Satan's eyes flashed with a hint of regret as he looked at the large beauty before him.
If Old Woman Carmel had not suddenly vanished without a trace, this woman should have become a member of the World Government by now—the strongest shield guarding the Celestial Dragons.
However, the corner of his eye soon caught sight of the honest-looking boy struggling to stand.
"A brat from the Bakaria Tribe? How pitiful. You have the blood of sin flowing through your veins. You are permitted only to become a slave or die. That is what history has decided."
"Uncle, are you very noble?"
The bleeding boy looked bewildered. "But isn't it strange that someone can be noble or lowly from the moment they're born...?"
"Shouldn't truly powerful people be like Nika and save others?"
"So..."
Satan calmly stared at him. "That is why you will disappear from history. Now, you can die too."
But at that very moment—
"Auntie Linlin, he's completely ignoring you. Doesn't that mean he doesn't take you seriously at all?"
Roa deliberately fanned the flames.
If Charlotte Linlin turned around and ran, there was no way he could get his hands on those treasures.
"Mamamama!"
Linlin reached up, grabbed the bicorne hat on her head, and pulled. A great sword was already in her hand. "I wonder if cutting down a Five Elder is any different from cutting down an ordinary person?"
Elbaf's Spear: Van Don!
The air was pierced in an instant, and a massive sword-energy shockwave roared toward Satan.
The man who wielded the highest authority in the world remained calm. "Of course, you will all die too."
Whoosh!
The sword wave swallowed him in an instant.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
BIG was somewhat surprised.
He hadn't dodged or defended himself. Could this fellow, like her, possess an indestructible body?
"Take pride in it, ants. God will personally punish you."
Amid his indifferent voice, a massive monster rose.
Black flame clouds turned into streamers. A pair of enormous horns like Roa's sprouted from its head, while its lower half had transformed into a gigantic spider.
"This is!!"
Charlotte Linlin's pupils contracted.
A huge hole had been blown through the left side of the monster's body by the previous attack, but the flesh around it regenerated at astonishing speed.
Within a few breaths, all its injuries had completely healed.
"A Mythical Zoan like Little Roa?"
The woman instinctively classified Satan's regeneration as the ability of his Devil Fruit. "Interesting. I'd like to see how many times you can regenerate!"
She charged straight at him with her sword.
"Keep it up, Auntie Linlin! I won't hold you back!"
Roa flapped his wings and flew down from his aunt's shoulder. While cheering her on, he flew directly toward the treasures.
Putting everything else aside, that remaining Devil Fruit shouldn't be weak, right? After all, it had been placed alongside the Azure Dragon Fruit and Paw-Paw Fruit.
"You little brat!"
Charlotte Linlin was furious. That brat really did have the style of the Rocks Pirates.
But she had no time to deal with Roa now!
The spider's enormous legs stabbed straight toward her.
"Zeus!"
"Yes, Mama!"
The thundercloud Zeus floating beside her transformed into a dark cloud. Then, a bolt of lightning roared out like a soaring dragon and struck Satan, who didn't dodge.
Linlin instantly closed the distance and swung her sword backhanded, chopping Satan's head off.
Before she could celebrate, however, the spider legs stabbed toward her again.
"You've got to be kidding me! That recovery!"
As she blocked the attack, the smile at the corners of Charlotte Linlin's mouth vanished.
"Do you understand now? How vermin resist the gods?"
Satan glared at her.
Charlotte Linlin immediately grunted. Her head snapped backward as an invisible attack struck her.
This was the Ox Demon's evil eye!
"That hurts! You bastard!"
A violent aura surged forth. Auntie Linlin, a shallow scar on her forehead, roared. Even an evil eye capable of easily blasting a human body apart could do only this much against her indestructible body.
Charlotte Linlin raised her hand and grabbed the sun flying beside her. "Prometheus! Heavenly Fire!"
The enormous fireball once again blasted Satan's body apart.
"Beautiful, Auntie Linlin!"
Meanwhile, without even looking up as he cheered, Roa had already picked up the Devil Fruit.
It was silver, with a metallic sheen. Many water-drop-like bumps covered its surface, which was filled with spiral patterns.
A Devil Fruit he had never seen before.
But it shouldn't be bad.
Roa carefully tucked the fruit into his clothes, then immediately noticed a sword placed beside it.
It had a black scabbard and hilt, with a purple cord wrapped around the handle. Since it had been placed in such an obvious location, it should be valuable too. He casually stuck it into the belt at his lower back like Sasuke.
There didn't seem to be anything else worthwhile. There was a huge pile of glittering treasure. He was tempted, but he couldn't carry it all away.
After symbolically stuffing several large gems into his pockets, Roa finally looked up at the monsters' battle.
It would be more accurate to say they were evenly matched.
Charlotte Linlin swung her great sword wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, shattering Satan again and again.
But Satan's immortal body was completely unreasonable. He restored himself over and over, then launched fierce counterattacks.
Roa noticed that Satan had looked at him several times, yet had taken no action.
Wasn't that a complete dismissal of him?
Was Satan certain that even if he took the treasures, he still wouldn't be able to escape?
At seven years old, during the battle of God Valley, he stood there like a nobody.
At that moment, Roa swore through his tears: Everyone had to see him!
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never bully a young man for being poor!
"Auntie Linlin looks like she's having fun!"
