Recaps

Luo Chen’s plan to capture the slave traders brought Takurama, Lord Carlos’s third-ranking officer, into the trap. Luo Chen ordered the Lucas Pirates to seize the traders and began fighting Takurama.

• Doli blamed the pirates for betraying their agreement, and Parker revealed that Luo Chen had defeated Lucas and used himself as bait to lure the slave traders out.
• Takurama identified himself as Carlos’s officer and demanded that Luo Chen appear, so Luo Chen stepped forward and refused to let him leave.
• Luo Chen ordered the Lucas Pirates to capture the slave traders and kill anyone who resisted, while reserving Takurama for himself.
• Takurama threatened to report Luo Chen to Carlos and challenged him to fight, so Luo Chen used Soru and struck at him with a Tekkai-enhanced punch.

Luo Chen and Takurama escalated their battle after Takurama revealed his powerful Armament Haki and transformed using an Artificial Devil Fruit. Luo Chen then unveiled his Asura Form, and Takurama fired a Wolf Roar Cannon at him.

• Luo Chen tested Takurama's strength, but Takurama's 300-million strength drove him back and matched his blows with Armament Haki.
• Takurama repeatedly attacked Luo Chen's Blood Secret Art Fist Aura Body Protection, but the blood-energy bell blocked his strikes.
• Luo Chen dropped his defense and provoked Takurama, who transformed into a six- or seven-meter monster with wolf-headed arms.
• Luo Chen identified Takurama's power as an Artificial Devil Fruit, which Takurama claimed was the strongest Zoan ability created by Joker.
• Luo Chen released his Asura Form, and Takurama attacked with his Wolf Roar Cannon.

Luo Chen fought Takurama, who turned his air cannon against the nobles before focusing his attacks on Luo Chen. Takurama injected venom into Luo Chen’s arms, but Luo Chen remained standing and trapped Takurama’s fangs, leaving Takurama panicking.

• Takurama fired an air cannon at the nobles, killing several and sending the rest fleeing.
• Luo Chen cut through Takurama’s air cannon blasts and attacked with Blood Moon Slash, which Takurama ground away with his spinning defense.
• Takurama charged Luo Chen with Tank Chariot, then attacked with his tail and poisonous bite after Luo Chen blocked his earlier strikes.
• Takurama’s fangs pierced Luo Chen’s arms, and he sprayed venom into the wounds, but Luo Chen declared that his dream would not end.
• Takurama realized Luo Chen had not fallen to the venom and that his fangs were trapped in Luo Chen’s muscles.

Luo Chen defeated Takurama, recovered from the venom, and judged the captured nobles for their role in the slave trade. He let Parker and the pirates leave but killed the nobles, then turned toward his next plans.

• Luo Chen killed Takurama with a powerful punch, and Parker brought him the captured nobles after the pirates defeated their guards.
• Luo Chen expelled Takurama's venom and reassured Catherine that he was recovering.
• The nobles blamed Carlos for the slave trade, but Luo Chen rejected their excuses and sentenced them to death.
• Luo Chen released Parker and the pirates after warning them not to return to evil dealings.
• The nobles tried to flee, but Luo Chen struck them down with Hand of the Evil God: Annihilation.

Luo Chen and Catherine headed toward an auction after discussing the dangers ahead, while Carlos learned that Takurama and a valuable delivery had gone missing. Carlos exposed Les as a spy, and Les attacked him.

• Luo Chen told Catherine to accept their status as wanted pirates and stay prepared for stronger enemies, and she affirmed her resolve to remain with his crew.
• Luo Chen and Catherine continued toward the town’s auction, hoping to find something unexpected.
• Carlos demanded news about Doli’s important cargo and Takurama, but his subordinates admitted they had no information.
• Carlos gave one subordinate another chance to investigate and ordered him to bring back Takurama’s killer, but he refused to extend that chance to the man accompanying him.
• Carlos accused the remaining man, Les, of being a spy; Les admitted his mission was over and lunged at Carlos with a dagger.

Carlos defeated Les, an assassin who had come to kill him, and revealed his hidden Ancient Zoan Griffin Fruit power. After killing Les, Carlos also killed Lester so no witness could expose his trump card.

• Les attacked Carlos, but Carlos easily repelled him and threw him into a pit.
• Les released blue smoke to escape, but Carlos transformed into his Griffin form and bound him with his tail.
• Carlos used Eagle's Storm Tornado to kill Les as Les remembered his devotion to his organization.
• Carlos returned to human form and headed back to his room while Lester prepared to carry out his assignment.
• Carlos secretly slashed Lester's neck, explaining that he could not let anyone who had seen his trump card leave.

Monet learned that Carlos was a powerful Devil Fruit User and went to meet Gladius, while Carlos prepared to host the auction in Supomachi. Dragon received news that Les had died, and a mysterious young man made his way toward the auction venue after defeating a gang of kidnappers.

