One Piece: King of the World from White Town

However, Koshiro was the first one to dodge directly and immediately launch a counterattack.

How is it done?

Did you notice it from the beginning?

Or have you seen similar moves before?

Abel quickly pulled back, confusion written all over his face.

Chapter 225: Wherever the Heart Cuts, Nothing Can Be Cut

"Vision? No... What kind of swordsmanship is this?"

Looking at Abel who was retreating quickly, Koshiro did not pursue him relentlessly, but stood there and asked curiously.

"This is the first sword technique I created, called Shadow Attack. How did you see through it?"

Abel did not launch another attack immediately, he really wanted to know the answer.

But Koshiro shook his head and said, "I couldn't see through it, but the moment you stood behind me and drew your sword, I already sensed it."

Apparently Abel didn't understand.

Koshiro didn't mind teaching the young boy a lesson, so he continued, "I have a knife-hiding style that you might be able to learn from. Watch it."

After saying that, Koshiro quickly stepped forward and pretended to chop down with his sword.

But to Abel, his hands were empty.

No! Why would I have such a thought?

Abel woke up in shock and immediately jumped back, escaping from the opponent's attack range. Then he saw clearly that Koshiro was holding the Wado Ichimonji in his hand.

"A trick? Or an illusion?"

At this time, Koshiro explained: "When you hide a knife, you are not only hiding the knife, but also the intention."

"meaning?"

Abel frowned, thinking back to what had just happened.

Why did he think the other person didn't have a knife?

It felt like an invisible force was hypnotizing me.

Is this the intention that affects my senses?

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have never understood what the so-called swordsmanship was.

This made him very irritated.

"Come again!"

Abel forced himself to suppress his irritation, and stopped testing. He immediately showed his true strength and fought with Koshiro.

He used the sword skills that Bai Yasha had learned from fighting through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the Half Moon Sword Skill that Diamante had taught him, and the three sword skills that he had created himself.

But no matter how he changed, Koshiro was able to catch it steadily and counterattack.

This is no longer a difference in strength; it is a crushing defeat in terms of swordsmanship.

It is like a small town test-taker who won the top score in the college entrance examination discussing with a real mathematician how to solve a problem. The small town test-taker is thinking about how to get the correct answer in the fastest way with the least chance of losing points, while the mathematician enjoys the whole thinking process, which then leads to more meaningful questions.

"Okay, let's stop here for today."

After forcing Abel to retreat again, Koshiro suddenly put away his sword and stood up.

Abel was ready to use [Infinite Sword Slash], but was stopped by the opponent. He hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to give up.

He came to see the other party's swordsmanship, not to make enemies.

When [Infinite Sword Slash] is used, it is a scene of determining the superiority and the inferiority, as well as life and death.

And he had to admit that his attainments in swordsmanship were indeed far inferior to the other party.

That is not a gap that can be closed by mechanically swinging the sword thousands or tens of thousands of times.

Now he just wants to know where his problem lies?

Koshiro thought for a moment and said, "You have already laid a very solid foundation, but you lack the understanding of swordsmanship."

"Swordsmanship is a profound art."

"When a swordsman has carved out his own path in swordsmanship, he can condense a vision in every move."

"The three sword moves you created have already begun to take shape."

"But it's strange that you have been able to do this, but you still seem to know nothing."

"It's as if you were born with this power, so you automatically skipped the previous exploration process."

After hearing this, Abel couldn't help but nodded in his heart. It was indeed true.

If he didn't have the golden finger, he would still be at the initial stage of swordsmanship and wouldn't even be able to release a flying slash.

However, the emergence of skills allowed him to directly write down the 'answer' that would have required many steps to solve, without having to go through the entire process.

Although this answer was undoubtedly correct, he couldn't understand other people's answers at all because he didn't know the steps and process.

This is the biggest disadvantage!

As for the so-called sword-fighting vision, he could understand it.

For example, in the original work, when Zoro used the series of moves [Ghost Energy·Nine Swords Style·Ashura], he would suddenly turn into a being with three heads and six arms. This was a kind of swordsmanship anomaly, not that he really had two more heads and four arms.

Another example is the Captain of the 5th Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, 'Flower Sword' Vista. Whenever he uses sword moves, a large number of red rose petals will always form around him.

These were of course all swordplay phenomena, not the scene where he was fighting with someone and slashing people while throwing flower petals into the air.

