One Piece: From the Rocks Era to King of the World

Chapter 226 Ashura Boy Promoted to Great Swordsman
"Sea Abyss·Water Dragon Song!"

The scarlet Seven-Star Sword instantly turned into azure blue, and a blue dragon from the abyss flew out with the sword.

The sword intent of one side was violent and destructive, while the sword intent of the other side was like the abyss of the sea. The battle between the two great swordsmen attracted the attention of countless swordsmen.

The audience's cheers were so intense that they couldn't even catch sight of their figures, but they were excited by the huge aftermath of each collision of the two swords.

The surrounding walls were made of the hardest ore iron, materials that could greatly absorb impact, and mixed with seastone. Even after they were built, Yumaz used his fusion fruit ability to strengthen them once more.

It can be said that as long as you don't intend to destroy it, and just block the aftermath of the great swordsman's battle, there will be no problem at all.

Li Yuan was not in a hurry to defeat his opponent, but instead constantly absorbed nourishment from the opponent's sword intent to improve himself during the battle.

Jiyuan Guoyi also knew Li Yuan's thoughts, and he was doing the same thing.

It was also a great opportunity for him that Li Yuan, such a powerful swordsman, suppressed his strength and fought against him.

After all, this is a very rare opportunity to observe the sword intent of the man known as the world's number one swordsman at such a close distance. If you can seize it, then participating in this kendo competition will be completely worth it!

"I have seen most of your sword intent. Now I will let you see the true sword intent of the sea abyss!"

After fighting with Jiyuan Kuniichi for an hour, he had almost figured out the opponent's sword intent.

"The abyss of the sea, the abyss of the sea is approaching the sky!"

When forcing Jiyuan Guoyi to retreat, Li Yuan's Haiyuan sword intent was once again raised to an extreme. The Haiyuan sword intent hanging high above his head was like an upside-down sea.

Jiyuan Guoyi felt like he was carrying the entire ocean on his back, and even his legs began to bend.

"I am Tsugumi Kuniichi!"

Being crushed by the mere sword intent is not his style!
"Demon Slayer!"

Under the boundless pressure, Jiyuan Guoyi put all his strength into this sword.

Even if the enemy is invincible, he will still move forward and use all his strength to strike the most powerful blow. This is Jiyuan Guoyi's most firm belief at the moment!
The sea abyss sword intent suspended in the sky fell down in an instant. Ji Yuan Guoyi below was like a brave man challenging the sky, but the sea that covered the sky easily crushed Ji Yuan Guoyi's sword intent.

The two men rushed towards each other at the same time, passing each other in an instant.

Li Yuan calmly put away his sword and turned around, and Ji Yuan Guoyi did the same, except that there was a blood-red sword mark on his neck.

"I lost. Thank you, Lord Li Yuan, for showing mercy."

Jiyuan Guoyi touched the blood on his neck and expressed gratitude.

If Li Yuan had not stopped, his head would have been chopped off.

"Your sword intent of destruction is very good, but it is not pure enough."

Li Yuan pointed out his shortcomings with a smile, and then left the field.

Although killing is not prohibited in the kendo competition, Li Yuan will not kill the opponent for no reason.

"Is this the battle between great swordsmen? Too strong!!"

After referee Li Yuan announced the results of the two matches, there was immediate loud cheering from outside the stadium!
"Li Yuan, you are so amazing. You even defeated such a great swordsman!"

After Li Yuan returned to the box, Tian Yueshi immediately trotted over with a look of admiration on his face.

"Of course. I didn't even use one-third of my strength just now. I have already secured the first place in this kendo competition."

Li Yuan touched Tian Yueshi's hair with some confidence.

"Yeah, I believe in you. If it's you, you can definitely do it!"

Tian Yueshi blushed and nodded.

In the top 64 showdown, Ashura Douji faced off against Kozaburo, who is also a swordsman!
Both of them are top swordsmen, and they are only one step away from becoming great swordsmen.

"Your swordsmanship is the swordsmanship of the Shimotsuki family of Wano Country!"

During the fierce battle between the two, Ashura Douji recognized Kozaburo's swordsmanship.

"That was in the past. Now I have nothing to do with the Shimotsuki family. This is my own swordsmanship!"

Kozaburo was not surprised that Ashura Douji recognized his swordsmanship, because as far as he knew, Ashura Douji himself was from Wano Country.

