One Piece: Kaido's adopted son, starts with the Eight Gates Formation.

The redhead's brow furrowed slightly.

He knew Yhwach was telling the truth. The prolonged clash of Conqueror's Haki had taken a toll on him far more than it had on Yhwach—because he was the one who had initiated the pressure.

"Hawkeye, how much strength do you have left?"

"Seventy percent," Hawkeye replied.

"I only have 50% left."

"Then let's finish him off before we use up half of his power."

Redhead took a deep breath.

A change occurred in him. It wasn't a burst of Conqueror's Haki, nor a sudden surge in aura, but a more restrained change—his every movement slowed down.

It's not accelerating, it's slowing down.

Yhwach noticed the change, and his Complex Eyes began to work frantically, trying to understand what the red-haired man was doing.

Then he discovered that every millisecond of the red hair's "slowed-down" movements contained the ultimate Conqueror's Haki.

It was not a momentary burst of suppression, but a continuous, uninterrupted, and pervasive erosion of will.

Like a frog being slowly boiled in water.

The red-haired man's movement of raising the knife was so slow that Yhwach could clearly see every detail. But just as he was "seeing clearly," his physical reactions became sluggish.

It wasn't that it was suppressed, but rather that it was "synchronized".

His body moved in sync with the red hair without him even realizing it.

Start slowly, then speed up. This is the true way Shanks uses Conqueror's Haki—not to "suppress" the opponent with willpower, but to "guide" the opponent with willpower.

Make your opponent follow your rhythm.

By the time Yhwach realized something was wrong, it was too late.

His body had already been guided by the red hair's rhythm to that "slowest" moment—

The red hair suddenly accelerated.

Griffin transformed into a black and red lightning bolt, striking Yhwach's forehead head-on.

Yhwach didn't have time to dodge—his body was still in a "slow rhythm."

He could only use the power of the Spirit King to forcibly form a protective barrier on his forehead.

Griffin struck the barrier. The barrier cracked, but didn't shatter. The blade left a shallow gash on Yhwach's forehead.

Yhwabach is preparing to erase—

Hawkeye's knife has arrived.

Black Blade Yoru cut into the crack that Red Hair had just created, continuing to penetrate deeper along the wound left by Griffin.

He wasn't slaying Yhwach. He was following the "path" opened by the red hair, channeling his sword intent into Yhwach's causal chain.

"cut--"

A very faint green halo appeared on the blade of Black Blade Yoru—that was the effect of Hawkeye covering the deepest layer of the blade with Armament Haki, which merged with the "Black Blade" characteristic of Black Blade Yoru.

This strike did not sever the flesh, nor did it sever cause and effect.

It is one of Yhwach's core powers of "omniscience and omnipotence"—"rewriting the past".

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A very faint tearing sound.

In Yhwach's composite eye, one pupil is shattered.

His body jolted violently, and he staggered back two steps. A mouthful of black blood spilled from his mouth.

"My... omniscience and omnipotence have been partially severed?" Yhwach's voice finally showed genuine emotion.

"I already said," Hawkeye sheathed his sword, his tone calm, "My sword can cut through anything."

Yhwach lowered his head, looking at the few drops of black blood on the ground. Then he raised his head, looking at the red-haired man and Hawkeye in front of him.

His composite eye was missing a pupil. But the remaining pupil was still moving.

"You did indeed sever a part of my ability to 'rewrite the past'," Yhwach admitted, "but omniscience and omnipotence aren't limited to just that one function."

He began to emanate an aura different from before. It was heavier. More oppressive. As if the whole world was making way for him.

"I can still—give the future."

He stretched out his hand, and a brand new bow appeared in his palm.

This bow is not made of spirit particles—it is made of "concepts." Yhwach infused his power to "give the future" into the bow, creating a conceptual weapon capable of directly rewriting reality.

An arrow appeared on the bowstring.

The arrowhead is not an arrowhead, but a miniature "cross"—a symbol of the Quincy.

"After this arrow is fired, the person struck will be given a 'predestined future'—a future that I have chosen and cannot change."

Yhwach drew his bowstring taut.

The redhead's pupils contracted sharply.