The Bustling Combat Pyramid

Several months passed in the blink of an eye, and the entire Combat Pyramid, the Night Sea Domain, and even the whole world were in an uproar.

Because the time for the Night Pirates to rank themselves has arrived.

As time went by, the internal rankings of the Night Pirates became increasingly difficult to conceal, and soon became common knowledge thanks to the efforts of certain individuals.

Moreover, the ranking location is in the Combat Pyramid where there are many people.

This made it clear to the world that the Night Pirates would no longer hide their power and would fully reveal their strength in a domineering and brand-new manner.

The Seven Demon Kings, Thirteen Demon Generals, Seventy-two Demon Pillars of the Night Pirates will determine their main lineup for facing the seas in the future through internal battles.

Even just listening to it and thinking about it makes my heart surge with emotion.

The Beasts Pirates currently only have a few members, the Tobi Roppo. They might not have six members in the future, but right now they're nowhere to be seen.

The Big Mom Pirates have yet to produce Sweet Commander, and only a few are capable of leading independently.

Although the Whitebeard Pirates had sixteen division commanders, they were already defeated by the Night Pirates, being completely outnumbered.

This also reveals the strength of the Night Pirates and how terrifying the number of their powerful members is.

This battle will not be broadcast live. Protecting the intelligence of the underlings is also very important to prevent them from being deliberately targeted in future battles.

Of course, it doesn't mean that other people can't watch it.

Outsiders who want to watch the battle can only do so inside the Combat Pyramid, which was sealed off the day before the Combat Pyramid Battle.

The battle arenas and internal corridors will all be showcasing the sequence battles. However, to watch the Night Pirates' sequence battles, one must pay a huge ticket fee, or they will be temporarily expelled from the Combat Pyramid.

A single ticket costs a staggering one million Beli, yet the Combat Pyramid is nearly full, packed with people.

Aside from the members of the Night Pirates themselves, as well as their staff.

The number of outsiders inside the Combat Pyramid has reached 1.8 million.

A large number of pirates, wealthy merchants, and even nobles from all over the world who came to admire the game, as well as competitors inside the Combat Pyramid.

The internal ranking battle within the Night Pirates is undoubtedly a major event. Various forces will send members to observe the strength of the Night Pirates, and even the Whitebeard Pirates will not miss it.

Of course, Whitebeard wouldn't come in person; he would send some of his sons instead.

Based on this calculation, the Night Pirates collected a staggering nearly two trillion Beli just from ticket sales, a truly despairing amount.

In this way, the losses from the temporary shutdown of the Combat Pyramid were negligible, and the Night Pirates had already made their money back.

Moreover, one million Beli isn't expensive. Although it's the kind of wealth that an ordinary person would need to work for three or four months, or even half a year, to earn, it's just a small amount of money for a pirate who regularly eats a steak for five thousand Beli.

Some pirates spend more than a million yen in just a few days, on drinking, eating, gambling, and too much entertainment.

Moreover, this is the fee for watching the entire sequence of battles, and the Night Pirates' sequence of battles is not something that can be finished in just a few days.

Besides the exorbitant ticket fees, the betting, food, entertainment, and various other activities will continue during the battle, and a large amount of wealth will flow into the hands of the Night Pirates.

The shutdown of the Combat Pyramid only affected internally registered members; the overall operation continues, but the target group has now shifted entirely to members of the Night Pirates.

Such a fierce scene was beyond Teach and his team's expectations. As a result, the so-called hidden intelligence was completely meaningless. But in this era, where battle footage is basically recorded, such things are of little significance.

However, without battle footage, it won't be repeatedly studied. As long as one possesses absolute strength and becomes stronger, the previous battle footage will naturally be of little use.

Teach and the Night Pirates are absolutely confident in this. In the Night Pirates, no one will stagnate unless they want to be eliminated and overtaken by newcomers.

In Teach's original plan, the Seven Demon Kings, Thirteen Demon Generals, Seventy-two Demon Pillars were all of equal status, with no distinction between high and low.

However, at Mostima's suggestion, although their statuses are the same, their strengths need to be ranked.

The First Demon King, the Seven Demon Kings —everyone wants to be the former, as this ensures sufficient internal competition and creates a sense of pressure that motivates them to move forward.

This plan is also entirely in line with Teach's long-standing principle of prioritizing strength.

