One Piece: Gambling to The Top
Chapter 154 - 154

As the hill behind him got cut in half, Josh stared at Mihawk, who was holding the sword with two hands. Turning into a blur, Josh headed toward Mihawk, using Shave 5 times in a row and gaining himself an imaginable speed.

While heading like a spear, the great blade was stabbing thousands and thousands of times in the air.

It was an attack Josh had developed as he was using the great-sword as his weapon.

The speed was unimaginable. Mihawk, who was an expert, moved quickly to the side and waved his sword. Josh, who vanished from his spot, appeared twenty meters away, his sword pointed forward.

Next to the spot, Mihawk waved his sword, a big spark appeared and forced Mihawk to land on his feet.

In front of Josh, and on his trail, everything was cut. The strength of his hit made everything in front of him have a cut mark, if not cut in half.

"Stabbing five thousand times while moving. A great technique for a double-edged sword." Mihawk praised.

"I'm learning." Josh held his sword above his shoulder as he turned to Mihawk.

He squatted and kicked on the ground, turning into an afterimage before appearing in front of Josh, lifting his sword as high as possible.

Josh, depending on his future vision, could predict the attack pattern. He lifted his sword to parry the attack. Mihawk, in a gentle way, twisted his wrist. Josh found his sword heading to the ground with the help of the extra force from Mihawk.

As Josh seemed to be heading to the ground, Mihawk stabbed with his sword forward to his chest. Josh, having predicted this, shifted his weight and used the hilt of his sword to hit Mihawk's wrist, forcing him to lift his sword and letting Josh dodge.

Mihawk let his sword drop as Josh held his sword backwards and waved. Catching the Yoru with his other hand, Mihawk slashed down, hitting the Great Devil Sword and forcing it to the ground. Josh took a quick step to the side, and Mihawk smirked at him.

"You have some skills for a kid."

*Bang*

Two huge slits appeared between josh and Mihawk, spreading on the ground for hundreds of meters and reaching the base of the marines.

"Who are you calling kid. You're barely taking this serious." Josh retrieved his sword and stabbed in a blinding speed. Mihawk jumped and circled around Josh, and a deep hole appeared on the hill behind him.

"Neither are you."

While standing behind him, Mihawk slashed, and Josh turned to parry the attack.

Mihawk held the Yoru's blade with both hands and started applying pressure, pushing Josh to the ground. Not wanting to be left behind, Josh applied Haki on his hand along Iron Mass and held the grip with both hands before pushing.

"Having a double-edged sword," Mihawk smirked, pushing. "Can end your life."

Josh knew it was right. If Mihawk pushed very quickly, then a sharp air blade can get out of Josh's sword and attack him.

"Don't worry about mine, worry about yours." Josh used Shave on his spot, gaining himself momentum and pushing Mihawk's sword. Pressing his feet on the ground, Mihawk stopped Josh's momentum. Both now were standing, and their swords against each other, pushing. Yellow sparks kept appearing between them as if the metal was resisting.

Mihawk smirked. He lifted his foot and gave a sidekick. Josh, with his advanced Observation Haki, could predict it and stomped on the ground. The pressed wind appeared in front of him, forming a shield of sharp air.

"Don't lose focus on your leg." Mihawk scolded as he stomped on the ground, gaining himself momentum and he pushed. Josh found his body tilting back from the power of the swing of Mihawk, and then, his body was sent flying back, hitting as many trees there.

Josh squatted and stabbed the ground with his sword, slowing himself almost a hundred meters before stopping.

"Time to get serious," Mihawk said, staring at Josh who was standing far behind him.

Josh smirked a bit. 'This guy used to be Rival to Shanks, and he lost interest in him. He is not nearly weak.'

Josh could feel a strong killing intent, and he stood up slowly, taking his sword out from the ground. Reaching his back, he reached his black scimitar. Drawing it out at a great speed, the black scimitar created faint images around Josh, before it headed back to its original place.

"Let's see if you can reflect this," Josh muttered. He, now, was stronger than the time when the battle had started. It was because of the berserk constitution.

Mihawk, whose hunter eyes were on Josh, suddenly felt something. Very thin sharp air blades, barely visible, headed toward Mihawk from every direction. He could barely see them as they were thin. However, no doubt of it, they were so sharp, and they came from every direction. He can't parry one of them as the rest would slice him into pieces.

"Humph." Mihawk scoffed. Waving his sword, the green sword ray span around him and created a big sharp tornado, which parried the attacks.

When the vortex and tornado cancelled each other, Mihawk frowned deeply. Hundreds and hundreds of thin air blades kept heading toward him, and each can slice him.

"Are you just trying to spam it?"

The smirk on his face vanished. It was replaced by a sharp look.

Spinning, Mihawk created a green tornado from his sword energy. Once the storm was over, Mihawk appeared on its top, away from the target of the annoying vortex.

As he was 100 meters high in the air, Mihawk lifted his sword. "Here you are."

Josh was heading toward him, flying in the sky toward Mihawk, as if he had predicted this.

Mihawk knows that he can't take Josh lightly. It is easy to say that, not only Josh has strong swordsmanship, but a very strong Haki.

The best swordsman in the world closed his eyes. Black aura wrapped him from head to toe, and all of this dark aura was concentrated on his sword.

"Damn it." Josh cursed. Trying to be as quick as possible, he clenched his fists around the grip, and with all of his might, he waved, creating one kilometre long sharp sword arc, which headed to Mihawk.

Josh wanted this to be fast because what he had seen in the future wasn't really good.

"The same movement won't work twice." Declared Mihawk.

'What is that.' Josh noticed that the Armament Haki was forming a strong aura around Mihawk's sword.

Mihawk, using gentle swordsmanship, lifted the great arc above his head, before staring at Josh. "Take this." He then chopped down.

The result was even a larger black sword arc. It was so large that it can cut the island in half.

Josh parried when the arc headed toward him, holding the sword with both hands as he was being pushed to the ground.