"Yes, the Limitless Pirates indeed have a large number of people now. After all, the population in the territories we rule is already over 200 million, almost 300 million."
Shakky said. Hearing Nox's words, she knew that Nox wanted to start a war, using war to clear out the riffraff within the Limitless Pirates and temper a batch of elites.
"Gather all Executive Officers, all crew members, arrange all matters, and prepare for war!"
Following Nox's order, the massive machine that is the Limitless Pirates began to operate. Many warlike Executive Officers and Vice Captains excitedly began to gather their subordinates.
As one of the Legendary Pirates in the New World, countless forces are constantly paying attention to the movements of the Limitless Pirates.
As the entire Limitless Pirates moved, many forces learned about it in the shortest possible time, making them all vigilant.
Especially the major Pirate Crew also in the New World, and the Marine, are all inquiring about what the Limitless Pirates intend to do.
Soon, the Limitless Pirates completed their assembly. A massive fleet centered around the Hades, totaling over seventy Pirate Crew, sailed mightily towards the front end of the New World.
Based on the sailing direction of the Hades, it was not difficult for everyone to guess that the Limitless Pirates were going to attack the Marine!
The major Pirates in the New World all breathed a sigh of relief, and then waited to watch the show. As long as the Limitless Pirates weren't targeting them, they wouldn't provoke the Limitless Pirates.
Anyway, the Limitless Pirates were fighting the Marine, which had nothing to do with them. It would be best if the Limitless Pirates and the Marine destroyed each other; that was the outcome they most hoped for.
"Bang!!!"
"Damn Limitless Pirates, what the hell does that guy Nox want to do?"
After receiving intelligence on the Limitless Pirates, Kong angrily smashed another table.
"Fleet Admiral, perhaps the Limitless Pirates want to interfere with our plan against the Roger Pirates."
Vice Admiral Tsuru calmly analyzed.
"Roger Pirates? Are their relations with the Limitless Pirates that good?"
Kong fell silent after hearing Vice Admiral Tsuru's words.
He then called the Gorosei to ask for a solution.
Sengoku, a single Admiral, is absolutely incapable of stopping the Limitless Pirates. At most, Sengoku can block Nox. If the many Executive Officers of the Limitless Pirates are not stopped, the only two Marine Fortresses in the New World will be destroyed by the Limitless Pirates!
"Have Garp and Zephyr go support Sengoku. We will deal with the Roger Pirates ourselves!"
Soon, the Gorosei gave their conclusion.
Facing the Limitless Pirates, or rather, facing Nox, the Gorosei truly did not want to send out their top-tier combat power.
Because their top-tier combat power was boosted by the power of Devil Fruit, and the Limitless Pirates possess Sea Stone bullets. Nox could easily kill a top-tier combatant if they were not careful.
The Gorosei were unwilling to take such a risk, so transferring Garp and Zephyr, two body art experts who are not Devil Fruit users, to deal with the Limitless Pirates was the best choice.
"Saint Saturn, this time the Limitless Pirates are leading over seventy Pirate Crew with a total force of over 300,000 troops. Our Marine alone cannot stop them; we need the support of the Army."
Kong said through gritted teeth.
Although he looked down on the Army, facing such a large number of Limitless Pirates, even after years of military expansion, the Marine still couldn't stop them!
"Hmph, we give you Marine so much military funding, and you still can't stop a single Limitless Pirates. What is the point of having you Marine then?"
"This time I will let the Army support you, but the Army currently only has one top-tier combatant, who will not be sent to support you. At most, you will receive support for low-level and mid-level combatants!"
"Next time I hear that the Marine is no match for the Pirates, don't even think about increasing your military funding!"
Saint Saturn said angrily after hearing Kong's words. Since the World Conference, the Marine's military funding has been increasing every year, yet the result is like this. How could he not be angry?
Kong didn't dare to retort, as it was the truth.
But who could have predicted the Limitless Pirates would develop so quickly? Five years ago, the Limitless Pirates could only send out over a hundred thousand Pirates to participate in battle. Today, five years later, that number has directly soared to over three hundred thousand. The Marine's military expansion hasn't been this crazy!
"Immediately have Garp and Zephyr go support Sengoku. Also send Rear Admirals Sakazuki and Borsalino over, and let them witness a true large-scale battle!"
After hanging up the den den mushi, Kong said, suppressing his anger.
"Is it too early to send Sakazuki and Borsalino over?"
Vice Admiral Tsuru hesitated.
Both of them are monster Marines who graduated from the first elite training camp. After graduation, they advanced rapidly all the way to Rear Admiral.
If not for insufficient merit, they would have been promoted to Vice Admiral long ago.
