Three years ago, Nox had already ordered the collection of various types of blood: poultry blood, beast blood, Sea Kings blood, and even human blood.
Human blood was mainly collected through donations, or rather, by having people in the Limitless Sea voluntarily sell their blood.
The Limitless Pirates would give Berries, food, and other valuable items to buy fresh blood from others.
Even residents living within the Limitless Sea, especially those struggling to make ends meet, were particularly fond of selling blood, as the food and Berries obtained from selling blood were very generous!
When Nox arrived at the central base of Venus Island, he opened the door to the blood storage room, and a thick, pungent smell of fresh blood immediately assaulted him.
In front, there was a huge Blood Pool 40,000 square meters wide and 4 meters deep, filled with thick, mixed fresh blood. The blood of various animals and humans was all mixed together.
"Buzz!!!"
Such rich fresh blood stimulated the Seven Star Sword, which craved blood. The Seven Star Sword appeared in Nox's hand uncontrollably, its trembling blade clearly expressing its desire.
"Its spirituality is getting stronger and stronger!"
Feeling the Seven Star Sword's strong desire, Nox's face showed a faint smile.
The Seven Star Sword of the past had no such spirituality, only the pure instinct to crave slaughter and fresh blood.
As the Seven Star Sword devoured more and more fresh blood and its intent to kill grew stronger, coupled with Nox's own Haki and Sword Intent nurturing it, it could be said that the Seven Star Sword became increasingly powerful.
Now, the Seven Star Sword no longer emitted the green light it initially did, but a dark red color formed by the fusion of black, green, and blood-red light, symbolizing endless slaughter!
"Go!"
Nox plunged the Seven Star Sword into the Blood Pool, and immediately the entire Blood Pool began to boil.
The thick fresh blood also began to thin out. Although the volume did not decrease, the density continuously decreased.
As the Seven Star Sword continuously devoured the essence of the blood, the originally bright red blood became dull, and the bloody smell gradually faded, eventually giving way to a foul odor.
"Splash, splash!!!"
When the Seven Star Sword stopped devouring the blood essence, Nox pressed a button to drain all the blood. This waste blood could also be used as fertilizer to Training medicinal herbs, a form of recycling.
No blood stained the Seven Star Sword; it remained smooth and transparent, and the aura on its blade had become even stronger.
"Seven blood slots, six are full. The Seven Star Sword is about to reach its peak."
Nox checked the blood slots in the Seven Star Sword and nodded with satisfaction.
Once the Seven Star Sword's blood slots are filled, it can no longer become stronger by devouring blood in this manner.
At that point, for the Seven Star Sword to become stronger, it can only rely on Yumaz fusing another ore capable of forging Supreme Grade Swords into the Seven Star Sword.
Also, in the future, if a method is developed to allow inanimate objects to eat Devil Fruit, the Seven Star Sword could eat a powerful Devil Fruit.
Aside from these two methods, he currently has no other way to further enhance his Seven Star Sword.
"Captain, the Blood Pool will be filled again in three months."
When Koya saw Nox come out, she said happily. She felt very happy to be able to follow Nox!
"Yes, Koya, you did well. Keep up the good work, I have high hopes for you!"
Seeing the little girl Koya, Nox couldn't help but smile and encourage her.
"Captain, I will definitely live up to your expectations!"
Looking at Nox's departing back, Koya said gratefully.
"Husband, the Marine, Army, and other World Government forces are rapidly mobilizing. Soon, they will launch an attack on the New World."
After returning home, Shakky walked over with a stack of documents and said.
"Oh? It seems things are going as expected. It's time for us to move out as well. I remember the Limitless Pirates have expanded again and now number 150,000, right?"
Nox said.
"Husband, the number has reached 160,000 now, but many are new recruits, some have never even been on a battlefield."
Shakky said.
"Hahahaha, very good. This time, we'll bring all those guys to the battlefield. Only those who survive can be considered members of our Limitless Pirates."
Nox laughed.
Although the Limitless Pirates have a large number of members, there are many cannon fodder. Once they enter a battlefield of that level, who knows how many will be lost.
Nox didn't care how many were lost. No matter how many were lost, they could be replenished within a year after the war.
What he needed was to temper elites through this war. Otherwise, no matter how much cannon fodder there is, they are still cannon fodder. If someone uses Haoshoku Haki, they will all fall. What's the point?
