Caesar Returns to Punk Hazard

On Thunder God Island.

Dongye Huanglong, transformed into a giant dragon, soared through the thunderclouds, continuously tempering his body with lightning and cultivating his lightning abilities.

"Lightning Dragon Great Torch!"

Mimicking Kaido of the Beasts's Fire Dragon Great Torch, Dongye Huanglong surrounded his true dragon form with lightning elements, creating a super lightning dragon.

This terrifying power made Kibokun and Capone Bege gulp uncontrollably.

The people inside the castle were even more terrified into silence by the lightning dragon Dongye Huanglong had become.

With such immense power, why fear Doflamingo?

Just fight him directly.

"200 Million Volts · God of Thunder!"

Enel also transformed into a lightning giant, thirty to forty meters tall. However, standing before Dongye Huanglong's thousand-meter-long giant lightning dragon, he looked like an ant.

"Boss God is too terrifying!"

Enel watched the lightning dragon, which resembled the God of Thunder even more than he did, and a sense of longing filled his heart.

Enel frantically absorbed the lightning from Thunder God Island, pushing his body's limits without regard for his own safety.

"500 Million Volts · Thunder Emperor!"

The lightning giant Enel had become expanded wildly again, reaching a hundred meters in height.

Although still small compared to the lightning dragon, it was enough to make Bege and the others tremble in fear.

"What a powerful Rumble-Rumble Fruit user!"

Kibokun felt that this newcomer, Enel, was no less capable than the new Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates. His bounty was surely worth 500 Million Berries!

This is too terrifying; the Desolate Dragon Group has produced another fighter on par with the Shichibukai.

With Tyrant Kuma and Thunder God Enel as his left and right hands, Dongye Huanglong could already defeat any of the Shichibukai.

If they gained another powerful executive, wouldn't this be the nascent form of the Beasts Pirates, possessing the makings of a Yonko?

"Hehehe~ Kibokun, why don't you join our boss? It'd be best if you brought your older brother Kiberson along too."

Capone Bege grinned. Having followed Dongye Huanglong, the "God Slayer," he had no turning back. He would continue to follow this madman and watch him ascend to the position of Yonko step by step.

Shanks, that new Yonko, only became a Yonko two or three years ago. There's plenty of opportunity to pull them down.

"..."

Kibokun didn't want to bother with Capone Bege. Their underground dark forces belonged to the grey sector, operating in both legal and illegal circles, doing business with the World Government, affiliated nations, Marines, pirates, and bandits alike.

The great pirates of each era changed. The generation's overlord Rocks, the three legendary pirates, the Pirate King, the Yonko – these top pirates were replaced one after another.

But they, the Underworld Emperors, had several families passing down their legacies for hundreds of years.

For instance, the Dark Gold Family · Du Family controlled the finance and currency industry, owning many legal and underground banks, and engaging in various usurious loans.

The Maritime Family · Umi Family controlled the transportation sector of deep ocean currents, with routes spanning the Four Seas and the Grand Line.

The Poison Family · Drago Family controlled the assassin sector, encompassing human trafficking, organ sales, kidnappings, and assassinations.

The family Kibokun belonged to was an old-established power, second only to these three major families, controlling the commodity and warehousing sectors.

As for the Pleasure District Queen · Stussy, the Underworld Broker Emperor · JOKER, and the Big News · Morgans, they were all emerging underworld emperors, continuously developing their forces and exclusive domains, waiting to complete their respective monopolistic structures.

Dongye Huanglong and Enel, engrossed in their training, lost track of time, completely immersed in the pursuit of strength.

Capone Bege and the others could only wait miserably.

They waited for nearly ten days.

Meanwhile, Caesar Clown, along with Monet and the Donquixote Family's crew, secretly returned to Punk Hazard.

Caesar, who called himself the world's second-greatest scientist, did possess some talent.

He had mastered some of the techniques for integrating Zoan Devil Fruit abilities into objects.

With the support of the Donquixote Family, he obtained a Zoan · Salamander Fruit. He fused a portion of concentrated poison gas with the Salamander Fruit, creating a purple Poison Slime.

He guided the Poison Slime to continuously devour the poisonous gas on Punk Hazard, purifying the island's poisonous mist and prioritizing the clearance of toxic gas within the laboratory.

Upon returning to the laboratory he had been away from for so long, he discovered some experimental prisoners who had not yet died from the poison.

However, most of these prisoners in the laboratory had paralyzed legs due to inhaling the poisonous gas.

Under Caesar's smooth talking, he somehow triggered the same luck aura as Buggy. These surviving prisoners saw Caesar as their savior and pledged to follow him to the death.

Caesar took these subordinates, equipping the paralyzed prisoners with remote-controlled balloons to assist their movement, and had them guard Punk Hazard for him.

Under Doflamingo's urging and Monet's supervision, Caesar quickly began research on Artificial Devil Fruits, utilizing the complete experimental equipment there to produce S Zoan Bloodline Factors.

On Thunder God Island.

Violet, the Glare-Glare Fruit user, and Capone Bege, along with the others, successfully intercepted a passing News Bird on the shore of Thunder God Island and obtained the newspapers from the past few days.

A bounty poster caught their attention.

It was a new face with a bounty of 300 Million Berries.

Caesar Clown, the former number two scientist in the World Government's science division, an expert in mass destruction weapon research, a Logia-type Gas-Gas Fruit user, and extremely dangerous.

When Dongye Huanglong was resting, he saw Caesar's bounty poster and smiled.

He hadn't known which prison Caesar was in, but now this guy was coming out to die on his own.

"Let's go, we're heading to Punk Hazard!"

Dongye Huanglong called out to Enel and prepared to leave God of Thunder Island. Huanglong didn't know where Caesar was now, but he knew this guy would definitely go to Punk Hazard.

Going there now offered a high chance of catching him.

He wondered if he would encounter Doflamingo or anyone from the Donquixote Family. This would be fun.

Doflamingo wanted to do business with Dongye Huanglong, but that was impossible.

With a roar like a dragon's, Dongye Huanglong, along with Enel and Capone Bege, took to the sky, speeding towards Punk Hazard.

Meanwhile, at Punk Hazard, Caesar excitedly organized his personal laboratory. From now on, this vast research institute would be his sole domain.

With protection provided by Doflamingo from the outside and a group of new subordinates to command from the inside, he would become Punk Hazard's top scientist.

As the Poison Slime grew larger, the poisonous mist on Punk Hazard diminished. It would only take some time for it to completely purify the island's air, and it would also transform into a dangerous poisonous gas monster.

"Hulululu! Vegapunk, I will definitely surpass you!"

Caesar officially started the machines, beginning to create the raw materials for Artificial Devil Fruits. The success of Experiment Subject 88 showed him a path to mass-producing powerful subordinates.

In the future, he absolutely couldn't fall behind Queen of Plague or Vinsmoke Judge; he too would have a powerful army.