The waves are rolling and the smoke is thousands of miles away.
In just a few minutes, the tsunami created by Dragon's fruit ability hit the Cake Island.
The dikes along the coast were destroyed, and the warships docked in the naval port were instantly capsized by the terrifying tsunami. Countless navy officers on guard were swept away by the huge waves.
At this moment, I don’t know how many people have lost their husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers.
Under the night sky, Long, sensing a sharp domineering aura rushing towards him, slowly lowered his hand. He didn't even glance at the harbor below. His observation Haki was still locked on the powerful aura that was rapidly approaching him.
When one's strength reaches his level, ordinary strong men are like mayflies and ants in front of him, and those ordinary people, once regarded as enemies by him, are even worse than ants.
In order to compete with the navy for prestige and voice among the people, even someone like Long would not even look at those ordinary low-level soldiers.
From the day they became soldiers, the word "innocence" no longer had anything to do with them.
Being in the new navy, the military uniforms on their bodies always involve them in one trouble after another, and it is even normal that they lose their lives inexplicably one day.
Therefore, Long had no burden at all in attacking Cake Island. This was a battle between two major forces. No matter whether he was the captain of the Revolutionary Army or an ordinary soldier of the New Navy, they were all pawns in the struggle between forces.
He is a chess piece in the game between Yuichiro Tsugikoku and Ryu.
In such a world, only the truly strong can remain unaffected by other things in the outside world. The world of pirates is such a world where the strong prey on the weak, and only the strong can become chess players.
The harbor was surging with waves, and the hurricane showed no sign of abating.
At this moment, a green sword light blasted out from deep inside the cake bag, going against the wind and shooting towards the dragon in the air.
The hurricane had no way of affecting the sword light at all. The next moment Long noticed the attack, the sword light was already approaching him, and the distance between the two was less than a hundred meters.
The terrifying power made Long raise his eyebrows. Before the sword light arrived, the sharp aura had already poured out. At this moment, Long, who had always had a calm expression, showed a trace of solemnity.
Instead of choosing to fight with force, he directly used the power of the devil fruit, instantly transformed into an element and disappeared in mid-air.
"Buzz--" The sword light flashed across the air and slammed into the sky in an instant. The layer of dark clouds in the sky instantly split apart when the sword light penetrated, and a devastated galaxy hung incongruously between the dark clouds.
The starlight surrounded the moonlight and spread over the sea below.
The figure of the dragon condensed in the void. Feeling the light above, he gently lifted his hood and looked upward. Sensing the terrifying power of the slash, a strange look flashed in the dragon's eyes.
"Besides Yoriichi, there's actually a swordsman of this caliber among the New Navy?!"
Long murmured softly, clearly not expecting the newcomer to be so formidable. He knew the New Navy was packed with strong men, and that all of Tsugikuni Yoriichi's companions were skilled fighters.
However, Long did not expect that there would be such a strong person among Tsugikuni Yoriichi's companions.
For a long time, the brilliance of Yuichiro Tsugakuni has overshadowed the entire New Navy, so that although other people in the New Navy have always been famous, in the stereotype of some people, Yuichiro Tsugakuni's companions are ultimately just "cadres".
If Yoshikazu Tsugakuni is considered the best, then the others are at best "first-rate".
Just as Long had thought at the beginning, those people in the new navy were at best at the level of admirals, and should not be higher than that.
The reason why Long is confident that he can break into Cake Island is because he himself is an admiral-level fighter. Even after combining the devil fruit and domineering, his strength exceeds that of an ordinary admiral.
But now it seems...
He underestimated the strong men of the new navy.
Just talking about the great swordsman who just slashed out this sword light, even if the opponent's strength is not as good as that of Yoriichi Tsugikuni, he is probably not weaker than him, so he must... deal with him carefully.
While he was thinking, a black shadow rose into the sky and arrived at Long's side in an instant. The dark and thick blade appeared in Long's sight and slashed directly towards his neck.
"Black knife!" Long quickly stretched out his hand and turned it into a claw, extending it to the side and grabbing the incoming long knife.
