Chapter 179: Arrangements, the Great Pirate Golden Lion

Luode summoned all the legion bosses in the Dark Temple, then gave each of them this kind of transformation leaf to create a similar clone; after being infused with fel energy, each reached forty percent of the original's strength, which would be considered strong even in the world of Azeroth.

"Alright, that's it. When the allied forces arrive, you'll fight them for a bit, then all the demons will withdraw from the Dark Temple, and we won't be here anymore." Luode said.

"Lord Luode, one last question: when these clones die they turn back into leaves—how should we handle that?" The Destruction Demon Matriarch Shahraas asked.

These clones are indeed very useful, but the problem is, if they turn into leaves and disappear, it would easily raise suspicion!

"That's simple—I'll put a self-destruct on each leaf for you; when your clone is defeated, it will self-destruct, leaving no trace, so no one will suspect anything." Luode said.

"This method is good, I agree!"

"Very well, I grant you these leaves; you can create clones on your own."

Luode nodded and gave each legion boss one of these leaves that can create a clone.

After all, they will lose these clones, so they need to let their subordinates have some soup.

"You are truly generous, Lord Luode."

After dealing with those legion bosses, Luode came to the main hall plaza of the Dark Temple, where there stood a hundred-meter-tall supergiant hellfire; he did not intend to let it appear before the allied forces, but instead packed it up and took it away.

This hellfire is a prime material; after Luode infused it with a large amount of fel energy, it turned into a green monster that radiated a scorching aura all over its body.

Luode drew some demon soul energy and injected it into this huge hellfire, directly turning it into a Homunculus construct.

Now that he has a large group of demon subordinates, Luode extracts a bit of soul from each demon; they can recover themselves, after all, the demons of the Twisting Nether are far tougher than mortal races.

The huge hellfire's eyes flickered with light, and wisdom was born.

"Thank you, great master, for giving me life." The giant hellfire knelt before Luode and spoke.

After gaining wisdom, he can now remove fel energy on his own; he is no longer a hellfire consumable that requires a large amount of fel energy to activate.

Legion hellfires are magical constructs; many high-ranking commanders use them as expendable spells.

"From today on, your name will be Supremes; I will send you to a place called Wano Country, where you will be responsible for guarding it, and if needed, I will summon you to fight."

This giant Homunculus construct hellfire, Luode did not infuse it with his own soul energy to make it a high-level Homunculus; instead, he made it a guard-type existence to protect Wano Country.

"I will obey your command, great master; I will guard your territory well, absolutely allowing no one to invade unless they step over my corpse." The giant hellfire, Supremes, let out an earth-shaking roar.

After dealing with this hellfire, Luode returned to Azeroth via the Dark Portal and arrived in Wano Country.

He released the two Abyssal Lords he had imprisoned; he forgot one's name, the other was Maserton.

Then he revealed his identity as the third legion commander, and besides, he brought in Ma Ke Zha Er to explain the current situation to the two Abyssal Lords.

The two Abyssal Lords were a bit dazed, having been imprisoned for a while and used as bloodletting tools, their blood drawn for a period.

As it turned out, the one who captured him had suddenly transformed into the leader of the Burning Legion—what is this? But Luode's strong fel energy cannot be faked. Such overwhelming pressure.

They had only felt such intense fel energy on Kil'jaeden and Archimonde; even the leader of the Shenyuan Lin clan, Mannoroth, did not possess this kind of strong fel energy.

"What do you mean? Are you willing to recruit us as your direct subordinates?" one Abyssal Lord asked.

"Exactly! From now on, you two are my direct subordinates; I will give you stronger fel energy."

"Everything is for the Burning Legion; you are the third commander of the Burning Legion, so we naturally obey your orders." Maserton lowered his head and knelt before Luode.

Seeing the two Abyssal Lords submit, Luode nodded in satisfaction, granting each some fel energy to slightly boost their strength; if they were too weak, they couldn't serve him.

"Thank you for your grace, my lord; whenever you need, we two can at any time offer our blood to corrupt mortal races."

"Good! From now on, you two will serve me; Maserton, you use this leaf to create a clone and place it in the Dark Temple; the rest of the matters, Ma Ke Zha Er will teach you—after you complete the mission, I will take you to invade a new world."

