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The moment the phantom disappeared, a sword blade struck from behind, startling Fiona so much that she almost cried out in warning.

"I've succeeded," Miyazaki thought, but the next moment something incredible happened in front of him. The flying slash that had been aimed at the phantom suddenly appeared on his side and slashed at him, forcing him to stop his attack and turn around to deflect the flying slash.

"Your sword intent has become that powerful?" Miyazaki Michi asked incredulously. He had seen a great swordsman fight before, but he felt that the great swordsman's sword intent was inferior to Lin Yi's.

Sword intent, when it reaches a certain level, can change the direction of sword techniques, but how old is Lin Yi? How could he possibly achieve this?

Lin Yi smiled but didn't answer, continuing to fight Miyazaki Michi. After more than half an hour of fighting, Lin Yi won. However, the opportunity for his breakthrough still hadn't appeared. Miyazaki Michi's swordsmanship was exquisite, but his strength was still somewhat lacking, and he didn't put much pressure on Lin Yi.

"Mr. Lin Yi is truly astonishing. At such a young age, not only is his swordsmanship superb, but his sword intent is also so powerful. I imagine Mr. Lin Yi's name will soon resound throughout the seas," Miyazaki said, his eyes filled with amazement.

"Haha, you flatter me. Your swordsmanship is also very exquisite. I would like to ask you to teach Fiona a little something," Lin Yi said.

“Of course, it would be my honor to help Miss Fiona,” Miyazaki Michi readily agreed.

Fiona was delighted to hear this. Although Lin Yi was a highly skilled swordsman, his style wasn't suitable for her. While Lin Yi could guide her in basic swordsmanship training, he couldn't provide proper instruction on her specific swordsmanship path. Miyazaki Michi's light martial arts style, however, was much more suitable for her.

Over the next few days, Fiona stayed at the Light Sword Hall to study, while Lin Yi checked in through the system after the sparring session. In addition to receiving 286 prosperity points, he also received the training method for the Naval Six Styles of Shaving.

He passed on the training method to everyone and subjected them to a series of brutal training sessions. Even Da Pan was brought in this time, since the Shave technique from the Six Styles of the Navy is quite useful.

As for himself, isn't teleportation more appealing?

Lin Yi focused his attention on developing the fruit. He had experimented countless times before, but he realized he was going in the wrong direction. With his current fruit ability, compressing space was nothing short of a pipe dream.

So he changed his approach: was it feasible to create space from inside the object? He acted on his idea.

He carefully took out a piece of gold that shone with dazzling light, then concentrated his mind and mobilized the powerful spatial energy within his body. With a thought, that mysterious and powerful force instantly gathered at his fingertips, and with a gentle tap, he opened up an extremely tiny spatial rift in front of him.

The rift was like a tiny black hole, deep and dark, seemingly leading to an endless unknown world. However, expanding it further was no easy task. He took a deep breath and once again activated his spatial power, attempting to extend and expand the rift.

However, at that moment, something unexpected happened. The once incredibly hard gold could not withstand the tearing force of such powerful spatial energy. In just a few moments, it was ruthlessly torn into countless tiny fragments, like fragile paper, and scattered all over the ground.

Seeing this, Lin Yi frowned slightly, thinking to himself, "It seems that this piece of gold is not tough enough..." So, without hesitation, he put down the broken gold in his hand and picked up a heavy piece of iron.

This time, he used the same method with high hopes, expecting the iron block to perform better than the gold. However, the result was a huge disappointment—the iron block couldn't even complete the initial step of opening a spatial rift!

Despite his frustration, Lin Yi did not give up. He continued to try different types of metal materials, including copper blocks, aluminum blocks, and so on. But after a series of experiments, he found that these metals either could not withstand the impact of spatial forces at all, or they would quickly break apart after barely managing to create a spatial rift.

Ultimately, after repeated comparisons and verifications, Lin Yi reluctantly concluded that among all the metals tested, the one that initially provided the best support for spatial power was still the gold.

He sat there quietly, his brow furrowed, lost in deep thought. After a while, the image of the tall, mysterious black tree on the original island suddenly appeared in his mind.

The blackwood tree soared into the clouds, its thick trunk standing straight like a black iron pillar. Its bark was a deep black, as if it could absorb all the surrounding light. Moreover, this blackwood was exceptionally hard, even several times tougher than metal.

With this thought, he made a move, and a small piece of black wood appeared in his hand as if by magic. The piece of black wood was only the size of a palm, but it was heavy and gave people an extremely solid feeling.

Immediately, he began his experiment. He concentrated all his strength at his fingertips and carefully scratched the black wood. To his delight, the seemingly indestructible black wood gradually developed a fine scratch under his efforts.

As time went on, he increased his effort and skill, and the marks on the ebony surface became deeper and longer. Finally, after a lot of hard work, he successfully carved out a space the size of a schoolbag on this small piece of ebony! The interior of this space was as smooth as a mirror, and the edges were neat and clean, making it impossible to tell that it had just been carved out.

