"What a ruthless heart!"
Looking at the slash marks covering the ground, Stussy wiped a trace of cold sweat from her forehead.
If she hadn't dodged just now, she might truly have died.
'Did this man really have no sense of cherishing beauty at all?'
"Who exactly is that woman? She actually dodged Lord Ignis's attacks!"
Some female pirates stared at the glamorous Stussy with jealousy. She had actually made Ignis personally test her.
"Use your full strength and prove that you're qualified to join the Rocks Pirates."
Ignis maintained a calm expression as he looked down upon Stussy below. Within the enormous shining moon behind him, all kinds of moonlight weapons began appearing...
At this moment, Ignis resembled the Hero King Gilgamesh himself, with the bright moon behind him transforming into the King's Treasury as weapon after weapon materialized.
Blades, spears, swords, halberds, the full arsenal of eighteen weapons appeared, causing even Rocks and Shiki to look surprised.
On this sea where swords were the mainstream weapons, some of the weapons Ignis created were unfamiliar even to Rocks.
"Vice Captain's knowledge is truly profound. He's actually seen so many kinds of weapons."
Sunbell immediately began loudly praising Ignis, completely transforming into Ignis's little fangirl.
"This guy really does know how to act like a god…"
Newgate looked toward Ignis in midair. Ignis's current appearance genuinely gave him a concrete image of what a god should look like.
"Damn it! Ignis is way too good at showing off! He stole all the spotlight again!"
Shiki was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred. Ignis's looks and temperament were things he could never surpass in this lifetime.
Ignis had completely monopolized mate selection rights. The rest of them were struggling even to drink the soup.
"So powerful…" even Charlotte Linlin was amazed.
"Is Ignis's title really Great Demon Lord? This is clearly a genuine god…"
The new member Ganzui stared with wide eyes. He had never seen an ability user so godlike before.
"Qualified to join?"
Stussy stared tightly at the various moonlight weapons behind Ignis, her expression extremely tense.
However, she seemed to hear another meaning hidden within Ignis's words.
Ignis wasn't trying to kill her.
He truly was testing her.
As long as she displayed her full strength and earned Ignis's approval, she would be able to join the Rocks Pirates.
Looking at Ignis's breathtakingly divine face, she didn't seem to sense any killing intent from him.
"Then I hope Lord Ignis will show mercy!"
Stussy became completely serious, abandoning all thoughts of taking shortcuts.
She would join the Rocks Pirates through strength and stand openly beside Ignis.
"Moon Treasury!"
Ignis looked at Stussy with appreciation and lightly waved a finger, sending one moonlight weapon after another relentlessly toward her.
He didn't use gravity powers or vampire abilities, nor did he even draw the Seven-Star Demon Sword.
This was already an enormous amount of holding back!
The moonlight weapons, still early in their development, lacked high hardness and destructive power.
Moreover, Ignis wasn't even driving them at full force.
Stussy continuously dodged the attacks with agile movements. After she shattered one moonlight weapon using Armament Haki, she realized these moonlight weapons weren't nearly as strong as she had imagined.
In the next moment, Stussy resembled a valkyrie, destroying moonlight weapons one after another with each strike.
Under Ignis's intentional restraint, Stussy's combat power greatly impressed everyone.
No one expected this courtesan-like beauty to actually be so strong.
In truth, the moonlight weapons targeting Stussy had already been weakened significantly, but the ones striking the surrounding ground remained terrifyingly powerful, blasting the entire area into ruins.
Stussy seemed to realize Ignis was going easy on her, causing a trace of smug satisfaction to arise within her heart.
She knew these stinking men couldn't resist her charm.
Even a man like Ignis!
However, after seeing the terrifying destruction around her, Stussy's heart trembled, and she no longer dared entertain random thoughts, instead focusing seriously on blocking Ignis's watered-down attacks.
After bombarding her for several minutes, Ignis finally stopped.
"Congratulations. You've earned the qualifications to join the Rocks Pirates."
Ignis sensed that Stussy was beginning to run out of stamina and that her acting was becoming less convincing.
To avoid others noticing anything suspicious, he directly announced the result.
Still, this woman genuinely had some skill. She wasn't merely a decorative vase or complete fraud.
Though her scientific research abilities were probably indeed mediocre.
....
"She actually passed Lord Ignis's test!!"
"Just look at those slash marks on the ground! Could you survive that?"
"Who would've thought this woman was actually so strong!"
The pirates on Elysium Island never expected another powerful pirate to successfully join the Rocks Pirates that very night.
Which meant the Rocks Pirates had gained three officers in a single day.
"Thank you, Vice Captain, for showing mercy~"
Panting heavily, Stussy cast Ignis a flirtatious glance.
A man who intentionally held back against her naturally caused countless thoughts to bloom within her mind.
Perhaps this godlike man had already become attracted to her.
After all, aside from Charlotte Linlin, that huge fat woman, there were no other women in the Rocks Pirates.
It was possible this supreme great succubus had become lonely.
And if it was Ignis, Stussy would be more than willing.
"Give me a lift, Vice Captain~"
Seeing Ignis simply fly back toward the skull eye socket without another action, Stussy immediately called out coquettishly.
This man truly lacked romantic understanding. He didn't even help an injured beauty like her.
Ignis still didn't turn around, but with a wave of his finger, a stream of antigravity lifted Stussy upward.
"Thank you, Ignis~"
Stussy shamelessly began trying to build familiarity with the "cold" Ignis.
"Ignis, you definitely held back!"
Shiki immediately shouted. Ignis hadn't even used his gravity or vampire abilities.
"You definitely didn't treat me like this when you slashed me!"
Kyo coldly added. Back on Black Hand Pirate Island, that slash had split half the island apart.
Ignis had even used vampire powers to drain a large amount of his blood, those methods were outright brutal.
"Vohahaha! Since Ignis let her pass the test, then let her join."
Rocks understood that Stussy wasn't actually weak. She was probably just a fake scientist.
So Rocks simply decided to treat Stussy as a combatant and stopped holding any expectations regarding her scientific research abilities.
At worst, they could always recruit a more professional scientist later.
The moment Stussy climbed onto the skull-eye headquarters, she immediately positioned herself beside Ignis, firmly attaching herself to the vice captain who had gone easy on her.
If she had to choose between Ignis and Rocks, she would definitely choose the more handsome Ignis.
As for powerful officers like and Golden Lion, she temporarily ignored them, they belonged to her second-choice list.
"Captain Rocks! I passed Vice Captain Ignis's test."
Stussy addressed Rocks respectfully. Even though she had already decided to cling to Ignis, she still needed to show respect toward Rocks, the strongest captain.
"Vohahaha! Welcome aboard. You can join Ganzui and Gill at tonight's welcoming banquet."
"And one more thing, the Rocks Pirates don't have a vice captain."
Rocks didn't particularly care about Stussy as a female combatant. Her strength lagged far behind Newgate, Shiki, and Linlin.
She didn't even possess the qualities of a king!