Chapter 220: The World's Greatest Swordsman Changes Hands

At this moment, Mihawk's heart was filled with mixed feelings.

There was both self-doubt and an inability to understand Karl. Anyway, the more he fought Karl, the more he felt a sense of powerlessness.

How to describe this feeling?

It was probably Move Move Like being in love—putting in all your heart and effort, yet getting no response.

In other words, he had slashed Karl hundreds of times, and the only result was shredding Karl's Navy uniform. Every time he finally saw a bit of blood, *whoosh*, it was healed.

That feeling of helplessness and loss made him unable to breathe.

It was Move Move Like this before he was injured, and it was still Move Move Like this after he was injured. Then hadn't he fought for nothing?

Facing such an unfathomable enemy, Mihawk only wanted to say one thing.

Tired, destroy it, let's get it over with.

*Swish~* A sharp flying slash flew past Mihawk.

Karl said with a smile: "What, no strength left?"

Mihawk looked at Karl in silence, and after a long time, he said faintly: "Yes, I am almost at my limit."

"And you... I can't see where your limit is."

"Hahaha, so, are you prepared to admit defeat?"

Mihawk chuckled: "Admit defeat? No! Let's decide the outcome in one move!"

After saying this, Mihawk's whole aura changed. The surrounding air suddenly stagnated, and even the never-ending waves stopped.

Karl naturally didn't dare to be careless, quickly adding buffs to himself, and the Raven in his hand turned into a dazzling "Sword of Holy Light."

Just when Karl wanted to use Observation Haki to predict the future and peek at Mihawk's ultimate lethal move, Karl was stunned.

In the future he saw, it was pitch black. No, there was no future.

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~*

The sea in front of Mihawk suddenly split in two, revealing an abyss, and only then did Mihawk swing the black blade Yoru.

The sword hadn't moved, but the aura had arrived!

Karl's eyelids twitched wildly. He raised Raven with difficulty and roared: "Raven Feather!!!"

Raven instantly changed its form, layer upon layer of raven feathers covering the blade, the tip gradually turning into a bird's head, and the wings at the guard beginning to grow larger and wider. The entire sword instantly doubled in size.

This was Raven's ultimate form.

Because Raven was also a fruit user, it, too, could awaken.

"Bloom!!!"

"Caw!!!"

A massive golden flying slash instantly tore the sea apart, carrying the terrifying power to destroy everything, moving forward without hesitation.

But Mihawk's sword wasn't bad either.

That ghostly green flying slash, Move Move Like the sharpest spear in the world, stabbed fiercely forward.

*Boom~* A loud noise.

Even the floating restaurant in the distance felt this tremor.

"My God! A tsunami! It's a massive tsunami!!! Someone save us!!!"

"Aaaaaah!!!"

The violent collision kicked up a hundred-meter wave. It wouldn't be long before it hit Baratie, instantly smashing it into pieces.

Zoro gritted his teeth, instantly assuming a combat stance, attempting to cut the massive wave with his own sword.

It's just that...

*Swish, swish, swish~*

Three sword lights flashed, and the nearly hundred-meter-high wave was actually cut open, turning into fragmented chunks of water and falling powerlessly onto the sea.

This kind of move naturally came from Karl. As for why he still had time to take action, the answer was simple: because he had won.

"It's the Navy hero! He saved us!"

Karl jumped lightly onto the deck and waved to the guests of Baratie.

"I'm very sorry. I originally just wanted to have a meal here; I didn't expect to bring you such big trouble."

"It's fine, it's fine..."

After showing some military-civilian camaraderie, Karl finally had time to catch his breath. He hadn't slept for a day and a night; his heart was tired!

As soon as Ain came in, she sat directly beside Karl and asked quietly: "How is the situation? Where is that guy Mihawk?"

"How could it be? I won, he lost. It's that simple."

"As for where he is... I really don't know. But with his vitality, he shouldn't be dead yet, but he's definitely seriously injured."

Ain looked at Karl with some admiration: "You are too amazing. Eh, since you defeated Mihawk, doesn't that mean you've become the world's greatest swordsman!"

"Hmm... I suppose so. So many people watched this battle! If nothing goes wrong, it will be in the newspaper tomorrow."

The feeling of becoming the world's greatest swordsman was actually just Move Move Like that; nothing special.

The benefits... well, his name was louder. Now he was a Navy hero, the world's greatest swordsman, and by the way, the world's most handsome man. A bunch of titles—eh, put that way, it does seem pretty cool.

There were disadvantages, of course. Karl defeated Mihawk, so naturally, countless swordsmen would want to defeat Karl. In the future, he might be stopped by some swordsman while just traveling, inviting him to a duel between swordsmen.

*Knock, knock, knock.

Ain frowned. Didn't the owner of this place say this room was very private? Why was someone still bothering them?

"Come in."

Sure enough, it was Zoro.

He looked a bit excited, his eyes full of fighting intent, the kind that wanted to fight Karl immediately, but he held back.

He had watched the battle between Karl and Mihawk completely, so he naturally knew what level of swordsman he was at right now.

In short, neither Karl nor Mihawk was an opponent he could defeat at the moment.

But he still came. Nothing else, he just wanted to ask how Mihawk was.

"Are you trying to ask how Mihawk is?"

Zoro nodded vigorously: "Yes, I want to know, is he still alive?"

"Hmph~" Karl chuckled and pointed to the sea outside the window: "I can tell you for sure, he is still alive. If you want to meet him on the sea, work hard to become stronger!"

"No, you are the current world's greatest swordsman. My target should be you."

"No, no, no, Zoro, you are wrong. You want to challenge me now? Sorry, you have to defeat Mihawk first. Otherwise, you are not qualified to challenge me, understand?"

Zoro was suddenly anxious, quickly saying: "But didn't you accept my challenge before?"

"Does that count as a challenge? Wasn't that you insisting on being taught a lesson by me? I don't think that counts as a challenge."

"Alright, alright, remember your current identity. For the sake of Luffy's grandfather, I won't hold it against you. Ain, show him out!"

Ain stood up from her seat, staring coldly at Zoro: "Pirate, are you going out yourself, or am I going to invite you out? You choose!"

"I'll go out myself."

Zoro took a deep look at Karl and turned to leave the private room.

"When did you meet this guy?"

"A while ago. At that time, he was still very thin..."