Chapter 23: Fight!!

Location: Random Island in the New World

"Is that so? If that's the case, then I don't have to show mercy!" Rayleigh smiled lightly and swung the sharp sword in his hand again.

Although the strength was much less than before, the speed was extremely fast, and the moves were lethal.

But Varen was not an easy opponent. Although the slashing techniques in the Shinigami world were not studied as extensively as in the Pirate world, Aizen had hundreds of years of combat experience, so it was naturally not easy for Rayleigh's dazzling attacks to break through Varen's defence.

"Heh! Your combat experience is quite rich. It's hard to imagine that you are a young man in his twenties." Rayleigh was also a little surprised to see his tricks being resolved one by one by Varen.

Swordsmanship is something that allows people to understand and see through each other easily. He could feel that although Varen was far behind him in terms of skills and swordsmanship, he had exceptionally rich combat experience. Whatever Rayleigh was thinking, Varen could read directly and respond correctly.

But at this time, Varen didn't have time to think about Rayleigh's teasing words, but was constantly absorbing the skills in Rayleigh's swordsmanship.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!

The blades collided, and Rayleigh gave Varen the feeling of a mountain, steadily pressing towards him. The sword in his hand couldn't break through this high mountain no matter what, and he didn't even have the chance to counterattack.

Facing a master stronger than himself, he had no reservations.

But at the same time, Varen could feel that his understanding of swordsmanship was becoming more profound, and even the posture of waving Zanpakutō in his hand began to change subconsciously.

Becoming more powerful, more dexterous, more changeable, and better able to grasp the enemy's flaws.

"This..."

Roger also noticed this change very quickly, but it was precisely because of this change that he felt such shock!

Could it be that in such a short period of time, he has already begun to understand my swordsmanship? And the level of comprehension is quite high!

"No wonder he is so powerful at such a young age, this guy is a real genius!"

Rayleigh couldn't help thinking about it.

In just such a short time of fighting, Varen had improved his swordplay from Rayleigh's swordplay and had slowly developed his own style.

Moreover, the handling of many details and the understanding of swordsmanship had greatly improved.

It's not that Rayleigh hadn't seen a genius before. There were too many people who could be called geniuses in this sea, but this was the first time he had seen a person who had reached this level of genius.

Not only Rayleigh discovered this problem, but Roger, who is also a great swordsman, naturally found the gap.

"Amazing talent in swordsmanship. With this talent alone, he might have the ability to become the world's number one swordsman or even the world's strongest swordsman in the future!"

Seeing the speed at which Varen improved in this battle, even Roger had to admit that Varen's talent for swordsmanship was above his own. And the gap was quite huge.

Bang!

The collision between the two sounded again.

Huh...huh...

Heavy gasps sounded, and Varen's brows and eyes revealed a look of exhaustion.

Facing an opponent stronger than himself, it was indeed quite exhausting to resist. If it was a pure soul body, it would be fine, but now his physical strength was not enough for him to overdraw so quickly to deal with the enemy.

"It seems that there is still a big gap!" Seeing Rayleigh easily resisting him, Varen's eyes were fixed!

Immediately afterwards, the terrifying Reiatsu all wrapped around the Zanpakutō in his hand.

Through the battle just now, he could roughly feel the gap between his own sword skills and the sword skills he got from Aizen.

"Try this!"

Zanpakutō was lifted high, then fell with a crash, a slash like a crushed umbrella pierced the air and hit Rayleigh.

The blue Reiatsu was fierce and intimidating, as if it could tear people's souls apart.

"What a terrifying breath!" Feeling the breath that seemed to be able to tear apart the soul, Rayleigh also concentrated his attention and became serious.

His intuition told him that if he took this move head-on, even if he used Armament Haki to block the sword energy, he would probably be killed on the spot.

The fear that comes from the soul will never lie!

No way, Rayleigh dodged and sidestepped, avoiding the sword.

Boom!

The berserk sword energy directly swept across the sea behind, but it didn't stir up even the slightest wave.

But the next second, the scene in front of Rayleigh made him sweat.

Under the sea, dozens of Sea Kings were powerlessly floating up, completely losing their vitality.

However, there was not even a single scar on the bodies of those Sea Kings.

"Sure enough, my subconscious perception just now was not wrong. If I directly resisted, then I would be..."

Seeing this scene, Rayleigh was also a little startled.

If he hadn't sensed the danger just now and chosen to dodge instead of resisting the slash with his Armament Haki, he might be the same as these Sea Kings.

"It's not an ordinary slash, but a slash of the soul?" Although he was a little surprised, Rayleigh still felt the essence of this slash.

On the surface, it looked no different from an ordinary slash, but in fact, it was a blow aimed directly at the soul.

If the soul is not strong enough, no matter how terrible Haki is, it will be directly torn by this slash.

And at that level of soul slashing, probably no one in this world can withstand it!

"Mr. Rayleigh, thank you for your advice." At this time, Varen also took back the Zanpakutō in his hand.

Through the swordsmanship duel with Rayleigh, his swordsmanship growth could be said to be a qualitative leap.