One Piece:Becoming the King of the World from the Rocks Era

"Former Navy Admiral and great swordsman Jikai, is this truly the extent of your strength? How disappointing!"

Li Yuan taunted as he continued to attack with his sword.

After a full day of fighting, although Li Yuan had learned a great deal from Jikai, he still couldn't defeat him. They were evenly matched, yet he sensed that Jikai was holding back something.

He couldn't understand why Jikai would withhold his true power against a pirate like him. Shouldn't he unleash his full strength to eliminate him before he had the chance to grow stronger?

"Hmph!"

No matter how much Li Yuan provoked him, Jikai maintained his current fighting style, unaffected by the taunts.

"Hahaha, die!"

After a day of battle, the navy vice admirals who had been barely holding off Wang Zhi and the others began to weaken. After Wang Zhi severely injured one vice admiral, the remaining two struggled to contend with him.

With no one left to restrain Wang Zhi, the navy was thrown into turmoil.

Wang Zhi then shifted his focus to the vice admirals surrounding John and the others, teaming up with them to defeat their opponents.

"Hahaha, it looks like your navy is about to lose!"

"If this is all the strength you have, then prepare to be defeated!"

"Life Return: Limb Enhancement!"

Sensing the changes on the battlefield, Li Yuan decisively used Life Return to enhance his limbs.

As his physical strength increased, the difficulty of enhancing his limbs with Life Return also grew. Now, he could only strengthen them by forty percent, down from fifty.

"Slash!"

At that moment, as his limbs were enhanced, Li Yuan's speed skyrocketed. He used Shave to flash behind Jikai and swung his sword at the back of his head.

"Clang!"

At the critical moment, Jikai turned and managed to block Li Yuan's sword, but the sheer force of the attack sent him flying over a hundred meters.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Li Yuan's assaults became faster and stronger. Where Jikai had once been able to match Li Yuan evenly, he was now struggling just to defend himself. His navy uniform was shredded, and new wounds continued to appear on his body.

"Kid, let me show you the true power of a great swordsman!"

Suddenly, Jikai's sword intent surged dramatically, nearly becoming tangible as it gathered on his blade.

He unleashed a single slash, perfectly combining Armament Haki with sword intent, compressing and solidifying the attack's power to make it even more formidable!

The massive three-hundred-meter slash seemed to lock onto Li Yuan, making it impossible for him to escape.

"Interesting, using sword intent to lock onto the enemy, creating a mental lock that convinces them they can't evade?"

As Li Yuan observed the colossal slash approaching, he excitedly analyzed it as a form of sword intent application.

Although he hadn't yet comprehended sword intent, his innate mental strength allowed him to grasp the principle behind this technique easily.

"Understanding is one thing, but with so little time and facing this attack for the first time, I can't dodge; I'll have to take it head-on!"

"Infinite: Crescent Ascension!"

Li Yuan raised his sword, Zhanfeng, as a powerful crescent moon of sword energy formed above his head.

As he swung Zhanfeng down, all the sword energy merged into a single three-hundred-meter-long crescent slash.

Crescent Ascension was an evolved version of the Crescent Slash, its overwhelming power capable of cleaving through the very moon itself.

"Boom!"

The two equally massive slashes collided in the air, and the surrounding earth was torn apart by the shockwaves of countless sword energies.

The intense aftermath spread over a kilometer, flattening stones and lowering the ground by several centimeters.

"Crack!"

Ultimately, Jikai's slash shattered Crescent Ascension, but by the time it reached Li Yuan, its power had diminished to nearly nothing, allowing him to block it entirely.

"So this is the true strength of a great swordsman? It's nothing special!"

Li Yuan grinned, advancing on Jikai to continue their battle.

In response to Li Yuan's words, Jikai could only silently think of him as a monster. Although his physical condition had deteriorated significantly, his swordsmanship had not declined much. That one strike could have easily killed a vice admiral, yet Li Yuan had blocked it without injury.

Although Li Yuan's swordsmanship wasn't as profound, he seamlessly integrated Haki into his strikes and temporarily boosted his physical strength, compensating for his shortcomings.

As time passed, the navy was pushed back to the shore, resorting to their battleships' cannons to make up for their disadvantage.

"Yohahaha, die!"

