"Pfft!!!"
Without any surprise, as Segun lost his abilities and became weak, a slash severed his head.
"Jie hahahaha, CP0 Deputy Chief? Remember, the one who killed you is I, Golden Lion!"
Watching Segun die completely, Golden Lion laughed maniacally.
He, Golden Lion, finally had a respectable achievement to boast about – killing the World Government's CP0 Deputy Chief. Now, when bragging to Nox, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage.
Environment God Maz Saint, using his Kenbunshoku Haki, sensed Saint Garling's presence disappear from the distant battlefield. Without hesitation, he broke free from John's restraint, transforming into his full-beast Garuda form and flying into the sky.
"Retreat!!"
Environment God Maz Saint shouted, making the remaining four Gorosei immediately understand his meaning.
Although they were very unwilling to leave just like that, the situation was against them. If they didn't leave now, they might be left here forever!
The other four Gorosei suddenly erupted with even greater power, shaking off their respective opponents before immediately using Moonwalk to rush into the sky.
It wasn't just the Gorosei; Army General Hamedi Fisher, a Steam Fruit user, couldn't be stopped from escaping by Charlotte Linlin either. The massive steam transformed into power, flying towards the sky.
Environment God Maz Saint's Garuda form had wings and could fly. After the four Gorosei and Army General Hamedy landed on his back, he immediately flew away.
"gura rara rara, you five old guys, you ran away when you couldn't win!"
Whitebeard watched the Gorosei escape and didn't stop them. John and the others made the same choice as Whitebeard.
None of them wanted to keep the Gorosei here, not even one. Otherwise, with their strength, they could have at least kept one behind.
"Hmm? They actually ran?"
Nox had just picked up the Supreme Grade Sword Ryusui from the ground when he saw the massive Garuda flying away in the sky.
"These guys, as expected, are just an alliance of convenience."
Soon, Nox understood something. Whitebeard and the others were not like him and Golden Lion; their attitude towards the World Government was to reduce their fighting strength at all costs.
"Jie hahahaha, Whitebeard, you guys are too weak. I killed my opponent, but you actually let yours run away!"
"If you had held them off a little longer and waited for me, maybe we could have kept all of them here. Those were the Gorosei! I really want to taste what it's like to kill the Gorosei!"
Golden Lion laughed arrogantly.
"It's just the Gorosei. There will be plenty of chances to kill them. Maybe the World Government won't swallow this humiliation and will send troops to the New World to encircle and suppress us after we return."
Nox walked over, holding Ryusui.
"Hmm? Nox, did you kill that God's Knights guy?"
As Nox walked over, Golden Lion's sharp gaze noticed the unsheathed Supreme Grade Sword Ryusui in his hand.
"Hahahaha, how could that guy survive after falling into my hands? This is my trophy, the Supreme Grade Sword Ryusui, rumored to be the sharpest!"
Nox had no intention of hiding it and admitted it openly.
"Jie hahahaha, no wonder you chose him as your opponent! So you were after this Supreme Grade Sword!"
Golden Lion was very envious when he saw the Supreme Grade Sword in Nox's hand. As a Grand Swordmaster, collecting famous swords was one of his few hobbies, especially Supreme Grade Swords.
As far as he knew, including this one, Nox now had four Supreme Grade Swords. He was simply outrageously rich!
"Yo hahahaha, stop talking. Let's finish this plunder quickly. I'm waiting to divide the treasure!"
As soon as John thought of the vast amount of treasure, he didn't want to continue talking here.
"Hahahaha, alright, let's all take action and completely end this plundering war!"
There were still some people on the island resisting their pirate groups. After their Captains took action, those who resisted were quickly all killed. Then, they sent people to search the island and collect all the treasure onto the ships.
When everything was over, Golden Lion immediately used his Devil Fruit ability to lead the large fleet away, flying towards the New World.
"Yo hahahaha, so much treasure!"
At this time, all nine Captains were gathered on Nox's Hades.
Because only his 500-meter-long giant ship's deck could hold this mountain of treasure.