"Hahahaha, I said the wrong thing. Then let me learn a lesson from your swordsmanship!"

The Asura aura on the Ashura boy suddenly burst out, and the blood shadow of Asura emerged behind him!

"Shura Blood Slash!"

He has learned various sword techniques from Wano Country, Li Yuan's sword techniques, and sword techniques from many sects on the sea. Now he wants to integrate all these sword techniques into his own Shura sword technique!
“Flying Dragon Slash!”

Holding the Wado Ichimonji in his hand, Kozaburo rushed forward and was met with the slash from Ashura Douji!

Although the fight between the two was not as fierce as the fight between great swordsmen, it was still very exciting.

They all threw themselves into the battle, unleashing all the sword skills they had learned throughout their lives.

A faint sense of swordsmanship lingered between the two of them, a sign that they were about to become great swordsmen!
The two could be said to be evenly matched, with neither being any worse than the other, so much so that just one battle lasted for three days and three nights without a clear winner.

This situation attracted more people to pay attention to their fight. After all, except for their match, all other matches among the top 64 had already ended a day ago.

"It seems that the opportunity for Ashura Boy to break through has arrived!"

Li Yuan looked at Ashura Douji in the arena and said with satisfaction that Ashura Douji had good talent. Although his physical talent was not as good as Kozuki Oden's, his ancient animal species, the Emperor Crocodile, had made up for it.

In terms of kendo talent, Ashura Douji is slightly inferior to Kozuki Oden, but Li Yuan believes that if Ashura Douji maintains this firm belief, he will have no problem surpassing Kozuki Oden in the original work in the future!

"Hahahaha, Kozaburo, you're a very good opponent, let's fight it out!"

Even though Ashura Boy had consumed too much physical energy, his will had reached its peak at this moment and he was about to enter a new realm.

"I can't ask for it!"

The same thing happened to Kozaburo at this time, the outline of the sword intent had already appeared on the body of the Wado Ichimonji sword!

"One-sword Shura!"

The Shura blood shadow behind the Ashura boy suddenly disappeared, completely merging into the body of the Earth-Destroying Sword, and transformed into his sword intent, the Shura sword intent!

"breaking Dawn!!"

The sword intent burst out from Kozaburo's eyes. It was a brilliant sword intent that broke through the endless darkness and allowed people to witness the glorious dawn!
At this moment, both Ashura Douji and Kozaburo broke through from the level of swordsman to the level of great swordsman, comprehended their own unique sword intent, and embarked on a sword path that no one had ever walked before!

Shura represents endless killing and darkness.
Kozaburo's sword intent was like supreme brilliance, representing light. When the two great swordsmen swung their swords, half of the arena seemed to have fallen into hell, and the other half seemed to have entered heaven. This was a duel between darkness and light!
"boom!!!"

With a shattering sound, the light and darkness shattered at the same time, leaving only Ashura Boy standing and Kozaburo lying on the ground.

Even though Ashura Douji did not use the power of the devil fruit, his physique was much stronger than Kozaburo's. Under the same damage, Ashura Douji could withstand it, but Kozaburo could not.

"Kozaburo, you are very strong. In the swordplay, there is no clear winner between us."

Ashura boy put away the Earth Destroying Sword, walked forward, bent down and extended his hand to Kozaburo.

"In the swordplay, we're evenly matched, but you won this match. I hope you can keep winning!"

Kozaburo took Ashura Boy's hand and stood up.

He knew that if the competition had not limited Ashura Douji's strength, he would have been defeated long ago, because Ashura Douji was a devil fruit user.

"Great Swordsman, they both became Great Swordsmen!"

There are many swordsmen present here, and what they desire most is to be promoted to great swordsmen. Now, two swordsmen have been promoted to great swordsmen through a competition. This is what all swordsmen dream of!

This actually happened right before their eyes, but unfortunately, the two protagonists were not themselves!

"Gulala, Li Yuan, congratulations! It looks like the Wuji Pirates will have one more core cadre in the future!"

When Whitebeard saw this scene, he congratulated Li Yuan.

At the same time, he also unconsciously looked at the children following him. These children were too young and their talents were not top-notch. They still had a long way to go if they wanted to reach the level of Ashura Boy.

