A terrifying explosion swept across an area the size of an island.
The violent explosions lasted for a long time before slowly showing signs of stopping.
"Did it hit?" Bear stared intently at the sky, observing the explosions.
"I don't seem to remember having any grudge against you!" Just then, a voice came from behind Xiong.
Upon hearing this sound, the bear suddenly turned around and quickly retreated.
But the bear discovered that there was no one behind it.
"Or perhaps, are you acting on someone's orders?" The voice rang out again from behind the bear.
With a "whoosh," the bear vanished from its spot and reappeared dozens of meters away.
This time, the bear finally saw clearly whose voice was coming from behind it. "Did you dodge that Ursus Shock?"
"I couldn't dodge it. I was momentarily stunned because I saw something familiar. But your Ursus Shock didn't hit me directly; the explosive force alone couldn't possibly harm me!"
"Can you tell me who sent you to intercept me?" Zesi asked.
"If you were to travel, where would you go?" the bear asked.
"I'm planning to go back to Hachinosu in the New World. Can you give me a ride there?"
"That might not work. How about you go for a trip to the East Blue?" In an instant, the bear appeared in front of Zesi and struck Zesi with its giant paw covered in flesh.
"As the Emperor of the Sea, I am free to go wherever I want." Zesi casually raised his fist and threw a punch.
The air shattered beneath his fist, sending out terrifying shockwaves.
It collided with the bear's slapping force.
Kuma is Devil Fruit User the Paw-Paw Fruit.
His fleshy mass has a very strong rebounding ability.
Those he hits are sent flying.
Finally, he was carried far away by the Ursus Shock.
But this time his abilities were thwarted.
The terrifying force of the shock collided with the elasticity of the bear's paw.
The forces were constantly colliding.
"Is this the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?" Kuma exclaimed in surprise.
"Perhaps I could also make a trip to the Sorbet Kingdom!" Zesi said with a smile.
Upon hearing Zesi's words, the usually expressionless bear showed a look of shock on his face.
In the New World, the defeat of the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates greatly diminished the prestige of the Four Emperors.
Bigom, in particular, was seriously injured and remains in a coma.
This has made many people eye BIGMOM's position.
Many pirates have attacked the territory of the Big Mom Pirates. In order to protect themselves, the Big Mom Pirates have abandoned all their territories outside of Totto Land.
All military forces were withdrawn back to the territory of the Totto Land.
These pirates initially thought that without Big Mom, the kingdom would be at their mercy.
But once they started attacking, they discovered that the Totto Land was truly a formidable opponent.
It should be noted that Totto Land has a large number of Homies produced in the Treasure Trove.
In addition, there are the pirates who have joined them over the years, as well as the forces formed through marriage alliances.
In terms of manpower and military strength, Totto Land is undoubtedly the number one among the four great pirate crews.
Meanwhile, the members of the Charlotte Family also grew up one by one.
Each of them possesses the strength of a pirate with a net worth of hundreds of millions.
Among them, the Three Sweet Commanders, including Katakuri, and ministers such as Perospero, can all be considered to have the strength of great pirates.
Finally, considering BIGMOM's extensive network of operations Totto Land over the years, it's not something that can be easily attacked.
So one by one, they all ended up battered and bruised.
The Beasts Pirates are also not to be underestimated.
As long as Kaido of the Beasts is around, he is enough to suppress the entire region.
Not to mention, every Beasts Pirates is extremely vicious and possesses extraordinary fighting power.
The Navy approached the Beasts Pirates, but most of them were wiped out by Kaido's breath attack before they even saw the crew.
However, the Beasts Pirates also shrank their territory.
They recalled all the crew and officers from the territory in preparation for a possible naval attack.
Although the two pirate crews suppressed the attacking pirates due to their superior strength and influence.
However, pirates continued to attack the two major pirate crews.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to seize the throne of the Emperor of the Sea.
Even the Whitebeard Pirates and the Azure Emperor Pirates were impacted.
Just then, another piece of news came out, shaking the entire New World.
That was Azure Emperor, the captain of the Azure Emperor Pirates. He was not in Azure Emperor Territory and his whereabouts were unknown.
This made many pirate crews' eyes light up.
To be honest, the Azure Emperor Territory is vast, yet the Azure Emperor Pirates have the fewest members.
Even excluding the troops she allied with through marriage, the Big Mom Pirates, just considering the Homies at headquarters and the pirates, have a strength of around 200,000.
The Whitebeard Pirates have a headquarters of three to four thousand members and more than forty subordinate pirate crews.
Each of them is a major pirate crew, and even if each crew has a thousand members, that's still a force of forty to fifty thousand.
Kaido Pirates has been expanding rapidly during this period. He doesn't care about the quality or the identity of his opponents; as long as they are willing to fight, he will take them on.
... Since becoming one of the Four Emperors, a large number of pirates have hoped to join the Beasts Pirates.
After all, joining the Beasts Pirates is like taking a shortcut to success, directly becoming a member of one of the Four Emperors ' crews.
Therefore, the expansion speed during this period has exceeded expectations.
The Beasts Pirates now have a larger force than the Whitebeard Pirates, reaching nearly 100,000 men.
(This is the most intense time on the seas now, and every pirate crew is expanding, so it's natural that their forces are larger than they would be later.)
And what about the Azure Emperor Pirates?
There were only a little over three thousand official members, and even with the Death Army, the total was just over ten thousand.
At most, it's less than 20,000.
Such a force is needed to guard such a vast Azure Emperor Territory.
Therefore, the number of forces they can leave behind at headquarters is extremely small.
If the Azure Emperor were still on Hachinosu, these pirate crews, knowing how terrifying Azure Emperor, wouldn't dare to harbor any ill intentions.
But now that the Azure Emperor has disappeared, some pirates' eyes have lit up.
It's important to understand that Hachinosu has now become the center of the entire New World.
Moreover, it is an economic center.
Leaving aside the immense wealth of the Azure Emperor Pirates' headquarters, the wealth of Hachinosu alone is enough to make everyone envious.
However, they did not dare to underestimate the Azure Emperor Pirates.
Although the Azure Emperor Pirates are small in number, every member of the Azure Emperor Pirates should not be underestimated.
Therefore, some pirate crews began to exchange information and form alliances.
In any case, the wealth of Hachinosu is vast enough for everyone to share.