In the world of One Piece, on the edge of a small island called Feiqing Island, within the Navy's protective zone, stood Li Yuan, a thirteen-year-old towering at 1.8 meters with long, blood-red hair and a look of confusion in his eyes.
"Smack!!!!"
He slapped a stone beside him.
"Hiss, that hurts!"
Li Yuan exclaimed incredulously, clutching his sore hand as he carefully sorted through the memories in his mind.
His name was Li Yuan, once a youth on Earth who had no worries about food and clothing, obsessed with swordsmanship to the point of forsaking sleep and meals. He often sought ancient sword techniques left behind in famous mountains and rivers. During one such trip to Mount Hua, he stumbled upon some ancient sword manuals. Captivated by his find, he read them dozens of times but, engrossed in the books and walking at the same time, he accidentally fell from the railing at the edge of Mount Hua, ending his life.
Unexpectedly, he was transmigrated into the world of One Piece, inhabiting the body of a soon-to-be-born infant. However, since an infant couldn't bear his memories and soul, his soul and memories fell into slumber. Only recently did he awaken when he sensed that his body could finally accommodate his soul.
Although he transmigrated, this body was his, and his name was still Li Yuan, with the addition of the surname Andre.
"This world is actually the world of One Piece, and it's currently the year 1478 of the Sea Calendar!"
"In my previous life, I pursued ancient swordsmanship, dreaming of traveling the world with a sword and overlooking the scenery from above, but I never fulfilled that wish."
"In this life, in the world of One Piece where strength allows one to do as they please, I will wield my sword and carve out a path to become the king of the world!"
Li Yuan was exuberant with excitement, thrilled by the prospects of such a world.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!!"
However, before he could come back to his senses from his reverie, there was a violent knocking on the door—more like banging rather than knocking.
"Mm? Hostility!!!"
Li Yuan glanced toward the door, instinctively sensing that the three individuals outside held deep hostility toward him.
"Crash!!!!"
Before Li Yuan could investigate further, the door was completely smashed open.
"Hehe, Li Yuan, don't think hiding at home will save you. Blame your impressive swordsmanship talent for being chosen as a personal disciple by the old man at the Infinite Sword Pavilion."
Three burly men, each standing 2.5 meters tall and wielding knives, walked in from the entrance. The leader, Kohl, had a sinister smile as he looked at Li Yuan.
"So that's it."
Hearing their words, he finally understood.
Li Yuan's parents had died in the island's chaos, leaving him with a profound lack of security. He took all his family's savings and went to the Infinite Sword Pavilion on the island to learn swordsmanship. His extraordinary talent in swordsmanship allowed him to become a swordsman from scratch in just a month. Just yesterday, he gained the master's recognition and became the sole personal disciple.
This displeased those from the rival Sharp Sword Pavilion, who did not want such a talented swordsmanship prodigy to grow. Thus, they came to Li Yuan's home this morning, intending to kill him.
Looking at the three towering figures in front of him, Li Yuan instinctively picked up the iron sword beside him.
"Since I've come to this world of the survival of the fittest, killing is inevitable."
With the iron sword in hand, he felt secure and extremely confident.
His legend would start with these three nameless individuals!
"If you want to kill me, then pay with your lives!"
Li Yuan's eyes blazed as he looked at the three men, ready to test if the powers he had just awakened were genuine.
"Boss, since he wants to die, let me kill him. I've never killed a swordsmanship prodigy before," said Jill, one of Kohl's underlings, excitedly.
"In that case, I'll leave it to you," Kohl said indifferently. To them, how strong could a thirteen-year-old like Li Yuan be? Certainly not stronger than those who had trained in swordsmanship for five years.
"Kid, today I'll show you that a dead prodigy is nothing!"
Jill rushed forward, swinging his sword at Li Yuan's head. At such speed, it was impossible for a thirteen-year-old to dodge.
"Left!"
Yet, in Li Yuan's perspective, Jill's speed seemed to slow down by twenty times. He could clearly see the trajectory of Jill's descending sword.
Li Yuan slightly shifted his body, avoiding Jill's strike.
"Slash!!!"
Simultaneously, he gripped the sword hilt with his right hand, drawing the sword skillfully, and using basic sword techniques he had practiced before, he slashed Jill's throat.
"Next time, don't talk so much before killing. Villains always die from talking too much."
Li Yuan flicked the hilt, shaking off the blood from the sword blade onto the ground. He didn't look at the dying Jill but fixed his fiery gaze on the two remaining men.
Now he was certain that he had just awakened the Observation Haki. Though newly awakened, due to his strong soul, he could sense the enemy's intentions and predict their attack trajectories.
"You, I, how could..."
Jill couldn't comprehend how his slash missed, and how he couldn't even block a single strike from his opponent and ended up losing his life!
"Killing for the first time doesn't seem to be that uncomfortable."
Despite it being his first kill, he didn't feel nauseous or repulsed. Instead, it felt quite normal. It's like paying for a meal at a restaurant; if someone tries to kill me, I'll kill them—completely normal.
"Kid, we're not like that fool Jill, who was careless enough to be killed by you. Huanyu, go, kill him!"
Kohl spat, instructing another underling beside him.
"Clang!!!"
Unlike Jill, Huanyu didn't waste words. Hearing Kohl's command, he quickly lunged forward, sword aimed at Li Yuan's throat in a horizontal slash.
However, even though Huanyu's speed was twice as fast as Jill's, Li Yuan saw through it effortlessly.
"Slash!!!"
Li Yuan ducked, dodging Huanyu's strike, and before Huanyu could recover, he used a sword step from his past life, burst into speed, and with a horizontal slash, cut through Huanyu's throat, claiming another life.
But just as Li Yuan finished off Huanyu, Kohl, who was lurking behind him, made his move. Or rather, he intended to use Huanyu as bait, luring Li Yuan to attack, then take the opportunity to kill him.
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