"It's in this direction, it should be fine."

Luffy looked at the pointer and chart in his hand.

There is the best sailing route to Rogue Town that Nami helped draw, and I just need to change the direction of the voyage accurately when I see the corresponding reference.

Hopefully there won't be another storm this time. ’

Luffy thought secretly in his heart.

Glancing in the direction of the cabin, Sauron inside was still asleep.

And at this time, in the spiritual space of Zoro.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ...”

In a burst of sword light and sword shadows, three figures flickered, one large and two small.

Armed with two slashing knives, one black and one white, Zoro has been fighting against the attacks of Guina and the beasts.

The surrounding ground is full of ravines and potholes.

"Bang!"

Zoro caught Guina's slash with one hand, and with the other he blocked the beast's nine-bladed strike with all its might.

A short body, its body spinning in place, slammed its twin swords into the air, producing two light and shadow slashes that pushed Guina and the beast back.

"Whew..."Guina, who had left the range of the battle, suddenly let go of her hand, "You're getting stronger again, Zoro." ”

The beast didn't speak, silently retracting its claws.

"Cut..."Zoro sighed dissatisfied, and then asked the sword spirit Guina, "When exactly will I go to see the third knife?"

After hearing this, Guina was silent for a while, shook her head, and said, "It's still a long way off... You're just entering the Sword Hero stage. ”

After saying that, Guina looked up into the distance, thinking about something, as if there was something over there.

"How long have I been here?" Zoro asked, gently wiping the black knife.

"It's been 58 days, and it's been 58 days in the real world since you fused the Demon Slashing Knife." Guina replied.

The beast stood aside, and since that day's introduction, it hadn't spoken, and even rarely made a sound, except for Sauron's training.

"It's been 58 days... It's too slow..."Sauron gripped the hilt hard, not knowing what he was thinking.

Guina smiled and said, "Don't worry, everything is fine outside, and your captain is taking care of you."

And you're now vaguely able to slash out the Flying Slash.

It's a very fast step forward for anyone. ”

Sauron looked up at the moon in the sky, he hadn't seen the sun in a long time.

"To anyone?

Can... Luffy... I can't wait..."

In the reflection of the moonlight, Sauron saw himself on the blade.

The hair seems to have grown a little.

The three fell silent for a moment.

"I decided! I'm going to give it a try?" Sauron suddenly stood up and spoke.

"Try what?" Guina was a little stunned, not knowing what Zoro was talking about.

The beast, which was silent, guessed Sauron's mind at once, and said in a deep voice, "Are you going to find a third sword...?"

Guina hurriedly said, "No! Your strength is too weak now, and it won't do you any good to go to see him. ”

"At least I need to know where my goal is, so that I can have a direction to work towards." Sauron's eyes were firm, and his mind was determined, "And you won't really kill me..."

From the very beginning, the two of them never showed any killing intent, which is why Zoro dared to challenge.

Whether it's the beast, or the Guina, or the strongest blade that has never appeared, they should all be at his service, and the ultimate goal is to get him to the top.

This can be seen by Zoro from the tireless teaching of Guina during this time.

Since sooner or later it is my own, so what's the harm if I take a look in advance.

Guina wanted to stop it.

An old and desolate voice came from between heaven and earth.

"Let him come..."

The sound seemed to come from another dimension.

Guina bit her lip and said in a tangled voice, "Does it really mean this?"

But the beast suddenly said, "Maybe we're really too protective of him."

You are his hope and dream, always want to take care of him, and can't bear to let him be hurt.

And Sauron has not experienced a real bloody battle, so I am useless now. ”

The beast didn't care about the confused Zoro and continued to say to Guina: "Failure is also growth, and between life and death, it can stimulate potential even more.

I think you know......

After all, I know him the same way as you do. ”

"Okay," Guina said hesitantly.

The voice fell.

Heaven and earth change in an instant.

The bright moon faded, and the grass withered.

Desolation swept in.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them were already in a barren valley.

Looking up, there is only a narrow sky, and the continuous stone walls are unfathomable, and the air seems to be frozen.

Guina and the beast fade away.

Sauron was alone, looking around curiously.

"Here it is—" as if an ancient voice sounded again.

"Hmm..."

Sauron stared into the darkness ahead, and a figure gradually emerged from the darkness.

"My name is Shura."

A tall figure covered in blood red appeared, naked and covered in muscles, which did not make people doubt his strength in the slightest.

He wears a pair of shorts woven from withered grass and bare feet.

There was a golden Buddha ring floating behind him, and there was a faint blood color flowing in the Buddha ring, an indescribable weirdness.

"Are you the strongest blade?" Zoro took a posture of double knife flow, looking at the sword spirit in front of him, and gradually focused his attention on the long knife on the opponent's waist.

It was a long dark red knife, the handle was also dark red, but the blade exuded a strange reddish blood aura.

Shura pulled out the long knife at his waist and stroked it nostalgically.

"The strongest blade?

Scold...

That's in the past.

Zoro, since the moment you integrated into the Slasher, I was no longer the strongest. ”

Sauron's brow tensed slightly.

"What do you mean?"

Shura waved his sword and said slowly, "As you can see, I am a sword spirit gathered by your potential and future.

But it's only a moment in the future.

The moment you fused the Slashing Sword, I appeared.

But my strength is permanently fixed on your qualifications at that time, and I can never improve again.

But now you have infinite possibilities.

One day, my strength will be left far behind by you.

Then he was spurned. ”

Zoro was said by Shura, and he had an inexplicable feeling.

After thinking for a while, Sauron said, "There are indeed good and bad knives.

But since you were born in my soul, you are destined to be a good knife like no other in the world. ”

Shura listened to Zoro's words, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Suddenly laughed loudly: "Hahahahaha... All right! Worthy of our hosts!

In that case, let's get down to business. ”

"Can you finally fight?" Zoro began to exclaim.

"Fighting?

No, it's not a fight.

Sauron, you've seen too little.

You really don't know anything about your potential.

The world is vast, and you have to get out of this space as soon as possible. ”

Shura raised his long knife, aimed it at Zoro, and said, "Feel this slash well, this is the minimum you can control me!" ”

The long knife is swung from top to bottom.

A kilometer-long red slash followed, and the speed was too fast for Zoro to react.

The slash skipped past Sauron but didn't stop, sliding all the way to the valley behind him.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked.

The slashed mountain split in two, and the rubble rolled down.

It took a long time for the desolate valley to return to its former calm.

Sauron, who had been slashed by, his face covered with pain, sweat sliding down the tip of his nose and dripping to the ground.

Zoro reluctantly smiled and said, "Is this the real powerhouse?"

It's exciting! ”

With that, Sauron turned to ashes and vanished as if it had never appeared.

"That's really good," the vanished Guina reappeared, looking worriedly at the place where Zoro had disappeared.

"Don't worry, after all, he is the master of the three of us." The beast reappeared.

"Only when you see the real strength can you know how small you are, no problem." After Shura finished speaking, he turned around, melted into the darkness, and disappeared.

"I'll leave the rest to you. Let him become stronger as soon as possible! A faint voice came.

At the same time, in the real world.

"Wow! It's finally here! "Luffy steered the ships of the Dragon Pirates and docked at the port of Rogue Town without any skills.

By the way, he knocked into a pirate ship next to him.