However, no matter how you look at it, Sakazuki and Borsalino are the future of the Marine. Sending them to face the Limitless Pirates now is too risky.
"Let them gain some experience and witness the terror of the New World Pirates in advance. Otherwise, how will they become the pillars of the Marine in the future!"
Kong said.
Flying Pirates:
"Captain, should we also attack the Marine? If we join forces with the Limitless Pirates, destroying all the Marine Fortresses in the New World would be no problem at all."
"At that time, we can completely drive the Marine out of the New World, and the New World will be entirely the domain of us Pirates!"
Reinhardt said excitedly.
Over the past two years, under the careful guidance of Golden Lion, his strength has improved greatly. Now he wants a great battle to test his progress over these two years.
"Gurararara, Reinhardt, you are mistaken. Even if we destroy the two Marine Fortresses of the Marine, we cannot completely drive the Marine out of the New World."
"Because the World Government does not allow the area closest to the Red Line to be Pirate territory. Once our Flying Pirates participate in the war, the World Government will also send reinforcements to stop us."
Golden Lion's eyes held a wisdom he had never possessed before. Over the years, although many of the Flying Pirates' affairs were handled by Reinhardt, some matters were still handled by Golden Lion himself.
This has honed his vision and thinking. Now, compared to before, he is wiser and more intelligent.
"Then Captain, should we stay put?"
Reinhardt asked.
"Gurararara, no need to rush. The war belonging to our Flying Pirates will come soon. Just wait for the Roger Pirates to enter the New World!"
Golden Lion set his sights on the Roger Pirates.
As far as he knew, the Roger Pirates had been collecting Road poneglyphs during their years in the Four Seas, and they must possess clues to the Ancient Weapons.
When the Roger Pirates return to the New World, that will be the time for their Flying Pirates to start the war!
Roger Pirates:
"Captain, good news! The Limitless Pirates are going to war against the Marine in the New World!"
Gaban said happily, holding the latest newspaper delivered by the news bird.
"Ah? The Limitless Pirates going to war with the Marine, what kind of good news is that? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with us."
Buggy asked in confusion.
"Idiot Buggy, if the Limitless Pirates go to war with the Marine, then that mad dog Garp will definitely go to stop the Limitless Pirates, so that mad dog won't have time to chase us anymore."
Shanks slapped Buggy's head and said.
"Oh right, in that case, that guy Garp won't have time to chase us, and we won't have to endure that guy's bare-handed cannonballs anymore!"
"Damn Shanks, how dare you slap Sir Buggy's head, it's unforgivable!"
Buggy said belatedly, then became angry and chased after Shanks to hit him back.
"I say Captain, do you and Nox have some sort of flesh trade we don't know about? Otherwise, why would Nox suddenly go to war against the Marine?"
Rayleigh looked at his Captain suspiciously.
Currently, the World Government is fully focused on dealing with their Roger Pirates. The Limitless Pirates going to war against the Marine helps them, the Roger Pirates, alleviate the pressure from the Marine.
This made Rayleigh have to suspect whether his Captain had secretly made some unspeakable deal with Nox in private.
"Rayleigh, what kind of look is that? I, Roger, am an open and upright Pirate. How could I possibly engage in any flesh trade!"
Roger retorted adamantly.
"Captain, we know, we all know, so you don't need to argue. We understand, don't worry, we will definitely keep it a secret!"
Seeing Roger like this, Gaban showed a smile that all men understand.
"Bastards, I told you it's not what you think!"
While the Limitless Pirates were extensively mobilizing and gathering troops, Nox once again came to the Blood Pool.
"The seven blood grooves inside the Seven Star Sword are full. The power of the Seven Star Sword has reached its peak. It is no longer possible to continue getting stronger by absorbing the power of fresh blood."
Nox controlled the blood in the Blood Pool to continuously flow into the Seven Star Sword, and then from the Seven Star Sword into his own body.
This is equivalent to the blood being filtered by the Seven Star Sword before being devoured by him. It also baptizes the Seven Star Sword from another perspective.
After Nox devoured and absorbed the blood from the entire Blood Pool, the blood level in the Blood Pool decreased by about one percent.
Even though the power of a vampire can devour blood, Nox doesn't devour just any blood. What he wants is the essence within the blood.
When Nox finished devouring all the essence in the blood, the remaining blood in the Blood Pool could all be considered waste blood.
"Even though I cannot absorb so much fresh blood right now, I can temporarily store it within my body."
After Nox finished absorbing the blood essence, he directly left the Blood Pool.
He can temporarily store the fresh blood using his ability, just like eating a large amount of food and then using Life Return to store the food's energy within his body, and then taking out this energy to use at a critical moment.