Chapter 38: The Emergence of the Third Admiral-Level Power

Issho attacked again, his swordsmanship characterized by the word "subtle." In an instant, thousands of slashes enveloped Lin Yan.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Blades clashed incessantly. Issho's slashes even caused momentary spatial distortions. His attacks were impenetrable, leaving no opening for Lin Yan. His blade was sharp, slicing through everything as if it would all turn to dust before him. The two exchanged dozens of moves but remained evenly matched.

"Gravity Field!"

"Gravity Crush!"

"Tenfold Gravity!"

Suddenly, Issho clenched his fist, and the Gravity Fruit unleashed its power! He didn't hold back, immediately using three trump-card abilities. The Gravity Fruit could produce gravity waves and freely manipulate the strength and direction of gravity, including gravity, anti-gravity, pressure, repulsion, and attraction. Its terrifying gravitational waves could trap foes or crush them!

Issho applied gravity to Lin Yan, who felt like two mountains were pressing on his shoulders. His steps grew heavy as if subjected to a mountain-moving spell, and his body became sluggish. Closing his eyes, Lin Yan felt the weight and said, "This is the Gravity Fruit ability, right?"

"Gravity Blade—Slash!!"

Issho crouched and shouted "Slash!" as he swung his sword with all his might. A vast crescent slash appeared, resembling a meteor rushing towards Lin Yan. The speed was astonishing, and the slash was unstoppable!

"Wow, when you act, you really go all out! You must think highly of me!" Though two mountains weighed on his shoulders, Lin Yan dodged the roaring slash and launched into a verbal battle with Issho.

Issho remained silent, but his actions grew faster! The fight was so fast and powerful that it sounded like a drumbeat with every clash, echoing across the sky.

Strong individuals, like Zephyr and Ain, were fine, but the other students suffered. Before long, some covered their ears, while others bled from their eardrums. These students were mostly trained by Zephyr, many being elite officers from the Navy who could take on ten people each. Yet, even they were overwhelmed by the fierce battle, barely able to watch.

Lin Yan was highly respected, being their captain who even defeated Zephyr. However, who was this blind man, Issho? Just a recent wanderer who had landed in their division.

Who could have thought?

The stranger they accidentally encountered a while ago was also incredibly powerful—to such a frightening extent!

They say top-tier powerhouses roam the New World. They didn't believe it before, but now they do.

They had randomly picked someone out of the ocean and ended up tying with their division captain. Isn't that terrifying?

They didn't know exactly how strong their division captain had become, but at least he had the strength of an admiral. However, this blind man fought their division captain to a stalemate, with each gaining the upper hand at times.

What does this indicate? This blind man before them is probably also at the level of an admiral.

Oh my god! Since when did admiral-level powerhouses become so commonplace? It's just too shocking!

The numerous cadets finally realized—no wonder he dared to compete with the division captain. His strength far surpasses everyone present!

As the prolonged fight continued, beads of sweat formed increasingly on Issho's forehead. Although they appeared to be evenly matched in the long fight with Lin Yan, in reality, no matter how Issho attacked, he was firmly controlled by Lin Yan. It was as if his opponent had foreseen his attack direction. No matter how hard Issho tried, he never even touched Lin Yan.

Issho was also puzzled. Why did he feel like Lin Yan saw through him completely?

To explain Issho's feeling, the reason was simple. From the beginning, Lin Yan's Observation Haki and Mangekyō Sharingan were mutually reinforcing each other and released simultaneously. Both were pushed to the extreme by Lin Yan. Observation Haki anticipated Issho's swordsmanship moves, and the Mangekyō Sharingan precisely identified all the flaws in Issho's attacks. This led to Issho's punches feeling like hitting cotton for a long time. He couldn't exert his strength.

As Issho's strength was rapidly declining, his head covered in sweat, Lin Yan remained unperturbed, completely unaffected. A stark contrast between the two.

"Gravity Blade—Kirin!!"

This time, Issho unleashed his full power again, with terrifying gravity applied to Lin Yan. A Kirin emerged from the sword light. The Kirin locked onto Lin Yan and charged forward!

Seeing Issho's full power burst again, Lin Yan naturally noticed his dwindling strength: "That's enough!"

He surrounded his hands with lightning. The power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was released to the extreme. The Gravity Fruit is one of the top-notch Devil Fruits in the Grand Line. But isn't the Rumble-Rumble Fruit the same?

"1 Billion Volts—Raijin!!"

If the Flame-Flame Fruit's ultimate move is Flame Emperor, and the Dark-Dark Fruit's ultimate move is Dark Emperor, then the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's ultimate move is Raijin!

In an instant, a billion volts erupted explosively. The sky turned gray, and rain fell. Dark clouds gathered, and black clouds rolled. Giant lightning enveloped the sky, sweeping down from the heavens to destroy everything.

At that moment, under the majestic rumble of thunder, time seemed to freeze, the void disintegrated, and space shattered. All matter ceased to exist in the thunderbolt. Lightning was too brilliant to see. Terrifying power crushed all residual waves Issho unleashed.

"What terrifying power!"

Issho's expression changed, wanting to dodge, but it was too late.

"Boom!!"

In an instant, the entire island was engulfed by Lin Yan's Raijin. Everything was drowned in lightning, mist rose, dust billowed, the island was charred, the sea surged. Nothing remained.

In the huge pit, exhausted, Issho lay on the ground. He knew he had lost. Lost to Lin Yan before him. In the clash of top-notch powers, he was no match for Lin Yan.

When Issho fell, Lin Yan had already withdrawn all the residual waves of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. He descended from the sky, landing before Issho: "Are you okay?"

Hearing Lin Yan's words, Issho gave him a bitter "look" and then sat up, saying: "You held back!" Had that terrifying lightning fallen on him, unless it was an insulator, turning to ash would have been light!

A billion volts. How massive must that power be!

"If I didn't hold back, should I have really taken you out?" Lin Yan laughed. Taking out Issho? He couldn't bear it.

Issho lay on the ground, gasping. With his defeat this time, thus, after Zephyr, Issho also became a member of Lin Yan's 17th division. From then on, the 17th division saw the birth of its third admiral-level powerhouse!