Hilbert Blake's current strength has reached the pinnacle of this world.
It's the true pinnacle, not just the Admiral-level top powerhouses in the superficial sense.
It's hard to say how he compares to Joy Boy back then or Imu now, but he's definitely a notch stronger than Rocks, Harald, and others.
But Blake is, after all, of Celestial Dragons origin, and usually has Mandy, Koala, and others as stand-ins.
Since he started training, Blake has rarely experienced real combat, usually sparring against AI generated by the system in the card space.
The last time he truly took action was when he unexpectedly encountered Golden Lion Shiki at the Top of the West Sky, and that was the only time.
At that time, Blake's strength wasn't this formidable, but he still didn't exert much effort against the elderly, crippled Golden Lion.
The God's Knights are naturally inferior to Golden Lion Shiki in his prime, but their individual combat power is not something the crippled lion Blake encountered back then could compare to.
Aside from his ultimate sublimation after finally pulling out the ship's rudder, Golden Lion Shiki was absolutely no match for the three Reapers in a one-on-one fight.
Facing Blake's attack, the three were surprised but not flustered, each unleashing their signature techniques.
The Yeti let out a deafening roar, clashing his fists together—
"Extreme Cold Haki Fist!"
Terrifying freezing air mixed with top-tier Armament Haki erupted from his fists, forming a white torrent of impact mixed with countless ice crystals, surging forward.
Number 46 lowered his body, drawing an arcane trajectory with his twin blades in front of him, the Haki on the blades compressed to the extreme, and slashed out with full force.
"Twin Blades: Instant Purgatory Slash!"
Two extremely condensed Blake-red slashes appeared before Blake as if teleporting.
Meanwhile, the Reaper's scythe gathered chilling dark energy, as if a sinister aura condensed upon it, and he swung his weapon.
"Death's Decree: End!"
A dark purple crescent-shaped slash tore through the ground, heading towards Blake in mid-air along with the other two attacks.
Facing these three destructive energies capable of shattering mountains and cracking stones, Blake merely smiled faintly:
"That's it?"
He clenched his right fist and threw a straightforward, powerful punch.
Rumble!
At the center of the colliding forces, space seemed to twist for an instant, erupting with dazzling light and deafening roars!
Blake's figure, however, had already passed through the energy torrent, upside down, and landed a punch in mid-air on the Yeti's thick ice armor.
Crack!
The two figures, with their obvious size difference, collided violently. From the visual alone, it was hard to believe Blake's strike could achieve anything.
However, the Yeti's body, accompanied by the sound of shattering rock, slammed heavily into the ground, actually disappearing directly from everyone's sight.
It should be noted that before Blake acquired a large number of sword skill ability cards, his combat style was mainly focused on physical techniques.
Especially during the period before the long scroll was forged, even though he already possessed decent swordsmanship, he still used physical techniques to fight in the card space.
Even though Blake has now reached an unprecedented level in swordsmanship through his own diligent efforts and the negligible help of ability cards, his physical techniques are equally impressive.
Blake is, after all, a cautious person. Even if there was a 99% chance of taking down the three God's Knights in this operation, wasn't there still a 1% chance they could escape?
What's the difference between that and seeking death?
So Blake not only wore a mask to conceal his face, but he didn't even use weapons or Devil Fruit powers, treating himself as a pure physical combatant like Garp.
This way, even if Blake's conjecture was wrong, or if one of the three truly managed to escape, the World Government would at most issue a bounty for his half-face mask.
Plan successful!
After the Yeti was struck underground, Blake didn't hesitate, turning sideways and delivering a hand chop in mid-air towards Number 46, a condensed slash immediately flying from his hand.
Hehe! Didn't expect that, did you? I can still use swordsmanship even without a weapon!
Number 46 hastily crossed his twin blades in front of his chest to block.
Clang!!
Amidst the loud clang, Number 46 was pushed backward by the slash, his legs plowing two furrows in the rock, and the blades sparked dazzlingly against the slash.
The Reaper naturally wouldn't just watch his comrade get beaten by Blake. As Number 46 flew backward, his scythe, wreathed in sinister wind and Armament Haki, was already at Blake's chest.
Blake merely raised one hand across his chest, Armament Haki condensing into a layer of pitch-Blake crystal on his palm.
Zephyr's value continues to rise; the Armament Haki application techniques he learned from him are still effective to this day.
Bang!
The scythe struck Blake's palm, which was covered in Blake crystals, emitting a dull clang of metal.
A shockwave, carrying invisible force, spread outwards, blowing Blake's light purple robe.
Blake swept his other hand over his head, displeased:
"You messed up my hair!"
As he spoke, dark red energy converged in his palm. He raised his hand and slapped, and a condensed energy pillar erupted from his palm, instantly piercing through the Reaper's soul torrent.
The Reaper violently spat out a mouthful of blood, his figure flying backward.
At the same time, Number 46 had recovered. His arm trembled slightly, but he still gripped his twin swords tightly and charged towards Blake:
"Damn bug!"
Blake was also helpless. At this point, he was still calling him a bug. Couldn't he see who had the advantage now? Couldn't he be a bit more aware?
Blake didn't even glance at Number 46's slash.
Ever since he faced Kaido and Charlotte Linlin together in the card space, he had become exceptionally confident in his defense and had grown to increasingly like this unyielding combat style.
It was like when Imu fought in the God Valley battle, facing the encirclement of six powerhouses, his body was shattered into countless pieces, but he never dodged.
The current Blake is the same; unless the opponent possesses some strange Devil Fruit abilities, simple slashes like Number 46's don't need to be concerned with.
The twin blades slashed unimpeded across Blake's back, but his figure had already quickly swept in the direction the Reaper had flown backward.
The back of his robe was torn, but his back didn't even have a white mark.
Blake's dark red lightning around him suddenly erupted, his right fist dragging condensed, tangible electric light.
The Reaper, flying in the air, barely managed to cross his scythe in front of his chest. Sinister winds swirled around the scythe, attempting to block this earth-shattering blow.
The two energies violently clashed and eroded each other, their light illuminating the entire shattered sea area.
Blake's figure transformed into a streak of light piercing through heaven and earth.
Boom!!!
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