Chapter 117: This Time I'm Truly Rich

Red Earth Continent, the port below.

The many luxury yachts docked at the port made Saint Saint Saiwen itch with desire, wishing he could take all these yachts back to Hive Island and transform them into warships.

Yachts crafted by the Celestial Dragons are not only sturdy and durable but also quite luxurious.

This is because Celestial Dragon spending follows only one principle—go as luxurious as possible.

Only the poor consider cost-performance ratios.

One must admit, the Celestial Dragon welfare is simply good.

As long as they don't act recklessly in the Holy Land, traveling to the lower world comes with Navy and CP agent escorts; no matter which allied nation they visit, they are automatically treated with high respect.

Even Navy Admirals and Fleet Admirals must still use honorifics when meeting Celestial Dragons.

Of course, except for a certain Navy Vice Admiral.

Grab as many pretty Misses as you want; even the rarest races, the lackeys can help catch them.

Even more so, top-tier Devil Fruits like the Sweet-Sweet Fruit, the Celestial Dragons actually feed to slaves; their train of thought is simply incomprehensible.

Saint Saint Saiwen admitted he was somewhat jealous.

This life of eating and drinking for free is indeed very enviable, jealousy-inducing, and hate-inducing.

If he had been reborn as a Celestial Dragon back then, strolling through the Holy Land's treasury for a few minutes would have yielded millions of points in no time, directly fast-forwarding to kicking Im off the Wang Zuo with one foot.

This empty Wang Zuo, I also want to sit on.

About two and a half hours later, several CP agents in black suits, each carrying a large box, took the bubble elevator to the port and quickly walked toward Saint Saint Saiwen's location.

"My Lord Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, these were sent by Saint Saturn for us to deliver."

Saint Saint Saiwen looked slightly surprised: "Why so many?"

The lead CP agent smiled apologetically: "These are birthday gifts from the Five Elders for you."

At this moment, Saint Saint Saiwen finally noticed that the person before him seemed somewhat familiar.

"What is your name?"

"I am Spandam, currently serving as the commander of CP9, gathering intelligence for the World Government."

The reason Spandam was so respectful was that in all these years, he had never seen the Five Elders give anyone a birthday gift, let alone all five of them giving one.

Such treatment cannot even be enjoyed by Celestial Dragons inside the Holy Land; even the most noble Saint Elaine cannot enjoy this treatment.

Then the truth is about to be revealed—

This Emperor of the Seas, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, who rose powerfully in three years, is most likely a Celestial Dragon lost from the Holy Land, and his status is extremely noble.

Otherwise, how else to explain such a situation?

Yet, only saw Saint Saint Saiwen wave his hand lightly, and several large boxes vanished in an instant.

"Thank the Five Elders for me."

As the words fell, Saint Saint Saiwen vanished in a series of blinks, flying at extreme speed toward Lei Shen Island.

He did not plan to fly back to Hive Island; with dear Big Bear there, he would let Big Bear first slap him over, then slap Saint Saint Saiwen back to Hive Island.

Not long after, the shore of Lei Shen Island.

Saint Saint Saiwen took out the box containing the Devil Fruit; at a single glance, he saw the pink and purple Devil Fruit: the Paramecia-type Sweet-Sweet Fruit.

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, this time I'm truly rich."

The so-called heart-throb causes petrification; beauty is a weapon.

Targets charmed by the Sweet-Sweet Fruit user will be completely petrified, and only the user themselves can lift the petrification state; even if the user is unconscious or dead, the petrification will not be lifted.

Even the second user still cannot.

In short, whether the fruit ability is powerful depends entirely on the user's own looks.

On the surface, it is the Paramecia-type Sweet-Sweet Fruit, but in reality, it is the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan-type, Medusa form; its fruit ability is so powerful that even Blackbeard once tried to seize this Devil Fruit.

Fortunately, Blackbeard failed; otherwise... that scene would simply be too eye-bleeding.

Just imagine—

【I can do anything and be forgiven, because I~ am as beautiful as a god, tee hee hee hee hee, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful~】

Actually, Saint Saint Saiwen really wanted to see: who would be charmed and petrified by Blackbeard.

Definitely low-level pirates and Navy, no doubt.

In short, the Sweet-Sweet Fruit relies heavily on looks.

