Many days later, in the waters of the latter half of the New World.
Redfield eventually decided to place Red Soil Island in the waters near Egghead Island.
Compared to the reckless Rocks, he was more willing to believe in the great prophet, Gu Yue Fang Huo.
He believed that as long as the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire remained safe, Red Soil Island should also be fine.
Moreover, there were the Moon Kingdoms in the nearby waters responsible for guarding the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire.
Redfield officially established the Kingdom of Red on Red Soil Island, calling himself the Red King.
Because Redfield himself contributed 5 billion Berries, and Fang Huo and Rocks also paid a large sum of compensation for Red Soil Island.
This allowed the surviving citizens of Red Soil Island to suddenly achieve a moderately prosperous life.
This could be considered a small comfort after experiencing the crisis of the island's destruction.
The two Lunarian Tribe members, one Three-Eye Tribe member, and the Mink Tribe slaves rescued during the elimination competition became hot commodities for the Rocks Pirates.
But in the end, even Rocks and Charlotte Linlin couldn't outcompete Fang Huo.
Because Rocks' Hachinosu was located in the middle section of the New World, which was clearly more dangerous than the latter half.
And Charlotte Linlin's eyes were too fiery, filled with a collector's desire.
Additionally, Fang Huo was the most powerful figure besides Rocks.
Therefore, these rare races were more willing to go to the islands of the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire.
Besides being sent back to Fish-Man Island, those Fishman slaves went to Barbel's Titan Kingdom and Sanbel's Mercury Kingdom.
The Lunarian Tribe and Three-Eye Tribe members who joined the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire were also willing to gather more of their clansmen scattered around the world for Fang Huo.
This made Fang Huo very satisfied.
These two Lunarian Tribe members were clearly not family members of King the Conflagration.
After all, the two were older, so the Celestial Dragons were willing to put these two rare races on the SR Escaped Rabbit's prey list.
However, Fang Huo still preserved a copy of the bloodline genes of these two Lunarian Tribe members.
Not to mention letting Stussy study them, once Vegapunk was captured, Fang Huo's Clone Project would also begin.
After all, the number of Lunarian Tribe members was already very scarce.
Several Mink Tribe slaves discovered that Fang Huo could actually create a full moon, allowing them to enter their Sulong Form.
This made them revere Fang Huo as a god, calling him the Moon God.
They insisted on returning to Zou Island to tell their clansmen this good news, so that more of them would come to live in the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire.
The Sacred Ancient Moon Empire would become the second country to establish a covenant with the Mokomo Dukedom after Wano Country.
Fang Huo did indeed intend to establish his own Mink Tribe combat squad.
His Moon-Moon Fruit ability was so compatible with the Mink Tribe's racial talent, so he naturally had to make good use of it.
Rocks painstakingly persuaded Harald to eat the Legacy Fruit of Elbaf.
But Harald felt that the Devil Fruit guarded by thundor ragnar was not suitable for him.
Because Ratatoskr the Squirrel, whom thundor ragnar had transformed into, had never acknowledged him.
Rocks also kept asking Fang Huo to help calculate the whereabouts of the Dark-Dark Fruit.
Fang Huo could only say that the Dark-Dark Fruit was in the middle to late section of the New World; he couldn't provide more information.
If Rocks were the destined master of the Dark-Dark Fruit, he believed the fruit would take the initiative to find him.
Rocks mobilized all his forces to search for the Dark-Dark Fruit.
At the same time, he also set his sights on the Great Hammer Corps.
But this time, Fang Huo could finally maintain his status as a great prophet.
"The Great Hammer Corps is likely frozen on a World Government research base island in the early section of the New World."
"Its location is in the waters after leaving Fish-Man Island and before Dressrosa."
"In the future, this island will be known as Punk Hazard!"
Fang Huo had already checked the information on Punk Hazard, but in this era, even Vegapunk hadn't emerged yet, so how could there be the name Punk Hazard?
Punk Hazard means 'Punk Forbidden Zone'.
Currently, this research island hasn't been listed as Vegapunk's research base by the World Government, and even its name is unknown.
Doflamingo could fly directly from Dressrosa to Punk Hazard by using the String-String Fruit to pull on clouds.
This shows that Punk Hazard is indeed not far from Dressrosa.
Moreover, Punk Hazard could become the battlefield where Akainu and Aokiji fought for the position of Fleet Admiral, and it was the first island the Straw Hat Pirates visited after leaving Fish-Man Island, so it probably isn't very far from the Red Line.
"This island is very close to Dressrosa, and also very close to the Red Line and the G1 Fortress."
"If we invade with great fanfare, we might be targeted by the World Government."
Fang Huo had already roughly figured out the location of Punk Hazard, but he hadn't obtained a Permanent Log Pose for Punk Hazard on the black market.
So a search was still necessary.
Originally, Elder Yaruru had already notified the warships of Elbaf to come to Red Soil Island to pick him up and return to Elbaf.
But when he heard that the Rocks Pirates were going to find and rescue the Great Hammer Corps, he suddenly didn't want to go back.
He also wanted to use his authority as an elder to order Blue Ogre Dorry and Red Ogre Brogy back from the Small Garden to assemble the Giant Warrior Pirates and participate in this rescue battle.
He was even willing to mobilize all the warriors of Elbaf.
Even Loki didn't want to follow Harald's order to return.
During this war on Red Soil Island, Loki had personally killed some Cipher Pol agents and Celestial Dragons, and he was at his most energetic.
Since the Rocks Pirates were going to rescue the giants of the Great Hammer Corps.
Then as the Giant Prince, he naturally had to contribute his strength.
"Jiehahahaha! Is another war about to start?"
"I wonder if there's anything valuable on that research island besides the giants of the Great Hammer Corps!"
Golden Lion Shiki was already excited; after all, the war on Red Soil Island had earned him ten to twenty billion Berries.
This was practically faster than printing money!
If that research island had any high-value experimental equipment, he would just move it and sell it in the Underworld, which should also make a huge profit.
"I heard that the Three Marine Admirals are all stationed at the G1 Fortress. If we attack that research island, I'm afraid we'll be attacked jointly by Marineford and the World Government."
Maron took out a simplified chart of the New World, looked at the approximate positions of Dressrosa, the G1 Fortress, and the Red Line, and suddenly felt his scalp tingle.
It seemed that this plan to rescue the Great Hammer Corps was even more dangerous than the war on Red Soil Island.
After all, the Marine powerhouses who didn't appear in the war on Red Soil Island would all be deployed this time.
Fang Huo also knew that the location was a bit dangerous, especially now that there was no Conquerors Haki Knot from Joy Boy to fall back on.
He didn't know if Punk Hazard and the G1 Fortress currently had magical teleportation arrays left by the Gorosei and the Gods Knights.
If Imu descended again and directly corrupted either Rocks or Harald, the Rocks Pirates might be finished.
The Three Marine Admirals plus the Four Elders, along with Imu who could descend at any time, was indeed a bit difficult to handle.
Therefore, to invade Punk Hazard, they had to keep a low profile, and it would be best to settle it quickly.
They should try to capture Punk Hazard and take the Great Hammer Corps away before the reinforcements from Marineford and the World Government arrived.
Mobility and air superiority were the greatest advantages of the Rocks Pirates.
There was absolutely no need to go head-to-head with the World Government and Marineford.