Anyone Want to Buy Pork?

"Goodbye, Rayleigh!"

"Goodbye!"

Rayleigh knew that Ye Zhuo did not need his guidance.

From meeting to parting, the two had merely followed an inevitable course of Karmic Cause and Effect.

Besides, Ye Zhuo had already reached the pinnacle among pirates. His path was to contend with the Four Emperors.

Sabaody Archipelago.

Ever since the last incident involving the execution of a Celestial Dragon,

no one had come around for quite some time.

The Marines had also tightened their control over the area.

Celestial Dragons had always had a knack for courting death.

Other than the elite Celestial Dragons and the Holy Knights, most Celestial Dragons truly were useless trash.

In the Pirate World, strength had always commanded respect.

The elite Celestial Dragons and the Holy Knights were enough to replace every worthless Celestial Dragon.

At this moment,

two snot-nosed Celestial Dragons were strolling through the streets.

Rows of civilians knelt down.

Heavily guarded, the two were protected within the ranks of their escorts.

They sat atop the backs of towering giant slaves, leading fish-man slaves who crawled forward on all fours.

They swaggered through the streets without restraint.

Until they spotted a group shopping in the street, with no intention of kneeling.

That was right.

After bidding Rayleigh farewell, the members of the Demon King Pirates were replenishing their supplies.

As luck would have it,

the Celestial Dragons, itching for trouble, happened to wander over at that very moment.

"They actually dare not kneel!"

The pig-faced leader raised his gun. The instant he pulled the trigger, the guards swiftly launched their attack as well.

Daring to remain standing before Celestial Dragons—how insolent!

A sword slashed through the air.

As Tashigi blocked the attack, she was still delighting in how quickly she had improved.

But when she looked up and saw the Celestial Dragons, how could she not understand what that meant?

A bullet tore through the air in an instant.

"Iron Body!"

Kalifa made the first move. Having begun to learn Armament Haki, she saved Tashigi.

"How dare you bully Tashigi? How rude!"

Perona appeared and spun her umbrella.

Negative Hollows immediately burrowed into everyone's bodies.

Everyone except the Celestial Dragons fell to their knees.

"I'm so sorry for being born human."

"Damn it, damn it, why wasn't I born a cockroach?!"

"Even rats aren't as hateful as me, are they?!"

Only the two stunned Celestial Dragons remained.

"Do you know the consequences of defying us?"

"What consequences?"

Robin's voice rang out. The Flower-Flower Fruit instantly seized one of them and twisted him in half.

"Insolent wretch!"

Nami had just spent money and was already in a bad mood. She swung her golden staff.

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit unleashed a current of electricity, immediately striking one of the Celestial Dragons.

Normally, they would rather avoid trouble whenever possible.

But their captain had already killed Celestial Dragons and even executed them in the streets.

There was no need to endure anything.

"Die! Mero Mero!"

The Empress naturally hated these people the most. She turned the one who had not yet been electrocuted to death into a statue.

Only the Celestial Dragon Robin had twisted remained.

His arrogant expression rapidly changed. He had originally thought a Marine Admiral would come to save him.

Until a figure carrying a wine bottle appeared in the distance.

Ye Zhuo tilted his head and glanced at him, smiling as he drew a finger across his throat.

That half-paralyzed Celestial Dragon immediately began trembling in terror.

Demon King Ye Zhuo!

This man had provoked public outrage in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

The Holy Knights had originally intended to act.

But after the Buster Call led by two Admirals failed, the matter was dropped.

Because of that,

every Celestial Dragon had seen Ye Zhuo's bounty poster and committed his face to memory.

If they encountered him, they absolutely could not expect the Holy Knights or Marine Admirals to rescue them.

By the time anyone arrived, the corpse would already be cold!

"Kill me! Kill me!"

The snot-nosed Celestial Dragon roared. He did not want to die in Ye Zhuo's hands.

This man's cruelty was infamous.

It was said that a Vegapunk guard named Sentomaru had already been turned into a pig.

"Go be Sentomaru's brother."

Ye Zhuo stepped forward and turned him into a pig.

The Supreme Grade Blade was incomparably fast.

A flash of steel passed, and the pig's head fell to the ground.

"Anyone want to buy pork?"

At those words, the people kneeling nearby raised their heads to sneak a look at the scene.

Their bodies trembled, yet a trace of hot blood surged within them.

Celestial Dragons could die too!

Those who called themselves gods could not only die—they had been killed twice by the same person!

"No? Then I'm leaving."

Ye Zhuo looked at Kalifa and Nami.

"Do we have enough supplies?"

"Mm, enough to sail through the New World for a while."

Nami glanced around as she answered.

After seeing the slave auction house, she had understood.

It was the model for Arlong Park.

"Let's go, everyone. Our first destination is Impel Down!"

Ye Zhuo waved his hand, and one graceful figure after another followed behind him.

The look in Vivi's eyes changed as well, though warmth filled her heart.

"The Celestial Dragons are dead."

Eight hundred years ago, after the war ended, Alabasta's royal family had withdrawn from the alliance.

Otherwise, there would not be only nineteen Celestial Dragon families today.

"This guy doesn't seem so annoying after all."

Perona said happily.

"Is that so? You attacked the Celestial Dragons.

That means you'll bring trouble to Moria when you return."

Robin offered a reminder.

"Damn it, this was all part of his scheme!"

Perona said indignantly.

Tashigi could not help smiling as she looked gratefully at Kalifa, who had saved her.

"Strange, isn't it?

When you move away from him, he makes you draw closer and move forward together.

But when you try to get close to him, you feel as though he is walking alone."

Kalifa gave a meaningful smile, making Tashigi's little face flush red.

After this battle,

Vivi's small hand clenched, then relaxed, mirroring the changes in her heart.

She understood the cruelty of the sea, but she also came to understand the world's diversity.

The Empress was in an excellent mood after venting her anger.

Once the news reached Amazon Lily, her sisters would surely be delighted as well.

"Set sail for Impel Down!"

Ye Zhuo shook his wine bottle. A pleasant melody rose as they sang Binks' Sake together.

After they departed,

newspapers fluttered down across the ground.

A series of major events from yesterday was made public.

"Marine hero Garp and Admiral Aokiji joined forces at Twin Cape to intercept him, but both were broken through by Demon King Ye Zhuo, who departed unscathed!"

"At the Florian Triangle, Shichibukai Gecko Moria was defeated by the Demon King and vanished completely!"

To the sea, every sentence was enough to shock the world.

But the people of Sabaody Archipelago understood.

Before long, the major event that had happened here would resound throughout the Grand Line!

The Demon King hovered in the air.

It floated past the massive steel gates.

The Empress picked up the newspaper and immediately tore it to pieces.

"What do they mean, 'broke through'? The captain clearly defeated them! Lord Ye Zhuo, I'm going to tear that stupid bird Morgans apart!"

It seemed the World Government had intervened and forcibly suppressed the matter.

How could the Empress allow others to doubt Ye Zhuo's strength?

"We'll go to the New World eventually. Right now, Impel Down is the priority!"

The Demon King slowly descended.

Before them stood the supposedly impregnable, unbreakable fortress of Impel Down!