Swordmaster, One Year

Swordmaster, One Year

"Sea Slash!"

When his strength reached its peak, Li Yuan swung his sword fiercely. The slash struck the lowest point of the Sea Rhythm in a flash.

His immense power drew upon the power of the sea, unleashing a slash ten meters wide that broke free of the seawater's restraint and surged forward.

It did not stop until its power had been completely spent, fifty meters away.

"Swordmaster... Is this a Swordmaster's slash? It's more than ten, even dozens of times stronger than the sword aura I had as a swordsman!"

Having reached the Swordmaster realm, Li Yuan greatly enjoyed the power of his slashes. Bottlenecks that had once been difficult to break through could now be overcome with ease.

"Sea Slash!"

"Sea Slash!"

"Sea Slash!"

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Overwhelmed with excitement, Li Yuan wielded his longsword and madly unleashed his power within the sea.

Beneath the calm surface, Li Yuan soon churned the sea into chaos, and the rolling waves even crashed onto the shore.

"Is this Lord Li Yuan's power? So strong... I want it so badly!"

Lazuli, who had come to bring Li Yuan food, stared in fascination at the surging waves beneath the sea and the figure constantly darting through them.

One year later

Li Yuan, now two and a half meters tall with a head of Blood-Red Hair, wore five thousand jin of weights as he swam freely through the sea. Each time, he could use Soru to burst forward at incredible speed.

Anyone who saw Li Yuan at that moment would surely be astonished to discover that his pores were faintly bubbling, as though he were a Fish-Man breathing underwater.

Suddenly, a massive black crocodile nearly eighty meters long opened its blood-filled maw beneath him. Rows upon rows of sharp, serrated teeth were neatly arranged within, enough to send chills down anyone's spine.

"Crunch!!!"

The Sea King crocodile accurately locked onto Li Yuan and suddenly lunged upward, snapping at his body in an attempt to bite him in half and swallow him whole.

"You're exactly what I was looking for."

Li Yuan was not surprised by the crocodile's appearance. His Observation Haki had long since detected the crocodile lying in ambush there.

"Sea Walk!"

Li Yuan's feet struck the sea twenty times in rapid succession, explosively accelerating. In the blink of an eye, he shot out of the crocodile's gaping maw.

"Roar!!!"

The crocodile reacted quickly. Seeing Li Yuan escape its jaws, it immediately swung its ten-meter-wide claw at him.

"Sea Walk!"

However, Li Yuan accelerated once more and dodged the crocodile's swipe again. His speed was far greater than that of the Sea King crocodile.

If the crocodile could speak, it would surely have cursed and asked: Are you the Sea King, or am I?

"Sea Walk!"

The instant he evaded the crocodile's attack, Li Yuan turned and charged toward it, gripping his longsword tightly before drawing it in an instant.

"Sea Slash!"

The moment the longsword was swung, a fifty-meter-wide azure slash erupted forth. Carrying the rhythm of the sea and empowered by countless currents of seawater, it transformed into the sea's driving force, making the slash even stronger.

"Sshh!!"

The crocodile's tough hide was instantly torn apart by the slash, and even its solid flesh could not stop it.

Even the crocodile's bones were nearly cleaved in two. With a single strike, Li Yuan caused the blood of the eighty-meter Sea King crocodile to dye the sea red.

"Roar!!!"

Feeling its wounds, the crocodile let out a terrified roar. The threat of death forced it to unleash even greater strength and speed as it immediately fled toward the depths below.

It had never imagined that while simply hunting fish in its own territory, it would provoke such a terrifying human and nearly be killed in an instant. It was too terrifying!

"I finally found you. How could I possibly let you escape?"

Li Yuan seemed somewhat dissatisfied with his slash. Seeing the crocodile trying to flee, he used Sea Walk to accelerate and chase after it.

The crocodile was fast, but over the past year, Li Yuan had spent most of his time training in the sea. He had long since developed superb combat techniques for fighting in the Great Sea.

The speed of this Sea Walk technique was comparable to his speed on land, ensuring that the sea did not suppress his movement.

"Splash!!!"

Seeing Li Yuan catch up, the crocodile swung its tail toward him.

"Sea Abyss: Sea Slash!"

After using the momentum to dodge the crocodile's tail, Li Yuan swung his sword again. A fifty-meter azure slash shot forth with a thunderous roar. It was more solid than the previous slash and far more terrifying in power.

The massive slash carried the sea's undulations. Even with the sea obstructing it, it remained extremely fast. The crocodile had no time to dodge and could only let the slash strike its body.

"Sshh, sshh!!"

The slash struck the exact spot of the first strike. The crocodile bone, which had already been half severed, was instantly cut through, and its enormous body was split in two.

"Roar!!!"

The crocodile howled in agony. Though a Sea King possessed powerful vitality, it could not survive with its body severed in half.

"Huff!!!"

"The power of my slashes is still somewhat lacking. Mainly, they aren't sharp enough. Otherwise, the first strike would have severed it."

Li Yuan dragged the two halves of the crocodile's body with both hands and swiftly swam toward the shore.

"Over this past year, my strength has increased greatly. I've become highly proficient in Life Return, and I've mastered the Marine Six Styles."

"The Sword God Body Tempering Technique has reached the peak of the third layer, my swordsmanship has reached the Swordmaster stage, and my former lack of speed has been compensated for by learning the Marine Six Styles."

Li Yuan was very satisfied with his current strength. Although he had almost no combat experience, he was already content to have reached this level.

Once he learned Armament Haki in the future, and by then entered the period when his body truly began to develop, his strength would advance by leaps and bounds in a short time.

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, this is bad, this is bad! A very powerful Marine has come to cause trouble for Master!"

Just as Li Yuan stepped ashore, Karu rushed over and shouted anxiously.