16: Chapter 8: Hawkeye’s Challenge!
The Fallen Reincarnator Finally Appears!
(Part 2) 16: Chapter 8: Hawkeye’s Challenge!
The Fallen Reincarnator Finally Appears!
(Part 2) Alex leaned back slightly, flawlessly dodging Hawkeye’s lethal strike.
The execution platform where Sengoku once sat was instantly obliterated into powder by the sheer force of the sword wind, sending wood splinters flying through the air!
Before Hawkeye could transition into his next move, Alex casually raised his right foot and stepped precisely onto the spine of the giant cross-sword.
Hum!
The Black Blade Yoru let out an agonizing hum, as if it were on the verge of snapping.
Hawkeye felt an overwhelming force surge through the blade.
The impact split the webbing between his thumb and index finger, and blood dripped down the hilt, blooming like scarlet ice crystals against the frozen surface.
He gritted his teeth and pulled with all his might, desperately trying to retrieve his sword.
But the foot resting on the blade’s spine felt as immovable as a deeply rooted mountain.
No matter how much strength he poured into it, the giant sword remained completely motionless.
The corners of Alex’s mouth curled up slightly.
He applied a fraction more pressure with his foot.
Crack!
A crisp, terrifying sound echoed across the frozen wasteland.
A hairline fracture had appeared on the spine of the Black Blade Yoru, the weapon hailed as the strongest sword in the world.
Hawkeye’s pupils dilated to their absolute limits.
The hand gripping the hilt began to tremble uncontrollably.
He had fought alongside Yoru for his entire life, cleaving massive Sea Kings and slicing through steel battleships.
Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine a day would come when his Black Blade would crack simply because someone stepped on it!
“Argh!” Hawkeye let out a primal roar and ripped the cross necklace from his chest.
With a violent tug, he pulled a tiny, inch-long knife from the crucifix.
Capitalizing on the split second Alex lifted his foot, Hawkeye transformed into a blur of black lightning and thrust the small blade straight toward Alex’s heart!
Clang!
The knife struck Alex’s chest with pinpoint accuracy, but it produced the sharp, crisp sound of clashing metal.
Alex’s body, forged and tempered thousands of times by his Cosmo, was harder than diamond.
The crucifix knife instantly shattered into a fine dust, failing to leave even a microscopic white scratch on his skin.
Under Hawkeye’s utterly shocked gaze, Alex extended his index finger and gently tapped the center of the swordsman’s forehead.
A trace of profound relief washed over Hawkeye’s eyes.
“Thank you.
To have unleashed such a strike in this lifetime…
it was worth it.” “If there is a next life, I hope to journey to your world and witness a different scenery!” A single drop of blood, chilled to Absolute Zero, instantly detonated within Hawkeye’s heart.
Starting from his chest, Hawkeye’s body rapidly turned bone-white.
In less than five seconds, the man had transformed into a lifelike ice sculpture.
Unlike Blackbeard and Akainu, who were merely encased in surface ice, Hawkeye was completely frozen at the molecular level.
Every single cell in his body was converted into ice molecules.
Even the lingering shock in his pupils was frozen for all eternity.
The Warlord of the Sea, Hawkeye, had fallen!
The ice field descended into a deathly silence.
It was so quiet that the sound of individual snowflakes hitting the ground could be heard with crystal clarity.
The world’s greatest swordsman had only managed to launch two strikes, failing to even scratch his opponent’s skin, before being permanently frozen!
Following Hawkeye’s death, not a single person on the battlefield dared to make a sound.
Finally, a Marine officer’s nerves snapped.
He screamed at the top of his lungs, “The situation is critical!
We request the Commander to take action!” Soon, more and more Marines joined the desperate chorus.
“Please take action, Commander!” Commander?
Alex raised an eyebrow.
How come he didn’t remember there being a ‘Commander’ position in the Marines in the One Piece world?
Following the gazes of the countless Marines, Alex looked toward the Marine Headquarters fortress.
At some point, the dark clouds hanging over Marineford had turned as black as spilled ink.
Streaks of golden lightning shuttled and roared through the clouds like entrenched, furious dragons, illuminating the world with a ghastly white glare.
Boom!
A bolt of lightning as thick as a barrel struck the highest spire of the Marine Headquarters.
In the blinding explosion of electricity, a figure wrapped in thousands of lightning bolts descended from the sky.
The electrical storm surrounding him lit up half the sky, carrying the overwhelming presence of a descending god!
The Marines instantly erupted into earth-shattering cheers.
“It’s Lord Enel!” “Commander Enel is here!” “Kid, your arrogance ends here!
The world’s strongest, Lord Enel, has arrived!
Your time is up!” Alex tilted his head up, his eyes locking onto the man entirely wreathed in lightning, and the corners of his mouth curled into a smirk.
Enel?
If memory served him right, this guy should have been defeated by Luffy back on Skypiea.
How on earth did he become a Marine Commander?
‘So you’ve finally shown yourself.
The Fallen Reincarnator!’ The blinding electricity gradually dispersed, revealing the newcomer’s true appearance.
He was shirtless, his bronze skin glowing under the residual electrical arcs.
Behind his back was a massive metal ring embedded with six lightning drums.
Blue and white currents crackled and darted back and forth within the drums, emitting a constant, menacing sizzle.
Stepping on a tumbling dark storm cloud in mid-air, the man arrogantly lifted his chin and flashed a wildly conceited smile.
“Listen up, boys!
Did you miss your Commander?”