Chapter 448: The Opportunity to Leave the Holy Land

After dealing with Kaido, regarding Ace's desire to set sail and explore, Saint Saint Saiwen deliberately set up an eighteen-layer dungeon for Ace.

By clearing the eighteen layers, Ace will gain the opportunity to leave the Holy Land, Sky City.

"Big brother, is this truly so?"

Although he has not eaten a Devil Fruit, Ace has never lacked famous masters to guide his cultivation these years.

Whether it is Grandpa Garp, or Roger's first mate, the Dark King Lei Li, or the Morning Star Group executives, all are top experts on the seas.

Having followed experts for many years, he absorbed their influence.

Moreover, Ace's foundation was never poor to begin with, and with Big Brother, the King of the World, Saint Saint Saint Saiwen present, Ace received the best education since childhood.

His strength is far ahead of his peers.

"Naturally, it is true." Saint Saint Saiwen nodded.

"Let alone clearing eighteen layers; if you can clear the first ten, you can go wherever you want from now on, and absolutely no one will stop you."

Hearing this, Ace immediately extended one hand.

"A man of honor speaks once,"

Saint Saint Saiwen smiled and high-fived Ace to seal the pact.

"And four horses cannot catch up."

Watching Saint Saint Saiwen leave, Ace put his hands on his hips and grinned endlessly, while the second-year Inazuma Kindergarten children gathered around him all showed envious expressions.

The second-year kindergarten children loved listening to Beckman tell various stories about the seas,

and in their hearts, they longed for the day they could ride the wind and break the waves to the Four Seas to witness the scenery of the ocean with their own eyes.

Now, Ace had taken the lead.

"Ace, quickly check who the gatekeepers are."

Luffy's words finally made Ace snap out of it: he almost celebrated halfway through.

And when Ace opened the register of the eighteen gatekeepers, not only did his small face instantly go blank, but his head buzzed.

First Gate Gatekeeper: Jinbe.

Second Gate Gatekeeper: Crocodile.

Third Gate Gatekeeper: Rain Yuzhi Xiliu.

Starting from the fourth gate, figures such as Kaido, Katakuri, Big Mom, Lei Li, Jabra, Baret, and Master Tenghu all appeared one after another.

Starting from the eleventh gate, the three Admirals of the Marines, Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru, as well as Red Count, Garp, Shiki, and Whitebeard appeared.

The eighteenth gate is the Giant Prince Loki.

Even though the world's greatest swordsman Mihawk and Big Brother Saint Saint Saint Saiwen did not appear, Ace still felt a sense of hopelessness and a strong malice.

Is this a dungeon meant for humans to clear?

The gatekeepers start at the level of the Saint Saint Saiwen Warlords, with even Vice-Emperors, Emperors, and King Realm experts.

Luffy, Zoro, and the others all sucked in cold air.

From the gates set by Father Saint Saint Saint Saiwen for Ace, it is not hard to see that in the future, if they want to set sail, they will probably have to clear the gates successfully as well.

"Bullying children! Too much bullying of children!"

Ace's small face turned red with anger, and he angrily wanted to go find Big Brother Saint Saint Saint Saiwen to argue, but Luffy and Zoro forcibly held him back.

"You can't go, Ace."

"Think carefully; although the current situation is bad, what if, after you go, Father decides to personally guard a gate?"

"Father would absolutely do it."

Luffy's words killed all of Ace's dissatisfaction.

Yes.

Of the eighteen gatekeepers currently, to be precise the first ten gates, there is at least a sliver of hope for victory, but if you go to argue with Big Brother...

With Big Brother's petty nature, it is entirely possible he would personally guard one of the gates.

At that time, not to mention him, Ace, even if Charlotte Lingling, an Emperor, came, there would still be no chance to reach Big Brother.

In that case, they would never be able to leave the Holy Land in their lives, so how could they go to the seas to explore?!

"Hmph." Ace snorted.

"Thirty years east, thirty years west; do not bully the poor youth. One day we will clear the gates, and then we can go wherever we want."

"Brothers, let's go train."

The reason for this arrangement was not that Saint Saint Saiwen deliberately made things difficult for Ace, but wanted the little ones to face reality: if you are weak, just train more.

Putting aside status buffs, even Blackbeard alone could wipe you all out.

Stay in the Holy Land and train properly; when you grow up, the freedom you long for will naturally be given to you.

Meanwhile.

The first matchmaking conference of the United Kingdom concluded successfully in Sky City; at least thirty percent of the participants found a satisfactory partner at the conference.

Among them were Buggy and Rosinante.

Buggy got his wish and embraced his beauty; every day he happily showed off his girlfriend Belo Betty in front of Saint Saint Saiwen and Shanks.

Sengoku was relieved of one worry from then on.

After all, old partner Garp's grandson is already ten years old, but before the matchmaking conference, Sengoku's own grandson was still unknown whereabouts.

And after the matchmaking conference, at least Sengoku saw the possibility of holding a grandson within two years.

Praise Saint Saint Saint Saiwen once again!

For such a grand event, Morgans naturally wrote about it in great detail in the World Economic Journal.

Although the World Economic Journal did not mention Saint Saint Saint Saiwen by name even once, every sentence praised Saint Saint Saint Saiwen's grace; one can only say Morgans deeply understands the art of praise.

The first half of the Grand Line, Jaya Island port.

On the deck of the Queen's ship, Blackbeard deliberately stuffed the newspaper he had just finished reading into his pocket to avoid angering Lafayette again.

Brother Lafayette could least tolerate the atmosphere of sycophancy within the United Kingdom.

Especially that birdman Morgans.

On the matter of cursing Morgans, Blackbeard and Lafayette were surprisingly in agreement: he was just a birdman who had climbed to high positions through sycophancy.

Yet for some unknown reason, Blackbeard felt an inexplicable envy in his heart.

Years ago, when Little Bai Mao was still in obscurity, Morgans had already begun promoting Little Bai Mao in the newspapers.

Blackbeard fell into depression once more.

Little Bai Mao had encountered Mihawk upon setting sail and had Morgans promoting him, yet although Blackbeard had found Lafayette, where was his own Morgans?

In that moment, Blackbeard missed his wife.

Since accidentally marrying Charlotte Lingling, whenever feelings of loneliness arose, Blackbeard would miss Charlotte Lingling's warm embrace immensely.

As if it could make him forget all troubles.

"Lu Bianyi, set course for return."

Over these years, Blackbeard had led his subordinates to almost every corner of the four seas, yet still could not find the whereabouts of the Dark-Dark Fruit.

This forced Blackbeard to consider whether he should first consume another Devil Fruit to strengthen his power.

Vegapunk had once said: his constitution was different from ordinary people, allowing him to perfectly accommodate three Devil Fruits; he could consume one fruit first to strengthen his power, and then figure out how to consume the other two later.

Moreover, if he could never find the Dark-Dark Fruit in his entire life, was his whole life to end like this?

Even in his full-power state, Blackbeard could not defeat his wife Charlotte Lingling, so how could he possibly defeat the United Kingdom's three Admirals of the Navy and three Generals of the Army?

Furthermore, under the United Kingdom's banner stood the Navy's Air Force Marshal, Impel Down Warden Magellan, Giant Prince Loki, and other top-tier powerhouses.

With his current strength, he did not even have the qualification to stand before Little Bai Mao.

Consuming a Devil Fruit was imminent.