Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me

"Just in time, a foolish sea king has taken the bait. Let me show you how terrifying this sword strike is!"

Rocks drew the nameless sword from his waist and raised it high above his head.

His gaze became focused and sharp at this moment, and Armament Haki swirled around the sword's blade.

Poised and ready to act!

Extremely cut!

A single, decisive strike!

This sword strike requires a brief moment of preparation to ensure the most powerful strike is delivered!

Strength, dominance, understanding of swordsmanship, and unwavering belief are all poured into this sword strike.

What he swung was Rocks' most powerful sword strike!

"Roar!!"

Just as Rocks was gathering his strength, a sea monster resembling a sea serpent with ferocious fangs emerged from the seabed.

It opened its gaping maw and bit down at the fish bait hanging at the bow of the boat.

This bait was placed by the fisherman Rocks, specifically to catch sea monsters and sea kings.

Lox had discovered long ago that the stronger the organism, the more "energy" it contains.

The meat of marine mammals and sea monsters contains more energy than the meat of ordinary livestock.

It can better meet Lox's daily needs.

"Ji Zhan!"

Just as the sea serpent king was about to swallow the bait, Rocks made his move.

With a stomp of his foot, he turned and charged toward the sea serpent.

The sword, poised to strike, suddenly slashed down!

*Sizzle!*

The sword sliced ​​through the air and struck the sea serpent.

With a soft sound, the sea serpent, which was over ten meters long, was split in two at that moment.

"Ouch!"

The sea serpent let out a mournful roar, its body split in two, blood splattering and staining the seawater red...

Life is entering its final countdown.

After severing the sea serpent, an invisible slash shot out from the tip of the sword.

'Hiss hiss hiss...'

The sea was cleaved by this invisible strike, as if a "silk thread" stretched into the distance...

"what?"

Watching that strike that sliced ​​through the sea and left "silk threads" on its surface.

Rocks exclaimed in surprise, "Flying Slash?"

It can strike targets from a distance; this is a flying strike!

Rocks pondered to himself, "Could it be that the 'feedback' from the Void Transformation allowed me to naturally comprehend the Flying Slash?"

He has achieved a certain "balance" with the virtual existence within his body.

The increased power of the void will also be reflected back to him, thus improving his strength.

certainly.

This feedback improvement has a certain upper limit.

If there's no limit to this kind of feedback improvement, the Void will be suppressed by him forever, and he won't pose any threat whatsoever...

His sudden mastery of the Flying Slash technique is likely related to the feedback he received from the Hollow!

"Old Duke said I don't have much talent in swordsmanship? That's utter nonsense!"

Rocks then made another sarcastic remark about old Duke, saying that the old man's judgment was indeed limited.

He said it himself.

How could he be bad at swordsmanship?

Look, he's even mastered the Flying Slash now!

He has taken another step closer to becoming the world's greatest swordsman.

Rocks was delighted!

Recalling what had just happened, Kuina couldn't help but ask, "That was a flying slash! How did you do that?!"

Rocks's swordsmanship...

Let's not talk about it!

But why is it that Rocks, whose swordsmanship is so terrible, can still unleash a flying slash?

We can't just rely on brute force, can we?

Is it possible to unleash a flying slash using brute force?

"This is talent! I'm a genius when it comes to swordsmanship!"

Back on deck, Lockes naturally took it as his talent: "If you want to catch up with me, you'll need to work much harder!"

Kuina: "..."

Whether it's through brute force or not, the fact remains that Rocks can unleash a flying slash.

In terms of swordsmanship, she seems to be far behind...

"Hey, stop saying things I don't understand!"

Seeing the two chatting so enthusiastically, Nami couldn't help but interject, "What was that just now? Was it Rocks' ability?"

With a single sword stroke, the sea serpent was cleaved in two, even cutting a line through the surface of the sea...

Nami couldn't understand what was going on!

"You ask so many questions."