People with high looks can naturally unleash extraordinary effects, but if it is someone like Blackbeard, that black, fat, long-nosed, toothless, and bearded ugly-cute fellow, the effect would probably be greatly diminished.

However, it is said that after this fruit awakens, it will additionally possess another ability.

Some also say that if a woman eats the Sweet-Sweet Fruit, she can petrify people with heart-throbbing beauty; if a man eats it, he can petrify people with fear-inducing pressure.

Whether true or false is currently unverifiable.

Saint Saint Saiwen silently put the Sweet-Sweet Fruit back in the box; selling this Devil Fruit would be a huge loss, better to keep it.

And apart from the Sweet-Sweet Fruit, the other three Devil Fruits left no impression at all.

【Whether to take the Snake-Snake Fruit, Python form】

【No】

【Whether to take the Snake-Snake Fruit, King Cobra form】

【No】

【Whether to take the Snake-Snake Fruit, Black Mamba form】

【No】

Saint Saint Saiwen rubbed his arms and hurriedly listed the three Snake-Snake Fruits on the trading platform for 20,000 points each; the fewer Snake ability users, the better.

If the Nue form and these three are successfully sold, once the Goro Goro no Mi is developed and awakened, and after saving up another 60,000 points, he can eat the second Devil Fruit.

How to choose specifically, Saint Saint Saiwen hesitated a bit.

The Age-Age Fruit undoubtedly has the highest ceiling; it is merely a matter of imagination and belief.

Saint Saint Saiwen's imagination is sufficient, and his belief is sufficient.

After all, having already traversed the One Piece world, what could be more absurd? Users on other platforms prove without exception that those bizarre and fantastical worlds truly exist.

But the fear is that some supernatural powers cannot be manifested into the One Piece world via the Age-Age Fruit.

In fact, the Munch-Munch Fruit and the Teleport Fruit could both serve as alternatives.

The specifics still require careful consideration.

The deposit paid by the Five Elders involved three sisters related to the Empress; seeing Lei Li's status as First Mate, Saint Saint Saiwen decided to capture the three sisters and bring them to Beehive Island.

To prevent them from being sold as slaves to the Celestial Dragons again.

In the original timeline, the Munch-Munch Fruit user Boa Hancock was known as the Pirate Empress, mastered the three types of Haki, and was the only woman among the Saint Saint Saiwen Warlords.

Even a Navy Vice Admiral could be petrified by Hancock, making her quite a formidable high-end combatant.

It was not that Saint Saint Saiwen was a do-gooder with a saintly heart, but rather a consideration based on power levels; furthermore, there is a theory claiming the Empress is Lei Li's daughter.

Whether that is true no longer matters.

What matters is that Saint Saint Saiwen is short on subordinates, extremely short on subordinates; the seas say the Emperor of the Sea, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, has extremely high standards. Is that really high standards?

It's that suitable talent simply cannot be found!

While Saint Saint Saiwen was grumbling, the figure of Big Mom appeared: "Captain, shall we return now?"

"Mm, let's return."

Originally, they came to Lei Shen Island seeking a Mythical Zoan, but ended up staying due to the island's climate to develop fruit abilities, and unexpectedly collected deposits for four Devil Fruits.

Elbaf must be visited.

Saint Saint Saiwen had even thought up an excuse for going to Elbaf: using the guise of acting on behalf of the World Government, he would try to trick Squirrel Iron Thunder onto the ship.

Crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, Saint Saint Saiwen and Big Mom instantly arrived at Beehive Island.

"Have Dongli and the others returned?"

Big Mom shook his head.

"According to the schedule arranged by Captain Dongli before he left, they should have returned yesterday."

Saint Saint Saiwen's gaze sharpened slightly, suddenly thinking of a possibility: because of the Attack on Titan ship, did Dongli and the others have a dispute with Giant King Harald?

The Attack on Titan ship was originally a yacht Harald gave to the Celestial Dragon Saint Elaine, but was seized back by Saint Saint Saiwen and his crew, while Harald still harbored illusions about the World Government.

Then, such a possibility does indeed exist.

"Do not worry."

"With Dongli and the others' strength, there should be no problems along the way; perhaps they were delayed by matters in Elbaf. Let's wait a few more days."

"If there is still no news, we will all go to Elbaf together to bring Dongli and the others back."