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

"Takeoff!"

……

After nearly 20 years of recuperation, the Celestial Dragons have basically recovered their strength in the Valley of the Gods.

In terms of resources, even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse. Although Figo intercepted all the treasures of God Valley, the treasures of God Valley are only a part of what the Celestial Dragons possess.

That's wealth accumulated over 700 years! The Holy Land of Mary Geoise has even more. They have no shortage of Devil Fruits, famous swords, and other treasures. But because they were prepared to outlive Figo for forty or fifty years, they were using these treasures sparingly.

So that the next generation can be stronger, and that the next generation can lead the Celestial Dragons back to their peak!

Not long ago, the Celestial Dragons had carried out a smooth power transition.

The five elders, including Raiola Saint, who were all over 80 years old, stepped down and were replaced by a group of young and strong people under 60 years old, including Tycottamp Saint. They were the same five elders who were in power in the original story.

However, now, the title of the Five Elders is more like a joke. At least the generation of Mendespin Saint had more than 20 years of glory, and the generation of Raiola Saint also endured more than 20 years of glory.

If it were them, after more than twenty years of suppressed resentment, would they have any hope of regaining power? They don't know.

But they had to believe it, and even every year they would remind each other how old Gaston Figo was.

This is their spiritual support!

As the Five Elders who exist in name only, they don't have any major affairs to attend to; they are more concerned with trivial family matters.

In their struggle for survival, the Celestial Pigs, who had been neglected, were abandoned. The elite among the Celestial Dragons brought only a large number of Celestial Dragon orphans to the Valley of the Gods. After 20 years of nurturing, the orphans have all grown up.

They were to urge the younger generation to train, to preside over their marriages, to replenish the Celestial Dragons' population, and to instill in the younger generation the idea that the Celestial Dragons held a noble status!

However, 28-year-old Don Quixote Homing feels lost about his life now.

He was 9 years old when he was brought to God Valley, an age that is neither too young nor too old. As a direct descendant of the Donquixote family among the 19 Celestial Dragons, he was likely to become the head of the family or even a candidate for the Five Elders. Before the age of 8, he received elite education.

But unlike other children, he felt resentful from a young age about the Celestial Dragons' enslavement of ordinary people and had the belief that all people should be equal from birth.

He wasn't angry about the disaster 20 years ago; instead, he felt it was the price the Celestial Dragons had to pay for their centuries of arrogance. But at the age of nine, he lacked the ability to live independently and could only drift along with the tide.

"Is Xia Suya pregnant again?"

"Yeah, haha."

"You guys are amazing! This is your fifth child, right? The Five Elders have personally commended you. Your supplies might get upgraded again. Sigh, my little one..."

A conversation rang in his ears, and Huo Minggu's golden, arched eyebrows knotted together again.

He remembered his mission.

Those Celestial Dragons who lack talent in cultivation are tasked with increasing the Celestial Dragon population.

At the age of 25, he was assigned a wife, who was fortunate enough to be a girl he had grown up with and got along well with. However, they were then assigned a goal to have children.

His eldest daughter was born two years ago, and his youngest son was born not long ago, but that's not enough. He must have a third child before he turns 30, or at least get his wife pregnant, to be considered qualified.

What is this? A birthing machine?

“When our children grow up… it will be the same… We and they must strive for the resurgence of the Celestial Dragons, even though many know it’s a dead end.”

"Why can't we just let the Celestial Dragons become ordinary people? If we take off that ridiculous veil and blend into the ranks of ordinary people, who would know we're Celestial Dragons? There would be no difference at all!"

The oppressive and distorted atmosphere of the Valley of the Gods made Huo Minggu Sheng feel suffocated. Year after year, he wanted to escape from this prison more and more!

Wandering aimlessly to the seaside, Huo Minggu Sheng gazed at the vast ocean and murmured, "If only a ship could fall from the sky."

After saying that, he laughed at himself, let out a long sigh, and looked up at the clear blue sky.

Then they discovered that a ship had actually flown in!

Chapter 126 The Current Lockes

As the ships approached in the sky, Huo Minggu Sheng gradually made out the fluttering flags.

"Pirates?!"

"How did pirates end up here?!"

His expression changed drastically, and he turned and ran as fast as he could towards the buildings on the island, shouting as he ran, "Pirates are coming!"

He wasn't the only one nearby; there were also some slaves who had grown up in the Valley of the Gods, responsible for fishing and farming, who also exclaimed in surprise.

The shouts and cries quickly reached the elite slaves patrolling the town of God Valley, as well as some of the Celestial Dragons, and the sound spread far and wide.

After living a peaceful life for 20 years, the Valley of the Gods was thrown into chaos by this sudden change!

In the sky, on the pirate ship, Rocks, standing at the bow, had a slight smile on his lips.

"We've been discovered. Well, let's greet all the Celestial Dragons first."

He drew his sword and unleashed a slash!

The crescent-shaped blade of light expanded instantly, like a real moon falling. Huo Minggu Sheng, who was fleeing in a frenzy, felt a chill in his heart. When he looked back, he saw the crescent moon crashing to the ground with a thunderous roar!

It was like hundreds of shells exploding at the same time. The roaring smoke and dust and the shattered earth made everyone around feel a buzzing in their brains!

The spreading cracks caused the weak labor slaves to scream and fall to the ground, and Huo Minggu Sheng was also shaken up and then fell down!

Blood gushed from his arms and knees. The unprecedented pain made him almost lose consciousness instantly. Thinking of his wife and children at home, he bit his lip hard, struggled to get up, and then heard an angry shout.

"asshole!!"

"Is it...Saint Zacher Su?"

