"Having too many people is not good, but if we fight again next time, I won't choose to fight one against many; I still prefer one-on-one!"
Li Yuan couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Ivanov, who was now completely bewildered. Although Garp and another had run away, at least there was still one who couldn't escape, right? "Thunder Strike!"
Seeing himself left here to face the terrifying Li Yuan alone, Ivanov had no intention of fighting. In an instant, as lightning coursed through his muscles, he spread his wings and desperately dove downward.
"Shift Position!"
However, what Ivanov didn't know was that Li Yuan's vampire bats had already hidden around, and one bat was right in the path of Ivanov's dive.
"Not this move again!"
Seeing Li Yuan appear below him, Ivanov's heart tightened, and he immediately wanted to change direction to escape.
But at that moment, he saw Li Yuan was about to draw his sword, and he quickly abandoned the idea of running.
He knew very well that once Li Yuan's sword was drawn, there was no chance of missing; he couldn't dodge it. It was better to steel himself for a fight; at least he wouldn't be caught completely off guard.
"Three Elements Unite: Overbearing Entanglement: Overbearing Nation!"
A massive vortex of air swirled upward beneath Li Yuan's feet, continuously compressing the airflow onto the Seven Star Sword.
As the Seven Star Sword was swung upward, the violent airflow, guided by the combination of overbearing aura and sword intent, transformed into a colossal shockwave that surged upward.
The speed was as fast as lightning, instantly carrying the overwhelming might toward Ivanov.
"Divine Eagle Cannon!"
Ivanov transformed into the fully beastly form of the Thunder God Eagle, his body wrapped in dazzling lightning. The lightning gathered at the eagle's head as he flapped his wings and dove down, turning himself into a thunderous cannonball! "Boom!!!"
He initially thought that Garp could withstand Li Yuan's sword, and that he could also withstand it, then use the power of Li Yuan's strike to rebound and escape into the sky.
But reality dealt him a harsh lesson.
The lightning power he had gathered at the front was instantly obliterated by the shockwave of Overbearing Nation.
The shockwave, which combined all of Li Yuan's strength, was terrifyingly powerful, shattering the lightning that had wrapped around him like armor.
His feathers, which were as hard as steel, were pierced as if they were mere iron sheets in front of this shockwave. His muscles and bones were crushed, and his wings were completely broken.
The entire body of the divine eagle was forced to revert from its fully beastly form to a Human-Beast Form, plummeting like a kite with a severed string.
"Shift Position!"
Li Yuan would not let this opportunity slip by. With another shift, he directly appeared above Ivanov.
"If I can kill you in two moves, you'll have the right to brag in the underworld!"
"Three Elements Unite: Overbearing Entanglement: God-Slaying Slash!"
All of his strength once again converged on the sword, and the sword technique capable of slaying even gods was incredibly simple. It perfectly fused Li Yuan's Conqueror's Haki, Armament Haki, sword intent, blood power, and other forces that could enhance the sword strike, and then he simply swung the sword at the fastest speed! "How could I possibly die? I haven't lived enough yet; I absolutely will not die!!"
"Thunder Armored Gauntlet!!"
Ivanov roared in anger, gathering all his lightning power into his hands to form a massive, tangible thunder gauntlet. His Armament Haki surged forth, merging into the thunder gauntlet, turning the originally purple lightning into a dark purple. With Armament Haki covering his entire body, he maximized his defensive power.
Only after stacking all his defenses together did Ivanov feel a slight sense of security.
However, when the Seven Star Sword swung toward his arms, he was completely stunned.
He actually saw the Seven Star Sword, hailed as the strongest sword in the world, shatter against his thunder gauntlet!
This nearly made his eyes pop out, and his mind was racing, trying to comprehend how his thunder gauntlet had become so strong. But before he could figure it out, he was horrified to discover that the shattered Seven Star Sword had transformed into a pool of blood.
Immediately after, Li Yuan's body swiftly passed by him, and the Seven Star Sword hilt also swept past his thunder gauntlet.
Most importantly, the Seven Star Sword hilt, which had been shattered by his thunder gauntlet, was now gushing forth a large amount of blood.
Bathed in this blood, the already shattered Seven Star Sword miraculously regrew.
At this moment, even Ivanov, no matter how foolish, understood what was happening.
But it was too late for him to dodge this sword; his body couldn't react in time.
His once-proud thunder gauntlet had been evaded in this manner, and the Seven Star Sword hilt appeared behind the thunder gauntlet, directly slashing toward his neck.
He had never seen the Seven Star Sword break itself and then autonomously restore.
And this was also the last time he would see it, as the restored Seven Star Sword mercilessly severed his neck.
"Thud!!!"
As Li Yuan stood quietly behind Ivanov, blood gushed from Ivanov's neck, all flowing into the Seven Star Sword. Ivanov's body turned into a dry corpse, just like Aima Jiang, and fell from the sky.
"To die under the first blood transformation ability of the Seven Star Sword, you can consider it a worthy death. When you go down, you'll have something to brag about to those I killed before!"
Li Yuan turned to look at the falling corpse and couldn't help but smile.
The Seven Star Sword had consumed a special Paramecia-type Blood-Blood Fruit, allowing it to elementalize like a Logia-type user.
Aside from lacking the properties of natural elements and being unable to affect reality on a large scale, the Blood-Blood Fruit was essentially no different from a Logia-type Devil Fruit.
Previously, the Seven Star Sword had transformed into blood to break and then quickly restored to avoid Ivanov's thunder gauntlet defense, directly slashing toward his neck.
This method was generally only effective the first time it was used; if others became aware of it, they would be prepared, making it difficult to work again.
This technique wasn't particularly sophisticated; many Logia-type users simply hadn't thought of it. If they could think of it and practiced for a few more months, they could use it in battle.
Fortunately, this time only Ivanov knew, and he was already dead. Perhaps there would be unexpected gains next time.
After all, who would have thought that Li Yuan's Seven Star Sword was a sword that had consumed a Devil Fruit? "I feel like the Devil Fruit is about to awaken, and the Sword God Body Tempering Art is almost done refining my organs. The next great battle should be the real decisive battle!"
Li Yuan was now terrifyingly strong. Even someone as powerful as Garp, at his limit, would be defeated by Li Yuan's sword. If the battle continued, even Garp might not last a few minutes in front of Li Yuan.
With his current strength, aside from the unknown strength of Imu, he was completely invincible. Even if Garp and Sengoku teamed up against him, they would only have the path of defeat ahead!
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