"Crack!!!"
"Crack!!!"
"Crack!!!"
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Afterward, the Senior apprentice brothers began continuously swinging the long whips in their hands, lashing them onto Nox's body, making Nox feel what ancient flogging was like.
"Hold on!"
The pain was so intense that Nox almost couldn't help but tell the Senior apprentice brothers to stop, but under his strong willpower, he gritted his teeth and continuously circulated the first layer of the Sword God Body Tempering Art, persevering.
"Stop!"
After half an hour of whipping, the Senior apprentice brothers were all exhausted and panting, and finally, Nox also told them to stop.
"Whew, it finally stopped. Senior Brother, are you alright?"
Kano asked with concern.
"I'm fine!"
Nox said with difficulty.
At this moment, his entire body was covered in whip marks, even his face, making him look incredibly miserable.
However, these injuries completely healed after half an hour. If it weren't for the shed old skin and blood left on the ground, Kano probably wouldn't have dared to believe it was real.
"Go, bring me the roasted meat."
After recovering from his injuries, Nox's stomach growled loudly; he was very hungry. Fortunately, his master had considerable savings on the small island and supplied him unconditionally, so he had never lacked meat to eat.
"Senior Brother, the roasted meat you wanted is here."
Third Junior Brother Kalu quickly arrived, pushing a cart full of roasted meat.
"The roasted meat is a bit bland, add more salt next time."
Nox grabbed the roasted meat and stuffed it into his mouth. That cartload of roasted meat, three times larger than his body volume, was all eaten by him.
Kano and the other Senior apprentice brothers looked at Nox as if he were a monster; they had never seen anyone eat so much.
"In the future, I will go out to Sea, become a Pirate, and I will form Pirate Crew, become a famous Great Pirate in the World, and become the World's Greatest Swordsman!"
"You are my Senior apprentice brothers. If you also want to follow me out to Sea, then train with me and work hard to become stronger. If you are not strong enough by then, I will not take you out to Sea."
After eating his fill, Nox looked at the ten Senior apprentice brothers surrounding him and said seriously.
He wanted to form Pirate Crew, and the initial members would most likely be selected from the sword dojo; this was his first crew.
"That's great, Senior Brother, I also want to go out to Sea, I also want to become a Great Pirate, I will train hard, and by then, I must follow Senior Brother out to Sea!"
Second Junior Brother Kano said excitedly.
"Senior Brother, I will also work hard."
Third Junior Brother Kalu was also very interested in this.
"Then let's work hard together!"
After eating, Nox continued to train. He looked at the rock three thousand meters away, walked up to it, used both hands to lift the rock over his head, and then did frog jumps while carrying the rock.
After training himself to his limit, he began circulating the first layer of the Sword God Body Tempering Art to reduce fatigue, and then started practicing swordsmanship.
However, the sword in his hand now was not an ordinary iron sword, but a special greatsword weighing a thousand jin.
Nox held the greatsword and began practicing the basic sword move "Lift". Just this one move, he planned to practice for a month, as he had only practiced six basic sword moves half a year ago.
He needed to practice every basic sword move until it reached perfection and became instinct.
A Year and a Half Later
Nox's daily inhuman training lasted for a full year and a half.
Calculating, two years have passed since Nox's consciousness awakened.
Two years have brought earth-shattering changes to his strength!
His Kenbunshoku Haki became even stronger, and his physique and swordsmanship also progressed rapidly. Compared to his past self, it was a complete world of difference!
"In the past 2 years, I have become much, much stronger, but I have never truly fought an enemy and have no combat experience."
Nox was very satisfied with his progress over these past two years.
"Senior Brother, this is bad, this is bad, Pirates are here! Master told us to hide and not go out."
Karoo ran over in a hurry and shouted.
"Third Junior Brother, Master told us not to go out, so what about Master himself?"
Nox steadied his Third Junior Brother Kalu and asked.
"Master has naturally gone to stop the Pirates from invading our island. Don't worry, Master is very strong and will be fine. Master has blocked many Pirate invasions before."
Karoo took a breath and said.
"You stay here, I'll go check on Master."
Upon hearing this, Nox's eyes lit up. A Pirate invasion, isn't this a great opportunity to test his own strength?
As long as he doesn't court death and doesn't rush to the very front, relying on his Kenbunshoku Haki, there shouldn't be any danger.
"Hey, Senior Brother, wait a minute—"
Karoo still wanted to say something, but Nox wouldn't listen to him and immediately ran out of the sword dojo.
Nox sprinted to the edge of a house next to the island's port, hiding to the side without showing himself, secretly observing the pirate ship sailing into the port.
"Boss, although this island is under the protection of the Marine, it's located at the edge. The Marine can't possibly arrive this quickly. As long as we are fast enough, plunder everything and run, the Marine won't be able to catch us!"
A Pirate wearing a black bandana on his head and holding a knife in his hand said greedily, looking at the small island ahead.
"Hahahaha, you're right. As long as we're fast enough, all the treasure will be ours."
"Little ones, go! Kill them all, burn them all, plunder them all!"
The Captain of the Pirate Crew raised the large saber in his hand and shouted excitedly.
"Charge, charge, charge! The treasure is mine!"
"Kill! All the women are mine!"
"Kill them all, burn them all, plunder them all, eat them all!"
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The Pirates on the pirate ship became instantly excited upon hearing the Captain's words. Each of them revealed a greedy, wild laugh on their faces, jumped off the pirate ship, and charged towards the small island.
"Hahaha, old man, are you welcoming us? Don't worry, we'll let you go very peacefully, no need to thank us."
However, just as these Pirates charged down, they saw an old man with a knife standing in front of them.
These Pirates completely ignored him, raising their knives and slashing towards him. For them, cutting down an old man was perfectly normal.
"Ah!!!!"
"Ah!!!!"
However, the five Pirates who rushed to the front and didn't put the old man in their eyes suddenly let out a scream, because their hearts were all pierced through!
"Pirates, retreat now, otherwise, you will all die!"
Louis said with a calm expression.
Although Louis's expression was calm, the killing intent he exuded caused the previously excited Pirates to all stop.
Then they looked at their Captain. This old man was very strong; for them, his subordinates, rushing forward was just asking to be killed.
"I didn't expect Master to be so strong. He never sparred with me on normal days. I don't know what level Master's strength is at, but the Captain of that Pirate Crew shouldn't be stronger than Master."
After Nox arrived here, he had already activated his Kenbunshoku Haki to observe. He could sense that the Captain of that Pirate Crew didn't seem very strong.