Chapter 226: Ashura Boy Promoted to Great Swordsman

"Ocean·Water Dragon Song!"

The scarlet Seven Star Sword instantly turned into azure blue, and a blue abyss dragon flew out with the sword.

The sword intent of one side was violent and destructive, while the sword intent of the other side was like the depths of the ocean. The battle between the two great sword masters attracted the attention of countless swordsmen.

The cheers from the audience were so intense that they couldn't even catch sight of them, but they were excited by the huge aftershocks every time the two swords collided.

The surrounding walls were made of the strongest iron, materials that could absorb a lot of impact, and seastone. After they were built, Yumaz even used his fusion fruit ability to strengthen them once more.

It can be said that as long as you don't intentionally destroy it and just block the aftermath of the battle of the great swordsman, there is no problem at all.

Li Yuan was not in a hurry to defeat his opponent, but instead continuously absorbed the nourishment of his opponent's sword will to improve himself during the battle.

Jiyuan Guoyi also knew Li Yuan's thoughts, and he was doing the same thing.

It was also a great opportunity for him that Li Yuan, such a powerful swordsman, suppressed his strength and fought against him.

After all, this is a rare opportunity to observe the sword spirit of the man known as the world's greatest swordsman at such a close distance. If you can seize it, then this trip to participate in the kendo competition will be completely worth it!

"I have seen most of your sword intent. Now I will let you see the real Haiyuan sword intent!"

After fighting with Jiyuan Guoyi for an hour, he had almost figured out the opponent's sword intent.

"The abyss of the sea, the abyss of the sea is coming to the sky!"

While forcing back Jiyuan Guoyi, Li Yuan's Haiyuan sword power was once again elevated to an extreme. The Haiyuan sword power hanging high above his head was like an upside-down sea.

Jiyuan Guoyi felt as if he was carrying the entire ocean on his back, and even his legs began to bend.

"I am Jiyuan Guoyi!"

Being crushed by the pure sword power alone is not his style!

"Demon Slayer!"

Under the boundless pressure, Jiyuan Guoyi put all his strength into this knife.

Even if the enemy is invincible, he will still move forward and use all his strength to strike the most powerful blow. This is Jiyuan Guoyi's most firm belief at this moment!

The Haiyuan Sword suspended in the sky suddenly fell down. Jiyuan Guoyi below was like a brave man challenging the sky, but the sea that covered the sky and the sun easily crushed Jiyuan Guoyi's sword.

The two rushed towards each other at the same time, passing each other in an instant.

Li Yuan calmly put away his sword and turned around, and Ji Yuan Guoyi did the same, except that there was a blood-red sword mark on his neck.

"I lost. Thank you, Lord Li Yuan, for showing mercy."

Ji Yuanguo touched the blood on his neck and expressed gratitude.

If Li Yuan had not stopped, his head would have been chopped off.

"Your sword of destruction is good, but not pure enough."

Li Yuan pointed out his shortcomings with a smile, and then left the field.

Although killing is not prohibited in the sword competition, Li Yuan will not kill the opponent without reason.

"Is this the battle between great sword masters? Too strong!!"

After referee Li Yuan announced the result of the two, there was a loud cheer from the outside!

"Li Yuan, you are so amazing! You actually defeated such a great swordsman!"

After Li Yuan returned to the box, Tian Yueshi immediately trotted over with a look of admiration on his face.

"Of course. I didn't even use a third of my strength just now. I have already secured first place in this kendo competition."

Li Yuan touched Tian Yueshi's hair with some confidence.

"Yeah, I believe you. If it's you, you can definitely do it!"

Tian Yue Shi nodded with a blushing face.

In the top 64 match, Ashura Douji faced off against fellow Sword Master Kozaburo!

Both of them were at the peak of Sword Master status, only one step away from becoming a Great Sword Master.

"Your swordsmanship is the swordsmanship of the Shimotsuki family of Wano Country!"

During the fierce battle between the two, Ashura Douji recognized Kozaburo's swordsmanship.

"That was in the past. Now I have nothing to do with the Shimotsuki family. This is my own swordsmanship!"

Kosaburo was not surprised that Ashura Douji recognized his swordsmanship, because as far as he knew, Ashura Douji himself was from Wano Country.

