An Intense Auction

"Two hundred million!" Celestial Dragons Saint Rosward slowly walked in, his slave mount parked outside the auction house, guarded by six men in black.

"This is something only the descendants of God can enjoy. For you lowly people to even see it is already an unparalleled honor." Saint Rosward held his head high and slowly walked down the central passage to a central seat, where he sat down.

Hearing the Celestial Dragons's words, the others dared not speak out in anger. How could they not be angry when they were insulted like this? But they could only endure it because he was Celestial Dragons and it would attract the attention of Marine Admiral.

Meanwhile, outside, some people had already sensed the commotion, and a portion of the Navy had arrived. Once the Celestial Dragons gave the order, the Navy would take action, regardless of your identity.

People around, whether nobles or kings, all moved away from Saint Rosward, leaving a large open space around him.

The scene fell silent for a moment. Seeing this, Kyle knew the situation needed to be broken, so he grabbed the microphone and shouted, "Great! Congratulations to Saint Rosward for purchasing this precious Blood Ginseng for a whopping 200 million!"

A proud smile appeared on Saint Rosward's face. The auction house had a love-hate relationship with the Celestial Dragons. They loved them because the Celestial Dragons were rich, but they hated them because the Celestial Dragons often disrupted the auction's order. Few dared to bid against the Celestial Dragons, resulting in some auction items that should have sold for higher prices being sold at low prices.

Take this Blood Ginseng, for example. It could have been auctioned for 300 million or even more, but after the Celestial Dragons made their offer, no one dared to bid, and it only sold for 200 million Beli.

The auction continued, and the atmosphere in the venue remained lively, but after some of the Celestial Dragons, everyone became much more restrained.

"Next up is a precious Devil Fruit. As many of you know, eating it grants immense power. It's Zoan Weasel Fruit, starting bid 50 million Beli!" Kyle shouted, omitting the potential weaknesses of the Devil Fruit when accepting Devil Fruit.

On the field, everyone was already excited, especially the pirates who craved power. For most of them, Devil Fruit were extremely rare, and they didn't care about the type or quality of Devil Fruit. Many of them probably only knew about Devil Fruit but didn't even know Devil Fruit classification.

"Seventy million Beli, I, Battle Axe Mondo, want it!" shouted a strong pirate who was four meters tall, exuding a powerful aura.

This is a Great Pirate with a bounty of 90 million Beli, carrying a huge two-meter-long axe on his back.

However, just as he finished speaking, another pirate made an offer. "Eighty million Beli!"

Following ninety million, it quickly rose to one hundred million.

When the auction price reached 120 million, a voice rang out, "200 million Beli."

Saint Rosward really enjoyed this feeling—securing the deal with others in a fierce competition at an exorbitant price. He had his eye on this Devil Fruit, and after losing those two, he needed to find two replacements.

After Saint Rosward made his offer, no one dared to compete with him, and he bought the Devil Fruit for a high price of 200 million.

"Alright, congratulations to Saint Rosward for winning the Devil Fruit for a whopping 200 million Beli." Kyle was delighted; the Celestial Dragons really were rich, raising prices without even thinking.

Two hundred million Beli is already a very high price, and this is just an ordinary Devil Fruit, which would only fetch a maximum of one hundred million Berries on the black market.

"Alright, the next Devil Fruit to be auctioned is also Zoan Skunk Fruit, with a starting bid of fifty million."

Using the same formula, just as the competition among other pirates reached its climax, the Celestial Dragons made their move again, offering the same high price of 200 million.

After the successful auction, Saint Rosward gave them a mocking look, as if to say, "You bunch of poor bastards."

"That bastard!" Some of the pirates Mondo couldn't hold back any longer, clenching their fists as if they wanted to attack, but were forcibly held back by their companions on both sides. "No, boss, we'll attract the attention of the Marine Admiral."

It has to be said that the Celestial Dragons are incredibly good at drawing hatred, especially with their disdainful gazes and innate arrogance, which makes people want to punch them as soon as they see them.

