On the Flying Battleship.
Uzumaki Erza originally intended to travel the world with Fang Huo.
But she discovered that not only did Fang Huo have three women, he even had two sons.
That pink-haired woman who looked like a giant was actually pregnant too.
It turned out Fang Huo was already working hard on the "more children, more blessings" aspect of the Immortal Venerable Lineage.
Although it was a bit painful, it was also for the best.
This way, she didn't have to worry about her weak body being unable to continue Fang Huo's bloodline.
Moreover, with Fang Huo having so many wives, perhaps a son from Erza and Fang Huo could more easily be designated to inherit the bloodline and glory of the Whirlpool Shrine.
When Erza learned she had to be eighteen to become Fang Huo's woman, she could only secretly resolve to nurse her health over the next two years and properly continue Fang Huo's bloodline.
"Fang Huo, Little Sister Erza is so frail, can this really work?"
Shimotsuki Furiko originally thought she was relatively weak, but Fang Huo had brought back an even weaker young girl.
Was this a sign that the three of them, being in their nursing and pregnancy periods, couldn't serve Fang Huo properly?
So Fang Huo just found any beautiful young girl?
"Sister Furiko, I can do it. I can cultivate too."
Erza hadn't expected that before she could even mind Fang Huo having three women, she was being looked down upon for being too weak?
"Little Sister Erza, don't just look at how handsome and refined Husband is."
"He is a peerless powerhouse who awes the world."
"Even Sister Stussy and I, who have mastered Armament Haki, can barely endure him."
Shimotsuki Furiko still wanted to persuade Erza, who was like a porcelain doll, not to be captivated by Fang Huo's charm.
Everything should be done within one's limits.
"For Lord Fang Huo, I will work a hundred times harder to train my body over these two years."
Erza looked at Fang Huo with teary eyes; she didn't want to be disliked because her constitution was too weak.
"I believe in you, Erza. Don't doubt yourself."
"You are a bloodline descendant of the God of Whirlpool; your body possesses the potential of the kings qualification."
Fang Huo gently stroked Erza's red hair. It seemed that under Stussy and Shimotsuki Furiko's intimidation and persuasion, Erza became even more inseparable from Fang Huo.
"Thank you, Fang Huo!"
Erza made up her mind; she absolutely could not let those women look down on her.
She could also give birth to the strongest offspring for Fang Huo.
She also wanted to become strong herself and awaken Conqueror's Haki, surpassing that blonde woman Stussy and the blue-haired woman Shimotsuki Furiko.
Fang Huo had said that he liked red the most.
If this world had a color, it must be red!
If anyone asked who the most beautiful of Fang Huo's women was, it must be her, Uzumaki Erza!
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Two days later.
Fang Huo and the others encountered a News Coo, carrying the latest newspapers and bounty posters from the World Government.
"wahaha!! The World Government has finally updated the bounties!!"
"Let this old man see how much the bounty has risen!"
"So many Celestial Dragons died this time, they can't be stingy anymore!"
Rocks was the first to pick up those fresh bounty posters.
"Why did it only go up by this much!"
"The World Government is looking down on me!!"
"Do they want another member of the Gorosei and two of the Gods Knights to die?"
Rocks cursed loudly. He thought that after the battle on Red Soil Island, even if his bounty didn't increase tenfold to over 38 billion Berries, it should at least break 10 billion Berries, right?
As it turned out!
It only went up by a measly 2 billion Berries.
[Rocks D. Xebec, bounty: 5,811,540,000 Berries!]
"Take a good look, the World Government is still debunking the news, saying the Red Soil Island incident is fake news."
"No Celestial Dragon died outside of the Holy Land Mary Geoise."
"The increase in your bounty this time is only because of spreading reckless rumors, not for killing Celestial Dragons."
Fang Huo quickly scanned the World Government news; it was full of debunking the Red Soil Island news.
Whether the people of the world believed it or not, the World Government believed it.
