The toxins within Aima jiang's body were secreted from the Seven Star Sword every time Li Yuan struck him with a sword. These toxins would then merge into Aima jiang's bloodstream through the wounds, becoming blood poison.
Blood poison is a unique toxin associated with Li Yuan's vampire abilities; it is essentially a form of blood and can perfectly integrate into human blood.
This blood poison possesses remarkable concealment and stability. As long as Li Yuan does not activate it, it will not affect the opponent, which is why Aima jiang was completely unaware of his poisoning during the battle.
However, once Li Yuan activates it, even top-tier martial artists would succumb to its effects, causing their blood to instantly coagulate and preventing normal circulation throughout their bodies. Only those with extremely high resistance to toxins, such as Mythical Zoan users, might withstand this blood poison.
Unfortunately, Aima jiang was not a Mythical Zoan user, and the amount of blood poison within him was minimal.
But at this critical moment, causing Aima jiang's body to momentarily falter and lose balance was a fatal threat to a true top-tier powerhouse, and it was the real executioner that would seal his fate!
"Crushing Impact!"
Even with his blood coagulated, Aima jiang was still able to activate his Devil Fruit ability. A powerful force of crushing impact surged forth, heading directly towards Li Yuan.
However, this meager force of destruction was like ordinary steel against Li Yuan's Seven Star Sword, easily severed in its entirety! "No!!!"
Aima jiang was still desperately trying to break free from the blood poison in his veins, but just as he successfully used Armament Haki to resolve the issue of his blood coagulation, the Seven Star Sword had already reached his neck, leaving him no time to even raise a hand in defense!
The Armament Haki covering Aima jiang's neck was torn apart by the unmatched sharpness of the Seven Star Sword, and even his bones could not withstand it! "Pfft!!!"
Li Yuan's figure brushed past Aima jiang, whose unwilling gaze still held a glimmer of life, but a torrent of blood gushed forth from his neck.
That blood, seemingly with a will of its own, lunged towards the Seven Star Sword, only to be completely devoured by it.
In the blink of an eye, Aima jiang's body shriveled up, resembling a desiccated corpse that had been exposed to the sun for days, and he fell directly from the air.
"Aima jiang!!!"
Li Yuan's ability to shift positions was almost like teleportation, so fast that Garp and the other two could not react in time. By the time they did, Aima jiang had already been decapitated by Li Yuan's sword!
Having heard rumors of Li Yuan's ability to instantly kill top-tier fighters, they had been extremely cautious.
Before they were assigned to deal with Li Yuan, they had conducted countless studies and mental simulations of his various techniques, powers, and abilities.
But when Li Yuan truly displayed his strength and killed a top-tier fighter before their eyes, they realized just how terrifying he was.
Garp understood best that what made Li Yuan frightening was not just the abilities and powers he showcased now.
The most terrifying aspect was his unfathomable potential and the uncertainty of what new abilities he might reveal next. His previous research on Li Yuan's various techniques had some effect, but it was minimal because he knew Li Yuan would demonstrate new powers each time.
Just like the powerful life restoration enhancement ability, the combination of three sword intents, the Sea Stone long sword, and the power of the Mythical Zoan vampire he had shown before, now he had displayed a teleportation-like shifting ability.
After the initial shock, Garp's entire body erupted with Haki like a volcanic eruption. Having used the life restoration to enhance himself, Garp's current combat power had soared to a whole new level!
He was acutely aware that among the three still alive, he was the only one capable of standing up to Li Yuan in his explosive state. Even Ivanov, a Mythical Zoan Thunder God Eagle, could potentially be killed by Li Yuan in an instant, so he stepped forward without hesitation.
"Bone Fist: Star Destroyer!"
Garp shot forth like a falling meteor, leaving a path of dark red lightning in his wake. His fist, glowing with dark red light, was infused with overwhelming Haki.
The moment Garp charged, the immense aura of blood, Haki, and sword intent around Li Yuan converged once more, and a massive blood dragon appeared behind him, stretching a hundred meters long.
As Li Yuan soared into the air, the blood dragon opened its massive jaws, and Li Yuan was enveloped within, as if the blood dragon was his support.
"Three Elements Unite: Haki Entwined: Blood Dragon Slash!"
A blood dragon also coiled around the Seven Star Sword, and as Li Yuan swung his sword, the furious power of the blood dragon erupted!
The moment the fist and sword collided in mid-air, it was like a nuclear weapon detonating, creating a massive shockwave that formed a blood-colored lightning mushroom cloud.
The tremendous force of the impact created a massive pit over a thousand meters wide in the sea below.
Garp's fully powered punch, enhanced to the limit, blocked Li Yuan's sword. Once again, their fist and sword met as they had over a decade ago, without actually colliding! "Garp, your fist still isn't hard enough!"
Li Yuan looked at Garp, who was spitting blood, and smiled slightly.
At that moment, the blood dragon behind Li Yuan roared, and in the blink of an eye, its form transformed into a streak of blood light that merged into the Seven Star Sword, granting it even greater power.
"Bang!!!"
In that instant, the Seven Star Sword, with its overwhelming strength, forcibly broke through the barrier of power between the fist and sword, shattering the Haki that clung to Garp's fist, and struck directly upon Garp's fist.
To make his Armament Haki even harder, Garp had connected his fist with the Haki covering his entire body. As long as the opponent's power could not destroy his entire Armament Haki in one go, they could not truly break through the Haki on his fist.
But Li Yuan's sword had already reached the limit of Garp's Armament Haki defense.
"Crack!"
Garp, covered in black Armament Haki, looked like a piece of glass on the verge of shattering, riddled with terrifying cracks.
"Ah!!!"
As Li Yuan shattered Garp's Armament Haki, Garp experienced a violent backlash, his body flying back like a fallen meteor, with visible cracks appearing in the bones of his fist.
"Chaotic Space!"
The moment Garp moved, Carlo activated his strongest ability once more, turning the smooth space into chaos, even opening a stable spatial passage within the disorder.
"Run!"
As Garp was sent flying back by Li Yuan's sword, Carlo grabbed the returning Garp and dove into the spatial passage, with Ivanov following closely behind.
"Want to escape? Did you ask me first?"
"Slash for me!!!"
Seeing the familiar chaos in space, Li Yuan gathered all his power into the Seven Star Sword and instantly unleashed a blood-colored slash that stretched a hundred meters long.
"Crack!!!"
Where the blood-colored slash passed, the space tore apart, and that chaotic region was cleaved and obliterated by the sword, causing the originally chaotic spatial order to restore itself under the world's instinctive healing.
However, the spatial passage also collapsed as a result. Carlo and Garp, who had entered first, managed to escape, but Ivanov, who entered later, was forcibly expelled as the space crumbled.
At that moment, Ivanov was utterly bewildered. How could he still be here? Looking at the shattered spatial passage, despair filled his heart.
Why hadn't he been quicker to enter the spatial passage? Why was it that despite being the fastest, he was the last to enter?
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