Chapter 65: The Swordsmanship of One Piece

Though Rayleigh had by no means educated as a Jedi, he had educated as a Hunter beneath Kite. On account of this, he supposed to point out Wild King a really completely different model of fight.

With half a dozen sense-enhancing results synchronized beneath the synergy of the Hatsu Babylon, Rayleigh may observe extra particulars about every creature than most would ever discover, and utilizing the teachings he realized as a Hunter, he may use these observations to his benefit.

Of the dozen tentacles surrounding him, 4 had been from the identical cephalopod, making that one his first goal. The jagged spikes lined up and down the tentacles had hooks on the finish and the association of muscle tissue confirmed that this was a species that hunted by way of the usage of entanglement and constriction, which defined why these tentacles moved the quickest. A few of them appeared youthful with fewer scars than others, that means that some had been newly grown, implying a robust regenerative issue and the likelihood that the creature was prepared to sacrifice tentacles in fight to restrain its prey. Chopping off the tentacles of such a creature wouldn’t power it again, as a substitute, Rayleigh would have to be extra artistic.

Babylon had the impact of incorporating the ability of the Drive into Rayleigh’s aura, which meant he may apply Drive abilities utilizing his aura. With this in thoughts, Rayleigh utilized the Darkish Facet ability: Inflict Ache, to his Nensaber and slashed out repeatedly. The sting of his blade contained circulating bands of remodeled sword aura that he may launch at will to create flying slashes. This string of assaults launched strains of sword aura that had been solely the dimensions of hairs and never robust sufficient to chop by way of the tentacles. As an alternative of a single highly effective slash to chop it by way of, Rayleigh’s swing launched dozens of hair-thin aura blades that focused essentially the most delicate areas on the tentacles.

A low-pitched verberation hummed by way of the night time that Rayleigh acknowledged as a scream of ache. The octopus-like sea king felt that it had acquired a mortal wound and needed to flee as quick as potential to flee. The short retraction of its assaults confirmed to Rayleigh that Wild King’s management over these creatures was not absolute.

The remaining number of tentacles had been unaffected and tried to seize, bash, or smash Rayleigh, however his Hatsu Overdrive allowed him to maneuver and use Moon Stroll at speeds that made the hazards round him as harmful as still-standing bushes.

Rayleigh’s subsequent goal was a pair of tentacles with a pink hue, violent rings on the floor, and spikes that seemed designed for piercing. This one was venomous. Rayleigh dodged, ducked, dipped, dived and dodged the varied assaults whereas stabbing particular sections of the tentacles, puncturing the venom sacks which blended the Sea King’s blood with its personal venom. This is able to not kill it, however the Sea King knew that its battle was over because it needed to heal or it will grow to be the weakened prey of one other.

A couple of extra assaults triggered the remaining tentacles to retract, however they had been merely the primary wave. Bus-sized crabs, train-sized bugs, the cousin of the Lochness Monster, building-sized frogs, and numerous different unknown creatures had reached the turtle’s shell and commenced ascending from all instructions to assault Rayleigh.

Surprisingly, the one ones that Rayleigh certified as a menace had been the frogs, however solely barely. The pace they might shoot out their tongue was in some way sooner than a bullet, however Rayleigh’s Clairvoyance paid particular consideration to them to see the assault coming with the help of Battle Precognition and Rayleigh simply had to make use of some Telekinesis to alter the tongue’s trajectory to a different creature to take them out.

The remainder had been virtually immobile as Rayleigh recognized weak factors utilizing Shatterpoint and used a mix of Drive Abilities reminiscent of Inflict Ache, Worry, Electrical Judgement, Drain, and Darkish Switch to incite the creature’s retreat.

The creatures that had been weak to poison fled as soon as Drive Drain was used on them since that made them suppose that they had been poisoned. The Sea Kings with arduous shells fled when Darkish Switch was used on a Shatterpoint to crack their shells. These with lengthy our bodies ran when strains of sword aura infused with Electrical Judgement shocked them. And the quite a few cannon fodder fled after being reduce with a line of remodeled sword aura containing the impact of Drive: Worry or Inflict Ache. The most effective half about such combos was that the impact would stay till the wound recovered, so they might not cease working for some time.

