On the island where the Limitless Sea's daily training takes place, the Executive Officers and Vice Captains who had gathered this time were all lying on the ground, covered in injuries.
Many medical personnel continuously ran over to carry the severely injured and fainted Executive Officers and Vice Captains onto stretchers for treatment.
Only Nox lit a cigarette, standing in front of the group of people lying down, his clothes completely neat, and casually exhaled a puff of white smoke.
This formed a stark contrast with the Executive Officers and Vice Captains lying on the ground, covered in injuries.
"You guys still aren't training hard enough. If you have time, take the Gravity Bracelet and go train in the Battle Pyramid."
Nox said indifferently.
"Captain, we've already trained hard enough. It's just because you're too strong and too ruthless!"
Those present who hadn't fainted couldn't help but complain inwardly when they heard Nox's words.
Although they were happy to be personally guided by Nox, being beaten half to death every time was very painful!
"Captain, news has come from Fish-Man Island saying they want to use the Limitless Pirates' flag to protect Fish-Man Island, and Fish-Man Island will pledge allegiance to the Limitless Pirates."
Fishman Gerald, after treating his injuries, walked over and repeated the message Neptune had sent him earlier, word for word.
"Oh? Fish-Man Island?"
"I understand. In a few days, I'll personally go to Fish-Man Island to talk with Neptune. You'll come with me then."
Hearing Gerald's words, a glint of light flashed in Nox's eyes.
He had thought about bringing Fish-Man Island under his command before, but later got busy and forgot. Gerald bringing it up now was perfect.
After all, Fish-Man Island's location is very special, and bringing it under command could significantly increase the Limitless Pirates' revenue.
At the same time, the future Sea King will be born on Fish-Man Island, and coupled with Nox's desire to form a Fishman fleet, taking Fish-Man Island is inevitable.
"Thank you, Captain!"
Seeing his Captain personally going to Fish-Man Island, Gerald said happily.
He was also aware of Fish-Man Island's plight, so he wanted to help Fish-Man Island. However, although he was a Vice Captain of the Limitless Pirates, he couldn't do anything that would harm the Limitless Pirates' interests, so he could only place his hopes on Nox.
Three days later, Nox set sail aboard the Hades.
The massive steel warship grandly sailed out of the Limitless Sea, attracting the attention of all forces monitoring the Limitless Pirates.
After the Limitless Pirates held the World Swordsmanship Competition, their reputation could be said to be even greater than before, so much so that many forces were paying close attention to every move of the Limitless Pirates.
Nox's flagship, the Hades, setting sail also stirred the hearts of many forces, especially the Marine, who were particularly concerned about this.
After all, the direction Nox was heading was towards the first half of the New World.
That area was originally occupied by the Marine, but since the World Government's defeat last time, that territory was jointly annexed by the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates.
Then they left a portion vacant for the new Pirate Crew entering the New World to contend for, while the Marine could only retreat into the remaining two Marine Fortresses, having almost completely lost their foothold in the New World.
"Damn it, that guy Nox just held the World Swordsmanship Competition a few months ago, and now he's up to something again!"
"Have Sengoku, who is guarding the New World, constantly monitor the movements of the Limitless Pirates. He absolutely cannot be allowed to threaten the only two remaining Marine Fortresses in the New World!"
Kong said angrily after receiving the news.
Currently, the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates are blocking the front of the New World, giving the Marine no chance to re-enter the New World.
In the past two years, every time the Marine wanted to send warships out of their small patch of the Sea, they would be attacked by the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates.
These two Pirate Crew clearly showed they wouldn't give the Marine any opportunity to interfere in the New World.
Facing these two most powerful Pirate Crew in the New World, the Marine had no way. Zephyr had retired, and Garp and Sengoku alone couldn't deal with the Flying Pirates and the Limitless Pirates.
In response, Kong could only choose to strategically preserve their strength.
When the Hades arrived at an island near Fish-Man Island, professional coating shipwrights immediately began coating the Hades.
Fish-Man Island is located 10,000 meters deep underwater. Ships can only sink and enter Fish-Man Island after being coated.
"Fish-Man Island 10,000 meters deep underwater? How exciting!"
Bullet said with anticipation.
"That's right, I haven't been to Fish-Man Island either. I heard the mermaids there are very beautiful."
