I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Although he considered himself no longer the playboy he once was, he was still, in general, a nobleman who never lifted a finger.

"The working principle will surprise many people," Phoenix Palace said calmly.

"There is a vast underground space beneath the Holy Land of Mary Geoise."

"Every time the kings of the constituent nations marvel at the automated conveyor belts of the Holy Land Mary Geoise, hundreds or thousands of slaves are working hard to push the conveyor belts beneath the Holy Land."

Musgarud was taken aback.

"You mean, the main road of the Holy Land is entirely driven by human power?"

"Are you trying to say that this way of working is backward and primitive?" Phoenix Palace smiled.

Her gaze fell upon the Celestial Dragons in the distance.

The Tianlong group was in a noisy uproar, arguing about something.

About half of these Celestial Dragons rode on the backs of slaves of various races, including giants, fish-men, and human pirates...

“The Celestial Dragons’ primary mode of transportation is slavery,” Phoenix Palace said.

"Even the strongest slave, even a giant, can crawl on their knees. How fast can they crawl?"

"This mode of transportation is also very outdated and inefficient."

"The World Government can mass-produce advanced pacifists, but the Holy Land's conveyor belt road relies on human power."

"why?"

Musgarud made a sound, but didn't say anything.

“Because these are Celestial Dragons,” Phoenix Palace said deeply.

"This is a symbol of power."

The Holy Land's conveyor belt system operates on a simple, crude, and primitive principle, resulting in low efficiency and requiring enormous manpower... But what does this have to do with the Celestial Dragons?

Just like trolls always like to criticize others and make them look utterly humiliated, otherwise how could they appear so clever?

A troll's sense of superiority is built on belittling others.

The Celestial Dragons' sense of superiority is built upon their trampling of the people.

"The rhinoceros beetle-shaped hair bun on the head is a symbol of status; the higher the hair bun, the higher the status."

"They call themselves Celestial Dragons in order to distinguish themselves from humans."

"The bubble hoods and enclosed dust suits are a sign that they disdain breathing the same air as humans."

"The suffixes 'Gong' and 'Sheng' after the name also indicate an extraordinary status."

"Everything about the Celestial Dragons demonstrates their noble and extraordinary status."

"How can they appear noble if they don't ride on the heads of the people?" Phoenix Palace said indifferently.

These words left Musgalud Holy See feeling parched and his heart pounding.

He considered himself an anomaly among the Celestial Dragons, but compared to the unconventional Phoenix Palace, he seemed much more normal.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Saint Musgarud vaguely sensed that Phoenix Palace before him was implying something.

“Musgard, you’ve long harbored doubts about your Celestial Dragon identity,” Phoenix Palace said.

"You want to know why I know so much about Pangu City, don't you? Come with me. I can tell you slowly."

"This story can be traced back to the theft of the holy site years ago."

...........................

Deep within Pangu City, amidst the flowers.

The stone slabs on the ground sank, and an elevator enclosed by transparent glass appeared. Immai stepped into it and followed the elevator underground.

Cronus is a flying fortress designed by the ancient kingdoms, and in addition to its above-ground portion, it also has a vast underground space.

Looking around, it was a dark and cramped world.

For the Celestial Dragons to live a decent and comfortable life in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, they naturally need a massive amount of manual labor.

Slaves, laborers... these people obviously couldn't live in the Holy Land like the Celestial Dragons.

But in order to maintain the prosperity of the holy land, they cannot be too far away.

Underground were the dwellings of these slaves and laborers.

Due to the impact of the war, many underground structures collapsed, and the passageways were now filled with crumbling earth and rocks, with slaves lying in pools of blood.

Im walked through the crowd expressionlessly and snapped his fingers lightly.

A green flame of life burst forth from his fingertips, spreading rapidly across the slaves' bodies and drawing upon their life force.

The experimental subjects of the immortal species at that time were born from the Heavenly King and were humanoid batteries.

And now, these slaves have become batteries in Im's hands.

"I need to speed things up," she muttered to herself.

As the bright green light shone, strands of life force were taken away and returned to her.

Just like the bald Five Elders who wore the first generation Kitetsu, Im can temporarily inject life force into others or himself through the power of the Life Fruit, allowing the aging bodies of the Five Elders to continue.

The development of this ability is similar to Moria's Shadow-Shadow Fruit, which allows him to harvest other people's shadows and insert them into his own body.

The difference is that injecting life force does not immediately enhance a person's combat ability; it only strengthens physical strength.

