Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Lockes took the lead, leaving his crew behind.

His goal was very clear.

In the heart of God Valley, where the Celestial Dragons gather, lies his wife and his newborn child.

Anyone who dares to harm his family, he will kill them!

Even if the opponent is the World Government, the Five Elders, the Knights of God, or the Celestial Dragons.

He doesn't care.

Because his name is Rocks D. Gibbek, and he's the man destined to become the King of the World!

When Rocks set foot on the land of God Valley, his first impression was one of chaos.

In the midst of utter chaos, pirates have been scrambling to land on the coast, while the navy is constantly retreating in the standoff.

The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder and blood, and the sounds of explosions and shouts of killing echoed from afar.

The fighting was fierce here, but there was an eerie tension in the center of God Valley.

He keenly sensed a chilling aura.

"Such a strong beastly aura." Lox narrowed his eyes and gripped his greatsword tighter.

More than one.

Moreover, a familiar aura erupted during the collision.

A clash of Conqueror's Haki?!

He sensed a certain fluctuation coming from the air, which felt somewhat familiar to him.

Just then, the island's alarm blared sharply.

"Warning! Attention! The Rocks Pirates have landed! Repeat: The Rocks Pirates have landed!"

"All Celestial Dragons, proceed immediately to the Central Sanctuary! All guard forces, assemble in the central area!"

Besides the majority of Celestial Dragons that Luffy eliminated with his punch, a small number of Celestial Dragons survived for various reasons.

They didn't know what had happened, but news of the Rocks Pirates' landing had already spread throughout the island via radio.

These Celestial Dragons exclaimed in alarm:

"Oh no! Pirates are here!"

"What are the navy guys doing? If anything happens to us, you guys will all be tied up and beheaded."

"So, what about the Knights of God? What exactly happened with that huge earthquake just now?"

These Celestial Dragons are lucky.

If they were still in the hunting grounds, they would have been completely wiped out.

The surviving Celestial Dragons were in a state of panic; they had never experienced anything like it before.

"Report! Attention! The west coast, it's the Roger Pirates!"

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

The navy's attention was drawn to the pirates.

......

Just as Rocks landed, on the other side of the island, Monkey D. Dragon slowly opened his eyes.

My head is splitting with pain.

After being stunned by Luffy's Conqueror's Haki, he briefly regained consciousness and rushed to the edge, where he could see the huge screen in the distance.

He witnessed the horrific scene that had unfolded there.

The host announced the start of the event and the rules of the human hunting game, in which civilians and slaves were hunted down as prey.

For him, this was also a shock.

"The world shouldn't be like this!"

Long charged out with his gun in hand.

Then he saw a giant's fist, as if a god had descended, smashing into the place where the Celestial Dragons were gathered.

The earth-shattering power caught him off guard for a moment.

Was that a punishment sent down by the gods?!

The dragon's body trembled, whether from excitement or fear, it was hard to tell.

Standing on high ground, he witnessed firsthand how that punch leveled the Celestial Dragons' stands.

His last memory was of that devastating white fist shadow and the terrifying shockwave that followed.

Then he knew nothing more.

What happened next?

The dragon struggled to sit up and found itself lying in a pile of ruins.

Most of the surrounding buildings had collapsed, the ground was covered with cracks, and the air was filled with dust and the smell of blood.

He staggered to his feet and found his gun in the rubble.

The gun is somewhat deformed, but it's still usable.

Dragon checked the ammunition; there were three rounds left.

enough.

He cautiously approached that direction, and soon the sight before him made him gasp in horror.

The once luxurious Celestial Dragons' viewing area has now been turned into a huge crater.

The crater's edges cracked radially, its center a bottomless abyss. Those once arrogant Celestial Dragons, those domineering guards, had all vanished.

There wasn't even a body left.

Only a few scattered fragments of the bubble headgear reflected an eerie light in the sunlight.

"Are all those Celestial Dragons who committed countless crimes dead?" Dragon's voice trembled.

No, not at all.

He hadn't walked far when he heard gunshots and screams.

This Celestial Dragon seemed to have barely survived that shock, and now he wanted to vent all his dissatisfaction on the slaves.

"You slaves, all of you, die!"

The dragon was acting like a madman, his eyes bloodshot. "It's all your fault! If it weren't for you lowly slaves, how could we have attracted such a monster!"

He pulled the trigger.

boom!

A young female slave collapsed to the ground, blood blooming from her chest.

"Run! Run!" someone among the slaves shouted.

But the Celestial Dragon had gone mad. He fired his gun while laughing, "Run? Where can you run to? This island has been sealed off! Everyone is going to die! Everyone will be buried with my family!"

The dragon hid behind a tree and watched this scene.

His hands were trembling.

Reason told him that he should leave immediately, find his team, and find a way to evacuate the island.

Attacking a Celestial Dragon is a capital offense. If discovered, not only will the attacker be executed, but his family will also be implicated.

But......

"There are things to do, and things not to do," Dragon repeated in a low voice the words his father, Garp, often said.

He raised his gun.

aim.

Pull the trigger.

boom!

The Celestial Dragons' laughter abruptly stopped.

He looked down at the bloody hole in his chest, his face filled with disbelief.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he only spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

The dragon emerged from behind the tree, its gun still smoking.

He killed a Celestial Dragon.

Ruined.

The thought flashed through his mind. If this were discovered, he and his squad members would be beheaded.

But... looking at the rescued slaves, at the tears of relief in their eyes, Long suddenly felt it was all worth it.

“Thank you…” an older slave said in a trembling voice.

The dragon shook its head and remained silent.

He turned to leave, but then he heard a baby crying.

The sound came from a partially collapsed building not far away.

Long hesitated for a moment, but still walked over.

Under the rubble, he found a young woman who was dying, but her arms were still tightly protecting the two babies in her arms.

They were twins, probably only a few months old.

There was a pool of blood beneath the woman, but she didn't seem to have been affected by any attack, because there was a clear stab wound on her chest.

"Please, please, please don't let those demons find the child..." The woman's voice trailed off, and then she breathed her last.

The two children stared at him with wide eyes, and surprisingly, they didn't cry or make a fuss. They just quietly and curiously looked at this stranger.

The dragon didn't know what to say.