From the Wandenreich's escape to One Piece

Chapter 136 Heading to Elbaf

Before Litoto left, Beltz symbolically fought with her.

The result was, of course, a draw, and Beltz ran away again.

To be honest, Litoto's strength did increase significantly after absorbing Saint Pitt. In addition to the power boost from absorbing such a powerful individual, Saint Pitt also benefited from the immortality granted to him by Im.

With immortality, one can completely ignore defense and focus entirely on offense.

In particular, Quincy's active and passive blood armor cannot be used simultaneously.

The active blood armor increases damage output, while the passive blood armor increases defense. Quincy mostly use passive blood armor, since you can only deal damage if you're alive.

But with immortality, one can use the Bloodlust Armor without any worries.

Moreover, in the world of Bleach, many transcendents, or rather, the royal guards, are powerful not because their strength is much greater than that of the top-tier Shinigami, but because they are extremely difficult to kill!

They have various means to recover, regenerate, become immune, and even resurrect themselves!

The margin for error is on a completely different level.

I can make countless mistakes, but you lose everything with just one mistake.

In such situations, the two sides may appear to be locked in a fierce battle, but in essence, they are not even in the same league.

With her immortality, Litoto could easily be considered a Quincy of the elite guard level, and even more so, a member of the elite guard of the Saint Seiya.

It can only be said that most people from the Bleach world can strengthen themselves by utilizing the higher time efficiency and acquiring a completely new power system in the One Piece world.

Even if Beltz himself had the same level of resources in the Bleach world, he wouldn't have been able to become as strong as he is now in these four years.

After all, time is too cheap in the world of Bleach.

Back on the Grand Line, Beltz was still contemplating how to deal with the World Government in the future.

If the World Government were to truly abandon all shame and turn these great pirates on the high seas into its own fighting force, they could very well become even stronger than the World Government in the original story.

Under these circumstances, he could not allow Elbaf to become a vassal of the World Government!

The time to deal with Elbaf was fast approaching.

Just over a month after separating from Litoto, Beltz received another message from her.

"Harald came to the Holy Land today. I saw with my own eyes that Im bestowed upon him the mark of the deep sea, and he became a formal member of the Knights of God."

Litoto's voice was soft: "Harald is on his way back to Elbaf now, and I'm on his ship, so we'll stop here."

Then she hung up the phone.

Beltz hadn't even had a chance to ask a question.

Did Litoto go too?

Thinking about it carefully, that's understandable.

After all, Im already knew that someone was trying to prevent Elbaf from submitting to the World Government, so it was understandable that he would send such a powerful force as Ritoto back with Harald to ensure that Harald's submission would go smoothly.

Good thing they came. The more people who come, the more it shows how much importance Im attaches to this matter, and the angrier he will be after the failure.

Beltz rushed to Wano Country.

He needs to call on Shiki for this; it's really not easy for him to handle it alone.

He had already told Shiki about this, and Shiki had promised to help, so when he returned to Wano Country and met Shiki, the two of them headed straight for Elbaf.

They hadn't seen each other for quite some time.

The last time they met was before Beltz attacked the Holy Land. After that, although Beltz returned to Wano Country twice, he only went to Onigashima and then hastily returned to the sea.

"You little rascal, you've really gone all out. Attacking a holy site, only someone like you would do something like that."

Upon meeting Beltz, Shiki couldn't help but marvel at his audacity.

"Someone was going to do this sooner or later; I just got ahead of the curve." Beltz wasn't arrogant, because if Ginny hadn't been captured, he wouldn't have wanted to force his way into the Holy Land.

It's still too early now.

History is dynamic, but some minor details are not enough to affect the general trend of history. Therefore, although Beltz had done a lot, he believed that it would not change the world too much.

Stealing Kaido's Devil Fruit might at most mean one less Yonko in the future, but then Shiki will fill that gap, so it doesn't really change anything.

They killed Fleet Admiral Kong, but Kong was of little use anyway. The only truly important people in the Navy are Garp and Sengoku. As long as those two are alive, the Navy will remain the same Navy.

But this attack on the Holy Land will completely change history!

This will have a huge impact on the future!

This is enough to influence the overall situation!

Doing this is tantamount to alerting the enemy!

Normally, even if the World Government urgently needs military strength because of the Great Kingdoms, it wouldn't be in such a hurry as it is now.

As a result, the World Government has now become shameless and started capturing pirates to use as its own fighting force!

Moreover, he saw in the news that the Navy was also going to start a large-scale recruitment drive, and that as long as someone had the ability to join the Navy, they would be granted a rank regardless of seniority, based solely on their ability.

If you have the ability of a lieutenant general, you'll be promoted to lieutenant general directly; if you have the ability of a general, you'll be promoted to general directly!

This is actually quite rare in government departments.

After all, a legitimate organization should never be a place where strength reigns supreme.

So we can see that the Three Admirals and Sengoku Garp are all in their forties or fifties and are still only Vice Admirals. Does this mean that their strength is only that of a Vice Admiral? Of course not, but they just have to accumulate seniority.

Now that the World Government is making an exception and admitting outstanding students, and even granting them powerful Devil Fruits, it will inevitably attract many strong individuals from around the world.

Therefore, we can see how significant the chain reaction caused by Beltz's attack on the Holy Land was.

If we were to actually go to war with the World Government in the future, the difficulty would increase significantly.

But once it's done, it's done, and there's no going back.

"Hehehe, this time we're going to sabotage the World Government's plans again. Won't the World Government go crazy by the time this is all over?"