This also gives newcomers hope for advancement; they not only have to compete, but also engage in intense competition.

Everyone wants a higher ranking, because a higher ranking naturally means greater strength.

Furthermore, the Night Pirates have officially implemented a challenge-and-eliminate system. Anyone who is confident in their strength can challenge others until they fail.

Everyone has this opportunity, and it takes place once a year. Those who rank higher cannot refuse the challenges from those below them.

This will allow the entire Night Pirates to maintain a positive upward trend and become even more dynamic.

The winner takes all, and the loser is forgotten. As for the conflicts that may arise from fierce competition, there is no need to care. As long as this kind of atmosphere is formed, at most it means that one is simply less skilled than the other.

Teach and his group unanimously agreed with Mostima's suggestion: those who are confident in their abilities are not afraid of these challenges at all; on the contrary, they hope that someone will challenge them.

The Night Pirates' internal hierarchy is divided into three parts, from top to bottom: the Seven Demon Kings, the Thirteen Demon Generals, and the Seventy-two Demon Pillars.

The ticket revenue of nearly two trillion Beli, not including subsequent income, is enough to silence the World Government and make the navy envious.

The silence, awe, and envy that brought tears to the eyes of the sea demonstrated just how formidable the power and prestige of the Night Pirates were.

As for the Marine Headquarters, although they had held a meeting before and learned about the Night Pirates' earning power, their hearts were still trembling. This was a number they dared not even dream of. If they had that much military funding, they could expand recklessly.

However, that's impossible. Even though they've tried to increase revenue and cut costs, they're still short of money. There's the huge amount of compensation, the care of the wounded marines, or they could order a mechanical arm from the Night Pirates.

In order to preserve their fighting strength, a large portion of the funds was spent on this, giving it to the Night Pirates, and this was something they had to do.

They all realized that they were far inferior to the Night Pirates in terms of methods. Sengoku was even considering whether to hold the graduation ceremony of the Marine Elite Training Camp facing the sea, allowing a group of people to watch at the Marine Headquarters, to showcase the Navy's new generation of strength.

At the same time, you can earn a fee from it, which seems like a very promising business opportunity.

But it's also quite useless and could easily lead to embarrassment.

After all, the difference in strength was too great. The internal ranking struggle within the Night Pirates was all a battle between the strong. Everything is afraid of comparison. Moreover, there were so many battle videos on the high seas that many people, although not strong enough, had their horizons broadened.

It should at least be a battle comparable to the chaotic melee between young pirate crews during a kendo tournament, but unfortunately, the members of the Marine Elite Training Camp seem to be somewhat lacking.

Despite its military nature, the Navy, with its focus on cost-cutting and revenue generation, cannot escape its limitations, even with the establishment of multiple food bases. Unlike the Night Pirates, it cannot do whatever it wants.

Although the navy's influence extends throughout the Grand Line, the Grand Line is not the navy's territory. On some islands, the navy only has the right to station troops as a guardian.

The only areas that can be considered naval territory are Marineford, some unnamed islands, and islands where large Marine Branch are stationed.

If such a war were to occur, the Marine Headquarters would not have many resources at its disposal, and its territory would be roughly equivalent in size to that of a slightly less dominant power in the New World.

They had also considered establishing a high-tech company, like the Night Pirates, as the mechanical arms could generate profits of tens of billions annually, especially during wartime when the seas were in chaos and many more people were injured.

The Night Pirates also gained a lot of prestige from this. The civilian version of the mechanical arm was cheap and easy to use, and even if it broke, it could be repaired for a small fee. There weren't many people in the world who disliked the Night Pirates.

Even if the Navy could research airship technology, it would take several years. Meanwhile, the Night Pirates had already conquered most of the world's market, dominating the New World and the Four Seas. Airships also existed in various Affiliated Nation along the Grand Line, serving as the exclusive vehicles of the nobles of those Affiliated Nation.

The airship market is specifically targeted at the wealthy, or rather, the powerful.

They simply couldn't compete, and with the Grand Line teeming with pirates, they risked incurring losses.

Moreover, the loss of billions of Beli at once is something they simply cannot afford.

The arms trade is controlled by the World Government, which profits from it, but the lion's share goes to the World Government.

I didn't really feel it before, but now the Navy is clearly feeling the restrictions imposed by the World Government, making it inconvenient for them to do anything.