• Monet watched Carlos enter a room, realized how powerful he was, and decided to meet Gladius to discuss how to approach him.
• Carlos searched outside after sensing a possible voice, then headed to the auction house and wondered what Joker was plotting.
• A Revolutionary Army subordinate told Dragon that Les had died on Supomachi Island, and Dragon ordered him to inform Sabo and take care of Les's family.
• A samurai-clad young man defeated a gang that tried to abduct him and forced its members to direct him toward the auction venue.
• The young man warned the gang to check their targets before attacking and continued toward the auction house.

Luo Chen and Catherine headed to the auction despite Catherine’s fears that it was a trap, while Monet and Gladius discussed continuing Doflamingo’s mission to watch Carlos. Koala told Sabo that their contact Les had been killed, leaving Sabo demanding to know what happened.

• The gang boss abandoned his underlings’ plan to rob someone and led them away, warning that he would not protect them if they tried again.
• Catherine questioned Luo Chen about attending the auction, but he encouraged her to face the possible conspiracy and continued toward the venue.
• Monet told Gladius that Carlos was far stronger than expected, and Gladius ordered her to remain undercover and monitor him.
• Koala received word from headquarters that Les had been killed and that she and Sabo would have to decide for themselves whether to seek revenge.
• Sabo grabbed Koala’s shoulders and urgently demanded to know how Les had died.

Sabo learned that headquarters did not know who had killed Les and vowed to avenge him before heading with Koala to Carlos’s annual auction. The powerful factions gathered for the event, and the auction began as a mysterious young man arrived hoping to find a suitable Devil Fruit.

• Koala told Sabo that Les may have been killed after his identity was exposed, but headquarters did not know the truth.
• Sabo vowed to kill whoever had murdered Les, then left with Koala for the auction.
• Carlos arrived at his auction house and was escorted to VIP room number one.
• Viscount Moncalif and Sir Aifetto exchanged greetings and discussed bidding on people to take home.
• The mysterious young man who had confronted the island gangsters entered the auction, hoping to find a Devil Fruit.
• The lights went out, and the auction officially began.

Disco hosted Carlos’s auction, selling several enslaved people while shills drove up bids. As the auction neared its end, a maid brought the first of the final lots onto the stage in a treasure box.

• Disco opened the auction and sold Bruce Vino to a noblewoman for 1.5 million Beli.
• Disco presented Lilian Lulith, a musician from the West Blue, and guest number 56 won her for 5.7 million Beli.
• Disco auctioned Slava Singh, a powerful one-quarter giant, and a nobleman won him for 15 million Beli after shills raised the bids.
• Disco announced item number eleven, and a maid carried a treasure box onto the stage as the crowd watched.

The Speed-Speed Fruit sold for 370 million Beli, and Carlos auctioned off management rights to five parts of Supomachi Island for billions. As the auction neared its end, Luo Chen sensed Carlos was blocking the exits and told Catherine that someone was preparing to make a move.

• Disco auctioned the Speed-Speed Fruit, which VIP number three bought for 370 million Beli while Frank D. Phil watched helplessly.
• Carlos introduced the auction of Supomachi Island’s management rights, and representatives bid on five areas.
• The Morgans Newspaper representative won the eastern area for 550 million Beli, while other factions won the remaining areas at higher prices.
• Catherine complained that Luo Chen had spent the auction watching without bidding, and Luo Chen said Carlos’s men were blocking the exits as someone prepared to act.

Carlos revealed that he had staged the auction to gather his rivals and planned to kill everyone present, claiming he no longer needed the nobles’ protection. As Carlos’s men moved to attack, Luo Chen stepped forward, eager to fight him after sensing his hidden strength.

• Carlos arrived with armed men as the auction’s nobles and merchants prepared to leave, while Gladius and Sabo sensed danger.
• Carlos declared that he intended to kill the people gathered at the auction and revealed that he had lured them there to eliminate his rivals.
• Carlos’s men blocked the exits and forced the crowd back into the auction hall.
• The nobles threatened Carlos with their political connections, but he said he had secured protection from the Celestial Dragons and ordered his men to attack.
• Luo Chen stepped forward to face Carlos, excited after sensing through Observation Haki that Carlos’s strength matched his own.

Carlos revealed his speed and brutal strength as he defeated several attackers, while his armed subordinates guarded the exits. The frightened nobles and merchants realized they could neither fight nor escape.

• Carlos killed a man who threatened him by piercing his abdomen with a lion claw.
• Carlos knocked a swordsman into the spectator stands with his lion tail, then finished him with a powerful punch.
• A burly man attacked Carlos with Seastone knuckle-dusters, but one of Carlos's trusted subordinates punched him away.
• Carlos taunted the remaining people, and several nobles and merchants tried to flee.
• Carlos's black-clad subordinates shot the fleeing nobles and merchants, leaving the people inside trapped and more afraid.

