Island Where Light and Darkness Coexisted

If there hadn't been any Celestial Dragons on this island, Luo Ji would have obediently gotten his ship coated and headed to Fish-Man Island.

But now, not only were Celestial Dragons appearing on the island, even the Marines seemed to be specifically waiting for the Luo Ji Pirates to show up.

He couldn't tolerate that. They had to cause a huge scene!

He had just powered up on Raijin Island. It was time to show off his strength again.

The Luo Ji Pirates' ship sailed straight toward the Lawless Area side of Mysteria Island.

At this moment, the Marines' large-scale assembly on the island had alarmed most of the dark forces in the Lawless Area.

"What is that woman Marine up to this time?!"

The branch heads of the various dark forces were all extremely displeased. Gion's Marine troops were practically cutting off their source of income.

"Boss, it looks like the Luo Ji Pirates have appeared?"

"The Luo Ji Pirates are landing on Mysteria Island?"

"Could the Marines' real target be the Luo Ji Pirates?!"

"So the Marines are going after Beast Kaido's daughter. I heard that woman is very strong!"

"The Luo Ji Pirates recently wreaked havoc at Joker's headquarters. Be careful—the battle between the Luo Ji Pirates and the Marines could spread to us."

"Is that woman Gion planning to lead the Marines into the Lawless Area on a massive scale?!"

The dark forces of the Lawless Area immediately became lively.

They wanted to see whether the Luo Ji Pirates, whom Beast Kaido had spent money to put a bounty on, could defeat Gion, the "strongest female vice admiral."

Aboard the Luo Ji Pirates' ship.

"Violet, have you found the Celestial Dragons' location?"

Luo Ji was already getting excited. For some reason, he wanted to kill a few Celestial Dragons.

Maybe it was to make a name for himself, or maybe he simply couldn't stand those pig-like Celestial Dragons.

Just thinking about those weak, incompetent pigs standing high above everyone else—

Made him intensely irritated.

If the Celestial Dragons' powerful elites had been the face of the World Government—

Perhaps Luo Ji wouldn't have found them so repulsive.

"They should be inside the Human Auction House in the Lawless Area. I saw many black-clad CP Agents and Holy Land guards outside the auction house."

Violet took a deep breath, her heartbeat quickening slightly.

The thought of the Luo Ji Pirates attacking the Celestial Dragons, the world's nobles, instinctively frightened her.

After all, the pressure the Celestial Dragons had exerted upon the world over the years was simply too great.

Yamato and Tama, who came from Wano Country, did not feel much about it instead.

What were Celestial Dragons? The rulers of the Marines?

As long as Luo Ji said they were going to deal with them, then they would kill them.

The five Tontatta and Baby 5 trusted Luo Ji completely.

"Are you ready to become famous across the seas, boys?!"

Standing at the bow, Luo Ji drew Nidai Kitetsu and shouted excitedly.

He did not yet possess the grand ambition to conquer the world, but he greatly enjoyed showing off before others.

Showing off was one of a man's pleasures.

Having strength and not displaying it was like walking through the night in splendid clothes.

"I'll get my first bounty as a member of the Luo Ji Pirates."

Rebecca was both nervous and expectant as she tightly gripped the saber in her hand, Zansetsu.

"Komachiyo, protect Tama and Violet. You need to secure air superiority and control the intelligence and the situation."

Luo Ji quickly arranged the battle plan. Every crew member had their own role and position.

As the pirate ship entered the Lawless Area's harbor, the atmosphere across the entire island subtly changed.

Luo Ji spotted the huge sign for ship coating and directly sailed the ship into the coating factory.

"Coat my ship as fast as you can!"

Looking like a pirate with money to burn, Luo Ji tossed down several bundles of Beli and shouted at the coating workers.

"Yes, yes, right away, right away. We only need three hours to finish coating your ship, sir."

The coating factory owner hurried back to take the job, wearing a fawning and respectful expression.

He did not dare neglect great pirates with bounties of 500 million and 1.3 billion.

Of course, if the Luo Ji Pirates were captured by those Marines, they would not mind quietly swallowing up this pirate ship.

After all, that female vice admiral had already gathered Marine troops and was preparing to surround and capture this super rookie pirate crew.

"Bring me a few Bubble Corals first!"

Luo Ji threw out several more stacks of Beli and shouted at the coating factory owner.

These Bubble Corals could coat individuals. If something happened to the pirate ship in the deep sea, they could at least protect themselves.

However, Luo Ji wanted Bubble Coral to prepare an extra safeguard for diving into the sea.

Though he was not afraid of seawater, he still needed to breathe. He could not dive ten thousand meters into the deep sea on a single breath.

If the pirate ship's coating failed, he could use Bubble Coral to coat himself and still descend into the sea.

"Coming right up~"

The coating factory owner happily took the money and handed several Bubble Corals to Luo Ji.

In truth, after completing a coating job, they would usually give the customer one Bubble Coral.

It allowed customers to coat themselves in the deep sea, briefly leave the coated ship to swim through the ocean, catch prey, or even search for treasure in the depths.

With the Bubble Corals in hand, Luo Ji led everyone away from the coating factory and officially set foot on Mysteria Island's dark peninsula, this chaotic Lawless Area where all sorts of people gathered.

At the tacit dividing line of this island where darkness and light coexisted, Gion led a massive Marine force to the scene.

They were about to enter the dark district and forcibly capture the Luo Ji Pirates.

"Vice Admiral Gion, are we really going to break this island's unspoken rules? The Celestial Dragons are still over there."

Gion's adjutant worriedly confirmed it again. After all, the unspoken rules of these two starting islands had been established by the Celestial Dragons.

Those underground dark forces had gone to every possible length, currying favor with the Celestial Dragons using all kinds of treasures, until they finally gained control over half the territory on these two islands.

The Celestial Dragons also liked these two islands, where they could buy all kinds of rare goods and slaves.

"This is the highest order issued by the Five Elders and the Fleet Admiral: capture the Luo Ji Pirates!"

"Move out!"

Gion gave the order coldly. With instructions from the Five Elders, even these Celestial Dragons could not stop them from carrying out their mission.

After all, ranks existed even among the Celestial Dragons.

High-ranking Celestial Dragons and elites such as the Five Elders and God's Knights possessed the authority to judge and execute other ordinary Celestial Dragons.

"Yes!"

With Gion's command, the Marines charged into Mysteria Island's dark peninsula in great numbers.

This frightened many underground dark shops in the Lawless Area into closing their doors, while large numbers of pirates and criminals hid away.

These Marines were being far too disrespectful of the rules.

This would break the island's balance and affect the Lawless Area's business and reputation.

Previously, when Gion captured those slave ships, she had intercepted and forcibly seized them in the waters near Mysteria Island before they could land.

It seemed they would have to keep having the Celestial Dragons pressure that hateful female vice admiral.

While Gion led her massive force to capture the Luo Ji Pirates, Luo Ji and his group also marched in force toward the Human Auction House, where black-clad CP Agents and Holy Land guards had gathered.

At this moment, Kakei, who had originally gone to express Gion's apologies to the Celestial Dragons, was casually kept behind at the Human Auction House by the Celestial Dragons to serve as a bodyguard.

Until they successfully completed the auction and brought the various slaves back to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.