Chapter 139

Seeing her father's body covered in wounds, her sapphire eyes instantly filled with tears.

Kobra snapped back to reality and asked:

"Vivi, what exactly happened?"

Vivi wiped her tears and said:

"It was Lord Luo Xing who saved me, who saved Alabasta!"

Luo Xing?

That name startled Kobra—he felt he had heard it somewhere before.

Of course! Wasn't he that famed Beast Imperial Son-in-Law, one of the Five Emperors of the Sea?

But he's also a pirate—could he truly have acted out of kindness to save Alabasta?

Kobra had been king for decades; he wasn't as naive as Vivi.

He still felt uneasy, suspecting Luo Xing's motive was the same as Crocodile's: to seize the ancient weapon Pluton, not to aid Alabasta.

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Nico Luo Bin shared the same thoughts.

Luo Bin had seen too much of humanity's darkness; she understood exactly what pirates were like.

That Five Emperor, Luo Xing, would never help Alabasta out of pure kindness!

At the same time, Luo Bin felt sorrow for herself.

For she was about to be transferred from Crocodile's hands into those of an even more terrifying demon.

She felt exhausted, even hopeless.

Years of flight and compromise had left her utterly drained.

Her entire life so far had been too tragic.

Had it not been for the Poneglyphs, for the truth of history, she would have killed herself long ago and joined her mother and the scholars of Ohara below.

……

The battle held no suspense whatsoever.

Foxy Fry slaughtered every officer of Baroque Works with overwhelming force.

Then,

he joined Jack in besieging Crocodile.

Crocodile roared endlessly, summoning colossal sandstorms that nearly destroyed the entire Wang Gong.

He unleashed every trick he had, acting like a madman.

But it was meaningless—no amount of tricks could bridge the gap in power.

His "even match" trait was a joke before absolute strength.

Crocodile was ultimately killed, undeniably, beyond any possibility of resurrection.

Even at the moment of death, he showed no hint of fleeing or surrendering—he truly deserved to be called a mighty warlord.

The boundless yellow sands buried his face and body, forever filled with unyielding resentment.

As a user of the Sand-Sand Fruit, to be buried in the desert after death was a kind of fulfillment.

126, Luo Xing, who commands heaven to rain, like a god! Find the Poneglyphs!

Luo Xing smiled at Vivi and said:

"All suffering has ended. From this day forward, Alabasta will be under the protection of my Beast Clan, becoming a beautiful nation."

"Oh, by the way, about the rain—many places have been drought-stricken for nearly three years."

"Though I didn't develop any rain-inducing device this time, this matter is easy enough."

Luo Xing suddenly gazed at the sky, and a grand, awe-inspiring aura rose from his body.

Luo Xing's action left Vivi, Luo Bin, Kobra, Iculem, and Kossa all curious.

How would he make it rain—just by staring at the sky?

And the next moment, they understood.

And this scene would forever be etched in their minds, unforgettable for life.

The magnificent aura rising from Luo Xing had actually altered the weather.

Countless dark clouds suddenly surged together, dense and black like a disciplined army.

When the clouds met the hot air rising from the desert, the clash of cold and heat instantly formed cumulonimbus clouds.

Crack! A roll of thunder boomed.

Immediately, the torrential rain that the people of Alabasta had longed for three years—rain that had sparked civil war—finally fell.

Drip drip drip, pitter patter pitter patter!

Infinite raindrops descended from the heavens, washing the sorrow from the people's faces, the rage from the rebels' hearts, and the bloodstains from the Wang Gong.

Luo Xing said to the crowd:

"It's raining—go home and collect your clothes, gather your quilts, let's go inside the palace to take shelter."

Saying this, he walked straight toward the undamaged palace.

Thud!

Iculem, captain of the royal army, and Kossa, leader of the rebel forces, suddenly knelt down.

They gazed at Luo Xing's back as if worshipping a god.

They bowed their heads deeply:

"Thank you, Lord Luo Xing, for the rain! Thank you, Lord Luo Xing, for the rain!"

What Luo Xing had just done seemed to them no different from divine power!

But it was merely basic meteorological knowledge—you just needed to summon clouds.

And how do you summon clouds? Naturally, with Conqueror's Haki!

Among those present, apart from Jack and Foxy, only one person understood Luo Xing's method.

That was Nico Luo Bin, who had read extensively and possessed an extremely broad knowledge base.

"It was said that the Emperor's Haki of the Four Emperors of the New World could split the sky and trigger weather phenomena—I never thought it was true."

"And this man accomplished this so effortlessly…"

Luo Bin felt an unprecedented shock.

Compared to this man, her former deceased superior, Crocodile, was utterly insignificant.

When the man passed by her side and asked if she wanted to enter the building to avoid the rain, Luo Bin nodded instinctively.

Before a monarch of such Emperor's Haki, ordinary people simply could not muster any will to resist.

Ikkaku and Kossa went to stop the civil war among the people of Alabasta.

The rest followed Luo Xing into the palace.

"My lord Luo Xing!"

Vivi ran up to Luo Xing, intending to kneel as Kossa and Ikkaku had done, but Luo Xing seized her delicate wrist and said:

"No need for such formalities—I told you I would help you, and I will."

Vivi wept with joy and gratitude.

Since Crocodile came to her nation, she had never been as happy as today.

"Thank you, my lord Luo Xing!"

Luo Xing extended his right hand and wiped the tears from Vivi's fair face.

He suddenly remembered Rebecca—same age as Vivi, another princess who had endured too much suffering.

In the original story, the two girls became close sisters during the World Conference.

Being sisters, they must remain sisters for life.

Luo Xing said: "Don't call me my lord Luo Xing anymore—call me brother."

"Huh?"

Vivi was startled.

She had never imagined that someone as mighty as my lord Luo Xing would lower himself to acknowledge her as a sister.

Surprised and delighted, Vivi lowered her head, slightly shy, but mostly joyful, and called out:

"Brother."

Her melodious voice sounded even more like Rebecca's—she truly wanted to put them side by side for comparison.

Luo Xing smiled with satisfaction and said: