Chapter 488

"What? You actually dared to tamper with it!"

The Dragon King was hopping mad, slamming the table in anger.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger! Your subordinate didn't want to tamper with it either, but to punish those thieves who wanted to steal the treasure! Your subordinate had no choice!" The Right Minister knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

"Hurry and bring the Straw Hat crew here! Tell them about this immediately; we cannot harm our benefactors," the Dragon King said.

"As you command!"

The Right Minister left in a hurry.

Soon, the entire Straw Hat crew gathered in the main hall of the Dragon Palace.

"What! You gave all those treasures to the Soul Hall!!!" The Dragon King, the Right Minister, and a crowd of officials all stood up in unison.

"That's right, Your Majesty Dragon King! If we didn't give those things to the Soul Hall, they would have bloodied the Dragon Palace! I really don't know what they are thinking, wanting to destroy a country just for dessert!

But don't worry, I've already declared war on them. I told Xia Xia Xia Lingling I'm going to the Soul Hall to beat her up!"

Luffy said heroically, not fearing the Soul Hall at all.

Chopper was so scared he almost transformed, and even the usually steady Shen Ping lost his composure!

"Xia Xia Xia Lingling of the Four Absolutes?"

"Yeah! What about it?" Luffy asked, tilting his head.

Robin covered her mouth and laughed after hearing Luffy's answer; he was truly their captain.

It seems the previous setbacks didn't make him lose confidence, but instead helped him grow.

Princess Bai Xing also looked at Luffy with admiration: "Lord Luffy, you are truly amazing, always able to do things others can't."

"Hey! That's not the point! Don't praise Luffy right now!" Usopp shouted at Bai Xing.

"Wuwuwu! Lord Long-Nose is truly terrifying!" Bai Xing was so scared she quickly turned away.

"Sorry… but don't call me Long-Nose! I'm Usopp!" Usopp was a bit angry, but still explained patiently.

Shen Ping held his forehead; it was clear that Luffy's sudden declaration of war on the Four Absolutes had given him a massive headache.

"This is really troublesome! In any case, don't provoke the Soul Hall again after this," Shen Ping said helplessly.

"We don't want to provoke them on purpose!"

Usopp and Chopper complained helplessly. With a captain like this, they really had to live in constant fear.

"Alright! It's no use saying anything now," Sanji said faintly, exhaling smoke rings.

Zoro was surprisingly in agreement with Sanji this time: "That's right! Everyone, please get ready to face the Soul Hall!"

The Dragon King and his ministers were staring at each other blankly.

They were worried about Xia Xia Xia Lingling opening that bomb chest. Once opened, the Straw Hat crew and the Soul Hall would truly become irreconcilable enemies!

"Hehe, fighting the Four Absolutes is unavoidable."

Nami walked slowly toward Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji with her weather staff.

"Hehe! Right! I didn't expect you to support me so much this time, Nami!" Luffy said with a grin, completely unaware that Nami's anger level was about to explode.

Zoro and Sanji, however, looked at Nami with fear.

Oh no! They're going to get beaten up by Nami again!

Sure enough, Nami used her iron fist to give all three of them big bumps on their heads.

"Who told you to give all that gold and jewelry to the Soul Hall?" Nami asked, hands on her hips, questioning Luffy and the others aggressively.

The three of them fell silent, and faced with Nami's violence, they could only lower their heads and admit defeat.

【Hahahaha, Nami's true nature is exposed completely. Even when declaring war on the Soul Hall, her focus is actually on losing a pile of treasure!】

【When it comes to greed, if Nami admits to being second, no one dares to be first.】

【Haha, Nami is really too funny! The Straw Hat crew's three main fighters are no match for her at all!】

Li Bu, who had been knocked out by Luffy, slowly woke up.

The first thing he did upon waking was to check if his treasure was missing!

"Huh? Why is everything gone! Who stole all my money!"

