Pirates: Going out to sea? Cultivate to the Mahayana stage first

These four men each have their own characteristics. Two of them are extremely tall, as majestic as the legendary giants; and although the other two are relatively shorter, their heights are still amazing, definitely not less than three meters!

When all the naval commanders present at the meeting saw the four familiar faces in the image for the first time, the entire conference hall fell into deathly silence in an instant.

Everyone seemed to be possessed by the power of the Devil Fruit of the powerful Pirate Empress. Their bodies were stiff and they stood still, their eyes wide open and their mouths opened wide enough to fit an egg.

Even the experienced and experienced Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan could not keep calm at this moment. He bit the cigar in his mouth tightly, and because he bit it too hard, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

However, unlike the others, in addition to a look of astonishment on his face, there was also a hint of deep shock in the depths of his sharp eyes.

"This...what is going on?" Huoshaoshan muttered to himself, his voice full of disbelief and confusion.

Lieutenant General Doberman at the side couldn't help but stretch out his right hand and firmly grasped the hilt of the extremely sharp long sword at his waist. His finger joints turned white due to excessive force.

He stared at the screen, veins popping out on his forehead, and thought to himself, "This isn't more than 30 years ago. Why would these four arrogant, self-important guys get together?"

In that hall, it seemed as if time had stopped and the surroundings fell into deathly silence, so quiet that even the sound of a pin drop to the ground could be heard clearly.

Everyone's eyes were focused on a huge photo.

The first person in the photo is an extremely bloated and fat woman. Her huge body is like a towering mountain of flesh, and she is wearing a bright pink dress.

This eye-catching woman is none other than the most powerful woman in the world today—Queen Totland of All Nations. She is also the captain of the renowned Big Mom Pirates and is known as one of the “Four Emperors”, Charlotte Linlin!

Next to her was a tall and burly wild man who looked like an ancient beast.

He has a pair of sharp and hard horns on his head, his thick and strong muscles bulge like steel, and his body with bulging veins looks extremely ferocious. This man is called Kaido of Beasts, the governor who leads the Beasts Pirates. He is also one of the "Four Emperors" and is praised by the world as the "strongest creature in the world"!

The third person is an old man with a thin face and a long white beard on his chin that falls all the way to his chest. He is dressed in a simple green robe, and exudes an unfathomable mysterious aura.

This old man is the owner of Beehive Island in the Rocky Port Sea. He was once a strong competitor for the throne of "Four Emperors", the famous Pirate King Zhi!

The last character is a man with a head full of dazzling golden hair.

There was a rather funny-looking ship's rudder stuck on his head, and he was leisurely holding a cigar with wisps of green smoke in his mouth. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a rebellious smile.

Although many young generals at the scene were unfamiliar with this man, experienced and older naval generals such as Ghost Spider, Doberman and Huoshaoshan were very familiar with him.

In this old, yellowed photo, the four figures are clearly visible.

Most of them had followed Sengoku and Garp and had fought countless thrilling battles with them. Those fierce battle scenes seemed to be right in front of them, and the powerful moves that the other side had used, even though more than twenty years had passed, were still deeply imprinted in everyone's memory and were difficult to erase.

At this moment, many people showed shock and confusion on their faces.

Seeing this, Lieutenant General He slowly extended his finger and gently touched the face of the golden lion in the photo. Most of the people at the scene were relatively young and might not know the identity of this man.

So, she began to introduce him in a calm and steady tone: "This person is the one who was able to compete with Whitebeard and Roger on the vast and turbulent sea of ​​the New World more than 20 years ago - the admiral of the Flying Pirates, Shiki the Golden Lion!"

Hearing this, the audience couldn't help but widen their eyes, their eyes full of shock and astonishment. They obviously hadn't expected that the man in the photo had such a brilliant and amazing past.

Vice Admiral Tsuru paused, then continued, "Back then, the Golden Lion was unrivaled and powerful. Even the then-famous Roger Pirates were forced to hide from place to place and run for their lives. The world-renowned Battle of Et-Wol pushed his reputation to its peak and became a legendary story that people talked about with relish."

