One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

If even he were to back down, it would be a major blow to his reputation and would severely damage the beliefs of the people of the Land of Iron.

Upon realizing this, he knew that he couldn't avoid this battle today.

"In that case, I'll have to see your skills!"

As he spoke, Mifune had already gripped the hilt of his sword, and the Iaijutsu move came out as if it were an instinct.

Then, in a flash, it vanished from the spot.

When Mifune reappeared, he was already a few meters behind Abel, and the famous sword Kurosawa was slowly returning to its sheath!

There was a clang.

The broken cleaver spun and plunged into the ground.

Chapter 547 The Invincible Outsider

"Mifune-sama must win! Mifune-sama must win!"

"As expected, it still took Lord Mifune's intervention; this outsider was already overwhelmed."

"He severed the opponent's weapon with a single strike. Lord Mifune is truly amazing."

……

Perhaps because they had been suppressing their emotions for too long, everyone immediately began to cheer in unison!

But everyone overlooked one thing: what Abel was holding was just an ordinary kitchen knife.

It's already a miracle that they've managed to hold on until now and defeat 99 people.

Now that it has been cut in half by Mifune, what is there to celebrate?

"As expected, the material is still much inferior. Even with Armament Haki wrapped around it, it still broke."

Abel muttered something to himself, clearly dissatisfied, and then casually tossed the hilt of the knife aside.

It's just a kitchen knife, what more can you ask for?

"The decision is yours."

Abel glanced at the weapons behind him and then drew the samurai sword that had been left in the inner corner.

Then, pointing to Mifune, he shouted, "Again!"

The cheers from the crowd abruptly ceased.

Mifune's expression was also very solemn, because his Iaijutsu had been seen through by the opponent, who had even blocked it with that kitchen knife.

If it weren't for the last cleaver breaking under the impact...

He might suffer a great loss!

clang!

He started with an Iaijutsu again, but just as Mifune had predicted, his Iaijutsu was precisely intercepted by his opponent as soon as it was drawn.

And as a tremendous force came, his face almost turned pale.

"What a strength!"

Mifune immediately switched to wielding the sword with both hands, slashing, thrusting, and chopping!

Abel, on the other hand, always anticipated his opponent's moves and struck first despite being the one to attack.

The two fought purely with swordsmanship, and in the blink of an eye, they had exchanged more than a dozen moves.

The onlookers were so stunned by the spectacular duel that they were speechless.

As the strongest in the Land of Iron, Mifune has always been admired and respected by countless people.

Who could have imagined that such a young man could actually fight him and remain evenly matched for such a short time?!

Inside the arena, facing Mifune's incredibly solid swordsmanship and Bushido-style swordsmanship, Abel was also somewhat tempted.

Unconsciously, he used his Yaksha sword style again, and a terrible aura rushed towards Mifune.

This instantly gave Mifune the strong illusion that he was currently on the battlefield.

Mifune's expression changed once again!

He seemed to see a boy on the battlefield, ruthlessly slaughtering the enemy, searching for food on the corpses when he was hungry, and sleeping for a while under the corpses when he was tired.

Everything is for survival!

Until the very end, only this one boy remained alive on the entire battlefield.

Behind the boy wielding the long sword, however, lay a towering mountain of corpses and an endless sea of ​​blood.

"Yaksha - Earthwalker!"

Swish!

The chilling blade light sent shivers down Mifune's spine. He raised his sword to parry, but the blade light suddenly fell like a gazelle's horns, bypassing his weapon and then slashing upwards!

Shunpo!

At this critical moment, Mifune dared not be careless in the slightest. He immediately channeled all his chakra into his legs and used the explosive force to create distance behind him.

"Being able to dodge this attack means you're much stronger than those other weaklings."

Abel flicked his blade, which could be seen as a partial acknowledgment of Mifune's strength.

Mifune neither refuted nor got angry.

Because the armor in front of him had been torn in two, revealing the dark robe underneath.

If his reaction had been just a fraction slower, that stab would have been enough to disembowel him.

It was truly incomprehensible to him that his opponent, so young, possessed such terrifying swordsmanship.

Even a genius swordsman who has fought his way through the battlefield shouldn't be this outrageous.

It made him feel depressed, like he had been living in a dog's belly all these years.

At this moment, the crowd of onlookers erupted in an uproar!

Unbelievable! In the previous exchange, it was actually Lord Mifune who was at a disadvantage?!

Could it be that even Lord Mifune couldn't stop that outsider?

No, that can't be!

Lord Mifune must have been careless just now.

Besides, it was just a temporary setback; no one was injured, so it's nothing serious.

Even these people themselves didn't realize that, at some point, they had begun to fear the outsiders in front of them.

And even their belief in Lord Mifune's inevitable victory began to waver.

That was the result of a series of defeats.

Otherwise, they would have swarmed in and smashed the other party's sign long ago.

It's not that I can't, it's just that I don't dare to.

After all, the other party has always only made minor mistakes and has not harmed anyone so far.

If you really anger the other party, who would dare to put their own neck to test how sharp the other party's knife really is?

In this somewhat somber atmosphere, Mifune removed his armor, which had been slashed open, to make himself more agile.

At the same time, chakra was also added to the katana in his hand.

If you can't win by swordsmanship alone, then you'll have to defeat them with brute force.

He couldn't believe that someone so young could possess more chakra than him.

Although this was somewhat unfair, Mifune couldn't care less about that now.

His convictions, his sense of honor, and everything he possessed made it impossible for him to lose to his opponent here.

Perhaps if it were at a different time or in a different place, losing would simply be losing.

Then he can generously praise the other party's strength.

But not right now!

Because he represents not only himself, but also all the warriors of the Land of Iron.

His loss means that all the warriors of the Land of Iron have lost, and to one person no less.

This will undoubtedly deal a huge blow to the beliefs of all the people of the Land of Iron!

Mifune will absolutely not allow such a thing to happen!

"So I'm sorry, but I'll have to give it my all!"

Sword Technique: Sky-Splitting Slash!

Mifune concentrated his chakra on the blade and swung it forward with force.

Then a huge arc-shaped slash shot out.

In the original story, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Mifune used this sword technique to cut off a part of the Divine Tree, demonstrating its sharpness.

But what Mifune didn't realize was that he was only asking for trouble by doing this.

"Flying Slash? What a coincidence, I can do that too."

Abel smiled confidently and swung his katana lightly.

The next moment, an aurora sword aura several times larger than Mifune's Sky-Splitting Slash cleaved the ground and flew towards Mifune's direction.

Under Mifune's utterly shocked gaze, the Asura Aurora Slash and the Sky-Splitting Slash collided.

Then, with a click...

Mifune's Sky-Splitting Slash was completely shattered, while Abel's Asura Aurora Slash continued its relentless advance.

Although Mifune managed to dodge at the last moment using Shunpo.

However, the Asura Aurora Slash, undeterred by its momentum, flew dozens of meters away, destroying countless houses before finally disappearing.