"Silver Axe, you are completely defeated!"
Nox looked at the embarrassed Silver Axe with a calm expression and smiled.
"Hehe, yes, I am defeated, defeated by you, Nox!"
Hearing Nox's words, Silver Axe couldn't help but mock himself. He had already been defeated when he first fought Nox two months ago.
He just didn't want to admit it, which was why he challenged Nox again and again, wanting to wash away the shame, and even more, wanting to use Nox's pressure to force himself to develop his Devil Fruit ability to be stronger.
He succeeded. In these two months, he felt that his Devil Fruit ability had been steadily getting stronger.
But he also failed. While he was using Nox as motivation for improvement, Nox was also using him as a whetstone.
The final result was still his defeat, and a complete defeat. If Nox hadn't just saved him, he would have been buried in that Sea.
"I can let you go, and I can also choose not to annex your Pirate Crew, but from now on, you must not be an enemy of the Limitless Pirates."
"And if I call upon you, you must not refuse. This will happen three times, and I will not publicize this matter. Only the two of us will know!"
"Finally, hand over all the Devil Fruits you have collected!"
Nox said after a moment of thought.
Silver Axe would not surrender to him, but he didn't want to kill him just like that; it would be too much of a waste of an Admiral-level fighting force, which was why he proposed such a condition!
He did not want to break the current situation in the New World where various Pirate Crew coexisted, after all, the World Government and the Marine were still watching like tigers.
Once this great pirate war in the New World leads to mutual slaughter among the major Pirate Crew, ultimately resulting in the death of several great Pirates.
Perhaps the World Government and the Marine will take advantage of the weakening of the vast pirate forces in the New World and launch an attack into the New World.
And the territory of the Limitless Pirates is close to the central and front parts of the New World. Once the World Government and the Marine attack the New World, the Limitless Pirates will inevitably be their primary target.
Nox does not have the Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit ability. The Golden Lion can run if he can't win. Although Nox can also run if he can't win, the territories he previously occupied and managed would all be gone.
Therefore, before the Executive Officers and Vice Captains of the Limitless Pirates grow up, he does not want to kill great Pirates like Silver Axe.
"Okay, I agree!"
Silver Axe agreed without hesitation.
Compared to staying alive, everything else is insignificant. He doesn't want to die right now, and Nox's conditions are not harsh; they allow him to live and preserve his reputation.
"Very good. If that's the case, then you may leave!"
Seeing Silver Axe agree, Nox smiled slightly, left a small boat for Silver Axe, and then left.
"Alas, I never thought that the little kid from back then has climbed above my head!"
Looking at Nox's receding back, Silver Axe sighed with emotion.
He vaguely remembered the time when Nox had just joined the Rocks Pirates, barely able to fight John for a day using tricks.
At that time, he, Silver Axe, could easily defeat Nox.
Unexpectedly, six years passed in a blink of an eye. Silver Axe himself had become much stronger, but he was completely defeated by Nox, whom he could easily defeat in the past. He was defeated with overwhelming power, which made him have to concede!
"However, I, Silver Axe, will not decline just like that! I am the great Pirate Silver Axe!!"
That feeling of emotion only lasted for a moment before the ambition in Silver Axe's heart recovered.
He can't beat Nox now, but that doesn't mean he won't be able to beat him in the future. Even if he can't beat him, he will maintain his territory in the New World!
After all, there are not just a few great Pirates in the New World. If you can't beat one, then form an alliance with other great Pirates.
After expanding his territory to the center of the New World, Nox stopped expanding and returned.
If he continued to expand, he would encounter the Flying Pirates.
Currently, in the central area of the New World, the Limitless Pirates and the Flying Pirates have each taken half, essentially dividing the most prosperous territory in the center of the New World equally.
It's not that Nox is afraid of the Golden Lion; the Limitless Pirates do not have enough manpower to guard so much territory.
Of the 30,000 Pirates who came out with Nox, only 20,000 remain, a loss of 10,000.
And the 30,000 who were led by Bullet and the other two to stop Brandon suffered even heavier losses, losing half of their numbers.
So he had to return and take care of that guy Brandon!
After Silver Axe was completely defeated by Nox, he withdrew from the center of the New World and returned to his remaining territory.
Then he turned to occupy other scattered territories, and also turned to occupy the territories of other scattered Pirate Crew.
In the New World, in addition to the Roger Pirates and the Pirate Crew formed by the remnants of Rocks, there are also other emerging Pirate Crew.
Those Pirate Crew all survived by banding together in the cracks between the major Pirate Crew. Now that Silver Axe has been defeated by Nox, he naturally has to regain face from other Pirates.
And whether it was intentional or not by Silver Axe, the news of his defeat was not conveyed to Brandon, and Nox did not deliberately publicize it.
