Chapter 72 The Clash of Dragon Claws and Sharp Blades
A warship descended from the sky, and Vice Admiral Monkey D. Dragon.
Everything that happened before his eyes made Yuichiro Tsugakuko feel a little unreal.
It's outrageous. It's really outrageous.
Long, who was standing at the bow, greeted the crew and said something to them. Then his figure flashed and disappeared from the bow. The next second, Long appeared in front of Yuichiro Tsuchikuni, looking down at Yuichiro Tsuchikuni from above.
Long is 256cm tall and looks like a little giant standing in front of Yuichiro Tsugikuni.
In the world of One Piece, a height of 250cm is as common as 185cm in the past. Several admirals in the future Navy are nearly three meters tall. This suggests that Dragon's failure to reach admiral status in the Navy is partly due to Garp's influence, but more importantly, his height is insufficient.
"I've always heard the old man mention you, but today is the first time I've seen you in person."
"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Monkey D. Dragon, son of Vice Admiral Garp. Hello, Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters, Yoriichi Tsugikuni."
As he spoke, Long bent down slightly and extended his hand towards Tsugikuni Yoriichi. He was polite and courteous, completely different from Garp. If Yoriichi hadn't seen the other's chaotic behavior just now, he would have really doubted whether Long was Garp's biological son just by looking at his current appearance.
"Hello, I'm Yuichi Tsugikoku, nice to meet you, Mr. Long."
Tsugikuni Yuichiro did not call the other party by his military rank, thinking that this method would bring them closer together.
Sure enough, when he heard Tsugikoku Yoshiichi address him as "Mr.", Long immediately waved his hand, as if he was somewhat disgusted by such an "official" title, and said with a smile:
"Don't call me sir or something like that. It's really too formal."
"We're all marines, just call me by my name."
When it comes to Yuichiro Tsugakuni, Long did not act like a "lieutenant general" or "elder". On the one hand, he himself was not a person who liked to put on airs. On the other hand, Long recognized Yuichiro Tsugakuni's potential and believed that one day Yuichiro Tsugakuni would be able to stand on equal footing with him.
He had heard his father, Vice Admiral Garp, talk about Tsugikuni Yoriichi more than once. That lawless naval hero saw Tsugikuni Yoriichi as the future of the navy.
Long himself, however, had never received such an evaluation from his father. Long would never doubt his father's vision. Maybe Garp would do things a little recklessly, but Garp's vision was always good.
"Okay, dragon first."
When Long heard that Yuichiro Tsugakuin changed the way he addressed him, he nodded slightly and smiled.
"Yuichi, I'll call you that from now on. You're the disciple of Chief Instructor Zefa, so we're not strangers."
"I think you know why I came to Boeing Islands this time."
"Borsalino, go back and tell the Admiral, Chief Instructor Zefa, and the old man about your situation."
"Your opponent in future trials will be me."
"If you're okay with that, shall we start now? I'm quite curious about your strength."
After Long Zai and Yuan Yi had a brief acquaintance, he didn't say any more nonsense. He was a man of decisive and resolute character, which was inherited from his father.
"Okay, let's get started. I've been troubled by the lack of opponents lately."
"You've come just in time. Please help me see what level my current abilities are at in the ocean."
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi spoke very modestly, and while speaking, he slowly drew out the long sword from his waist. Long watched the red-haired boy in front of him draw out the long sword, and his eyes lingered on Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's "Dawn" for a few seconds. There was a hint of surprise in his expression, and he couldn't help but ask curiously:
"I haven't heard the old man say you have such a weapon before."
"This weapon is the Supreme Blade?!"
Compared to Aokiji and Kizaru, Long seems to know more about swords. The moment he saw Tsugakuni Yoriichi's weapon, he roughly judged the quality of Tsugakuni Yoriichi's weapon.
Although Long had never seen the weapon in Ji Guoyuan's hand.
"The quality of the Supreme Blade? I'm not entirely sure about that. Dawn has been by my side ever since I can remember."