However, even the most powerful people will eventually encounter setbacks.

Vice Admiral Tsuru's eyes became a little solemn, and she continued to narrate the unknown history: "Just twenty years ago, the Golden Lion rashly broke into the Marine Headquarters, Marinford. Faced with such arrogant and domineering provocation, Marshal Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp decisively took action to meet the enemy. After an arduous and fierce battle, the two finally worked together to successfully defeat the arrogant Golden Lion and imprisoned him in the Impel Down Prison, which was known as a copper wall and iron wall. I thought the matter ended there, but who would have thought..."

At this point, Vice Admiral Crane paused for a moment, looked around the room, and then spoke again: "Three years ago, Golden Lion became the first person in the history of Impel Down to successfully escape from prison! Since then, he has disappeared again and his whereabouts are unknown."

“Gudong…Gudong…”

The clear sound of swallowing saliva could be heard one after another in the spacious and solemn hall. The naval officers who were usually majestic and commanding were now all horrified, staring at the huge video screen in front of them.

The scene on the screen was terrifying—there were actually three vicious pirates! Their ferocious faces seemed to jump out of the image, making people shudder.

Gion and Hina stood side by side, watching everything that was happening before their eyes.

They took a deep breath and exchanged glances, knowing who had caused this chaotic situation. However, at this moment, they both chose to remain silent, and no one said a word.

This was exactly what Anno had planned to achieve! He cleverly used various means to successfully lure these pirates together, and planned to use the powerful navy to catch them all in one fell swoop.

Chapter 239: Navy's Concerns

"Humph! Just because that nonsense news spread, these lawless pirates actually believed that all the great treasures and ancient weapons were in our possession!"

Marshal Zhan Guo was furious, and he raised his fist and slammed it hard on the extremely heavy conference table. There was a loud "bang", and the table shook violently, and the tea in the cup splashed everywhere.

At the same time, the holographic projection was showing a shocking scene of the Four Emperors' fleets gathering in a menacing manner.

The huge floating island group of the Golden Lion is like a dark cloud covering the sky, weighing heavily on the sky above the new world, giving people a heavy feeling of oppression.

Vice Admiral He's face was gloomy, and her slender fingertips gently slid across the thick intelligence document in her hand. Due to excessive force, the edges of the document had obvious cracks.

Then, when she called up the surveillance bug images of the Sabaody Archipelago, the entire tactical hall suddenly rang out with a series of gasps...

Above the vast ocean, a shocking picture appeared before everyone's eyes.

Wang Zhi's ghost ship was like a ghost, sailing side by side with Kaido's majestic Blue Dragon Fleet, as if two giant beasts were confronting each other in the ocean.

On the decks of these two giant ships, flags were fluttering in the wind. They were actually the tattered flags of the Rocks Pirates that had disappeared more than forty years ago!

Just three days ago, an astonishing piece of news spread like wildfire in the black market: the circulation of the permanent pointers of the Kingdom of Totland and the Country of Wano in the market suddenly skyrocketed, with an increase of as much as 300%!

At the same time, the Navy Headquarters also received a series of shocking intelligence.

Vice Admiral Doberman pulled up the data pad in his hand with a solemn expression, which clearly showed that Perospero, the candy minister under BIG MOM, had secretly completed a transaction with Wang Zhi's deputy captain in the mysterious waters of Fishman Island last night - they exchanged extremely precious rubbings of historical texts.

In the meeting room of the Navy Headquarters, the atmosphere was extremely tense. Akainu angrily swung his fist, which was burning with hot magma, and slammed it heavily on the armrest of the meeting table.

With a "hiss", the hard armrest was instantly burned into a ball of black charcoal. However, a more difficult situation was still to come. Aokiji on the side slowly raised his hand, and cold air surged out from his palm, freezing Akainu's fist that was emitting thick smoke into a huge block of ice in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, an unexpected figure appeared in the encrypted channel - Shiki the Golden Lion! This legendary pirate, who was once famous all over the world, was standing on the bow of a luxurious warship, talking to the camera.

