Chapter 163: Saint Saint Saiwen Saint?!

Impel Down, underwater prison.

Sixth Layer: Infinite Hell.

"Big Brother Barret, is this force enough?"

Baki stood behind Barret, smirking as he exerted all his strength to loosen Barret's tendons and muscles.

"Red Nose, you've got real talent."

Barret grinned with a sinister, reckless charm.

"Judging by the time, Bai Mao should be arriving soon—then you two each hold one side."

Baki let out two dry laughs but said nothing, though his mind erupted in furious internal complaints—

Hmph, when Saint Saint Saiwen comes, he'll beat you to death.

Beat you until you beg on your knees.

Beat you until you sob uncontrollably.

No, Saint Saint Saiwen could never enter here.

Even the legendary pirate Gold Lion, who rivaled Captain Luo Jie, was brought under Saint Saint Saiwen's command—how could the Navy possibly win?

Besides, there's Mihawk, Master Tenghu, Big Bear, and others—if they can't win, they can still escape.

Based on Baki's understanding of Saint Saint Saiwen: he would never do anything without absolute certainty of victory.

Only that wicked woman…

Baki's face turned oddly flushed—the long-nosed woman had touched him several times, then turned into his likeness.

Saint Saint Saiwen, please don't get ambushed.

During these days imprisoned in Impel Down, Baki had been forced by Barret into relentless training.

He claimed Baki couldn't disgrace Luo Jie.

Baki was worked until his body was limp, muscles aching, as if his bones might fall apart—and after training, he still had to massage Barret's tendons.

Words couldn't describe the suffering.

When would this hell ever end?

Better to stay in the East Blue and keep digging for treasure.

Just as Baki felt utterly hopeless about the future, Warden Rellen arrived with several CP0 agents dressed in white suits.

Clank—clank—

The sea-stone prison door swung open, and Rellen's voice rang out.

"Baki. Barret."

"By order of the Five Elders, you two are to be taken to the Holy Land Mary Geoise, Pangu City."

Rellen found this absurd—only days ago, Baki had been locked in Impel Down's Infinite Hell, and now he was being released, along with Barret by association.

Red Nose sure has luck.

Having a Sea Emperor as a brother really does make a difference—Yuzhi Xiliu's judgment remains as sharp as ever.

"What?!" Baki's pupils dilated in shock.

He had thought he'd be taken to Mary Geoise to become a slave to the Celestial Dragons, and frantically hid behind Barret, shaking his head.

"I won't go. I won't go."

The lead CP0 agent, seeing this, had to explain.

"Mr. Baki, it is Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen Saint who ordered us to bring you to Pangu City."

As a direct division of the Celestial Dragons, CP0 had learned from Satan Saint: Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen Saint was about to become a Divine Knight.

A Divine Knight held higher status than ordinary Celestial Dragons and could execute them at will.

The Celestial Dragon among Celestial Dragons.

What could be done? His power was overwhelming.

Even the Five Elders were courting him.

"What?!" x2

"Saint Saint Saiwen (Bai Mao) became a Celestial Dragon?"

Not only Baki and Barret wore identical expressions of shock—even Warden Rellen was stunned, his mind reeling with disbelief.

Wasn't Saint Saint Saiwen (Bai Mao) the one who led the Morning Star Pirates to attack Marineford to rescue Fake Baki? How had he suddenly become a Celestial Dragon?

Yuzhi Xiliu's luck is truly incredible.

"Gentlemen, please."

Barret chuckled strangely, striding out of the sea-stone prison with arrogant ease, then glancing back at Baki.

"Come on, Red Nose."

"Let's go meet the Celestial Dragon, Bai Mao."

This world was truly absurd—Barret desperately wanted to know what had happened outside to turn Bai Mao from pirate into Celestial Dragon.

Bai Mao with a glass dome on his head?!

How delightfully strange.

If Luo Jie learned that Bai Mao had become a Celestial Dragon, would he cry or laugh?

As Baki and Barret were escorted from the sixth layer of Impel Down by CP0 agents.

Holy Land Mary Geoise, Pangu City.

Inside the spacious, bright palace, the Five Elders sat and stood in their usual formation: three standing, two seated.