Without further ado, Nox immediately summoned the three Executive Officers, Bullet, Ashura Doji, and Howard, and other Vice Captains for a meeting.
After the meeting, the Vice Captains and Executive Officers returned to organize the Pirates to prepare for the expedition.
This war was likely to last for a long time, so Athena and Lesley were in charge of the corresponding logistics.
Weapons and ammunition, food reserves, doctors and medicine, spare ships, etc. A real war involves many things, not just fighting desperately.
The actions of the Limitless Pirates were completely unconcealed. All the great Pirate Crew in the New World, the Marine, the World Government, and others all knew about it.
At the same time, Nox also called the major Pirate Crew in the New World to inform them to prepare for war.
Other Pirate Crew didn't say anything and also began to gather their crew members, preparing to head to the front of the New World.
This was something that had been agreed upon when they set out to steal the Celestial Dragons' treasure. Afterwards, if the World Government retaliated, they would bear it together.
Although the major Pirate Crew knew this well, they all chose to act as support and did not send out their full strength, because the central territory of the New World was occupied by the Limitless Pirates and the Flying Pirates.
The World Government's first target was the territory of the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates, so the main force was still the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates, with the other Pirate Crew acting as support.
After everything was ready, Nox piloted the Hades, leading forty pirate ships to set sail together.
Among these forty pirate ships, there were three 300-meter-long steel ships, which were the mounts of the three Executive Officers, and ten 100-meter-long steel ships, which were the mounts of the ten great Vice Captains.
The rest were wooden ships, and even the wooden ships varied in size, but each ship was meticulously crafted. This massive fleet, even just sailing on the Sea, was awe-inspiring!
"Captain, the Marine G5 Fortress is ahead, but there seems to be no one on the island, the Marine have all withdrawn."
Soon, the Limitless Pirates' fleet arrived at the Marine's territory, but they didn't see any Marine on the island. Clearly, the Marine had already withdrawn.
"G5 Fortress is the deepest in the New World, and the nearest fortresses around it would take more than half a day to send reinforcements. The Marine knew they couldn't hold this fortress, so they simply abandoned it."
Nox said calmly.
"Since that's the case, let's wait here, waiting for other Pirates to arrive."
Nox laughed.
Their Limitless Pirates were the earliest to arrive, so they had to wait for other Pirate Crew.
"Shakky, Morgans should have sent out the newspapers, right?"
After returning to the cabin, Nox contacted Shakky through a mirror and asked.
"I already told him last night, and he sent them out last night. I estimate that most people in the World can see them now."
Shakky replied.
"That's good."
After confirming, Nox cut off the connection and waited quietly in this Marine Fortress.
"Shocking! New World legendary Pirate Nox promised that during the war between the New World Pirates and the Marine, killing a Marine soldier will be rewarded with 500,000 Berries, killing a Marine Executive Officer will be rewarded with 2,000,000 Berries, killing a Commodore will be rewarded with 20,000,000 Berries, killing a Rear Admiral will be rewarded with 100,000,000 Berries, killing a Vice Admiral will be rewarded with 500,000,000 Berries, and killing an Admiral will be rewarded with 5,000,000,000 Berries!!"
"Legendary Pirate Nox calls on all Pirates worldwide to jointly fight the Marine. During the war, the Limitless Pirates will sell the latest model swords, firearms, and medical supplies at half price!"
"Legendary Pirate Golden Lion announced that for all Pirates who come to participate in the war, the Flying Pirates will be fully responsible for their food, and those who perform well can join the Flying Pirates!"
"The two great legendary Pirates of the New World, Nox and Golden Lion, jointly summon all Pirates worldwide to participate in the war against the Marine. In this war, the Pirates are bound to win!"
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The World Economic News Agency was very fast, and newspapers with eye-catching headlines quickly spread throughout the New World and the Four Seas.
"Hahahaha, a war between all the Pirates of the New World and the Marine? How exciting! This is an epic war! I must participate!"
"This is a great opportunity to increase my reputation, I can't miss it."
"Kill Marine, get Berries? How tempting! Killing a Rear Admiral can earn 100,000,000 Berries, that's great!"
"Ugh Cluck, cluck, cluck, war, this is real war, I want to smash everything!"
