Chapter 179

"Yes, Night King."

Buckingham took a deep breath and stepped forward. "Salt."

"Learn!"

The short, stout Salt, grabbing an even shorter and fatter fellow, walked up to the lion. "You know what to do, right?"

"Hmm... I know, I know—"

The short, fat king of the Drum Kingdom, Wapol, who had been kidnapped, was bruised and battered. He answered cautiously.

When he was first captured, he was quite arrogant, but after being taught a lesson by the pirates a few times, he immediately became obedient.

Wapol took a deep breath and then opened his mouth wide.

The power of the Munch-Munch Fruit instantly kicked in, and his mouth became like an abyss, swallowing the lion in front of him whole.

Then, it ate the pirate standing next to the lion.

"Munch-Munch Factory!"

Wapol's body grew very large and began to vibrate constantly, as if some strange reaction was occurring within his body.

Then, he opened his mouth wide again and spat forward.

He spat out a huge thing.

The enormous monster rolled twice on the ground, then suddenly flipped itself up.

"Hahaha! Fantastic! Lord Night King! Such immense power!"

A human face was embedded in the forehead of the enormous lion's head, and it was laughing heartily.

The lion, which should have already lost consciousness, was now excitedly leaping and waving its paws.

"Good."

Naito nodded in satisfaction.

I originally thought the ferocious beasts on the island of the Golden Lion were no longer useful.

But then he suddenly remembered that Wapol seemed to be able to combine different creatures together.

That's interesting.

"The shape can still be adjusted a bit more."

Naito said, "Try to make it resemble an orc's form."

Wapol could even eat himself to turn himself into a thin man.

So, making a lying lion stand up and turning its paws into hands shouldn't be too difficult.

The Munch-Munch Fruit, isn't that amazing?

Well, in that case, the island near Amazon Lily becomes crucial.

Some of the ferocious beasts that live up there are so powerful that Luffy needs to use Gear Fourth to deal with them.

But that island is too far away, unless we seek the help of the Golden Lion.

There is an alternative, though: Elbaf.

The Mountain Lord who reside in the Underworld are equally terrifying.

Chapters 1-3: Preparing for Expansion, Judge Enters a Dream

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

On the vast training ground formed by white clouds, two enormous creatures are constantly colliding.

One of them was a massive bear, as huge as a small mountain. Every time it swung its enormous paws, the air seemed to groan in agony.

The bear's opponent was a giant lion that stood upright, whose size was in no way inferior to the bear's.

However, there was a clear difference in strength between the two, and every collision resulted in the giant lion being forced to retreat. Even a full-force attack was easily deflected by the giant bear with a single claw.

"Is this all the level you've got?"

"The Great Bear, "Naito's trusted lieutenant, the Nation-Stealing General Anthony, laughed loudly, "That's far from enough!"

"Brother Anthony!"

The massive humanoid lion steadied itself on all fours, then sprang forward like a large cat in the next instant, shouting, "Of course it won't end that easily!"

The humanoid lion's enormous paws were covered with a surging aura of Haki; although it couldn't even Hardening, it was undeniably Haki.

Sharp claws tore several lines through the air as they viciously lunged at Anthony.

"He can actually use Haki?"

Anthony was somewhat surprised.

After a human body is fused with the shell of a ferocious beast, is it still possible to use Haki?

Isn't this not much different from Devil Fruit abilities?

The Munch-Munch Fruit is truly amazing!

Anthony's right paw was also covered with a layer of Haki, and he slapped back hard, sending the lion flying again.

But at this point, Anthony had to admit one thing. "He's gotten a lot stronger!"

He turned to Naito, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, and said, "Lord Night King, it does seem to be considerably more powerful than Artificial Devil Fruit!"

Naito nodded slightly. "Indeed, it's quite good."

The guy who fused with the lion was just a prisoner from Level 4 of Impel Down.

