Expansion

"The new era is about to enter its climax, and we must hurry." After witnessing the battle between Kaido, Garp, and Zephyr, Teach's expression became somewhat solemn. Above Teach's palm, in the air, floated a black sphere, which was the Dark Jade.

Teach's fingers curled slightly, as if trying to grasp something.

He was too confident. Whether it was Garp, Zephyr, or Kaido, they all possessed the power to shatter his Dark Jade. With his current strength, he could only maintain an undefeated record in battle; in a real fight, defeat was inevitable, regardless of who he faced.

Therefore, it is necessary to increase the hardness of Dark Jade, further compress it, and enhance its flexibility, stress-bearing capacity, and adaptability.

In addition, he can increase the number of Dark Jade, providing double defense, or even more. However, achieving precise control and multitasking is very difficult and requires practice.

Finally, he still needs a decisive killing move. With the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, Teach has developed many wide-range techniques that are both offensive and defensive, but he lacks a powerful single-target technique like Thunder Bagua.

Just like Kaido's Thunder Bagua, it's so powerful that it turns his ultimate attack into a basic attack.

However, Teach already had a target in mind: Garp. His path was clear: to strengthen his physique and Haki, and make his "Yaochi-onna" as powerful as Garp's iron fist.

With Kaido's power and the development of the Beasts Pirates, it would probably take them about a year, at most two years, to become Emperors. The Big Mom Pirates would be about the same.

Therefore, the Night Pirates also need to speed things up and reach the New World before they become Emperors. Otherwise, once they become Emperors and the Four Emperors stand in the New World, the Night Pirates may become the target of other forces.

Whether they unite or act covertly, they will all hinder him.

Although his strength is still insufficient, he needs to establish his reputation in the New World as soon as possible.

Teach wasn't so greedy as to become the Sea Emperor early on. He knew in his heart that his strength and foundation were still insufficient.

Now, many things have changed. Kaido and Big Mom have become emperors earlier, and Golden Lion and Whitebeard have been the first to establish their emperor positions, overlooking this sea.

Standing up, Teach entered the training room. He felt the pressure again, secretly controlling gravity. The downward force pressed down on him, creating a force fifty times the normal gravity.

A powerful gravity pressed down on him, as if trying to bend his legs, but Teach remained unmoved and began his training under the weight of gravity.

Such gravity, falling only within the area where his body was located, required precise control. This alone made Teach extremely focused. In addition, the black Dark Jade beside Teach was slowly changing its shape, or perhaps compressing further.

He needs to improve his skills as quickly as possible.

Rediat smiled at this, then his figure flashed and disappeared into the distance. He needed to continue to grow stronger; compared to the true peak monsters of the ocean, he was still far behind.

In the New World, in the Sagaroth Sea, the White Bird Pirates have migrated to the Sagaroth Sea.

Mostima knew that what he had to do was eliminate all competitors and enemies in the entire Saguros Sea who posed a threat to the Night Pirates.

Other factions also knew that the departure of the White Bird Pirates was such a big event, and such a big commotion, that it couldn't be kept secret, and besides, they hadn't really tried to hide it.

In a deal between the two pirate crews, Mostima sold her meticulously managed island to the Whitebeard Pirates at a huge price: 2.2 billion Beli in exchange for 30 Devil Fruit.

However, what's truly concerning is the departure of the White Bird Pirates, leaving the territory near the Whitebeard Pirates and moving to the central region of the New World.

They then moved to this sea area in the southern part of the New World, where the competition was less intense. When the White Bird Pirates settled in the Saguros Sea, they knew that the Saguros Sea had already been targeted by the Night Pirates, and it was probably the territory that the Night Pirates would eventually establish.

The remaining pirates who occupied the islands in the Saguros Sea undoubtedly became Mostima's targets. Even if he couldn't occupy those islands, he had to defeat them, subdue them, and make them subordinate forces of the White Bird Pirates. If all else failed, he would simply replace them with a new ruler.

