanglement, carrying an overwhelming force!
Kuina, on the other hand, kept a cool face, calmly responding, and Sakura Yuki danced like the wind, actually neutralizing Mihawk's assaults one by one.
The battle between the two grew fiercer, Sword Qi flying and wind pressure ravaging, affecting the surrounding battlefield with their battle's aftermath, daring no one to approach.
"I smell the scent of my own kind."
Mihawk attacked while speaking in a deep voice, "There's no mistake, although you are that man's subordinate, you have still awakened that potential... However, you seem unable to entangle it, right?"
"So what if I have!"
Kuina replied unhappily with a cold shout.
So what if he's mastered Supreme King Entanglement?
Fine, it is indeed somewhat impressive...
But there was no choice, since the Ten Thousand Nations war where she awakened Supreme King, months had passed.
She could clearly feel her grasp of external Supreme King control becoming more adept, able to release it anytime, anywhere, precisely stunning her intended targets in a crowd.
But the ultimate application of Supreme King—Supreme King Entanglement, she had yet to master.
Lord Shano was quite concerned about it, privately assisting her with training, demonstrating hand by hand, explaining in detail, even using Haki Entanglement to mercilessly pummel her in practice, using terrifying pressure to force her.
Yet it had never succeeded.
Perhaps God truly is fair. She had extraordinary talent in Sword Dao, but in this particular area, she was utterly clueless.
This left Lord Shano quite troubled.
He kept muttering things like, "It doesn't make sense, Kaido clearly did it this way," and self-reproaching with "Am I truly some T5-level incompetent teacher?"
Really sorry, Lord Shano...
"I mean no offense, Lady Kuina."
On Mihawk's stern face, a rare hint of speechless amusement emerged.
Indeed, he never had any method against this kind of stubborn young girl.
He sighed helplessly:
"Having the potential but not yet mastering the Haki Entanglement, yet able to fight me to this extent, doesn't this precisely indicate that you still have plenty of room for improvement on the Sword Dao path?"
"When you truly master the Supreme King Entanglement, perhaps you genuinely can surpass me!"
Kuina was slightly stunned.
She could tell that this guy was genuinely sincere.
No wonder Tashigi was willing to live with him for an entire year, it appeared this man named Kekomi, although aligned with the Navy, was inherently a decent guy after all.
"Thank you for the compliment, I appreciate it, but perhaps there's no need to wait for the future either!"
Kuina's gaze sharpened swiftly, slashing out an enormous Wind Blade with Sakura Yuki, "Right now, on this battlefield, I can defeat you!"
"Courage and conviction are commendable, but such things aren't decided by you!"
Mihawk finally dropped all restraint, bringing out his ultimate skills, the Black Blade Yoru suddenly erupted with stronger black and red lightning, the Sword Qi pouring out like a torrent.
...
"Hey, hey, that Hawkeye Mihawk, it's the first time seeing him so earnest in a fight."
"After all, the opponent is Kuina! As expected, none of Endgame's highest officers are lacking, even though she doesn't seem very old, she can't be pinned down even by the strongest among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Hawkeye!"
The commotion from the duel between the two Great Sword Masters drew more and more attention.
"..."
Flower Sword Vista just happened to fend off several encroaching Navy Officers, and upon witnessing this scene, he momentarily found himself in a daze.
So strong...
Truly strong, both sides.
He mumbled to himself, the dual blades in his hands unpredictably dropping downwards.
The so-called layman watches the excitement, the expert sees the subtleties.
What he could discern far exceeded what others saw, whether it was Kuina's agile and wind-like swordsmanship or Mihawk's unparalleled domineering Black Blade, both left him deeply shocked.
The strength Mihawk displayed at this moment was vastly different from when he fought against Vista just now.
"What's going on?"
Vista gave a bitter smile as he shook his head, "Was he not using even half his strength when fighting against me?"
As a veteran captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and long-acclaimed Great Sword Master, he had always had considerable confidence in his swordsmanship.
He supposed his swordsmanship, even if not as good as Mihawk's, should be in the same class, with the gap nearly negligible.
As for Endgame's Kuina, he believed he should be above her!
But from the looks of it now...
How utterly laughable this thought was, a complete and utter mistake, dead wrong!
"Hey! What are you spacing out for, Vista? Watch out, behind you!"
From afar, Diamond Jozu's angry shout came.
Vista was startled awake, a red glint flashed through his eyes, sweat hairs stood on end!
Something formidable was coming his way!
He instinctively performed a sideways roll. In that split-second, two mountain-like black shadows howled over his head, crashing heavily onto the hardwood floor ahead.
Boom! Boom!
The ground was pounded into two deep pits, dust rising all around.
Had it not been for Brother Jozu's warning, he would nearly have been flattened, Vista realized with shock, turning back gape-mouthed and wide-eyed—
What lay in the pits, surprisingly, were Demon Buddha Sengoku and Saint Garling, who not long ago had just started a fierce battle with Shano!
However, at this moment.
The two General Emperor Level powerhouses looked utterly different from when they first appeared, towering and awe-inspiring!
Sengoku's purple-black Demon Buddha body was riddled with cracks, its eight scarlet demonic eyes swelled to the point of barely opening a slit, its left arm brutally torn half off, revealing a terrifying black cross-section.
As for Saint Garling, transformed into Tsukuyomi, looked even more miserable!
Not only was the entire face beaten into a swollen mess, several front teeth knocked out, and the divine Moon Disk at the back of his head turned dim black, his clothing was tattered and severely worn.
"Uh... ah... ah..."
Saint Garling clutched his chest, groaning in agony.
If not for their enormous sizes, Vista at first glance would have mistaken him as some pitiful beggar...
"This, how could this be?!"
Vista finally returned to his senses, involuntarily drawing a cold breath.
Being an elder of the Whitebeard Pirates, following the Old Man in adventuring the seas for decades, he knew too well what being General Emperor Level meant.
It represents the strongest rank of the sea, truly standing at the world's pinnacle, emerging from thousands!
Yet the two of them teamed up, how long had it been? At most not even an hour, got battered into such pathetic shapes?
Although he knew Brother Shano was strong, wasn't this too much?
When Rocks was active, he was young and didn't know how strong he was, but he had witnessed the Old Man at his peak!
Bringing the peak Old Man over, he might easily handle two foes, but could he pummel them to this extent within an hour?
Looking at the distant figure, cold expression on his face, stepping through the air step by step, approaching here.
"Hey, this is too terrifying..."
Vista felt a tingling scalp, instinctively swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
To think there exists a monster of this caliber, perhaps he was truly fortunate that the Whitebeard Pirates never provoked them but instead kept a rather good relationship...