"Swish, swish, swish!!!"
Facing the siege of the three, Li Yuan remained utterly calm, casually slashing with the Seven Star Sword to unleash three blood-red strikes, each a hundred meters long and exquisitely refined.
Wherever the strikes passed, the space tore apart; both Garp's Galaxy Impact and the falling attacks from Ivanov and Aymar Jiang were directly obliterated by these three strikes! "Whoosh!!!!!!!"
In the moment Li Yuan looked up, he transformed into a blood shadow and shot into the sky! At the same time, over a hundred blood-colored bats flew out from his body, scattering in all directions across the sky, not approaching Li Yuan nor getting close to Ivanov and Aymar Jiang.
"His strength has increased so much again!"
Garp was extremely serious; he had already reached his peak and had no room for improvement, but Li Yuan still had vast potential for growth. At least that last sword strike was far more powerful than before! Seeing Li Yuan disappear, Garp instinctively wanted to destroy the Hades Pluto ship, but upon noticing Hermes guarding it, he immediately dismissed that thought. Hermes, like Barrett, was a vice-captain of the Infinite Pirates and would undoubtedly be strong enough to protect the Hades Pluto ship!
"Damn it, I can't let Li Yuan face those two alone!"
The original plan was for Garp to team up with the two top-tier fighters sent by the World Government to besiege Li Yuan. Even if they couldn't defeat him, they at least needed to hold him back, preventing him from having the chance to kill other top-tier fighters.
Without hesitation, Garp immediately activated Moon Walk and flew into the sky, chasing after Li Yuan!
"Thunderclaw!"
The fully beast-formed Thunder Eagle Ivanov dove down, channeling all his power into his eagle claws, the violent lightning illuminating the entire sky in purple.
At the same time, Aymar Jiang was poised to strike, compressing the power of the Smash Fruit into his fist, causing cracks to appear in the surrounding space.
As Li Yuan, transformed into a blood light, charged towards Ivanov's claws, he suddenly made a sharp turn and shot towards Aymar Jiang instead.
"Life Restoration: Limb Normal Enhancement!!"
Li Yuan had never liked to prolong battles; he unleashed his peak power right from the start. After enhancing his limbs, his overall strength saw a significant boost! As Aymar Jiang noticed Li Yuan charging at him, he immediately prepared to unleash his fist towards Li Yuan.
"Three Elements Unity: Binding Technique: Blood Moon Ascension!"
A torrent of blood erupted, dyeing the surrounding sky crimson.
In the instant Li Yuan swung his sword, a massive explosion of blood-red lightning erupted, the destructive force capable of tearing apart space was instantly shattered!
The power of the Seven Star Sword struck solidly against Aymar Jiang's fist, which was covered in Armament Haki, the immense force even causing Aymar Jiang's entire arm to suffer severe damage, and he was cleaved from the sky by Li Yuan's sword!
"Divine Eagle Feather Slash!!!"
Seeing Li Yuan abandon him to attack Aymar Jiang, Ivanov spun in anger, his wings charged with lightning, slicing towards Li Yuan like a blade.
However, Li Yuan ignored him completely, using his extreme flying speed to evade Ivanov's attack once more, then flapping his wings, he rapidly dove to catch up with the falling Ivanov.
Compared to Ivanov, a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit user, Aymar Jiang, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user, was much easier to kill.
After all, Paramecia-type Devil Fruit users were generally more fragile than Mythical Zoan users, right?
Of course, one would choose the softest target first; when it came to killing, one would naturally go for the easier prey! "Bone Fist: Star Shatter!"
Just as Li Yuan was about to catch up, Garp charged up from below, blocking Li Yuan's path, his fist crackling with red lightning aimed directly at Li Yuan!
"Garp, get out of my way!"
Seeing Garp blocking his path, Li Yuan's expression turned cold, and he swung the Seven Star Sword down.
It was merely a normal strike infused with Haki and sword intent, without any buildup.
Yet, Garp's Conqueror's Haki attached to his fist was directly severed by Li Yuan, even breaking the rules of Conqueror's Haki Infusion against non-contact!
The Seven Star Sword struck Garp's fist, and in that instant, Garp felt his iron fist, honed over many years, once again shattered by the Seven Star Sword! A force so overwhelming that Garp found it hard to resist sent him plummeting from the sky, just like Aymar Jiang before him!
"Thunderous Might!"
Just after sending Garp flying, Ivanov controlled hundreds of bolts of lightning to rain down, launching a comprehensive assault on Li Yuan.
Ivanov's thought was simple: since his own speed was slow and couldn't hit Li Yuan, he would use a blanket of lightning strikes. He didn't believe Li Yuan's speed could surpass that of lightning!
"Slash!"
In the moment the lightning fell, Li Yuan raised his hand and slashed out a blood-red strike over a hundred meters long.
Wherever the strike passed, nothing could withstand it; even the hundreds of bolts of lightning falling were instantly cleaved in half, not a single spark landing on Li Yuan.
That blood-red strike cleaved through the lightning and shot straight towards Ivanov.
Ivanov's gaze sharpened; as the blood-red strike approached, his lightning-covered claws reached out to grasp the strike.
But what he didn't expect was that his lightning power was shattered in an instant, and even his hardest claws, covered in Armament Haki, were injured by this strike! Even though he managed to crush the strike, a blood mark was left on his claw.
"Scruffy Bird!"
Li Yuan snorted coldly, and in an instant, he soared high into the sky, appearing above Ivanov in the blink of an eye.
On top of Ivanov's massive eagle body, Li Yuan seemed small, but upon sensing Li Yuan above him, Ivanov trembled.
"Three Elements Unity: Binding Technique: Blood Moon Ascension!"
In the moment Li Yuan swung his sword down, a full moon filled with blood-red lightning descended rapidly, carrying an unmatched sharpness aimed directly at Ivanov's head.
"Thunder Flash!"
Sensing the intense threat approaching, Ivanov flapped his wings faster, using the power of lightning to accelerate and evade the deadly threat of the Blood Moon strike.
"Rend!!"
But in the next moment, his massive eagle body was forcibly torn open by the strike, leaving a huge wound across his back, and like Garp and Aymar Jiang before him, he plummeted from the sky.
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