Ashura Doji chuckled.
"Fish-Man Island is very interesting and fun. I'll take you guys to have some fun when we get there!"
Fishman Gerald patted his chest and said.
Not to mention the Executive Officers and Vice Captains, even Nox was very interested, as he hadn't been to Fish-Man Island either.
When he went to the Four Seas before, he always went directly through the Calm Belt, not through Fish-Man Island.
Going through Fish-Man Island was too easy to be discovered by the Marine and the World Government.
"Nox, what is that?"
Toki Amatsuki pointed at the towering red high wall at the end of the sea. That wall was extremely high, the highest land in the entire World in terms of sea level, the Red Line!
The Red Line strongly separated the Grand Line, dividing it into two parts: the first half was the paradise in the words of the New World Pirates, and the second half was what people called the New World.
"That's the Red Line. The World Government's headquarters and the Celestial Dragons' residence, Mary Geoise, are on the Red Line,"
"Hundreds of millions of people also live there, but those hundreds of millions only live to support those tens of thousands."
Nox explained.
"Ah? Then won't it be dangerous for us to be so close to the Red Line?"
Toki Amatsuki's little face showed a hint of worry.
After a few months of understanding, she had completely grasped the basic situation of this World and also knew that the Limitless Pirates and Nox were mortal enemies of the World Government.
"Hahahaha, don't worry. Those greedy and cowardly scum living on Mary Geoise won't step out of the Red Line as long as we don't attack their doorstep."
Nox laughed.
Although there were many Celestial Dragons and many experts living on Mary Geoise, after years of probing and fighting, Nox was completely certain.
The experts protecting the Celestial Dragons would absolutely not leave the Celestial Dragons' side for no reason. The Celestial Dragons were also selfish individuals; as long as their personal safety wasn't threatened, they wouldn't pay attention to those Pirates or the World Government.
Just like the previous great war with the World Government, the forces sent by the Celestial Dragon families to help the World Government were pitifully few. Even when the World Government was finally defeated, they didn't show any intention of sending more people down to help.
After all, the Red Line and G3 Marine Fortress are so close. If they wanted to send people for support, they could arrive very quickly.
Ultimately, the World Government was defeated by the Pirates, and the Celestial Dragons didn't send down any experts for support either.
If someone said there were no top-tier forces on Mary Geoise that could support the World Government, Nox would absolutely not believe it.
The only possibility was that they were unwilling to support the World Government, and the reason for their unwillingness was precisely that the Celestial Dragons didn't allow those top-tier forces to leave their side, fearing that their personal safety wouldn't be guaranteed?
"Oh, I see. Then I'm relieved!"
"I heard Fish-Man Island is very beautiful. Let's have a good look around when we get there."
Toki Amatsuki immediately felt relieved after hearing Nox's words, and then she thought of the legendary Fish-Man Island.
Over the past few months, her relationship with Nox had gradually deepened, just one step away from breaking through that barrier.
Although she also knew that Nox had three wives, as a woman from Wano Country, she didn't oppose a man having multiple wives and concubines.
Moreover, Nox was the General of Wano Country. The Generals she knew before couldn't possibly have only one wife.
After the coating was finished, the Hades began to descend.
After the seawater completely submerged the Hades, the light began to dim, as if they were falling into the abyss of the Sea.
Toki Amatsuki, being a Devil Fruit user, had a natural fear of the Sea, so she tightly held onto Nox's arm, as this was the only way she could feel a sense of security.
"ROAR!!!!"
When the Hades descended to about 5,000 meters underwater, a colossal creature suddenly burst out from the cold, dark Sea.
Its body was much larger than the 500-meter long Hades. As it turned its body, it stirred up ocean currents that impacted the Hades.
It was a giant shark-type Sea King. It opened its massive maw, revealing many sharp teeth, and lunged towards the Hades to bite.
"Ah!!!"
This sudden scene made Toki Amatsuki scream in fright.
Even many crew members who were visiting Fish-Man Island for the first time were startled by this Sea King.
If their coating were broken by this Sea King, then everyone on this ship would be swallowed by the Sea!
"Scram!!!"
Just as Bullet and the others were about to make a move, Nox's indifferent yet domineering voice rang out.