“Hahahahahaha, that’s all due to Ashura’s hard work and talent. I just provided him with a platform.”

Li Yuan smiled.

Over the years, in order to improve the overall strength of the Wuji Pirates, he has made rigorous systematic training plans of various kinds, just like the elite training camp of the Navy, and even better than those elite training camps!

For example, gravity training, seastone training, combat training, swordsmanship training, devil fruit training, observation Haki and armament Haki training, etc.

He also provided targeted training for those people that Li Yuan was optimistic about, in order to enable them to grow better and faster.

After a day's break after the round of 64, the round of 32 competition began immediately.

In this round of competition, Ashura Douji unfortunately met Rayleigh and was eventually eliminated.

Li Yuan's luck was not so good this time. He did not meet a great swordsman, but met a relatively strong swordsman and was promoted instantly.

When it came to the round of 16, John met the Red Earl and was easily eliminated by him.

Roberts, the teacher of Hawkeye Mihawk, met Li Yuan in the round of 16. His strength was stronger than the previous Jiyuan Kuni, but he was easily defeated by Li Yuan with his Wuji sword intent.

So the latest top eight are out: Li Yuan, Red Earl, Golden Lion, Roger, Rayleigh, Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, and Yuan Liusai Chongguo!

Among the top eight, seven are famous swordsmen from the New World, and the other one is the owner of a sword gym who also came from the New World.

Although the New World is smaller than any other sea in the four seas, it is the most chaotic, has the most fighting, and is also the most likely to breed strong people.

The truly strong ones all rise through fighting.

Although the swordsmanship level of those great swordsmen from all over the world may be the same as these great pirates, their domineering aura is too weak, their physique is weak, their combat instincts are not strong, and they are easily defeated when fighting with strong men of the same level.

This is also why the world’s population is so large, the oceans are so vast, and why truly strong people are always born in the new world.

There are also strong people in the navy, but which of those strong people did not emerge from endless battles and fights?
"Welcome the top eight contestants to come on stage and draw lots!"

After the beautiful host's voice sounded, Li Yuan and his eight companions came to the lottery stage.

"Hahahaha, I'm the first one to draw lots this time."

Roger was the first one to run to the front and reached out to pull out an 8-ball.

"Hahahaha, Roger, I told you that you have bad luck. You always get the last number."

After mercilessly mocking Roger, the Golden Lion reached out and directly took out a number 2 ball.

"It's not that he has bad luck, it's that he has bad luck."

Li Yuan also stepped forward and drew a number 7 ball.

"Hahahaha, Li Yuan, it looks like we can finally have another fight!"

Golden Lion laughed when he saw the number in Li Yuan's hand.

He had long wanted to fight Li Yuan. Although he could not use the power of the devil fruit, he still wanted to see how strong Li Yuan was.

Nowadays, in the New World, the largest territories are held by the Hiku Pirates and the Infinity Pirates. If the Hiku Pirates want to expand, annexing the Infinity Pirates is the fastest way.

"Golden Lion, without the power of the Float-Float Fruit, you are no match for me."

Li Yuan smiled.

Are you kidding? He himself has no idea how strong he is now. He only knows that he is not afraid of anyone except the unfathomable king of the world, Im.

Soon, the opponents for the quarterfinals were completely determined.

Li Yuan VS Golden Lion, Roger VS Wang Zhi, Red Earl VS Rayleigh, Silver Axe VS Yuanliusai Shigekuni.

At this moment, swordsmen from all over the world are paying attention to the matchup between the top eight. Those who can reach the top eight are the most powerful swordsmen in the world today, and each of them is a famous figure.

"Many of those swordsmen are not pirates. Can our navy recruit them?"

General Kong Kong and many generals from the Navy Headquarters were watching the live broadcast.

Of course, he was not talking about the current eight strongest swordsmen, but those swordsmen and great swordsmen who had entered the top 64 before.

Many of these are not pirates, but come from the Four Seas and the Grand Line.

"Marshal, I just checked their information. Many of them are people who have joined the country, and some are people who are hiding their identities."

"It may be difficult to recruit the sword masters and great sword masters in the franchised countries. They are the pillars of the franchised countries, and the franchised countries will not let go."

"Those who hide their identities may give it a try. Maybe they can agree to join the navy."

Lieutenant General He handed over a stack of information and said.

(End of this chapter)