Chapter 142

In fact,

after Li Xiao left,

the Navy was also going to evacuate!

However,

that Celestial Dragon seemed to have been scared out of his wits by Li Xiao,

and wouldn't let the Navy leave no matter what,

especially Huang Yuan, who was an Admiral!

The Celestial Dragon begged and pleaded for Huang Yuan to protect him closely,

until he was safely sent back to the Holy Land Mary Geoise!

Regarding the Celestial Dragon's request,

under normal circumstances, the Navy couldn't refuse,

even if Huang Yuan was an Admiral!

However,

what this Celestial Dragon didn't know was...

Because of what Li Xiao said before leaving,

Huang Yuan hadn't intended to leave anyway!

And right now,

since this Celestial Dragon had spoken up,

the Navy simply stayed behind,

taking the opportunity to help maintain order in the auction house!

With the Navy's help,

although the order in the auction house was quickly restored,

this auction was destined to be unable to continue!

On one hand,

the progress of this auction was already nearing its end,

with only the final grand finale item left to be bid on!

On the other hand,

after such an unexpected situation,

the people in the auction house no longer had any heart for continuing to bid!

And so,

the auction ultimately chose to end early,

finishing in a rush!

Everyone headed to the backstage one after another to exchange for the items they had won,

and then left the auction house in succession,

scattering in all directions across the Sabaody Archipelago!

At this moment,

in a room backstage,

the auctioneer responsible for this event looked utterly hopeless,

as he reluctantly handed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his hand

to the Celestial Dragon standing before him!

He had thought today would just be an ordinary auction,

but he hadn't expected

the entire process to be full of ups and downs,

and with such drastic shifts,

he felt as if his heart no longer belonged to him!

When the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which should have fetched a sky-high price,

was snatched away by the Celestial Dragon for 500 million berries,

his heart had instantly gone cold,

but it was still within an acceptable range!

Immediately after,

when the Celestial Dragon directly shouted a sky-high price of 1 billion berries

to bid for that mermaid,

his heart, which had just been freezing cold, instantly heated up,

as if it had been shoved into a furnace!

However,

he had thought it was a turn for the better,

but it turned out to be a feint!

Before he could be happy for long,

that white-haired old man who was a bonus item

had actually struck out and stunned everyone in the venue,

and then snatched away the mermaid the Celestial Dragon had bid 1 billion berries for!

In that instant,

he felt as if his heart had been taken out of the furnace again,

and shoved right into a refrigerator!

Only then

did he finally realize

that the white-haired old man who had gambled until he lost himself at the casino

was actually the famous Dark King Lei Li!

If he weren't unable to beat him,

he would have loved to go up and slap Lei Li across the face!

You damn great pirate who has roamed the seas,

the dignified vice-captain of the Roger Pirates,

once hailed as the right arm of the Pirate King!

You say, what could you not have done,

but you had to go and gamble,

and even lost yourself,

getting sent to the auction house to pay off your debts!

We are at least people of some standing,

can't you do something decent?

If it really came down to it,

how many berries do you want,

you could have just asked!

At worst, I'd give you 100 million berries to let you go back to the casino and play!

What the hell do you mean by snatching away the grand finale item!

More importantly,

just a moment ago,

he suddenly discovered that the final grand finale item kept backstage—the Treasure Tree Adam,

had also vanished into thin air!

In this auction,

there were only three grand finale items specifically placed to appear at the end!

Among them, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was snatched away mid-way by the Celestial Dragon for 500 million berries,

the mermaid Lina was rescued on the spot by Lei Li, who was a bonus item,

and the Treasure Tree Adam had vanished into thin air from backstage!

After all that busy work,

after this auction,

let alone making a profit,

it would be good if he didn't lose too much!

At this very moment,

his heart was not only shoved into a refrigerator,

but the refrigerator itself had been thrown into a frozen wasteland!

Cold upon cold, it was completely frozen through!

At the same time,

the Celestial Dragon standing before the auctioneer reached out and took the Rumble-Rumble Fruit,

then looked down at the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his hand,

lost in deep thought!

Generally speaking,

although Celestial Dragons collect Devil Fruits,

they basically never consume them themselves!

These Devil Fruits are either used for collection,

or forced upon slaves,

to satisfy their own twisted desires!

And the reason why Celestial Dragons do not consume Devil Fruits

has nothing to do with the strength of the Devil Fruits themselves!

After all, with the wealth and power of the Celestial Dragons,

it is not difficult to obtain powerful Devil Fruits!

The biggest reason for this lies in the fact that,

in the eyes of the Celestial Dragons,

they have no need to consume Devil Fruits at all!

The power bestowed upon them by their status as Celestial Dragons

is more powerful than any Devil Fruit!

They call themselves descendants of the creators,

they call themselves descendants of gods,

possessing the most powerful authority in this world,

born standing at the very pinnacle of the world!

Even the Navy, with its many powerhouses,

in the eyes of the Celestial Dragons,

is nothing more than their lackeys!

Celestial Dragons are above the World Government,

and for anyone who attacks a Celestial Dragon,

the Navy must dispatch an Admiral to protect the Celestial Dragon's safety!

With such powerful authority,

over time,

the Celestial Dragons no longer feel any danger from the outside world,

and therefore naturally have no need to rack their brains to improve their own strength!

A human life is less than a hundred years,

rather than spending time painstakingly improving one's own strength,

it is better to enjoy this luxurious life!

Anyway, no one would ever dare to lay a hand on a Celestial Dragon!

However,

with the appearance of Li Xiao,

this thought was ruthlessly shattered by a cyan longsword.