Chapter 247: Raising the Frenzy of Becoming Adventurers!

These words,

spoken in Hongfa Xiangkesi's somewhat youthful voice, carried a weight as though ocean waves were sweeping across the world.

were a declaration to the entire world,

Xiangkesi meant to show his strength, because only a voice capable of standing against the world hegemon, the 【Navy Family】, would not be ignored by the world.

The cries of the weak, like those from Alabasta, would be buried beneath yellow sand.

Only the strongest, only the martial might engraved in everyone's hearts, could tear through the gloom and reach every single heart.

Therefore,

even when trapped in desperate straits, even when the Navy treated him as a target and prime mark, Xiangkesi did not retreat a single step.

At this moment,

Xiangkesi's flesh and blood began to dissolve,

his frame, which had never looked as rugged as most people in the Pirate World, was wrapped in frost, magma, and golden flames, exposing ghastly white bone.

He looked like a ferocious evil ghost crawling out of Hell.

Crack.

Space continued to shatter, countless pairs of Wave Eyes transforming into the purest Wave Breath, completely blasting apart the Bodong Shijie that had been reflected into reality.

The Navy Family Territory was swallowed by the shattered space.

The world seemed to have become a colossal glass curtain wall, and after shattering, only an unseen chaotic scene remained.

The entire sea surface,

was like a watermelon with a chunk scooped out by a round spoon, sinking into a deep depression.

The Iron Wall Barrier upheld by five hundred Navy Giants vanished, and they lay scattered across the ruined Family Territory, most having fainted from overloading themselves with the power of Giants.

The stone tablet protected by countless Navy soldiers was covered in cracks.

Its durability had already fallen low,

and it likely could not even withstand a single strike from an ordinary player.

That Golden Quality Demon-Locking Tower was also scarred from being swallowed by space, requiring vast quantities of precious materials to restore.

"No way—taking on the attacks of three Admirals head-on and shattering the Navy Family?"

The scene was deathly silent.

It was only after a long while that someone could not help but mutter their confusion in a daze.

Xiangkesi, standing on the sea surface by the power of waves, was gaunt and skeletal, like a Hell evil ghost whose soul had been overdrawn, as if a single gust of wind could blow him into the depths.

But in everyone's eyes,

this Hell evil ghost who had spoken the declaration looked even more like a herald crying out to forge a new era.

Utterly unfamiliar, yet carrying a strange sense of familiarity.

The source of that familiarity was—

The Pirate King!

How similar!

Back then, the Pirate King Roger, after completing the great feat of circumnavigating the entire ocean and reaching Lafute Lu, was captured by the Navy and then issued his final cry to the world.

The opening was so grand and magnificent that it had never appeared during the eight hundred years of World Government rule—unprecedented.

the Great Pirate Era!

Countless ambitious men dissatisfied with the status quo, dreamers with dreams in their hearts, ordinary people who did not wish to be enslaved—all set out to sea to become Pirates because of Roger's cry.

This has continued until now, and the world remains under the lingering might of the Great Pirate Era.

Even Whitebeard, called the strongest, who possessed the vast Pirate Kingdom of Tuolante; Kaido, the Pirate Emperor who ruled Wano Country for countless years and connected to the Underground World; and Marine Headquarters, which patrolled Si Hai and possessed countless powerful fighters—

in terms of prestige, all were inevitably shrouded in the shadow of Pirate King Roger.

Regardless,

islands ravaged by Pirates, kingdoms robbed, or nations saved by Pirates, slaves whose shackles were broken by Pirates—

under the influence of the Great Pirate Era, there was good and bad, pain and blood, as well as redemption and hope.

None could绕开 this legendary figure.

And now,

at last a new ray of light appeared, tearing apart the ideological imprint that Pirate King Roger had once branded upon the Pirate World—an imprint that should have been unbreakable.

Adventurer!

Such a brief word, one that in any other setting would have drawn ridicule.