As a result, Brandon still didn't know about this matter and was still fighting fiercely with Bullet and the other two, wanting to completely defeat these three kids.
On this day, after resting, Brandon recovered his strength and was just thinking of attacking the Limitless Pirates' territory again when he saw a huge steel warship approaching.
"Hades, Nox is here!"
When Brandon saw the largest ship in the New World at that time, he immediately knew who had arrived.
After Hades set sail, that unparalleled steel giant ship, like a war fortress, instantly made everyone in the World, having seen it only once, find it hard to forget.
However, what puzzled Brandon was that Silver Axe had actually failed to hold Nox back.
"Brandon, Silver Axe has been completely defeated by me. If you are willing to leave obediently on your own, I can spare you today!"
Nox stood on the dragon head of Hades, his voice cold and full of imposing manner.
"Hmph, anyone can say arrogant words! If you've got the guts, come!"
Brandon was instantly enraged when he heard Nox's words.
After all, he was an Executive Officer of the Rocks Pirates just like Nox before, and neither of them submitted to the other. How could he possibly run away now without even fighting!
If he really did that, how could he establish himself in the New World in the future?
"Hahahahaha, then come on!!"
Nox burst into laughter. Without waiting for Hades to dock, he directly stepped on Moonwalk and rushed towards the island.
"You guys leave this island!"
Seeing Nox rushing over, Brandon immediately ordered his subordinates to quickly leave the area, because he knew that these subordinates would be cannon fodder here!
Even while stepping on Moonwalk in the air, Nox's speed was extremely fast. Blood-red lightning blossomed wantonly on the Seven Star Sword. Looking from afar, it was like a blood-red lightning meteor streaking across.
As Nox continuously approached the island, the momentum on the sword body became stronger and stronger, as if waiting for the moment it would completely erupt.
"Life Return · Limb Normal Enhancement!"
"Three-Element Fusion Secret Art - Domineering Enchantment - Heaven and Earth Destruction Slash!!"
The moment he arrived above the island, Nox rapidly fell like a meteor. With a single sword slash, the surrounding air was instantly sucked dry.
The entire space seemed to collapse. Looking from afar, this island appeared to be in a doomsday of heaven and earth collapsing.
At this moment, Brandon's muscles bulged, and his skin was red. Steam sprayed from his pores, resembling Luffy's Gear Second stance.
While Nox was charging up, Brandon was also charging up.
"Violent King Fist!!"
When Nox fell, Brandon punched towards the sky. The space vibrated, as if the entire sky was about to fall under his fist.
As the fist and the sword violently collided, countless blood-red lightning bolts like ten thousand thunders striking down raged across the entire island.
In an instant, the island vibrated, and violent collision aftershocks surged out from the center of that fist and sword.
Even Hades outside the island stopped approaching the island due to the huge waves that were stirred up.
"Damn it, how is he so strong!"
Brandon clenched his teeth tightly, but blood still flowed from the corner of his mouth. He knew Nox was strong, but he never knew Nox was this strong!
The intense pain from his fist and the Haki that was being ground down shocked him.
However, just as he was thinking this, Nox's power suddenly erupted.
One sword strike broke through the Haoshoku Haki on his fist and heavily slashed onto Brandon's fist, sending him crashing into the ground beneath the island.
Brandon stood up from the pile of Rocks with a look of disbelief, looking at the severed tendon of his middle finger on his fist.
Just one sword strike had broken a tendon in his hand!
He was a man who had survived being surrounded by three Admiral-level powerhouses, how could he be so weak!
Since surviving being surrounded by three Admiral-level powerhouses including Kong, Brandon had full confidence in his strength.
As long as he wasn't surrounded, he wasn't afraid of anyone in a one-on-one fight!
But he had forgotten that if Nox hadn't used explosives to kill a CP0 Deputy Chief with lightning speed and rescued him, he would have been killed long ago!
"Brandon, you are weaker than Silver Axe!"
Nox looked at Brandon with a smile and said.
What he liked most was dealing with pure body art powerhouses who didn't have weapons, because he could directly slash at their bodies.
If they had weapons, they would block his sword with their weapons, and the damage effect of his Seven Star Sword would not be as high.
"Hmph, cut the nonsense, come again!"
Seeing the mocking expression on Nox's face, Brandon was furious.
Before Nox came to the Rocks Pirates, and before he was captured, he was stronger than Silver Axe.
But ever since Silver Axe ate a Devil Fruit, he might have been surpassed by Silver Axe, but he would not admit it, and even more, he didn't want to believe it was true!
Brandon instantly disappeared from where he was and then appeared in front of Nox, unceremoniously throwing a punch at Nox's face.