Chapter 1322: Enemy of the World

Su Xiao stood on the giant rocks by the coast. The sun was setting, and the seawater was slapping against the giant rocks, splashing high waves.

After Katakuri led people to retreat, Su Xiao satisfied the requirements of the third ring of the promotion/main mission and successfully activated the fourth ring, which was the final ring of the promotion/main mission. As long as he completed this mission, he could be promoted to a Tier 4 Hunter.

Promotion of tier didn't directly improve strength, but it would allow him to experience worlds with higher tiers. The higher the difficulty of the world, the more generous the rewards obtained. This was the gap between Tier 4 contractors and Tier 3 contractors.

According to normal circumstances, after contractors are promoted to Tier 4, as long as they experience two to three derived worlds, they can abuse Tier 3 contractors. However, there were exceptions, such as Su Xiao currently being the strongest Tier 3. Those contractors, after being promoted to Tier 4, not to mention experiencing two to three worlds, even if they experienced five or six worlds, they might be hung up and whipped by Su Xiao. This was the gap in the accumulation level.

Su Xiao definitely didn't fear Tier 4 contractors with medium strength. If it were Tier 4 contractors with medium-to-high strength, it would be a bit difficult to deal with. As for those Tier 4 contractors at the very top, Su Xiao wasn't their opponent for the time being.

Precisely because of this, Su Xiao had never thought about having a direct conflict with Tier 5 contractors like Kutu. Moreover, one thing made him very confused. According to his estimation, Tier 5 contractors shouldn't fear Big Mom, Kaido, etc. Why didn't they take the opportunity to kill Big Mom and others?

If Kutu and others had killed Big Mom before, the pirate reputation gained would have made Su Xiao directly lose the qualification to compete.

This only had two possibilities. First, Kutu and others were weaker contractors within Tier 5. This point actually didn't make much sense. Precisely because of the existence of Kutu and others, Big Mom endured the humiliation and gave up attacking Dressrosa.

Then only one possibility remained, which was that Kutu and others' tier was higher than the area they were in. Just like Su Xiao wasn't transmitted to the Punk Hazard area, Kutu and others should have used special means to enter this world. As a price, they couldn't, and didn't dare to, kill some plot characters with huge influence, thereby causing the pattern of the New World to collapse.

From Su Xiao's personal point of view, he felt the latter was more reliable. From the increase in pirate reputation, Kutu and Qian Meng had an 80% or more possibility of being members of the same adventure group.

Coincidentally, Su Xiao had traded with Qian Meng, so he knew that Qian Meng and Man Shi were members of the same adventure group.

Six Tier 5 contractors, three of whom were in the same adventure group. Was this a coincidence? The possibility wasn't high. If Su Xiao hadn't guessed wrong, Kutu, Qian Meng, Man Shi, and the other six were all members of the Wutong Tree Adventure Group.

Su Xiao's thoughts in his brain gradually became clear. Kutu should be the leader of the Wutong Tree Adventure Group. The six of them used special means to enter the One Piece world. While suppressing plot characters with their strength, they were also restricted themselves, such as being unable to leave a certain area, being unable to kill some plot characters with huge influence, etc.

Su Xiao finally understood why Kutu and others only competed with him in terms of pirate reputation, instead of taking the root, which was to come to Dressrosa and slaughter him.

"Although it can't be 100% determined, this kind of guess is relatively reliable."

Su Xiao muttered to himself. Bubu Wang on the side tilted its head to look at Su Xiao, performing a stupidly cute 'head-tilt kill'.

"Let's go."

Su Xiao jumped down from the giant rock. He had to prepare for the promotion/main mission. This mission still had half a month of preparation time.

Difficulty Level: Lv. 26 ~ Lv. 45

Mission Introduction: Use any method to kill the father and son, Charlos Saint and Rosward Saint, and survive for 12 hours.

Mission Information: Charlos Saint will appear on the Sabaody Archipelago in 15 days, and Rosward Saint will appear at the Sabaody Auction House in 15 days.

Mission Deadline: 16 natural days.

Mission Reward: Tier 4 contractor permission.

Mission Penalty: Forcible execution.

Su Xiao's fourth ring mission was actually to kill two Celestial Dragons!

There was a saying in the One Piece world: if you dared to attack a Celestial Dragon, the Navy would definitely send an Admiral to reinforce. The meaning of 'attack' here included injuring, kidnapping, etc.

Celestial Dragons were World Nobles. They were descendants of the twenty kings. It was precisely these twenty kings who formed the World Government 800 years ago.

Therefore, one could imagine the status of the Celestial Dragons. And among them, a certain person possessed the greatest authority in the One Piece world, and could even directly order the Five Elders.

The World Government was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Five Elders, but in reality, it wasn't so. The true ruler of the World Government was a 'Celestial Dragon' named Imu. Or rather, he governed both the Celestial Dragons and the Five Elders.

The power system of the World Government was pyramid-shaped. Imu was at the very top. He lived in the deepest part of Mary Geoise, the Flower Room, all year round.

And below Imu were the Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons.

There was no mutual control between the Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons; they were completely two power systems.

The Five Elders took orders from Imu. In most cases, they managed the armies of the World Government, such as the Navy, which was very active on the sea.

Most Celestial Dragons didn't have much real power. Their daily work was eating, drinking, and having fun. They belonged to the kind who would feel uncomfortable all over if they didn't squander their family fortune for a day.

Although this was the case, Celestial Dragons were also one of the important components of the World Government. They could both attract the firepower of hostile forces and allow the bloodline of the twenty kings to continue.

For the highest power holder Imu, those ordinary Celestial Dragons only needed to be alive. In times of crisis, they could also be used as waste.

And below the Five Elders was the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Kong. Below Kong was Navy Fleet Admiral Sengoku. Below Sengoku were the three Admirals. As for the CP department, that was a special unit directly under the Five Elders.

If arranged in order, it was Imu > Five Elders > Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Kong > Sengoku the Buddha > Three Admirals.

Celestial Dragons (independent system, governed by Imu, protected by all World Government departments).

CP department (governed by the Five Elders, governed by Imu, half-Celestial Dragon lackeys).

And what Su Xiao had to do was kill the Celestial Dragons in the power system of the World Government. Once he succeeded, it would be equivalent to being against the entire World Government system.

From the mission difficulty, one could see that killing a Celestial Dragon wasn't difficult; what was difficult was how to survive for 12 hours after success.

If a Celestial Dragon was killed, the World Government wouldn't just send an Admiral. Heaven knew what kind of people would come to hunt Su Xiao down.

The good news was that Su Xiao still had more than ten days to prepare. The better news was that the location where the father and son Rosward appeared happened to be an auction house under the Donquixote Family, and Su Xiao had a not-low status in the Donquixote Family.

The recently exhausted Doflamingo didn't know yet that a big pot was about to be buckled on his head.

Su Xiao jumped down from the giant rock and walked slowly toward the King's Plateau. Doflamingo still owed him a Great Grade sword.

In the near future, Su Xiao had collected multiple Great Grade swords. Only waiting for the Great Grade sword promised by Doflamingo to arrive, he would try to promote the quality of Zhan Long Shan... ===== CHAPTER 1323 =====