The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

This island is the first island encountered after leaving Fishman Island.

The entire island is shrouded in continuous thunderstorms, with lightning strikes reaching up to 3600 times per hour and electric arcs reaching up to 10 kilometers in length, visible from over 200 nautical miles away. There are up to 160 days of lightning per year.

Lightning appears in various colors, such as red, yellow, and purple, as it passes through different air mediums. Some meteorologists have pointed out through research that the island's climate system differs from naturally formed thunderclouds.

A luxurious sailing ship bearing the flag of the World Government and adorned with a golden lion's head sailed into the sea and slowly docked at the long-neglected and dilapidated port.

Somaz leaped off the deck, opened his specially made insulated umbrella, and headed alone toward the heart of Thor's Isle.

"Perhaps, this is not a bad thing."

Even though his heart wasn't inside his body, he felt his blood rush and his breathing become rapid.

If that despicable Captain John hid the treasure of the Valley of God and his heart on this island before he died, then finding the heart now means he has also found the treasure worth hundreds of billions of Berries!

"Hahaha, is my luck about to turn around?"

Following the electric shock sensation in his heart, Somaz quickened his pace.

Don't assume that the Celestial Dragons are not short of money. After deducting the operating expenses of the World Government and its various law enforcement agencies, more than half of the "Celestial Gold" of over 100 billion Berries per year ends up in the hands of the various families.

Even if the distribution among the families wasn't based on an equal number of people, but rather on status and strength, a Celestial Dragon of his high status wouldn't actually receive much.

It only makes about a billion a year.

Buying a mermaid at a premium would cost around two or three hundred million Berries, not to mention other expenses like gambling and entertainment, which wouldn't be enough.

Those Celestial Dragons with low status in their families are even worse off. In order to make money, they have to put aside their pride as "world nobles" and collude with high-ranking officials and politicians, who grant them special privileges to make money everywhere.

Then he turned around and gambled with the other Celestial Dragons in the arena, losing all the money he had worked so hard to earn.

He even racked up a mountain of debt and gave his wife away...

The inability of their abilities to match their desires led to the fate of some Celestial Dragons being manipulated by the "Golden Emperor" with money.

click

A bolt of lightning suddenly struck the insulated umbrella, sparks flying and startling Somaz.

After a brief moment of panic, he grinned and laughed again.

"Yes! That's it! Protect my treasure!"

Somaz arrived at a town located in a valley in the heart of the island, filled with boundless joy.

The town was ravaged by years of lightning strikes, its ground riddled with potholes and haunted by howling winds, resembling a ghost town.

As Somaz ventured deeper into the area, he suddenly saw a man in a black trench coat swinging on a swing in the deathly silent square.

The rusty bearings of the swing creaked and groaned, sounding incredibly eerie and unsettling in this place filled with dark clouds and rolling thunder.

Somaz's pupils contracted, and he assumed a defensive posture as if facing a formidable enemy.

In order to keep the treasure for himself, Somaz only took a few followers and did not inform his colleagues in the Order of the Gods at all.

If the other party is also looking for treasure, and is quite powerful... then we're in trouble!

"Who are you?!"

On the swing, John, his hair flying in the wind, stared intently at the bounty poster in his right hand.

This is his new bounty.

John, the "defected major general," has a bounty of 300 million Berries.

The face looked hand-drawn, even worse than Sanji's later face; the large, flared nostrils were so ugly they were practically an insult.

Upon hearing the sound, the bounty in John's hand spontaneously combusted and turned to ashes. He looked up at Somaz, who was standing guard not far away.

However, before Somaz could even see the face clearly, the other person vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving only the empty swing swaying with its remaining inertia.

"Is he a demon ability user?"

Somaz tried to reassure himself, but the cold sweat trickling down his forehead betrayed his inner unease.

The higher one's position, the more one knows. As a member of the Knights of God, he was well aware that many supernatural beings existed in this world.

It's a bizarre phenomenon that can't be explained by Devil Fruits!

"what!"

As if his eyes had cut out a frame, the vanished figure suddenly reappeared in front of Somaz, startling him so much that he screamed and retreated in panic.

Seeing Somaz's cowardly appearance, John's playful nature was aroused, and his face was covered with lightning, transforming into a ferocious demon with sharp teeth and claws.

