I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

In a situation with many powerful individuals around, it would be too easy to expose one's true abilities and it would be quite dangerous to take action personally. Using Da Xiong's gun skills would be much safer. Others would only be able to see that Sig's gun skills are excellent, but they wouldn't be able to figure out his true abilities.

Amidst shouts of men, neighing of horses, and the clash of guns, the flashing of swords and the glint of blades never ceased.

The female knights and their group were not weak, but they only numbered in the dozens. The Rocks Pirates were only caught off guard at first before gradually gaining the upper hand.

Lox had no intention of making a move. He looked at the female knights in front of him with a hint of disappointment.

"Thunder God Lucien? With such a small force, no wonder he has survived for so many years and still cannot dominate the New World."

"Is it because they have too few people... or because we are too strong?"

Rocks whispered, glancing back at Sig, Newgate, and the others behind him.

Before him, the pirate crews of great pirates were not very large, and even the larger pirate crews had a relatively limited number of strong members.

Rocks wanted to achieve something no one had ever accomplished, so he kept expanding his pirate crew and recruiting strong individuals.

In less than half an hour, this female knight order had been defeated by Newgate and his pirates, falling to their deaths in pools of blood.

Ignoring the fallen female knights, the pirates swarmed into the towering palace, ready to plunder.

The Golden Lion wasn't particularly interested in plundering; he strolled over to the Pegasus female knight lying in a pool of blood.

"You just said your god is in heaven?" A mocking smile appeared on the Golden Lion's face.

The female knight of Pegasus stared coldly at the golden lion, without saying a word.

"There are no gods in this world, only some arrogant swine who call themselves gods. They are completely incapable of understanding the vastness of the world."

Shiki the Golden Lion said calmly.

He is a user of the Float-Float Fruit. When he first obtained the power of this fruit, he flew to extremely high altitudes.

What he saw challenged his worldview and fueled his ambition.

That's why, in that drunken conversation with Sieg forty years later... he believed Sieg's joking talk about an infinite earth and stars.

As for the so-called God?

"Where is your god now that the palace has been breached?"

The golden lion chuckled, his body defying gravity, rapidly rising into the sky before disappearing into the clouds.

As the Golden Lion ascended into the sky, Higuma, Newgate, and the other pirates entered the towering palace before them and began searching in all directions.

Newgate glanced at Wang Xige and said, "I'm planning to head west. What about you, Wang Xige?"

I plan to...

Sieg was speaking when he suddenly felt heavy footsteps behind him, and then a large shadow enveloped him.

Looking back, Charlotte Lingling, who was over 8 meters tall, was following behind him, staring at him with a scorching gaze.

"Let's go together, there's strength in numbers."

Sig's heart skipped a beat, and he and Dracula quickly caught up with Newgate ahead.

A moment later, they arrived at a half-collapsed hall. The walls seemed to have been affected by the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and half of the ceiling had collapsed, with sunlight streaming in from outside.

In the very center of this hall, above three steps, stood a square platform. From the platform, the faint sound of a baby crying could be heard.

Chapter 651 Our First Child

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Chapter 652 Divine Retribution

The lightning was as dense as a rain curtain, forming a giant net under the sky that enveloped the entire Thunder God Island.

On the golden ship in the sky, a burly man with red hair and beard, like a flame, stood looking down at the palace that had partially collapsed, his eyes flashing with anger.

"Pirates of the New World? Everyone, stay here today."

His majestic voice echoed in the sky, spreading far and wide.

Lucien raised his hammer high, and endless lightning gathered on it, the dazzling white light almost like the sun, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

But at that moment, a dark mass rose up, and Lox was enveloped in dense darkness. He stepped on the moon and soared into the sky, laughing wildly as he looked at Lucien standing on the floating giant ship.

"You're Thor?"

Lox laughed wildly, stretching out his hand towards Lucien, a dense darkness swelling in his hand.

"Lightning Serpent!"

But in that instant, Lucien's body transformed into a long, lightning-fast serpent, rapidly winding through the air.

Before Rocks could react, the long snake of lightning had already snaked up in front of him. Lucien's body appeared, his iron hammer flashing with a dazzling white light, and slammed down hard on Rocks's waist and abdomen.

boom!

With a muffled thud, Lockes, who had just leaped into the air, fell to the ground like a meteor, slamming back down with a deafening roar.

Thor Lucien's body was half-transformed into lightning, hovering in mid-air, coldly looking down at the Rocks Pirates below. His gaze swept over the group of female knights lying in pools of blood in front of the palace gate, and his anger intensified.

"What? Even Captain Rocks?"

