"Phooey! Bah, bah..."
Sherwin scrambled up from the ground, spitting out the dirt that had gotten into his mouth, and looked at the massive azure dragon not far away.
The dragon had just propped itself up from the ground too. After shaking its head, its huge, ferocious eyes turned to look in Sherwin direction.
As far as their clash just now was concerned, Sherwin had actually lost by a hair. However, with the dual protection of his battle suit and Armorskin, his condition actually looked slightly better than Kaido.
Yet, given Kaido abnormal defense, he hadn't really taken any damage either.
Sherwin was naturally satisfied with this outcome, but Kaido found it somewhat unacceptable.
After all, not long had passed since he chased Sherwin through the sea for a day and a night.
Yet, in the blink of an eye, he had been driven out of Wano by them, had one of his horns blown off by Sherwin Felynes, and now he couldn't even handle the "main event"—the Hunter.
This left Kaido, who had originally thought that even if he couldn't gain any advantages, he could at least teach Sherwin a lesson, feeling incredibly stifled.
"Bolo Breath!"
The azure dragon opened its mouth, spitting a fireball straight at Sherwin.
Sherwin braced the Gunlance, which was still radiating a freezing chill, and pulled the trigger on the handle...
Monster Hunter Style: Freezing Stream Impact!
A frost-white blast of freezing air erupted from the tip of the "Beast Demon Horn: Broken," colliding with Kaido Bolo Breath and generating a loud, sizzling hiss.
Though it wasn't as potent as Kuzan Ice-Ice Fruit, with the help of Purah Meow Snow-Snow Fruit, Suika Meow Density-Density Fruit, and Yamato Dog-Dog Fruit (Model: Okami), the freezing air inside this gun was definitely not weak either...
At the very least, blocking Kaido Bolo Breath was no problem at all, a point Sherwin had already tested with Kaido Meow.
"Demolition Wind!"
Kaido, entrenched on the ground, spat out another wave of wind blades.
However, Sherwin response this time was even simpler...
He reached out and pressed a button on his belt twice, creating a light blue, translucent spherical energy shield that enveloped him. When Kaido Demolition Wind struck it, the energy shield didn't even flicker.
This was the latest energy shield created by Purah Meow after analyzing Egghead Island shield technology. Although it couldn't be kept on continuously due to energy constraints, it was even sturdier than the large-scale shield on Egghead Island.
Of course, Sherwin had never intended to use the energy shield to buy time from the start otherwise, why would he wait until now to block a mediocre Demolition Wind instead of activating it much earlier?
The reason he did this...
Mocking him once felt great, but mocking him constantly felt amazing!
Inside the energy shield, Sherwin sheathed the "Beasts horn", then swapped it for the "Hachisukai" he had borrowed from Yamato in advance, and once again curled his hand at Kaido in a taunting gesture.
"Waaaaah——!!!"
It had to be said that Sherwin, this Hunter, was incredibly skilled at messing with people minds. Kaido, who was already seeing red, had now been driven into an absolute blood frenzy.
"Die for me! Thunder Bagua!!!"
With both eyes completely bloodshot, Kaido shifted back into his human-beast form and charged at Sherwin, swinging his iron club.
Although Kaido appeared to be infuriated to the limit by Sherwin, deep down, he actually felt a bit glad when he saw Sherwin switch his weapon to a hammer...
That bizarre weapon made from his own broken horn had too much mobility, making it easy to drive one blood pressure up during a fight.
Now that it was replaced with a relatively clunky hammer, this Hunter wouldn't be able to dodge and weave while fighting like before, right?!
Well, assuming this brat hadn't done anything to his (former) weapon.
Kaido: "..."
Knowing that he could not defeat his opponent with a single blow, Kaido, to be safe, immediately decided to hold back some strength in this swing.
This would make it convenient for him to launch a follow-up attack immediately after Sherwin blocked it, and then force his opponent into a head-on clash with a high frequency of attacks.
Unaware of Kaido plan, Sherwin did not continue to hide inside the energy shield. Instead, he actively deactivated it, then raised his identical spiked club, and entered Link Time to rapidly charge his attack...
Charge Change: Valor!
Monster Hunter Style: Hunting Art: Pulse!
"Clang——!"
The two spiked clubs, identical in style and likely made of similar materials, collided. A massive shockwave erupted from the center where Sherwin and Kaido stood, flattening the surrounding ground considerably.
Before Kaido could carry out his plan after clashing with Sherwin, he felt a shockwave similar to Whitebeard attack emit from the opponent club. Caught off guard, he was sent flying once again by Sherwin.
Although Kaido still didn't suffer any real damage, the sense of frustration in his heart multiplied.
Even though Sherwin proficiency with weapons like the Insect Glaive and Hammer was inferior to the Longsword, they possessed an advantage: certain unique mechanics were highly effective for caught-off-guard tactics.
To Kaido, it lacked substantial damage, but it was highly insulting.
Furthermore...
A Longsword user treats any weapon as a Longsword!
Sherwin put away the head-swollen Longsword he had just taken out, and swapped it for a pair of split Longswords crafted from "Jack the Drought" tusks.
Link Time, activate!
Monster Hunter Style: Ultimate Art: Thousand Swords!
"Ohhhhhh! Big Brother Sherwin is so amazing! He changed weapons again! This time the weapon can even transform! So cool!"
Chopper, who was not as cute as the Felynes but still very adorable, grabbed Usopp collar, shaking it hard while shouting excitedly.
Usopp responded with equal excitement, "He changed again! This time it a bow and arrow! Is Big Brother Sherwin this amazing even with ranged weapons?!!"
Only Zoro was not very happy...
"What is this guy doing? Isn't he a swordsman? Why is he using those messy weapons?!"
The directionally challenged marimo head, who had wanted to properly witness Sherwin swordsmanship and see how big the gap between them still was, waited and waited.
In the end, he only saw Sherwin use a "dual-blade style" to unleash a set of very impressive rapid strikes. Before he could even get his fill, Sherwin changed weapons again.
Sherwin had no idea about Zoro dissatisfaction, and even if he did, he would directly ignore it.
Probably because the pressure given by Kaido was great enough, Sherwin weapon proficiency was currently rising rapidly, which was exactly why he kept changing weapons...
It wouldn't be easy to find such a suitable one-on-one training partner in the future.
However, although these special Longswords were good, Sherwin main weapon was ultimately a regular Longsword.
So, after using them to take turns grinding proficiency on Kaido, and since the effect of the first-time surprise was already gone, Sherwin still switched back to his most familiar weapon—
Longsword.
Well, to be precise, it should now be called the Black and White .
Ever since he asked Mihawk about the "forging" method of a Black Blade, Sherwin would use Armament Haki to "forge" his salted-fish Longsword whenever he had free time.
However, perhaps because the raw material of the Longsword was a fish, its situation was slightly different from what Mihawk described as "the color of the blade will gradually deepen." Instead, it started turning black bit by bit from the scales on its body.
Therefore, the Longsword in Sherwin hand now looked as if it had been sprinkled with a handful of sesame seeds, with many small black dots appearing on its body, adding an extra attribute of "inflicting mental attacks on trypophobia patients."
Having switched back to the salted-fish Longsword, Sherwin immediately assumed a sheathing stance and quickly switched to Valor Style...
Monster Hunter Style · Secret Technique · Crimson Sky End!