Chapter 26: The Realm of the Great Swordsman

Location: Marine Base, New World

Time flies.

Two months passed quickly.

Since the last time the Whitebeard Pirates and the Golden Lion Pirates faced off, Varen has been guarding the Marine Base with Garp.

The days at Marine Base were naturally quite boring.

Some nautical basics were interesting at first, but Varen mastered them all quickly.

In less than a week, he learned things that no navigator could master in a lifetime.

But it also made Varen extra bored. So all he did every day was eat three meals a day and practice Reiatsu, Kidō, and swordsmanship!

Especially in terms of swordsmanship, since that fight with Rayleigh, Varen had gotten closer to the realm of a great swordsman. Although it was an improvement in swordsmanship, Varen could also feel that his strength was growing rapidly.

Sitting in the training ground.

"It's so quiet..." Sitting there, Varen seemed to be able to feel that the world today was completely different from the past.

Everything around him became quiet, as if all sounds stopped abruptly, as if he had fallen into another different world.

But then, Varen felt something different again!

It came from the outside; it was the sound of breathing!

It wasn't the breathing of a person or some kind of animal, but a wooden stake in front of him!

And this breathing sound didn't weaken but was continuously amplified, becoming clearer and clearer.

Varen stood up and stepped forward, this time not using his Zanpakutō, but a simple wooden knife.

Brush--! ! !

The crisp sound of piercing the air suddenly rang out, particularly harsh in this silent world.

Immediately afterward, a blue light flashed suddenly.

The simple wooden knife went straight from top to bottom, easily cutting the wooden pile in front of it.

The extremely flat scratches fell directly along with a thin line of the stake.

[Congratulations to Host for taking the initiative to promote to the realm of Great Swordsman! Reward Host increased to 10% template unlocking level!]

Hearing the voice in his ears, Varen could be completely sure this time that he had indeed stepped into the realm of the Great Swordsman.

But what surprised Varen even more was that after he was promoted to the strength of the great swordsman, the template system was also unlocked.

This really surprised him!

Aizen with 10% combat power—this combat power was probably quite powerful. It was no exaggeration to say that this strength already provided sufficient self-protection ability in this world.

"Although the great swordsman does not mean that he has the combat power of Admiral level, it at least matches the combat power of Foil Vista. Is this only 10% of Aizen's power?"

Thinking of this, Varen couldn't help frowning.

It was undeniable that Aizen was indeed very powerful, but the great swordsman should have reached the strongest level of combat power in the world. Only 10% of Aizen's power was too exaggerated.

[Ding! Answering Host, the unlocking level to 100% is not the stage of fusion of Aizen and Hōgyoku, but the strength of Aizen during the Millennium Blood War.]

Just when Varen was wondering, the system suddenly answered his doubts.

During the period when Aizen was sealed and imprisoned, Reiatsu was still produced continuously. By the time of the Millennium Blood War, it was clear from Urahara Kisuke's evaluation that Aizen's strength at that time had far surpassed that of Aizen who evolved from the fifth stage of Hōgyoku.

Even during the period of being sealed, Aizen's heart continuously improved his strength, and he could even smash the palace of the spirit easily!

"Didn't expect it to be the Aizen of that period in the end? This is really..." Feeling the current power in his body, Varen slowly opened his eyes and sighed involuntarily: "I can only say that it is indeed Aizen!"

It didn't need too much explanation; the name Aizen already represented everything.

With only 10% of the strength unlocked, Varen could already use all the Kidō at this time. This level was completely different from other Shinigami.

Varen could clearly feel that maybe he only needed to unlock about 20% of his strength, and he might already be able to fight Roger and others.

"Hadō no Ninety · Black Coffin!"

As Varen's voice fell, dense black glossy thin lines rose directly around an iron pile not far in front, covering the entire iron pile in the blink of an eye, and then formed a huge and incomparably black coffin that stood before him.

But Varen didn't release it with all his strength, narrowing the range of Black Coffin as much as possible.

But even so, the height of the huge Black Coffin could still be seen in the entire Marine branch.

The Marines, who were performing daily tasks or doing various things, saw the huge coffin suddenly appearing on the training ground, and each of them showed panic and puzzled expressions on their faces, staring blankly at the huge coffin.

After a pause for a few seconds, a creepy sound suddenly came out from inside the Black Coffin.

Hiss hiss! ! ! !

The terrifying cutting sound resounded continuously in the Black Coffin, as if countless thin knives were dancing inside.

"Has the kid thought about developing any strange abilities?"

Sensing the unique aura emanating from the Black Coffin, Garp glanced that way, looking at the huge Black Coffin with some curiosity.

The only person in the world who could use Reiatsu was Varen, so Garp immediately felt that it was something Varen did.

After a while, the Black Coffin suddenly burst, turning into fragments and disappearing into the air.

And the huge iron pile just now had completely disappeared.