The Pirate's Ultimate Swordsman, One Man is the Royal Group

In the middle of Ruskaina Island, under a huge white radish clearing.

Arthur brought Cooper here.

"Cooper?" (Arthur, doesn't cultivation have any effect on your growth? Why do you still want to practice?) Cooper stood beside Arthur and looked at the huge white carrot in front of him.

The surrounding area is filled with extra-large pebbles, like a stone formation, surrounding it.

From outside the island to here, there are roaring wild beasts all the way.

But after arriving here, the surrounding sounds became unusually quiet, and there was an atmosphere of natural harmony.

Arthur held the ice dragon horizontally in front of him, pulled it out and held it in his hand:

"I still get inexplicably excited during battle, which causes my aura to leak out and be captured by their Observation Haki. I have to suppress this nature and calm my mind completely. Then my self-created swordsmanship will be invincible."

Except for encountering powerful monsters like Silver Axe, Arthur now feels that there is no one's attack that he cannot deflect.

Even if you can't bounce off, as long as you remain calm, you can inflict heavy damage on the opponent in the instant of dodging, which is also fatal enough.

"I am a swordsman, Cooper. Haki, physique, and swordsmanship, these three things I have now fully mastered."

"But I couldn't really calm down during the fight. Once I started to feel exhausted, I would go crazy and fight with the opponent. This also led to me..."

As he spoke, Arthur touched the overlapping scars on his body.

"I'm always getting hurt... If it weren't for this recovery ability that's comparable to that of an animal, I would have died long ago."

Cooper on the side listened to Arthur's words carefully. Having been with Arthur for many years, Cooper felt that Arthur was most charming when he was working hard.

As long as Arthur starts practicing, it will be inexplicably infected and progress with him.

"Cooper?" (So you want to take some time to consolidate your strength?) Cooper knew Arthur very well and said to him.

Arthur glanced at it with a raised corner of his mouth:

"It's more about you. You need to practice hard for me. Your strength is gradually not enough and you have become a burden!"

Hearing this, Cooper unwillingly opened his bandaged wings: "Cooper!" (I don't have your talent, Arthur! It's a miracle that I can become so strong)

"Then become stronger, Cooper, or at least fly faster and don't get caught by others." Arthur stroked its eagle head and turned to walk towards other places on the island.

This made Cooper freeze in his tracks.

It seems that the Beehive Island incident was indeed Arthur's own fault that put him in such a desperate situation.

"If it doesn't work, I'll have to feed you the devil fruit, and then you won't be able to swim." Arthur's words reached Cooper's ears from a distance:

"Go and practice on your own. The creatures on this island are no match for me. It's mainly about the environment I found for you."

"And I need to survive in this island's extreme climate and control my restless heart."

Cooper's wise eyes immediately became firm and sharp: "Cooper..." (I know, Arthur, I will become the unique Eagle King! Your ambition is to be the king of humans, right? I want to be the king of eagles...)

Arthur, who had just started training, was startled. It was the first time he heard Cooper say such words.

"Yes, that's the energy. My little boy, from now on all the female eagles in the world will be yours!"

"Cool!" (Oh!) After his dreams and ambitions were recognized by Arthur, Cooper became more determined and disappeared around Arthur.

After Cooper left, Arthur began to practice alone on Ruskena Island.

From a weak swordsman at first to a swordsman who can rank among the best in the world today.

Let Arthur know that keeping calm is a compulsory course for a swordsman.

He closed his eyes, found a place on the island, sat down cross-legged and listened to nature.

I quickly entered a state of selflessness, and my consciousness entered a boundless inner world where I could not hear a single noise.

Emotions, confusion, thoughts, all disappeared in Arthur's mind.

He opened his eyes and looked at the endless black world around him.

It's like a lake under your feet; the slightest movement will create ripples.

"It's so quiet..." Arthur narrowed his eyes and looked at the world around him: "If it can be this quiet during a battle, is there anything I can't cut, dodge, or bounce off?"

"Here it comes again." The familiar voice of the ice dragon sounded from Arthur's inner world.

Soon, her figure appeared beside Arthur, wearing a black dress and holding herself in her hands.

"Ice dragon...?" Arthur was surprised to see her and didn't know why she appeared here.

"You showed me a good show the day before yesterday." The Ice Dragon laughed at Arthur. No matter what Arthur did, she would see it.

"Why are you here?" Arthur's eyes followed her movements, a little surprised.

The Ice Dragon smiled and said, "From the moment we signed the contract, you became inseparable from me... Are you confused about your swordsmanship?"

Contract...Arthur also accepted it.

On top of gaining powerful strength, being able to communicate with her in your heart, isn’t that a good thing?

"Well, I always feel like something is missing. I'm too impulsive in fighting and can't control my passionate heart." Arthur responded to her, since the other party knew about his affairs.

There's nothing to hide.

"Well, do you want to control your nature and take your sword skills to a higher level?" The Ice Dragon analyzed Arthur's question and said, "Good idea. How about I help you?"

"You help me?" Arthur was stunned: "How can you help me? Can you still fight with me here?"

"Yes, but fighting here will not increase your original strength, but it will make your swordsmanship, sword moves, combat experience and skills more proficient and advanced. Do you understand?"

Arthur was a little shocked when he heard what the ice dragon said.

Seeing Arthur's surprised expression, the Ice Dragon continued to explain, "That is to say, you can reduce the error tolerance of your own moves to an almost unsolvable level. You can think of it as a spiritual practice."

"But essentially, your physical strength and power in reality will not increase, because this is not reality, it's just your inner world."

Of course Arthur understood what the ice dragon was talking about, and this was exactly the practice method he needed.

Meditation alone and returning to the air will not bring much growth.

But there is a real devil serving as a sparring partner in front of me.

"But how did I get here?" Arthur was a little curious about this. The last time he came here was when he was desperate on Beehive Island and wanted to fight Silver Axe to the death.

"Maybe when you were meditating and your mind was so quiet that you felt like you were alone, you naturally came to the depths of your heart." The Ice Dragon didn't know either. Last time, she heard Arthur's thoughts and forcibly pulled Arthur in to sign the devil's contract.

"Haha, fate is finally starting to favor me." Arthur smiled bitterly and began to practice with the ice dragon.

But he found in the battle that no matter what moves he used, she could easily break them.

In this way, the training on Ruskena Island continued day and night.

One year later - October 1499, 10 in the Haiyuan calendar.

Arthur's 23rd birthday.

In the Land of Daughters, a newspaper delivery seagull passed by and dropped a newspaper towards the populated area on the coast.

Yamon, who was training soldiers, picked up the newspaper and opened it to read.

"Is the war conflict between the New World Navy and pirates over? Barrett...slaughtered many countries..." Yamon looked at the information in the newspaper and immediately asked people to prepare a ship to go to Ruskena Island.

Want to send intelligence information to Arthur.