Behind him, a huge sky fleet was busy assembling a giant sea-tower stone net that could cover the entire Red Earth Continent! Seeing this scene, all the naval commanders present were horrified, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"What a joke!" A general couldn't help but exclaimed, "Why was the Golden Lion able to convince Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, the two overlords of the sea, to act together? And that Wang Zhi... With such a terrifying lineup, do they really want to destroy the entire world?"

On this vast and turbulent ocean, an unprecedentedly powerful pirate alliance has risen!

This alliance is led by a legendary pirate, and also includes two of the Four Emperors who are feared by all, and a super pirate whose strength is second only to the Four Emperors.

With such a terrifying lineup gathered together, who in the world can compete with it?

Looking back at history, there has probably never been such a large-scale and terrifying combination of pirate forces!

At this moment, even those battle-hardened naval generals turned pale as paper due to excessive fear.

Vice Admiral Tsuru, who was known for her calmness and composure, silently observed the expressions of fear and panic on the faces of the people in the hall. Although she tried her best to remain calm, she couldn't help but reveal a hint of disappointment in the depths of her eyes.

She could actually understand the generals' inappropriate behavior at the moment. After all, the enemy they were facing this time was too powerful and terrifying.

Not to mention these ordinary generals and officers who felt deep fear, even legendary figures like Marshal Zhan Guo, and even herself, felt uneasy and restless.

There is no doubt that this fierce war that is about to break out is very likely to become the largest-scale battle the navy has encountered in the past two decades.

Gion and Hina looked at each other and understood each other - they knew that although the current situation was extremely serious, the navy was not completely without backup.

At the same time, the fountain pen held tightly in Vice Admiral Tsuru's hand was steadily placed on the huge battle map, and quickly outlined a striking scarlet arc.

After an in-depth investigation and analysis, the true intentions of each member of the pirate alliance gradually surfaced: the big pirate named Wang Zhi wanted to obtain the precious treasure left by the legendary Rocks; and the ambitious Kaido tried to use this action to provoke a world war affecting the entire globe; as for BIG MOM, she has been eyeing the so-called "king" for a long time; finally, looking at Golden Lion, he simply wants to completely destroy the existing world order... It seems that this pirate alliance that seems to be invincible and unstoppable on the surface is actually full of ulterior motives and is in name only!

"Let the Seven Warlords of the Sea go!"

Zhan Guo looked solemnly at Doflamingo who was hiding in the shadows. His voice was low and serious, as if carrying an unquestionable majesty: "Killing a Four Emperor cadre will get a reward."

Behind the shadow, Doflamingo raised his head slightly, a teasing smile on his lips, and his sunglasses flashed a strange red light, revealing a chilling aura. "Fufufufu... Marshal Sengoku, you are so generous! However, if I heard correctly, you just said that for every Four Emperors cadre killed in this war, ten years of sentence can be reduced? What if it is the Four Emperors themselves? Can all punishments be exempted directly, or even get some extra rewards?"

As soon as Doflamingo finished speaking, the originally tense atmosphere in the tactical hall suddenly became dead silent. Everyone was stunned by his bold and arrogant remarks, especially Akainu, who stared at Doflamingo with his eyes burning with anger, and his whole body exuded a hot magma breath, as if it would explode at any time.

"You bastard!" Akainu roared in anger, his voice resounding throughout the tactical hall like thunder. However, at this moment, the silent Kong suddenly roared, and the power was so great that it shattered three bulletproof glass.

"Enough!" Kong Gang shouted, "Now we have to discuss how to deal with this war. We have already lost the fighting power of one of the Shichibukai. We must not lose our composure because of internal fighting!"

At the same time, far away from the Navy Headquarters, Anno, who had plunged the entire pirate world into chaos, was not idle.

This sudden major event not only alarmed the navy, but also caused the revolutionary army, which had been lurking in the dark, to take action.

Thanks to the special relationship between Ashiru and Kerla, Anno successfully met with the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Long. At this moment, Betty, who was standing aside, was looking at the group of women around Anno with a slightly dissatisfied look.

She couldn't help but curl her lips, and then cast her eyes on Ashilu, who had been acting cool and aloof before but was now clinging to Annuo like a clingy person.

