I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

Pass! Pass!

As the two were repelled by Figo, Bambri also rushed towards Figo against the charge.

As a member of the Long-Legged Clan, five meters of her seven-meter height are legs. With a horizontal movement, her legs transform into swords, and the sword energy that cleaves through the sky follows the strangulation of her legs as it slashes towards Figo's body.

Ipolito also moved, unleashing the Lunaria race's innate talent of flames that scorched the sky.

Yuan drew his sword and slashed, attacking Bambri directly in his direction, but he ignored it.

He is a user of the Space-Space Type Clear-Clear Fruit. It's not the ordinary Clear-Clear Fruit that makes him transparent, but rather it makes others spatially 'transparent' so they can't interfere with his attacks. Even defenses like Armament Haki can be ignored by this fruit!

Two overt slashes and a covert attack came simultaneously. Figo's arm was also enveloped in sword energy, and he slashed and parried in succession.

The flames that surged down behind him were extinguished by his Armament Haki.

Figo easily parried all the tentative attacks in succession. He shook his head and said, "Are you all still a bit reserved? Turn-based? Then I'll go all out first. You all want to see where my lamp is, right? Don't blink."

The men were taken aback.

"King of the Stars, why..." Urik's words of obstruction were only halfway through when a sun suddenly appeared in the vision of his three eyes.

An indescribable, terrifying pressure surged into his heart, causing him to slightly open his mouth.

All around Figo was a completely distorted atmosphere, the flow of the seawater below slowed eerily, and wisps of aurora, like silk or illusory mist, shifted enchantingly in the air!

The red and black shockwaves blasted these auroras apart, transforming them into giant armored figures over 30 meters tall, seemingly sentient, with their eyes radiating a terrifying light!

Brilliant beams of light spread along these powers into the distant void, where Figo's lamps resided. Like countless suns, they were so bright they were impossible to look directly at, and their exact location impossible to discern! Illuminated by this power of light, Figo, clad in his red and black armor, appeared like a god!

Genning's eyes really did turn into dead fish eyes.

Urik was stabbed so hard that he had to close his third eye.

Cassius's eye twitched violently.

Bambri turned her legs inward.

Everyone was stunned.

The gap is like an abyss!

It wasn't that they misjudged the gap between themselves and the six-light king, but rather that they misjudged Figo!

The Holy Demon King's lamp is definitely not this bright!

Is this real?

Is Gaston Figo, the King of the Stars, actually stronger than that old devil, the Holy Demon King, who lit the sixth lamp six hundred years ago?!

What are we supposed to do? Lucifer, the Demon King, he should just kill him himself!

click-

The deafening explosion in the sky and the flashing purple lightning snapped the dukes out of their shock. Urik exclaimed, "King of the Stars, quickly withdraw your power! We are all in the air right now, and the power of the Kings' Lights is about to identify you as someone attempting to violently break through the blockade!"

"Don't worry, I won't break them."

Figo said, "Let the fight continue."

I won't break them...

The battle must continue?

A terrifying attack has arrived!

In their shock, the dukes dared not hold back any longer, and one by one they broke through the power of the lights and fought back with all their might! But beneath that huge red and black armor, they were as small as dust!

……

[Prisoner: Ipolito]

[Prisoner: Georgia Bambri]

【…】

Half an hour later.

Figo reviewed the files on the six dukes and the fish-man king, Gening, and thought to himself, "Out of seven people, there's only one demon general? That's acceptable..."

The profit targets were selected quickly.

Hmm, we've already lit the seventh lamp? But with only a 3% success rate, it's still a long way off.

Figo closed the prison records.

Chapter 325 Fragrance

A few days later, in the deep sea.

"Teacher Gening, are we really, really going to let that guy, Chubba, go like this?!"

On the way back to the Mermaid Kingdom, Balu asked with some reluctance on his face.

Genning glanced at him and said, "I'm not resigned to being weaker than him. Gaston Figo is too strong. Feeling ashamed? Then work hard to cultivate, surpass him, and wash away this shame!"

“…Yes, teacher!” Balu said, still somewhat unwilling, “If King Norton…”

“The old fishman won’t make a move,” Grenin said. “Besides, he’s no match for Gaston Figo, and as for those guardian sea beasts…”

He snorted.

"Damn it, if only Mother hadn't been tricked by Chewba..." Balu murmured one last time, then fell silent and continued on his way.

If the Loulan princess had not been deceived, we would have had the opportunity to gain the Queen's power, control more sea creatures, and the kingdom's power would be completely different from what it is now. Who would dare to humiliate us then?

