I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

Chapter 759: Marinford Sword Fight

While the cats were dealing with their respective opponents, the battle between Xie Wen and Mihawk, who were gradually getting really angry, gradually became more intense.

The flashes of swords that the two men slashed out with their hands were a formidable attack to everyone else, so not long after they started fighting, everyone deliberately avoided the area where the two men were fighting, and as the fight between the two sides became more intense, this range continued to expand.

At the same time, the ice beneath their feet could no longer withstand the sword energy and shattered into pieces of floating ice of varying sizes.

However, Xie Wen and Mihawk are not special ability users, so they don’t care much.

"So Xie Wen is so strong now? He can fight against Hawkeye on equal terms!"

Some of the navy who still had the impression of Xie Wen from the period of Shichibukai couldn't help but express their surprise.

There's no way around it. The cats in the Felynx Investigation Team are too eye-catching, so the presence of Xie Wen, the blue star, seems a little weak.

Even in the eyes of some people who don’t know Xie Wen well, he, a Blue Star, was able to “ascend” to the throne of the Five Emperors by relying on the thighs of cats…

Although there is nothing wrong with saying this.

But to be honest, as a time traveler with a cheat, although Xie Wen's cheat is a bit stingy, and the improvement of his own strength is not as simple and convenient as the golden thighs of many time travelers, but compared with the natives of the pirates, Xie Wen's strength growth speed is not slow...

Especially in this world line, there is no pink-haired deserter king who works 200 times harder.

Therefore, even if Xie Wen only uses a katana, does not bring a cat, and does not take drugs, he can still fight back and forth with the "world's greatest swordsman".

Even because of some special mechanisms in the monster hunter skills, he can occasionally cause some trouble for Mihawk...

However, it was just a minor inconvenience.

Mihawk is the ceiling of swordsmanship in the world of pirates. If Xie Wen only has a katana and does not use all the means of Monster Hunter (mainly bringing cats), he will always be inferior to him.

Moreover, compared to Shanks who uses the domineering Haki, Hawkeye, who does not have the domineering Haki, is actually stronger in strength, and the sense of danger he brings to Xie Wen is also stronger.

In addition to the fact that this duel was not a simple competition, it was also because Mihawk had absorbed some of the Monster Hunter swordsmanship and had made further progress in kendo.

If Shanks and Mihawk were to fight now, Red Hair might not be able to defeat Hawkeye.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

Since the cat army was formed, Xie Wen hasn't fought to such a tiring state for a long time, but the physical fatigue was exchanged for spiritual excitement.

Just like playing competitive games, winning against the AI is far less pleasing than defeating an equally skilled opponent. Even if you end up doing your best, the sense of accomplishment you get is more fulfilling than defeating an artificial idiot or a noob.

Hawkeye was also in a good mood at this time. At his level, it was not easy to find an opponent of equal strength. If swordsmanship was involved, there would be even fewer options.

Originally, Meowjuro from the Felynx Survey Team was an excellent opponent, but unfortunately due to Felynx's size and his deeply hidden cat-loving nature, Mihawk couldn't go all out like he did when he attacked Xie Wen.

"..."

I don’t know why, but I always feel that Hawkeye in front of me suddenly seems to deserve a beating, and Xie Wen inexplicably feels unhappy in his heart.

However, before Xie Wen could turn his unhappy mood into trash talk, Mihawk spoke first...

"Your body must have reached its limit, right?" He smiled, looking more and more eager for a fight, as if he was confident of victory. "How many times can you use that 'Link Time'?"

After all, Mihawk had sparred with Xie Wen many times before, so he could have a rough idea of his physical limits.

"Do you want me to give you some time to drink a bottle of medicine? I don't want to be too harsh by accident and be disliked by Klee and the others."

Hawkeye, who had no idea that Klee had already disliked him, had already begun to "give alms" to Xie Wen from the perspective of a winner.

"Bah! Even if I don't drink the potion, I can continue to use 'Link Time' hundreds of times! Until I defeat you!"

Feeling the tingling and soreness coming from the bones and muscles all over his body, Xie Wenqiang said stubbornly.

"Very good! You finally look like a swordsman!"

Although Xie Wen did not adopt his suggestion to make the battle last longer, Mihawk was not disappointed at all. Instead, he seemed very happy.

Because in his opinion, Xie Wen has talent and heritage, and his swordsmanship has long surpassed many great swordsmen, but he just doesn't look like a swordsman. Even he himself doesn't think of himself as a swordsman. This is a very regrettable thing.

Although Mihawk also understood that the reason why Xie Wen did not become a pure swordsman was because he had too many choices, and that if he fought in the way of the "Monster Hunter" he mentioned, his actual combat effectiveness would not be worse, and might even be higher, so Hawkeye did not think there was anything wrong with him doing so.

However, as a top swordsman, Mihawk always felt a little sorry and regretful when he saw Xie Wen "wasting" his talent like this.

Moreover, if Xie Wen could focus on kendo like Miaojuro, their fight would surely be more enjoyable, right?

Thinking of this, Mihawk's fighting spirit surged, and he laughed and said, "In that case! Let's fight it out as swordsmen!!!"

……ah?

Xie Wen looked confused.

He was just being tough just now, why did Mihawk suddenly get excited? He even talked a lot to himself...

Cang Lanxing, who had no awareness of being a swordsman at all, really couldn't understand the thinking of Hawkeye, the "world's greatest swordsman".

but……

No problem!

After all, we still have to fight, right?

Xie Wen put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, put the fresh knife Bai Nagi on his waist, and took the posture of putting the knife away...

Monster Hunter Style·Secret·Iai·Sun Eclipse!

"boom--!!!"

The fresh sword Shiragi and the black sword Ye had their most intense fight so far, and the huge noise made everyone on the battlefield look at them.

The impact and the scattered sword energy generated by the fight between the two sides turned the already shattered floating ice around the two into ice foam all over the sky.

Speaking of which, Xie Wen and Mihawk's first fight was also in Marinford, and it also caused quite a stir, but this time, the noise they caused was even bigger.

But the biggest difference was that Xie Wen was not chopped away by Mihawk like before, but was stuck in a stalemate with him...

Even though Xie Wen was slightly suppressed and his overloaded body could hardly hold on, he at least managed to withstand the strongest blow from Mihawk, the "world's greatest swordsman", when he gave his all.

Well, it's the "Hawkeye" Mihawk who has figured out the Pseudo-Air Blade Slash and has been further upgraded.

Mihawk, who had just swung the sword, was already satisfied. Knowing that Xie Wen was almost reaching his limit, he slowly put away his fighting spirit, and the power of the two swords that were placed together also began to weaken tacitly.

Just at this time……

"Grandpa! I'm here to save you!!!"

Suddenly a shout was heard above everyone's heads, followed by a group of people screaming in fear.

“Aaaaaaaaah! I’m going to fall to my death!!!”

"Straw Hat, you bastard! I shouldn't have listened to your suggestion!"

"I'm going to kill you! Luffy!!!"

"What a fool I am to believe this idiot!"

...It’s finally here. As expected, Luffy is an indispensable protagonist in the “Marine War”.

Xie Wen and Mihawk, who were trying to gather their strength, were also distracted by the sound coming from above...

"Kakaka..."

not good!

Because of a momentary distraction, the force leaked out by the two men shattered the remaining piece of ice under their feet into pieces.