Roa nodded solemnly. "Then I'd better not disturb her!"
Time to run!
He had the treasures. There was no need to stay any longer.
Who knew what would happen next?
But—
"Oh! Linlin! Looks like you've run into quite the formidable fellow. Do you need our help?"
A cheerful voice rang out.
Charlotte Linlin, Satan, and Roa all turned their heads.
Silver Axe, carrying a massive axe; Ochoku, grinning broadly; Captain John, drunk; and Gloriosa, standing atop a snake—the officers of the Rocks Pirates had arrived!
Behind them followed several pirate captains, a vast, disorderly crowd.
"Perfect timing."
Linlin grinned, her smile filled with malice. "The treasures are right here. Once we deal with this Five Elder together, we can divide them!"
"A Five Elder?"
Silver Axe sized up Satan. "Heh heh, Linlin, I don't think he can do anything to you!"
"Have fun, Linlin. We'll go divide the treasure first!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ochoku charged straight toward the treasures.
His officers were not even a step slower.
"You bastards!"
BIG stomped her foot angrily.
This was bad.
Satan frowned. That brat was irrelevant, but so many officers of the Rocks Pirates...
In that case—
"I'll begin the summoning."
He silently chanted in his heart.
Boom!!
Four enormous magic circles bloomed behind him, billowing black smoke as dark lightning leaped across them.
Roa's pupils contracted.
Run! The Five Elders were about to assemble!
An immortal body combined with summoning abilities—this was completely unreasonable!
Without hesitation, Roa entered his beast form, beat his wings, and shot into the sky, flying straight toward Dylan.
"Has Roa changed his ways?"
Silver Axe looked up at Roa's hurriedly fleeing figure in surprise. "He doesn't want all this treasure?"
That brat had already taken the most valuable things!
Ochoku sneered inwardly, but Charlotte Linlin said nothing.
Little Roa was merely taking the treasures away temporarily. Once they returned, Auntie could help him keep them safe.
There was no need to let too many people know about that.
Roa went all out, even summoning a gale behind him to accelerate his flight. He streaked across the sky like a meteor.
However, while he was rushing along at full speed—
Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!
Several crisp sounds came from his body.
Hmm?
On the ground below, the Celestial Dragons who had come to seek refuge were gathered there in a vast white mass.
Amid the noisy, clamoring Celestial Dragons, several of them gathered together, raised their guns, and repeatedly fired at the "large bird" approaching in the sky.
"Hey, hey, hey! Picking on a child?"
Roa carefully observed the ground below.
The Knights of God and the accompanying CP0 agents must have gone to intercept the attacking pirates.
"Then I'll be acting in self-defense! Fire Punishment!"
Although he had studied quite a few interesting techniques earlier, the situation was urgent now. He couldn't afford to be picky.
Roa suddenly descended, sweeping over the Celestial Dragons like a heavy bomber.
The instant he flew past, flames began erupting from the Celestial Dragons below, starting from the direction he had come from and spreading one after another.
This wasn't simple burning. A raging inferno erupted from every Celestial Dragon's body!
In the blink of an eye, the white mass transformed into surging flames, tongues of fire rising dozens of meters high.
Screams rose and fell without end.
Roa breathed heavily.
Using his abilities at such a high intensity consumed far too much stamina. He nearly fell straight out of the sky.
Fortunately, merely taking a few breaths of the high-purity black aura emanating from the Celestial Dragons restored Roa's vitality.
"Thanks for the meal. Well then..."
After one last glance at the sea of fire below, Roa beat his wings with satisfaction and soared higher. "Gana!"
Meanwhile—
Not long after Roa fled, thick black lightning sprayed from the four magic circles. Four twisted shadows emerged from their centers, and after several breaths, those shadows transformed into four enormous monsters.
"What?"
Charlotte Linlin was horrified. "What's going on?"
"Could it be..."
Ochoku's forehead also broke out in sweat. "The Five Elders have all arrived?"
Apart from the Ox Demon, Satan, the other four were equally terrifying, savage monsters.
A massive boar with two blades for fangs, an enormous Horse Skeleton covered in bones, a grotesque bird with the mixed features of a snake and a bird soaring through the air, and a gigantic sandworm as large as a mountain!
Gloriosa couldn't help swallowing. "Should we retreat?"
Satan calmly spoke. "The four of you are enough here. Mars, go after that brat. He fled east. He stole the Mercury Fruit and the Blood Sea."
"Understood."
The grotesque bird Azukigahama spread its wings. In the next instant, it was already pursuing Roa's escape route.
After flying for a short while, the grotesque bird spotted a sea of fire below.
"Where did this fire come from?"
He was somewhat puzzled.
Never mind. The priority now was pursuing that brat from the Rocks Pirates.
Beating his wings, the grotesque bird increased his speed once more.
However, while flying over the island, the strange bird also noticed a problem.
Where had the Celestial Dragons gone?
Why couldn't it see any of them?
Had they chosen such a well-hidden evacuation site?
There were young members of their families participating in this hunt as well.
Just as it was pondering this, a shadow appeared in the sky ahead.
It had caught up!
"Hmm?"
Roa heard a thunderous roar coming from behind him.
He instinctively looked back, then nearly jumped out of his skin.
The strange bird was only a few hundred meters away!
Damn it!
"I didn't bring any cough syrup!"
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