"Hahahaha, I said the wrong thing. Then let me learn a lesson from your swordsmanship!"

The Asura aura on the Ashura boy suddenly burst out, and the blood shadow of Asura emerged behind him!

"Shura Blood Slash!"

He has learned various sword techniques from Wano Country, Li Yuan, and many schools of sword techniques on the sea. Now he wants to integrate all these sword techniques into his own Shura Sword Technique!

"Flying Dragon Slash!"

Kozaburo rushed forward with Wado Ichimonji in his hand, and was met with Ashura Douji's slashing attack!

Although the fight between the two was not as fierce as the fight between the great swordsmen, it was still very exciting.

They all threw themselves into the battle, unleashing all the sword skills they had learned throughout their lives.

A faint sense of swordsmanship lingered between the two of them, a sign that they were about to become great sword masters!

The two were evenly matched, neither was inferior to the other, so much so that in just one battle, the two of them fought for three days and three nights without a clear winner.

This situation attracted more people to pay attention to their fight. After all, except for their match, all other top 64 players had already finished their fight a day ago.

"It seems that the opportunity for Ashura Boy to break through has arrived!"

Li Yuan looked at Ashura Douji in the arena and said with satisfaction that Ashura Douji had good talent. Although his physical talent was not as good as Kozuki Yueda's, his ancient animal species, the Sarcosuchus, had made up for it.

In terms of swordsmanship, Ashura Douji is slightly inferior to Kozuki Yueda, but Li Yuan believes that if Ashura Douji maintains this firm belief, there will be no problem for him to surpass Kozuki Yueda in the original work in the future!

"Hahahaha, Kozaburo, you're a very good opponent, let's fight it out!"

Even though Ashura Boy had consumed too much physical energy, his will had reached its peak at this moment and was about to enter a new realm.

"I couldn't ask for more!"

The same thing happened to Kozaburo at this time, the sword's prototype had already appeared on the body of the Wado Ichimonji sword!

"One Sword Shura!"

The Shura blood shadow behind the Ashura boy suddenly disappeared, completely merging into the body of the Earth-Destroying Sword, and transformed into his sword intent, the Shura sword intent!

"Dawn!!"

The sword spirit burst out from Kozaburo's eyes, a brilliant sword spirit that broke through the endless darkness and allowed people to witness the glorious dawn!

At this moment, both Ashura Boy and Kozaburo broke through from the realm of sword hero to the realm of great sword hero, realized their own sword spirit, and walked a sword path that no one had ever walked before!

Shura represents endless killing and is the representative of darkness.

On the other hand, Kozaburo's sword power is like supreme brilliance and is the representative of light.

As the two great swordsmen swung their swords, half of the arena seemed to be in hell, and the other half seemed to be in heaven. This was a duel between darkness and light!

"Bang!!!"

With a shattering sound, light and darkness shattered at the same time, leaving only Ashura Boy standing and Kozaburo lying on the ground.

Even though Ashura Douji did not use the power of the Devil Fruit, his physique was much stronger than Kosaburo's. Under the same damage, Ashura Douji could withstand it, but Kosaburo could not.

"Kozaburo, you are very strong. In sword fighting, there is no clear winner between us."

Ashura Boy put away the Earth-Destroying Sword, walked forward, bent down and extended his hand to Kozaburo.

"In swordplay, we're evenly matched, but you won this match. I hope you can keep winning!"

Kozaburo took Ashura Boy's hand and stood up.

He knew that if the competition had not limited Ashura Douji's strength, he would have been defeated long ago, because Ashura Douji was the user of the Devil Fruit ability.

"Great Sword Master, they both got promoted to Great Sword Master!"

There are many sword masters present here, and what they desire most is to be promoted to Grand Sword Master. Now, two sword masters have been promoted to Grand Sword Master through a competition. This is simply what all sword masters dream of!

This actually happened right before their eyes, but unfortunately, the two protagonists were not themselves!

"Gulala, Li Yuan, congratulations! It looks like the Wuji Pirates will have another core member in the future!"

Whitebeard saw this scene and congratulated Li Yuan.

At the same time, he also unconsciously looked at the children following him. These children were too young, and their talents were not top-notch. They still had a long way to go if they wanted to reach the level of Ashura Boys.

