"Bastard! Damn Silver Axe! I won't let you get away with this!"
On the southern coast, Byrnndi World, covered in scorch marks, walked out from the island with a grim expression.
Behind him followed the pirates of the World Pirates.
Although his sneak attack failed and backfired, with Silver Axe snatching his identity tag and preventing him from obtaining a Devil Fruit.
Fortunately, the pirates under his command had taken advantage of the chaos to seize a significant amount of treasure on the island.
At this moment, chests filled with celestial tribute were being happily carried by the pirates as they prepared to return to their ship.
The fighting in the center of the island was becoming increasingly intense.
Even someone as arrogant as Byrnndi World had absolutely no intention of getting involved.
He only wanted to leave with this treasure now.
With this vast amount of wealth,
He would certainly be able to recruit men on a large scale in the New World.
Then, once he found a powerful Devil Fruit,
He could truly begin his journey for supremacy.
"Just you wait! I will definitely surpass you all! Rocks Pirates!"
The light of ambition flickered in Byrnndi World's eyes.
However, just as he boarded his pirate ship and was about to leave with his subordinates,
The chests piled like small mountains on the deck suddenly moved without any wind.
Drawn by an invisible force, they flew toward the sky with a clatter.
No.
It wasn't just the chests.
Even the pirate ship beneath them was leaving the surface of the sea and flying toward the sky.
The violent jolting caused the pirates on board to stumble and fall.
Some unlucky souls at the edge of the ship couldn't even keep their footing and fell straight down, dropping into the sea like dumplings into a pot.
"What's going on?" Byrnndi World frowned.
He scanned his surroundings, then suddenly looked up. He seemed to see something, and his face changed instantly, erupting in rage.
"Golden Lion Shiki! You bastard! What the hell are you doing?"
In the sky above him, a man with shoulder-length blonde hair had appeared at some point.
Golden Lion held a sword in each hand, a cigar in his mouth, standing in the sky and letting out an unrestrained, wild laugh.
"Jiehahaha, jiehahahaha!"
"You're asking what I'm doing? I'm robbing you, of course! I'm a pirate. If I'm not robbing, do you think I'm here out of the goodness of my heart to help you?"
"Waldo! Has your brain gone soft? To think you'd ask such an idiotic question!"
Byrnndi World's eyes turned red with rage as he pointed at Golden Lion to curse him.
But Golden Lion's expression suddenly turned cold. He let go of his long swords and flipped his palm from a distance.
"I have no interest in listening to your boring noise!"
"Get lost and go feed the fish in the sea! I'll reluctantly accept your pirate ship and the treasure on board!"
"Jiehahahaha!"
As he flipped his palm, the pirate ship Byrnndi World was on also suddenly flipped upside down, deck facing down.
In an instant, all the pirates on the ship were dumped out like water into the sea below.
Byrnndi World was no exception, falling into the sea with a splash.
But those pirate ships and the treasure chests on them continued to float toward the sky.
This change wasn't just happening to the World Pirates.
Along the nearby coastline, over a dozen pirate crews were being ruthlessly plundered by Golden Lion.
Over a dozen pirate ships of various sizes, along with hundreds of treasure chests, floated toward the sky.
The treasures these pirates had spent so much effort and risked their lives to seize were now being swept up entirely by Golden Lion.
A large pirate ship with a lion-head figurehead suddenly broke through the sea of clouds ten thousand meters high and descended.
It landed lightly by the shore, allowing Silver Axe, Black Charcoal Cicada, Kurozumi Semimaru, Kilpstad, and the others to board.
Then it quickly floated up from the island of God Valley, which was vibrating incessantly.
Golden Lion glanced at the center of the island where the fierce battle was taking place and waved his hand.
"We're leaving! Stop looking! Let Rocks, Newgate, Carlo, and the others continue their big fight here. It's time for our Flying Pirate Crew to go and pursue our own true business!"
Silver Axe withdrew his gaze from the island and looked at Golden Lion. "Where are we going next?"
A sinister, wicked smile curled at the corner of Golden Lion's mouth.
"Rocks is doomed! That monster who suddenly appeared is just too terrifying; he simply can't be killed!"
"In that case, the gold mines on Hachinosu..."
"Jiehahaha, jiehahahaha! Newgate, Carlo, Linlin! Don't blame me for being heartless. We're pirates—every man for himself! Let my Flying Pirate Crew inherit the legacy of the Rocks Pirates!"
"I will definitely surpass Rocks and become the true King of the Waldo!!"
The northwest coast.
"Enough! That's plenty! We really have to leave! If we don't go now, this island is going to sink!"
Watching the refugees being swatted away one by one, John shouted to Kuma with a solemn expression.
"Please... please wait a bit more. Please let me... save a few more." Kuma's forehead was covered in sweat.
His honest face had now turned as pale as paper.
Although swatting away a refugee didn't require much of his physical strength each time,
The number of refugees here was simply too many.
And he hadn't eaten much to begin with, yet his physical consumption was so great. If he weren't holding on with sheer willpower, he probably would have collapsed by now.
But seeing the miserable people before him, Kuma endured the pain of mental tearing in his mind and used his ability again and again.
Beside him, Ivankov and Ginny bit their lips, their faces full of worry.
Looking at the stubborn child before him, John was somewhat irritated.
He really wanted to just go up and knock Kuma and the others unconscious with a slap.
As a pirate, he didn't necessarily reject Kuma's act of saving others.
But such things should be done within one's capacity; doing one's best is enough.
To go to this extent,
To the point where his own life was under great threat,
He would certainly never do it.
In his eyes, what Kuma was doing was simply gambling with his own life.
He suddenly felt a bit of regret for letting this seemingly honest but actually stubborn Little Brat eat that Paw-Paw Fruit.
Someone with a heart as kind as Kuma's was simply not suited to eat that fruit.
"You're going to get yourself killed sooner or later."
John shook his head and simply couldn't be bothered to care anymore.
He looked up and saw the treasure chests and pirate ships flying upward in the distant sky, and seeing Golden Lion's figure, he couldn't help but curl his lips into a cold smile.
"Silver Axe said you were the only true pirate among us, and it seems he was right. After taking so many benefits from Rocks as the second division captain, now that Rocks is in trouble, you don't think about helping at all. You're only focused on plundering treasure and taking the chance to leave. That's just like you, Shiki."
Deep in the center of the island, at the base of the two peaks,
The intense battle was still ongoing.