Chapter 482 Hawkeye's Defeat

At this moment, not to mention Long himself, even the countless people watching the battle were confused and bewildered.

Damn~

It's suddenly fast forward to a single move that decides the outcome?

However, before everyone could react, the final confrontation between Hawkeye and the dragon between the sea and the sky had already come to an end.

Given the relatively high standards of this ranking match, Doflamingo personally announced the results:

"Monkey D. Dragon wins, and his victory points increase by one. The loser remains unchanged and can continue the challenge."

Everyone was confused for a moment. They looked at the live broadcast screen eagerly. In the screen, Hawkeye was breathing heavily, and the blood plasma gushing out of his chest completely soaked through his gorgeous small square-collared shirt. However, Hawkeye's eyes were extremely sharp, and his eyes, like an eagle in the blue sky, did not show any resentment or pain of a loser.

Because the other half in the camera, Long, was holding his abdomen tightly and looking at Hawkeye in disbelief. He was seriously injured by this 21-year-old young man. The injury was so serious that Long might miss a few ranking matches in the Star List.

"Doragu, your golden wind possesses remarkable power. I hope you can become even stronger. There is still a long way to go."

Hawkeye is not like a green-haired kid with poor sense of direction twenty years later who, even after being defeated miserably, still does not forget to say a few harsh words in order to make others look up to him.

Hawkeye faced his defeat with a calm smile, but now he had a new signpost in his heart, the name of Monkey D. Dragon. The future was long, and sooner or later he would defeat this man, and then he would continue to move forward resolutely towards the next signpost, until he reached the end of the sword path, and proudly declared to the blond man -

Kendo is enough to be the strongest!

Long's messy long hair was blown by the sea breeze, his expression changed, and he finally gave up the idea of inviting Hawkeye to join the Revolutionary Army, because after this battle, Long knew that the man in front of him would not be bound by the three words "Revolutionary Army".

King's Highland, Hall -

Lex said politely to Garp:

"Congratulations, Vice Admiral Garp."

Garp watched the entire battle in King's Highlands, and felt a little proud in his heart, but as an old father, he could not easily show this pride, and his son was now a traitor to the navy. Although Garp was careless, he was definitely a meticulous person.

Garp chuckled and said:

"He's not far off."

"Hmm, hahaha, Vice Admiral Garp is being modest. I see that Dragon is very powerful now, and has the potential to be in the top ten of the Star Ranking. As a father, Vice Admiral Garp, do you intend to surpass him and reach the top of the Sky Ranking?"

After all these years, Lex still speaks with the same humble and easygoing manner as before, and still is as hypocritical as before.

Upon hearing this, Garp put his hands on his hips, raised his head, and laughed confidently:

"Ahahaha!~ Of course I will be a contestant on the Sky Ranking!~ Ahaha!"

"Then I look forward to Vice Admiral Garp's performance."

Lex smiled faintly, but Garp didn't see the meaning behind Lex's smile at all. He was just immersed in his dream of punching the Golden Lion, kicking Whitebeard, and topping the Sky List.

However, it is daytime, so Garp's dream is just a daydream after all~

Inside the lobby of King's Highlands, as the live broadcast of Hawkeye vs. Dragon ended, everyone began chatting casually again.

The ones who talked the best were undoubtedly Rhine and Hiragawa Torashi, who also brought along the young Marco with a pineapple-haired boy, and the three of them were chatting animatedly.

"Toji, did you just see the swordsmanship of this young man Mihawk?"

Hirakawa Torji has been a member of the Hikong Pirates for nearly ten years. He has long been the fourth most important person in the Hikong Pirates after Golden Lion, Rhine, and Gut. On weekdays, he also serves as the commander of the Hikong Apocalypse Army, but most of the time he travels around Qinghai with his good friend Rhine, exploring the mysteries of the mythical beast swordsmanship.

Hirakawa Toratsugu is a strict warrior and also a user of the mythical beast Nue form. He asked Rhine and Marco:

"Mihawk's swordsmanship contains an otherworldly power. It's not Haki, but it can directly break through the special abilities of mythical beasts, achieving an even greater Haki effect. What is this?"

Marco shook his head in bewilderment. He was now considered a promising young man, one of the youngest general-level fighters under Lex. He had also awakened his mythical beast, the Phoenix, a few years ago. However, he was still confused because he had no idea what Hawkeye's move was that had severely injured Long. So Marco shook his head honestly.

"I didn't see it."

Hirakawa Torashi then looked at Rhine. Rhine was undoubtedly the most skilled of the three present. Whether it was the development of mythical beasts or the swordsmanship attainments of a top-tier swordsman, Rhine pondered:

"Demon energy can actually break through the power of a devil fruit and achieve an even more powerful effect, but Mihawk obviously hasn't awakened his demon energy, so it's probably sword energy."

Hirakawa Torashi was surprised and asked, "Then why can't our sword will break through the fruit ability?"

Rhine pondered further, "Hyper aura, ghostly energy, and sword intent may all lead to the same end. Essentially, they are all external extensions of one's own spiritual will. However, our sword intent seems to be perceived from the outside world, rather than originating from within. Therefore, strictly speaking, our sword intent does not originate from within, and therefore does not have the same characteristics as domineering aura and ghostly energy."

Hirakawa Torashi was even more surprised, and at the same time he thought of some secrets:

"Yes! That's right! Four hundred years ago, when the strongest samurai in Wano Country, Shimotsuki Ryoma, slew a dragon, he didn't seem to use any Haki. He simply relied on the purest sword intent and the Haki inherent in his famous sword, Shusui, to slay the dragon, which is the form of Barrett."

Marco was confused and couldn't get a word in.

Rhine suddenly realized, "I understand. Mihawk and Shimotsuki Ryoma are undoubtedly natural-born kendo talents. Just like Barrett and I have the aptitude to awaken ghost energy, the sword intent of these kendo talents is also a kind of aptitude. They are born to practice kendo. Their sword intent comes from within themselves. The perceptions from the outside world are just nourishment, which ultimately feeds back to themselves. Sword intent and domineering aura have the same origin, coming from one's own soul, spirit, and will. Therefore, it has the same effect as domineering aura."

Hirakawa Torji did not directly agree with Rhine's statement, but asked the confused Marco: "Marco, what do you think?"