One Piece King of Thunder

Chapter 29 Victory in the First Battle
Nami couldn't help but regret that she was outspoken at that time, making Luffy and the others the target of public criticism.

Nami changed her mind and said: "Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, just do your best, and just try to get a good ranking."

Lu Fei took it for granted: "How can it be done, since participating in the martial arts tournament, there is only one goal!"

Sauron also said: "I am only interested in the championship."

"The champion is mine!" Luffy yelled.

"That's not necessarily true." Sauron smiled sternly.

Luffy and Zoro confronted each other.

Nami rolled her eyes and reminded, "Why are you two so loud?"

Only then did Luffy and Zoro realize that all the contestants in the square were staring at them.

Luffy grinned nonchalantly.

Sanji took a puff of smoke and said, "The rules of the preliminary competition do not allow the use of weapons and devil fruit abilities to actively attack. You two have the energy to think about how to pass the preliminary competition smoothly."

"Is there still such a rule?" Nami asked in surprise.

A Lei explained: "The preliminary competition mainly focuses on the basic skills of the contestants, and at the same time, it is also to prevent the contestants from being overly injured, which will affect the subsequent competitions. Each person will have a maximum of ten competitions, and if they win seven competitions, they will be able to advance to the semi-finals."

Nami and the others nodded suddenly, such a rule is quite humane.

Alei told Luffy: "Be careful not to use your ability subconsciously, otherwise, even if you miss the opponent, you will be warned by the referee once with a yellow card, and if you are given two yellow cards in a match, you will be judged as a loser."

Luffy nodded, got it.

Usopp frowned and said, "Sauron can't use a knife, wouldn't that be too much of a disadvantage?"

Sauron said indifferently: "Others can't use weapons, and I have also practiced without swords."

"Next, please enter the contestants with registration numbers." Da Yinbei began to yell.

There are so many players in the preliminary round, it is not suitable to enter the venue to watch the game, so the audience watched the game through projection shells in various squares.

The arenas are all ten meters by ten meters, and the contestants will be judged as losers if they fall off the arena or fall to the ground.

Each match is limited to 15 minutes, and if the winner is not determined by the time limit, it will be judged as a tie, and two draws can be equal to one victory.

In the competition arena, forty competition platforms have been operating simultaneously.

The director locked the screen on the big screen to the competition platform No. [-], and the crowd in the square suddenly became commotion.

"It's War Ghost Weipa, has he signed up for the competition this year?"

"It's been two years since I saw him."

"I remember that War Ghost Weipa lost to the champion Nirvana in the semi-finals the year before last, and he didn't sign up after that."

"It seems that the war ghost Weipa is also targeting the Velociraptor Devil Fruit this time."

"Weipa's opponent is Teresa, a high-achieving student from Airspace Academy, who made it into the top [-] of the contest last year. This contest is very interesting."

"Almost all masters have signed up for the competition this year, and this fifth martial arts tournament will definitely be the most exciting one."

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Lu Feituan listened to everyone's discussion, their faces were a little dignified, and they stared at the big screen.

"Come on, Weipa!" Aisha shouted, attracting a lot of attention. Many people recognized Aisha and smiled at this genius.

"The contest begins." The referee announced.

Suddenly everyone's attention turned to the big screen.

Weipa smiled sternly, and rushed towards Teresa, shave!
Teresa stared at Weipa, and fought back with razor.

Immediately, the figures of the two flickered on the big screen, making it hard to see clearly.

"So fast!" Nami couldn't help but marvel.

"I don't have time to chat with you brat." Wei Pa sneered, and suddenly increased his speed. He locked Theresa's position at the next moment through his heart, and punched out.

Teresa's complexion changed, and she couldn't dodge in time. She only had her arms to protect her chest, and received Weipa's punch hard.

Weipa's right arm was wrapped with a thick armed domineering color, and Teresa was directly thrown out of the ring with a punch.

