This person seemed to have sprung out of a rock, shrouded in mystery from head to toe.
"Alright, I hope we won't be enemies in the future."
Shanks sighed, inexplicably feeling a kind of pressure. One executive of Phantom had Four Emperor-level combat power, and they weren't even the strongest. Further up, there were still vice-captains and a captain. What kind of monsters were they?!
"Don't worry, our Phantom still owes you a favor. If it really comes to that, we'll definitely give you some face."
Vladimir laughed softly, put down the big bowl, and got up to take the treasure chest, "Next, I still have things to do, so I'll take my leave first. Goodbye, everyone!"
After finishing speaking, he walked to the edge of the ship, preparing to transform into a Sea Dragon and take off into the sky.
"Wait."
Hearing this, Vladimir turned his head to look at Shanks, asking, "Is there anything else?"
"Beckman, I'll leave things here to you for now."
Shanks instructed his vice-captain, then stood up, saying, "Sea Dragon, I'll go with you."
"What do you mean?"
Seeing Vladimir frown, Shanks immediately laughed, "We're going the same way. Aren't you going to Cake Island? I'm going the same way as you. If you're interested, you can also come and join in the fun."
"Fun?" Vladimir asked curiously.
"Some time ago, Hawkeye and I made an agreement to have a battle with him soon." Shanks explained, "I'm going to keep that appointment. Quite a few people outside know about this matter, so it'll probably be very lively then. Swordsmen and great swordsmen from all over the world will come, I guess. We'll have to find a quieter place then."
"You're going to fight Hawkeye?" Vladimir pondered for a moment, remembering that there seemed to be such a thing, but the result of these two people's clash was a mystery.
Moreover, the timing was wrong. If he remembered correctly, the battle between Hawkeye and Shanks was before Shanks lost his arm, which was before he went to the East Blue.
"Didn't you guys fight already?" Vladimir couldn't help but ask.
"We didn't determine a winner." Shanks chuckled softly, "Speaking of which, this matter is also related to you. Not long ago, you intercepted the Navy's large fleet in the Chaotic Sea, and crushed his slash with one hand. He was stimulated..."
After a pause, he said helplessly again, "He thinks his swordsmanship hasn't been honed enough, so he challenged me again, wanting to become stronger. Actually, it's not just me, he bet the title of 'World's Greatest Swordsman' and challenged all the swordsmen in the world!"
Hawkeye was now being revered as the World's Greatest Swordsman. Of course, his title of World's Greatest was a little watery.
After all, Hawkeye hadn't won the title by defeating the previous World's Greatest, but because the original strongest swordsman's strength had greatly declined.
To this, Vladimir shrugged his shoulders.
He was able to block Hawkeye's slash with one claw because of the power of the True Dragon bloodline, instantly burning the True Dragon blood, extremely enhancing his defensive power.
"Alright, since it has a little something to do with me, I'll go take a look..."
Vladimir immediately nodded in agreement, even thinking in his heart that he might transform into "Saber" at that time to challenge him, maybe he could also get a hollow name of World's Greatest.
"Then it's settled, Lucky Roux, help me prepare a raft."
"No need, I'll summon a mount."
Vladimir waved his hand, immediately whistling.
After about a quarter of an hour, a huge lantern anglerfish slowly surfaced.
Above that huge head, a tentacle extended out, hanging a glowing meat ball, like a lantern.
Vladimir leaped, jumping onto the anglerfish's head.
"Let's go."
Seeing this, Shanks said with envy, "Your sea beast legion is really useful. Do you mind giving me one?"
He leaped lightly, following and jumping over.
"Hahaha, sure, then I'll give you one, but this one under our feet won't do."
Amid laughter, the two of them, sitting on the lantern anglerfish, slowly disappeared into the sea.
On the deck, a group of pirates looked at each other.
Ben Beckman spat, spitting out the toothpick in his mouth, saying fire, "That guy... ran off to have fun by himself!"
"Yeah, the boss is too hateful, he didn't even bring us! Beckman, why don't you just establish yourself as king now, we'll all follow you."
"Get lost!"
...
Several days later, Vladimir and Shanks arrived at a small island.
This island was named "Three-Finger Island". The entire island was divided into three pieces. It was rumored that it wasn't originally like this, but because of a battle between great swordsmen hundreds of years ago, the island was chopped to pieces.
And therefore, later swordsmen often chose this place for appointments.
"There are so many ships in the port, it's almost too lively." Vladimir saw the appearance of the port from afar, saying softly, "Is the title of World's Greatest Swordsman that attractive? There are at least nearly twenty pirate flags."
Beside him, Shanks smiled, saying, "That's for sure. The strongest title is very rare. The strongest man is Whitebeard, the strongest creature is Kaido, and the strongest swordsman is Hawkeye. These three are the most famous."
Hearing these words, Vladimir's heart moved, feeling that Phantom could try to collect these three strongest titles.
Immediately, he laughed loudly, saying, "Hahaha, let's go, let's keep a low profile, wear a cloak, so as not to be recognized."
"That makes sense. It wouldn't be good if we were seen, two Four Emperor-level people acting together would definitely alarm certain forces' nerves..."
Shanks squinted rise particle eye pupil, quickly putting on a black cloak.
The lantern anglerfish carried the two of them, slowly sailing into the port.
Three-Finger Island was originally one piece, but hundreds of years ago, due to a battle between great swordsmen, two pieces were chopped off, thus forming a three-finger shape, hence the name.
Vladimir and the two didn't take the front port, there were too many people there, it wasn't convenient.
The lantern anglerfish sent the two to a sparsely populated side, entering from the other side of the island.
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