"Crash!!!"
Li Yuan knew the Seven Star Sword was sealed beneath the stone coffin, so he lifted the lid with force, finally revealing the sword inside.
"Seven Star Sword, I've finally found you!"
Inside the stone coffin, the Seven Star Sword looked nothing like a famed blade. It was rusty, appearing to be nothing more than an ordinary, rusty iron sword.
The Seven Star Sword was a double-edged sword, engraved with mysterious runes along its blade.
Now, they looked like cracks, making the sword seem even more broken and worn.
But Li Yuan knew this was only because the Seven Star Sword was sealed and its power had not yet awakened.
Two iron chains tightly locked the sword in the coffin.
"Crash!!!"
Li Yuan snapped the chains with ease.
The Seven Star Sword, once sealed, only awakened on the night of a blood-red full moon every hundred years.
Currently, it was about forty years until the next blood-red full moon.
Li Yuan's arrival essentially awakened the Seven Star Sword prematurely.
"Oh no, the Seven Star Sword has awakened. That man, he really released the Seven Star Sword!"
Adina saw the changes in the sky and felt the intense curse emanating from the front, turning pale with fear. What she feared most had come to pass.
"No, I can't let him leave Asuka Island with the Seven Star Sword. I must reseal it."
Determined, Adina headed toward the cave.
As the Seven Star Sword awakened, its powerful sword spirit immediately surged into Li Yuan's soul.
Li Yuan seemed to witness scenes of the Seven Star Sword being worshipped as a holy sword, and its transformation into a demon sword after absorbing too much bloodshed, hatred, and resentment.
Along with this came the sword's own murderous, bloodthirsty intent.
This powerful sword intent constantly attacked Li Yuan's soul, trying to overwhelm him and turn him into a bloodthirsty sword slave, feeding the sword's insatiable thirst for blood and slaughter.
Sword intent is the hallmark of a great swordsman.
Anyone who wielded the Seven Star Sword would have their soul assaulted by its murderous and bloodthirsty intent, becoming a sword slave controlled by the sword.
This was why previous wielders of the Seven Star Sword became slaves and met untimely deaths.
They were too weak, unable to withstand the sword's inherent intent, let alone control the Seven Star Sword.
"Hmph, sword intent? How could a mere sword have sway over me!!!!"
Li Yuan snorted coldly, fully accepting the sword's terrifying intent, allowing it to flow into his soul.
To tame the Seven Star Sword, one must not only resist its intent but also comprehend it, making the sword willingly acknowledge them as its master.
"Buzz!!!!"
As the Seven Star Sword's intent surged in, Li Yuan's powerful Conqueror's Haki erupted.
His blood-red Conqueror's Haki combined with the sword's intent, transforming into a red-green aura that surged in all directions.
In an instant, the entire Asuka Island was enveloped in this aura, with nearly everyone fainting under its influence.
Even Kalu, who had followed Li Yuan for years, couldn't withstand the impact of the Conqueror's Haki.
"Is this Senior Brother's aura? Did something major happen on the island?"
Kano, guarding the ship, felt Li Yuan's Haki. However, being at the port, the aura was weaker, so no one on the ship fainted.
"Don't worry, you know how strong Senior Brother is," Razli reassured.
"Yeah, Senior Brother is so powerful. Even if he can't beat them, he can run from a Navy Admiral. My worry is unnecessary," Kano said, scratching his head.
Adina, closest to Li Yuan, was protected by the glowing three-gem necklace on her chest.
Thus, she wasn't fazed by Li Yuan's Haki and continued toward the cave.
"How can this be? His aura has merged with the Seven Star Sword's. Could it be..."
However, as she sensed a more powerful aura rising, her worry deepened.
Li Yuan was engaged in a fierce spiritual clash with the sword's intent.
Under the dual suppression of his naturally strong soul and Conqueror's Haki, he was locked in a stalemate with the Seven Star Sword's intent.
Over time, Li Yuan used the sword's intent to refine his own, moving from being just a step away from comprehending sword intent to achieving his own limitless sword intent.
Even after comprehending his own sword intent, Li Yuan didn't immediately defeat the Seven Star Sword. He wanted to grasp another kind of intent—the sword's own.
The Seven Star Sword's intent lay bare before Li Yuan, allowing him to understand and grasp its essence as if viewing from a divine perspective.
Unsurprisingly, as a great swordsman who had already comprehended his own intent, Li Yuan quickly grasped the fully exposed sword intent.
As Li Yuan delved into the Seven Star Sword's intent, Adina reached the cave entrance.
Seeing the sword in Li Yuan's hand and the cursed aura enveloping him, she feared he was on the verge of being controlled by the sword.
"I must seal the Seven Star Sword!!"
Adina, with the protective gems on her chest, approached Li Yuan.
Though Li Yuan was fully immersed in understanding the sword's intent, his body instinctively sensed the approaching malice.
His limitless sword intent merged with his Conqueror's Haki, sending a sharp aura toward Adina.
The gems, which had previously protected her from the Haki and sword intent, rapidly depleted as they resisted the added limitless sword intent.
Even Adina couldn't get any closer to Li Yuan.
This was the body's instinctive defense of the strong, like during the Rocks Pirates' feasts.
All the cadres drank heavily, yet they never worried about being ambushed while drunk.
If a malicious person approached, their bodies would instinctively retaliate, making sneak attacks futile!
"How can this be? I can't even get close!"
No matter how hard she tried, Adina found she lacked the qualification to approach Li Yuan.
The Seven Star Sword, later refined with Haki, would turn black, so there was no need to worry about it remaining green.
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