The Black Duke of the Pirate

There were three more identical sounds, and Bender immediately understood that the giant sword seemed unable to withstand the claw force and was about to break.

But what shocked him was how powerful this guy was. He could crush steel with just five fingers. How terrifying.

Bender couldn't imagine how such abnormal strength was cultivated, but he knew that he would never be able to continue competing. At this time, the giant sword was held by Reinhardt with one hand, even if it only paused for less than a second.

, it was enough to break his inertia of consecutive cuts.

The skill of Bender's Explosive Whirling Sword is to continuously spin the giant sword, so during the spinning process, he can slash with the flow, and while slashing the enemy, it must not affect the spinning rhythm and trajectory of the giant sword, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted. This

It is a very difficult swordsmanship technique.

Even if the Explosive Spin Swordsman only made one strike, even if all the accumulated power was wasted, the giant sword must be forcibly withdrawn at this time.

In just half a second, Bender immediately made a decision, so he hurriedly took back the giant sword, no longer caring whether he could continue the skill of turning the giant sword. If the blade was destroyed, the only way he relied on to fight would be

will cease to exist.

But before he could pull away in time, he heard a crisp sound that completely chilled his heart.

Click... The broad sword that was nearly two meters long suddenly shattered and scattered on the ground.

Bender's whole body was shaken, and he could no longer bear the attack of this force. His body flew backwards, and blood flowed from his right wrist and mouth.

"No matter how hard the steel is, it can be crushed as easily as an egg in my hands."

Bender saw the steel fragments falling on the ground. The cracks were very irregular. Is this just the result of the power of his claw?

It's so unbelievable.

Reinhard threw the broken iron in his hand on the ground. He saw that Bender looked a little dull and only the sword hilt was left in his right hand.

"Do you want to continue?" Reinhardt asked with a smile. Facing the rampaging Bender, he did not feel too much pressure.

Bender was stunned for a moment and looked up at Reinhardt. Although he didn't want to admit defeat, the result was obvious that the opponent didn't have all his strength at all... No, maybe even one-tenth of his strength was not used.

Being defeated so easily made Bender feel a huge sense of loss, but at this time he fully understood that the gap between the two was far greater than he imagined.

So he shook his head: "I lost neatly, and you won easily. This was a battle whose outcome was destined from the beginning. There is no need to continue it now. If we fight it, it will only make me die a more humiliating death."

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"You are better than most people if you can recognize it clearly and face it bravely." Reinhardt looked at him and said, "Only when people admit their weakness can they have stronger motivation to pursue strength."

After hearing these words, Bender was shocked, threw away the hilt of his sword, stood up and took a few steps forward: "I hope I will die like a warrior."

He stared at Reinhardt, as if he wanted to see clearly the true strength of this guy.

But there was nothing visible in Reinhard's eyes.

"Are you so eager to die?"

Bender was slightly startled and heard another sentence in his ear,

"Don't you want to continue pursuing greater power?"

What?

He didn't seem to hear clearly. He was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously. He didn't react until he finished speaking.

"You...you won't kill me?"

"Killing you will not do me any good. On the contrary, I will lose a talent in vain." Reinhardt said with a smile, "As the strongest person on a remote island in the East China Sea, although your strength is not good at all, you are better than you because of your youthful potential and

Your fruit power.”

He may not be twenty-five years old yet. Through the contact just now, Reinhardt discovered that his potential is pretty good. In the pirate world, a person's true peak is at the age of forty. The top experts in the world are

The forty-year-old is the most powerful time in life, so the Bender in front of him still has the value of training.

In addition, what Bender likes most is the fruit ability, and initially it is definitely the emotion fruit.

Emotions, on the surface, are the external expression of a person's inner world, including body, movement, language, voice, attitude, joy, anger, sorrow, etc. On a deeper level, it is thinking, and changes in thoughts affect physiology.

With regard to psychological state, this can be an objective change that is visible to the naked eye, or it can be a mental change that is not scientific and can only be felt with the heart.

So this is a devil fruit with great potential.

Hearing that Reinhard didn't want to kill him, he relaxed this time. Then he heard the fruit's ability in his mouth, so he asked in surprise: "You... do you know what devil fruit this is?"

After eating this Devil Fruit, he was able to enter weird states of thinking at will, but he never understood what kind of Devil Fruit ability it was.

"This is the fruit of emotion. As long as it is developed properly, it can control various emotional abilities, both positive and negative." Reinhardt expressed his guess.

"Emotional Fruit..." Bender muttered to himself, and then remembered that when using this ability, all kinds of negative emotions rushed into his head crazily, and this negative emotion completely blocked all external thinking.

It was blocked, so I would lose my sanity every time at first. It was only recently that I gradually gained control of this ability and was able to retain some of my sanity during the battle.

"Want to become stronger?" Reinhard asked again.

"I...of course I want to!" Bender's voice was trembling, and he was very excited. He longed for power all the time. His ten years of slave life from a young boy to the age of fifteen made him understand that this world can only be achieved if one has great strength.

Only then can we truly live.

Now facing the olive branch offered by this powerful man in front of him, how could he refuse? It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it was too late to be happy.

"Join my camp, and I will provide you with the best cultivation methods and help you develop your emotional fruit abilities."

After listening to Reinhardt's words, Bender nodded sharply.

"But what I ask for is your loyalty and your eternal loyalty."

The last words he said were very cold. Bender was shocked when he heard that, so he fell silent. If you want to gain power, you have to give up something. Loyalty is not a problem for Bender, but being loyal forever, he can't see that far.

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Seeing Bender's silence, Reinhardt didn't hurry and waited quietly.

After about a minute, he saw that Bender seemed to be somewhat decisive, so he asked: "Tell me... your final choice!"