Unlike usual, an extra single sofa had been added beyond the two existing ones.

Sitting on the sofa was Saint Saint Saiwen, dressed casually, his face filled with resignation.

"Lord Nasurol."

"I am deeply sorry; the First Generation Onikiri has truly shattered."

How could one let go of a famous sword once obtained? The First Generation Onikiri had long been consigned to the trading platform by Saint Saint Saiwen for a price of thirty thousand points.

Upon hearing this, Lord Nasurol nearly went berserk.

"Barzab! You..."

The First Generation Onikiri had accompanied Lord Nasurol for several hundred years, with a bond deeper than that of blood descendants, yet it was snatched away by Barzab, who even claimed it was shattered.

You are the one who shattered; your whole family shattered.

If he weren't unable to defeat the other party, Lord Nasurol would have chopped Barzab into mince meat.

Seeing the two about to engage in a full-scale brawl, Lord Satan cleared his throat lightly, displaying his presence.

"Lord Saint Saint Saiwen."

"Here is the deal: name your price, and let Lord Nasurol exchange another item for the First Generation Onikiri."

"How about that?"

Saint Saint Saiwen's face fell; no matter how he heard it, the name "Lord Saint Saint Saiwen" felt extremely strange, as if he had been defiled by something filthy.

"It truly shattered."

"Who on the Grand Line doesn't know that I, Barzab, keep my word? How could I deceive you, my lords?"

Lord Nasurol showed hesitation.

"It truly shattered?"

Saint Saint Saiwen nodded heavily.

"It truly shattered."

"Think about it; even Marineford is gone, so naturally the First Generation Onikiri shattered and fell into the deep-sea vortex along with it."

Hearing again that Marineford had been erased, besides Lord Nasurol who witnessed it with his own eyes, the other four Gorosei still found it hard to believe.

Could Barzab be so overwhelmingly powerful?

Erasing the entire Marineford with a single strike; then, if this fellow wanted to attack the Holy Land...

No wonder Lord Imu, even with the deaths of a hundred descendants of the Gods, still wanted to recruit Barzab to become a God Knight.

This person's strength shakes heaven and earth.

Comparable to the full-power strike of the Ancient Weapon Uranus.

Once Barzab and Lord Imu sign the shallow-sea contract, the World Government will not need the Navy at all to launch a Buster Call.

Deploying Barzab alone would suffice.

Truly worthy of being carefully selected by Lord Imu.

It's over; the Navy's military budget was given in vain.

Only Lord Nasurol gritted his teeth: "Fine, you have guts; just have the guts never to use the First Generation Onikiri again."

"Lord Saint Saint Saiwen." Lord Satan asked, "Is the theft from Vault One of the Holy Land related to you?"

"Nani?!" Saint Saint Saiwen's eyes widened.

"The Holy Land vault was stolen?"

"When did this happen?"

Had Lord Satan not reminded him, Saint Saint Saiwen would have almost forgotten that he had plundered many treasures from Vault One.

Seeing this, Lord Satan fell silent.

Barzab's behavior... seemed as if the theft from the Holy Land vault truly did not originate from him; then, was there another possibility: that the descendants of the Holy Land staged it themselves?

A thief crying thief, or using this opportunity to balance the books?

After all, Lord Satan had done similar things more than once before.

For instance, previously when trading with Barzab, exchanging twenty-four Devil Fruits for the Elbaf national treasure, Lord Satan later zeroed it out to ten.

It is truly possible that the descendants of the Holy Land used this opportunity to balance the books.

If not for the fact that only the Gorosei knew the location of Vault Two, Lord Satan would have even wanted to use this opportunity to balance the books, settling all those bad debts from past years.

Forget it; give Barzab some face.

If Barzab and Lord Imu had not settled their cooperation, Lord Satan suspected he would very likely be held accountable by Lord Imu and have his account deleted.

While the few were chatting, the palace doors were pushed open.

Buggy and Barrett, with sea prism stone bracelets on their wrists and anklets on their ankles, walked into the palace.

Saint Saint Saiwen stood up and smiled.

"Saxi, Buggy."