The Third Target for the Wagered Battle

"So that was it... he lost."

Everyone present was dumbfounded.

It was not just Zoro. Everyone who had been fired up and harbored thoughts of fighting Qin Yu felt the same way.

In their eyes, Zoro challenging Qin Yu would inevitably end in defeat.

But the defeat had come far too quickly.

So quickly that it caught them completely off guard, like a basin of cold water dumped over their heads.

Was this the gap between them?

"Tashigi, thanks for the sword!" Qin Yu handed Shigure back to Tashigi and looked at Zoro, whose face was still full of disbelief.

After this period of forceful, accelerated training under Qin Yu, Zoro had indeed become much stronger.

However, compared to the Original Work, he was still Zoro from two years ago—not the overpowered version from two years later.

"T-Teacher, why... why did I lose?" Zoro suddenly snapped out of it and urgently asked, "Why couldn't I even withstand a single move?"

The moment those words fell, everyone tensed up and fixed their eyes on Qin Yu.

Over this period, they had all witnessed Zoro's monstrous perseverance and endurance in training, as well as his improvement in strength.

For him to lose just like that was difficult for them to accept.

"I don't know much about swordsmanship, but my swordsmanship creed is speed. In all under heaven, only speed is unbreakable." Qin Yu looked at Zoro calmly. "Then what is your creed?"

My creed?

Zoro was stunned.

All this time, what he had pursued was defeating Dracule Mihawk and earning the title of the world's greatest swordsman.

He had never considered this question at all.

"Looks like you haven't even figured that out yet." Qin Yu was not surprised and continued, "Your ultimate technique may indeed possess tremendous power, but I hope