But as that pirate said, it would attract the Marine Admiral. The Sabaody Archipelago is very close to the Marine Headquarters. If something happens to Celestial Dragons, it will attract the Marine Admiral, and then they won't even be able to escape.

"Next up for auction is an unknown Devil Fruit. After examination by relevant personnel, it has been determined to be an unknown Paramecia Devil Fruit. The starting price is seventy million," Kyle introduced the Devil Fruit that had been brought up.

Paramecia Devil Fruit are more precious than Zoan Devil Fruit, but a major upset has occurred at this time: an unknown ability. The abilities of Paramecia Devil Fruit largely depend on their development. While powerful abilities are very strong, some are extremely annoying, and some weak abilities not only fail to enhance the user's strength but also weaken it.

Even the Celestial Dragons weren't particularly interested in this Devil Fruit.

"Make an offer," Teach, gesturing to Mostima beside him. Mostima indicated that he knew the answer.

A brief silence fell, but some people began placing bids. This world has its share of gamblers; perhaps this is a powerful ability?

Having reached the limit of his own potential, with no room for further improvement, the only way to continue becoming stronger is to rely on the power of Devil Fruit.

However, compared to the previous two Zoan Devil Fruit, the auction price of this unknown Devil Fruit increased much more slowly, but it still reached 120 million.

"One hundred and twenty million, anyone else bidding? This is Paramecia Devil Fruit. Among the current legendary pirates, whether it's Whitebeard or Golden Lion, they are both Paramecia Devil Fruit User. Eating it might just make you the next legendary pirate." Kyle looked at the crowd below with an enticing tone, constantly stimulating their gambling mentality to drive the auction to a higher price.

However, they were clearly not buying Kyle's explanation, because Kyle had already stated many times before that 120 million was the limit of this Devil Fruit.

Therefore, Mostima bought this Devil Fruit for a high price of 120 million.

At the beginning of the bidding, I blended in with the other bidders and didn't stand out too much.

Now that he has successfully auctioned off the Devil Fruit, people are turning their attention to him.

Among them, some pirates recognized that some pirates like to collect the bounty posters of Great Pirate. For some pirate crews aspiring to the New World, it is very important to know about the pirates in the New World. They would never be like Luffy, who knew nothing and just rushed in headfirst.

Finding Mostima's bounty poster and comparing it carefully, they found no discrepancies. "Boss, this is the Great Pirate Mostima, with a bounty of 210 million," the pirate said to his captain beside him.

"What?" His words were naturally heard by many people around, and they all turned their attention to Mostima, Mostima bounty was the highest among them.

"Looks like you'll be in a little trouble after the auction," Teach with a smile, observing the situation.

"Then let's teach them a lesson, you pirates of Paradise." Mostima smiled faintly, seemingly unconcerned.

As pirates of the New World, they naturally have a sense of superiority over pirates of Paradise and look down on them to some extent, even Teach. Unless they can make a great name for themselves, have a great record, or experience the baptism of the New World.

"Then congratulations on your bounty increasing again. Who knows, Marine Vice Admiral might even come over," Teach chuckled softly.

Their conversation was kept very quiet; apart from Gari and Pito on the side, no one else heard it, nor did they realize that Mostima knew the three cloaked figures.

"Next up are five chefs who can prepare a variety of delicious dishes. Starting bid: three million."

The slave auction begins now. One by one, slaves are brought up, and the Celestial Dragons' eyes light up.

Among them were nobles and high-ranking officials, such as a prime minister. Most of them were slaves of the same kingdom. In this world, countries often perish and are often born.

The people, nobles, and even royalty of these conquered nations were mostly not killed, but sold into slavery, which reduced the economic losses of the victorious nations.

The World Government has over 170 Affiliated Nation, but there are nearly a thousand countries in the world. The vast majority of the remaining countries are small, unable to pay the Heavenly Gold, and without naval protection, left to fend for themselves.

The countries that can join the World Government and become World Government Member States are all among the most powerful.