Spoken aloud by Xiangkesi before the eyes of all, it was like a sharp blade driven deep into everyone's chest, shattering the shackles of the Great Pirate Era.

The crowd went from bewilderment to incomprehension, and finally awoke.

The truth should be this:

even now, the mainstream Pirates are still the scoundrels who burn, kill, and plunder.

The fellows gathered in Maogu Zhen who mocked dreams and freely derided Pirates like Luffy—that is the normal mindset of Pirates on this ocean.

But these people should not be mocked.

Freedom, dreams, salvation, friendship—these beautiful qualities engraved in the human heart are not what Pirates should possess.

Most of those who originally set out to sea with dreams in their hearts would be mocked by this great Maogu Zhen that is the Pirate World, then gradually blend into the crowd, and finally grow numb and沦为 one of the Pirates.

And from now on,

they are no longer Pirates, but Adventurers!

Hongfa Xiangkesi is the pioneer who broke the curse, the one who vindicated the Adventurers!

"Crap!"

Vice Admiral Tsuru frowned deeply, listening to Hongfa Xiangkesi's words, unable to judge for the moment whether they were good or bad.

Beside her, Akainu, his Energy Value depleted and gasping for breath, cursed: "What utterly arrogant words — this sea will probably become even more chaotic from now on!"

These words,

would absolutely set the entire sea ablaze; even those who had once despised Pirates for their evil would begin unable to resist setting sail.

It was simply too shocking, too tempting.

Even Sakazuki, known for his iron-blooded and upright nature, felt a momentary stirring in his heart.

Having failed to stop Hongfa Xiangkesi's declaration, Aokiji returned to his lazy demeanor and said: "With the Pirates split apart and a new group of adventurers appearing, isn't that a good thing?"

"In that case, the Pirates who once still had some scruples and didn't dare go too far — once they're completely divided up, they'll probably turn into mindless beasts!"

"Those Pirates were beasts to begin with. Even without the appearance of adventurers, they deserved to die!"

The Navy generals could not reach a consensus; their beliefs had diverged.

However,

the majority of the Navy generals viewed this matter negatively.

Because the Navy's justice required order, not chaos. The order and justice they protected would ultimately become even harder to maintain because of Hongfa Xiangkesi's words.

The result of the world boiling over could no longer be changed at this point.

They could only try to make up for it as best they could.

Regardless, the family stone tablet had not been destroyed — a blessing in disguise.

"Hmph hmph hmph hmph."

On a certain island, the players of the Huolieniao Junduan stood guard outside the castle.

Doflamingo, as if stimulated, raved to himself: "Xiangkesi! Xiangkesi! Xiangkesi! Xiangkesi!"

"What a shocking presence — is this why those fellows from the God's Knights were willing to let you return to Mariejois?"

His fleeing the battle was not only because the situation looked bad, but also because he deliberately wanted to oppose Hongfa Xiangkesi.

After all,

they were both Celestial Dragons who had left Mariejois,

so why was it that you could be valued by the Five Elders, while he had even killed his own father and still couldn't be taken back?

So that was how it was!

Doflamingo feared many Pirates — Kaido of the Beasts Pirates, Dama of the Tuolante Kingdom, Whitebeard,

no need to hide it,

he himself was very simple and easy to understand: strength was everything, the weak would be swallowed by him, and as long as one had great strength, one could earn his fear.

And only his fear.

But偏偏, Hongfa Xiangkesi stirred up a very unfamiliar emotion in him.

This emotion had faintly appeared once before, back when he watched the execution of Pirate King Roger.

At that time, he had been too young, and before he could savor what the emotion was, it quickly vanished. But this time, his feeling was very real.

Admiration.

Admiration for the one who would open a new era!

"Someone like me, actually admiring another person from the bottom of my heart?"

Doflamingo took off his flamingo glasses, holding an unopened bottle of red wine in his hand, lost in thought for a long while.

(End of Chapter)