"I died a terrible death! Give me back my life!"

"Ah! Ah! Don't come any closer! Back! Back! Back!"

Somaz threw away his umbrella, covered his eyes with his left hand to avoid looking, and waved his right hand wildly in front of him, behaving even more effeminately than a typical sissy.

The color of the crotch area had subtly darkened.

Noticing that Somaz had actually wet himself in fear, John took a step back in disgust to create some distance between them and snapped his fingers.

tear

A thick, purple lightning bolt suddenly fell from the dark sky, twisting and turning as it struck Somaz on the top of his head, causing his entire body to glow brightly and revealing the bones within his flesh.

Then, Somaz exhaled billowing black smoke and fell straight backward.

"Stop playing dead, don't you want your heart anymore?"

John took the metal heart out of his trench coat pocket and tossed and caught it in his palm like a toy.

Upon hearing the word "heart," Somaz sat up abruptly, staring intently at the man before him, a series of questions forming in his mind.

Ultimately, an unbelievable answer emerged.

"You are... Captain John!"

Congratulations, you guessed right!

John grinned, then shook his head regretfully.

"Unfortunately, there is no reward."

"You deliberately lured me here? What do you want?!"

Somaz asked the question with feigned fear, while simultaneously moving backward on his hands and feet, looking as if he were terrified.

Secretly, however, he focused his attention on the "deep-sea mark" on his right arm, attempting to summon his comrades, including Garin, through a teleportation array.

Buzz

The atmosphere suddenly trembled, and terrifying, unparalleled Conqueror's Haki burst forth from John's pupils, causing the rolling dark clouds in the sky to unleash a torrent of lightning upon Somaz.

"Ugh!!!"

Somaz let out an extremely shrill scream as his mental link with the "Deep Sea Mark" was forcibly severed. He could no longer use himself as a medium to teleport Garin and the others over, and he couldn't even communicate with them telepathically.

What terrified Somaz even more was that the lightning mixed with Conqueror's Haki could actually burn his real body and soul.

John's Conqueror's Haki is now so strong that it could kill him!

"Don't you dare try anything funny, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"

John strode over, squatted down in front of Somaz, who was lying on the ground, entangled in lightning, and grinned menacingly.

"You know what I'm capable of. You used to be able to recover by relying on your immortality, but now... hehehe!"

Chapter 106 My Brother Shepard John!

devil!

This guy is a devil!

A bone-chilling coldness spread throughout Somaz's body, and his mind uncontrollably replayed the scenes of their first meeting in God Valley.

The methods of humiliation and torture were so extreme that even many Celestial Dragons, who took pleasure in abusing slaves, would not have done such a thing.

"What...what exactly do you want to do?!"

What will it take for you to let me go?

The humiliating memories caused Somaz to lose control of her tear ducts, and her face was covered in tears and snot.

He hated the injustice of fate, wondering why such a demon had to haunt him.

"I want to become a Celestial Dragon!"

John didn't mince words and went straight to the point.

"And you, you have to help me become a Celestial Dragon. If you dare to refuse, I'll torture you forever!"

Faced with the demands and threats, Somaz, who was crying out in fear, froze, then burst out laughing.

He laughed so hard that tears and snot got into his mouth without stopping.

"You want to become a Celestial Dragon? Hahahaha!"

"Do you know that becoming a Celestial Dragon has nothing to do with how much power you have or how much you have contributed to the World Government?"

"It's determined by birth. If you don't have the bloodline, you can never become a Celestial Dragon!"

"Killing me won't change anything!"

John remained expressionless and unmoved by Somaz's arrogant and mocking words.

Of course he knows these things.

The future Vegabank's clone "Yoo" is an example. He was promised by the Five Elders that he would become a Celestial Dragon, but after being used, he was eliminated by the Seraphs.

This is a high wall erected by birth and lineage, a chasm that outsiders can never cross.

Only in this way can the Celestial Dragons inside the high walls remain forever high and mighty, no matter how useless they are, without having to worry about being eliminated by stronger outsiders one day.

This is a rule recognized by the Tianlong people, and a core interest that must be protected!

Is your father still alive?

John suddenly asked a strange question that left Somaz bewildered.

Somaz frowned and answered instinctively:

“My father was very old when I was born, and he died five years ago.”