Chapter 979: The Quan Mo Is No Longer a Threat We Can Handle! [Request Subscription]

The first half of the Grand Line.

The Alabasta Kingdom.

On this day,

accompanied by the spread of news from outside.

Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea stationed in the Alabasta Kingdom, fell into an unusually rare silence upon hearing the news.

"Quan Mo…"

"This monster is indeed terrifyingly strong."

"Even a powerhouse like Red-Haired Shanks had one arm severed by Quan Mo, and was ultimately forced to retreat in disgrace."

"Given this, it is only natural that I would be defeated by Quan Mo."

Crocodile exhaled heavily.

The news of Red-Haired Shanks' severed arm…

had truly shaken him deeply.

He knew well.

Red-Haired Shanks was a fearsome pirate in the New World.

He was a powerhouse on par with the Four Emperors.

White-Haired Whitebeard, known as the strongest man in the world, was one of the Four Emperors!

And Red-Haired Shanks stood on equal footing with a man like Whitebeard.

Yet even such a powerhouse had suffered the horror of having one arm severed by Quan Mo.

Naturally, this news left Crocodile deeply shaken.

At this moment,

he could not help but recall…

his recent defeat at the hands of Lu En.

He suddenly felt immense relief…

Thank goodness…

Quan Mo had not harbored any intent to kill him!

Otherwise,

he might already have become a cold corpse.

"Even a great pirate like Red-Haired Shanks had one arm severed by Quan Mo."

"For me to be defeated by such a monster…"

"Is that not perfectly normal?"

Crocodile had heard rumors…

that even Red-Haired Pirates' vice-captain, Ben Beike Man, had been unable to budge the five-year-old Quan Mo Lu En.

You have to understand.

That Ben Beike Man was a legendary Vice Emperor-level powerhouse in the New World!

Even such a powerhouse could not defeat Quan Mo…

It goes without saying.

How incredibly strong Quan Mo truly was!

"That I managed to barely escape with my life from a monster like Quan Mo…"

"Is already an extraordinary stroke of fortune."

Crocodile was still trembling with fear.

Clearly,

his psychological trauma from Lu En had grown even deeper.

And as a result…

his original plan to target the Alabasta Kingdom had been forced into delay due to the terrifying reputation of Quan Mo Lu En.

He was afraid.

Afraid his plan would be detected by Quan Mo.

Given Crocodile's cautious nature…

and furthermore…

Quan Mo's current legendary reputation across the seas…

Crocodile believed…

that no amount of caution on his part could be considered excessive.

"It seems my plan must be delayed for a while."

"Provoking Quan Mo right now is clearly an extremely unwise move."

"If I draw Quan Mo's attention, I'll be in serious trouble."

"Being captured and sent to Impel Down would be the least of my worries—I fear most that Quan Mo, this monster, will kill me on the spot, without mercy!"

Just thinking of this, Crocodile was overcome with dread.

Quan Mo…

He was a monster who had directly clashed with a Vice Emperor-level powerhouse!

He was the one who had severed the arm of a Four Emperor-level powerhouse!

…

Aside from the Alabasta Kingdom,

every other island in the Grand Line also successively learned the news spreading from the outside world.

Therefore,

island after island were thrown into an unprecedented uproar.

Such as,

the Seven Water Cities,

Devil's Town,

Long Ring Long Island,

the Magic Triangle,

and other places.

All were shaken by the news that Red-Haired Shanks had lost an arm!

No one could imagine it.

Red-Haired Shanks, a Four Emperor-level powerhouse, had lost an arm in the East Blue, the weakest sea region.

And he had lost it—cut off on the spot—by a five-year-old boy!

This news undeniably stirred immense shock and disbelief in everyone's hearts.

In addition,

the news that Lu En had stood firm against Ben Beike Man, vice-captain of the Red-Haired Pirates, also drew countless eyes and exclamations of awe.

Ben Beike Man's name echoed like thunder throughout the New World,

and though his reputation was not as prominent in the first half of the Grand Line, everyone knew full well how strong he was, as vice-captain of the Red-Haired Pirates.

Precisely because of this,

even more people found it unbelievable.

The formidable Ben Beike Man had fought evenly with Lu En, the Five-Year-Old Fist Demon!

The two were evenly matched!

This outcome truly shattered everyone's understanding.

No one had anticipated such a result.

Navy branch stations stationed on each island, and navy officers one by one, received the news.

They were deeply shaken and awestruck.

"General Lu En is too monstrous!"

"He's only five years old!"

"General Lu En, merely five years old, actually held his own against a Four Emperor Vice-Captain-level powerhouse—can you believe it?!"

"Good heavens! Is this a genius? No, he's literally a monster!"

"General Lu En is truly, without doubt, the strongest genius the Navy has ever seen."

"Well deserved!"

"Even the legendary great pirate Red-Haired Shanks had his arm severed by General Lu En. Who in this entire sea could possibly emulate such a feat?"

"…"