"New World Pirate John, has been captured!"
"Pirates are ultimately just thieves. Once the World Government truly takes action, there is no possibility of escape!"
"This World is still under the rule of the World Government, and Pirates will eventually all be eliminated!"
"..."
After Sengoku and Garp captured John, the World Government couldn't wait to release news reports, announcing the great achievements of the World Government to the entire World.
The World Government wanted to use this piece of news to curb the arrogance of Pirates throughout the World, letting those Pirates know that this World is still ruled by the World Government.
At the same time, this was also an explanation to the Allied Nations. After all, they had killed a World before and now captured a John. Since the World Government had put in so much effort, the celestial tribute should also increase.
"What? The great Pirate John has been captured? This is impossible, he's a great Pirate of the New World!"
"John? That legendary great Pirate who possessed the most treasure? He's been captured, who knows where his treasures are hidden?"
"Hahahahaha, John has been captured, another piece of territory in the New World is empty, that's mine now!"
"..."
As the news of John's capture spread, although it was shocking, it still couldn't affect those lawless Pirates.
After all, the great Pirates of the New World had occupied ninety percent of the entire New World's territory, leaving those new Pirates with no territory.
Now seeing John captured, those new Pirates became even more frantically rushing towards the New World, rushing towards John's original territory.
And among the Pirates who were originally occupying World's territory, many Pirates also gave up World's territory and instead went to occupy John's territory.
"Kekekekekeke, John, that idiot, actually went to the East Blue to plunder alone, and got captured, truly an idiot with only treasure in his eyes!"
After Golden Lion saw the news of John's capture, although he was laughing, his eyes held disdain, and more regret.
Back then, after he defeated John, he spared John's life, thus making John owe him a favor. In the future, Golden Lion could use this favor to make John help him unconditionally.
Now that John has been captured, all those damn favors are gone. This is why Golden Lion felt regretful.
"What an idiot, to dare to plunder the Four Seas alone!"
Wang Zhi said dismissively after seeing the news of John's capture.
Back then, several of them, the Rocks Pirates Executive Officers who were defeated by Golden Lion, Nox, and Whitebeard, formed an alliance to resist the oppression from Nox and others, and to plunder the Four Seas together.
This was just in case, not only to guard against Nox and others, but also to guard against the World Government surrounding them when they went to the Four Seas.
Back then, when the few of them allied to plunder the Four Seas together, even if all the Marine's top combat forces were dispatched, they were confident they could easily return to the New World.
As each of their actions went very smoothly, it gradually made that guy John forget the original intention of their alliance, forget the power of the World Government, and forget the weakness of his own strength.
Esdeath had just ridden her specially made silver-white motorcycle out of the island, but unexpectedly encountered a massive warship. Most importantly, on this warship, she felt a powerful aura.
Zephyr on the warship originally thought he was just passing by to capture Doflamingo, the Pirate who instigated wars between nations and sold weapons, but he didn't expect to encounter someone speeding towards him.
Most importantly, he recognized this person, it was Nox's daughter, Esdeath!
"Vice Admiral Zephyr!"
After seeing that it was Zephyr on the warship, Esdeath didn't detour, but stopped directly in front of the warship, and then put her motorcycle into a spatial scroll.
At the same time, as the cold air around her bloomed, it froze the surrounding sea area, and also froze Zephyr's warship.
She had heard from Uncle Ashura Doji that Zephyr's strength was continuously declining and was no longer at his peak. If Ashura Doji were to encounter Zephyr again, he could definitely defeat Zephyr!
At this moment, Esdeath's eyes were full of excitement and madness. As the eldest princess of the Limitless Pirates, she hadn't achieved any notable feats since announcing her identity.
Now seeing this former Vice Admiral Zephyr, she naturally wanted to step on Zephyr's reputation to rise!
"Esdeath, the eldest princess of the Limitless Pirates, it's your bad luck to meet me today. If I capture you, I'll see if Nox dares to come and save you!"
Zephyr saw that Esdeath still dared to charge forward herself, he snorted coldly, flung open the justice cape behind him, and instantly rushed out of the warship.
"Zephyr, if you can catch me, then come on, let's see if you still have the strength!"
