I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"These sea kings...is someone secretly commanding them?" This was the king's last thought.

Further away, a giant whale-like sea king opened its mouth wide, and ships emerged from it.

"We've dealt with another constituent country. Now it's up to the revolutionary army to see if they can reignite the flames of revolution within that country."

The bald man stood on the deck, gazing at the group of sea kings in front of him.

Neptune Shirahoshi was born to be the queen of the sea kings. Once her abilities are awakened, she will be able to communicate with and control the sea kings.

Baldy is the second person on Sig's side who can communicate with Sea Kings.

The primary function of the Whisper Fruit is for animals to communicate.

The bald man cannot manipulate or command sea kings; he can only communicate with them.

However, with Neptune Shirahoshi already a member of the Liangshan Marsh Alliance, Baldy naturally became a Neptune-class commander under Neptune.

At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, with thick clouds gathering and the wind and waves beginning to rise.

The storm at sea was quite large, completely engulfing the area, and in the blink of an eye, torrential rain poured down.

"The storms of the New World can come without warning; we must seek shelter immediately," a navigator warned.

The navigator remained calm and composed, showing no signs of panic.

If the ship beneath his feet were sailing on the open sea as before, it would naturally be a life-threatening disaster.

The storms at sea in the New World are no small matter; the entire fleet of Golden Lion, including dozens of pirate crews, was wiped out by a single storm.

But now...

"Let's all dive down and take shelter from the rain for now." The bald man's silent thoughts echoed in the minds of the surrounding sea kings.

The dozen or so sea monsters immediately stopped their attack, dived down, and quickly disappeared from the surface of the sea.

Once the diving depth reaches several hundred meters, the sound of the waves on the surface can no longer be heard, and only the silence of the seabed remains.

Even large-scale sea storms ultimately cannot reach the depths of the sea, which are hundreds of meters below the surface.

By using the Sea King's dive, the bald man and his crew's ships can easily avoid various extreme weather conditions in the New World, including storms.

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When Neptune Shirahoshi commands the Sea Kings of the Calm Belt to join the battle, the entire order of the New World is changed.

Giant sea kings can crush most sea enemies, and even large naval warships cannot withstand their attacks for long.

Only a few exceptionally strong individuals are capable of dealing with these hordes of giant sea monsters.

Unfortunately... there are now many powerful figures in Liangshan Marsh.

The surrendered members included the Fifty-Six Emperors, mountain bandits, the Roger Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Revolutionary Army...

Giant sea kings destroy the enemy fleet, while a small strike force of a few powerful individuals deals with a small number of elite enemy soldiers.

When the ancient weapon Poseidon appeared, a massive number of sea monsters from the Calm Belt emerged on the sea, and the entire order of the New World was changed.

Many of the New World's constituent countries lacked the capacity to even set sail and were forced to remain confined to their islands.

Even the other great pirates who had been causing trouble in the New World went quiet at this time, fearing that they would be drawn into the vortex of war.

The power of Neptune Shirahoshi has divided the entire New World sea area into isolated islands.

The ocean has become Neptune Shirahoshi's domain, making it impossible for large fleets to rendezvous, and even normal navigation on the open sea is difficult.

Compared to the difficulties faced by the World Government, things were going smoothly for Liangshan Marsh.

Sea Kings possess immense strength; several large Sea Kings combined could pull Noah's Ark, which is half the size of Fishman Island.

These deep-sea monsters were used by Sig and his men; they themselves became mobile islands, allowing the supplies or troops of Liangshan Marsh to be transported safely and quickly in the new world.

On this day, the nations of the New World finally understood the true power of the legendary ancient weapons.

Compared to the super battleship Hades or the elusive Uranus, Poseidon's abilities are more practical, but should not be underestimated.

The Liangshan Marsh's sphere of influence is growing larger and larger, almost controlling half of the New World, and is gradually moving towards the entrance to the New World.

Then, the second ancient weapon also came to the fore at this time.

A devastating beam of light descended from the sky, like a spear piercing the heavens, evaporating the sea, turning islands to dust, and halting the Liangshan Marsh's offensive.

Faced with such a powerful and almost unstoppable attack from the sky, even the most determined revolutionary soldiers would feel apprehensive.

The Heavenly King is flawed and incomplete in function, and is usually used for defense rather than offense.

Even so, it deterred and halted several probing attacks by Liangshan Marsh.

During this time, Sieg did not reclaim the World Tree and the Sun Tree Eve, but instead had Vegapunk cultivate shadow clones using his ancestral pig-raising techniques.

More than a month later, on the island of the Windless Ribbonfish.

Sig raised his head and looked at the enormous shadow clone of Sig in front of him, whose body was as tall and majestic as a mountain and almost reached the sky. A sense of confusion welled up in his heart.

Compared to the excessively large shadow clone Sig, his real body was simply too small to be real...