Before they came, they had already agreed that after the treasure was plundered, it would be gathered together and distributed after everything was over, to prevent anyone from taking treasure midway and abandoning them.
As for whether the subordinates of each Captain had secretly kept anything, there certainly was, but they all tacitly accepted this behavior. As pirates, how could they not keep some for themselves!
"Hahahaha, according to what we agreed upon before, the treasure will be divided equally. Is there any problem?"
Nox looked at the mountain of treasure in front of him and spoke directly. If he hadn't obtained the gold from Gold City, the combined treasure of his Limitless Pirates probably wouldn't be much more than this.
"Jie hahahaha, of course there's no problem. This is what we agreed upon beforehand. Nobody wants to break the rules."
Golden Lion laughed heartily.
"Yo hahahaha, I also think there's no problem."
Even John, who was greedy for wealth, didn't dare to suggest anything about re-distribution at this time. Dividing the treasure equally was the best way, without scheming or fighting a big battle, after all, they couldn't defeat the three monsters, Nox, Golden Lion, and Whitebeard, in a one-on-one fight.
"Then let the subordinates come and distribute it."
After Nox finished speaking, the subordinates of the nine Captains stepped forward one after another and began to divide the mountain of treasure into nine equal parts.
After it was divided, it was inspected by the nine Captains and then moved off the Hades and back onto their own ships.
Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr, who were sent from Marineford to support the Gorosei, sat on the large battleship, looking ahead with grave expressions.
In one more day's journey, they would reach Bala De Kingdom. According to the information received, all the great pirate groups in the New World, except for the Roger Pirates, had appeared at Bala De Kingdom!
"Fleet Admiral, this is Sengoku!"
However, at this time, Sengoku received a den den mushi call from Kong.
"Sengoku, you should return. There's no need for support."
Kong said.
"What? Could it be…"
Sengoku seemed to have guessed.
"That's right, the pirate groups have left, and the Gorosei have also left. Except for the Gorosei and one Army General, all the Celestial Dragons and Marines are dead!"
Kong said helplessly.
This time, not only did the World Government suffer heavy losses, but the Marine also suffered heavy losses. Those were seven Vice Admirals and numerous Marine elites; they were completely wiped out!
This alone reduced their Marine middle-level fighting strength by a quarter, which was like adding insult to injury for their Marine!
"What!!!"
Hearing Kong's words, Sengoku's hand holding the den den mushi trembled.
Damn it, if the World Government and Celestial Dragons hadn't insisted on their Marine guarding Bala De Kingdom, so many Marines wouldn't have sacrificed themselves.
If the Celestial Dragons hadn't insisted on holding such an inhumane celebration, it wouldn't have attracted the pirate groups' covetousness and plunder!
"You should come back. I think the war is about to begin!"
Kong said.
As the Fleet Admiral, he could already guess that having suffered such a great humiliation, the Celestial Dragons and the World Government would definitely not let it go and would definitely start a war against the pirate groups in the New World.
Once the war began, their Marine would undoubtedly bear the brunt of it.
"I understand!"
Sengoku hung up the den den mushi helplessly and ordered the battleship to return.
"These scumbags, let's see if they still dare to hold such despicable celebrations in the future!"
Garp cursed.
Zephyr also strongly agreed with Garp. As the Admiral who didn't kill, when he first learned about the Celestial Dragons' inhumane celebrations, he had also thought about stopping them but couldn't.
Now, even if the pirate groups came to stop the Celestial Dragons, he thought it was fine, but it was a pity for the Marines sent to protect the Celestial Dragons.
"Don't say anything more. Let's go back first."
Sengoku said helplessly.
On the Hades:
"Now that the treasure has been distributed, it's time to divide the Devil Fruits."
Saying that, everyone turned their attention to the nine large boxes next to them, which contained the Devil Fruits.
"Hiss!!!"
The moment the nine boxes were opened, even the nine well-informed Captains gasped. The number of Devil Fruits was truly large!
"There are a total of 65 Devil Fruits. Golden Lion and I each killed a top-tier fighter, so we each get 8 Devil Fruits."