Yunyi's words were a bit ambiguous. He himself didn't know where this weapon came from. He didn't know whether he brought it with him when he traveled through time or whether it had always been with his "original body".
When Long heard Yunyi's explanation, he subconsciously thought that Jigoku Yunyi's weapon was a family heirloom. He had learned a little about Jigoku Yunyi's background before coming here and knew that this was a possibility.
After listening to Yunyi's explanation, Long did not continue to ask, but just nodded, looked at Yunyi's weapon for a few more times, and then did not see Long holding any weapon, but directly waved at Yunyi and said:
"Let's get started."
Seeing that Long was full of confidence, Yunyi nodded, and without saying anything, he stood in place and swung his sword directly at Long.
The moment Tsugakuen swung his sword, his Armament Haki transformed into an invisible blade of air, rapidly shooting towards Long's direction. Less than four meters separated the two, and with a terrifying slash, in the blink of an eye, he reached Long's face.
"Flying Slash?"
Long's observation Haki caught the rapidly approaching Haki slash, and he nodded slightly and murmured.
In the world of One Piece, the level classification of swordsmen is very general, and can be simply divided into two levels: swordsman and swordsman.
As for the "great swordsman" that One Piece fans pass on by word of mouth, his essence is still a swordsman, which is equivalent to the difference between a "rich man" and a "monopoly man".
We are all swordsmen. If you want to add the word "big" in front of your name, you have to be much stronger than other swordsmen. But even so, you are still a swordsman in essence, and there is not much difference in realm.
The difference between an ordinary swordsman and a swordsman lies in the two aspects of cutting iron and flying slashing.
However, this so-called "differentiation standard" is too superficial, because there is a huge gap between swordsmen who have reached the realm of "cutting iron" and "flying slashing".
To say how big the gap is between a swordsman is, it is equivalent to the difference between a human and a dog. They cannot be exactly the same, they can only be said to be two different concepts.
As for what kind of swordsman deserves the word "Da" before his name, he must be able to use his domineering aura to create his own "Black Blade".
Sometimes Yunyi was actually thinking in his heart, the reason why Garp was so strong was because he used his Haki to render his fist into a "black fist"
While he was thinking, the slash was already approaching Long, and Long did not make any evasive movement. Facing the flying slash launched by Tsugikuni Yoshiichi, Long just raised his right hand, with his five fingers forming a claw, and actually blocked Yoshiichi's slash with his hand.
“Boom!!!!”
A muffled sound suddenly echoed through the air, and a terrifying shockwave erupted from the dragon's body, radiating outward in all directions. Simultaneously, the ground beneath the dragon's feet, having taken the blow head-on, cracked like a spiderweb.
"What a powerful slash! This level of mid-air slash is the strongest in the navy!"
Long raised his eyebrows slightly, secretly praising him. He was a vice admiral at headquarters, very familiar with the navy's strong men. As far as he knew, no one in the entire navy could reach the level of kendo that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had.
However, just as Long was about to look up at Tsugakuin Yoshiichi and ask him to continue attacking, Long suddenly discovered that Tsugakuin Yoshiichi had disappeared. The next second, Long's eyes widened slightly, and his right hand, which had just blocked Yoshiichi's attack, went directly towards his neck.
"clang!!!!"
A golden sound rang out, and a black blade appeared silently at the side of the dragon's neck, but was directly blocked by the dragon's domineering right claw.
"Um?!"
"Were we discovered?!"
"The state of no self doesn't have the effect of seeing and hearing and killing?!"
When Yunyi saw that his slash was blocked, he frowned slightly, quickly put away his sword, jumped back to create some distance, and looked at Long with confusion in his eyes.
At this time, Long also frowned, not quite understanding how Tsugikoku Yoshiichi could appear silently behind him and attack his neck.
Yes, his observation Haki did not notice Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
The reason why he was able to realize Yoriichi's attack was mainly because of his devil fruit ability.
The inconspicuous breeze caused by Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's attack was noticed by the dragon!
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