"Oh no, have I created a clone?"

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PS: Here's a brief update.

I've actually been updating at the normal schedule these past few days, but the posts will be delayed due to the review process.

The update you saw today was actually posted yesterday. It was stuck in the backend for quite a while, so I don't know the exact time the chapter was released. Therefore, readers who are following the story are advised to check back tonight.

Chapter 1273 Luffy's mother is actually... 7000

For more than a month, Sig has placed the Sun Tree Eve and the World Tree into the body of his shadow clones and had Vegapunk begin cultivating them in the same way that the ancient kingdoms cultivated sea kings.

The results are very encouraging. The shadow clone Sig in front of us is over a thousand meters tall, comparable to an ordinary mountain. At first glance, it seems to be reaching into the sky.

Before this, the tallest demi-human creature to appear in the One Piece world was the giant battleship San Juan Wolf, which stood at 180 meters tall, equivalent to a 30-story building, several times taller than giants and ancient giants.

The shadow clone Sig is now over a thousand meters tall, equivalent to a multi-story building, comparable to a real mountain.

However, this makes the shadow clones seem more like the original body than Sig's own physical form.

Vegapunk stood beside Sigurd and explained:

"With such a large size, it's comparable to a large sea king, so of course it will also have strength commensurate with its size."

"However, strength and size alone are useless; otherwise, the world would have long been ruled by sea kings."

The current shadow clone, Higuma, is already the tallest person in the One Piece world in his normal size.

However, if we take the abilities of Devil Fruits into account, the situation might not be so simple.

After Barrett's Fusion Fruit awakens, she can even fuse with an island, manipulating the island's matter to form a colossal giant that towers into the clouds, with a volume of half the island's size and an estimated height of several thousand meters.

In addition, he possesses an extraordinary amount of Armament Haki, enough to cover the entire body of this colossal giant... but even so, he is still not invincible.

“It’s alright, this thousand-meter-tall body isn’t meant for the battlefield,” Sig said meaningfully.

Having grown to over a thousand meters in size, Sig, the Shadow Clone, has now reached a bottleneck. His physical growth and development have slowed down, and he is expected to reach his peak in a while.

"In a while, we should retrieve the Sun Tree Eve and the World Tree."

Since the shadow clone Sig wasn't meant for use on the battlefield, there was no longer any need to keep the two trees inside his body.

Before that...

Sig turned around and looked at Roger, Whitebeard, Dragon, and the others who were already seated.

Next, we will have the final operational meeting.

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They moved to Fishman Island in the Calm Belt, guarded by the Sea Kings, and it became the old lair of Liangshan Marsh.

Today, the leaders of major powers have gathered here, and their meeting will determine the fate of the world.

"The power of the ancient weapon Poseidon is our trump card."

Revolutionary leader Long spoke first:

"Even if Liangshan Marsh gathers many forces, its total military strength is still not on the same level as the forces that the World Government can mobilize."

"Relying on the power of Poseidon, we used a large number of Poseidons to quickly traverse the New World battlefield, cutting the entire ocean into isolated islands, preventing the Navy and the World Government from leveraging their numerical advantage."

"In addition, the Dragon King's ability to summon wind and rain also played a significant role in the New World, taking advantage of the terrain, and achieving remarkable results in conjunction with the Sea Kings' actions."

Now, the Dragon King is a permanent summon, and it's now used specifically to spray water and summon wind and rain.

"So far, we have achieved remarkable results, and the new world has actually fallen under our control."

As Long finished speaking, he paused, his heart filled with many emotions.

He painstakingly lay low for decades, single-handedly building a revolutionary army, and today he finally sees the spark of revolution igniting a prairie fire in the new world.

The phrase "I have a dream" could move revolutionary soldiers back then, and it can still move oppressed slaves and the lower classes around the world today.

In fact, from the moment the Liangshan Marsh faction was established, it was destined that the only thing in the world that could be their enemy was the World Government.

Even the navy, once the strongest maritime military force, has paled in comparison.

The new world has become the new world of Liangshan Marsh.

Over the decades and centuries, generations of outstanding individuals have risen and fallen, and many top-tier talents have emerged.

Neither the former Four Emperors of the Sea, nor the Pirate King Roger, nor the Sea Overlord Rocks, ever achieved the feat of controlling the entire New World.

Roger was indeed the Pirate King, but he did not reign supreme.

Although Rocks was the overlord of the seas, his position was not secure, and he was plagued by internal conflicts. He could not be said to be invincible in the seas.

But Long and the others didn't show much pride on their faces.

Because they know... this is just the beginning.

All under heaven share the same domain, and all peoples are one family.

The goal of establishing Liangshan Marsh was never to become king and conquer the new world, but rather...

"To overthrow the rule of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, liberate all mankind, and achieve the common dream of a world where everyone is like a dragon."

"We are now not far from this goal," Long declared eloquently.