The newspapers even had Celestial Dragons coming forward to testify that there was no Native Purge Competition and no Celestial Dragons had died.
How could descendants of gods die?
All of this was fake news forcibly issued to several small newspaper offices by the evil Rocks Pirates to disturb the world.
Its purpose was to make the World Government look bad so that pirates could become even more arrogant.
For the stability of the world, the World Government appealed to all Affiliated Kingdoms and the public to remain calm and distinguish rumors.
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"As expected of the mouthpiece the World Government has operated for years, this reporting is truly a masterpiece of flowery writing, pushing the chaos and the danger of pirates to the highest point."
"Even if some kings of Affiliated Kingdoms know the Red Soil Island incident is true, they will suppress it for the stability and safety of their countries and the world."
Fang Huo looked at it; the newspapers under the World Government had been coming out to clarify and debunk for several days in a row.
If this continued, the Red Soil Island incident would truly be characterized as a rumor by the World Government and die down.
It seemed they still needed to put in more effort.
Anyway, Rocks intended to use those Celestial Dragon captives to let his clansmen awaken Haoshoku.
In that case, why not just hold a worldwide live broadcast?
It was just a pity that the live broadcast den den mushi of this era were all one-to-one broadcasts.
One live broadcast den den mushi corresponded to one Broadcast Den Den Mushi screen.
This was a type of Surveillance Den Den Mushi, mostly used for monitoring screens in Impel Down.
The technology for a single live broadcast den den mushi to broadcast to screens all over the world was something even the World Government had not fully mastered yet.
Therefore, such wide-range live broadcast den den mushi were even less available in the market or the underground dark world.
As for the one Vegapunk developed, the highest-grade Triangular Visual Den Den Mushi that could force broadcasts onto all screens worldwide...
That was only developed after Vegapunk sensed he was in mortal danger.
However, the one-to-one broadcast technology also had its own ways to be played.
But for now, he should first get the news agencies under his command moving and release a few more newspapers.
This time, he would first expose Imu's existence and some of their abilities.
Imu, the King of the World, controls the Gorosei and the God's Knights from behind the scenes, and can completely control the lives of these World Government high-rankers.
Setting aside the benefits of the Gorosei's Immortality, he would only report the downsides of having one's life controlled and forced into absolute obedience.
At the same time, this was a reminder to the powerhouses of Marineford not to be controlled by Imu.
In case Imu gave up the rule of only choosing Contracted Persons from among the Celestial Dragons and chose Gods Knights from among the Marine powerhouses.
If an Admiral with Immortality became a God's Knight, the danger might be even higher than that of the Gorosei.
After all, Admirals all rose from real life-and-death combat.
They were not comparable to those Celestial Dragon elites!
"Fang Huo, your bounty didn't rise much either, though it's only slightly lower than Rocks'."
Stussy's thoughts were originally the same as Rocks'; she thought that the Great Demon Lord Fang Huo, who created the iconic scene of the "Celestial Dragon Corpse Balloons," would definitely be intensely hated by the Celestial Dragons.
Even if the bounty soared to 100 billion Berries, Stussy wouldn't be shocked.
But now, it was about the same as Rocks'.
[Gu Yue Fang Huo, bounty: 5,680,000,000 Berries.]
Fang Huo took the bounty poster and glanced at it, not caring much.
However, this was already higher than Pirate King Roger's 5,564,800,000 Berries.
It seemed that killing Celestial Dragons was indeed more threatening than a pirate becoming the Pirate King.
But at this height of four or five billion, no matter how high the bounty was, no bounty hunter would dare to make a move.
The Celestial Dragons could offer ten billion or even a hundred billion, but would it be useful?
The higher the bounty they gave, the more it boosted the pirate's prestige and fame.
It would cause more pirates to follow and gather under the command of a Great Pirate.
This was fundamentally of no benefit to the World Government.
Fang Huo wasn't interested in Rocks' or his own bounty; instead, he was more interested in the bounties of Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and the others...