In the entire Saguros Sea, there are few powerful pirates that Mostima cannot handle, so he is not worried. Even if they are difficult to deal with, he still has an ace up his sleeve: Ares.

Therefore, the Sagarros Sea has already become the Night Pirates's possession.

Pirates are mostly greedy, vicious, and brutal; how could they easily submit?

Even when facing the White Bird Pirates, necessary conquest and war are still required. This task will be left to Mobius and a few other young and powerful individuals to train them and improve their strength.

The Night Pirates have only been in the New World for less than six months, maybe even just a few months. Before that, he must help Teach clear away most of the obstacles.

He had gradually gathered intelligence on all the islands and forces in the Sargasso Sea, and through various means, including military conquest, he aimed to occupy the islands closest to Saint Louis Island in the shortest and most effective time.

At the same time, it expands in all directions.

Saint Louis Island is very wealthy, which is why its coastal areas are frequently raided by pirates. Some of the pirates who have been based there have been eliminated by the White Bird Pirates, meaning they have either been driven away, recruited, or killed.

In that case, they should Mostima. However, they could never have imagined that the Night Pirates had their eyes on the entire Saint Louis Island.

Compared to the central region of the New World, the competition in the Saguros Sea is undoubtedly much less. Although pirates are still everywhere, there are not many truly powerful pirate crews.

Mostima has already begun his operations, leading the White Bird Pirates and the Snake King Pirates on a campaign of conquest and territorial expansion, sweeping across the land with unstoppable momentum, causing the pirates in the Saguros Sea to cry out "The wolf is coming!"

That's right. This was also a period of rapid development for them. There were no powerful Great Pirate or hegemon-level pirate crews to stop them. The only Whitebeard Pirates, and that was all they had.

In this era, the Whitebeard Pirates' territory was not as large as in the original story, perhaps only half the size. Logically speaking, the Saguros Sea would likely have become the Whitebeard Pirates' territory, or a Chaos Sea occupied by various forces and pirates. However, it has now been targeted by the Night Pirates.

Before Teach arrives in the New World, Mostima will establish a large, solid foundation. It doesn't need to be very stable, because once the Night Pirates arrive there, they will be powerless to resist under the suppression of the overwhelming force.

As for the massive Saint Louis Island, why would it care about overseas affairs? Now, there is a faint trend of war breaking out on the island, and the situation is becoming increasingly tense. When the Night Pirates arrive, everything will already be destined.

The entire island has already fallen into the hands of the Night Pirates.

Following the Battle of Exo Island and the Marine Headquarters press conference incident, contact with other locations became impossible, and the situation in the New World became even more unpredictable, with wars and competition intensifying.

The terrifying strength of the Night Pirates put immense pressure on them even before they reached the New World. After the Night Pirates arrived in the New World, the competition would undoubtedly become even fiercer, as the Night Pirates had their eyes on the Saguros Sea, and a large piece of territory that could be divided up would be gone.

However, this also relieved some people, as it avoided unnecessary conflict and confrontation with the Night Pirates.

At this time, the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates were already planning to rise to power, intending to use the two veteran overlords as stepping stones once again.

Now, Silver Axe and Ochoku are over sixty years old, and their strength has slightly declined, but they are still among the top powerhouses in the New World. However, after their great defeat, they seem to have lost their spirit and realized that they are too old to compete for the throne and are about to be eliminated by the times, unable to continue fighting in the new era.

However, their formidable strength did not lie. They were unwilling to fall like this. Even ten years from now, they would still be the strongest in the New World and would not fall.

Such martial arts masters will not easily decline in strength due to old age. The decline will not be significant and will not have a major impact on their combat power. At most, their strength will be slightly weakened and their stamina will be reduced. If they were to find a powerful Zoan Devil Fruit, their combat power could be well maintained.

