After a brief daze, Sword King Scar's eyes returned to their calm state, and he stared intently at Ye Chen opposite him.
"Your Excellency is not only the most supreme expert in this vast sea, but your swordsmanship is also terrifying to this extent... I'm afraid after today, my title as the world's greatest swordsman will have to be ceded to Your Excellency."
"Cede it to me? That's interesting." Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, his face calm.
The title of "world's greatest swordsman" was something Ye Chen could take or leave. He wasn't particularly concerned about such titles. If he didn't care about the Four Emperors, why would he care about the world's number one title? Compared to the title of a Four Emperor, this swordsman title was a little less significant.
"Your Excellency's swordsmanship is truly the most incredible I have ever seen. However... in my eyes, although your Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship is incredibly powerful, it still has a fatal flaw."
"What flaw?"
Ye Chen was curious. "307" Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship had a flaw? He was keen to hear what it was.
For Scar to become the world's greatest swordsman, his insight must be extraordinary. Although his strength was not as great as future Hawkeye's, he was still one of the top powerhouses in the great sea, and a master of the sword, having seen countless sword moves.
"The power of the sword!" Sword King Scar stared intently at Ye Chen, his voice steady.
"If Your Excellency had a Supreme Grade O Wazamono in hand, and used the Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship with it, I'm afraid I wouldn't have just been severely injured, but would have collapsed directly."
Ye Chen fell silent.
The sword he used just now, while not ordinary, was definitely inferior to a Supreme Grade O Wazamono. And from Sword King Scar's words, Ye Chen recalled a characteristic of the Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship.
That is, although the Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship is extremely powerful and its visual effects are extremely dazzling, its destructive power depends on the quality of the sword.
In other words, the higher the quality of the sword, the greater the damage the Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship can inflict on the opponent.
"Even so, what of it? You still can't break it, or perhaps there's no one in this world who can break this move. What difference does it make whether your 'flaw' exists or not?" Ye Chen raised his eyebrow.
Scar fell silent, though he was extremely unwilling, what he said was indeed the truth.
As the world's greatest swordsman, he possessed his own arrogance. Even if the opponent was his enemy, he disdained to lie.
"Since that's the case, isn't the problem solved?!" Ye Chen suddenly clapped his hands and said directly, "I remember that in this World's Strongest Swordsman Competition, once you win the championship, you'll get some prizes, right?"
Looking at Scar, whose expression had slightly changed, Ye Chen said with a peculiar smile.
"Among those prizes, there seems to be a Supreme Grade O Wazamono! This must be the gift you're giving me, right?"
Scar's face was grim, and he said nothing more. He completely avoided the topic of the so-called prizes.
The reason he had said that to Ye Chen earlier was because he could tell that Ye Chen wouldn't be able to obtain a Supreme Grade O Wazamono in a short time. He had intended to use that statement to disturb Ye Chen's composure.
However, after hearing Ye Chen's words, he now felt as if he had picked up a rock only to drop it on his own foot. He didn't know if the other party's mind was disturbed, but his own certainly was.
"Blazing Fist!"
Suddenly, a furious roar came from the side. Terrifying flames erupted, transforming into an endless vortex of fire, directly sweeping towards Osiris's Sky Dragon.
Osiris's Sky Dragon suddenly spread its wings, blocking the terrifying vortex of fire.
But even so, Osiris's Sky Dragon was still directly knocked back by the frontal impact of the flame vortex. After spinning a circle in mid-air, it finally recovered.
The Sky Dragon slightly flapped its wings and hovered in the air, looking at the middle-aged man covered in flames, its eyes showing a hint of solemnity.
"A very good attack, much stronger than the 'ants' from before!" Osiris's Sky Dragon sent a low telepathic message.
On Osiris's Sky Dragon's scales, a faint burn mark appeared. Although the mark was shallow, it was indeed injured.
Although this attack was slightly weaker than those of Kaido and Garp, it was significantly stronger than Barrett's.
"Haha, this is just the beginning, the real show is yet to come!" Flame King revealed a brilliant smile, his eyes sparkling.
"Flare-Flare Fruit?"
Ye Chen showed a rare look of surprise when he saw this. He wasn't surprised by the Flame King's strength, but purely by the appearance of the Flare-Flare Fruit.
Speaking of the Flare-Flare Fruit, one couldn't help but mention Ace, the ability user widely known in later generations.
The son of the Pirate King, with the power of the Flare-Flare Fruit, earned the title of "Fire Fist Ace" on the seas. Even before reaching his peak, he already possessed Admiral-level strength...
However, Ace had not yet grown up, and the previous user of the Flare-Flare Fruit was someone else, which wasn't surprising.
However, what interested Ye Chen was that this former user of the Flare-Flare Fruit had clearly developed the fruit's abilities to a much greater extent than Ace.
"Tell me your names!"
Ye Chen looked at Flame King, then at Crocodile King, and finally at Charlotte Linlin, who had appeared last, her eyes filled with cold indifference.
"Remember my name, for you will die by my hand, Ye Chen! My name is Flame King!"
"Crocodile King, please, Leader Emperor, remember this name well! So you know whose hand you die by."
Crocodile King's posture was slightly arrogant, and his green eyes seemed extremely cold and aloof.
However, his words caused Osiris's Sky Dragon to show a rare surge of anger.
Osiris's Sky Dragon let out a sky-shaking dragon roar, and then its speed suddenly increased, charging towards Crocodile King. This time, its speed far exceeded the moment it had fought against Barrett.
Because of this, no one present had expected this.
By the time Crocodile King reacted, his expression drastically changed. He used his Devil Fruit ability to transform into a giant, three-meter-long crocodile, but it was already too late.
Boom—
Crocodile King was sent flying, the terrifying impact shattering the scales on the areas where he was struck.
"Insolent!" Flame King's expression was a mix of shock and fury. He clenched his fist again and suddenly blasted towards Osiris's Sky Dragon.
The vortex of flames swept outwards from his fist, impacting Osiris's Sky Dragon's body. But this time, Osiris was prepared, not allowing him to succeed. Dragon claws, imbued with divine power, extended.
The colossal claw, capable of obscuring the sky, swept forth. The vortex of flames was extinguished upon contact, but the claw's momentum remained undiminished, pushing Flame King away with heavy, whistling sounds.
A black line flashed across the sky. Flame King was sent flying dozens of meters back, finally crashing into the surrounding wall.
"Bastard... why didn't you attack just now?" Barrett stiffened, looking at Charlotte Linlin, who was watching the show from the side, with a hint of anger.
If Charlotte Linlin had attacked just now, Flame King would definitely not have been in such a sorry state, at least not so easily.
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