Im muttered to himself, a rare hint of anxiety flashing in his eyes.

What just happened was so shocking.

Faced with a figure capable of cleaving through the Red Line, Im had no desire to fight; the risk was too great.

"Before leaving this planet, let's trigger a volcanic eruption in the new world and reshape the world once again," she muttered to herself.

"Then, we'll fly into the sky to take refuge..."

As she was formulating her plan, the ground suddenly shook violently a few times.

A mud wall collapsed in front of her, but she slapped it to pieces, though a look of shock and anger flashed in her eyes.

"The Kronos spaceship is rapidly decreasing in speed? Is someone interfering with the ship's movement?"

She frowned, then vanished from her spot in a flash.

....................

A few minutes ago.

Inside Pangu City.

Phoenix Palace led Saint Musgarud deep into the city of Pangaea. She seemed very familiar with the layout, clearly having been there more than once or twice.

“After the theft from the sacred site more than thirty years ago, the stolen items were placed in the Anotherpiece treasure by the bandit king Sig,” Phoenix Palace said as she walked.

"People are saying that the treasure contains a treasure related to the Celestial Dragons' national treasure and represents the Celestial Dragons' authority. Some even say that as long as you obtain the treasure and return it to the World Government, you can become a new Celestial Dragon by virtue of this great achievement."

"And the so-called Celestial Dragons' national treasure is none other than Pangaea, the ancient kingdom's Chronos spaceship, which is the city beneath our feet."

"This national treasure represents the possibility of interstellar migration, so it is a treasure of utmost importance."

"800 years ago, the Chronos spaceship was not yet fully completed, and the Twenty Kings who established the World Government had an agreement with Im, the then commander of the Allied Forces."

"Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces?" Musgarud was taken aback.

"Isn't Im the king of us Celestial Dragons, the emperor of the Empty Throne?"

“That’s a different matter.” Phoenix Palace shook her head.

"The twenty kings... to be precise, the nineteen kings who remained in the Holy Land created nineteen bloodline factor keys for the Chronos spaceship. Only the identity chip information of the family patriarch can activate them, representing the highest authority over this spaceship."

"In other words, the captain of this Chronos spaceship should actually be one of the nineteen kings, while Im was merely the one who steered it..."

Eight hundred years have passed, and the helmsman has become the true king in the shadows who controls the ship.

Meanwhile, the Celestial Dragons were fattened up by Im into pigs.

At this moment, Phoenix Palace finally stopped and pushed open a room door.

"Phoenix, you've finally arrived."

Several Celestial Dragons dressed in white robes but without bubble shields on their heads nodded, watching Phoenix Palace and Saint Musgard who had just entered the room.

"Why did you bring someone else along? Is he Saint Musgarud from the Don Quixote family? I've heard of him. Is he our new companion?"

“You…you all…” Musgarud was taken aback.

There were about seven or eight Celestial Dragons in front of him, none of them wearing bubble hoods.

The Celestial Dragons are the sum of nineteen enormous families that have thrived for 800 years; their total number is not small.

When there are many people, there will always be some outliers like the Homingo family, who are Doflamingo's parents.

Clearly, these Celestial Dragons who weren't wearing bubble shields were all on the same side as Phoenix Palace.

It was only then that Musgalud realized belatedly that he might have been tricked.

"There's a traitor among the Five Elders, and there are traitors among the other Celestial Dragon families?" He was shocked.

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“Celestial Dragons…” Saint Musgard looked at the Celestial Dragons before him, a sense of absurdity welling up inside him.

"When did you begin to change?"

Saint Musgard knew himself well. He was grateful to Fishman Island because he had been moved by Queen Otohime after the Fishman Island shipwreck and survived thanks to a blood transfusion from the Fishman race.

The Homingo and Doflamingo families, who were also branches of the Donquixote Family, were even more radical. Like the Alabasta royal family back then, they directly abandoned their Celestial Dragon status and left the Holy Land.

"It probably started around the Valley of the Gods back then," Phoenix Palace said casually.

Just like the navy during the Marineford War, they too had their lives threatened by Uranus, the Heavenly King, who was hanging over their heads.

The one who was to be eliminated along with them was the Celestial Dragon King, while the one who saved them was just a mere pirate.

“This is a fantastic opportunity,” Phoenix Palace said in the room.

"Sigu possesses the power to cleave the Red Line with a single sword strike. If he can catch up with the Chronos spaceship, he can definitely end the era of Im and the Celestial Dragons' rule in one fell swoop."