As Rayleigh fought like a madman, a number of Wills had been reserved to investigate the battle and make notes for potential upgrades to Overdrive. His first Hatsu labored off creating pre-set strikes and having his physique carry out these actions mechanically as quick as potential with out requiring a psychological enter. He was not really pondering at tremendous pace or something. He was simply utilizing his senses mixed with Battle Precognition to foretell which strikes to make use of upfront. However Overdrive advanced consistently by refining and including new Movement Units. Like including new buttons and new combos to a personality in Road Fighter. Proper now, Rayleigh was confirming the effectiveness of his numerous transfer units, those that wanted work, and potential strikes he may make sooner or later.

Rayleigh was so engrossed within the battle that not a single considered one of his Wills observed the manic grin he sported as he threw himself from one creature to a different in what appeared to be an limitless wave.

Wild King observed it although, and his personal expression was getting worse. He had little alternative however to wager all the things on the third wave. At his command, the turtle began diving once more. As soon as the shell was beneath the water, the remaining sea kings would assault.

Sadly for Wild King, the third wave wouldn’t assist.

The fleeing sea kings delayed the newer ones which prevented Rayleigh from getting attacked by greater than ten or so at a time and together with his pace, he may deal with twenty of those sluggish shifting targets with out concern. The enormous sea centipede was the final one on the shell and it was being very cussed, so Rayleigh reduce half-way by way of its physique, whereas sending Telepathy utilizing the Drive to basically say, “Do you actually need to die?” The centipede acquired the message and earlier than the Turtle’s shell was even half-way into the water, Wild King was the one opponent left.

Rayleigh was not loopy on preventing the remaining 200 fish-style sea kings on their residence turf and had no intention to attend for Wild King to maneuver to grow to be a 3rd Stage Boss. Rayleigh already patted himself on the again for being good sufficient to let Wild King ship the primary two waves, however Rayleigh had sufficient enjoyable and now he needed to digest his features.

Wild King appeared to sense Rayleigh’s intention and the water round him surged into cords of spikes to defend himself, however a couple of makes use of of Rayleigh’s telekinesis smashed every right into a wave of mist and Rayleigh’s Nensaber was on Wild King’s neck within the subsequent prompt.

Rayleigh calmly acknowledged, “I believe its time to debate that favor you owe me.”

Wild King sneered, “You are bluffing. You have not killed a single sea king. You will not kill me.”

Rayleigh rose his Nensaber into the air and channeled hours value of Ren into the deal with inflicting it to hum with energy. This was adopted by a downward swing.

Wild King remained immobile, however his sneer became shock. The swing was not geared toward him, however his connection to the turtle was gone. A line appeared on the shell that break up open and a wave of blood gushed out. The island-sized turtle was lifeless, reduce in half.

Rayleigh smiled and mentioned, “Did you suppose a debt to me was so easy? I will take again what I’m owed a technique or one other. I most likely will not kill you, however if you happen to do not pay again my favor, then I will take you to the Marines and so they’ll pay me in your behalf.”

Wild King was nonetheless reeling from the demise of the turtle. The mix of his Conquer and Command Hatsu had a loophole that allow him use large sea kings with weak assault just like the turtle to command weaker sea kings with robust assault. Discovering such a sea king was not simple since he couldn’t breathe underwater.

It was solely when Rayleigh’s Nensaber was raised to Wild King’s throat once more that he realized what Rayleigh mentioned and requested, “Effective, what would you like?”

Rayleigh answered. “Do not assault the Marines for a 12 months.”

“After which my debt will probably be clear?”

Rayleigh nodded, “Sure, the debt for my classes on Nen and the Drive will probably be cleared for this.”

Wild King shouted, “Effective! A 12 months!” He then turned to stroll down the sinking turtle shell and to cover his face in order that Rayleigh wouldn’t see his concern. Wild King jumped into the water and referred to as one of many different Sea Kings he conquered. It was a large swordfish with an enormous sail that he preferred to be seen driving as a result of he thought it was cool. It was loads smaller than the turtle although and he couldn’t use Command by way of it to order any decently sized sea kings.VIsit n0(v)eLb(i)n.com for the very best novel studying expertise

Rayleigh did his finest to cease himself from laughing earlier than Wild King was out of ear shot. Sure, Wild King’s debt of the Nen and Drive classes was paid, however after their battle, Rayleigh had spared WIld King’s life, which was a far higher debt. If Wild King had simply accepted Rayleigh’s phrases in the beginning, this may not have occurred, however since he rejected Rayleigh’s kindness, the debt would solely enhance.

Rayleigh’s negotiation abilities had been one thing even the Jedi would concern.

The remaining sea kings had been being commanded by way of the usage of the turtle that was ten occasions bigger than they had been. With its demise, they had been not being commanded by Wild King and its bloody corpse ensured that the Sea Kings would have no real interest in Gilliad Island.