Unlike in the future, Whitebeard's body was riddled with holes due to the side effects of his abilities, his fighting strength was reduced to less than one-tenth, and he was plagued by illnesses. He could only stay on the ship, receiving intravenous medicine under the care of a beautiful female doctor.

This is still due to Marco's ability being slowed down. His immortal flame can only heal injuries, not diseases. That's because of Whitebeard's body. He can prolong Whitebeard's weakened state, which is already very powerful, but it's still powerless to reverse the situation.

They've come this far, fought for decades, how could they fall so easily? They're unwilling to give up, and they still have a group of people supporting them.

They accepted the loss of some of their territory, after all, history is written by the victors. However, the fact that other sea overlords, most of whom were no match for them, had also set their sights on them enraged them. This was especially true of the forces that took advantage of their misfortune, including not only the overlord-level pirate crews, but also some near-overlord-level pirate crews, top-tier pirate crews with ambitions for supremacy, and ambitious individuals.

After recovering from their injuries, they began their revenge, engaging in fierce battles with numerous pirate crews and personally taking action on multiple occasions to prove that their strength remained formidable.

Even though they were defeated by Golden Lion Shiki, who had become the Sea Emperor, and Whitebeard Newgate the Newgate, they were not people these greenhorn brats could mess with.

For now, they have stabilized their position.

However, now the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates have their eyes on them, wanting to step over them and rise to power again.

It's bullying the elderly. Both of them are already old and can be eliminated. Their potential has reached its limit, and their strength is declining. The more battles they experience, the faster they age. In that case, it's better for them to retire as soon as possible.

Unlike other overlords, who are all young, he rose to power in the previous era like Big Mom and Kaido, and still has the potential to rise again. Even if he is defeated, he can make a comeback.

In addition, their relationship was already very bad, and they occupied a large territory. Even after a piece of their territory was plundered, the Silver Axe Pirates and the Ochoku Pirates still had more territory than the other dominant pirate crews.

It's better to give up this land as soon as possible.

The territory of the now-deceased overlord, the John Pirates, is in a state of chaos. Part of his territory has been divided up by other pirate crews, and the remaining territory is occupied by former members of the John Pirates who are now living in seclusion, as well as former officers of the John Pirates, who are competing and fighting for control.

Some time ago, news suddenly spread that the tomb of the deceased overlord, Captain John, had been robbed and his body had mysteriously disappeared.

Although Captain John's death was extremely unjust, he was, after all, Great Pirate who had stood on the sea for nearly twenty years. Even in the era before Rocks ruled the sea, before he even formed the John Pirates, Captain John was already famous and infamous, even surpassing "Lion Demon" Shiki and "Whitebeard" Edward Newgate. However, he was surpassed by later generations.

Today, Captain John's Treasure that countless people yearn to find.

To become a powerful overlord, one must possess charisma. Even with flaws like greed, there are those who are loyal to Captain John, or those who dare not bear to see such a Great Pirate lying dead in the wilderness.

Captain John's body was buried on an unnamed island.

Many people knew about it, but someone suddenly discovered that Captain John's grave had been dug up and his body stolen, which aroused the anger of some people who felt that the body of a powerful ruler had been desecrated.

This incident, once exposed, attracted considerable attention, but it remains unknown who stole Captain John's body.

On Moonlight Island, at the headquarters of the Moonlight Pirates, Gecko Moria.

At this time, in Gecko Moria's castle, Moonlight Castle, which is also where Moria lives.

Inside the castle, a huge commotion was coming from inside, seemingly a battle. The Moonlight Pirates members guarding outside were a little puzzled, but they didn't go in. Their captain, Moria, had previously informed them that he was practicing new techniques and that no other members were allowed to enter without his permission.

They only thought Moria was practicing his moves, and their admiration only grew stronger; they were sure their captain had become even more powerful.

In reality, Moria was indeed fighting, against a mysterious swordsman.