These slaves were handcuffed, locked in cages, and auctioned off, watched like monkeys, their faces filled with despair.

Most of the purchases were made by nobles and wealthy people, but there were also some pirates, such as the five chefs at the beginning, who were bought by a pirate crew.

The Celestial Dragons have also made their moves a few times, buying a beautiful woman and a five-meter-tall slave, claiming they wanted him to be their new mount, as they were already tired of the previous one and wanted a replacement. So, what will become of his former slave? One can imagine.

There were several other slaves he had his eye on.

The slave auctions were incredibly popular; even a skinny pirate could find buyers. Unlike in the future, when Pluto Rayleigh, sold himself at auction to earn money for alcohol, with a starting bid of 500,000, and not a single person even showed interest in him.

"Finally, here are the three grand finale items!" After several hours of auction, not to mention Kyle, everyone below was a bit tired. But the final auction items, the grand finale items, made everyone's spirits lift and their hearts fill with anticipation.

The Celestial Dragons was also somewhat excited. As Celestial Dragons, he naturally knew some inside information, and the one he was most interested in was among the three final auction items.

"The first item is a top-tier Zoan Devil Fruit, the Bear-Bear Fruit - Exploding Bear Mode. Eating it will grant you strength and physique as powerful as a bear. Pirates aspiring to conquer the New World should definitely not miss this." Kyle revitalized the somewhat weary crowd.

His voice was very captivating. The Exploding Bear was a powerful creature, and I never expected that such a good thing would be brought out for this auction.

This is a top-tier carnivorous Devil Fruit. Teach was somewhat interested, but his expression didn't change. The two Devil Fruit he had obtained before were not bad either. In the New World auctions, even Ancient Species Devil Fruit had appeared several times, Logia Devil Fruit had also appeared, and some powerful Paramecia Devil Fruit had also appeared. Each auction was a feast, and new powerful individuals would appear afterward.

"Explosive Bear" sounds incredibly powerful, much better than those weasels and skunks from before.

"Starting bid: 100 million Beli. Auction now begins!"

"One hundred and twenty million." A pirate immediately raised the price by twenty million, but it still didn't make a splash. The next moment, a bid of one hundred and forty million appeared.

Soon, the Devil Fruit had reached a price of 300 million, and the price continued to rise.

"Four hundred million Beli!" the Celestial Dragons said, raising his hand.

"Hmph! Five hundred million Beli." The pirate Mondo wasn't intimidated at all, betting one hundred million Beli, which made Saint Rosward pause in surprise. Then his expression changed, feeling that he had been slapped in the face. There was actually a lowly commoner bidding against him.

"No, Captain! We'll offend the Celestial Dragons! Besides, this is already most of our wealth!" a pirate pleaded fearfully with Mondo.

"What's there to be afraid of? So what if he's Celestial Dragons? It's a fair auction. I'm not going to beat him up. If he loses the bid, will he call Marine Admiral over? Can't the Celestial Dragons afford to lose? I'll eat this Devil Fruit as soon as the auction is over. If the Marine Admiral doesn't come, we'll go to the New World right away. What can they do to me then?" said the pirate Mondo, his voice so loud that the entire audience could hear him.

Mondo had been harboring resentment, and this time he unleashed it. He hadn't argued with this Celestial Dragons before because the value of the Devil Fruit was simply not enough.

Mondo's words made a lot of sense, so he gave up bidding against Mondo and wanted to see Mondo the Celestial Dragons would do next.

Some have already sensed that things will get chaotic in the Sabaody Archipelago and plan to leave immediately after the auction.

Saint Rosward's face was filled with extreme anger, but he remained silent. He wasn't stupid; did the Celestial Dragons have to accept defeat? If he said that, he couldn't afford to lay a hand on this big guy here to save face. Otherwise, even his colleagues would laugh at him.

He didn't bring that many Beli with him this time. If he bought this Devil Fruit, he might not be able to buy what he wanted anymore. He would have to give up. But he had already made a mental note of this person and was determined to make him his slave and teach him a lesson.