He only learned how to be Haki in the past six months, and he still can't even Hardening.

Their strength is much weaker than the prisoners held on the sixth floor. If they were put on the high seas, they could at most get a bounty of 100 million.

However, perhaps because this guy was so weak, he underwent a complete transformation after merging with the giant lion.

Putting aside everything else, his physical strength has more than doubled.

He went from being instantly defeated by Anthony to being able to hold his own against a relaxed Anthony.

Even a proper Zoan- Zoan Devil Fruit isn't this impressive.

Well, of course, this only applies to the weak.

The enhancements from Zoan Devil Fruit are percentage-based, making them truly late-game equipment.

The power gained from fusing with a beast is a fixed value; the stronger the beast, the less noticeable the effect.

But that's enough.

It would have been impossible for him to have his senior officers integrate with any wild beasts.

The high-ranking officers are all Devil Fruit users, and even the few Devil Fruit they smuggled from Kaido don't have owners yet.

The chimeras are positioned as high-level grunts; being able to assemble a large-scale army of beasts is sufficient.

The true potential lies in Artificial Devil Fruit.

Luna,

Naito glanced back slightly. "The beasts on that island have come in handy."

"Understood, Master."

Luna nodded solemnly, "Then we'll go and hunt down even more ferocious beasts."

As for the Mountain Lord of Elbaf or the ferocious beasts near Amazon Lily, we'll talk about that later.

Anyway, with Wapol around, they can break the fusion at any time and recombine at any time.

"Um."

Naito nodded, then added, "The Dunas Kingdom is now completely under our control; it's time to begin expansion."

"Oh! Is it finally going to begin?"

Having transformed back into human form, Anthony shouted excitedly, "Finally, the whole world can witness our power once again!"

After bringing all the residents of the Dunas Kingdom into City of Dreams, rumors began circulating among the officials that the next step was to expand outwards.

Now it's just as I thought!

Naito glanced at the guy briefly.

I'm so excited!

That's true; if you're carrying a weapon, the desire to kill will naturally arise.

Meanwhile, his men haven't been idle either.

Besides indulging in a life of debauchery in the Dream World and recruiting more people into Dream World, they are also striving to cultivate themselves and become stronger.

Luna has become quite proficient in Hardening her Armament Haki, and she is not far from being able to make Armament Haki Flow.

Salt, Anthony, Weevil, who were already strong in Armament Haki, had already mastered this technique.

Salt and Anthony, who were originally at the level of the Tobi Roppo, have now at least reached the entry level of the Shichibukai.

Weevil is not far from being at the level of a Yonko's vice-president.

There's also Gaston.

The king of the Dunas Kingdom was already quite powerful, Naito also gave him the Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit that he had legitimately traded from Kaido.

Gaston's current skill level is not much different from Anthony's.

In terms of senior officers, Naito felt that his men were in no way inferior to any pirate crew on the high seas.

The same applies to the middle management level; those guys brought out from the sixth level have also become much stronger.

Especially the Salt-Salt Devil Fruit User and the Shield-Shield Devil Fruit User; these two are already as strong as Anthony and Salt when they first escaped from prison, definitely at the level of the Tobi Roppo.

If the management level is already this impressive, the head coach must be just as remarkable.

Although possessing World's body now might not make him stronger than his original self.

After all, the original body became too strong, while World's body was too weak. The boost from the More-More Fruit could hardly outweigh the power weakened by possessing the body.

But if you add Enma to the mix, then it definitely won't be weaker than the original.

A true Four Emperors- level combat force.

This is a standard Four Emperors pirate crew, and it should even be considered strong among the Four Emperors of later generations.

Since that's the case, there's no need to sneak around like we did when we first took over the Dunas Kingdom.

After all, what follows is not as simple as just occupying a country; it won't be so easy to block all news like when they seized the Dunas Kingdom.

Since we'll be exposed sooner or later, let's just openly expand our territory!