A powerful and domineering aura attached to his hand. The moment he grabbed the blade, Long felt a pain in his palm and his face suddenly changed.
"clang--"
The long knife directly chopped on Long's palms, and the blade embedded an inch into the bone.
Blood flowed from Long's palm. Before Long could change his moves, the man had already passed by Long and flew upwards.
"Bang!"
There was an air explosion in the sky. Long turned around hurriedly and saw a man with an exquisite mustache and wearing a dark red floral shirt falling down with a knife.
"Jorakel Mihawk!"
With just one glance, Long recognized the person.
Long before Mihawk showed up, Long already had a guess about the identity of the person who came. After all, among the New Navy, it was very easy to guess who the man who could possess such sword skills was.
Yoriichi Tsugakuni is not among the Bankoku, and Issho of the New Navy is not famous for his sword. The only pure swordsman left is Mihawk.
Long didn't have a deep understanding of Mihawk's strength. Although Mihawk was famous, Long had never fought against Mihawk. Before this, his understanding of Mihawk's strength could only be guessed from his fame and record.
Now, upon seeing him, Long deeply realized that the other party was a strong man at the same level as himself.
Mihawk, who appeared, treated Long as a stranger. He didn't want to waste any time talking. When his first attack failed, he immediately changed his tactics and slashed directly from top to bottom towards Long's shoulder blade.
The enemy is a person with special abilities, and is in the air, so Mihawk's performance will ultimately be subject to certain restrictions.
But that's all. Mihawk, who has already mastered the Moon Step, has strong air combat capabilities. Even when facing a natural dragon, Mihawk is eager to fight.
"It's really a sharp sword!"
Long let out a light sigh, clenched his right fist, and blood flowed out from between his fingers. The pain in his palm made Long's brain extremely clear. He knew very well that he had to be cautious when dealing with the guy in front of him.
Without any hesitation to block with his hands, a wall of wind rolled up on the side of Long. When Mihawk's sword fell, Mihawk suddenly felt a strong sense of stagnation on his body. Although Long's limbs did not make any active evasive movements, he could clearly see Long's figure leaning to the side, directly avoiding Mihawk's attack.
"call out!"
There was a sound of breaking through the air, and Mihawk and Long passed each other again, falling directly into the sea and disappearing.
"Hmph!" Seeing Mihawk disappear from his sight, Long snorted and his expression returned to his usual calmness.
In the naval port flooded by seawater, Mihawk broke out of the sea and hovered in the air using Moon Step. He looked up at the dragon in the sky, and a look of interest appeared on his originally expressionless face.
"What was that just now?!"
"Wind wall?"
"How is it possible that my sword can't even penetrate the wind wall?!"
Recalling the scene where Long dodged his attack just now, Mihawk thought secretly in his heart.
When he attacked, his observation Haki was always locked on Long's body. There was no doubt that Long did not actively dodge his attack.
But the strange thing is that the opponent neither transformed into an element nor made any dodging movements, but when his attack approached the opponent, the dragon guy automatically moved away.
It was as if there was an invisible, intangible, and insurmountable wall between him and the dragon.
"Well"
"No matter what kind of ability it is, it is always based on the devil fruit."
"The leader of the revolutionary army should have this kind of strength."
Mihawk said this in his heart and quickly adjusted his mood. He held the long sword horizontally and stopped the moon step he was taking.
Although Mihawk's figure was about to fall into the sea, he suddenly bent his legs and stepped heavily on the water. The terrifying force directly penetrated the sea surface and reached the land. A circular waterless area appeared in the harbor covered by sea water, and the sea water had no way to flow back into it.
Mihawk's figure suddenly turned into a stream of light, and the whole person soared up and reached the sky in an instant.
"bring it on!"
Noticing Mihawk's movements, Long let out a low cry of pleasure, his expression becoming excited.
For strong people of their level, there are very few opportunities to fight with all their strength, and the opportunities to fight with strong people of the same level are even rarer.
After all, Long is Garp's bloodline. Although his personality is completely opposite to Garp's on the surface, the blood of a warrior also flows in his blood.
His son Luffy also inherited this advantage of their family and is also the kind of guy who enjoys fighting.
