Celestial Dragons!

A hundred million Beli? Everyone thought they had misheard.

Ye Yang had just bid four hundred million Beli, so why had someone on the third floor offered a hundred million instead? That was even lower than the starting price. Were they here to make trouble?

But Ye Yang keenly noticed the troubled expression on the face of Moss, the auctioneer onstage.

He guessed that even if this guest on the third floor was making trouble, Moss did not dare offend him lightly. The man probably had a powerful background.

Seemingly displeased by Moss's lack of response, the guest on the third floor spoke again. "What? I'm offering you money, and your auction house dares refuse to sell to me?"

"No, not at all..." Hearing his words, Moss immediately grew flustered. "Then, congratulations to the Celestial Dragon, Saint Charlos, on winning this Devil Fruit!"

An uproar erupted!

A Celestial Dragon?!

Moss's announcement shocked the entire room!

Everyone immediately lowered their heads and began whispering.

"So it's a Celestial Dragon! No wonder he dares act so arrogantly!"

"The Black Hunter really has rotten luck, running into a Celestial Dragon!"

"Do you think the Black Hunter would dare snatch the Devil Fruit back?"

"Are you stupid? That's a Celestial Dragon, one of the world's nobles, someone the Marines protect with everything they have. Who would dare offend them? The Black Hunter can only swallow this insult."

"How pitiful!"

Most people on the first floor sympathized with Ye Yang's bad luck, but the second floor was a completely different story.

Jeraff's face brimmed with schadenfreude as he sneered, "Good, take it! If I can't have it, neither can you! What Black Hunter? He's just another coward in front of a Celestial Dragon!"

Hearing Moss announce the result, Ye Yang frowned and looked up at the illuminated private box on the third floor.

He knew Moss had mentioned the Celestial Dragons to keep him from making trouble. After all, Moss was in a difficult position himself.

As though sensing his gaze, the black curtain over the third-floor box was slowly drawn aside, revealing an exceedingly ugly face beneath a bubble helmet.

Wearing a bubble helmet was a characteristic shared by all Celestial Dragons.

The sight of the Celestial Dragon caused another uproar in the auction hall.

The Celestial Dragon Saint Charlos looked down, meeting Ye Yang's gaze before giving a revolting smile. "Not happy? But I just love taking things from you lowborn scum... I really don't like that look in your eyes. Go gouge them out for me."

A squad of Marines stood beside him, and his last words were directed at them.

"Yes, Saint Charlos!"

Two Marines nodded respectfully to the Celestial Dragon, then turned and walked out.

Ye Yang narrowed his eyes. Back when he watched the anime, he had thought these Celestial Dragons were vile enough. Only after actually coming to this world did he discover that they were far more disgusting than the anime depicted.

Everyone in the hall focused on Ye Yang, their gazes filled with pity, sympathy, mockery, derision, and schadenfreude.

They were all waiting for the moment when the Celestial Dragon had Ye Yang's eyes gouged out.

In barely a dozen seconds, the two Marines hurried over to Ye Yang. Their speed made it clear they were afraid he would run away.

Each Marine held an old-fashioned firearm aimed at Ye Yang, and one barked coldly.

"Criminal! You have defied the noble Saint Charlos! In the name of the Marines' Absolute Justice, we are placing you under arrest. Surrender at once!"

"In the name of Absolute Justice? Heh..." Ye Yang gave them a sidelong look and a cold smile. "You don't deserve to be called soldiers!"

"You!" Enraged by his words, the two Marines aimed their guns at Ye Yang and prepared to fire.

A cold gleam flashed through Ye Yang's eyes. A gleaming, razor-sharp kunai instantly appeared in his hand, and he swept it across their necks with lightning speed!

Spurt! Spurt!

Two heads shot into the air with jets of blood, and the two headless bodies crashed heavily to the floor.

Everyone froze at the sight. None of them had managed to make out Ye Yang's movements. They had only seen a flash of light before the two Marines' heads were severed from their bodies.

Quite a few people mentally put themselves in the two Marines' place, only to discover the same thing.

If they had faced that move, they might have met the same end as the Marines.

After all, how could they block an attack they could not even see?

Having reached that conclusion, many looked at Ye Yang with wariness filling their eyes.

"Damn lowborn scum! You actually dare resist!" Seeing Ye Yang kill the two Marines, the Celestial Dragon Saint Charlos flew into a rage. He turned toward the middle-aged Marine closest to him. "Vice Admiral Lorn, go capture that lowborn scum for me! I'll lock him in a dungeon, tear out his bones, and flay him alive! I'll make him wish he were dead!"

Hearing this, Marine Vice Admiral Lorn could only nod helplessly. "Yes, Saint Charlos."

He pushed off the floor with both feet and leaped out of the private box. Repeatedly kicking against the air, he walked through the sky toward Ye Yang.

Vice Admiral Lorn? I remember no one by that name among the sixteen vice admirals who appeared in the original... Did he die sometime during these dozen or so years, or was he transferred to the World Government and never got a chance to appear?

Ye Yang pondered this. Watching Marine Vice Admiral Lorn land before him, he shook his head and thought, Who cares? If he's my enemy, I'll just kill him!

"Young man, you shouldn't have resisted."

Vice Admiral Lorn stood before Ye Yang. As he took in Ye Yang's youthful appearance and the strength he had displayed, a trace of regret flashed through his eyes. "If you hadn't resisted, you would only have lost your eyes. But now that you have, what you'll lose is your life."

"You Marines really are a bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites, saying one thing to people's faces and doing another behind their backs." Ye Yang shook his head and continued, "Keep your pointless pity to yourself. You might be the one who dies in a moment."

Hearing this, Vice Admiral Lorn shook his head, slowly drew the long blade at his waist, and said evenly, "Young man, arrogance will only get you killed. I became a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral. How could your strength possibly compare to mine...? You'd better come quietly and spare yourself further suffering."

"If you want to fight, then fight!"

Ye Yang shouted coldly, his chilling killing intent surging skyward!

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