"It's too fast! His speed is too fast, it's practically as fast as lightning itself!"

"Where exactly did that Golden Lion provoke this guy?"

The pirates' expressions all changed.

Rocks's reputation and strength surpassed that of any of them, but now they were shocked to discover that even Rocks could not gain the upper hand in front of Lucien, who called himself a god.

This is a very troublesome enemy.

Inside the sacrificial hall, Sig was shocked to see this scene.

The fact that Lucien the Thunder God just displayed his elemental transformation ability suggests that... he might really be the previous user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

A user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit who can transform into an element would likely have a speed comparable to Kizaru, the user of the Glint-Glint Fruit. Moreover, lightning can travel in a meandering path, unlike the Glint-Glint Fruit which can only travel in a straight line.

But what's strange is...

Sig's gaze couldn't help but fall on the giant golden ship floating in the sky.

Let's leave aside the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, but why does this Thunder God Lucien possess a flying ship similar to Enel's Ark Maxim in later generations?

How did Shiki the Golden Lion provoke Thor?

Sig turned his head to look at the Golden Lion. At this moment, the Golden Lion had already stood up from the pit. He looked disheveled and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.

"What Thor... isn't he just a Logia-type Devil Fruit user who's a bit faster and has a bit more Observation Haki?"

Although he was beaten from a golden lion into a golden hedgehog, Shiki was clearly not willing to admit defeat. He glared at Lucien in the sky and uttered harsh words.

As soon as he said this, Lucien in the sky seemed to sense something and looked down at the golden lion with a cold, contemptuous gaze.

Just as Lucien was about to look away, his gaze was drawn to Sieg.

To be precise, Lucien's gaze fell on the baby in Sieg's arms.

"You bunch of pirates, you really dare to do anything!"

Lucien snorted coldly, his eyes now filled with dazzling electric light, thick arcs of electricity coiling around him.

"Divine retribution!"

With a wave of Lucien's hand, a thick, blazing white pillar of lightning descended from the rolling black clouds, its dazzling light completely enveloping the entire sacrificial hall.

boom!

Amidst the terrifying roar, the sacrificial hall, which had already partially collapsed, crumbled completely, blasted into dust by the dazzling lightning.

However, when the dust settled, Thor Lucien raised an eyebrow, a look of surprise flashing across his face.

Where his gaze fell, a thundercloud spread out above the great hall, lightning flashing incessantly on it, obscuring his view.

A human face vaguely appeared on the thundercloud, gazing at Lucien, the god of thunder, with longing in its eyes:

"This lightning is delicious! I'd like some more."

Zeus the Thundercloud is the strongest Homie created by Charlotte Linlin. Its essence is a thundercloud, and lightning is actually a delicacy that replenishes its power.

At the crucial moment when the lightning struck, Charlotte Linlin had Zeus, the thundercloud, shield the area from the attack.

"Zeus the Thundercloud...no wonder Locus wanted to recruit Charlotte Linlin..."

Sig held the baby in his arms and muttered to himself.

There are counters between Devil Fruit abilities. Lucien the Thunder God is extremely fast, and his sudden attack almost caught Rocks off guard, causing him to be hit in one blow.

On the other hand, the lightning unleashed by Thor Lucien was completely countered by Charlotte Linlin's thundercloud Zeus.

Lucien, the god of thunder, glanced at Zeus, the thundercloud, and showed an interested expression.

"Hmm? What a strange ability, it's almost like... the power of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit."

As a user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, he can easily create lightning, but creating thunderclouds to further expand the attack range of his Rumble-Rumble Fruit is not such a simple matter.

Thinking of this, Lucien glanced towards the depths of the palace, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of walls to see something, and his brow furrowed.

"Huh? My Cloud-Cloud Fruit is still here? And the pirates below aren't users of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit?"

The whisper also reached the ears of Sig and the others below.

"Cloud Fruit?"

Shiki the Golden Lion glanced at Zeus the thundercloud above his head, a look of longing flashing in his eyes.

"A Devil Fruit that can block lightning? No... it's not just about blocking lightning; the Cloud-Cloud Fruit might even be able to generate its own electrical discharge ability..."

"Is such a fruit also kept in Lucien's palace?"

The golden lion's body floated up, completely ignoring Sig and the others, and flew swiftly towards the depths of the palace that Lucien had been gazing at.

"Although I don't know what kind of ability it is, well..."

Lucien paused for a moment in the air, then raised his hammer again, pointing it at Zeus the thundercloud below.

Amidst the rolling black clouds, countless bolts of lightning struck the iron hammer relentlessly, the terrifying heat carried by the lightning making the hammer glow red-hot.