Eriksen rallied the captives to fight Carlos, but Carlos quickly slaughtered most of them. Sabo stepped forward to confront Carlos and ask about Les, while Gladius and Monet watched, hoping the two would weaken each other.

• Eriksen encouraged the nobles, slaves, and gangsters to stand together against Carlos and his men.
• Carlos sent Fukelike and Jessicano to attack, then used Soru to rush into the crowd and kill many of them.
• Carlos transformed into his beast-man form and relished the bloodshed as he turned toward the few survivors.
• Koala watched in horror as Sabo picked up his iron pipe and walked toward Carlos, saying he could not stand by and wanted to ask about Les.
• Gladius and Monet recognized Sabo as the Revolutionary Army's second-in-command and decided to watch the fight before acting.

Sabo confronted Carlos over his cruelty, but Jessicano intervened and challenged him to a duel. As Sabo and Jessicano clashed, Carlos remained behind his swordsman, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Sabo arrived as Carlos was torturing his victims and challenged him to a fight.
• Jessicano blocked Sabo’s attack and revealed himself as the famed Iai Slash swordsman who had once lost to Hawk-Eye.
• Catherine told Luo Chen that Jessicano had defeated several high-bounty pirates and disappeared after his duel with Hawk-Eye.
• Jessicano explained that he served Carlos out of gratitude and to help fulfill Carlos’s ambitions.
• Sabo shattered the stone floor with Dragon Claw: Dragon’s Breath and charged at Carlos, but Jessicano intercepted him.
• Sabo and Jessicano began a fierce weapon clash while Carlos watched.

Sabo fought Jessicano and refused to surrender, while Disco hid the auction’s Paramecia Devil Fruit after realizing Carlos had deceived him. Frank D. Phil tracked Disco down and demanded the treasure box, leaving Disco trying to deny he had it.

• Sabo and Jessicano exchanged attacks, and Jessicano cut Sabo’s steel pipe in two with his Iai One Sword Slash.
• Jessicano urged Sabo to surrender, but Sabo refused and clashed with him using Dragon Claw.
• Disco realized Carlos had tricked him, hid from the fighting, and secretly took the Paramecia Devil Fruit from the auction.
• Frank D. Phil used Observation Haki to find Disco and demanded the treasure box containing the Devil Fruit.
• Disco denied having the Devil Fruit and tried to keep the box from Phil.

Phil forced Disco to reveal the Devil Fruit, then ate it and endured its revolting taste. Meanwhile, Eriksen used the Bewitchment Fruit’s hidden power to unleash the swordsman’s potential, causing his body to grow stronger.

• Phil beat Disco until Disco produced a treasure box containing the Devil Fruit.
• Phil confirmed the fruit was the one he wanted, took a bite, and swallowed it despite its awful taste.
• A swordsman from the nobles’ and merchants’ side knelt before Eriksen and asked him to use his full power.
• Eriksen explained that the Bewitchment Fruit could unleash a person’s potential and used it on the swordsman.
• Green light entered the swordsman, whose heart pounded as his muscles bulged through his clothes.

Leonard killed Eriksen to preserve his awakened power, then challenged Carlos and was defeated. Luo Chen prepared to join the battle and let Catherine fight as well, while Monet recognized him as the pirate Supernova known as the Blasphemer.

• Eriksen told Leonard that his awakened state would last until his stamina ran out and would not end if Eriksen lost consciousness.
• Leonard killed Eriksen, believing Eriksen’s death would let him keep his power, then revealed that he served the King of Loan Sharks.
• Carlos blocked Leonard’s attack and overwhelmed him with a barrage of punches before finishing him with Lion King Burst Slash.
• Luo Chen confirmed Catherine could join the fight, then flew toward Carlos as Monet identified him to Gladius as the Blasphemer.

Luo Chen fought Carlos, who revealed his full griffin transformation after Luo Chen challenged him to show his true strength. Monet and Gladius plotted to wait for the fight to end before striking, but the chapter left the battle unresolved as a figure crashed through the wall beside them.

• Luo Chen charged Carlos and met his Lion King Exploding Claw with his bare fist, but Carlos used his wings to knock him into the ground.
• Luo Chen quickly rose, used Soru, and challenged Carlos to reveal his full power.
• Carlos transformed into a massive griffin, stunning Gladius and prompting Monet to warn that Carlos might intend to leave no witnesses.
• Gladius told Monet they would wait for the fight to end and then reap the benefits, while warning her not to interfere with Doflamingo's plans.
• A black figure flew past Monet and Gladius, smashed through several rooms and a steel-reinforced outer wall, and fell to the ground.