Facing Zephyr, Esdeath had no fear whatsoever. She instantly entered her hybrid form, unleashed endless cold air from her body, and her peak aura burst forth.
"Haoshoku Haki? So what? Even if you have the potential of a king, a king who hasn't grown up is just an ant!"
"Black Arm: Six King Gun!"
Dark Busoshoku Haki surged out, Zephyr showed no mercy at all, immediately launching his full-strength attack.
Esdeath also had no intention of hiding her strength. Ice Kill Sword Intent, Ryuo Haki, and ultimate ice power all converged on the blade of her shura sword.
"Ice Kill: Ice Mountain Blood Sea!"
With one sword slash, it was like endless icebergs crashing forward, and even more endless slaughter forming a monstrous Blood Sea sweeping across the world like a torrent.
"Bang!!"
However, even Esdeath's full-power sword slash, upon touching Zephyr's fist, was instantly shattered of all its Sword Intent and freezing power by the opponent's fist.
Even the terrifying force combined with Haki struck her through her shura sword from a distance.
Esdeath was sent flying like a kite with a broken string by Zephyr's punch, crashing into the Sea.
However, just as she was about to touch the Sea, endless freezing power bloomed from Esdeath's body, freezing the Sea beneath her into ice, preventing her from falling into the Sea.
"I was careless, even though this old guy's strength has declined, he's still terrifyingly strong!"
Esdeath wiped the blood from her mouth and stood up, looking solemnly at Zephyr in front of her.
She had thought that when she sparred with Uncle Ashura Doji before, she could exchange blows with Ashura Doji. When facing Zephyr, even if she couldn't defeat him, she wouldn't be far off.
But she didn't expect that only after truly fighting did she realize how ridiculously wrong she was.
When sparring with Uncle Ashura Doji before, the other party probably wasn't fighting seriously with her, they were going easy on her. That's why she had the illusion that she could defeat Zephyr.
As far as she knew, her Father could already fight with the Marine Admiral Kong, the Steel Bone when he was sixteen. Now she was seventeen, and she was actually injured by Zephyr with just one punch!
"Possessing freezing power like Aokiji, and also a hybrid form like Zoan types, she is a Mythical Zoan who controls freezing power!"
Zephyr glanced at his frozen arm. As his Haki circulated, he forcefully shattered the freezing power.
"However, even a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit is useless in front of me. Die!"
Zephyr saw that Esdeath still had the strength to fight, and immediately rushed towards Esdeath.
"Nananananana, what's going on? How could that Esdeath freeze such a large area of the Sea!"
Trebol shivered all over after feeling the cold wind blowing from the Sea, and asked.
"This is bad, Young Master, Vice Admiral Zephyr is here, Esdeath is fighting with Zephyr!"
Lao G said in shock, holding a telescope.
"Vice Admiral Zephyr, why would that guy come here? Never mind, let's go!"
Doflamingo immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. He was heavily injured now, and once Zephyr arrived on the island, they would definitely have no way out, so running away was the most correct choice now.
"Young Master, shouldn't we care about that Esdeath?"
Trebol asked.
"We're about to die, why bother about her? It's good that she's holding back Zephyr, giving us time!"
"Fufufufufu, she's Nox's daughter. Once Nox knows that his daughter has been captured by the Marine, you can imagine how much turmoil the entire World will be in!"
Doflamingo ran while laughing wildly.
"Since that move didn't work, let's try this one!"
"Life Return: Extreme Enhancement!"
Seeing Zephyr charging over again, Esdeath's entire body's blood began to boil, her muscles became firmer, and wisps of white smoke emerged from her body.
Knowing the gap between herself and Zephyr, Esdeath didn't dare to hold back in the slightest and immediately adopted a desperate stance.
"In the face of an absolute difference in strength, even Life Return cannot bridge the gap between us!"
Zephyr, as a body art expert, recognized the body art technique Esdeath used at a glance. This Life Return burst technique is generally used by anyone who has mastered their body to a certain extent.
However, very few people use it because this method causes great damage to the body and consumes more stamina. Unless it's a desperate situation, it's generally not used.
Although Zephyr didn't use this Life Return, he wouldn't underestimate Esdeath. After all, Nox had previously killed several top-tier combatants with the enhancement effect of Life Return.