The matter of those two Abyssal Lords is finally settled; Luode took a moment to observe the Fel Orcs—here many have begun to revert to Green Orcs, and they have gradually mastered fel energy.

"Luode kid, I have something to discuss with you." Kaido walked over and looked at Luode. "Father-in-law, just say what's on your mind." Luode asked.

After conquering the Dark Temple, the old father-in-law Kaido returned to Wano Country; he apparently did not want to get involved in the following matters, after all there wasn't any decent fight.

So he planned to return to Wano Country to handle some Wano Country affairs, and incidentally look for the Golden Lion; it's also time to bring that old lion over—"I intend to deal with the Black Carbon Giant Snake, and I have already confirmed the whereabouts of that old lion; should we just move now and take care of that old lion?"

"If he regains his full strength, enhanced by the Apocalypse Virus and fel energy, studying the power of the Azeroth world will absolutely not make him weak."

"I previously had no time, but now I finally have free hands; old lion, come join our team—you can't escape."

"This kid's strength has increased incredibly fast; before he was far inferior to me, but in the blink of an eye I can only look up to him! The old lion's strength, due to various reasons, has already fallen to its lowest point."

"But now, as long as conditions allow, the old lion's strength will quickly catch up; his potential is absolutely not much less than Whitebeard's."

"Hahaha! Of course we need him; that old lion, however, still needs to join you to form an F4 group—Whitebeard, Lingling, you already have them; no matter what, we must drag that old lion in." Luode laughed and said.

The Golden Lion indeed has great ambition; once he gains stronger strength, he will surely be overconfident.

But in the face of absolute power, any amount of ambition is futile.

Luode will make him know what absolute power is, what absolute strength is.

"Then let's go find that old lion! Happens to be while you have time." Kaido said.

"As you wish, father-in-law; we are now going to pick up that old lion."

The two smiled at each other, flew straight into the sky; Kaido transformed into a giant dragon, letting Luode ride on its head, flying toward the Golden Lion's sky pirate crew.

After several hours of flight, Luode and Kaido arrived at a vast floating island.

Every island here is immensely huge, all floated by the Golden Lion using his Devil Fruit ability; he conducted some animal enlargement experiments on them.

"That old lion's animal enlargement experiments are actually quite useful; if those giant animals were infused with fel energy, they would become even stronger."

"If you're interested, after subduing him just have him send those creatures over."

"That old lion's ability is truly strong; the two floating fortresses I built in Azeroth, compared to his gigantic floating islands, are simply heaven versus earth." Looking at the surrounding floating islands, Luode wore an expression of awe.

"Anyway, once we subdue that old lion, everything he has will be ours; he will also serve you, and I will greet the old lion."

As soon as Kaido finished speaking, he instantly released his Conqueror's Haki to attract the Golden Lion over.

This is the pirate world—once you lose, you lose everything! "Hahaha! Kaido brat, you actually ran onto my turf—what are you here for?"

A burst of loud laughter rang out; a Golden Lion wearing a yellow coat, with a ship's wheel on his head and crippled legs, appeared before the two.

"Old lion, I've brought you something good—this thing is called the Apocalypse Elixir."

"It can regenerate your legs, pull the ship's wheel off your head, and grant you control over high-temperature flames and regenerative ability." Kaido approached the Golden Lion and produced a bottle of red elixir.

"You bastard kid, you're not lying to me, are there? How could something this good exist in this world?" The Golden Lion looked doubtful.

And if there is such a good thing, you brat would bring it to me; what kind of personality do you have, you brat? Don't I know that? We used to be people on the same boat.

I don't need to lie to you, but there is a price; you must join us,

And to tell you the truth, Baihuzi, Xialuote Lingling, and I are already on the same boat; now only you are missing.

What? You actually managed to find those two? When did you, brat, gain this kind of power?

I'll give you a chance, Laoshizi; after you use this potion, we'll fight—if you lose, you'll work for me. Luode walked out from behind Kaido, smiling as he looked at Jinshizi.

You brat, who are you now?

Kaido, Xialuote Lingling, Baihuzi—the three of them are now your bosses, and will be your future bosses.

(End of chapter)