"Huh, Ashilu, that's not what you said before. Look at you now, how come you changed so quickly?" Betty said sarcastically.

Ah Xilu snorted lightly and turned her head to the side, completely ignoring the person next to her.

At this time, Nami, who was standing aside, finally couldn't hold back her inner thoughts and started to complain: "Ahilu, this is the first time I've seen someone choose to surrender so quickly!" Hearing this, Ahiro's face instantly became a little ugly, but she remained silent.

Robin on the other side twitched his mouth slightly, thinking to himself: Is Nami deliberately mocking me? After all, it only took Ahiru three days to succumb, while I persisted for four days. But if you think about it carefully, how big of a difference can there be?

At this moment, An Nuo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up to break the deadlock: "Okay, everyone, let's get back to the point." As he spoke, he turned to look at Long in front of him and asked seriously: "Revolutionary Army, what have you considered? This is a major event that can sweep the world. For us, it is undoubtedly a perfect time to take action!"

Facing An Nuo's questioning, Long remained indifferent, staring at him quietly, and slowly said: "To be honest, I am increasingly confused about you now. Could it be that the so-called pirate alliance was also planned by you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was surprised and turned their eyes to An Nuo, wanting to get an answer from him.

However, An Nuo just smiled slightly, appearing unusually calm and composed. He pointed at the ferocious face of the Golden Lion not far away, and said slowly: "I'm sure everyone present here will have this question in their mind - why was the Golden Lion able to successfully convince Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Wang Zhi and others to form an alliance with him?"

As soon as the words fell, the revolutionary army members and Annuo's partner who were listening in the audience exchanged glances with each other, and everyone's eyes revealed deep doubts.

Indeed, there has always been such a phenomenon: many people have always carried this deep doubt in their hearts.

You know, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, these two powerful men, are the overlords of the sea in the New World!

The relationship between them is extremely tense. The huge pirate fleets led by them frequently collide and clash violently in the vast and turbulent waters of the New World. This has become commonplace. As the four emperors who are feared by all, they are undoubtedly mortal enemies.

As for Wang Zhi, there is no need to say more. This man is ambitious and has every intention of ascending the throne of the fourth emperor of the sea, which symbolizes supreme power and glory.

To this end, he has been desperately expanding his sphere of influence in the waters of Rocky Port for many years. Like a ferocious and greedy beast, he has been frantically devouring and annexing the surrounding islands, large and small, as well as numerous pirate groups.

Moreover, he often took the initiative to provoke disputes with giants such as Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, launching rounds of fierce attacks. However, if Red-haired Shanks had not suddenly risen like a bright new star, and in the thrilling battle with Kaido, he showed his great military exploits that amazed and impressed the other overlords of the entire New World.

Especially when fighting against the pirate gang led by Wang Zhi, Red-Haired Shanks relied on his overwhelming strength to completely defeat his opponents with ease.

Otherwise, if the situation continues to develop in this way, the position of the fourth sea emperor of the New World will eventually fall into Wang Zhi's hands.

Although Golden Lion is extremely powerful and was once a legendary pirate who was famous throughout the world, time is merciless and he is now old.

Even though his reputation in the past was great and well-known, it was simply a fantasy to think that he could make three pirates who were also at the top of the ocean put aside their differences and coexist peacefully here just by his appearance!

There must be some unknown inside stories.

Looking at the pairs of eyes full of doubt and curiosity below, An Nuo took a deep breath and slowly said: "What you don't know is that these four famous old guys actually knew each other decades ago and served in the same pirate group."

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, exploding in everyone's ears. The originally quiet conference hall suddenly fell into an uproar, especially the revolutionary soldiers, who were dumbfounded, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Facing the shocked reactions of the crowd, An Nuo pretended not to hear them and continued to speak on his own, as if every word he threw out was like a heavy bomb, blowing everyone's thoughts to pieces: "You heard it right, I am talking about Golden Lion, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin and Wang Zhi. They are indeed from the same pirate group. What do you think? Do you find it incredible?"

Annuo's words were like a violent storm, violently impacting everyone's mental defenses.