South Blue, on a small island.
Julius, freshly hauled out of the sea, was laid flat on the ground. Longinus crouched down and drove a syringe into Julius's cerebral cortex.
It was the Consciousness Sleep Potion Longinus had taken from Vegapunk two months ago.
After finishing everything, Apophis opened a Space Gate and placed Julius inside.
"The Celestial Dragons' strongest shield." Longinus chuckled. "Heh! It really isn't easy to lure them out!"
There was no helping it. The primary duty of the Celestial Dragons' strongest shield was naturally to protect the Celestial Dragons' safety.
Under normal circumstances, they rarely acted alone.
Only an Ancient Weapon like Pluton could lure them all out.
"We can only continue with the plan after capturing him," Apophis said.
"Yeah! It really wasn't easy!" Longinus looked at his other self across from him, and the two exchanged a smile.
In fact, he had been planning this idea for several years, but it was only today that he had finally put it into action.
On the one hand, these strongest shields rarely left the Holy Land. On the other, the difficulty of capturing them was simply too great.
His strength was indeed formidable, but capturing a top-tier fighter at an admiral's level alive was still impossible.
Just like in this battle, if Julius had made up his mind to flee from the start, Longinus would have been helpless.
As for joining forces between his two identities, the risk was simply too great. If the enemy escaped, his decade-plus of planning would be ruined!
Only when he was certain he could achieve a one-hit kill, as he had this time, would Longinus's identity make a move.
In short, creating conditions suitable for a capture was incredibly difficult.
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