The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

Garp gave a deep shout, and his Armament Haki burst forth like a floodgate bursting, transforming into a tangible shockwave that swept away and dispersed the onrushing black flames.

Garp, his momentum undiminished as he leaped into the air, continued his pursuit of the flying Hilkin.

Seeing that Karp was about to get close, Hilkin's face hardened, and he raised his right leg, which was wrapped in black lightning, and swung it out to the side.

boom

Fist and kick collided in mid-air, the clash of their Conqueror's Haki unleashing countless bolts of lightning, and a fierce shockwave swept outwards.

The thick, dark clouds that had been pressing down on the sky were shattered at that moment by the impact.

"What kind of superhuman strength is this?!"

Hilkin could clearly feel his right leg, which he had thrown out, being pressed back down little by little by a fist.

He was inferior to his opponent in strength and physique!

"Why are you still the same as when you were chasing me? You haven't gotten any stronger!"

Karp mocked, but then punched hard, deflecting Hildkin's whip kick and leaving him wide open.

Without pausing, Karp's fist flashed with intense red light as he lunged forward to smash into Hillkin's face.

"Fist-bone impact!"

"The undead die in place of the dead!"

Hillkin's pupils suddenly contracted, and a transparent soul emerged from his chest, leaping forward to embrace the incoming fist.

boom

In an instant, the transparent soul was smashed to pieces by the fist, turning into countless specks of light that gradually dissipated.

Seizing the opportunity, Hilkin flapped his wings, which were engulfed in black flames, and swung them heavily at Garp, crackling with lightning.

Garp crossed his arms in front of him to shield himself from the swung wings, and was sent flying backward toward the ground by the force of the impact.

Garp crashed to the ground like a cannonball, kicking up a cloud of dust. After letting out a soft groan from the impact, he sprang to his feet.

"A special ability of a Mythical Zoan species, huh? How troublesome!"

Garp ripped off his justice coat from his shoulder, his eyes flashing red, and he clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked, entering a truly serious mode.

Tons of Conqueror's Haki surged forth from Garp's body like a tidal wave, causing the wind and clouds to change color and sand and stones to fly.

He leaped up again and charged toward Hillkin.

Feeling that her dignity as a god and king had been severely challenged, Hilkin curled up her wings to cover her body and transformed into a meteorite burning with rolling black flames, crashing down fiercely.

boom

The two collided like comets, causing the area to flash bright white.

Meanwhile, in the royal city.

Rumble

Dark clouds hung low over the royal city, and streaks of lightning ripped through the night, illuminating the towering Gothic buildings below, their roars echoing across the sky and causing the earth to tremble.

Inside the royal banquet hall, a short-haired man sat on the side of a long dining table, a cigar dangling from his lips, his gaze sweeping through the smoke as he surveyed the three men in white suits sitting diagonally opposite him.

He was Charlie, the East China Sea head of the "Ouroboros" slave-trading group, who was there to conduct the monthly wholesale slave transaction as usual.

The three men in white suits sitting diagonally across the table are "CIPHER POL - AIGIS 0," the world government's most powerful intelligence agency.

CP0!

"How rude of them to leave the guests behind to play some ridiculous chase game."

Charlie deliberately muttered in a voice that the three CP0s could hear, trying to remind them to urge them on, but the three of them sat in their chairs like wooden statues, without any reaction.

"whispering sound!"

Charlie snorted coldly, his contempt for the so-called CP0 growing even stronger.

His boss is a high-ranking official of the World Government, and above that is the Celestial Dragon, so he is essentially an employee of the Celestial Dragon.

These CP0 agents are nothing more than loyal dogs of the Celestial Dragons.

Charlie considered himself superior to the three men in terms of status, and naturally felt dissatisfied with their dismissive attitude.

A bunch of clueless idiots!

Author's Note on the Launch of Chapter 71

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Chapter 72 No one gets rich without unexpected wealth

Feeling annoyed, Charlie instinctively picked up his fork to touch the food on the table, but suddenly stopped when the fork pierced the roast meat.

Damn it!

Charlie quickly threw down his fork, put his hands down, and sat obediently in the chair.

The Kingdom of Felosei was required to sell him a thousand newborn slaves every month, which was outrageous for the sparsely populated Kingdom of Felosei.

He had secretly investigated and found that the villagers were forced to drink a drug called "divine water," which shortened the ten-month pregnancy period to half a month.

After production, a few days of rest are allowed before the next sowing.

Although such extreme exploitation greatly reduces the mother's lifespan with each birth, and the newborn slaves do not live past forty, the resulting profits are considerable.

According to statistics, all the towns and villages within the Kingdom of Felosei could contribute two to three thousand newborn slaves every month.

Based on the Celestial Dragons' fixed purchase price, if we take the average of 2,500 and multiply the number by the unit price of 500,000, we get 1.25 billion Berries!

per month!

But despite such high profits, King Ferosie only sold him a thousand each time. Where did the extra ones go?

Charlie glanced at the food on the table and immediately felt his stomach churning, unable to stop feeling nauseous.

blah blah blah

Just then, the metal cutlery on the dining table began to vibrate violently for no apparent reason, and even the luxurious chandelier hanging from the ceiling swayed from side to side.

"What happened? Was there an earthquake?"

Charlie jumped up from his chair in fright, looking around anxiously, but he didn't feel the building shaking.

It wasn't an earthquake?

Just as Charlie was wondering what had happened, the three CP0 members who had been sitting silently stood up, vanished into the banquet hall as afterimages crashed through the window.

Hey! Hey! Where are you guys going?!

Charlie chased them to the window, only to find that the three had already disappeared into the night, their whereabouts unknown.

Are all these guys mute?!

Rumble

Lightning flashed suddenly, and deafening thunder seemed to threaten to destroy the world.

As the lightning illuminated the sky as bright as day, Charlie witnessed a horrifying scene.

All that could be seen in the royal palace and the surrounding city were countless objects floating up, defying gravity.

Unfortunately, the daylight flashed by so quickly that he didn't get a clear look at what those things were.

The chandelier behind Charlie swayed even more violently. Amidst the interplay of light and shadow, he felt the revolver tucked into his waistband startle and he quickly reached out to stop it.

"Damn it! What on earth is going on?!"

Wow

A loud crashing sound came from the dining table, startling Charlie so much that he turned around immediately. The scene that met his eyes made his pupils dilate.

All sorts of things, including gold tableware, tables, chairs, and furniture, suddenly floated into the air!

"This...this..."

Just as Charlie was in a state of shock and confusion, something even more perplexing happened.

The right-angle fasteners, nails, screws, and other metal parts on the tables, chairs, and benches visibly turned red and melted, detaching themselves from their original locations.

As the metal detached, the tables and chairs that had been floating in mid-air crashed onto the carpet, scattering into piles of wooden parts.

Rumble

Immediately afterwards, the entire building where Charlie was located began to shake violently, and the dome suddenly ripped open, revealing a large hole in the sky above covered with dark clouds.

Charlie watched as the steel bars inside the roof beams detached from the concrete. Without further hesitation, he jumped out of the window.

Another thick bolt of lightning ripped through the sky, and this time Charlie finally managed to see clearly what was floating in the air above the royal city, thanks to the brief flash of light.

Just like in the banquet hall, it was filled with metals like gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, and aluminum!

Some of the metals were even mixed with Pele banknotes and gems, as if they were about to carry these treasures into the sky.

"There are billions here? Ten billion!"