Zhu Tian started by deceiving his father-in-law from the perspective of pirates.

A deafening roar, a Devil Fruit awakening ability on par with a natural disaster, was utterly useless against Rhode's Fel Storm.

Rhodes let out a cold laugh, flicked the golden lion's head, and then smacked the other's shiny bald head.

"Damn it! That hurts!"

"It's good to know pain. Knowing pain proves that you're not dreaming. Old Lion, face reality! Even though reality can be very cruel sometimes."

"Damn it, damn it, I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled, why, why!" Tears of resentment even welled up in the eyes of the Golden Lion. He couldn't understand why this had happened.

He had clearly regained all his strength, and his body was clearly stronger than before.

He also gained various magical powers to manipulate fire. But why? Why did he fail?

Why did I fail? I had gained such great power, yet I was defeated so easily.

He couldn't understand it, he just couldn't understand it!

So everything he created was fake, it was all a nightmare. Reality is so cruel, so incredibly cruel!

“You’re not the only one who can’t accept it; Whitebeard couldn’t accept it either. In the beginning, Kaido couldn’t accept it either, and Charlotte Linlin couldn’t accept it at all; she was even killed by me once,” Rod said.

If it weren't for Kaido, Charlotte Linlin would have been transformed into a Death Knight by now, and she wouldn't be able to continue leading her pirate crew and children.

"My dream, my dream! Waaah! That bastard Roger, that bastard Ganyut, neither of them could convince me."

“It seems you’re still not satisfied. How about I increase your strength a bit more, and you fight me again?” Rhodes said.

"Damn it! Are you humiliating me? Kid, just kill me! Since I've lost to you, so be it. I'm willing to abide by the rules of the pirates. I've been prepared for this since the first day I set sail." Golden Lion simply closed his eyes and said.

His pride, his ambition—as a man who once roamed the seas in the old era, he could not accept submitting to others again. So, let it all end!

"Death is not the end. Even if Whitebeard dies, he will still serve me. If you choose to be like Whitebeard, no problem, I can grant your wish."

I transformed Whitebeard into that resurrected form called Death Knight, a kind of undead form that doesn't need to eat or drink, and feels nothing; it's just a living walking corpse.

He can use all his abilities, and he will even gain the ability to manipulate the power of death, but he will become my tool.

"Since you're so arrogant, old lion, then I'll kill you and then control you!" Rhodes said.

Do you think choosing death is enough? Even if you choose death, you will still serve me. Since I have chosen you, you have no chance to escape.

"Damn it! You, you bastard, are you trying to scare me? I don't believe your nonsense!" He didn't believe that such an evil and bizarre Devil Fruit ability existed in this world.

"You won't shed a tear until you see the coffin. Well then, come with me, and I'll give you a performance. There just happens to be a remnant of the old era who would rather die than surrender." After saying that, Rhodes opened a portal.

After giving Kaido a look, the old father-in-law grabbed Shiki and left with Rod.

"By the way, your boss will be back soon. From now on, this place is my territory, and you will all be my subordinates."

Before leaving, Rhodes addressed the group of Golden Lion's henchmen at the portal and made his declaration.

"Boss, the boss has been captured. So, should we still carry out our plan?"

"Do we...do our Flying Pirates still exist?"

"How about we break up?"

"You idiot, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"If you can take down the boss so easily, what do you think the consequences would be if you betrayed him? Let's just wait and see!" said a man dressed in a white coat who looked like a scientist.

Meanwhile, in Wano Country, Sylvanas had received Rhodes's message and was rushing over from Undercity.

"Here you go! This is the magic pen you had Kael'thas make. It can draw automatically and control various colors, but it doesn't have any other use." Upon seeing Rhodes, Sylvanas took out a golden magic pen and tossed it to him.

Because of their long lifespan, the Blood Elves have invented many magical toys, such as brooms that can sweep the floor by themselves.

The stove that can cook food itself was invented by the blood elves, and a magic pen that can draw automatically was a piece of cake for Prince Kael'thas.

When Kael'thas and the others returned to Silvermoon City, Rhodes instructed them to prepare a magical pen and send it over so he could use it. He explained that a little raccoon was being disobedient, and he needed to create a new one.

“Hmm! That’s perfect, let’s take out the two Mythical Beast Fruits today!” Rhodes nodded and took Sylvanas’s magic paintbrush.

Then he took out some pure soul energy, and even added some pure holy light soul energy to it, and then turned this magic pen into a Homie creation.

"Master, Master, thank you, Master."

"From today onwards, your name will be Ma Liang and his magic paintbrush. In a little while, I'll give you a very magical Devil Fruit that will turn you into a little raccoon dog." I've been reading the story of Ma Liang and his magic paintbrush since I was a child!

Now I also have a magic brush that can turn anything I draw into reality, so let's name you Ma Liang!

"Understood, Master, Ma Liang obeys your command." The magical paintbrush bounced and leaped in Rhodes's hands in an instant.

"Who is this golden-haired old man? Where did you find him?" Sylvanas glanced at the golden lion in Rhodes's hand.

"Damn it, I'm the Golden Lion, not some old golden-haired man!" the Golden Lion said, struggling as Kaido held him in his hand.

"This golden-haired old man will have two choices in a moment: one is to become my subordinate, the normal kind; the other is to become my subordinate, the kind that dies."

"I only brought one set of Death Knight conversion tools this time, not enough to convert two." Sylvanas rolled her eyes. When you sent me here, you specifically told me to prepare a set of Death Knight conversion tools!

"It's okay, we can prepare another set."

"Mr. Golden Lion, I'll perform a magic trick for you in a moment. After the performance, I think you'll give me a satisfactory answer."

