Sea Circle Calendar, Year 1534.
The twelfth World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament.
With neither Straw Hat Luffy nor Beast Kaido participating, Blackbeard Teach finally fought his way back into the finals, where he faced Loki, whose strength had been steadily growing, in the ultimate showdown.
That year, Loki, wielding the terrifying power of a half-step God-tier expert, staged a battle between captain and vice-captain against Blackbeard Teach.
But in the end, he was worn down by Blackbeard Teach's shameless tactics.
After ten years, the first Adventure King, Blackbeard Teach, finally reclaimed his throne and became the champion of the twelfth tournament!
At this tournament, Wang Shi's Seraphim unit was even more eye-catching than the powerful contestants.
In particular, Seraphim Black Nika, who served as a referee for the Starlight Group, nearly made the world believe that the [Ten-Crown King] Straw Hat Luffy had returned with its Gear Fourth form of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit.
They were genuinely afraid that this Seraphim would suddenly enter the Sun God Nika form of Gear Five.
It had to be said that Wang Shi's Seraphim referee unit alone could rival every contestant in the entire World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament.
The Starlight-tier and Diamond-tier experts below the King Group seemingly could not defeat these powerful Seraphim.
Even some of the lower-ranked King Group experts would probably struggle to withstand the Seraphim!
Wang Teng, the son of Wang Shi and Hancock, had innately awakened Conqueror's Haki. He truly possessed the bearing of a great emperor.
He entered the World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament at the age of ten and fought his way into the Diamond Group!
At eleven this year, he even made it into the Starlight Group, astonishing the world for a time.
That was even more outrageous than Big Mom and Kaido back then!