Red lightning burst from his eyes and shot towards the attacking Sea King.
After sensing Nox's aura, the Sea King's body, which was diving down, immediately stiffened and stopped.
Then, in the next second, it immediately turned around and fled, as if it had encountered something incredibly terrifying.
"Next time you encounter something like this in the Sea, you can directly use Haoshoku Haki to intimidate these Sea Kings and drive them away."
Nox said to Bullet. Just now, Bullet hadn't thought of using Haoshoku Haki to solve it, but instead planned to use force to drive away the Sea King. This was inherently a wrong decision, because this was the Sea, which has a natural suppression on Devil Fruit users.
"Captain, I understand."
Bullet nodded. It was indeed his first time encountering such a situation, as he was visiting Fish-Man Island for the first time.
As the Hades continued to descend, they saw a ball of light deep underwater.
Upon getting closer, it was a giant bubble, and inside the bubble was an island, which was exactly Fish-Man Island!
Fish-Man Island is the homeland of Fishmen and merfolk, but these merfolk and Fishmen don't want to live in the seawater. They yearn to live on land, longing for the sunlight and the touch of a gentle breeze.
The Hades quickly arrived at Fish-Man Island's designated port. Entering Fish-Man Island cannot be done by directly hitting the bubble.
Because if you do that, the coating will disappear. Without the coating, the ship would fall directly from above Fish-Man Island to the ground of Fish-Man Island, which would result in the destruction of the ship and loss of life.
"That's, that's the Limitless Pirates' Hades! Quick, go report to His Majesty Neptune!"
The Fishman soldiers guarding the port immediately went to report to Neptune after seeing the Hades appear.
And after Neptune received the news, he immediately brought a group of guards to the port to welcome them.
"That's, the Limitless Pirates' Hades? The one standing on it is the Limitless Pirates' Captain, Nox!!"
There were many people at the port. After seeing this scene, they all exclaimed in surprise. After all, Nox's fame was too great, so great that it was difficult for them not to recognize him.
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect to see Nox of the Limitless Pirates before even entering the New World. Heaven is helping me!"
"My god, I can actually see my idol!"
"Is that Lord Nox? He seems very handsome!"
"..."
As soon as the Hades docked at the port, several groups of people rushed over.
One group was Pirates. With their excited and cruel expressions, Nox knew without thinking what these guys wanted to do.
"As expected of the Pirate World, no matter where you go, you're bound to encounter many short-sighted people, no, people who don't know the immensity of heaven and earth!"
Nox couldn't understand. With his reputation so great and his strength so powerful, why would there still be some fools thinking of challenging him, killing him, and then making a name for themselves?
Don't they know the gap between themselves and Nox?
Didn't they consider that such actions would cost them their lives?
Nox really wanted to pry open their heads and see what kind of brains could make them so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth!
"Those who offend the Captain deserve to die!"
Seeing that someone actually dared to provoke the Limitless Pirates, there was no need for Nox. Bullet and Ashura Doji, the two major Executive Officers, rushed out. In less than a minute, the Pirates who originally wanted to challenge Nox were all finished.
"Misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding. We wanted to pledge allegiance to the Limitless Pirates. Please, Captain Nox, take us in!"
Some Pirates were brainless, while others wanted to cling to power.
"If you want to join the Limitless Pirates, go to the Limitless Sea. There will be special personnel there to handle the procedures for joining the Limitless Pirates."
Nox ignored those Pirates and instead took Toki Amatsuki down the ship.
"Wow, is that Lord Nox of the Limitless Pirates? He's too handsome!"
"So majestic, so domineering yet gentle. I really want to have his child!"
"Lord Nox, I love you. Can you give me a chance?"
"..."
However, not long after Nox walked down, he was surrounded by many young mermaid girls and older sisters.
The female merfolk on Fish-Man Island were very open and bold; a few seashells were all the clothing they wore.
Furthermore, the average appearance of the mermaid girls was very high. Even Nox, who had seen countless women, was momentarily stunned by this scene.
Not to mention Bullet and Ashura Doji, who were still inexperienced; their ears were red at this moment.
Since following Nox, they spent their days either training or fighting. Their entertainment was mostly just drinking.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to become core Executive Officers of the Limitless Pirates at such a young age.