Balu's subtext was clearly understood by the group of merfolk, making their already frustrated hearts even more simmering with anger, and Gening's face also darkened.

There was no further reply.

In reality, his mind was replaying the events of the night after he was severely injured by Figo.

During his recovery period, Figo secretly found him again late at night.

……

"Coming here so late at night, are you still determined to kill me? Or do you want to humiliate me in some other way?!"

"No, I'm here to apologize. Some unexpected circumstances occurred during the day, which forced me to say and do those things. I'm sorry, Fishman King."

"……what?"

Under Gening's surprised gaze, Figo walked to his side and said, "The Fishman King should know my information. I have the bloodlines of various races in my body, even the demon race, so I have a more acute perception of the bloodlines in the human body. Now, please remain calm and do not shout."

Grinning frowned.

"Baru has demon blood in him, a very strong bloodline!"

His dead fish eyes froze for a moment, then suddenly bulged out.

He couldn't control his emotions, but he managed to control his volume, lowering his voice as he said, "Impossible! That bastard Qiuba is human, right? And Princess Loulan couldn't possibly have demon blood in her! As for the other people's impersonation, that's impossible too! I watched that child grow up..."

"What if the problem lies at a more fundamental level? For example, the mermaid race, who have been sacrificing to the power of the mermaid queen from ten thousand years ago generation after generation?" Figo said.

"??!"

“My intuition is not wrong. After sensing his demonic bloodline, I deliberately provoked you to test you, and then... tested the six dukes of Capri. One of them also had the same problem.”

What?! Grin held his breath.

"Consider the self-division of the demon race and the sudden peace. What if they had shifted the battlefield from the open to the shadows?"

"Disguise and infiltration are impossible to guard against."

"Think about what happened today. Did Balu really hate Chubby so much that he was willing to attack him right in front of me? After I stopped him, what did he say? He was begging you to help him!"

"On your way back, you can observe whether he tries to 'stir things up' again. See if he's truly driven by 'patricide' or if he has some other motive."

A chill ran straight to my heart.

If anyone else had said that, he would have spat seawater in their face, but today Figo had just shown them just how fitting the title of 'King of the Stars' truly was.

He appeared angry and resentful, but deep down, he admired Figo's strength.

Figo has no reason to scheme against him.

Figo's power can sweep everything away.

“If it’s as you say… my merfolk and the mermaid race…” he said through gritted teeth.

“There’s a big problem,” Figo said.

"And those six..."

“I won’t tell you yet. I need to find more people.” Figo shook his head. “If there are two, there will be more. If we kill them first, it will let more hidden demons know that they have been exposed, which will be detrimental to the search.”

Next, you'll keep an eye on Balu, and I'll inform the Skeleton Emperor about the other one.

When the time is right, we'll eliminate them all at once!

As for the merfolk, I'll make a trip there in a month or two. You'd better only discuss this with the Mermaid King.

Balu's mission is to seize the Mermaid King's throne, which means that the current Mermaid King is fine.

Figo took two steps back and said solemnly, "Finally, I must apologize again for my actions today. I'm sorry, Fishman King."

“Baru…”

……

On the other side, Figo fought seven opponents single-handedly, causing a great commotion at sea. The residents of the nearby islands had seen it many times, and the news could not be kept secret.

But apart from the Skeleton King, most of the other factions received similar information.

"Star King Gaston Figo clashed with Mermaid King Gening. The six dukes of Capri tried to break up the fight but failed, so the two sides sparred. Figo severely injured Mermaid King Gening in front of the six dukes before stopping?"

"The reason the six dukes gathered in that sea area was because they discovered a level five light."

The Holy Demon King lay on the soft lap, read the intelligence report twice, and asked with some confusion, "Level 5 Lighthouse... how come they're fighting with the Fishmen?"

One against seven?

Those guys probably weren't really trying to break up the fight.

The guards of the Cassie Merchant Guild thought so too. Although the power fluctuations that erupted at sea that day were terrifying, and although the dukes seemed to have broken through the limits of the power of the lamps, and although they all returned looking somewhat disheveled, the battle did not last long and was probably just a friendly spar.

These past two days, the dukes have been all smiles and friendly with the King of the Stars, preventing them from mistaking Figo for an enemy.

The King of the Stars was also very down-to-earth. After that battle, as if to express his apology, he went into the sea every day to search for lights, just like them, and helped them check many locations and increase their speed.