Teresa did a one-handed backflip, stood firm, and stared at Weipa through gritted teeth.

"Weipa wins!" The referee announced immediately.

There was a sudden commotion in the square, and the winner was decided so quickly, Wei Pa really deserved the name of War Ghost.

"Awesome!" Lu Fei praised, feeling itchy in his heart, wishing he could go on stage and compete immediately.

"This guy is a real master." Sauron gritted his teeth, it was really right to sign up for this tournament.

Sanji took a deep puff of cigarette, and took a deep look at A Lei who had always remained calm. Wei Pa, an expert like Wei Pa, was thrown away by A Lei's move.

The big-screen picture shifted to NO.19 competition platform.

The two masters are fighting fiercely, and they are six-style and domineering. All kinds of maneuvers and turns in the air are brilliant.

The two battled to the end of the time limit, but both failed to decide the winner, and ended in a draw.

The audience in the square applauded fiercely and applauded the wonderful contest between the two contestants.

"Next, please enter the contestants with registration numbers." Da Yinbei continued to yell.

"number 558."

Sanji lifted his spirits and strode over with his number plate.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji signed up together, with numbers 556, 557, and 558 respectively.

After the batch of [-] numbers has been submitted, only Sanji will compete.

Luffy looked displeased: "Why isn't it my turn yet? If I had known, I would have changed the number plate with Sanji."

A Lei consoled him, "It will be a round of 80 people soon. Let's cheer for Sanji."

Sanji was assigned to the No. 36 competition platform, and the big screen was aimed at the No. [-] competition platform.However, there are still many small screens on the square dedicated to broadcasting the competitions of various competition platforms.

Soon, Ah Lei and the others found the No. 36 competition stage where Sanji was. There were very few onlookers here, except for Ah Lei and the others, who were obviously relatives and friends of Sanji's opponent.

The contest began soon.

Sanji took the initiative to launch a fierce attack, his legs were like whips, forcing his opponent to dodge continuously.

Sanji took advantage of the victory and pursued, trying to win the match in one go, but his opponent avoided this move and launched a strong counterattack.

For a while, Sanji had to retreat one after another, and was soon forced to the edge of the competition stage by his opponent.

Nami and the others watching the battle couldn't help but sweat for Sanji.

After all, Sanji has rich combat experience, deliberately selling a flaw to attract the opponent to take the initiative to attack, and at the critical moment, he kicked the opponent out of the competition ring with a sweeping leg, completing a major reversal.

"Oh!" The group of relatives and friends felt very sorry, and left here a little depressed.

Sanji quickly left the arena, rotated and panned to Nami, hehe said: "Nami-chan, I have already won my first victory, it's a piece of cake."

Nami gave Sanji an annoyed look, pretending we didn't watch your contest, it was so hard to win.

In the third round, both numbers 556 and 557 were called.

"Great, it's finally time to compete." Luffy couldn't wait to take the lead.

Sauron handed the three knives to Usopp for safekeeping, and followed Luffy's footsteps into the arena.

Luffy was assigned to the No. 19 competition platform, and Zoro was assigned to the NO.[-] competition platform.

Usopp looked left and right, oops, whose contest should we watch.

"Look, Luffy's opponent is so big." Nami shouted.

Usopp ran over in a hurry, took a look, hey, he is simply a little giant, is there such a burly guy in Sky Island, his muscles are bulging, his arms are as thick as several of his own thighs, super macho.

Usopp looked around, there were quite a lot of spectators, and he couldn't tell that the popularity of Luffy's opponent was quite high.

Aisha and Cornis followed suit, following Aleigh's footsteps and watching Sauron's fight together on the other side.

Robin is also watching the battle here, and at the same time quietly paying attention to the three of A-Lei.

Obviously there is no sword in his hand, but Zoro still holds the sword in both hands.

Sauron's opponent was a little confused, what kind of posture is this, I have never seen it before.

Tournament begins.

(End of this chapter)