With Wang Zhi's assistance, John successfully dealt with the three vice admirals attacking him, and the two quickly moved to support Silver Axe.

"Retreat!"

Seeing their imminent defeat, Brack hurriedly issued a retreat order.

"Boom!"

However, Brack's oversight allowed Rocks to seize the opportunity, delivering a powerful punch that left Brack spitting blood.

Seeing this, Kong and Army General Sora Dool quickly intervened to prevent Rocks from pursuing Brack further.

"Retreat, quickly retreat!"

"Kill them, kill the navy!"

"Board the ships, quickly board the ships!"

As the navy admiral ordered a retreat, the navy scrambled to withdraw while the pirates seized the opportunity to inflict further damage.

"Great swordsman, you've exposed a weakness!"

As the navy admiral ordered the retreat, Jikai revealed a gap that Li Yuan quickly exploited.

"Infinite: Crescent Ascension!"

The moon descended, merging with Zhanfeng, unleashing a crescent-shaped silver light that slashed across Jikai's chest.

The extreme sharpness tore through Jikai's Armament Haki defense, and the force hurled him onto a battleship.

"Cough, cough!"

Jikai managed to stabilize himself with Moonwalk before crashing through the ship, narrowly avoiding further damage.

However, he could only support himself with one hand on his sword while clutching his chest where his ribs had been severed.

"Hmm?"

Seeing the defeated Jikai, Li Yuan frowned but chose not to pursue.

He was perplexed, sensing that Jikai still possessed greater strength that he hadn't utilized.

Moreover, his last strike shouldn't have inflicted such severe damage on Jikai.

Li Yuan wasn't overestimating himself; he knew they were evenly matched. He hadn't anticipated such an unexpected outcome.

"Now, even Brack can't stop me from retiring, right?"

Despite his grimace of pain, Jikai felt a sense of elation inside. With his severe injuries, he doubted Brack could force him back into combat.

Even if Brack didn't care about appearances, the navy surely would.

He had already honored Brack by returning to fight against the pirates.

Now, with his injuries, he was ready to retire, unconcerned about anything else. Otherwise, he risked dying on the battlefield next time.

"Wahahaha, the Rocks Pirates have won!"

Watching the defeated navy retreat, Rocks declared victory loudly.

"Hahaha, the Rocks Pirates are invincible!"

"The Rocks Pirates are invincible!"

As the Rocks Pirates triumphed over the navy, the surviving pirates raised their weapons and cheered loudly, celebrating their victory!

"So, how is it?"

Li Yuan, not one to cheer, approached his subordinates to inquire about their situation.

"Boss, ten are dead, and the others are injured."

"Senior Brother, all the juniors are alive, but many are seriously injured."

Kano and Mari responded.

Li Yuan's crew was divided into two groups: his juniors and those recruited from the Rocks Pirates, each led by Kano and Mari respectively.

"Once we return to the ship, have Lazi treat the wounded."

Li Yuan nodded, somewhat surprised. He had expected some of his juniors to be casualties, but they all survived.

"Brothers, board the ship, set sail, return to Beehive Island!"

After the cheers, Rocks ordered the return voyage. Their mission had been a perfect success.

They plundered the wealth of many kingdoms and defeated the navy, raising the Rocks Pirates' prestige even higher.

Following this great battle, many kingdoms in the New World would likely submit to the Rocks Pirates, fulfilling Rocks' goals.

If any kingdoms still resisted, Rocks would not hesitate to raid them again, as he had a keen interest in their treasures.

He aimed to be the absolute ruler of the New World, and those kingdoms would submit, one way or another!

"Boss, boss, this is big news, unprecedented big news!"

At the World Economic News agency, the nearly ten-year-old Morgans excitedly burst into the president's office, holding photographs.

"Morgans, stop making a fuss. This isn't big news; it's a death sentence."

Current World Economic News President Mensa sighed, covering his forehead.

These photos were sent by the Rocks Pirates in bulk, depicting their plundering of numerous kingdoms and their defeat of the navy.

Previously, the World Government had explicitly warned him not to publish any news on these events, which left him in a difficult position, caught between the World Government and the Rocks Pirates.

Though the Rocks Pirates couldn't match the World Government, the journalist in him felt the thrill of pushing boundaries.

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