Pirate's Swordsman

at the same time.

Behind the navy headquarters fortress, in a spacious villa in the residential area.

"Hey, what did you say?"

A lazy man wearing a brown linen coat and a worn-out cowboy hat turned around from the balcony, showing a look of astonishment: "Gion... is over there at the recruit camp, sparring with that Shichibukai Shano. fencing?"

"Yes, Lieutenant General Tea Dolphin."

The navy lieutenant reporting in front of him lowered his head slightly and replied with a wry smile: "It has been about ten minutes since it started. The noise is getting louder and louder. Many recruits can't help but gather around to watch the fun."

"Do you want to compete with that kind of monster in swordsmanship? This guy from Gion is really messing around..."

Cha Dou scratched his hair, which had not been washed for an unknown amount of time and had become greasy and sticky, and said with a sad face:

"Even if there is just a sparring match between swordsmen, their lives will be in danger. At this time, should I try to dissuade her..."

"Yes, it shouldn't be necessary..."

This naval lieutenant was his confidant. After hearing this, he hesitated for a moment and then hesitantly reminded: "You should still remember how your 78th confession to Lieutenant General Peach Rabbit was rejected last week?"

Also.

Cha Dou slapped his head and almost forgot about this. When Taotu rejected his confession last week, he made it clear that he didn't like him interfering too much in his life.

But in the final analysis, this was just a casual reason. Cha Dou sighed with a grimace. He had been pursuing Gion for so many years, and he was used to hearing different reasons every time his confession was rejected.

"Forget it, let's go take a look first."

After a slight hesitation, Cha Dou lit up a cigarette, held the cigarette in his mouth, picked up the white cloak of justice from the coat rack nearby, and muttered:

"Even if you don't stop him, I still have to watch from the side to feel at ease. Hmm, if that Hayate Swordsman dares to hurt Gion, then don't blame me for being rude!"

He put on his big cloak, hurriedly opened the door and hurried towards the new barracks. Only the confidant second lieutenant was left standing there, looking left and right, not knowing for a moment whether he should follow or not.

…………

inside the training ground.

Boom!

With a huge muffled sound, Taotu's tall figure was shot down from a high altitude, creating a huge hole several meters deep on the ground.

"hateful……"

The smoke dissipated, revealing Taotu's somewhat embarrassed figure. She stood up with difficulty, leaning on the ground with her golden rope, and looked up at the figure in the sky.

"I can't keep up with this guy's speed."

She was panting violently, and her face had several traces of blood on her face. Her expression was extremely ugly, and her eyes were slightly disbelieving.

As the purest and most powerful swordsman in the Navy Headquarters, Momotu has always been quite proud of her swordsmanship, especially in terms of the speed of the sword, which is far inferior to her even with the tea pig who is a candidate for general.

however.

This confidence was completely shattered by Xia Nuo today.

He had obviously tried his best, but he couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm of sword strikes and dodges. Even if he couldn't match his strength, he actually lagged far behind in terms of speed. He even didn't even notice when the opponent changed his sword moves several times. clear.

Taotu had already expected that Xia Nuo's strength was higher than his own. After all, the other party was a man who had even confronted BIGMOM head-on.

But what she never expected was that the gap in swordsmanship between herself and her opponent would be so huge!

"How about not stopping here?"

Above the sky, Xia Nuo withdrew Lan Qi, looked at Peach Rabbit with a questioning look, and said frankly: "If you continue like this, you will easily be seriously injured due to your lack of physical strength."

"That's too small of me."

Peach Rabbit snorted and shook his hair. The rope that tied his hair fell away, and his black hair was free from restraints and fluttered behind his head in the wind.

"Come again!"

After slightly adjusting his breathing rhythm, Taotu gave a low shout and drew his sword again. At this moment, all the auras in his body condensed into one, sharp and swift, vaguely, as if the human sword was united into one.

"One-sword style slaying!"

This is obviously one of Taotu's strongest trump cards. The moment he drew his sword, a light blue light suddenly appeared, and immediately formed a huge and unparalleled sword energy, slashing towards Xia Nuo above. go!

hum!

Wherever the sword energy passed, everything seemed to be split into two, and even the surrounding void trembled faintly.

In the violent impact of the airflow, the barbed wire fence surrounding the training ground collapsed, causing the young recruits lying on it to scream and hurriedly flee.

"Being able to condense the whole body's Qi to such an extent to be able to strike out with such a sword..."

After seeing this sword, Xia Nuo, who had always had a calm face, finally brightened his eyes and showed a bit of surprise: "He is worthy of being a swordsman at the level of a navy candidate..."

In terms of the sharpness of his swordsmanship, he believed that among the swordsmen he had fought against, only Hawkeye could steadily defeat his opponent, while Bista, another great swordsman, was better because of his many sword styles, which made him better. It's hard for people to resist, but in this aspect, they are quite different from Peach Rabbit.

but……

That's all.

"Peach Rabbit, try this move from me!"

The thoughts in Xia Nuo's mind only fluttered for a moment, and the next moment he was brought back to reality. Seeing the sword light getting closer and closer, he made a quick decision, shouted loudly, and drew the sword out of its sheath.

"Sigh of the Wind!"

With a deep voice, Lan Qi slashed forward, and the strong wind that had gathered on the tip of the sword suddenly scattered downwards, like a large net that suddenly split apart, and strands of it closed towards the light blue sword light below. And go.

Chi Chi Chi!

For a moment, Taotu felt as if he had been struck by a sword in the cotton. Everywhere was soft, like a cloud in the fog, and there was no point where he could release his strength.

And those gale-force sword intentions that turned into large nets, not only did not stop there, but continued to spread further, gradually pressing towards her body, draining all the air around her, making it difficult for her to breathe. feel.

"It seems to be working well."

Seeing this scene, Xia Nuo's eyes flashed slightly above him, showing some satisfaction.

This sword was a sword skill that Xia Nuo realized about half a year ago when he was traveling alone in the new world. One day he sat on a desert island and watched the sunset and the clouds rolling in.

Different from his previous killing moves such as [Storm Burial] and [Ichi no Tai Sword], which require the energy of the whole body to be concentrated in one place to explode, the idea of ​​​​Sigh of the Wind is exactly the opposite. First, he uses softness to overcome hardness, and then cuts out his sword energy. Spreading to every corner around, quietly and moisturizing things silently.

By the time the opponent reacted, he was already in a desperate situation and could no longer resist the terrifying sword pressure coming from all directions.

At the same time, this is also the best time for Xia Nuo to use his real trump card and kill the enemy with one move.

This was a rather novel attempt. Xia Nuo was originally just a unique swordsmanship created on a whim at that time. He never had many opportunities to test it in actual combat with powerful enemies, and he didn't pay much attention to this move.

However, judging from Taotu's struggling look, this attempt seems to be quite successful. At least when dealing with some opponents with amazing explosive power, it may be more effective than head-on confrontation.