Chapter 137: Two Mythical Zoans

"Very well, those willing to surrender, come out now. Those unwilling, remain in your cells."

"In a day's time, someone will come to ask again, and you'll have another chance to choose!"

Seeing so many samurai willing to surrender, Li Yuan was pleased.

"Since you are willing to follow me, I won't treat you poorly."

"You must be hungry. Come, I'll take you to eat!"

With that, Li Yuan led the newly surrendered samurai to a meal, a feast he had already prepared.

He repeated this process, visiting Prison 2 and Prison 3.

By the end of the day, he had visited all the prisons, gathering over six thousand samurai willing to surrender.

The next day, Li Yuan made another round, and about two thousand more samurai decided to surrender.

The remaining seven thousand samurai who refused to surrender were assigned to the mines to extract seastone.

Seastone mining wasn't for everyone; the tough material required the strength of a samurai to extract.

With eight thousand samurai surrendered, plus the original thousand, Li Yuan now had over nine thousand samurai, which delighted him.

Of course, among these samurai, some harbored malice towards him, and he noted them.

In future wars, these hostile samurai would be sent to the front lines, placed in dangerous positions.

With the samurai subdued, the next steps were straightforward.

For governance, Li Yuan had Lazuli send administrative talents, leaving these details to others.

"Captain, these are the fruits you instructed me to find, with strange patterns."

"Several of these were offerings to Shimotsuki Ryuma, and two were found elsewhere."

Two days later, Ashura Doji brought five Devil Fruits.

Li Yuan knew Wano held many rare Devil Fruits, so after securing Kurazukuri, he tasked Ashura Doji with finding them.

Though none were found in Kurazukuri, after defeating the daimyos and searching other regions, they located some.

"Ashura Doji, do you want to eat a Devil Fruit?"

Li Yuan asked.

During this time, he had educated Ashura Doji on what Devil Fruits were, along with their uses and drawbacks.

"Captain, I feel my strength is still rapidly increasing, so I don't want to eat a Devil Fruit just yet."

"Perhaps if my strength plateaus in the future, I'll consider eating one suitable for me."

As a native of Wano, Ashura Doji was wary of eating Devil Fruits, seen as witchcraft.

However, in his pursuit of power, if a Devil Fruit could significantly boost his strength, he wouldn't mind eating one.

"Understood, I'll find a suitable Devil Fruit for you."

"If you decide to eat one, let me know, and I'll provide a powerful Devil Fruit."

Li Yuan nodded.

Ashura Doji was currently his strongest subordinate.

He wouldn't hesitate to give Ashura Doji a powerful Devil Fruit.

Ashura Doji had great potential, even without a Devil Fruit, he was a contender for greatness.

"Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Great Mouth God Form!"

"Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Giant Monk Form!"

"Paramecia, Roll-Roll Fruit!"

"Paramecia, Cloth-Cloth Fruit!"

"Paramecia, Pen-Pen Fruit!"

"Two Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits, all here!!"

Holding the five Devil Fruits, Li Yuan's heart raced.

Two Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits! Even after raiding the Valley of the Gods, he had only acquired one Mythical Zoan.

Now, having taken Wano, he had two Mythical Zoans—quite fortunate.

"I wonder if the Mythical Zoan Yamata no Orochi Fruit has been eaten by Kurozumi Orochi."

Wano had another Mythical Zoan yet unfound, the Yamata no Orochi Fruit, which in the original story was eaten by Kurozumi Orochi, wasting its potential.

"Li Yuan, a Wano ship has been spotted heading beyond our waters, currently at Moss Island."

At that moment, Shakky's voice came from the mirror.

"Shakky, I need to reach Moss Island through the Wano mirror. Guide me."

Li Yuan said, touching a large mirror in the room, entering its internal world.

Shakky used her fruit ability to guide Li Yuan remotely to the Moss Island mirror.

Navigating the mirror world without guidance was challenging, unless each mirror was labeled with its location, which Shakky wouldn't do.

Labeling would allow enemies to find specific locations easily, a disadvantage for Shakky.

"Shogun, has Wano truly lost?"

Mountain Dog Chizan Ki asked, sitting on the ship.

Though a swordsman, he wasn't strong, so he was tasked with escorting Kozuki Sukiyaki and Wano's hope out of the country.

"Yes, Oden said they couldn't defeat Li Yuan no matter what."

Kozuki Sukiyaki replied helplessly.

Li Yuan was overwhelmingly powerful. Even with all of Wano's might, they had no chance. Otherwise, why would a shogun abandon his country?

"But if you knew the outcome, why fight?"

Mountain Dog Chizan Ki couldn't understand; if they couldn't win, why fight?

Why not escape Wano, wait for strength, and then reclaim the country?

With Oden's potential, he might surpass Li Yuan one day, offering hope for reclamation.

"It's the way of Wano's samurai; they fight to the death, never retreat."

Kozuki Sukiyaki said with a sigh.

He wasn't as pure a samurai as the daimyos or Oden, but he understood the samurai code didn't allow retreat against invaders.

"Hopefully, we'll return one day."

Mountain Dog Chizan Ki sighed.

"You won't return, for you won't escape."

Li Yuan, using Moonwalk, appeared above their ship.

"Impossible! We've sailed far from Wano. How can Li Yuan pursue us?"

Kozuki Sukiyaki exclaimed in shock, recognizing the image ingrained in his mind.

"Shogun, go! I'll hold him off!"

Mountain Dog Chizan Ki jumped off the ship to buy time for Kozuki Sukiyaki's escape.

"Be careful, Mountain Dog!"

"Let's go!"

Sukiyaki ordered the crew to sail away.

"Run? I won't let you escape!"

"Bloodlust: Three Abyssal Swords!"

Descending, Li Yuan swung the Seven Star Sword.

Nine seven-hundred-meter-long blood-green slashes plummeted.

"One-Sword Style: Flying Waterfall!"

Mountain Dog Chizan Ki poured his strength into his blade.

When the slash arrived, he cut upward.

But he couldn't block even the first, let alone three more from different directions!

Blasted by the first slash, the other three approached, and he could only use Ryuo to shield himself.

"Hiss hiss hiss!!"

However, his Ryuo was easily shattered by Li Yuan's slashes, which swiftly ended his life.

"Impossible, such slashes!!!"

Chizan Ki thought he could block Li Yuan, buying time for Sukiyaki's escape.

But he couldn't withstand even one strike.

He died, filled with regret.

Four slashes killed Chizan Ki; the remaining five obliterated everyone on deck, including Sukiyaki.

"Couldn't escape in the end?"

Thus, the shogun of Wano died silently on the ship.

"Even fleeing, they took many treasures."

"But they're mine, and I won't let you take them."

"Wano's destruction means the end of the Kozuki clan."

Aboard the ship, Li Yuan saw the treasures and killed the remaining crew, then called others to clean up.

With Wano's last threat gone, Li Yuan could take over in peace.

Back in Wano, Li Yuan first visited his study, where he stored all the swordsmanship and Ryuo knowledge collected.

Knowledge is power; while Li Yuan didn't fully agree, he acknowledged its truth.

Often, knowledge could indeed be converted into personal strength.

Though he'd received many swordsmanship and Haki manuals from Rocks, they still fell short of Wano's centuries-old Ryuo teachings.

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