The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

"Alright! Find Xia Qi first, then you can argue all you want!"

Lox had no patience for these guys' banter and charged ahead into the dense jungle, sword in hand.

John quickly followed, his eyes gleaming, and proposed a plan:

"Lox, you just go and save people, leave the troublemakers to me."

"John, you..."

Lockes turned to look at John, who was following on his right, and after a brief pause, grinned.

"Okay! Thanks!"

"Great kindness needs no words of thanks; if you want to thank me, you'd better live first!"

John threw down a sentence and suddenly accelerated towards the approaching enemy.

The newcomer was wearing a double-breasted military uniform of the "Knights of God," with long orange hair and a body covered in thick body hair, looking quite slovenly.

John recognized the man; he was Shepard Somázs Saint!

At the same time, Somaz, instead of being afraid of John and Lockes, excitedly went to greet them.

"You lowly pirates, become the game's prey too!"

Chapter 8 Celestial Dragons? Wild Monkeys!

"Where did this mountain monkey come from? It looks like an animal."

John put his hands in his pockets, raised his chin, and looked at Somaz with disdain.

Those who don't know him might think he's a Celestial Dragon, while Somaz is actually the civilian being hunted down.

"How dare you live as a lower-level creature that hasn't fully evolved?"

"..."

Somaz was stunned, and his body trembled uncontrollably with rage.

How dare you! How dare this lowly pirate from the lower realm utter such words?!

How could you be so offensive to the great Celestial Dragons!

"John, you..."

"You go first, I'll catch up soon."

Seeing that even Lockes had slowed down in surprise, John waved impatiently to urge him on.

"Oh!" Lockes nodded and quickened his pace to pass by Somaz.

Somaz ignored this, his eyes only fixed on the arrogant purple-haired man with his hands in his pockets.

The hatred was perfectly contained!

“I know you, Captain John, right? The Magnet Man who ate the Paramecia-type Magnet-Magnet Fruit.”

Somaz raised his hand to adjust his sunglasses, which had slipped down to the tip of his nose, and spoke in a heavy, suppressed madness.

"I will put a sea-stone collar around your neck, so that your bloodline will be enslaved generation after generation..."

Sizzle

Before Somaz could finish his harsh words, John unleashed a burst of purple electricity, which rapidly spread outwards from his body.

Immediately afterwards, the earth trembled!

Countless iron elements were separated and peeled from the soil, turning into densely packed tiny black dots that floated in mid-air.

As soon as John had a thought, countless tiny black dots suddenly converged on Somaz.

"Jingbi!"

Even with his immortality, Somaz's intuition screamed at him that he absolutely could not take this hit.

We must resist!

Thick, thorny vines sprouted from the ground beneath Somaz's feet, intertwining and forming an inverted bowl that covered and protected him within.

The next moment, an iron sandstorm arrived, transforming into billions of all-pervasive army ants that burrowed into the thorny crevices.

"Damn it, what is this?!"

Somaz sensed something was wrong and quickly deactivated "Thorn Wall!", leaping to escape the encirclement formed by the iron elements.

He had already figured out the other party's intention: to imprison him!

An immortal being is not afraid of being killed, but is most afraid of being imprisoned!

Just as Somaz leaped into the air, the iron element sandstorm suddenly transformed into a giant hand, precisely grabbing his right ankle.

Immediately afterwards, the iron element spread rapidly along his ankles like a malignant tumor, covering Somaz's entire body in the blink of an eye, leaving only his head exposed.

thud

Somaz crashed heavily to the ground from mid-air, and the iron elements covering him fused and condensed, transforming into an iron virgin coffin.

Somaz tried his best to break free, but found that the coffin was covered with Armament Haki, and he couldn't tear it open with his strength.

"What a ridiculous wild monkey."

John stepped forward, and under Somaz's horrified gaze, unbuckled his belt, and then...

Nourish

The heat poured onto Somaz's face, flowing into his nostrils with each breath, and then into his stomach through his respiratory tract.

A faint smell of rum spread through his sense of smell and taste.

At the same time, humiliation and anger also spread...

This is worse than killing him!

But Somaz dared not open his mouth to curse, otherwise the liquid that was still pouring down would enter his mouth.

After a long pause, John let out a long sigh and shook the belt to tighten it.

"I'm sorry, I've been feeling down these past few days and I've been drinking a bit too much."

As he spoke, John lowered his eyes to look at Somaz, meeting his bloodshot, angry gaze.

"However, it is your great honor that an unevolved wild monkey can taste such nectar."

"Pah! I'm going to kill you, I'll definitely kill you! And your family, your friends, everything you have!"

Somaz roared hysterically, yet inexplicably seemed helpless, even pitiful.

Faced with the threat, John smiled slightly and flicked his fingers to make the iron coffin lying on the ground stand up.

"I know that with my current Conqueror's Haki, I cannot break through your immortality, which also gives you the courage to shout even when you are trapped."

"But ah..."

John's smile suddenly turned sinister.

"I have a million ways to make you suffer more than if you were dead!"

As he spoke, John raised his right hand, his fingertips crackling with electricity, drawing iron from the earth.

Before long, his entire right arm was absorbed and enveloped by iron elements, forming an iron drill bit with spiral barbs.

At the same time, an opening was made in the iron coffin, revealing Somaz's buttocks.

Somaz felt his buttocks, which had been tightly restrained, loosen, and when he saw the menacing iron drill in John's hand, he knew exactly what the other man wanted to do.

"No! No! I was wrong! Please..."

"Relax, don't be nervous."

John gently reassured him, then stepped behind Somaz, the drill bit spinning wildly with a "whoosh".

The "humming" sound sounded like a devil's whisper to Somaz, filling him with immense fear.

"No! Please, don't... Ah!!!"

Time seemed to drag on endlessly at that moment; the pain, which was milder than being beheaded, felt excruciatingly agonizing.

Somaz's personality, his thoughts, and everything else shattered into dust with the hum of the drill.

After an unknown amount of time, the buzzing stopped, and John walked around to face Somaz.

This arrogant and insane Celestial Dragon, a member of the Knights of God, now had empty eyes and a deathly pale face.

He is still alive, but he is already dead.

"At your age, is this all the mental fortitude you have?"

John curled his lip in disdain, then brought his five fingers together to form a palm blade, and thrust it through the iron coffin into Somaz's chest.

Next, a mechanical metal heart was pulled out.

This is Somaz's lifeline; it seems that if his mechanical heart is destroyed, he will die.

But Somaz, whose personality was already shattered, showed no reaction whatsoever to the removal of his heart; he was merely a mindless, walking corpse.

I'll contact you again. Take care of yourself.

John removed the iron coffin, waved to Somaz who had lost his support and collapsed to the ground, and then dashed off in the direction of Lockes.

As John traveled, he looked down at the mechanical device in his palm, his thoughts racing.

In the future, Satan Saint's upper body was blown off by the Straw Hat crew, but he still lived a good life and did not die.

In this light, are all immortal beings who have formed a "deep-sea pact" with Im different?

Harald, who was "dominated by the dark side" after making the pact, was killed by his own son Loki, not because of his mechanical heart.

"In other words, mechanical hearts are possessed by Somaz, or by a very small number of people."

John suddenly understood, then sighed helplessly.

"But these guys are all quite strong, possessing Armament Haki and Observation Haki, which allows them to resist my Observation Haki and magnetic perception."

"Otherwise, I could sense it directly using my Devil Fruit ability alone if someone had such an obvious weakness as a mechanical heart."