Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

The golden light surged again, illuminating most of the ship in a golden hull.

Merry gritted her teeth, pushed her hands forward, and the white light around her became even brighter.

The two forces engaged in an even fiercer tug-of-war on the golden stone tablet.

The entire Going Merry began to shake violently, and the hull creaked under the strain.

"Little girl, you should save your strength!"

Tesoro laughed wildly as he approached step by step, declaring, "This piece of gold is mine!"

"You fart!"

Merry stomped her foot in anger, and her entire demeanor began to change.

Her body grew rapidly, her originally slender limbs became long and powerful, and her height suddenly increased from about 1.5 meters to nearly 2 meters. Her long hair turned into a flowing glassy color, and a semi-transparent texture appeared on the surface of her skin, as if covered with a thin layer of glass, making her look like an exquisite work of art.

Zoan type, Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Glass Form!

Tesoro was stunned.

"Zoan type?"

The ability to transform should be a Zoan-type.

However, this form was something even the well-traveled Tesoro had never seen before. Could it be the legendary Mink Tribe? But there's no moon right now.

it's fine.

No matter what kind of Devil Fruit it is, it's all insignificant in the face of absolute power!

While fighting Merry, Tesoro continued to manipulate the golden stone tablet over there.

After all, he is the awakened user of the Gold-Gold Fruit, and his control over gold is unparalleled in the entire world.

"Hahaha, still struggling?"

Tesoro laughed loudly, and golden tentacles flew out from his palms, wrapping around Merry's body. "Once I get the gold, I'll wipe you all out one by one!"

Golden tentacles surged forth, overwhelming everything. Merry retreated quickly, but the tentacles seemed to be alive, relentlessly pursuing her.

Just then, a gust of wind whistled by.

The wind came so fast that Tesoro didn't even have time to turn around.

Immediately afterwards, Tesoro felt a tremendous force coming from his waist, and he was sent flying backward uncontrollably as if he had been hit head-on by a sea king!

boom!

Tezzolo slammed violently into the harbor wall, smashing the entire wall to pieces.

Gravel flew everywhere, and dust billowed.

Who are you going to kill?

A voice came from above.

Tesoro clutched his waist as he climbed out of the rubble and looked up.

At the top of the golden stone tablet, a man wearing a straw hat was squatting down, looking down at him.

Straw Hat Boy,

Monkey D. Luffy!

Chapter 529: When referring to someone's job title or position!

"Luffy!"

Merry exclaimed happily, then immediately huffed and puffed, "He's a thief! He's going to steal our gold!"

If you can't win, you can complain to the police!

Besides, it's not necessarily that Merry couldn't win; she just wanted to complain.

"Thief!"

Luffy scratched his head, his expression actually a bit strange.

Tesoro came to their ship to steal gold, but Nami and Carina instead went to raid Tesoro's treasure vault.

This guy is still completely in the dark.

Luffy didn't think Nami and the others would leave anything for Tesoro.

Let alone leaving him half, given Nami's personality, it would be an act of great kindness for her to leave him even one Beli.

I wonder what Tesoro's expression will be when he discovers that all the possessions he has painstakingly accumulated over decades have been taken away.

Thinking of this, Luffy couldn't help but grin.

As for why he was here, it's quite simple.

He couldn't find the Golden Emperor anywhere, but then he thought, "Isn't that guy a big fan of gold? There's no reason why such a large golden monument on the Going Merry wouldn't attract him."

So Luffy went straight back to the ship to wait.

Sure enough, this guy delivered himself to our doorstep.

Tesoro: "Monkey D. Luffy! Aren't you going too far by causing trouble in my Golden City?"

Luffy: "Causing trouble?"

"Stop playing innocent here!"

Tesoro gritted his teeth and said, "This is a neutral zone! You beat up a Celestial Dragon! Do you know how much trouble you've caused me? Will I ever be able to do business here again?!"

Gran Tesoro is a neutral zone recognized by the World Government, where neither pirates nor the Navy can fight. This is a privilege he obtained by spending countless amounts of money and connections.

As a result, the straw hat's punch destroyed everything.

If a Celestial Dragon is attacked on his territory, the World Government cannot possibly ignore it.

Even if the World Government doesn't dare to take action against the Straw Hats right now, it might not be so certain about Tesoro.

"You're a Celestial Dragon, aren't you? You attacked me, so what? I'd like to ask you, don't you know Fishman Island is my territory? You're the one who openly sells fishman slaves to the Celestial Dragons here, aren't you?"

Tesoro's expression froze.

He knew, of course, that the Straw Hat Pirates' flag had been flown over Fishman Island.

Anyone in the new world who is even slightly well-informed has heard about it.

Not only is there Whitebeard's flag, but also the Straw Hat Pirates' flag. Straw Hat Luffy defeated the Big Mom Pirates on Fishman Island as soon as he entered the world, and publicly declared that Fishman Island was his territory.

But despite knowing it, Tezzolo never took it seriously.

Who does he think he is?

"Hmph, those are just goods!"

Tesoro sneered, "The Celestial Dragons want what I want, so isn't it normal for me to sell a few fish-man slaves?"

He spoke as if it were perfectly natural.

In Guran Tezoro, the slave trade was never a secret.

With enough money, you can buy anything.

Devil Fruits, ancient relics, rare birds and beasts, and of course, slaves of various races.

Especially the merfolk and mermaid races, because of their scarcity, can fetch exorbitant prices on the black market.

The Celestial Dragons are particularly obsessed with slaves of these rare races, and they take several with them every time they come to the Golden City.

"In that case, isn't it perfectly normal for you to get beaten up by me here?"

boom!

Tesoro's eyes widened suddenly.

The next second, a muffled explosion rang out in the harbor!

Luffy appeared in front of Tesoro as if he had teleported, his right fist wrapped in a white shockwave aura, and he punched Tesoro in the face!

too fast!

Tesoro was so fast that he didn't even have time to turn his body into gold.

Even if it's condensed, it's useless.

Luffy's daily training involves fighting Gold Saints. He doesn't think that the hardness of Gold Saints can stop his punches, does he?

Tesoro's entire face was distorted by that punch; the sound of his nose breaking was clearly audible, and blood and broken teeth splattered from his mouth.

He was like a cannonball that had been fired, flying straight backward and crashing through the wall of a row of warehouses along the harbor.

The entire street began to shake violently.

The glass of the surrounding buildings shattered, and the tourists and gamblers who had not yet escaped were thrown to the ground by the shockwave, their cries of pain echoing throughout the area.

"Cough cough,"

Tezzolo crawled out of the broken fountain pool and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

His face was swollen, his nose was crooked to one side, and blood was still seeping from the corner of his mouth.

Is this the power of the Four Emperors?

Very strong.

But it hasn't reached the point where it's completely uncontestable!

"Hmph hmph hmph,"

Tesoro chuckled softly, his laughter gradually turning maniacal. "One of the Four Emperors, huh? Don't underestimate me!"

He stood up from the ruins, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and his expression was twisted and ferocious.

"I possess the greatest wealth in the world! The weight of this gold could crush you!"

With his roar, the ground of the entire square began to shake violently.