"The remaining seven of you will each get 7 Devil Fruits. How do you think I should divide them?"
Nox counted the number of Devil Fruits, pondered for a moment, and then spoke directly.
"gura rara rara, Nox, your division is indeed fine. You and Shiki were indeed more outstanding than the rest of us in this plunder."
Whitebeard naturally had no problem with this. Nox and Golden Lion only got one more Devil Fruit than them. It was their own fault for not being able to kill their opponents.
"Mama Mama, I have no problem either."
Charlotte Linlin had a relatively good relationship with Nox and the others, so she also agreed. The others had nothing to say; they couldn't find a reason to object even if they wanted to.
"To be fair, Whitebeard will choose first, then we'll take turns from left to right. Each person can only choose one, and we'll start over after one round!"
Nox said.
In order, after Whitebeard was Charlotte Linlin, then John and the others, and finally Nox and Golden Lion.
Everyone had no problem with this order, and then they began to choose the Devil Fruits.
There were no labels on the Devil Fruits at this time, and everyone couldn't just randomly look through them; they had to choose them directly like this.
Whitebeard was first, and Golden Lion was last. Soon, everyone had chosen their Devil Fruits one by one.
"Hahahaha, this cooperation has ended successfully. I hope we have a chance to cooperate again in the future!"
Seeing that everyone had chosen their Devil Fruits, Nox laughed heartily.
"Jie hahahaha, this cooperation was very good. If there's a chance in the future, I will definitely cooperate."
Golden Lion was also very satisfied with this cooperation. The treasure, Devil Fruits, and striking the World Government were all done perfectly. It was a pity that they couldn't keep the Gorosei, otherwise, it would have been even more wonderful.
"Mama Mama, you can call me next time something like this happens."
Charlotte Linlin also laughed. She knew that if Nox and Golden Lion hadn't called her this time, she might not have had the chance to participate in this plunder.
After all, she didn't have the intelligence or the power to succeed in plundering.
Needless to say, the others all looked forward to continuing to cooperate in the future. They would come as many times as there were opportunities for this kind of cooperation.
"Unfortunately, after this, I'm afraid the Celestial Dragons' celebrations will become more secretive, or they will set traps waiting for us to jump into."
Nox sighed inwardly.
Lightning doesn't strike the same place twice. Anyway, Nox didn't think about plundering the Celestial Dragons' celebration treasure a third time.
He knew without thinking that the next time the Celestial Dragons held a celebration, they would definitely set a trap waiting for them to fall into.
Or perhaps they wouldn't bring treasure and Devil Fruits when holding the celebration, and would distribute the spoils after returning to Holy Land Mary Geoise.
To be safe, Nox definitely wouldn't continue to fleece the Celestial Dragons. Even if he were to, he would have to wait for ten or more years, until the Celestial Dragons relaxed their vigilance, before doing so again.
Along the way, Nox and the others returned to the New World without any obstacles. Golden Lion was quite considerate and sent each Captain back to their respective seas.
"Jie hahahaha, Nox, you said before that the World Government would attack the New World again. Is that true?"
The last stop was the Limitless Sea. After dropping off Nox's ship, Golden Lion couldn't help but ask.
"Of course it's true. The Celestial Dragons suffered such heavy losses this time, and it will be known to the whole world."
"To maintain the face of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, they have to attack the New World even if they don't want to, otherwise their rule will be shaken."
Nox smiled.
"Known throughout the world? Are you going to announce this matter?"
Golden Lion asked curiously.
"That's right. Before I went, I invited people from the World Economic News Agency to come along."
"They took many photos and videos. By tomorrow, everyone in the world will know about the great deeds we did before."
Nox smiled proudly.
How could he miss such a thing that would damage the World Government's reputation and increase the influence of the pirate groups?
"Jie hahahaha, you're still the careful one in doing things. Then I'll wait for the World Government's retaliation!"
Golden Lion laughed heartily and left. He was very much looking forward to the World Government's retaliation!
The World Government has lost many top-tier fighters to them over the years. He wondered how much strength the World Government still had left. This was a good opportunity to test the World Government's foundation.