Rayleigh began dashing by way of the water again to the island. From begin to end, the battle had been lower than ten minutes, although Rayleigh had used over a thousand motion units utilizing Overdrive. Even taking Tavern Missions under consideration, this may need been Rayleigh’s longest battle to this point. Even when he had sufficient Aura to make use of at that degree of depth for an hour, his physique was going to really feel sore. Fortunately he had loads of means to make sure that he recovered stronger than earlier than, so it was not a problem. He was nonetheless younger in spite of everything.

Rayleigh’s sprint again to the island was fairly noticeable as every step made a large splash of water that mirrored the sunshine of the floating bonfires alongside the way in which. The Marines had been ready for ten minutes for the ocean kings to reach, however they by no means did, inflicting a couple of with telescopes to take a look at what was occurring. A couple of with higher eyesight noticed the ocean turtle beneath the moonlight, however it was a lot additional out than the furthest bonfire, so the main points of the battle couldn’t be discerned. What they did see although, was the sunshine of Rayleigh’s sword that sliced the turtle in half and so they may barely make out the type of the sinking turtle and the ocean kings consuming it.

Dauntless’s voice then sounded, “Hey! Why are you continue to right here?! Should you aren’t off this island in 5 seconds, I’ll have you ever imprisoned for trespassing!”

Rayleigh shrugged and replied, “Alright. I will depart with the reporters. They’re leaving quickly, proper? I will simply head over to their ship.”

Dauntless shouted again, “No! These reporters are right here for the Marines! Not you! You’d higher not say a single phrase to them!”

Rayleigh’s Nensaber had not been disabled. He checked out it and mentioned, “How a couple of wager then? Let’s have a pleasant spar as properly. The primary to disarm or draw blood from the opposite wins. Should you win, I will not say something to any reporters about what occurred final night time. If I win, you will not cease them from giving me an interview in the event that they need to.”

Dauntless needed to cease himself from reflexively calling his males to arrest Rayleigh on the spot. They knew he save a lot of their lives and contemplating how briskly Rayleigh was, they might not catch as much as him if he determined to run. He additionally had no precise grounds to cease Rayleigh from giving an interview. Even when he ordered him off the island, the reporters may simply method him on the ship or on one other island. Rayleigh’s proposal nonetheless was an ideal approach out.

In contrast to T-Bone who had the power of a Commodore and refused a promotion, Dauntless was a Rear-Admiral, the rank above Commodore. He’d gotten demoted as a consequence of killing a couple of Marines who acquired in his approach and getting caught, however he felt that he was a lot stronger than Captain T-Bone. The one purpose he had not grow to be a Vice-Admiral was that his proficiency in Haki was not excessive sufficient.

“Effective! I will present you what an actual Marine is you insignificant little brat!”

One other circle of Marines fashioned round them and Dauntless drew his sword. With out ready for an indication or giving a warning, he instantly swung his sword whereas he appeared to shake the deal with. He shouted, “Thousand Cuts!” as the person’s sword intent crammed the blade, shot off, after which scattered into a whole lot of skinny, confetti-sized fragments. With out even ready for Rayleigh’s response, he swung his sword twice extra utilizing the identical ability.

These fragments of sword intent wouldn’t be deadly even when left unchecked, however every would trigger a deep reduce and draw blood. Should you did not defend correctly, your physique would grow to be a bloody mess and also you’d shortly die of blood loss.

The rationale Dauntless slashed his sword thrice was that he knew the battle would finish as soon as Rayleigh’s blood was drawn. He was invincible in such a match so he needed to launch as many assaults as potential earlier than the primary reached Rayleigh and ended the match. It will be positive if he stopped swinging as soon as the primary blood was drawn. It was not his fault that the brat in entrance of him died or was minced to items from the remaining assaults.

Rayleigh hadn’t moved. There wasn’t a degree in swinging his sword a thousand occasions to deflect all of the assaults. This wasn’t Ichigo vs Byakuya’s Senbonzakura Kageyoshi. Rayleigh wasn’t that quick but, however towards an opponent on this degree, he did not have to be.

The a whole lot of sword intent fragments struck Rayleigh head-on, inflicting tiny bursts of sunshine on every collision. Too dangerous none of them made it by way of Rayleigh’s Ren. As an Enhancer, Rayleigh may simply improve the defensive facet of his Ren to the purpose he was bullet-proof towards excessive powered rifles. These sword intent fragments had much less energy than a bullet and towards his Ren, the amount didn’t make up for the dearth in high quality.

