Pirate: Hades! ( One Piece)

Chapter 299: Sword Tournament (2) Top 16

And the Pluto Pirates also needed to adjust the tournament system and formulate the match schedule.

To increase the margin for error, everyone still needed to fight ten battles.

Only those who achieved nine victories could enter the next round.

And the promotion slots for the next round were only one hundred and twenty-eight people.

That was roughly one-tenth of the participants.

The competition started to get exciting now.

In Hades' view, this first round was still an elimination round.

Eliminating the weak Sword Masters, leaving behind the outstanding Sword Masters and the Great Sword Masters.

Only in the second round would a one-on-one format be used.

Winners would advance, losers would be eliminated, with a single match deciding the outcome.

Ultimately determining the Top 64, Top 32, and Top 16 participants.

The reason for using a multi-match format was precisely to increase the margin for error and select the true elites among the Swordsmen.

For Hades, only the battles starting from the Top 16 would be interesting and worth his attention.

Under normal circumstances, he would remain at the Sky Arena to prevent accidents.

As for the progress of the competition, he wouldn't pay deliberate attention.

Although the number of participants decreased, the duration of this round was still half a month.

Allowed to lose only one out of ten matches, no Swordsman wanted to give up.

Especially after overcoming numerous obstacles to reach this point.

The intensity of the battles exceeded imagination.

The Kronos Kingdom's powerful medical system also provided assistance.

Although the medical pods could not be exposed, powerful medical methods combined with nutrient solution allowed them to quickly restore their injuries.

Preventing injuries from being too severe to continue fighting.

During this period, many Swordsmen experienced breakthroughs.

Driven by the belief of abandoning everything, the true Strongmen were selected.

The final one hundred and twenty-eight Swordsmen advanced.

Those who could reach this level were either Great Sword Masters or top Sword Masters.

On The Great Sea, they would all be considered Strongmen.

Why did it only take half a month?

Originally, according to the Kronos Kingdom's conjecture, although the number of people in the first round decreased, the quality greatly improved, and the battle time would increase significantly.

This first round would take at least a month to complete.

Because there were too many truly top Swordsmen.

Just the number of Great Sword Masters alone exceeded forty, approaching one-third of the number of qualifiers for the second round!

Under absolute strength, the speed at which battles ended was much faster than imagined.

Monsters like Shiki, Roger, and Láidé could all crush their opponents with absolute strength.

In the eyes of outsiders, they were already Monsters.

But among the Monsters, there were also true Monsters.

The Sword Tournament had drawn out countless Swordsmen of great strength, whether for fame and fortune or simply to improve their strength.

At this time, many talents around the World were surprised to discover that there were so many powerful Swordsmen on The Great Sea.

Sword Masters themselves were the peak in the eyes of many, while Great Sword Masters were a realm of legend.

This was unimaginable.

There were even Swordsmen who still hadn't exhibited their true strength.

The Pluto Pirates could not possess intelligence on everyone.

However, as the Tournament progressed, they would eventually be exposed one by one.

On The Great Sea, the favorites to win the championship were still Roger, Shiki, Láidé, and others.

They all possessed absolute strength, easily defeating, or even instantly killing their opponents.

Meeting them, one could only say it was somewhat unlucky.

The Top 128 who advanced to the second round were all highly anticipated.

The Paradise Card Group had already released the first batch of Swordsman Series Cards during the Sword Tournament.

That is, among the one thousand and twenty-four participating Swordsmen who officially entered the Sword Tournament, excluding the Top 128 who entered the next round, the remaining eight hundred and ninety-six.

Second round: Top 128 advancing to Top 64.

There were a total of sixty-four battles, taking place simultaneously in the eight arenas on the sixteenth floor of the Sky Arena.

Each arena needed to hold eight duels.

Lasting for four days, the second round concluded.

After three days of rest, the third round began.

Immediately after the second round of the Sword Tournament concluded, the Paradise Card Group once again released the Sword Tournament Top 128 Series Cards.

Those who were defeated were featured in the Top 128 Series Cards.

In this second round, the highly anticipated Swordsman, the Deputy of Shiki "The Golden Lion", and the second-in-command of the Flying Pirates, Reinhardt, was eliminated, defeated by a mysterious Swordsman from the East Blue.

Being unable to use the Air Current Fruit's ability had a significant impact on Reinhardt.

However, he knew that even if he used his Devil Fruit ability, he would not be a match for this mysterious Swordsman.

The mysterious Swordsman from the East Blue began to exhibit his sharpness.

His codename, it seemed, was named after his own sword, called "Yuanhong".

Also eliminated were two young Swordsmen who followed "Yuanhong".

The two young Swordsmen named "Wind" and "Yun" seemed not even twenty years old, only eighteen or nineteen.

They had already entered the Top 128, which was enough to demonstrate their great potential.

However, it was clear that this was not yet their era.

The progress of the Sword Tournament was destined to be long.

By the third round, Top 64 advancing to Top 32, every battle was worth paying attention to.

This time, the number of arenas was on the seventeenth floor, with only four.

Each one still held eight matches.

Those who could watch the battles at the venue were ultimately only a minority.

However, the Kronos Kingdom had anticipated this long ago and brought out screens, connecting to the live streaming of the venue.

The entire large screen was divided into four parts, allowing simultaneous attention to the battle situation in four arenas.

By this point, the Sword Tournament truly entered its climax.

Because none of the opponents were easy to deal with, the Swordsmen who should be exposed would mostly be exposed at this time.

The third round lasted for a full six days.

The slots for the Top 32 were officially determined.

Through this battle, Zoro, living up to expectations, successfully broke through the bottleneck of Great Sword Master, and awakened the power of Observation Haki Future Sight, successfully entering the Top 32.

This was something worth being happy about for Hades.

As for what level Zoro could ultimately reach, Hades was probably clear.

He might enter the Top 16, but as for the Top 8, it was impossible for Zoro.

It would even be somewhat difficult for Zoffy.

As for Shimotsuki Kouzaburo, he fell in the third round, unable to continue.

Another three days of rest.

The fourth round of the Sword Tournament officially began.

By the fourth round, the duels were no longer held in separate venues.

All battles would converge on Venue 1 on the seventeenth floor of the Sky Arena.

Every single battle needed to be watched carefully.

These were duels between world top Swordsmen and Great Sword Masters.

The Sword Tournament was undoubtedly a world top tournament.

The entire World was paying attention.

Besides the betting pool on Paros Island, casinos around the World also opened betting pools for the battles at the Sky Arena.

The fourth round, through intense great battles, lasted for a full eight days.

Finally, the slots for the Top 16 were determined.

These sixteen people were the focus of attention for countless people and were destined to become famous.

Every single one was a well-deserved top Swordsman.

Great Pirate Wang Zhi, Captain John, Shiki "The Golden Lion", "Demon" Roger, "The Lone Red" Redfield, Rayleigh, Genryusai Shigekuni, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, Zoffy, Zoro, "Yuanhong" (Gaine), Bylear, "Spring Water Demon" (Kirinji Tenshiro), "Ghost Swordsman" Baron, "Hiei", Hikoseijuro of the Sword Control Style.