At this time, Akira Stone's Observation Haki came into play, sensing the direction of Hawkeye's attack, and quickly dodged it. However, Hawk
At this time, Akira Stone's Observation Haki came into play, sensing the direction of Hawkeye's attack, and quickly dodged it.
However, Hawkeye's most terrifying aspect was his attack. Once he got close, it wouldn't be easy to get rid of him.
He slashed at Akira Stone one after another. Even with the sky full of blades blocking, he was still in a very sorry state.
After the two exchanged several moves in this way, Hawkeye suddenly stopped attacking. However, Akira Stone understood Hawkeye's meaning. In such an exchange of attacks and defenses, he was already at an absolute disadvantage.
Hawkeye stopped attacking to give him a chance to breathe. Otherwise, under Hawkeye's attack, it would be difficult for Akira Stone to resist.
Akira Stone knew that Hawkeye wasn't deliberately letting him off, but that Hawkeye wanted him to unleash stronger power. In other words, he was waiting for Akira Stone to use more powerful moves. As fellow swordsmen, Hawkeye could feel that this wasn't Akira Stone's limit.
"Huff, huff!"
Akira Stone was breathing heavily. After all, his physique was still inferior to Hawkeye's. A series of attacks and defenses had already exhausted him. However, his eyes were becoming brighter and brighter.
Such a battle gave him great pressure, but it also greatly increased his fighting spirit. He could feel the cells all over his body trembling. This was excitement, not fear.
"Shūkei: Hakuteiken!"
Without hesitation, Akira Stone directly used Senbonzakura's strongest attack. When wings appeared behind Akira Stone and he held a snow-white long sword, Hawkeye's eyes suddenly became excited.
In the previous battle, Akira Stone's blades had given him some trouble, but it was far from reaching the level he wanted. However, the current Akira Stone made him feel a threat.
Feeling the threat, Hawkeye gripped the black sword with both hands, raised it above his head, and stared intently at Akira Stone. Almost at the same time, the two moved. Both of them rushed towards each other, and then saw white light and blue light flashing, filled with powerful sword energy, causing great damage to the surrounding ground and stirring up dust in the sky.
Marco, who was watching the battle on the side, stared at the area where the two were fighting. However, even he couldn't see the specific situation at this time. He could only barely see two figures clashing. After a long time, after the dust and the shadows of swords and blades disappeared, he saw the two's appearance.
Hawkeye was still standing in place, but there were several wounds on his body, and his clothes were also torn in several places. However, his condition was still very good, and the wounds on his body were only minor. His eyes were bright and piercing, always staring in one direction.
The place Hawkeye was staring at was Akira Stone's position. At this time, Akira Stone had retreated to the location of the scabbard. His sword had already been sheathed, and even the hand holding the sword was stained red with blood.
There was a deep knife wound on his right shoulder, and the blood on his body was flowing from the wound. Moreover, his face was very pale, without any color.
Akira Stone had lost in the previous attack. Even though he had used his strongest attack, he still couldn't stop Hawkeye in front of him. Although he had also injured Hawkeye, his own injuries were more serious.
If he hadn't relied on Observation Haki and reacted quickly enough, Hawkeye's attack could have completely severed half of his body.
"Akira Stone."
Seeing Akira Stone injured, Marco suddenly shouted angrily and nervously, rushing towards Akira Stone.
"Wait, Marco."
However, Akira Stone shouted loudly, saying, "The battle isn't over yet. Marco, don't interfere."
Marco was stunned. Akira Stone was already injured like this, and it wasn't over yet?
Hawkeye was also staring at Akira Stone in surprise. He knew very well how heavy the previous slash was. Although Akira Stone had dodged some of it, he was still seriously injured.
However, since Akira Stone said that the battle wasn't over yet, Hawkeye wouldn't relax. Instead, he looked at Akira Stone with a more solemn gaze. Akira Stone being able to have the strength to fight him at this age was already shocking enough.
What Hawkeye valued even more was Akira Stone's unyielding personality. This was the characteristic that a swordsman should have.
"Is there a stronger move?"
Hawkeye understood very well that for someone Akira Stone's age, having such terrifying power was already shocking enough.
However, judging from Akira Stone's appearance, this didn't seem to be his limit. So Hawkeye's interest was even greater.
Akira Stone looked at Hawkeye, gripping the hilt with his right hand, and suddenly smiled, "There are no stronger moves, but I want to try again."
"Good."
Hawkeye's answer was so simple and straightforward. He rekindled his fighting spirit, looking at Akira Stone. Even now, he still didn't have the slightest contempt or relaxation. He still regarded Akira Stone as a worthy opponent.
Akira Stone suddenly gripped the hilt with both hands, and his expression became very solemn. Suddenly, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he shouted, "Zangetsu!"