If any of the Marines or reporters current had been proficient in Commentary Haki, their expanded consciousness would grant them the flexibility to see the aura round Rayleigh’s physique. However since that was not the case, they solely noticed the sparks of lights that bounced off Rayleigh’s physique with out inflicting him a single scratch.

Dauntless had frozen in shock. When he first noticed that Rayleigh had not moved to defend himself, he was full of eagerness on the scene of Rayleigh’s mutilated face and bloody physique. He already had plans to delay medical consideration and guarantee he bled to demise.

With the identical candence as a sure Man Fawkes mask-wearing vigilante, Rayleigh met Dauntless’s gaze and mentioned, “My flip.”

Rayleigh appeared to fade from the place he stood and when he reappeared, he was in entrance of Dauntless together with his nensaber already swung. A line of blood appeared on Dauntless’s brow.

A small use of the Drive additionally ensured that a couple of Cameras had been pointed in the proper route and Rayleigh even telekinetically pressed the button on the proper time to take the very best photograph. He wasn’t going to depart it to likelihood this time.

Dauntless was nonetheless surprised on the motion and solely realized what occurred when blood began dripping into his eyes. Considering that the highest of his head should’ve been reduce off, Dauntless promptly fainted by way of the sound of extra digital camera shutters and photos being taken.

A Marine ran over to examine the fallen man and confirmed that the pinnacle wound was barely a scratch. As soon as it healed, it will not even be noticeable among the many many scars the Captain already possessed.

Rayleigh disabled his Nensaber and mentioned, “I assume I win. However because the Captain did say he needed me off the island, I will head over to that ship now. If any reporters need to converse to me, they will do it then.”

The reporter who had been in the midst of Dauntless’s interview earlier than Rayleigh’s sparring match began nodded fiercely. He did not care about Dauntless within the slightest.

“WAIT!”

Surprisingly, Captain T-Bone stopped him. This time when he spoke, he didn’t elevate his voice, however that made the raspy approach he spoke much more eerie. “I didn’t know you had been proficient in Haki. There isn’t a level in exchanging abilities with somebody beneath the extent of a Vice-Admiral.”

T-Bone was a kind-hearted man, however he wasn’t silly. Though he misunderstood Rayleigh’s Ren as Armament Haki, he knew that if Rayleigh did an interview now, it will make Captain Dauntless and the Marines look dangerous. T-Bone couldn’t let that occur.

Rayleigh turned again and requested, “Have you learnt of any Vice-Admirals who could be prepared to spar with me?”

T-Bone shook his head, “Vice-Admirals are too busy for such issues, however I do have a suggestion. You provided a wager to Captain Dauntless, so how about this as a wager to you. I will organize for a Vice-Admiral to spar with you utilizing a sword. Should you lose, you will be part of the Marines.”

Rayleigh thought of it earlier than including, “I will agree provided that the one who beats me lets me be his apprentice.”

If there was a Marine who may actually finest him in sword abilities, he would settle for studying beneath her or him till he surpassed that individual. After that, he’d give up and discover Mihawk. It will be a small, however useful detour if the Marines had anybody of noteworthy abilities.

T-Bone nodded and went again to shouting, “THEN LET ME BE THE FIRST TO WELCOME YOU IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE!”

The reporters had been furiously writing all the things down so it appeared that this match would assist elevate his title even additional. It additionally appeared that T-Bone assumed that Rayleigh would positively lose. He did appear to suggest that Vice-Admirals may use Haki, so maybe that was the explanation. Nonetheless, it was one thing to stay up for.

Whereas he was at it, he would possibly as properly take a look at the Pirate World Chat and see the fallout of his battle with Wild King.

*Creator’s Notice*

This chapter was just about an introduction to Rayleigh’s progress in sword abilities. Lots of people complained that it was pointless to make him a Jedi as a result of he does not even use the Drive, however that is the place the Drive is available in. I already wrote a base that permits his Aura and Drive to combine and match which led to the flexibility to make use of Drive abilities by way of his sword aura, together with abilities like Electrical Judgement. I additionally included the traits and insights of a Professional Hunter to point out how one would battle in that scenario.

Be sincere, which is cooler? Sending lightning out of your fingertips, or swinging bolts of lighting out of your blade?

For individuals who forgot, I’m powered by stones and opinions. I acquired 6 new opinions and 330 stones in a day and a half, so I used to be in a position to manifest this chapter.