Did You Hear Me Clearly?

As Rock's words fell, the entire place went deathly silent.

The Celestial Dragon froze where he stood, his body still locked in his previous posture.

Several seconds later, his awareness slowly returned, and his expression instantly twisted.

Anger.

Humiliation.

And the fear of being publicly suppressed.

He abruptly turned around, opening his mouth to roar.

"You—!!!"

The sound had barely begun before it caught in his throat.

He saw that face and felt that presence.

A certain order instantly exploded in his mind.

The Five Elders' voices.

Clear.

Cold.

—"Do not provoke Azure Dragon Rock under any circumstances."

His face instantly went pale, shifting from rage to stiffness, then to... fear.

His lips parted, his throat dry.

His voice trembled, yet he desperately tried to maintain what little "dignity" he had left, though it had long since collapsed.

"You... you're Azure Dragon Rock..."

"You actually dared... to break the rules of the Holy Land..."

"The Sabaody Archipelago is the territory of the World Nobles. What are you supposed to be, daring to change the rules on your own?"

His voice grew weaker and weaker, but he still forced himself to hold on.

"I... I'll report this to the Five Elders..."

"I'll punish you!!!"

He barely managed to say it, but all his momentum was gone. Even he did not believe it.

Around them, the Cipher Pol agents had completely frozen.

Cold sweat beaded on some foreheads. Some breathed quickly but held themselves back. Some had even instinctively taken half a step back.

Yet once they realized it, they forcibly returned to their original positions.

They recognized the man before them—

He was a disaster.

He was the being who had crushed battlefields in the New World with Thunder, the "Azure Dragon" before whom even the sea had to yield.

It