"Come with us. Our boss wants to see you!"
In Sphinx's port town, Iron Hand Jord looked at Silas and Ripley with a playful expression. At his signal, the surrounding pirates closed in with obvious ill intent.
"Haha, this one has put on quite a good act."
"White Wolf Silas is in his seventies. How could he be this young?"
"The woman beside him does not look like anyone from the White Wolf Pirates either. Tsk tsk, 'White Wolf Silas' has good taste."
Many pirates leered at Ripley with lecherous gazes. Even knowing this might anger Silas and Ripley, they made no effort to hide their intentions.
They were pirates! If pirates were not greedy for money and women, what kind of pirates would they be?
"It seems we have been misunderstood."
Noticing nearly a hundred pirates gathering around them, Silas sighed. Those imposters who had been mimicking them really had caused quite a bit of trouble.
"Ripley, deal with them."
"Should I hold back?"
"It is fine if you kill them."
Although Silas wore a helpless smile, his words were not funny at all.
"They are all bad people anyway."
No matter which world, the word "pirate" was never a compliment. At least based on Silas's fifty years of experience, there might be good people among pirates, but there were definitely more bad ones.
Would good people randomly block their path?
After getting Silas's approval, Ripley grinned and looked at the surrounding pirates, cracking her knuckles.
"Who wants to go first?"
Ripley had been fine when she stayed quiet, but the moment she spoke, the surrounding pirates exchanged glances and burst into laughter.
"Pfft-hahahaha! What is this little girl saying? She wants to fight us?"
"This is the New World, not a place for kids to play house!"
"Hey, old geezer, do you only know how to hide behind women?"
The moment the last speaker finished his sentence, he saw a flash before his eyes as a long, straight leg appeared in front of him.
Bang!
An irresistible force struck. His face rapidly contorted, blood flowed from his mouth and nose, the sound of his skull cracking could be heard. The surrounding pirates only felt a gust of wind before the pirate targeted by Ripley was already sent flying.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
His body flew over a hundred meters, smashing through three buildings before stopping. Even if he was not dead, he would probably spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
"That is it?"
Ripley had thought these pirates who dared to block them would have some skill, but they could not even withstand one of her kicks.
Originally, Ripley's kick had intimidated the surrounding pirates, but when she spoke, they immediately became furious.
"Damn woman!"
"How dare you look down on us!"
"Do not be so arrogant!"
Seeing the pirates swarming toward her, Ripley's lips curved into a smile. She swung her arm at the surrounding pirates.
"Mini-Mini Fruit Partial Restoration: Giant's Arm!"
Under the shocked gazes of the pirates, Ripley's arm suddenly grew countless times larger. With just one sweep, she sent all the surrounding pirates flying.
The surviving pirates looked at Ripley's giant-like arm with terrified expressions.
"Damn it, she is a Devil Fruit user!"
"Lord Jord, they do not seem to be ordinary pirates!"
"Lord Jord, what should we do now?"
Although Devil Fruit users were countless in the New World, there were differences in development levels. Being able to swat away a hundred pirates with one palm, Ripley's performance could hardly be considered weak.
"All of you shut up!"
Knowing these minions were completely unreliable, after Ripley knocked down hundreds of pirate lackeys with one strike, Iron Hand Jord's gaze toward Ripley became much more serious.
"A Devil Fruit that can enlarge the body? So that is your confidence. Seeing as you have some skill, how about joining us? My captain is Immortal Jason, a great pirate with a 120 million Belly bounty. He is definitely stronger than that old man beside you, right?"
What no one expected was that Jord did not immediately try to defeat Ripley to establish dominance but instead extended an olive branch to her.
Hearing Jord's words, Ripley asked curiously, "120 million Belly? Is that higher than White Wolf Silas's bounty?"
"How could that be possible..."
Jord thought to himself that White Wolf Silas was a great pirate with a 290 million Belly bounty. How could his captain compare to White Wolf Silas?
Even among great pirates, there were distinctions. 100 million Belly was just the threshold for great pirates, but 290 million Belly was already the peak among great pirates. Many even said White Wolf Silas might become the new overlord of the seas.
However, possibilities were just possibilities.
Noticing the gazes of the surrounding pirates, in front of everyone, Jord naturally could not show weakness. He declared loudly, "The White Wolf Pirates disbanded a year ago. No matter how strong White Wolf Silas is, he is just an old fool abandoned by the times."
"My captain is still young. Surpassing White Wolf Silas is only a matter of time!"
As he spoke, Jord looked at Silas behind Ripley and said viciously, "Little girl, do not be fooled by that old man behind you. Although his outfit does look a bit like White Wolf Silas's, how could White Wolf Silas be so ordinary, without any of the spirit befitting a great pirate?"
Uh...
So after all this, it was because he was usually too approachable?
"Ripley, if you want to laugh, go ahead."
Looking at Ripley, who was trying to suppress her laughter, Silas shook his head helplessly.
"Since you want to feel my spirit..."
Silas took a step forward. Instantly, the wind and clouds changed color, invisible pressure spread, and an indescribable terror emerged in everyone's hearts.
His slightly aged figure seemed to grow infinitely taller at this moment, like a giant wolf emerging from a blizzard, opening blood-red eyes in the storm.
Thud~
A pirate frothed at the mouth and collapsed.
Thud Thud
Like falling dominoes, pirates collapsed one after another. Without any visible action from Silas, fine cracks spread beneath his feet.
Mission Reward: Conqueror's Haki strength increased!
Two months ago, he had ultimately won his battle with Giant King Harald.
After fighting with full power, Silas understood. Both Harald and he had reached the world's top tier.
So Silas and Harald had fought for three days and nights before determining a victor. He had defeated Harald by a narrow margin.
If they fought again, Silas might not be able to beat Harald again.
But after winning once, it was not just the system's reward but also the transformation of his Haki after clashing with Harald.
He was now stronger than Harald!
One step, two steps.
When Silas walked up to Iron Hand Jord, this pirate with a bounty exceeding 50 million Belly had already clenched his fists.
He wanted to counterattack, but instinct told him that if he moved, he would die!
He looked at the pirates collapsed all around, then at Silas's face that seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
He swallowed hard.
The man's slightly hoarse voice spoke: "Now, is my spirit sufficient?"
[Chapter Complete]
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