Douluo: Operation Fruit, good at studying them

Chapter 23: Level 23 Great Soul Master

"I wonder if there is a place in Notting City that teaches swordsmanship..." Luo thought as he walked beside Xiao Wu.

He reflected on the battle between him and Tang San just now, and felt that he could not only rely on the power of the surgery fruit and spirit skills, but should also bring out the role of Yama and practice some sword skills that could protect himself.

After all, Yama's martial soul has evolved. Whether in terms of sharpness or hardness, it is not inferior to ordinary high-level martial souls. Moreover, the passive ability of Luo's second soul skill "Crippling Blow" also makes the damage caused by Yama have the effect of serious injuries.

If Yan Mo is only used as a prop to exert the power of the surgery fruit, Luo feels that it is such a waste. This katana should have a more powerful effect in his hands.

Law now feels like Trafalgar Law in One Piece. All his strength is mainly concentrated in the ability of the fruit. If the ability of the fruit is abolished, he will have no other ability to protect himself.

The best example of this is the battle between Trafalgar Law and Blackbeard, where Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit destroyed his Ope-Fate fruit ability and Trafalgar Law was quickly defeated.

And if Trafalgar Law's swordsmanship is very strong, even if he only has half of Hawkeye's swordsmanship skills, then it is hard to say who will win the battle between him and Blackbeard.

After much thought, Luo decided to go to Nottingham the next day to see if there was any place in the city that could teach sword or knife skills.

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At this moment, the time has come to seven months later, the day before Nottingham Junior College goes on holiday.

In the early morning, in the grove shrouded in a light mist, crystal dewdrops still hung on the grass, flashing a soft and fresh light.

Strands of golden sunlight penetrated the layers of mottled shadows of the trees and gently fell on the wet grass.

In this quiet and peaceful environment, bursts of firm and powerful shouts came from the depths of the grove, breaking the surrounding tranquility.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

Following the sound, I saw a young man practicing the sword-drawing technique with full concentration in a small open space.

His feet were firmly planted in a horse stance, his body was as steady as a mountain, his left hand tightly grasped a cold and shining steel sword, and his right hand lightly rested on the scabbard. Every movement of drawing and sheathing the sword was extremely smooth, like flowing clouds and water, without the slightest delay.

The young man was about 1.6 meters tall. Although he did not appear to be particularly strong, he had a slender figure and a lively aura. His long black hair, as silky as silk, was casually draped over his shoulders.

He wore an asymmetrical red half-sleeved battle robe on his upper body, with his left shoulder and arm exposed. His skin was white and delicate, like porcelain. A black gauntlet was wrapped around his left wrist, which not only added a bit of heroic spirit, but also revealed an extraordinary style.

The lower body is matched with a black horse-faced skirt, and a hideous devil mask is hung around the waist, tightly tied with thick hemp ropes, which makes her look both mysterious and awe-inspiring.

For ordinary people, it is extremely difficult to skillfully complete a series of actions such as drawing the sword and sheathing it just by feeling the hand.

But for this young boy, even completing these operations under blind field of vision is as easy as using one's own arm, as if it were an instinct he was born with and as natural as his daily diet.

In the past seven months, Luo's soul power level finally broke through to level 20 the night before the academy closed for the holiday after unremitting efforts. This was also an expected result. After all, the first soul ring he absorbed was an unprecedented 100,000-year soul ring. Even though he sealed most of the soul power in it, it still brought him a significant improvement of level 5 soul power.

In addition to Xiao Wu's 100,000-year-old left arm soul bone, an extra level of soul power was added to him, making Luo's soul power level reach level 16 seven months ago.

In the past few months, Luo gradually unlocked the tremendous soul power contained in the first soul ring, which allowed him to be promoted to level four in one go and greatly increase his strength.

Of course, such a speed of improvement can only produce significant effects when his strength is still weak. As his strength continues to increase, the soul power that the first soul ring can provide will become increasingly limited.

However, this is not Luo's biggest gain. His greatest achievement this semester is that he has mastered the "Iai" move extremely skillfully.

Originally, Luo wanted to find a martial arts school to systematically learn swordsmanship, but unfortunately the city of Nottingham was too small and there was no martial arts school that could teach him swordsmanship.

In desperation, Luo had to imitate the shape of Yan Mo from the blacksmith shop, make himself a fine steel sword, and began to study swordsmanship.

Law didn't know any other moves, he just imitated Netero from the Hunter x Hunter world and practiced the sword-drawing slashing move, also known as "Iai", every day.

As the saying goes, "The truth is simple; knowing is easy, doing is hard." The simpler the matter is, the more difficult it is to stick to it every day.

Just like Netero when he was young, what he did every day was to stand in a horse stance, punch with gratitude, retract his fist, and then punch again, day after day, year after year, and he would throw ten thousand punches every day without fail.

At first, it took Netero at least eighteen hours to throw ten thousand punches, but after he turned fifty, he only needed one hour to throw ten thousand punches, giving him more time to pray.

After going down the mountain, Netero's punch became faster than the sound. When he went to another dojo to challenge, he only threw one punch and convinced the director. He was so moved that he knelt on the ground and worshipped him as Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Luo is not as perseverant as Netero. He sets a goal for himself to make 5,000 sword strikes every day with the most standard posture and without distraction.

In order to achieve the best physical exercise effect, Luo also added 30 kilograms of weight on his body. The wrist guard on his left arm is a weight-bearing item.

In addition, he also had a weight on his right arm, legs, and waist.

At the beginning, Luo couldn't stick to it at all. He only exercised for three or four hours a day. He was so tired that he lay on the ground and cried "I can't stand it anymore". He began to waver and wanted to give up.

If it weren't for the improvement in physical fitness that the hundred thousand year soul bone brought to him, Luo would probably have given up in the beginning.

Fortunately, he persisted!
It is true that "everything is difficult at the beginning", as long as you don't give up at the beginning, the subsequent persistence will be a natural thing.

Now Luo can easily perform 5,000 sword-drawing strikes in the most standard posture within five hours.

And the ensuing effect is that Luo has now reached the state of "calm mind like still water"!

(End of this chapter)