Originally, Roland had planned to use Demon Blade Thousand Blades for the first time on the world's greatest swordsman in this world.
Unfortunately, he had never had the chance to encounter Hawkeye Mihawk.
However…
Since Golden Lion Shiki had come to his doorstep today and provoked him.
Then Roland naturally didn't mind using the blood of a great swordsman from the previous era to consecrate his blade.
Clang!
Demon Blade Thousand Blades was unsheathed.
Roland held the sword with both hands and met Golden Lion Shiki's Slicing Wave with a simple, unextraordinary slash.
Crack!
A faint cracking sound was heard.
Golden Lion Shiki's massive Slicing Wave sword energy was cut in half.
Two deep Ravine were carved into the ground to Roland's left and right.
"What!!!"
Golden Lion Shiki's pupils constricted slightly.
A master's move immediately reveals their skill.
Golden Lion, being a great swordsman himself, could tell from this simple strike that Roland's swordsmanship was absolutely not low.
Just as Golden Lion Shiki was secretly surprised.
Crack! Crack!
The sound of things shattering echoed again.
Golden Lion Shiki looked left and right, finally fixing his gaze on the Demon Blade Thousand Blades in Roland's hand.
The blade of Demon Blade Thousand Blades was covered in dense, crisscrossing cracks.
Finally.
With a bang.
Demon Blade Thousand Blades, like a broken piece of porcelain, exploded into hundreds of fragments.
"Jie hahahaha!"
Golden Lion Shiki laughed, a wild, unrestrained laugh.
Originally, he had been wary of Roland's swordsmanship.
He hadn't expected Roland to have the swordsmanship but lack a good blade.
This broken blade, picked up from who knows where, was simply too fragile, shattering at a touch.
It seemed he might have misjudged and overestimated Roland's swordsmanship.
After all, a true Great Swordsman, even without a Black Blade, would use Armament Haki to strengthen it and enhance its toughness.
Or, there was another possibility: it wasn't that Roland's sword was weak, but that he himself was too strong.
Thinking of this, Golden Lion Shiki's confidence immediately swelled again.
"Lion—Thousand Cutter Valley!!!"
Having destroyed Roland's weapon, Golden Lion pressed his advantage.
With his right foot, Sakura Ten, and his left foot, Mokugari, both feet moved in unison, delivering a furious barrage of slashes.
Whoosh!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A sky-covering, dense array of flying sword energy was unleashed by Golden Lion Shiki.
Roland still didn't dodge or evade, facing the overwhelming golden sword energy directly.
He lightly waved the Demon Blade Thousand Blades, now only half a hilt in his right hand.
The next second.
The hundreds of fragments of Demon Blade Thousand Blades, as if pulled by some force, suddenly shot out like lightning, meeting the sky-filling sword energy.
If one fragment couldn't neutralize the sword energy, then two, five… ten!!!
For a moment, the clang of metal striking metal rose and fell, an endless symphony.
Many fragments of Demon Blade Thousand Blades were struck down by Golden Lion's sword energy, embedding themselves in the earth and rocks.
At the same time, Golden Lion Shiki's flying sword energy was also consumed and deflected by the blade fragments.
Endless dust billowed, soaring skyward, obscuring everything.
"Jie ha… Jie hahahaha, did I get him?"
Golden Lion Shiki looked excitedly at the dust-filled plaza.
"Let me teach you two common senses: first, where there's smoke, there's often no injury!"
A faint voice emerged from the swirling dust.
"Secondly, when a weaker person asks 'did I get him,' the answer is almost always NO!"
Roland held up the broken thousand blades, now only a hilt, in a cleaving stance.
thousand blades—Flying Star!!!
Buzz~
Buzz buzz buzz~
The air hummed continuously.
The fragments of thousand blades embedded in various parts of the earth were pulled and reassembled at this moment.
"Jie hahahaha, a broken blade without even a blade, it's not a sword anymore, and you still dream of cutting me?"
Golden Lion Shiki mocked him wildly.
However…
The very next second.
A terrifying sense of death threat assailed his heart.
Almost instinctively, Golden Lion Shiki's body reacted to dodge.
However… because he wasted some time with his previous nonsense, his reaction was half a beat too slow, preventing a complete dodge.
Pfft!
Blood splattered.
Golden Lion Shiki's right arm detached from his body and fell to the ground.
"Finally, ignorance is not your fault, but spouting nonsense is. Be careful in your next life!"
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