"Buzz—"
Several slashes flew up into the air. Before Mihawk arrived, he slashed ahead. These slashes almost blocked all of Long's escape routes. In the blink of an eye, he was already under Long.
"Wow"
Long's expression was slightly condensed, and his eyes narrowed slightly. At this moment, he not only fully exerted the ability of his observation Haki, but also brought the power of his own devil fruit to the extreme.
At this moment, the hurricane that swept over the entire Cake Island suddenly stopped, and Long Jing stood in mid-air, carefully feeling the impact of Mihawk's slash on the wind, and in this way, accurately predicting the route of the slash.
All of this, Long processed all the information in his brain in just a moment.
And his figure also moved at this moment.
Although the whole person was suspended in the air, the dragon moved freely in the air just as if he were on the road.
The breeze wrapped around the dragon's body, and when Mihawk's slash came, it danced lightly in the gap between the slashes. It was within a limited area and easily avoided all of Mihawk's slashes.
"Oh!"
Facing a swordsman of Mihawk's level, Long is still able to maintain his composure except for his initial loss of composure. Even Long himself couldn't help but chuckle with pride after easily avoiding Mihawk's slash.
The slash passed by, and before the dragon could adjust its posture, Mihawk's real body had already rushed in front of the dragon, and with the black knife in his hand, he slashed directly at the dragon's waist.
"Did you dodge my attack?"
"But the posture is different from the two times when you dodged my close-range attacks."
The long sword slashed across, and just when the blade was about to touch the dragon's body, a strong sense of obstruction once again came back from Mihawk's long sword. This feeling was exactly the same as when he used the sword to slash the dragon just now.
Mihawk's pupils shrank slightly, and his attention was completely focused on the dragon.
Just as Mihawk expected, this time, Long's limbs did not move at all, but his body fell backward rapidly. The more Mihawk's blade advanced, the more Long's figure retreated. There was always a distance of about thirty centimeters between the blade and Long's body.
However, this distance of about 30 centimeters seemed like a chasm between the two of them. No matter how hard Mihawk tried, he couldn't cross it.
"Mudada——"
Dragon dodged Mihawk's close-range slash and curled the corners of his mouth into a bright smile.
Then Long stretched out his hand and pointed at Mihawk. Two wind blades condensed behind Mihawk without warning and slashed directly at Mihawk's back.
Wind is a part of nature, and the perception of this part of power by Observation Haki is generally weak.
However, a wind blade of this strength appeared inexplicably in such an environment, so Mihawk could naturally detect it easily.
Without turning around, he flipped the long sword in his hand and directly blocked his back.
"clang--"
The wind blade hit Ye's sword with a golden sound, and Mihawk couldn't help but lean forward under this huge force.
Mihawk took advantage of the dragon's attack and quickly approached the dragon. He swung the sword in his hand again and fell on the dragon's head.
"pretty!"
His attack was actually turned into a driving force for movement in the air by the enemy. Mihawk's combat experience made Long's eyes light up. He let out a low roar and quickly moved sideways.
The black knife was almost touching the tip of the dragon's nose as it chopped down. Mihawk was also in an unbalanced state after the attack. Just as he was about to use the Moon Step to adjust his posture, he felt a cold breeze on his side and quickly turned his head to avoid it.
A wind blade passed silently by the side of Mihawk's head, cutting off a few strands of hair.
If Mihawk hadn't reacted quickly, the sudden wind blade might have cut off his head.
At the same time, a roar sounded in front of Mihawk, and the figure of a dragon suddenly appeared in front of Mihawk, and it stretched out its claws to hit Mihawk's chest. Mihawk's brief flaw was accurately caught by the dragon.
As a swordsman, Mihawk would not draw his sword to defend himself, but that didn't mean he had no way to deal with the dragon's attacks.
With his domineering aura gathered, Mihawk made a sword finger with his left hand and slashed directly towards Long. A slash was released directly and hit Long's hand.
The domineering auras of Dragon and Mihawk collided, black and red lightning exploded, and the rumbling thunder even drowned out the sound of the waves returning below.
(End of this chapter)
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