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As the newspapers from the World Economic News Agency spread throughout the World, all the Pirates in the New World, no, it should be said that all the Pirates in the entire World went crazy.
The Marine withdrew most of the Marine guarding the Four Seas, completely unable to suppress the Pirates in the Four Seas. This news made the Pirates in the Four Seas even more rampant, and even more people set sail to become Pirates because they saw that the era of Pirates had arrived!
And more Pirates charged all the way, from the Four Seas to the Grand Line, from the Grand Line to the New World. The Marine had no ability to stop these Pirates from coming to the New World, after all, they even transferred the Marine from the Sabaody Archipelago to the New World.
Roger Pirates:
"Hahahaha, the war between the New World Pirates and the Marine has arrived? How exciting!"
Roger laughed loudly while drinking and looking at the newspaper in his hand.
"Captain, Nox and Golden Lion have joined forces to call on all the Pirates in the New World to participate in the war. I estimate that Whitebeard and others who went with them to steal the Celestial Dragons' treasure will definitely go to support them."
"The remaining scattered Pirate Crew dare not refuse this seemingly voluntary call to go, which means that all the Pirates in the New World will go, so what about us? Should we go?"
Rayleigh looked at Roger and asked.
"Hmph, they're really wishful thinking! When they went to steal the Celestial Dragons' treasure, they didn't call our Roger Pirates, and now they want us to help them fight the World Government!"
Gaban said dissatisfiedly.
He knew without thinking that this war was a retaliatory war by the World Government after Nox and the others had stolen the Celestial Dragons' treasure and slaughtered a large number of Celestial Dragons. This had nothing to do with their Roger Pirates.
"Hahahaha, Gaban, you can't think like that. We are Pirates. All the Pirates in the World have gone, and only our Roger Pirates didn't go. Where would we put our face? Are we still Pirates?"
Rayleigh said.
"Buruburu, Buruburu!!"
Just then, the den den mushi on Roger rang. It was a red-haired, dignified yet domineering looking avatar.
"Hahahaha, Nox, do you have something to call me for?"
Roger laughed loudly as he answered the call and put it on speakerphone so that Rayleigh and the others could hear.
"Roger, I won't beat around the bush. I'm here to invite you to participate in this war. You should have received the news by now."
Nox said.
"Hahahaha, Nox, as far as I know, that's trouble you caused, and it has nothing to do with our Roger Pirates. Don't use your identity as a legendary Pirate to talk about things, our Roger Pirates don't recognize that kind of thing."
Roger said.
"I know the clue to the thing your Roger Pirates are currently looking for."
Nox said directly.
"What clue?"
Roger asked.
His dream has always been not to conquer the World, but to travel around the World, find many interesting islands, make many friends, and circumnavigate the entire World.
But unfortunately, they have been in the New World for so long, and apart from the Calm Belt, they haven't found any other route back to the Four Seas, unable to fulfill their dream of traveling around the World.
They later found a little clue in some ancient history and then embarked on the path of pursuing history, but they have gained very little so far.
This news should only be known to their Roger Pirates crew members, and others shouldn't know about it, but now Nox knows!
"The clue to the legendary Laugh Tale, its location is recorded on many Road poneglyph, and I know the location of one Road poneglyph, which contains some clues about Laugh Tale."
"How about it, is this condition enough for your Roger Pirates to take action?"
Nox laughed.
"Little trick, I can still handle you guys!"
Nox sneered in his heart. These people value their dreams more than anything else. They can't give up this kind of clue.
"Hahahaha, Nox, we are good brothers, I will definitely help you with your favor. First, tell me where that Road poneglyph is."
Roger laughed loudly and agreed directly. Are you kidding me? They had been searching for several years, and they only knew a little bit of a clue about Laugh Tale. They really couldn't refuse Nox's condition.
"Roger, I, Nox, am a man of my word. As long as you help and appear before me, you don't need to wait until the war is over, I will tell you immediately!"
Nox refused directly. He didn't trust Roger's character, anyway, they weren't close.
Who knows if Roger would run away after getting the news? Anyway, the current strength of the Limitless Pirates couldn't do anything to the Roger Pirates.
"Hahaha, no problem, we'll set off now!"
Seeing that he couldn't trick Nox, Roger didn't say anything else and sailed directly to the front of the New World.