Masa khat Usopp had e to this isnd, but even so, he didn't care since even if Luffy and his group came, it wouldn't ge anything.

  Still, as he thought so, Mihawk made his move.

  Raising his bde high, Mihawk made a powerful ssh from a high altitude and swung it down.

  This was a on swing and often used by many swordmasters si caused the target to be overwhelmed by the pressure geed by this swing, and at the same time, it would bring a powerful ssh that would cut down anything.

  More importantly, as Mihawk made this swing, this ssh would definitely be on a different scale than one could imagine.

  Sword skill, powerful physical ability, experience, quality of the sword, and Haki.

  bihem all together, evero man would be trembling by the might of this ssh.

  Mihawk was serious, and he released everything. The moment he saw Masa, he felt that his life would be threatened if he wasn't serious, so he gave his everything, ready to end this battle iabsp;

  Yes, instead of exging their bdes so many times and fighting for so many days to determihe victor, the real battle would be determined in a single moment.

  In an instant and in a single moment, one had to die, and the other would be the victor.

  This was the real battle!

  Still fag this attack, Masa once again had to say that the martial arts in this world, including a sword teique, were simple, but then again, if the teique was plicated, theing this story would be even harder.

  While he might say that it was plicated in the beginning, once he uood the essence of the sword teique in this world, it was quite simple since, in the end, only two types of sword teique styles existed in this world.

  Strong ale.

  Those were the only two types of styles that existed in this world, and their expnation was quite simple sihe strong style relied on physical ability, and the geyle relied on speed.

  Uhe strong style, a swordmaster who relied on a geyle was hard to find, and only a few mastered it, such as Brook, who relied on his lightweight to master an ultra-fast ssh that couldn't be followed by eyes.

  Oher hand, the strong style was the on type since everyone had a strong physical ability, and it robably the easiest oo master since as long as one had incredible strength, one could create a powerful ssh despite not having mastery over the bde at all.

  If Masa had to give an example, it would be like Whitebeard, who just swung his giant naginata, but even if he wasn't a master of a sword, as long as he swung the bde of his naginata, one would definitely be cut down mercilessly.

  This was also the reason why most of the swordsmen said that they wouldn't be the stro since all of those masters relied on their strength more than on their sword skill.

  Was it wrong?

  No.

  After all, this fighting style had brought them victory, but it was kind of a shame that most of the swordmasters were small-minded pricks who believed that one could win only by relying on brute strength, even though the essence of the sword was far deeper than that and even if one cked strength, one could find another way to bee stronger.

  This was why martial arts, ons, and many others were created.

  Moreover, if one only relied on brute strength, it would be to, right?

  This robably also the reason why Zoro's progress was lost to Koby, who trained 200 times more than anyone.

  There was also an author's reason, but regardless, Masa khat it was time for him to show Tashigi that she could bee the stro even though she was a woman.

  "Tashigi, don't close your eyes!"

  As Masa said so, Tashigi did so and forced her eyes to open, watg this short moment of life ah battle between two sword masters.

  Or rather, the moment she knew Masa was going to fight Mihawk, she had made up her mind to watch this match closely.

  At this moment, no one could get close; everyoher passed out, closed their eyes in fear, hiding, or opeheir eyes as wide as possible to watch the fight between Masa and Mihawk.

  Yet, at this moment, no ohought that Masa could win.

  Mihawk was like a meteor, hurling down from space, ready to destroy everything.

  Meanwhile, even if Masa's Supreme Haki owerful, it was just for a moment, and by then, it was suppressed by Mihawk's aura, especially when Masa appeared like he was in a daze with his bde on the lower side, and being held in a sck manner.

  The battle was determined, and the winner between them was clear, yet whehought so, the world became still, lulled, as if a calm surface of boundless o emerged before their eyes.

  Not only Mihawk, but Tashigi and everyone who could open their eyes were dumbfounded.

  However, at that moment, Masa's senses were at their peak, whether it was his eyesight, smell, hearing, touch, or everything worked together before his body was all soft, suddenly sensed, and moved in a mahat no one expected.

  The moment their bdes met, instead of a csh between two powers whose impact would blow off everything and bring nothing but destru, their viity turned into a strange exge as Mihawk felt like his bde was sunk, swallowed as if being pulled into a quagmire, missing its target, and sshed deep into the earth.

  However, Mihawk wasn't the stro swordmaster for nothing, and he quickly tried to fix his form, ready to raise his bde to send a ter, cutting Masa's body into half, but his speed was far slower as a bck gleam appeared before his eyes and his vision suddenly rotated, turned as if the earth was twisted.

  'Ah, I lost...'

  Lost.

  However, this loss didn't mean the beginning or the mother of learning. It wasn't something tame ale, such as giving the other a ce to grow stronger. Instead, it was a real battle between two sword masters.

  Death and life.

  Mihawk lost, and he died.

  His head was beheaded and rotated in the air before it fell on the earth with a plop.

  Meanwhile, his headless body stood for a while with blood spurting tinuously, then also fell, yet strangely enough, his palm still held tightly to his sword.

  However, Masa swung his bde lightly, causing the dirty blood on his sword to spsh, which made his bde once again.

  "I told you. You will die."

  Yet, it was meanio talk anymore since Mihawk had died.

  Still, Masa stretched his hand and was ready to take his gains.

  However, the others wideheir eyes in disbelief as they saw the stro swordmaster being born