The Swordsmanship Tournament had ended, but its impact would linger for at least several more months.
This did not mark the end of the Sky Arena, either. In three days, the Sky Arena would formally resume its regular operations.
Countless competitors were already prepared, itching to get started.
Marshall D. Teach in particular had maintained an intense training regimen throughout the tournament's two-month run.
He rested for only three hours a day.
His sleepless constitution gave him ample time to train.
Even during those three hours of rest, he spent only one hour resting with his eyes closed. The other two included eating, enjoying ice baths and massages, or watching others fight.
In just two months, the young Teach had made significant gains in strength.
He planned to charge straight to the top of the Sky Arena and claim the Dark-Dark Fruit in the shortest time possible.
The end of the Swordsmanship Tournament signaled that the peace of the New World was beginning to crumble.
Everyone had expected the New World to remain peaceful for a few years after the Bloody War. After all, every faction had suffered heavy losses.
Yet no one had expected the leak about the Seastone Mine to spark a war between two of the New World's leading powers.
The World Government also had no desire to see the New World remain too peaceful. It did not want its leading powers to recover their strength.
Ideally, they would wear one another down, unable to return to their peaks.
Having faced the entire New World, the World Government had no wish to endure another such terrifying war.
The price it had paid was far too great.
Over the past few days, the Silver Axe Pirates had been advancing steadily toward the Overlord Dragon Pirates' territory.
"Overlord Dragon"