"Hahahahaha, that's all Ashura's own hard work and talent. I just provided him with a platform."

Li Yuan smiled.

In recent years, in order to improve the overall strength of the Promise Pirates, he has made rigorous system training plans of various kinds, just like the elite training camps of the Navy, and even better than those elite training camps!

For example, gravity training, seastone training, combat training, swordsmanship training, devil fruit training, observation Haki and armed Haki Haki training, etc.

For those people that Li Yuan was optimistic about, he also provided targeted training so that they could grow better and faster.

After a day's break after the round of 64, the round of 32 began immediately.

In this round of competition, Ashura Boy unfortunately met Rayleigh and was eventually eliminated.

Li Yuan's luck was not so good this time. He did not meet a great swordsman, but met a relatively strong swordsman, and was promoted instantly.

When it came to the round of 16, John met the Red Earl and was easily eliminated by him.

Roberts, the teacher of Hawk-Eye Mihawk, met Li Yuan in the round of 16. His strength was stronger than Jiyuan Guoyi before, but he was easily lifted up by Li Yuan using the Wuji Sword Intent.

So the latest top eight are out: Li Yuan, Red Earl, Golden Lion, Roger, Rayleigh, Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, and Yuan Liusai Shigekuni!

Among the top eight, seven are famous swordsmen from the New World, and the other one is also the master of a sword gym from the New World.

Although the New World is smaller than any other sea in the four seas, it is the most chaotic, has the most fighting, and is most likely to breed strong people.

The truly strong ones all rise in fighting.

Although the swordsmanship level of those great sword masters from all over the world may be the same as these big pirates, their domineering aura is too weak, their physique is weak, and their fighting instincts are not strong, so they are easily defeated when fighting with strong masters of the same level.

This is also why the world's population is so large, the ocean is so vast, and why the truly strong are always born in the new world.

There are also strong people in the navy, but which of them did not emerge from endless battles and fights?

"Welcome the players who have entered the quarterfinals to come on stage to draw lots!"

After the beautiful host's voice sounded, Li Yuan and his eight companions came to the lottery stage.

"Hahahaha, I'm the first one to draw lots this time."

Roger was the first one to run to the front and took out an 8-ball.

"Hahahaha, Roger, I told you that you have bad luck. You always get the last number."

After mercilessly mocking Roger, the Golden Lion reached out and directly took out a number 2 ball.

"It's not that he has bad luck, it's that he has bad luck."

Li Yuan also stepped forward and drew a number 7 ball.

"Hahahaha, Li Yuan, looks like we can finally have another fight!"

Golden Lion laughed when he saw the number in Li Yuan's hand.

He had long wanted to fight Li Yuan. Although he could not use the power of the devil fruit, he still wanted to see how strong Li Yuan was.

Currently, the largest territories in the New World are held by the Sky Pirates and the Muji Pirates. If the Sky Pirates want to expand, annexing the Muji Pirates is the fastest way.

"Golden Lion, without the ability of the Floating Fruit, you are no match for me."

Li Yuan smiled.

Just kidding, he himself has no idea how strong he is now. He only knows that he is not afraid of anyone except the unfathomable king of the world, Im.

Soon, the opponents for the quarterfinals were completely determined.

Li Yuan vs. Golden Lion, Roger vs. Wang Zhi, Red Earl vs. Rayleigh, Silver Axe vs. Genryusai Shigekuni.

At this moment, swordsmen all over the world are paying attention to the match between the top eight. Those who can reach the top eight are the most powerful swordsmen in the world today, and each of them is a famous person.

"Many of those swordsmen are not pirates. Can our navy recruit them?"

General Kong of the Marine Headquarters and many other generals were watching the live broadcast.

Of course, he was not talking about the current top eight sword masters, but the sword masters and great sword masters who had entered the top 64 before.

Many of these are not pirates, but come from the four seas and the Great Passage.

"Marshal, I just checked their information. Many of them are members of the domestic alliance, and some are hiding their identities."

"It may be difficult to recruit the sword masters and great sword masters in the franchised countries. They are the pillars of the franchised countries, and the franchised countries will not let them go."

"Those who have concealed their identities may give it a try, and perhaps they will agree to join the Navy."

Lieutenant General Tsuru handed over a stack of information and said.