Shiki couldn't help but feel a surge of pleasure at the thought of the World Government's subsequent frantic reaction.

Beltz, however, warned Shiki not to be careless: "This time, we're not just dealing with Harald. There might be someone even stronger who appears. You must be careful then and make sure no one gets close to you rashly."

"Um?"

"In short, if you encounter a 'monster,' don't think too much, just run."

Beltz didn't say much, because he didn't know much about Im either.

Before he traveled through time, he only saw Im corrupt Harald, but he didn't really know what happened after that.

But knowing this much is enough, after all, he can't let Shiki's enormous fighting power be corrupted.

Otherwise, Shiki would not only fail to become an asset, but would also become a huge threat, no less than Harald.

He didn't know how strong Harald was, so he assumed he was on par with Demonized Rocks. Such a powerful enemy would require Garp and Roger to join forces to defeat.

He only needs to deal with one enemy like that; he can't afford to have another.

While they were rushing to Elbaf, another large ship was already approaching Elbaf.

After finishing her conversation with Beltz, Litoto came out of her room.

As soon as she came out, she saw Harald standing on the deck, and Harald seemed to have a little confusion on his face.

He remembered what Beltz had told him. Although they had only met once, Beltz had said back then that someone had already taken the empty throne of the World Government.

Harald didn't believe Beltz at the time, after all, Beltz was a pirate, and who would believe a pirate?

But this time, he actually saw Im, who sat on the vacant throne, and even the Five Elders, who held the highest power, had to kneel before him.

This left Harald somewhat confused; he didn't know whether his choice was right or wrong.

But he's already come this far, there's no turning back!

Harald took a deep breath. Even if someone were on the throne, the World Government would still be the most important, no, perhaps the only way, to integrate Elbaf into the world!

He had no other choice!

Suddenly hearing footsteps behind him, Harald turned around and saw Litoto walking out.

The ship was far too huge for Litoto. She was already petite, and on this giant ship, she looked like an ant!

Everything around him was enormous, and Harald stood before him like a mountain.

"Litoto Palace—why are you out here?"

Harald was very respectful to the petite girl. Although he didn't understand Ritto's true identity, she was a Celestial Dragon who had appeared with the Five Elders many times and had the same status as them!

Litoto usually appears in her original form, since transforming into Saint Pittor requires stamina, and she is a very lazy person, so she doesn't usually expend stamina.

Moreover, Harald has already gained the trust of the World Government, so there is naturally no need for him to pretend.

Litoto chewed on a lollipop, glanced around casually, and said, "Just out for some sea breeze. Besides, we're almost at Elbaf, and this is my first time seeing the land of giants."

"Besides, you are now a member of the Knights of God, which means you are a recognized Celestial Dragon. You don't need to be so respectful."

With that, she lightly jumped and stood directly in the air. Harald was a good 60 or 70 meters tall, while she was standing at a height of about 60 meters, so she was almost at Harald's eye level.

At this moment, the enormous silhouette of Elbaf came into her view, and from here, she could see a giant World Tree.

The tree seemed enormous, capable of supporting the entire world, its canopy blocking out the sun.

This was the first time Litoto had ever seen such a vast country, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Such a huge country must have an enormous amount of food.

Litoto has never tried Elbaf's local specialties before, and she wonders if she'll have the chance to try them this time.

While looking at Elbaf, Litoto also glanced at Harald, a hint of pity appearing in her eyes for the powerful giant.

This big oaf probably still doesn't realize that he was just a pawn used by the World Government from beginning to end.

She looked behind her again.

I don't know when Beltz and the others will arrive. If they can't get there in time, things could very well get out of control.

She was unaware that Beltz now possessed a powerful trump card, but she felt that even with Beltz's strength, dealing with Harald, who had been strengthened by Im, would not be an easy task.

Harald also looked at Litoto floating in the air, and was somewhat shocked.

This is----

Will it fly?

Humans can actually fly?

Or is this the power of some kind of Devil Fruit?

Soon, the ship arrived in Elbaf.

Harald simply let Litoto stand on his shoulders, then disembarked and officially entered the territory of Elbaf.

"Elbaf is divided into three realms: the Celestial Realm, the Realm of the Living, and the Realm of the Dead," Harald explained to Litoto.

Following Im's instructions, Litoto said, "What we need to do now is to set up the pentagram, which will be the bond between Elbaf and the World Government."

"Once this is completed, Elbaf will also be eligible to join the World Government."

She stood on Harald's shoulder, then suddenly faded away, saying, "My appearance must not be known to anyone but you, so I will reappear after you return to the palace."

Harald didn't know why Litoto's appearance couldn't be revealed, but he didn't care about it. He was just anxious to return to the palace and complete the mission so that Elbaf could join the World Government.

He was a wise and benevolent ruler of Elbaf, and his return home was naturally met with a warm welcome from the people. Harald greeted them with a smile.

Shortly after they arrived in Elbaf, Beltz and Shiki also arrived near Elbaf.

Both of them can fly, so their speed is naturally much faster than rowing.

Moreover, Wano Country is located deep within the New World, and it's not actually that far from Elbaf.

At their speed, catching up with Elbaf's large ship wouldn't be difficult.

"Although I have been to Elbaf several times, I can't help but marvel at such a huge country every time I see it."

From his vantage point in the sky, Shi Jifei remarked with considerable emotion, "If we could make such a vast nation our own, we could truly dominate the entire world!"

Beltz nodded in deep agreement: "Especially since giants have a longer lifespan, which means they have a longer peak period, this is truly terrifying for the world."