The three arrived at a basement. A handsome young man with red hair, who looked to be in his early twenties, was being held there.

Standing beside him was the enormous Whitebeard, who, due to the man's special status, had always been sent by Rhodes to personally guard him.

"You, you are the Lone Red? I didn't expect you old man to be captured too. You, how did you become younger?" The Golden Lion, held in Kaido's hand, looked at the red-haired man in front of him and said.

Unexpectedly, this guy was also arrested.

"Likewise! Likewise! Golden Lion, it seems you've also met your match." The Lonely Red looked up at the Golden Lion and snorted coldly.

So what if he regained his youth? He still couldn't beat Whitebeard, and in this battle, he was completely crushed.

"I really value you, red-haired uncle. You are my second Death Knight. I plan to form a Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as my personal guards."

"Whitebeard was the first member, you're the second, and as for that old lion, he might be the third, or he might not, it all depends on his choice," Rod said with a smile.

The Lich King created the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, so there's no reason why I can't! After conquering Karazhan, he also obtained the Black Knights that Sargeras had enslaved, the crafting methods for those special Death Knights, and even the weapons of ordinary Death Knights.

"Alright, let's extract his Devil Fruit power! The Mythical Zoan type, the Vampire Fruit, is still very powerful."

Rhodes didn't waste any more words with the Lone Red. He snapped the man's neck and then pierced his heart with a peachwood nail.

After all, it's about killing a vampire, so we should follow the traditional methods.

After ending the life of this legendary pirate, Rod and Sylvanas began to absorb and transform his Devil Fruit power.

Using their vampire Devil Fruit powers, the two were quickly transported into an ordinary fruit.

In front of Shiki, Rod extracted a Devil Fruit, a red vampire fruit.

"This is a special ability of the two of us. We can extract Devil Fruit powers through certain means, so Old Lion, your Float-Float Fruit is quite impressive," Rhodes said, looking at the Golden Lion.

"Damn it! There's actually a way to extract Devil Fruit powers in this world! You... you want my Devil Fruit?"

"That's not all, the performance isn't over yet! You better watch carefully."

"I said, even death will serve me." Rhodes nodded to Sylvanas.

With a smile, the Queen took out the Death Knight's transformation items and props, and then began to draw a six-pointed star magic circle on the ground.

Soon, a death magic conversion circle was completed. Sylvanas poured out a large amount of blood beside her and took out Rhodes's collection in Karazhan: the methods for creating those black knights.

Begin setting up the conversion ritual for the Death Knight.

"Alright, Rhodes, you can activate the magic circle now. This time, there shouldn't be any problems like last time, right?"

"Last time it was because I was too weak, but this time the situation is completely different."

Come! Death is not the end, you proud Red Count, you solitary Red, rise! Rise and serve me!

Rhodes chanted a bitter and incomprehensible incantation, releasing his fel power. Sylvanas, on the other hand, also released a large amount of death power to cooperate with Rhodes.

Fel magic, death magic, and shadow magic are intertwined.

The solitary red reacted, and his corpse began to deform. His originally pale skin turned a deathly black, slowly transforming into the shape of a white beard.

Meanwhile, in his mental world, Red Earl looked at Rhodes with a shocked expression. He hadn't expected that even after being killed and having his Devil Fruit powers extracted, he still wouldn't be spared.

"Who exactly are you, you bastard?"

"I am your master, your eternal master. You only need to know this. Now, sign the soul contract! You must serve me."

The power of the Soul-Soul Fruit began to activate, and the powerful soul pressure at the demigod level instantly disintegrated the power of Lone Red. Previously, Whitebeard's Conqueror's Haki could resist him.

But the Crimson One doesn't have that; his Observation Haki is very strong.

But it won't affect Rhodes anymore, and most importantly...

Even if you possess Conqueror's Haki, even more powerful than Whitebeard's, you're still doomed against me now.

The soul contract of death was quickly signed, and the Red Earl's soul was bound by black chains, his soul completely enslaved by Roderick.

Using Sargeras's method of creating Black Knights and the conversion method of Blood Death Knights, Rhodes created a completely new Death Knight.

Sylvanas also brought out the Apocalypse Sword that Rhodes had brought back from Karazhan, as well as the Death Knight Armor that she had prepared in advance, and had the Red Earl put it on.

"I will serve you, my master!" The Death Knight Red Count, wielding the Apocalypse Demon Sword, knelt before Rhodes expressionlessly.

“Very good. From now on, you and Whitebeard will be my Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I will find two more companions for you.”

At this moment, the golden lion's eyes were wide open, and its mouth was wide enough to swallow a watermelon.

"Then it's your turn, Mr. Golden Lion. Do you choose to be killed by me, have your Devil Fruit powers extracted, become the third Knight of the Apocalypse, and serve me after your death?"

Or will you become my direct subordinate, living and serving me?

"Ahem! Captain, please guide me in the future."

Chapter 182 The Apocalypse Knight Needs a Good-Looking Character, The Golden Lion's Demonic Transformation

There was nothing he could do; even though the Golden Lion didn't want to back down, it wasn't a question of whether he would back down or not.

The real issue is that no matter what, I have to serve this kid.

Even death cannot save them from being enslaved by him, so what other choice do they have?

He, the Golden Lion, was indeed unruly, but that depended on the circumstances. In this case, this unruly behavior led to his downfall.

He was killed, his Devil Fruit was extracted, and he teamed up with Lone Red and Whitebeard to become the Death Trio.

Since I'm going to be working for this kid anyway, wouldn't it be better to make myself comfortable and live with my own personality?