Therefore, this is equivalent to pointing out to Abel the direction of the next derivative sword moves of Breath of Darkness.

"I have another question. What is the highest realm of swordsmanship?"

Abel asked again, and he would decide his next choice based on the answer.

Koshiro answered with a serious expression: "There is a power in this world that can cut through steel, and there is also a sword that can cut through anything."

"And in my opinion, the highest realm of swordsmanship is: If the heart cuts, nothing can be cut. If the heart does not want, even paper cannot be cut."

The translation is:

If you want to cut something, you can cut it. If you don't want to cut it, you can't even cut paper.

"This is a bit too idealistic..."

Abel felt that this was not the answer he wanted to hear.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Koshiro smiled and said, "How about you try it yourself? Today, I can make an exception."

"Okay, what do I need to do?"

Abel agreed without any hesitation.

He also wanted to see what the other party believed to be the highest level of swordsmanship.

As for his own safety, he was not worried.

Because he couldn't think of any reason why the other party would want to kill him.

However, to be on the safe side, he still held the [Perfect Blood of the Demon Ancestor] in his hand, so that even if any accident occurred, he could save himself.

"You don't need to do anything, just feel the knife with your heart."

Swish!

Before he could finish his words, Koshiro drew his knife like lightning and slashed it straight across Abel's neck.

With a thud, his head fell to the ground.

But it wasn't Abel's head, but the head of the wooden man behind him.

Abel reached out his hand and touched his neck in doubt. Not only was there no blood mark, but not even a single hair was cut.

But just at that moment, he felt very clearly the sharp blade in the other party's hand slashing across his neck.

If it weren't for the [Perfect Blood of the Demon Ancestor] in his hand, he would have doubted whether the wound there had healed.

"If the heart cuts, nothing will be cut. If the heart does not want, even paper will not be cut."

Abel silently recited these sixteen words, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Chapter 226: The world's greatest swordsman!

"You've been in there for so long, why haven't you come out yet?"

"Why rush? The teacher is so strong, nothing will happen to him."

"I really want to go in and take a look. It's been a long time since I saw the teacher take action in person."

"Who said it wasn't? Why not secretly..."

"Ahem! If you want to die, don't drag everyone down with you."

"Oh, how boring!"

……

The disciples of Yi Xin Dao Chang were waiting outside, scratching their heads.

He wanted to go over and take a peek, but he didn't dare because of Koshiro's usual authority as a teacher.

Zoro was quite brave, but was grabbed by Kuina and could only continue training with a bitter face.

Finally, the gym door reopened.

Koshiro and Abel, who was holding Baby-5, walked out from inside. Nothing could be seen from their clothes or expressions.

After all, this is just a sword fight, so stop there.

From beginning to end, Abel did not use any talents or skills except swordsmanship, even the Shura Aurora Slash and the Infinite Sword Slash were useless.

And Koshiro did not use any killing moves, and was defending and counterattacking throughout the whole process.

So naturally, nothing can be seen.

"There are still vacant rooms in the museum."

"No need for that. I'll come back tomorrow to learn swordsmanship."

Abel shook his head, declined the other party's kindness, and left with Baby-5 in his arms.

It was not until he left that the other disciples could not help but ask, "Teacher, who won?"

"Since you asked, of course the teacher won!"

"I think so too. Didn't you hear that guy say he would come again tomorrow? It's obvious that he is unwilling to give up."

"What can I do if I'm unwilling? Even if I do it ten or a hundred times, the result won't change at all!"

Koshiro shook his head helplessly. "It's just a swordplay. There's no winner or loser. This boy has a very strong talent in swordplay. It's rare to see him like that. Don't be rude to him again."

When the disciples heard what their teacher said, they all looked at each other, nodded in agreement, but at the same time they felt that their teacher was overestimating them.

What kind of talent is considered rare in life?

It is said that the teacher has hardly left the village in his life, so how many people can he see?

At most, my talent is just a little better than theirs.

After everyone left, Kuina hesitated for a moment, but still followed her father all the way.

"What's the matter?"

After Koshiro returned to his room, he carefully wiped the Wado Ichimonji and asked gently.

"Father, is that person's talent really that high?"

"Rarely seen in the world."

Koshiro recalled the various sword skills that Abel had displayed before. It was really hard to imagine that someone could master sword skills to such a level at such a young age.