"We succeeded!" Lin Yi exclaimed excitedly.

The next step is to stabilize this space. Unlike the storage space he created from the void, the space created on the items will collapse immediately if it loses the support of spatial power.

But that's another training course. He looked at the 95% mark in the Space Fruit Development section of the system panel, his face beaming like a 300-pound fat man.

Twenty days passed quickly, and Lin Yi had developed the fruit to 99%, just a little short of reaching the awakening stage.

Meanwhile, the others also achieved results in practicing the Six Styles of Naval Shaving.

Apart from Felina, everyone else was in good physical condition. Da Pan mastered the use of Shave on the third day, the fish-man brothers took five days, and Fiona took half a month to learn swordsmanship. Felina had not yet learned it when she left Proxiu fishing village.

Chapter 10 Starting Over

"Mr. Miyazaki, thank you for your guidance during this time," Fiona bowed to Miyazaki. During this time, Miyazaki had not held back, teaching Fiona the complete art of light swordsmanship, a quality that was truly admirable.

"Haha, Miss Fiona, you're too kind. You have great talent. Light Martial Arts will surely become famous in your hands. That way, I can say that I've found a good successor for Light Martial Arts." Miyazaki said this, and that's what he thought. Although he and Fiona didn't have a master-disciple relationship, if Light Martial Arts could be carried forward in her hands, then he could say that he had passed on his family's swordsmanship well.

"Anyway, thank you very much," Fiona said again.

"Master Miyazaki, we've troubled you all this time, and it's time for us to leave," Lin Yi said, bidding farewell. They had been here far too long.

"Then I'll wait here until your fame spreads here." Miyazaki Michi always believed that Lin Yi and his men would make a name for themselves on the high seas.

"Haha, we will. Well then, Mr. Miyazaki, goodbye." Everyone waved goodbye.

Suddenly, Charles Connor shouted at their retreating figures, "Sister Fiona, I'll go to sea someday too, and I'll beat you!"

"Good luck, kid. Don't cry next time, haha," Fiona replied.

"Hmph, no way, I will definitely become a great swordsman," Charles Connor said with a determined look in his eyes.

Lin Yi and the others returned to the ship; the supplies had been purchased the day before.

With Lin Yi's command of "Let's go!"

The Travel once again carries everyone on an adventure.

"Felina, where is the next island?" Lin Yi asked, lying back in his chair. He was practically a hands-off manager now, leaving all the big and small matters to Felina, except for the kitchen, which he absolutely wouldn't let her in.

Setting down her book, Filina said irritably, "It's Qiaomia Village. I told you two days ago."

"Oh dear, I'm so bored. I wish we could get there soon. You said the pears there are delicious, is that true?"

“Of course it’s true. Every year, nobles from the Kingdom of Augusta send someone to Qiaomia Village to make purchases,” Felina affirmed.

How much longer until we arrive?

"Just wait, there will be heavy rain in the next two days, so the sailing speed can't be too fast. It should take four or five days."

"Oh, it'll take so long? This is so boring. How about we go fishing?" Lin Yi suggested.

"No, I still want to read. Go find Da Pan," Felina refused. Because of the bad weather, the fishman brothers were assigned to their work posts by Felina. Fiona was a cultivation fanatic, so only Da Pan and Lin Yi were idle.

"Da Pan, Da Pan!" Lin Yi shouted.

Da Pan, who was pondering how to add weight to his black wooden stick on the deck, heard his elder brother's call and poked his head out to reply, "What's up, brother?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Brother, I feel my black wooden stick is a bit light. I'm thinking about how to increase its weight."

"We'll talk about that when we meet someone who can forge weapons. Just make do with this for now. We don't know how to make weapons. Get down here, let's have a fishing contest." It's not just about weight, but also about the Stretching Fruit. It seems that after checking off the West Blue, the next stop will be the Germa Kingdom in the North Blue to find Wen Shimokage. I wonder if that guy can handle it.

"Okay, brother, how do we decide the outcome?" Da Pan asked with great interest.

"If you lose, you have to wash the dishes for a week, how about that?" Lin Yi said. Now, he and the Fishman Brothers are the ones who do most of the cooking, while Da Pan and Fiona do the washing. Filina is the brains of the team, so how could she do such a trivial task?

"Okay, I'll definitely let you have a taste of washing dishes, brother!" Da Pan rubbed his hands together, determined to send his brother to the dishwashing job.

"Hmph, I'm afraid you don't have the ability," Lin Yi said disdainfully.

The human and the bear each found their spots and began their fishing competition. Felina put down her book and watched them with great interest.

Before long, Da Pan was the first to catch a big fish weighing over 20 kilograms.

Da Pan glanced smugly at Lin Yi, which annoyed Lin Yi.

"Wow, Pan is amazing!" Felina praised.

"Haha, it's just so-so," Da Pan said with an air of smugness.

Before long, Da Pan caught another big fish, even bigger than the previous one, weighing over thirty pounds.