Gladius and Monet watched as Carlos continued his fight with Luo Chen, who revealed the Mythical Zoan Shura Fruit and used its powers against him. Carlos overwhelmed Luo Chen with a close-range roar and blasted him away, leaving the battle unresolved.

• A crash sent Luo Chen through several walls and into the fortified outer wall, but he rose from the rubble and stared down Carlos.
• Carlos launched his Eagle's Arrow, but Luo Chen coated his chest in Blood-Colored Armament and repelled him with a burst of energy.
• Luo Chen transformed into the Shura Fruit form, surprising Gladius and Monet, while Carlos remained eager to fight.
• Luo Chen used Soru and Geppo to move rapidly, but Carlos's arrow feathers exposed his position and he attacked with Male Lion Explosive Slash.
• Luo Chen blocked Carlos's slashes with a Blood Shield that quickly regenerated, but Carlos broke through it with a close-range Lion King Roar Cannon and blasted him away.

Luo Chen endured Carlos's powerful attacks and fought him to a standstill while Gladius and Monet watched. Their plan to wait out the duel ended when Fukelike burst into their private box and drew Gladius into a fight.

• Carlos blasted Luo Chen through a steel-composite wall with his sonic cannon, but Luo Chen recovered and charged back into battle.
• Luo Chen and Carlos collided in a clash of Armament Haki, their fists and beak locked as shock waves and sparks spread around them.
• Gladius and Monet watched the duel and agreed to wait until it ended before intervening.
• Fukelike burst through the wall into Gladius and Monet's box, identified them as Joker's representatives, and attacked Gladius.
• Gladius countered with his Pamu Pamu no Mi power, sent Fukelike flying, then triggered an explosion in the wall behind him.

Gladius’s explosions failed to injure Fukelike, who countered with his Boar Fruit’s Human-Beast Form while Gladius dodged his attacks. Phil emerged from backstage and revealed that he had eaten the Speed-Speed Fruit, leaving Fukelike to advance on him in fury as Monet watched.

• Gladius survived Fukelike’s punch by detonating his chest and used exploding gears and a blast to evade Fukelike’s transformed attack.
• Fukelike smashed a hole in the wall while his vision was blocked, and Phil emerged from backstage.
• Fukelike questioned Phil about the Speed-Speed Fruit, and Phil said he had already eaten it.
• Fukelike’s expression darkened as he walked toward Phil, while Monet identified him as Frank D. Phil, a 390 million Beli bounty champion fighter from South Blue.

Sabo battled Jessicano, who unveiled powerful sword techniques and used Observation Haki to force him into a direct clash. Jessicano countered Sabo’s attempt to strike back and pierced him with his blade.

• Jessicano dodged Sabo’s attack, then revealed his Iai Dragon Slash, which Sabo evaded as it tore through the steel wall.
• Jessicano used Observation Haki to lock onto Sabo and launched a Sword Thrust that Sabo could not dodge.
• Sabo ignored Koala’s warning and caught Jessicano’s blade with Dragon Claw, holding it at a stalemate.
• Jessicano increased the pressure until the blade began breaking through Sabo’s grip, while Sabo struggled to hold on and raised his left arm to strike.
• Jessicano kicked Sabo’s left arm aside and thrust his blade forward, piercing Sabo and spraying blood into the air.

Catherine challenged Jessicano after interrupting his attack on Sabo, while Phil tested his newly acquired Speed-Speed Fruit against Fukelike. Both battles continued without a clear victor, with Phil sending Fukelike flying in a rapid barrage.

• Catherine deflected Jessicano's blade before it could fatally wound Sabo, then refused Sabo's request to leave and challenged Jessicano.
• Catherine split Jessicano's sword-energy attacks and exchanged dozens of blows with him using Soru, with neither gaining the advantage.
• Fukelike transformed into a giant wild boar and charged Phil, but Phil stopped him with a supersonic punch inside his Speed Domain.
• Fukelike recognized Phil's strength and asked who he was, and Phil introduced himself before launching a rapid barrage of punches.
• Fukelike blocked Phil's blows with crossed arms, but the attack shattered the floor beneath him and sent him flying.

Fukelike and Phil fought at full speed until Phil defeated him with a technique combining speed and skill. On Sabo’s battlefield, Jessicano turned his attention back to Catherine and unleashed a powerful sword technique against her.

• Fukelike used his blood-pumping state to increase his speed and strength, striking Phil and crushing the floor beneath him with his iron hooves.
• Fukelike assumed Phil was defeated, but Phil surprised him with a punch and sent him flying with Extreme-Speed Rush.
• Phil used Reaper Falling Strike to seize Fukelike’s tusks and smash him against the outer metal wall, knocking him unconscious.
• Jessicano noticed Fukelike’s defeat and said he would test Phil’s strength after his current fight.
• Catherine attacked Jessicano with three crescent-shaped slashes, and Jessicano answered with Iai Dragon Slash, sending a white dragon toward her.