Saint Garling swordsmanship was... honestly, mediocre.
Of course, this so-called mediocrity was only when compared to the likes of Hawkeye Mihawk, Shimotsuki Koushirou, and Meow Seijuro, who had forged their own paths in the realm of idealistic swordsmanship.
In truth, Sherwin was also walking the path of idealistic swordsmanship now, but compared to the three "university students" mentioned above, he was probably around the junior high or high school level.
As for Saint Garling swordsmanship, his power, speed, and technique were not bad at all. In fact, in terms of sheer strength or lethality alone, he wasn't that much weaker than Meow Seijuro and the others. Yet, he hardly made Sherwin feel any pressure from the perspective of the sword.
Even though Sherwin was currently trading blows back and forth with him without gaining any overwhelming advantage, it just felt like the opponent was inferior to those three "university students," and even fell short of a "high school student" like "Flower Sword" Vista...
In short, it was still a very idealistic matter.
However, Saint Garling did have one advantage—his Conqueror Haki was exceptionally strong.
How should one put it...
As expected of the bloodline-driven world of One Piece, Saint Garling, who hailed from the same family as Shanks, possessed an equally outstanding talent for Conqueror Haki.
It was precisely because his level of Conqueror Infusion was not inferior to Shanks or Kaido at all that Sherwin had been unable to take him down.
Yet Sherwin was in no hurry to defeat him either. Their primary goal was simply to cause a big enough commotion to draw attention. Additionally, Sherwin felt that Saint Garling was an excellent whetstone to further refine his own strength. That was why he hadn't borrowed Conqueror Haki from Sasha Meow, nor had he used the Logia-type Palico fusion mode, and he hadn't even consumed any items.
Just as Sherwin was completely immersed in the thrill of battle, five massive figures charged out from Pangaea Castle across from the "Domain of the Gods," arriving at the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
"Hunter Sherwin! It you guys again!!!"
Saint Saturn roared in anger as his massive body leapt high into the air. His eight spider legs, tipped with long venomous stingers, bunched together, turning his entire being into what looked like an ugly awl as he plunged down from midair toward Sherwin.
Sherwin first held a Mirror Flower Stance to parry Saint Garling attack, and then, unhurriedly, pulled out a small Sea Prism Stone buckler, steadily propping it right against the tip of the "Gyuki Awl."
Monster Hunter Style · Secret Technique · Perfect Guard Point!
"Crack, crack, crack—"
Before a god-tier guard point skill whose level of scientific defiance could rival Meow姬, Saint Saturn attack not only failed to have any effect, but the counter-force traveling back from the shield actually snapped his eight legs. On top of that, he was flipped and blasted back at an even faster speed than he had come.
"Bang!"
Gyuki massive body crashed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust.
Yet almost at the exact instant he hit the ground, Saint Saturn had already scrambled back up, and his eight broken legs had completely restored to their original state.
"Tsk... an immortal body... that really is a troublesome thing."
Seeing Saint Saturn completely unscathed like this, even Sherwin, who had known about the opponent ability long beforehand, still couldn't help but click his tongue and mutter.
However, Sherwin was an Earthling who had consumed so many works of fantasy fiction after all. When it came to this concept of an "immortal body," he could think of several solutions with his toes alone...
He just didn't know if they would work on the members of the Five Elders.
"Klee! Stop playing! Let try that move!"
The useless Hunter turned and asked his own Felyne for help without hesitation.
"Oh—!"
(=＞＜=)
The little ragdoll immediately stopped controlling the Lunastra, letting it do its own thing, and then turned into a ball of flames and flew toward Sherwin.
At the same time, she shouted to Haibara Meow, who was hiding in the back directing Vermouth to throw healing mist at the injured: "Sister Haibara! Klee is going to help Brother Sherwin fight, so that big bird is up to you, meow!"
The little kitten twitched her ears, slowly pulled out a small pistol with a horn-shaped muzzle from her bag, and then mounted Vermouth, who had already switched to her large size.
"Go! Catch up to it, meow!"
(=ΦωΦ=)σ
Haibara Meow patted Vermouth back and pointed at the giant white bird in the sky that was still chasing behind the Lunastra butt, acting as a firefighter.
The bat, which had already turned light green, flapped its wings and quickly approached the powdery white bird, while that silly bird was still burying its head in putting out the fire, completely unaware of Haibara Meow arrival.
The little kitten raised the horn pistol in her hand, aimed slightly, and then pulled the trigger.
With a soft "bang," an unremarkable pellet flew out from the horn-shaped muzzle and vanished into the white bird body in the blink of an eye.
Immediately following that, a faint blue light lit up from inside the giant white bird body. After flickering twice, it dimmed again, and the shot white bird suddenly froze mid-air. Its body then abruptly collapsed into a pile of white powder, drifting and scattering down toward the ground.
Haibara Meow pointed her muzzle once more at the position where the white bird had disintegrated. A white sphere wrapped in a layer of light blue, translucent energy shield flew out from the cloud of dust toward the kitten, eventually attaching itself to the muzzle of her trumpet gun.
"Hmph~ How dare you use an elemental beast in front of me. To teach that dumb dog Vodka a lesson, I've prepared quite a few items targeting elemental beasts, meow!"
(=`へ=)
Putting away her trumpet gun and the white sphere, Haibara Meow tilted her head up, putting her hands on her hips with an air of smug triumph.
This was also one of the main reasons why she hadn't let her own elemental beast participate in the battle. Since that guy Vegapunk had also created elemental beasts, he might very well have developed countermeasures and taught them to the people of the World Government.
Just as the kitten took action to deal with that bird-type elemental beast, the little Ragdoll cat had already landed on Sherwin, covering his right hand and the Longsword held in his hand with flames just as always.
Only this time, the flames attached to Sherwin were a blue-purple color with a much higher temperature.
Even though Klee Meow had tried her best to control the temperature of the flames to keep them from spreading, Sherwin still broke out in a massive amount of sweat in less than half a second, and then, taking another less than half a second, this sweat was rapidly evaporated.
Even though Sherwin had already used Armament Haki to cover his entire body at the very first moment, he could still feel a burning sensation coming from his skin.
"Phew..."
Sherwin exhaled a long breath, feeling the dryness and heat radiating from his throat. He gripped the longsword tightly and took his stance against Saint Saturn.
He couldn't maintain this state for long, and Klee Meow also couldn't keep the flames from hurting him indefinitely. During previous testing, the limit was six slashes.
Therefore, without any nonsense, Sherwin rushed toward Saint Saturn with this ball of purple flames filled with the aura of destruction. Klee Meow, who usually liked to shout and cheer, also closed her mouth at this moment, concentrating fully on controlling her flames so they wouldn't hurt her big brother Sherwin.
Monster Hunter Style - Felyne Combination Technique - Zanka no Tachi: North - Tenchi Kaijin!