Rocks glanced at Nami.

However, he kindly explained, "A spear can be used for both close-range and long-range attacks, and so can swordsmanship."

"A sword is never just a weapon that can only be used at close range."

Nami was speechless: "You'd better be talking about the same kind of gun!"

"Just an example."

Rocks shrugged: "Once you've mastered swordsmanship to a certain level, you can unleash flying strikes and kill from a great distance."

Thinking of that scene, Nami swallowed hard: "There are people like that on the high seas? Aren't they more terrifying than cannonballs?"

Chapter 26 alarmed Garp!

"Cannonballs? Don't use those toys to measure the strength of a warrior. Let me put it this way: a powerful swordsman can split Cocoyasi Village in two with a single sword strike!"

"Um... well... I've been thinking, and I don't think I'm suited for going to sea. Could you take me back to Cocoyasi Village? I can repay your kindness in other ways..."

"Hehe, it's too late. Once you're on board, there's no way to get off."

"Waaaaah, I want to go home, I want to go home..."

Nami was on the verge of tears.

The dangers of the sea were far greater than she had realized.

She knew that both Kuina and Rocks aimed to become the world's greatest swordsman!

In other words...

They will have to face a terrifying "enemy" who can split Cocoyasi Village in two with a single sword strike.

The thought alone sends chills down her spine!

Nami suddenly didn't want to go to sea anymore...

"Don't even think about it. I've said it before, even if you hadn't agreed to board the ship, I would have taken you away. You'd have no choice but to be my navigator!"

Rocks bared his teeth at Nami, rejecting her idea.

Nami: "..."

Rocks sensed something with his Observation Haki and looked in one direction: "Found the location of the Baratie sea restaurant. Let's go, let's try their food..."

The boat turned around.

Head towards the location of the seaside restaurant, Baratie.

What Lox didn't know was...

His slash, which had just left the range of his Observation Haki, startled a warship sailing at sea...

……

On the sea.

A dog-headed warship is sailing at sea.

The bow position.

A burly man wearing a dog-head hat and a naval justice cloak looked at the flying slash that swept past him and couldn't help but show a surprised expression: "Oh? A flying slash?"

"There's actually a swordsman here in the East Sea?"

The naval officer in the dog-head hat laughed loudly: "Pfft, hahaha, this is really interesting. Could it be some monster returning to the East China Sea from the Great Sea Route? Or is it a monster that is extremely well hidden?"

A swordsman capable of unleashing a flying slash has emerged from the weakest sea, the East Sea.

This piqued his interest...

"Go over there and take a look. If it's a Hai Li (a type of sea creature), then we'll see!"

"Yes, Lieutenant General Garp!"

The navy on board began to move.

They changed direction and headed towards the location from which the slash had come.

Lieutenant General Garp...

Naval hero, Monkey D. Garp!

The top elite in the Navy.

One of that small group of people standing at the very top of the ocean!

Beside Garp, his adjutant Bogart calmly pondered, "A sea monster with a bounty of 50 million Berries has just appeared. He's a swordsman who can unleash flying slashes."

"Why are these kinds of incidents happening one after another in the East China Sea?"

"Oh? A new guy named Hai Ni Jun has appeared in the East Blue with a bounty of 50 million Berries."

Upon hearing Bogart's words, Karp became interested again.

He didn't know about this.

This time, I returned to the East China Sea under the pretext of a mission to visit home.

I haven't been paying much attention to what's happening in the East China Sea...

It's worth mentioning that this trip home also revealed something to Garp that made him grit his teeth.

Ace finally decided to go to sea...

"I only saw the newspaper recently and was just about to report this to you."

First mate Bogart picked up a newspaper and handed it to Garp, explaining, "Buggy the Clown, the vicious sea monster who wiped out the evil dragon and attacked the Navy's 16th branch base, has a bounty of 50 million Berries."

"Bucky the Clown?"