Chapter 7 Confrontation with Rayleigh (Ch 7)

Rayleigh keenly sensed the strong fighting spirit in Durant’s eyes. His expression became serious and he slowly said, “Well, in that case, let’s find a deserted place, preferably somewhere far away from the Sabaody Archipelago. After all, I don’t want this incident to affect my future retirement life.”
Of course, in addition to this, Reilly also had his own plans in mind. He wanted to personally test the young man named Durant in front of him to see how powerful he was and whether he had the same strong strength as the Golden Lion back then.
Soon, the group arrived at the shore. Durant used the power of the Float-Float Fruit to fly with Kalifa, Hawkins, Rayleigh, Shaqi and others to an uninhabited island dozens of miles away from the Sabaody Archipelago.
During the flight, Rayleigh looked at the surrounding scenery with a hint of surprise on his face, and exclaimed: “This is the power of the Floating Fruit… So, that old guy Golden Lion should have left. Time really flies!”
Recalling the past, Rayleigh couldn’t help but feel emotional. Those past years kept playing in his mind like a movie, and for a moment he fell into deep memories.
Not long after, they successfully arrived at the uninhabited island. At this time, Hawkins, Kalifa and Shaqi did not leave the ship, but chose to stay on the ship and wait.
At the same time, Durant and Rayleigh stepped onto the island. They stared at each other, exuding a strong aura, and a fierce battle was about to break out. As the two confronted each other, the domineering auras they each released began to collide with each other, as if to tear the entire space apart.
At the moment when the two domineering auras collided with each other, the sea surface surrounding the entire island began to become turbulent and turbulent, as if the whole world was shocked by this powerful force.
Rayleigh carefully felt the strength of the Conqueror’s Haki emanating from Durant, and thought to himself, “It seems that this little guy’s Conqueror’s Haki has just been awakened not long ago, and the strength is only average. But I am quite curious about his abilities in other areas.”
At this time, Rayleigh was already old, and his physical strength was naturally not as good as when he was young. Looking at the young man in front of him who was full of vigor and vitality, Rayleigh couldn’t help but sigh that time flies, and new generations emerge one after another, and the younger generation pushes the older generation forward!
As for why Rayleigh agreed to Durant’s challenge, one of the reasons was because of Shiki the Golden Lion. Although the Roger Pirates and the Golden Lion were enemies back then, it is undeniable that Rayleigh admired the Golden Lion very much. Now that the Golden Lion has a successor, Rayleigh certainly wants to personally test how strong Durant is!
Hawkins, standing on a distant ship, kept his eyes fixed on Captain Durant and Pluto Rayleigh, afraid of missing any exciting moments of their battle.
Durant’s eyes suddenly flashed red, and he quickly drew out the two swords, the Dead Wood and the Sakura, from his waist, and rushed towards Rayleigh like lightning.
“Come on!” Seeing this, Raleigh drew his sword without hesitation and pounced towards Durant who was coming towards him.
The weapons of the two men collided with each other in an instant, making a crisp metallic collision sound. Then, they quickly started a fierce exchange of fire, and every move and every style contained endless killing intent and power. In just three seconds, the two sides had exchanged no less than ten moves, and the movements were so fast that it was dazzling.
In this fierce battle, Durant and Reilly were both fully focused, carefully analyzing each other’s moves and strengths while fighting.
After about four or five minutes, the two finally pulled away from each other for the first time. Rayleigh looked solemn and said in a serious tone: “Durant, I have to admit that your swordsmanship is really strong, even very strong. Frankly speaking, your swordsmanship level is higher than that of my old bones. However… your domineering strength and physical fitness are still relatively weak! And you lack practical experience.”
Durant did not back down from Rayleigh’s frank comments. Instead, he responded without disguising, “That’s right, Pluto Rayleigh. I want to play against you because I hope to take this opportunity to improve my combat ability.”
In fact, Durant knew clearly that Reilly had not used his full strength just now, so it was not surprising that he could analyze these problems.
Rayleigh raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, and said softly: “So, an old man like me has taken advantage of your lack of experience!”
However, there was one thing Rayleigh did not say, that is, this little guy Durant basically has the same level of swordsmanship as the Golden Lion back then. According to common sense, how could such a person be lacking in combat experience? After all, a person with great swordsmanship usually has a lot of combat experience.
However, during this brief confrontation, Rayleigh was keenly aware that Durant’s progress in actual combat was incredibly fast, as if he suddenly had such powerful swordsmanship and was experiencing such a high-intensity battle for the first time. This performance did not seem to be achieved through gradual accumulation and improvement.
Of course, Rayleigh knew that his speculations might be unrealistic. After all, how could anyone suddenly possess such a powerful strength? As for the reasons behind this, Rayleigh did not intend to delve into it.
In addition, Rayleigh also noticed that Durant’s academic imbalance was very serious. Although his swordsmanship was great, he had almost no achievements in other aspects, which was a serious imbalance.
Durant raised his mouth and smiled excitedly, “Come on! Rayleigh, let’s start our second round.”
It was this kind of exciting battle that Durant liked very much. Every time he swung his sword, his blood boiled. As time went on, he became more and more familiar with the immense power in his body, as if this power belonged to him.
When he has complete control over this power, he will be able to convert it 100% into actual combat power. Thinking of this, Durant felt excited.
The entire island began to fall apart because of the fierce battle between the two of them. The fierce sword energy was still undiminished, and each sword energy was like lightning that cut through the sky, carrying endless power.
After nearly an hour of fighting, Durant was already gasping for breath, and his physical strength obviously couldn’t keep up with the pace of the battle. His forehead was covered with sweat, and his face was slightly pale, but the determination in his eyes never changed.