Chapter 297

This is undoubtedly a great boon.

Having Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates' remnants, who harbor hatred, deal with Blackbeard in the future could not be better.

Luo Xing, through the Anywhere Door,

led the Whitebeard Pirates' captains to descend upon Fish-Man Island,

where Neptune and Jinbe, having received advance notice, were already waiting.

The moment Luo Xing appeared,

respectful voices of homage immediately rang out.

Luo Xing's status today is such that even a monarch must bow his noble head.

Yet Luo Xing did not put on any airs.

His expression was gentle, his tone kind.

The heart that Neptune had been holding up finally settled.

This mysterious Fifth Emperor, Luo Xing, was indeed as Jinbe had said: extraordinary in bearing, possessing the capacity to tolerate others.

251. Subduing Fish-Man Island, Mermaid Princess Bai Xing, a masterpiece of Heaven!

Luo Xing led Marco and the other Whitebeard Pirates' captains to Fish-Man Island.

After comforting Neptune and the others, Luo Xing made them completely put aside their worries.

Luo Xing simultaneously brought some Beast Pirates' forces, stationing them around the perimeter of Fish-Man Island.

Thus bringing Fish-Man Island entirely under his control.

After Luo Xing departed,

Neptune sighed to Marco and the others:

"I never expected you to also pledge allegiance to my lord Luo Xing."

Not only did Neptune not expect it; Jinbe also felt extremely surprised.

Because the relationship between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Beast Pirates was not harmonious,

and between Old Man Whitebeard and Kaido, there was even a significant conflict.

A typical example was the death of Kouzuki Amaterasu.

Old Man Whitebeard regarded Kouzuki Oden as a brother, yet Oden died at Kaido's hands.

With such hatred,

logically,

the Whitebeard Pirates' remnants should by no means have defected to the Beast Pirates.

The captains' faces showed a trace of embarrassment.

Everyone was an old friend; "Five Seven Seven."

Jinbe had previously been under the Whitebeard Pirates' banner.

Whitebeard and Neptune were even decades-long close friends.

Therefore, everyone knew each other inside out.

For the Whitebeard Pirates to defect to their former enemies would indeed look rather bad on the surface.

Diamond Jozu clenched his fist and spoke in a muffled voice:

"Making such a choice, we indeed wronged Oden."

"But, as long as we can avenge Old Man Whitebeard and Ace, as long as we can kill that bastard Teqi, any price paid is worth it!"

Flower Sword and the other captains also shouted:

"Teqi must die!"

"To achieve this, only the Beast Pirates, only my lord the Fifth Emperor Luo Xing, can do it!"

Neptune and Jinbe immediately understood the reason why the Whitebeard Pirates' captains had defected to Luo Xing.

It was all to take revenge on Blackbeard, to avenge Whitebeard and Ace.

Mentioning Blackbeard, Jinbe's face was also uncontrollably covered with killing intent.

"If we are to go kill Teqi, count this old man in!"

Jinbe held Whitebeard in extremely high regard and had also called him Old Man Whitebeard.

With Fire Fist Ace, they had become close friends after a fight.

As the chief culprit behind the deaths of Ace and Whitebeard, how could Jinbe not harbor hatred?

Earlier,

the reason he had not told Luo Xing about these hatreds was that he had ultimately joined the Beast Pirates,

and to then express loyalty to Whitebeard would inevitably be inappropriate.

But now,

since the Whitebeard Pirates' captains had also joined under my lord Luo Xing,

and my lord Luo Xing had also agreed to let them seek revenge on Blackbeard,

Jinbe had no more reservations.

He would go with Marco and the others to kill Teqi!

"Hahaha, as expected of Jinbe! I knew you weren't a coward!"

"Boss Jinbe, you also ate the Dragon-Level Monster Cell, didn't you? Your aura is far more formidable than before!"

"The Dragon-Level Monster Cell is truly heaven-defying!"

"You, Captain Marco, Captain Jozu, Captain Vista, all ate the Dragon-Level Monster Cell. Even if that bastard Teqi stole Old Man Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability, he certainly won't be a match for the four of you combined!"

Four Dragon-Level Monster Cells are enough to create four Dragon-Level Monsters.

Moreover, Ma Erke, Shenping, and the other three were themselves among the strongest on the second tier of this ocean's pyramid.

With the Dragon-class Monster Cell's enhancement, they had already risen to the first tier of the pyramid!

Together, the four of them had no equal among the top-tier powerhouses!

Even the current Marine Admiral Akainu could not stand against them!

But they had only recently consumed the Dragon-class Monster Cells,

and their strength still required time to be refined.

Luo Xing had already sent people out to scout Blackbeard's hideout.

……

……

Fish-Man Island had become the territory of the Beasts Pirates.

With Ma Erke, Shenping, Jozi, and Bista guarding it, any outsider pirate or malicious intruder

could not even set foot on Fish-Man Island.

And this place was the only gateway to Entering the New World.

Unless one was from the Marines, or possessed the ability to leap over the Red Line,

no ordinary person would ever again be able to pass through Fish-Man Island to enter Entering the New World.

This effectively meant,

the first half and second half of the Grand Line had been largely severed.

The Age of Pirates, opened by Luo Jie on his deathbed,

had been deliberately, if unintentionally, strangled by Luo Xing.

Pirates of weak strength could no longer rise.

Even those of considerable strength could barely survive only by joining a major faction.

Entering the New World.

It was the domain of the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, dominated by the Beasts Pirates.

Only two powers remained.

One was the Red-Haired Pirates, holed up in their own territory.

The other was the Blackbeard Pirates, whose exact location had yet to be revealed.

That is, the current Four Emperors!

The first half of the Grand Line.

It was ruled by Buggy the Clown.

Buggy Delivery's influence had expanded rapidly.