A Year and a Half

Smack!!!

Smack!!!

Smack!!!

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Then the junior brothers began continuously whipping Li Yuan with the long whips in their hands, letting Li Yuan experience what ancient whipping punishment felt like.

"Endure it!"

The pain nearly made Li Yuan tell his junior brothers to stop, but with his powerful will, he gritted his teeth and kept circulating the first layer of the Sword God Body Tempering Technique, holding on.

"Stop!"

After half an hour of whipping, the junior brothers were all exhausted and panting. Only then did Li Yuan tell them to stop.

"Whew, it finally stopped. Senior Brother, are you okay?"

Kano asked worriedly.

"I'm fine!"

Li Yuan answered with difficulty.

At that moment, his entire body was covered in whip wounds, even his face. He looked utterly miserable.

Yet half an hour later, all those injuries had healed. If not for the shed skin and blood left on the ground, Kano would hardly have believed it was real.

"Go, bring me the barbecue."

After recovering from his injuries, Li Yuan's stomach rumbled loudly. He was starving. Fortunately, his master had plenty of supplies on Small Island and provided them to him free of charge, so he had never lacked meat.

"Senior Brother, the barbecue you wanted is here."

His third junior brother, Karu, soon arrived pushing a cart full of barbecue.

"The barbecue tastes a little bland. Add more salt next time."

Li Yuan grabbed the barbecue and stuffed it into his mouth. That entire cart of barbecue, three times larger than his body, was all eaten by him.

Kano and the other junior brothers looked at Li Yuan as though he were a monster. They had never seen anyone who could eat so much.

"In the future, I'll go out to sea and become a pirate. I'll build a pirate crew, become a famous Great Pirate, and become the World's Greatest Swordsman!"

"You are my junior brothers. If you want to sail with me, then train with me and work hard to become stronger. If you aren't strong enough by then, I won't take you out to sea."

After eating his fill, Li Yuan looked seriously at the ten junior brothers gathered around him.

He wanted to form a pirate crew, and the early members would most likely be selected from the Sword Hall. They would be his original core.

"That's great, Senior Brother! I want to go out to sea too! I want to become a Great Pirate too! I'll train hard, and when the time comes, I'll definitely sail with you, Senior Brother!"

His second junior brother, Kano, said excitedly.

"Senior Brother, I'll work hard too."

His third junior brother, Karu, was also very interested.

"Then let's work hard together!"

After eating, Li Yuan continued training. He looked at the boulder thirty meters away, walked over to it, raised it over his head with both hands, and began doing frog jumps while carrying it.

Once he had trained to his limit, he would circulate the first layer of the Sword God Body Tempering Technique to reduce his fatigue, then begin sword practice.

However, the sword in his hand was no ordinary iron sword. It was a special greatsword weighing a thousand jin.

Li Yuan held the greatsword and began practicing the basic Sword Skill, "lift." He planned to practice that single move for an entire month. After all, half a year ago, he had only practiced six basic Sword Skills.

He needed to train every basic Sword Skill until it became second nature.

A Year and a Half Later

Li Yuan's inhuman daily training continued for a full year and a half.

Counting it up, two years had already passed since Li Yuan's consciousness awakened.

In two years, his strength had undergone an earth-shaking transformation!

His Observation Haki had become even stronger, while his physique and swordsmanship had also improved rapidly. He was completely different from before!

"Over the past two years, I've become much, much stronger, but I've never truly fought an enemy. I don't have much combat experience."

Li Yuan was very satisfied with his progress over the past two years.

"Senior Brother, this is bad, this is bad! Pirates have come! Master told us to hide and not go out!"

Karu rushed over and shouted.

"Third Junior Brother, Master told us not to go out. Then what about Master himself?"

Li Yuan steadied his third junior brother, Karu, and asked.

"Master is obviously going to stop the pirates from invading our island. Don't worry, Master is very strong. Nothing will happen to him. He's stopped many pirate invasions before."

Karu said after catching his breath.

"Stay here. I'll go check on Master."

Hearing that, Li Yuan's eyes lit up. Wasn't a pirate invasion the perfect opportunity to test my strength?

As long as he did not do anything reckless or rush to the front, he should not be in danger with his Observation Haki.

"Hey, Senior Brother, wait—"

Karu wanted to say more, but Li Yuan did not listen. He immediately ran out of the Sword Hall.

Li Yuan sprinted to the edge of a house near the port on Small Island, hid to one side without showing himself, and secretly observed the pirate ship approaching the port.

"Boss, although this island is under Marine protection, it's located at the edge. The Marines can't get here so quickly. As long as we move fast, loot the place, and leave, the Marines won't be able to catch us!"

A pirate wearing a black headband and holding a blade greedily looked at Small Island ahead.

"Hahahaha, you're right. As long as we're fast enough, all the treasure will be ours."

"Men, charge! Kill them all, burn it all, take it all!"

The pirate crew's captain raised the large cleaver in his hand and shouted excitedly.

"Charge, charge, charge! The treasure is mine!"

"Kill them! All the women are mine!"

"Kill it all, burn it all, take it all, eat it all!"

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Upon hearing the captain's words, the pirates aboard the pirate ship immediately grew excited. Greedy, manic grins spread across every face as they jumped off the ship and charged toward the small island.

"Hahaha, old man, are you here to welcome us? Don't worry, we'll make sure you die peacefully. No need to thank us."

However, the moment those pirates rushed ashore, they saw an old man holding a blade standing before them.

The pirates did not hesitate at all. They raised their blades and charged forward. To them, cutting down an old man was perfectly normal.

"Aaaah!!!!"

"Aaaah!!!!"

However, the five pirates at the front who had not taken the old man seriously suddenly screamed, because all their hearts had been pierced through!

"Pirates, retreat now. Otherwise, you will all die!"

Louis said calmly.

Although Louis's expression was calm, the killing intent radiating from him made the previously excited pirates all stop.

They then looked toward their Captain. This old man was strong; if they charged him, they would only be throwing their lives away.

"I didn't expect Master to be so strong. He never sparred with me normally, so I have no idea what level his strength is at. Still, that pirate crew captain probably isn't stronger than Master."

After arriving, Li Yuan had already activated his Observation Haki to observe. He could sense that the pirate crew captain did not seem very strong.