But there's no way around it. The World Government isn't as wealthy as it used to be. It has to rely on the Heavenly Gold from its Affiliated Nation. The Holy Land was destroyed twice, suffering heavy losses. The reconstruction cost an unknown amount of Beli, and now it needs time to recover, as well as a lot of money.

Now they're haggling with Affiliated Nation, trying to get more Heavenly Gold. They even advanced some Heavenly Gold for the reconstruction of the Holy Land, which is somewhat laughable.

"It's like entering another world." Doflamingo strode through the special passage with an air of indifference, heading towards the eighteenth level of the Combat Pyramid. He naturally wouldn't miss such a grand spectacle and could clearly recognize the power of the Night Pirates.

Doflamingo has visited the Combat Pyramid many times, but each time he comes, he is amazed by its Combat Pyramid. It has everything and is incredibly vast.

While Dressrosa boasts historically significant battlegrounds, it pales in comparison.

Is this the allure of money? The total construction cost exceeded 100 billion Beli, coupled with the perfect design of top construction experts.

Compared to a few months ago, Doflamingo undoubtedly felt more acutely that the Combat Pyramid was much more bustling, with over two million people, including members of the Night Pirates.

Even now, outsiders continue to want to enter the Combat Pyramid, meaning the ticket revenue for the Night Pirates is still rising.

The Combat Pyramid are far more intense than those outside.

This special passage was prepared specifically for forces that were on good terms with the Night Pirates. Along the way, Doflamingo also saw some other familiar faces.

They all entered at the same time, with Stephanie, Umit, Morgans, Stussy, and others forming a network that could be said to span the entire New World.

This shows the immense power of the Night Pirates, including some new faces. Doflamingo secretly memorized the forces represented by these new faces, figuring that since they were connected to the Night Pirates, he would try to avoid any potential conflicts of interest in the future.

With the Night Pirates as a connection, they can cooperate with each other, forming a common camp and interest group centered around the Night Pirates, which will help each other develop their power.

Stephanie stood out standing next to the Stussy sisters; one had long blue hair, the other short blonde hair, and their clothing styles were very similar, but no one dared to underestimate them.

A Queen of the Pleasure District has been in the New World for almost twenty years, and her appearance has never changed. Her age is completely unknown, making her very mysterious.

They possess a vast intelligence network and maintain a good relationship with Big Mom.

Stephanie is a rising star in the New World Underworld, but she is now one of the Dark Kings. It is said that she maintained contact with the Night Pirates in the West Blue. Her ability to establish herself in the New World is not only due to Stussy's help, but also with the support of the Night Pirates.

In many people's eyes, Stephanie is also the Night Pirates' representative in the Underworld, and with this relationship, Stephanie is someone that cannot be ignored.

Because of Stephanie's presence, the Night Pirates and the Pleasure Street have some cooperation and can be considered close.

Their presence is a sign of respect for the Night Pirates. Of course, these dark kings are usually quite idle, since the fluctuations in the Underworld don't last long. The profits are limited, and if problems arise, replacements will quickly appear. They maintain their own little territory and rarely interfere in other interests.

It was a real shame that Morgans couldn't do a live stream, but he returned to his old ways, carrying a camera, something the Night Pirates didn't forbid.

Doflamingo walked in the middle of the road. Faced with the powerful aura emanating from Doflamingo, some leaders of various factions quickly moved aside, their eyes filled with deep apprehension.

With his signature smile on his face, Doflamingo swayed as he wore a feather coat. If he wanted to wipe out these forces, he could do it all.

The only one who truly caught his eye was Morgans, a confidence born from his own strength.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Morgans is very powerful or that he possesses such vast amounts of energy that he can easily influence the world.

Moreover, Morgans is quite strong, possessing powerful Observation Haki and a remarkable ability to escape, similar to a premonition. Even he couldn't stop Morgans.

At the end of the passage, bright light shone, and cheers could be faintly heard.

The guests quickened their pace, and soon their eyes lit up.

The eighteenth level of the Combat Pyramid, a massive battle arena, was packed with hundreds of thousands of people, most of whom were members of the Night Pirates. The intense cheers resounded through the sky; it was a grand feast belonging to the Dark Night.

"Wow! That's spectacular!" Morgans couldn't help but pick up his camera and start snapping away.

"Baboon! This is the true spirit of the new era!" Doflamingo exclaimed excitedly, spreading his arms wide.