Lin Yi, standing to the side, was utterly puzzled. "This shouldn't be! I refuse to believe it!" he thought. But the truth was, he fished for ages and caught absolutely nothing. In contrast, Da Pan had a resounding success, catching a small sea monster.

Just as Lin Yi was considering whether to use his domineering aura to cheat, Simon on the lookout tower shouted, "Captain, a pirate ship is approaching us!"

Lin Yi decisively stopped the match and rallied everyone to prepare for battle. Da Pan, standing nearby, strongly suspected that his older brother was so agitated that he wanted to renege on the match, but he had no proof.

"Felina, do you recognize whose pirate ship it is?" Lin Yi asked.

"Wait, let me see the bounty posters." Felina took out a booklet full of pirate bounty posters. Lin Yi had used spatial teleportation to return to Baluti Town and retrieve it from the Marines without alerting anyone, hehe. Along with the bounty poster booklet was a camera Den Den Mushi.

There's no way around it, even travelers need to eat. He forgot last time, and after spending over eight million yen on food in the Proxiu fishing village over twenty days, Lin Yi remembered the part-time job of a pirate hunter. He could cut off someone's head, take a picture with the pirate flag, and still collect the bounty from the Navy branch.

“Found them. It’s the Iron Hand Pirates. Captain Iron Hand Dori has a bounty of 1450 million Berries, and the vice-captain, Savage Barto, has a bounty of 800 million Berries,” Felina said.

"Ah, so few?" Lin Yi was a little disappointed, and even lost the desire to make a move. That's right, in the Four Seas, a pirate of Xiong Li's caliber was already considered top-tier.

Several cannon shots rang out, and several shells hurtled towards the Traveler.

Da Pan fired the cannonballs back one by one with his stick, but unfortunately they exploded in mid-air.

On the Iron Hand Pirate Ship, Iron Hand Dori grinned maliciously at the Traveler, his face revealing greed. The Traveler was originally commissioned by a nobleman, so its appearance was very luxurious, emphasizing wealth.

"Hehe, big brother, you have to keep those noble ladies for me this time." The savage Bato lived up to his name, looking very unkempt and being lecherous and cruel.

"Don't worry, you can choose first this time," Iron Hand Dolly said.

As the ship drew near, he shouted, "Men, kill all the men and take their women and treasure!"

But before he could take a step, two figures appeared on their ship. It was Fiona and Da Pan. The others stayed on the Traveler to watch. Lin Yi certainly couldn't fight on his own ship; blood would be splattered everywhere and difficult to clean up.

"Hehe, little beauty, you can't wait any longer? Hehe, let me pamper you properly." When the savage Barto saw that there was only one man and one bear, he immediately charged towards Fiona with a lewd grin.

Barto swung his axe at Fiona, clearly intending to capture her alive.

Fiona wouldn't let him have his way. She took a step back, and her Snow Drinker drew a sword shadow in the air, causing the savage Barto to drop his axe to the ground.

Barto let out a scream, clutching his severed hand and collapsing to his knees in agony.

"What a fast sword!" Iron Hand Dori's face was very ugly. Bartolomeo was second only to him in the Iron Hand Pirates, yet he had his hand cut off in a single exchange. There were still four people on the other side who hadn't moved. This time, they had really kicked a hornet's nest.

Just as he was about to explain that it was a misunderstanding, Da Pan attacked, slamming down with his club. Dolly was so frightened that he quickly raised his claws to block the black wooden club that Da Pan was throwing down, but he underestimated the power of Da Pan's attack.

Bang! The black wooden stick slammed heavily onto Dolly's shoulder, causing him to fall violently to the ground.

"Spare me!" Dolly begged, but how could Da Pan listen to him? He ended Dolly's life with a single blow. What followed was a one-sided massacre, and soon all 60-odd pirates were wiped out.

He cut down the Iron Hand Pirate Flag and placed it on the ground, then took photos of Dori and Barto. Done. Another source of income. Hehe, Lin Yi was in a great mood.

More than 300 million Berries and some scattered jewels were found on the Iron Hand Pirates' ship; this was all the Iron Hand Pirates possessed.

The final flying slash buries the sins.

Back on the Traveler.

"To celebrate our victory and to bring us some extra income, let's have a feast! Today, it's a whole fish banquet!" Lin Yi announced loudly.

"Great! A whole fish feast! Long live Big Brother!" Pan was the first to respond when it came to eating. The others also agreed. Dota and Simon mainly wanted to drink Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor).

Lin Yi learned how to make the whole fish feast from Bachi when he was in the fishing village of Proxiu. He also bought a lot of seasonings from him. Although the taste was not as good as Bachi's, it was still pretty good.

The banquet was filled with laughter and joy, but a sudden downpour forced them to end it early.

The power of nature is immense. The storm caused the Traveller to drift like a leaf, but fortunately, Philina had anticipated this and steered the ship out of the storm area early on, so the Traveller remained relatively safe.