Along with the loud shout, Akira Stone suddenly drew his sword. The blade he drew was flashing with a brilliant white light.
Finally, the white light dissipated, turning into an extremely huge greatsword, a huge cleaver that looked like a crescent moon.
"This is?"
Hawkeye narrowed his eyes, looking curiously at the Zangetsu in Akira Stone's hand. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that this huge greatsword was drawn from that narrow scabbard.
Now he finally understood what Akira Stone had told him before. The sword in his hand had many forms.
Marco was also dumbfounded. He knew a little more about the Death Scythe than Hawkeye, because he had seen Akira Stone draw several completely different swords before. However, this Zangetsu was the first time he had seen it.
Akira Stone also looked softly at the Zangetsu in his hand. After all, his body was still small, and this Zangetsu was almost as tall as him. However, holding it in his hand didn't feel strenuous at all. Instead, he had a feeling of being connected in heart and mind. He said in a deep voice to Hawkeye, "The sword is named Zangetsu. It's the sword with the strongest potential among all my forms. You must be careful."
Hawkeye looked at Zangetsu. Although it was the first time he had seen Zangetsu, he could feel the power contained in this sword. This was a swordsman's instinct. However, this made him even more excited. He wasn't afraid of opponents being strong, but of opponents being too weak, because he also wanted to improve.
Akira Stone gripped Zangetsu tightly with both hands, and his feet suddenly exerted force, and his entire body quickly shot out, reaching Hawkeye in an extremely fast speed, and then both hands wielded Zangetsu, leaped high, and cleaved down with all his might.
"Clang!"
Hawkeye raised the black sword. Zangetsu and the black sword Night collided for the first time. An extremely violent clashing sound rang out, deafening. However, the two in the center were not affected at all, and quickly wielded their weapons again.
Akira Stone and Hawkeye's moves were very simple, completely slashing, without too many skills to speak of. But it was because of this that the battle was full of passion and danger. The swords were also huge, and Zangetsu was even larger than the black sword Night. At least in the collision of the swords, it didn't show any signs of weakness. However, Akira Stone was much worse than Hawkeye.
Akira Stone's attacks at this time completely lacked the beauty and dazzlingness of before, but they showed his strength even more. The pitted ground around them showed how intense and crazy the two's battle was. However, as they fought, Akira Stone felt his stamina rapidly draining. Using Zangetsu was too exhausting for him now.
On the other hand, Hawkeye's eyes were becoming sharper and sharper, and his aura was also becoming stronger and stronger. Now he had completely suppressed Akira Stone, gaining complete initiative. In fact, if Hawkeye hadn't wanted to try Akira Stone again, he might have defeated Akira Stone with the next slash.
"Clang!"
In another collision, Akira Stone finally couldn't withstand Hawkeye's power, and his entire body was thrown out. He tumbled a few times in the office and then landed steadily on the ground, breathing heavily. His stamina was basically exhausted, and more importantly, the wound on his shoulder was making it difficult for him to hold on.
Hawkeye didn't sheathe his sword, but stared at Akira Stone with bright eyes, asking, "You, can you still swing your sword?"
The luck was very calm, without the slightest contempt. However, it didn't taste good to Akira Stone. He had exhausted all his strength, but Hawkeye was still so calm and composed. Even though he knew that he wouldn't be Hawkeye's opponent, the gap was too big, which made the always proud him a little unacceptable.
Akira Stone said, "I have one more slash. Please teach me."
Hawkeye's eyes lit up. What he was proud of was his slash. He didn't expect Akira Stone to say that he also had a slash, which made him very interested and wanted to see Akira Stone's slash.
Akira Stone gripped Zangetsu, his expression incomparably solemn, and suddenly shouted, "Getsuga Tenshō!"
In an instant, an incomparably brilliant white light was emitted from Zangetsu, and then quickly formed an extremely huge blade, just like the slash was enlarged and then struck out.
The extremely huge slash shot towards Hawkeye. Hawkeye's eyes suddenly emitted a scorching light. He also wielded the black sword Night, and suddenly formed the same slashing blade, colliding with the Getsuga Tenshō.
"Boom!"
A huge roar sounded, and the two slashes began to compete. Only the same flashing blade could be seen, and the whole world seemed to be shrouded by these two slashing lights.
When the sword light dissipated, Hawkeye had already sheathed his sword, and Akira Stone had also fallen on Marco's body. The Getsuga Tenshō just now had exhausted all his strength. He didn't even have the strength to stand up now.
Akira Stone had lost this battle. However, if you looked closely, you would find that Hawkeye's position had also changed. A deep knife mark had appeared in the position where he had stood before, and a piece of his right half of his clothes was missing.
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