Killing Conqueror's Haki
"I'm Great Pirate Great Saber Cook, with a bounty of Thirty-Nine Million! Old man, get lost if you know what's good for you. I can spare your life."
Seeing that his hundred underlings had actually been frightened by an old man, Cook immediately pointed his great saber at Louis and cursed.
The New World was incomparably chaotic now. The strongest pirate among them was named Rocks, and this era was also known as the Rocks Era.
Thus, a Thirty-Nine Million bounty at this time was roughly equivalent to a hundred-million bounty forty years later!
"Master, let me deal with them."
At this point, Li Yuan no longer hid behind him. He wanted to fight, wanted to slaughter, wanted to use killing to verify the results of his efforts over the past two years.
"Alright, go."
Seeing the burning fervor in Li Yuan's eyes, Louis no longer stopped him. Li Yuan's strength had improved at an astonishing rate, and Louis had watched it all along with great satisfaction.
He also wanted to see exactly how far Li Yuan's strength had reached.
"Brat, you want to challenge me?"
"Men, kill that brat for me!"
When Great Saber Cook saw some greenhorn daring to provoke him, he furiously ordered his subordinates to handle it. A brat like this was not worth his personal intervention.
"Kill!!"
"Die, brat!"
"You dared provoke our boss? You deserve to die."
"..."
Those cowardly pirates did not dare confront the powerful Louis, but they were more than willing to deal with a brat like Li Yuan.
Over a hundred pirates charged at Li Yuan with blades in hand, creating a chaotic scene.
"Limitless Sword Drawing Technique."
Facing the hundred charging pirates, Li Yuan remained completely calm. He placed his hand on the sword hilt and stared ahead with a chilling gaze.
"Clang!!!!!"
With a clear sword cry, a dazzling white sword light erupted from the Sword Body.
"Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash!!!"
The white sword light shot forward five meters, instantly cutting across the throats of the five pirates closest to Li Yuan.
Blood spurted out at once. The five men clutched their throats in terror, but not only could they not stop the bleeding, the blood gushed even faster.
Li Yuan's sword light had killed five men in an instant, causing the pirates to feel a trace of fear.
They had never imagined that this seemingly harmless brat possessed such powerful swordsmanship. He could actually unleash sword light that only swordsmen of the Iron Cutting Realm could produce!
"Kill!!!"
Before the pirates could fully react, Li Yuan had already rushed into the crowd of more than a hundred pirates with his sword in hand.
Right now, he craved slaughter!
"Brat, die! We don't only know how to use swords!"
"Bang!!"
"Bang!!"
"Bang!!"
As more than a dozen pirates saw Li Yuan rushing toward them, they immediately drew their Flintlock Guns and opened fire.
"Bullets are useless against me."
However, Li Yuan, who possessed Observation Haki, saw through the bullets' trajectories at a glance. With a tilt of his body, he dodged most of the bullets, then traced two arcs with the sword in his hand, deflecting the rest.
"Slash, slash, slash!!!"
After evading every bullet, he used a sword step to accelerate instantly and charged into the crowd of pirates. He swung his sword methodically, swiftly harvesting their lives.
For a time, the pirates near Li Yuan fell one after another. Each died horribly, severed limbs flying everywhere, blood spilling across the ground, and screams rising without end.
"Kill!!!"
For two years, Li Yuan had continuously forced himself to grow stronger, stronger, and stronger. The pressure he had accumulated all this time was finally released perfectly at this moment.
It made him incredibly excited, and he felt utterly exhilarated.
As he slaughtered, the Iron Sword in his hand had already been dyed Blood Red.
His somewhat unsteady strength continued to solidify, while his aura grew stronger with every life that died by his hand. The intangible killing intent made the surviving pirates tremble in terror.
Though Li Yuan appeared crazed and bloodthirsty on the surface, he was actually calmly enjoying the slaughter within his heart.
Sure enough, battle is the fastest shortcut to growth.
As the killing continued, Li Yuan discovered that his understanding of swordsmanship had improved once more.
His control over his own strength had become better, and he felt that his swordsmanship had improved again!
"Damn brat!"
Cook watched as his subordinates suffered grievous casualties. In only a short while, less than half of them remained.
This was the force he had built up over two years, yet that brat had destroyed half of it in an instant!
Li Yuan did not care about Cook's thoughts. He discovered that as he continued killing, the pressure in his heart gradually faded away.
At the same time, it seemed that something within his body had finished forming and wanted to burst free.
"Come out!"
Li Yuan roared, and an enormous aura instantly erupted from his body.
Centered on him, it spread wildly in all directions like the eye of a storm. The pirates before him were cowed by this aura, instantly losing consciousness and collapsing one after another.
Even the residents of Small Island, several hundred meters away from the Port, were overwhelmed by this aura and all collapsed to the ground.
Even Great Saber Cook was forced to one knee by the aura erupting from Li Yuan.
His eyes bulged as he gripped his great saber tightly with both hands, struggling to support himself and keep from passing out.
"How is this possible? How could this brat possess Conqueror's Haki? That's the symbol of a king!"
Cook stared fixedly at Li Yuan. As a pirate of the New World, how could he fail to recognize Conqueror's Haki?
He had once felt the Conqueror's Haki of that Great Pirate from afar, that overwhelmingly powerful Conqueror's Haki.
It could disperse every dark cloud in the sky. Even though he had been more than ten kilometers away from that Great Pirate, he had still been knocked unconscious.
"So, you possess the qualifications of a king!"
Of everyone present, the only other person who had not fallen was Li Yuan's master, Louis.
Watching Li Yuan unconsciously release Conqueror's Haki, he finally understood why Li Yuan's progress had been so rapid. If he possessed the qualifications of a king, then it was nothing surprising.
After all, among kings, who was ordinary? Who was not a monster?
When all the pressure in Li Yuan's heart had completely receded and he felt more relaxed in body and mind than ever before,
the Conqueror's Haki around him rose to another level, faint red lightning mixed into the invisible aura.
At this moment, his Conqueror's Haki reached Li Yuan's current peak. Even Cook had to bite his tongue to keep himself from passing out.
"Ha ha ha ha, exhilarating! That was absolutely exhilarating!!"
After venting all the pressure accumulated in his heart, Li Yuan's Conqueror's Haki vanished as well.
"Who exactly are you?"
With the Conqueror's Haki gone, Cook finally stood up and looked at Li Yuan solemnly as he asked.
Now, he no longer dared underestimate the brat before him. The shock brought by Conqueror's Haki was simply too immense.
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