One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 1103 Awakening Ceremony
"Mission accomplished. We successfully stopped them. We also got an unexpected reward, the heads of three Knights of God. Yamato also successfully awakened. However, our plan to retrieve their devil fruits failed. One had already awakened and we couldn't get it out. Another was too far away and we couldn't get it back in time. Another had his head smashed by Yamato and died too quickly. We didn't have time to steal the devil fruit. After all, Zhizhi's ability wasn't mainly in this area."

Lily picked up the Den Den Mushi and explained the situation.

"What! Failed? And three died!"

On the other side, panic appeared for the first time on the faces of the Five Elders, whose faces had remained unchanged for thousands of years. The life cards of three people disappeared. Needless to say, what this meant was that in order to complete the plan, they deliberately sent four members of the Knights of God as insurance. In their opinion, with such a configuration, there should be no problem even if the three admirals took action. At least it could delay for a while, enough for others to complete the massacre and sacrifice of the entire island. But who could have thought that in just one morning, just one morning, both groups of people were completely wiped out, and only one member of the Knights of God escaped with injuries. Such a loss was unacceptable to the Five Elders.

"To what extent have the strength of those pirates expanded!"

When they learned that less than two hours had passed from Saint Somaz's departure to his death, the faces of the Five Elders became even gloomier, and at the same time, they felt a hint of fear.

They were all awakened users of the animal-type mythical beast fruit ability. No matter how they awakened, they awakened after all. After awakening, they were well aware of the powerful vitality of awakened animal-type mythical beast fruit users. It can be said that as long as they were not killed by beheading or digging out the heart, they would hardly die. Some of them were even not afraid of these two types. As a result, the three people sent out now were all people with strong life-saving abilities, but they all died so quietly. This made them have an unknown fear of the combat effectiveness of the pirates and the Revolutionary Army.

Especially Nasujuro and Satan, these two participated in the crusade against the Four Emperors. At that time, they were no match for Kaido and Lily. Now they have obviously awakened. As the pinnacle of the Animal Mythical Beast Fruit and the holders of the Conqueror's Haki, how strong are these two now? Can they really still compete with them?

"Start the final plan! Sacrifice all five of them! We can't wait any longer!"

Nasujuro Sei said as he clenched the hilt of the sword with trembling hands. His voice was very loud, perhaps to hide his inner fear, his voice was even loud enough to crack.

"Yes, yes, that's right, go now! Start the ceremony now! Wake up Lord Yim now!"

Saint Satan then said that when fear reaches its peak, anger will follow. At this moment, Saint Satan was filled with rage. He was the first to stand up and walk out, not even caring about everyone's vote. He was going to do this himself. Yes, he was going to go in person!

"I'll go too! This ritual can't be completed by one person."

"And I."

"Me too."

"I'll come with you, too."

The Five Elders stood up at the same time and walked towards the door. Fear made them unable to sit here and wait, so they all chose to set off.

Several people quickly came to the room where the several sacrifices they had selected were being guarded, or imprisoned. After opening the door, several people who had been selected long ago were whispering in the room. However, after the Five Elders entered the room, several people immediately stopped talking. At this moment, the five people in the room were divided into three groups.

The first group was the parents of Saint Barbaris. The two old people had already let go of things at this moment. After they were invited into the room, they guessed something. Although they didn't know what it was specifically, they could guess that it was definitely not a good thing. Look at the people here, they were all people with no future or a bad reputation. Obviously, they did not come here to protect them. The people in the relatively crowded room were the ones who had a chance of survival.

Next was Saint Rozward. He was also old. Ever since his son died, he had lost all hope. He sat there without saying a word, with no expression on his face. Finally, there were Saint Musgarud and Palace Xialulia, the youngest. They also understood the seriousness of the situation and were trembling with fear, not even daring to look up.

"Let's go, the time has come for the race to need you."

Saint Maz walked in first and spoke while looking at the five people at the moment. Saint Nasshoulang followed closely behind him. He looked at the meals around him, which were prepared by his people. Some of the meals at Saint Barbaris's parents' house had been eaten. The two of them were even holding a cup of black tea each, looking calm and composed. There was a teacup in front of Saint Rozward, but it was cold, and it was obvious that no one had drunk a sip. As for the two little ones, there was nothing in front of them, and it was obvious that they had been frightened.

"My Lords, my wife and I are ready. I think Saint Rozward should be ready as well. However, these two children are still young. Should we consider replacing them with two more people?"

Saint Barbaris's father stood up and said that they had been prepared since they were brought into this room. Their son was dead, and they had no other children. Their lineage had been cut off, and life or death had no meaning. They were naturally not afraid, after all, they had lived enough. But perhaps because of the death of their son, they could not help but speak when they looked at the two young men who were trembling at the moment.

"There is not much time left to choose. Come with me, or just die here. You should know that what you are doing is an honor. You will meet that adult in person!"

Saint Satan directly rejected the words of Saint Barbaris' father. They had no choice at the moment. The people present now had all been abandoned or had no future in their families. What's more, the five panicked people at the moment did not have the leisure time to do so.

"Really? Okay then."

Barbaris Saint's father did not say anything more. He just said it casually because he felt sorry for the two children. As for whether it would succeed, he did not really care. But meeting that adult? Was he referring to the legendary one?
The few of them didn't waste any more words. Saint Barbaris' parents followed the Five Elders out of the house. Saint Rozward also came out with a dark face. As for the remaining two little ones, they were dragged away one by one by Saint Satan and Saint Nasshoulang. As I said before, no matter whether you are willing or not, the Five Elders have already decided that it is you.

The few people walked forward and soon arrived at the very center of Mary Joa. Then, they followed a hidden tunnel and entered the underground. As they walked, they felt the temperature around them getting lower and lower. This was not the normal temperature drop, but a kind of gloomy feeling, as if it was the gloomy feeling of the world of death. The surrounding walls also began to become dark, and the faint light formed by the candlelight could not illuminate the surroundings at all, which made them feel as if they were walking in a dark void. Finally, after walking for an unknown amount of time, they came to a wide place, which was surrounded by condensed frost and looked very deserted.

Several people continued to move forward. In front of them was a circular hall. In the center of the circular hall, a stone bed was quietly parked there, and a tall man in a black robe was lying on it.

"This is the room of Saint Narona Im, the greatest of the twenty kings who created the world. Be thankful. This is not a room you were supposed to enter. Now, the ceremony begins."

After Saint Maz finished speaking, he grabbed Saint Rozward by the collar and pulled him aside. He then pushed him to the ground and made him kneel down. The other four Five Elders did the same thing. The ones who were pressed to the ground then discovered that there was a black five-pointed star mark on the ground. They were kneeling on one corner of a five-pointed star.

"The ceremony begins!"

Saint Maz opened his mouth to speak, and the next moment, the five Five Elders stretched out their fingers at the same time, and without giving the five Celestial Dragons kneeling on the ground any time to react, they directly pierced their hearts. Blood gushed out immediately, and the five Celestial Dragons fell to the ground with their eyes wide open. The blood in their chests continued to gush out, flowing into the ground, and flowing along the inconspicuous gully on the pentagram towards the stone bed in the middle. Finally, the blood on the five corners merged, and the entire stone bed lit up with a faint blue light.

"Hu——" a long sigh came out from the person on the stone bed.

(End of this chapter)