Ignis looked at this drooling fat woman. The current Charlotte Linlin still wasn't qualified to covet him!
"You get lost too!"
"Horizontal Gravity: Shinra Tensei!!"
Ignis raised his hand and unleashed a gravity wave, blasting Linlin flying away with one palm strike.
He wasn't worried at all about the thick-skinned Iron Balloon getting hurt!
"Vohahaha! Ignis, look at this, Shiki and those bastards are eyeing your bounty, while Linlin is eyeing your body."
"What excuse do you still have not to train harder!"
"I don't want to see the day you get captured or violated!"
Rocks burst into wild laughter. Even he hadn't expected Ignis's candid photos to explode in popularity like this.
He had underestimated the thirsty women and fangirls of this repressed era!
Even female Celestial Dragons had become obsessed with Ignis's looks.
This was something unprecedented in history!
"I know."
Ignis replied coldly. The burning gazes from Shiki, Kyo, and Linlin were actually putting some pressure on him.
He absolutely would not allow betrayal or forced submission to happen!
"Vice Captain, don't worry. I'll keep an eye on those two bastards, Shiki and Kyo!"
Barbel and Sunbell immediately stepped forward to show their loyalty. They would protect Ignis without hesitation.
They would never allow Ignis to be dragged off to the Holy Land Mary Geoise to become a gigolo!
"With me here, no one can lay a hand on Ignis!"
Newgate's expression became extremely serious as he calmly glanced toward Shiki and Kyo.
If those two really dared to act on their greed, he would mercilessly sink them into the sea.
"Eh eh eh, it was just a joke! Ignis is my best brother!"
Shiki quickly floated back over. He had already decided that Ignis would become his future vice captain to help him search for the Three Ancient Weapons.
How could he possibly sell him to the female Celestial Dragons for a mere 4 billion?
"Hmph! I'm a man with honor too!"
Being stared at by everyone, Kyo immediately stiffened his neck and spoke up, completely suppressing that trace of greed in his heart.
As long as the Rocks Pirates still existed, sooner or later each of them would be able to seize 4 billion Beli themselves.
So this 4 billion bounty on Ignis wasn't worth caring about!
"Vohahaha! I figured you wouldn't dare make a move, but Ignis, your strength still needs to improve!"
"Receive my Lion Fangs!"
Rocks laughed loudly and suddenly unleashed a sky full of fist shadows toward Ignis. The violent attack came without warning.
"Rocks, you bastard!!"
Ignis was instantly swallowed up and blasted away by the barrage of fists!
Fortunately, Ignis instinctively kept a repulsion-layer shield activated with his gravity powers, otherwise Rocks would have succeeded.
"Tsk tsk, not bad vigilance! You even guard against your own captain!"
"But your ability development really is impressive."
Rocks grinned without feeling the slightest guilt for his sneak attack.
In fact, he was somewhat pleased with Ignis's self-protection abilities.
Was this an omnidirectional gravity coating over his entire body?
Ignis had mastered gravity powers so skillfully, far beyond Shiki, that illiterate gangster brute.
.....
Boom!
Boom!
Continuous explosions rang out from atop the Chibaku Tensei skull, causing many pirates on Elysium Island to excitedly look toward the skull's eye sockets.
"The officers are fighting again!"
"What a passionate and battle-loving pirate crew."
"I heard the Rocks Pirates follow the iron law of strength above all else. Every officer gains higher positions and a larger share of profits through battle."
"Ahahahaha! I wonder if defeating "Gourmet Knight" Streusen would let me join the Rocks Pirates!"
....
Some pirates had set their sights on Streusen, the officer with the lowest bounty.
If even Streusen, with a bounty of only 177 million Beli, could join the Rocks Pirates, then there was no reason why they, pirates with bounties exceeding 200 million, couldn't join too!
"You trash only dare target a chef! Pathetic! Spineless! You're not even qualified to become a subordinate crew of the Rocks Pirates!"
"That Streusen obviously only got in because he teamed up with "Iron Balloon" Charlotte Linlin!"
"Exactly. At minimum, you'd have to defeat Tide Demon Subell, who has a bounty of 320 million Beli, before qualifying to meet Rocks!"
As the elite pirates argued, they suddenly started fighting each other.
Perfectly embodying the strength-above-all style of the Rocks Pirates.
World Government CP agents and spies hidden within the underworld under various identities were all flooding into Elysium Island.
They would do everything possible to join the Rocks Pirates, whether by joining the main crew as officers or becoming one of its subordinate pirate crews.
...
Near the waters surrounding Elysium Island, a massive fleet sailed majestically into the prosperous pirate haven.
"Hahahahaha! Finally arrived! My little money bags, here I come!"
The "Pirate Smuggler" Ganzui entered this new pirate holy land carrying huge quantities of supplies.
Along the way, he had already sunk several greedy pirate crews who didn't understand the rules.
Did these newcomers not know that pirate smuggling fleets and News Coo birds were both untouchable?
Besides, without real strength, how could he boldly wear an entire suit of golden armor while successfully building a smuggling fleet?
As the user of the Paramecia-type Bomb-Bomb Fruit, everything on his body could become a powerful bomb.
Even a mouthful of air or a booger could turn into a highly destructive explosive.
"Boys! Today I'm going to negotiate business with the world's most evil pirate! Let me show you what a truly fearless pirate smuggler looks like!"
Ganzui laughed excitedly. He believed the Rocks Pirates would never reject a pirate smuggler capable of continuously bringing in supplies.
On these seas, why did pirates plunder treasure in the first place?
Wasn't it to obtain all kinds of rare goods from the underworld and smugglers?
The status of pirate smuggler was almost equal to that of News Coo birds.
Ordinary pirates generally would not attack pirate smugglers or News Coo birds.
After stepping onto Elysium Island, the gold-armored Ganzui immediately saw the gigantic majestic Lion Pillar and the Chibaku Tensei skull.
"Hahahaha, worthy of the world's strongest pirate crew. Much stronger than Wang Zhi's group."
The enormous Ganzui, covered head to toe in gold, drew countless greedy gazes from nearby pirates.
"You got a death wish?! Put away those greedy eyes!"
"That's the famous Pirate Smuggler Ganzui! He commands a fleet of over ten pirate ships and has a bounty as high as 570 million Beli!"
A pirate captain slapped his reckless subordinate awake and quickly avoided Ganzui's disdainful gaze.
"If I didn't still need to learn this island's rules, I'd reward you with a cannon bomb!"
After thinking it over, Ganzui chose not to attack and instead continued heading toward the skull fortress to negotiate with the Rocks Pirates.
Once he secured a deal with them, he'd be able to swagger sideways across this island!
Behind the underworld fleet, another pirate ship sailed into the harbor strait.
A beautiful woman with short golden hair stepped gracefully onto this island filled with pirates.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Great Demon Lord Ignis really is handsome and valuable~"