Chapter Eighteen: Fruits and Blades! The Slaughter of the Celestial Dragons! (Please continue reading!)
Satan looked at the large beauty before him, a flicker of regret passing through his eyes. If it weren’t for the sudden disappearance of the Mountain Witch Carmelo, this woman would now be under the World Government’s banner, the strongest shield guarding the Celestial Dragons.
But soon, from the corner of his eye, he noticed a simple, earnest youth struggling to rise.
“A brat from the Bakalia tribe? How pitiful. Flowing with sinful blood, your only fate is to become a slave or to die. History has decreed it so.”
“Uncle, are you noble?” The bloodied youth looked confused. “But isn’t it strange to be noble or lowly from birth...?”
“Those with true power should, like Nika, save others, right?”
“So,” Satan said calmly as he stared at him, “that is why you all vanish into history. Now, you shall die as well.”
Yet, at that moment—
“Aunt Lingling, he completely ignores you, doesn’t he? He doesn’t even see you as a threat!” Roa’s voice goaded.
If Charlotte Lingling turned and fled, he would never dare lay a finger on those treasures.
“Mom! Mom!” Lingling reached up, grabbed the twin-horned hat atop her head, and pulled it off. In her hand was now a massive blade. “When the Five Elders strike, is it any different from striking ordinary people?”
“Elbaf’s Spear, Wiguo!”
The air was pierced in an instant as a vast sword wave howled toward Satan.
The man wielding the highest power in the world maintained a composed expression. “You shall all die as well.”
Whoosh!
The sword wave engulfed him instantly.
“Huh? What’s that supposed to mean?” Big Mom was somewhat surprised.
No evasion, no defense—could this man also possess an invulnerable body like hers?
“Be proud, ants. The gods will personally deliver your punishment.”
From his indifferent voice, a colossal monster arose.
Black flame clouds turned into ribbons, and atop his head sprouted a massive pair of bull horns resembling Roa’s. His lower body had transformed into a gigantic spider.
“This is...!”
Charlotte Lingling’s pupils contracted sharply.
The monster’s left side bore a huge hole from the earlier attack, but the flesh around it was rapidly regenerating. Within mere breaths, all wounds had healed completely.
“A mythical beast type like little Roa’s?”
The woman instinctively attributed Satan’s regenerative ability to a Devil Fruit power. “Interesting. Let’s see how many times you can regenerate!”
She charged forward, blade in hand.
“Go, Aunt Lingling! I won’t hold you back!” Roa fluttered his wings, flying down from her shoulder. Cheering her on, he headed straight toward the treasure.
At least the remaining Devil Fruit shouldn’t be weak—after all, it was kept alongside the Azure Dragon Fruit and the Meatball Fruit.
“You brat!” Charlotte Lingling was furious. That damn kid truly had the spirit of the Rocks Pirates.
But there was no time to bother with Roa now!
The giant spider’s massive legs stabbed directly at her.
“Zeus!”
“Yes, Mom!”
Zeus, the thundercloud floating beside her, turned into dark clouds, then a lightning bolt roared forth like a dragon, striking Satan, who neither dodged nor blocked.
Then, Lingling surged forward and swiftly severed Satan’s head with a backhanded slash.
But before she could rejoice, the spider’s leg stabbed again.
“Are you kidding me? This kind of regeneration!”
While blocking, Charlotte Lingling’s smile vanished completely.
“Have you understood? How do ants resist gods?”
Satan glared at her.
Lingling let out a muffled grunt, her head thrown back as an invisible attack struck her.
This was the fierce eye of the Bull Demon!
“Damn it! You bastard!”
Raging with fury, Lingling roared. Even though the fierce eye could easily shatter a human body, it barely affected her invulnerable form.
She reached out and caught the sun floating nearby. “Prometheus! Fire from the heavens!”
A massive fireball exploded again, shattering Satan’s body into fragments.
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“Beautiful, Aunt Lingling!”
Meanwhile, without looking up and still cheering her on, Roa had already picked up the Devil Fruit.
Silver, metallic in sheen, its surface covered with many droplet-like protrusions and spiral patterns.
A Devil Fruit he had never seen before.
Yet, it should be powerful.
Carefully tucking the fruit into his bosom, Roa noticed a knife placed beside it.
With a black sheath and handle, and purple wrappings, it lay conspicuously—surely another valuable item. He casually tucked it into his waistband like Sasuke.
Nothing else seemed worthwhile—just a towering pile of golden treasure, tempting but impossible to carry.
He pocketed a few large gems symbolically and finally looked up at the battle between the monsters.
It was a clash of equals.
Charlotte Lingling wielded a large blade wrapped in Conqueror’s Haki, repeatedly cleaving Satan into pieces.
But Satan’s immortal body was unreasonable—he regenerated time and again and counterattacked fiercely.
Roa noticed Satan glanced at him several times but made no move.
Was he truly disregarding him?
Was Satan certain he couldn’t escape even with the treasure?
At seven years old, during the God’s Valley war, he had stood like a mere minion.