Li Bu ran through the entire street like a madman, but still couldn't find anything, which made him even crazier.

"No, no! I was prepared to tell that person about these treasures and the secret of the Mermaid Princess. What am I going to do now!"

Li Bu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

【Why is this sleazy guy out again? Sigh! Luffy should have just killed him with one punch earlier!】

【It's impossible to kill him. In Luffy's heart, this guy isn't an unforgivable villain; at most, he's just someone to be taught a lesson.】

【Come to think of it, why is Li Bu so agitated, and who is the person he mentioned?】

【Why does the author dig holes while writing? I just don't know if they can be filled later.】

【I guess the person Li Bu mentioned is Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach. Only someone as perverted as him would be a fan of Teach!】

【Don't say that, the person above might actually be right.】

Li Bu began searching the towns around the Dragon Palace, and at this moment, he spotted Zhu Zhu Erdan and Boke, who were carrying things and planning to leave.

"Hmm? Are those my lost treasures they're carrying?"

Li Bu immediately ran over and blocked their path, while Boke and Zhu Zhu Erdan looked at him vigilantly.

"You two! You're carrying the treasure I worked so hard to steal, how can you just run away without saying a word?"

Upon hearing this, Boke and Zhu Zhu Erdan were instantly confused. What does he mean by treasure he worked so hard to steal? Is this guy inexplicably stupid?

"Hey! Where did you crawl out from, you weirdo!" Zhu Zhu Erdan said with a look of disgust.

Boke took out his stack of wanted posters again to check.

"Hmm… Wet-Haired Caribou, a newcomer with quite a reputation in the martial arts world recently, bounty of 200 million silver?"

Boke muttered.

The surrounding fish-men were shocked to hear that Caribou had a bounty of 200 million.

Martial artists with bounties over 100 million are no ordinary people.

"Hmph! I don't care who you are! Since you dared to take what belongs to me! Then leave your lives to compensate me!"

After Li Bu finished speaking, he rushed toward Boke.

"Hey! Are you crazy, you guy! Why are you so brutal!" Boke dodged Li Bu's attack.

In the eyes of Boke and Zhu Zhu Erdan, this kind of newcomer who just started out was way too weak.

They didn't even have the interest to make a move.

"Swamp Crossbow!" Suddenly, Li Bu's stomach turned into a pool of mud, and several crossbows appeared from it, ready to fire.

"What the hell!" Boke and Zhu Zhu Erdan dodged in confusion. How could this guy's abs turn into mud?

"Haha!" Seeing his trick worked, Li Bu was triumphant.

"Bastard! Using such low and shameless methods! How despicable!" Boke cursed angrily.

"Tch! Just teaching you two little thieves a lesson! Do I need any proper methods?"

"Swamp Arrow Rain!" Immediately, Li Bu unleashed his technique again.

Boke suddenly used his beast-mimicry ability, and a turtle-shell-like shield appeared around his body, blocking all the attacks.

"Hmm? Are you also a practitioner of ancient secret manuals?"

After Li Bu's attack was blocked, he calmed down and observed his opponent carefully.

"Take this! Swamp Scythe!" Li Bu took out a scythe from his stomach again and swung it at Boke.

Actually, Li Bu's martial arts skills were very poor, but he possessed the most perverted natural secret manual.

Relying on the ability to turn himself into mud, he could be immune to physical damage.

Even if others kept hacking at him with weapons, he could remain unscathed.

"Oh?" Boke was slightly stunned when he saw the scythe, not expecting this guy's methods to be so bizarre.

However, he didn't panic at all!

Boke's footsteps instantly shattered the floor, and then his whole body disappeared.

The next second, a punch infused with martial arts true Qi hit Li Bu directly.

Li Bu's reaction was very fast; he felt something was wrong when Boke approached him, but he was half a beat too late.

Li Bu was sent flying backward for several meters.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Li Bu clutched his chest and gasped; he had no way to resist Boke's attack.