Pirate: Hades! ( One Piece)

Chapter 300: Drawing Balls

The six Pirates are currently the top-tier Strongmen on The Great Sea, Great Pirates who shake the Four Seas.

As for the remaining ten, Genryusai Shigekuni is the most unfathomable.

He is the master of a Sword Dojo named Genryu.

Kirinji Tenshiro, "Hot Spring Demon" among the Top 16, is his Disciple, which shows how powerful he is.

Although Kirinji Tenshiro used a Codename, as the battles continued, his real name and identity were quickly exposed under the World's powerful Intelligence network.

Genryu did not live in seclusion either, and it has considerable fame in a certain Sea Area.

It was unexpected that a single Sword Dojo would have two Swordsmen enter the Top 16.

It is conceivable that Genryu will definitely become a target for many who wish to join in the future.

Like Zoro, Kirinji Tenshiro fought his way into the Top 16 with his powerful Overall Strength.

In terms of Swordsmanship Realm, they can only be considered ordinary among Great Sword Masters.

However, in terms of Overall Strength, Kirinji Tenshiro is even more powerful.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni, Zoffy, and Bylear were already favorites to win the championship, but the other Top 16 contestants were even more intriguing.

"Yuanhong" remains mysterious, but it will be difficult for him to break into the Top 8.

Merely having a powerful Swordsmanship Realm is far from enough.

"Ghost Swordsman" Baron's Weapon is a broadsword, but his Strength is exceptionally terrifying.

What is shocking is that he possesses a Ghost Hand.

People with Ghost Hands are extremely rare on The Great Sea.

The "Devil's Hand" possessed by Grant, the Disciple of the future Marine Admiral Aokiji, is essentially the same.

The mysterious Swordsman named "Hiei" possesses an "Evil Eye".

People like him and Baron are often referred to as the Cursed Children.

Rare Cursed Children, and two of them suddenly appeared in this Sword Tournament.

The last one, "Sword Control Style" Hiko Seijuro, is a powerful Swordsman from "Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu".

The eighteenth floor of the Sky Arena finally opened.

At the very top floor of the Sky Arena.

The only Arena, all positions on the four sides were already filled.

The entire eighteenth floor could accommodate a total of 180,000 people.

Aside from the 100,000 seats, the remaining 80,000 people could only stand.

As for the others within the Sky Arena, unfortunately, they could not watch live and could only follow the events through Live Streaming.

Around the World, countless people had long since sat in front of their Visual Den Den Mushi, watching the screen of the Sky Arena's eighteenth floor.

On a special Platform, Hades stood together with many Great Pirates.

On one side, there was another Platform, with a total of sixteen positions, representing the Top 16 contestants of the Sword Tournament.

Shiki, Roger, and the others had already taken their seats.

The Live Streaming feed constantly flashed across the faces of the many Top 16 contestants.

Many people Around the World cheered for their supporters.

Someone like Genryusai Shigekuni had also ventured on The Great Sea in the past, and many people recognized him.

Checking the Time, Hades stood up, holding a microphone in his hand.

"Hoo."

He lightly blew into it, testing if the microphone was working.

Hearing Hades' voice, the originally noisy Venue suddenly fell silent.

The Live Streaming camera also immediately turned to Hades.

Hades wore a luxurious purple coat.

He surveyed the entire Venue, and the powerful aura subtly emanating from him seemed to awe everyone.

Though seemingly absent, many people could feel it in their hearts.

"Starting today, the Top 8 contention officially begins. Before that, let me tell you why this place is called the Sky Arena."

Hades' mouth curved upwards, his words filled with Expectation.

Because he had never truly seen it, or rather, since the Sky Arena was completed, this function had never been genuinely used.

As soon as his voice fell, the staff Behind the Scenes began to operate.

Without a single vibration, the Sky slightly brightened.

"It opened!"

Looking up towards the Sky, many people watched this scene in shock.

On the eighteenth floor of the Sky Arena, the surrounding four walls began to open from the top, like a blooming flower.

Looking up, one could see the Sky.

It stopped only when it was roughly forty-five degrees to the ground.

Immediately after, the ground beneath them suddenly began to move.

The originally circular spectator stands were instantly divided into four sections.

They moved upwards and outwards, finally stopping on the four "leaves" at the top of the Sky Arena.

Their positions were higher, allowing them to overlook the entire Arena.

And in their original positions, a circular black wall rose from the ground, enclosing the entire Arena within it.

The role of this wall was primarily to protect the spectators.

The wall was fifty meters away from the Arena, but its height was a hundred meters taller than the Arena.

And the bottom of the spectator stands was one hundred and fifty meters higher than the Arena.

Due to being blocked by the wall, a large part of the Arena could not be seen.

And in the next moment, a scene that shocked everyone occurred.

An invisible fluctuation spread outwards, enveloping the entire Arena.

Just like that, quietly, the Arena silently began to ascend, rising about sixty meters upwards, and then just floated there quietly in mid-air.

Several gazes fell upon Shiki.

Shiki watched this scene with interest, shaking his head slightly, "I didn't do this."

"It should be some kind of technology."

What did they see?

There was nothing supporting the bottom of the Arena; it was just floating in the air.

This was the Kronos Kingdom's application of magnetic fields, using magnetic fields to make things float.

Creating Floating Islands was not a difficult task for the Kronos Kingdom.

Such technology was merely a reverse application of gravity, researched and developed based on the special Floating Islands found on The Great Sea.

This is the origin of the name "Sky Arena".

And it was prepared to handle the battles of those Top-tier Monsters.

Floating in the air could prevent the Sky Arena from being destroyed due to powerful strength.

The reinforced walls around it were to protect the spectators and prevent strength from spreading further.

They were also mixed with a bit of Eternal metal that could absorb strength.

Spectators being at a higher position allowed them to watch the battle more clearly.

Hades looked at the many members of the Top 16.

A staff member came before everyone with a special box.

In addition, there were sixteen spheres, each with a number from one to sixteen written on it.

First, he showed the inside of the box; it was empty, there was nothing inside.

Then, he placed the spheres into the box one by one.

"Get ready for the drawing lots. This time it's about luck. One versus sixteen, two versus fifteen, and so on."

Hades smiled.

"Then let's have some fun."

Shiki was the first to stand up.

He didn't expect Hades to pull such a trick this time.

He had thought this match would also be arranged by the Pluto Pirates.

But this was also somewhat interesting.

The powerful aura made a drop of sweat appear on the staff member's forehead.

He reached a hand into the box and pulled out a ball to look at it.

"Tsk."

It was number six.

According to the tournament format, Shiki's match was the sixth one.

He had hoped to meet his opponent earlier.

Now, he would just look forward to who his opponent would be, whoever got the number eleven ball.

(end of chapter)