Huo Minggu Sheng felt a gust of wind brush past him. The former Five Elders, Zacher Su Sheng, who was over eighty years old, did not look much older. He stood alone, sword in hand, blocking the descending pirate ship.

Meanwhile, on the pirate ship, a figure swooped down at incredible speed, with tufts of hair standing up behind his head and fluttering in the wind!

"You seem to be... one of the former Five Elders?"

"Lox D. Gibbek! How did you find this place?!"

With a question and a roar, Zacher Su Saint's longsword clashed violently with Lox's blade, crimson lightning exploding in the middle and surging winds blowing in all directions!

After a moment of stalemate, a fierce smile appeared on Lox's face as he increased the pressure on his hand.

boom!!

Zacher Su Sheng's expression suddenly changed drastically. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, flew backward, and flew hundreds of meters away, embedding himself in the soil!

"This... how is this possible?!" Huo Minggu Sheng held one hand in front of him, looking bewildered.

That was the Celestial Dragons' strongest fighter, the former Five Elder, Saint Zachersu. Aside from the current Saint Tycott, he was the strongest in the entire Valley of Gods! How could he possibly be defeated in a single blow?!

"Hahaha, that's it! That's the feeling!" Rocks laughed wildly, his Conqueror's Haki causing lightning to explode in the sky!

This is the feeling I had when Gaston Figo cleaved me in two 20 years ago!

I'm definitely not inferior to him now!

His surging fighting spirit grew, and his gaze swept over the distant Huo Minggu Saint. Seeing Huo Minggu Saint fleeing in terror, he sneered, ignoring him, and instead looked at the pirate ship that had already landed behind him, giving the order:

"Leave all the strong Celestial Dragons to me. I need to warm up before challenging Gaston Figo! First mate, you lead the group around there. Don't let the Celestial Dragons escape with their treasure!"

Chrisissy showed no mercy to the Celestial Dragons, replying, "Yes, Captain!"

Pirates jumped off the ship and scattered into the town of God Valley.

Zacher Su Saint emerged from the mud, coughing up a mouthful of blood, his expression extremely grim as he watched Lox approach step by step with a solemn expression.

That one clash was enough for him to know he was no match for Rocks. It wasn't about age; it was a difference in their levels, a difference he'd only ever experienced with Figo!

How could Rocks, who had been under Gaston Figo's control, be this strong?!

He no longer cared about the other pirates in the Rocks Pirates. He gritted his teeth, drew his sword, and intercepted Rocks, hoping to hold him there and buy time for Tycoon to evacuate everyone.

But with each collision, he coughed up blood. After only a dozen or so exchanges, his aged body could no longer hold on and could not stop Lockes's progress in the slightest.

Fortunately, at that moment, a bald man appeared before him. Tycoon Tempest, dressed in a white knight's cloak, arrived to reinforce him, sword in hand, facing Lox.

“Zacher Su, you go and cover the others’ retreat. I’ll take care of Lox.”

"I'm handing it over to you?!"

Rocks retorted, his excitement growing even stronger, his tone exactly the same as when Figo faced him and the King of Gluttony back then: "If you all come at me together, that'll be interesting!"

With a thunderous crash, he shattered the earth and charged alone towards the two strongest Celestial Dragons!

……

In the town, the flames of war have spread.

In the past 20 years, no Celestial Dragons have emerged as the strongest fighters, but several others have risen to a level slightly inferior to the Four Kings, who were essentially mediocre.

Of the current Five Elders, four besides Tycoon are elites among the slaves trained over generations. Two of them teamed up to hold off Shiki, Whitebeard, and others, fighting in various places. For a time, they were able to barely hold on and cover the evacuation of the Celestial Dragons' youths and children.

They had conducted numerous escape warnings in anticipation of Figo's attack, but they never expected to need them now. Adults and children alike wore expressions of panic.

Unlike the strongest fighter of the previous generation, Zacher Su, the other four members of the previous Five Elders were old and frail, and even ordinary captains of the Rocks Pirates were somewhat unable to fight them. Therefore, they were also among the teams that were quickly retreating.

"How could this happen? How could this be?!"

Raiola cried out frantically, "It's Gaston Figo! It's Gaston Figo! It must be him! He must have led the Rocks Pirates here! The Rocks Pirates have been following his orders! It must be him!"

“Calm down, Saint Raiola, it wasn’t him,” Saint Neilborough sighed. “Gaston Figo knows that no matter what method, what excuse, or whose hands eliminate us, we will trigger that transmitter before we die!”

So if he really wants to take action, he should do it himself. The tacit peace he's maintained with us has lasted for 20 years! This was an accident, an unexpected disaster!

Raiola was well aware of this.

But he couldn't accept it.

Why must the Celestial Dragons suffer such pain and disaster after Gaston Figo? Even a mere pirate can bully them?

What should they do now? They are no match for the Rocks Pirates. Even if they escape, they will suffer heavy losses and become even worse off than they were 20 years ago, without even a place to stay!

Trigger the transmitter?

Without Ingaston Figo's intervention, they ended up being defeated by a pirate? By deliberately breaking the contract and triggering the transmitter, Figo will definitely hunt them down to the ends of the earth, and the Celestial Dragons will surely be destroyed!

After enduring 20 years of hardship, are we really going to collapse because of this absurd and sudden disaster?

But... what can we do now?

Hearing the roaring sounds, watching the town they had painstakingly built over 20 years crumble piece by piece, and witnessing the Celestial Dragons they had painstakingly trained being killed and injured in clashes with pirates, the four former Five Elders were tormented beyond words.

I even felt like crying.

Why have we fallen to this state?!

"Let's call for help." Suddenly, Neil Borro Saint dejectedly pulled out a Den Den Mushi from his pocket.