Now, with tears in his eyes, Roa swore they must see him!
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west—the poor youth should never be underestimated!
“Aunt Lingling seems to be having fun!” Roa nodded seriously. “I won’t disturb her then!”
He slipped away!
With the treasure in hand, there was no reason to linger.
Who knew what would happen next?
But—
“Oh! Lingling! Looks like you’ve met a formidable opponent! Need our help?”
A cheerful voice came.
Charlotte Lingling, Satan, and Roa all turned their heads simultaneously.
Silver Axe, carrying a massive axe; Captain John, drunk and smiling; Gloriosa atop a serpent; the officers of the Rocks Pirates arrived!
Behind them followed several pirate captains, a sea of people.
“Perfect timing,”
Lingling grinned maliciously. “The treasure’s here. Let’s take down this Five Elder Star together, then split the loot!”
“Five Elder Star?”
Silver Axe sized up Satan. “Heh heh, Lingling, I don’t think he can harm you.”
“Good luck, Lingling. We’ll go split the treasure!”
Without hesitation, Silver Axe lunged toward the treasure.
His officers followed suit without delay.
“Damn it, you bastards!”
Big Mom stomped furiously.
This was bad news.
Satan frowned. That brat didn’t matter, but so many officers of the Rocks Pirates...
In that case—
“I’ll start summoning.”
He silently chanted.
Boom!!
Four huge magic circles bloomed behind him, billowing black smoke and crackling dark lightning.
Roa’s pupils shrank.
Run! The Five Elder Star are gathering!
An immortal body combined with summoning power—how unreasonable!
Without hesitation, he shifted into beast form, flapped his wings, and soared straight toward Dillen’s direction.
“Has Roa changed sides?”
Silver Axe looked up at Roa’s hurried escape, surprised. “So many treasures, and he’s leaving them?”
That brat had already taken the most valuable ones!
He sneered inwardly, but Charlotte Lingling said nothing.
Little Roa was only temporarily taking the treasure. Back home, Auntie could keep it safe for him.
That news must not be spread too widely.
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Roa accelerated to full speed, even summoning a fierce wind at his back to speed him like a shooting star across the sky.
But just as he rushed forward—
Clap, clap, clap!
Several faint sounds came from his body.
Huh?
Below, the Celestial Dragons who had come seeking refuge gathered, a sea of white.
Amid the noisy Celestial Dragons, a few raised their guns and fired repeatedly at the approaching “big bird” in the sky.
“Hey, hey, hey! Bullying children!”
Roa observed carefully below.
The Divine Knights and accompanying CP0 had likely gone to intercept the incoming pirates.
“Well then, I must defend myself! Fire Punishment!”
Though he had studied many interesting techniques earlier, the situation was urgent, so he didn’t hesitate.
Roa suddenly descended sharply, sweeping past the Celestial Dragons like a heavy bomber.
As he flew overhead, the Celestial Dragons began to burst into flames starting from where he passed.
Not simple burning—every Celestial Dragon was engulfed in a fierce blaze!
In the blink of an eye, the white sea transformed into roaring flames tens of meters high.
Screams echoed relentlessly.
Roa gasped.
The intense use of his abilities drained his stamina severely; he nearly fell from the sky.
But fortunately, breathing in the high-purity black air emitted by the Celestial Dragons quickly revitalized him.
“Thanks for the hospitality. Now, onward.”
Casting one last glance at the fiery sea below, Roa flapped his wings and soared higher.
“Gana!”
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Meanwhile—
Shortly after Roa escaped, thick black lightning sprayed from the four magic circles, and four twisted shadows emerged from their centers.
Within breaths, these shadows transformed into four colossal beasts.
“What?”
Charlotte Lingling was shocked. “What’s going on?”
“Could it be...” Wang Zhi wiped sweat from his brow, “the Five Elder Star have fully assembled?”
Besides the Bull Demon Satan, the other four were equally terrifying monsters.
A giant wild boar with tusks like blades, a massive skeletal horse, a monstrous bird with wings like a mix of serpent and bird, and a colossal sandworm towering like a mountain!
Gloriosa swallowed nervously. “Should we retreat?”
Satan spoke calmly, “Four of us here are enough. Maz, pursue that brat. He’s fleeing east with the Mercury Fruit and Blood Sea fruit.”
“Understood.”
The monstrous bird beat its wings and immediately pursued Roa.
Flying a short distance, it noticed the fiery sea below.
“Where is that fire from?”
It was puzzled.
Never mind—the priority was chasing the Rocks Pirates brat.
Wings flapped faster, increasing the bird’s speed.
But as it flew over the island, the bird noticed something else.
Where had the Celestial Dragons gone?
No sign of them anywhere.
Had their refuge been chosen so discreetly?
Young members of their family had joined the hunt this time.
As it pondered this, a shadow appeared in the sky ahead.
Caught up!
“Huh?”
Roa heard thunderous roars behind him.
He instinctively looked back and was terrified.
The monstrous bird was now only a few hundred meters behind him!
Damn it!
“I don’t have any epinephrine!”