"Let's try it!" Rayleigh didn't predict any danger. After successfully dodging a series of Grimm's attacks, Rayleigh saw a golden sword light speeding towards him.
Rayleigh dodged to the side and at the same time, very smoothly slashed a sword towards the sky, and a sword energy shot into the sky, directly colliding with the golden giant hammer that appeared in an instant, setting off a burst of fire. Rayleigh retreated instantly, dodging the attack range of the "Hammer of Repentance."
In the end, the sword energy dissipated, and the Hammer of Repentance smashed into nothingness, but it caused a burst of earth-shattering tremors.
"He can even predict this. This must be Observation Haki!" Grimm sighed inwardly.
However, what Rayleigh didn't expect was that a golden spear pierced through as Rayleigh retreated, heading straight for Rayleigh's forehead.
Rayleigh quickly dodged, and a strand of golden hair fell. He couldn't figure out how his Observation Haki prediction missed a link. There was only one reason why he could often do this, and that was that the other party also possessed Observation Haki. There were very few people in the first half of the Grand Line who knew how to use Haki. Even within the Roger Pirates, only half of the people had mastered this power.
He didn't expect that this kid, who was only as big as Shanks and Buggy, who were just apprentice crew members on the ship, had also learned Haki.
In fact, Rayleigh was overthinking it. Grimm naturally didn't know any Observation Haki, nor did he need to know it. He only had super-fast reaction speed through a skill called "Blessing of Wisdom."
[Blessing of Wisdom]: Increases the Host's wisdom, thereby increasing reaction speed, allowing him to predict the other party's next actions in advance.
Unlike in the game, where this skill restored mana, there was no mana bar in reality, so the skill became the literal meaning, increasing the user's wisdom, thereby increasing reaction speed.
Of course, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it had something in common with Observation Haki.
In addition to [Blessing of Wisdom], Grimm's skill list also had [Blessing of Strength], which had an effect very similar to Armament Haki, increasing strength, attack power, and defense power; [Blessing of Kings], which periodically produced a powerful deterrent force, was very similar to Conqueror's Haki and could be stored for active release.
It was just that [Blessing of Strength] and [Blessing of Kings] were grayed out, and Grimm hadn't obtained them yet.
In addition to the three major blessings of WoW, there were also [Weapon Blessing] in DNF, which increased the attack power of weapons, [Angel Blessing], which increased magic damage, etc. He hadn't learned these. According to the system's introduction, these blessings could only be obtained through special tasks.
"Heh ah!"
Grimm quickly approached, and the two ran along the coast. The sword energy constantly collided with each other, and the rocks and waves in the area turned into powder.
"That kid can actually fight Mr. Rayleigh to a standstill?" Gaban, a fighter of the Roger Pirates, said in disbelief. Then he witnessed a scene where two swords crossed and blinked his eyes. "And this kid's swordsmanship cultivation doesn't seem to be below Mr. Rayleigh."
That was natural. Grimm was now using "Seal of Blood."
In WoW, Seal of Blood was additional damage, but in reality, it could be summarized as "discerning weaknesses" and "increasing strength." It looked like his swordsmanship cultivation was very high, but in reality, when he activated this seal, all of Grimm's healing effects were reduced by 20%.
20% healing effect actually had a negligible impact!
Only Grimm himself knew that although it looked like the two were attacking each other back and forth, each with their own strengths, in reality, Grimm had already lost in the real competition. His swordsmanship cultivation was far below Rayleigh's.
"Got it!"
After fighting for seven or eight minutes, Rayleigh suddenly turned around and a knife brushed past the Ashbringer, and the tip of the sword directly plunged into Grimm's face, piercing through his entire head. It looked very bloody.
"Hey hey, he's just a kid. You've gone too far..." Tom couldn't help but shout.
His head had been pierced. He couldn't survive.
"The battle between pirate hunters and pirates is like this," Shanks sighed. "He attacked Mr. Gaban first. If he had only attacked Mr. Rayleigh, Mr. Rayleigh probably wouldn't have taken his life..."
Shanks, who was about the same age as him and could fight Rayleigh to this extent, felt a little sympathy, but unfortunately, in the Roger Pirates, the first rule of the ship was that those who attacked their companions would never be let off lightly.
On the coast, Rayleigh pulled out his sword from Grimm's head, and with a white brain-like liquid, he shook it off and sighed: "If the first target you attacked was me, I would definitely spare your life. Unfortunately, we lost too many companions in the last battle. This time, it's absolutely not allowed!"
"Hmm?"
Rayleigh's Observation Haki sensed danger, and with Roger's reminder, Rayleigh quickly turned around and saw a huge golden barrier appearing under the feet of the already dead Grimm, with a diameter of 50 meters. Grimm was standing on the edge of the barrier, while Rayleigh was in the middle of this circle.
"Mr. Rayleigh, can you take this next move?" Grimm said, his whole body emitting a pure golden Holy Light, reaching the sky.
[Judgment of Justice] activated: Generates a magic circle, and light blades fall from the sky to attack the enemies in the magic circle. Finally, an angel of justice appears and throws a spear of light at the magic circle, causing a devastating blow.
Everyone saw the phantom of an angel appear on the light pillar in the sky. At this time, the angel raised his hand.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Countless golden light blades slid down from the angel's hand, and Rayleigh kept waving the long sword in his hand to block them.
Three seconds later, a golden spear fell from the sky and directly bombarded Rayleigh.
Block it with his sword? No, Rayleigh could sense that it would be troublesome if this move exploded near him. He could only dodge.
In an instant, an idea flashed through Rayleigh's mind, and he quickly retreated, exiting the range of the golden magic circle.
Boom!
A huge explosion sounded, and everyone felt blinded. All they could see was endless golden light.
One second later, all the golden light dissipated.
During the retreat, Rayleigh's glasses were slashed by a golden sword blade and cut in half, leaving a scar on his right eye.
"Ugh! My right eye was..." Rayleigh didn't have time to cry out in pain. After retreating to a safe distance, he seriously faced the enemy again.
At this time, Grimm raised his head, and a light that made everyone feel sacred flashed across Grimm's face. The big hole that had been stabbed in his face was healing at an extremely fast speed.
Seeing this scene, Isaac, the tactical staff officer of the Roger Pirates, contracted his pupils and carefully observed Grimm's dress and fighting style, muttering to himself: "A white coat, a strange greatsword, and he won't die no matter what injuries he receives, powerful self-healing ability..."
Speaking of this, Isaac suddenly shouted loudly and said to Roger: "Captain, that guy is Grimm, Tirion D. Grimm, the pirate hunter who has killed countless pirates in the first half of the Grand Line..."
"D?"
Roger, this silly man, was very similar to the future Luffy, having the habit of not reading newspapers at all, so he didn't know that there was a person named Grimm. However, when Isaac said "D," Roger's face suddenly changed.
On the other side, the second round of battle between Rayleigh and Grimm had already begun.
Grimm used a Resurrection Coin and was revived with full health.
Rayleigh had a deep scar on his right eye, and blood kept dripping down from the wound. His glasses had long been cut off, but for a master of Observation Haki like Rayleigh, it didn't matter whether he could see clearly or not. Using Observation Haki to replace perception was enough.
So close, even without glasses, he could see clearly. Grimm was now completely unharmed. The bloody hole left on his face before had completely disappeared.
Rayleigh began to wonder if he had really killed Grimm just now.
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