"In this world, the existence of ship spirits is due to the crew's extremely deep feelings for the ship. When those feelings combine wonderfully with the ship itself, a ship spirit is produced. This is equivalent to a ship giving birth to its own spiritual will, manifesting as a spirit."
"If a ship has spiritual will, then the Seven Star Sword itself also had its own spiritual will before. However, that spiritual will was born from endless killing and bloodlust. It had no reason, only the instinct for killing and bloodlust."
"Over the past decade or so, after being nurtured by my own Haki and blood, I can clearly sense that the Seven Star Sword's spirituality has greatly increased. Especially after the Seven Star Sword ate the Blood-Blood Fruit, its spirituality surged to a very high level, only a little short of giving birth to intelligence from that instinct of killing and bloodlust."
"After devouring the full essence and blood of Gorosei Mars after his Devil Fruit Awakening this time, its spirituality completely took shape and transformed into a true Sword Spirit!"
Nox looked at the Seven Star Sword, which was autonomously devouring the blood below, feeling extremely joyful.
That was a Sword Spirit! It was something that was said to only appear in the Training world in legends, and now it had appeared before him, born from his own sword, the Seven Star Sword. How could he not be excited?
Perhaps sensing Nox's excited mood, as the Seven Star Sword devoured the blood, a small figure appeared on its hilt. The figure was like a three-year-old human child, waving excitedly at Nox. Its soft and adorable appearance was simply charming to everyone, old and young.
After the Seven Star Sword finished devouring the blood, it flew back to Nox's side on its own, its hilt gently rubbing against Nox's arm, as if wanting Nox to hold it.
"Sekhmet, come with me!"
Nox said, touching the blade of the Seven Star Sword. He did not hold the hilt of the Seven Star Sword but walked towards the mirror not far away. Seeing this, the Seven Star Sword immediately flew after Nox.
Sekhmet was the name Nox gave to the Seven Star Sword's Sword Spirit. It was simple and clear, a shortened form of Seven Star Sword Sword Spirit.
Nox walked ahead, and the Seven Star Sword followed him, flying to his right, allowing Nox to reach out and grasp the hilt.
Through the Mirror World, Nox and Sekhmet arrived on a Beast Island and found two five-meter-long crocodiles by the lake.
Feeling the incredibly dense killing intent emanating from the Seven Star Sword, the two crocodiles immediately turned around and fled back into the lake.
"Sekhmet, kill them!"
Nox said.
"Swish!!!"
Hearing this, the Seven Star Sword flew towards the two crocodiles at an extremely fast speed. The crocodiles' speed was like that of a turtle compared to the Seven Star Sword. The Seven Star Sword accurately pierced into the head of one crocodile, and in an instant, all the blood in the crocodile's body was sucked dry. Immediately after, the Seven Star Sword killed the other crocodile in the same manner.
"Buzz!!!"
After killing the two crocodiles, the Seven Star Sword flew back to Nox's side, circling around him a few times, as if showing off to Nox.
"Not bad. Next, on this island, go choose your prey and hunt them yourself!"
Nox said, gently stroking the blade of the Seven Star Sword.
"Swish!!!!"
Upon hearing Nox's words, the Seven Star Sword immediately transformed into a streak of blood-red light and disappeared from Nox's sight.
As the Seven Star Sword surged into the island, the entire island began to riot. Countless fierce beasts fled in panic in all directions, fearing being targeted by the Seven Star Sword and becoming its prey.
And Nox could clearly sense the connection between himself and the Seven Star Sword's Sword Spirit. Even if the Seven Star Sword flew to the edge of the island, this connection did not loosen in the slightest.
Furthermore, the relationship between Nox and the Seven Star Sword's Sword Spirit was a one-way master-servant relationship. As long as Nox's mental strength exceeded that of the Seven Star Sword's Sword Spirit, there was no possibility of any backlash. Nox could even easily control the life and death of the Seven Star Sword's Sword Spirit, and there was no possibility of the Seven Star Sword betraying or escaping.
"This feeling, it's like I'm cultivating to be a Sword Immortal!"
Nox stroked his chin, feeling the Seven Star Sword's unrestrained killing on the island, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
It was clearly the Pirate World, but it gave him the illusion of a Training world!
"Sekhmet, come back!"
After five minutes, feeling that the Seven Star Sword had already killed more than fifty fierce beasts, Nox gently called out. The Seven Star Sword immediately abandoned its prey and transformed into a streak of blood-red light, flying towards Nox like a stab.
But Nox was not worried at all, nor did he dodge. As the Seven Star Sword approached Nox, it turned into a mass of fresh blood and directly merged into Nox's body.
"Not bad, not bad. My blood has been purified a bit more!"
Feeling a strange energy surge from within the Seven Star Sword into Nox's blood, making his blood more pure and viscous, Nox's mouth curled up slightly.
The strengthening of his blood would subtly and continuously strengthen his physical body. If this continued, perhaps it could reach the legendary density of mercury!
The next day, the World Economic News Agency's newspaper was delivered to the entire world via news birds.
"My goodness, the Gorosei who govern the World Government were actually killed by the legendary Pirate and the World's Strongest Man, Nox?"
"Shocking the World! The Gorosei, who stand at the pinnacle of world power, died in such a miraculous way!"
"The World's Strongest Man, Nox, this title is well-deserved. He did what even Rocks couldn't do back then. The Gorosei died at his hands!"
"..."
The eye-catching headlines on each newspaper attracted everyone who got their hands on it. No matter which headline it was, it was something people couldn't ignore!
As the newspapers were continuously distributed, the already turbulent situation now erupted like a Volcanic Eruption, becoming completely chaotic.
Even the World Government's Gorosei were killed, so what was impossible in this world?
If you can't do it, it means you are not strong enough. As long as you are strong enough, you can even kill the Gorosei. Nox has clearly set an example.
This also means that as long as you are strong enough, overthrowing the World Government is not impossible. At least the Limitless Pirates already have the possibility of overthrowing the World Government because the Limitless Pirates have Nox, who can kill the Gorosei!
As long as the Limitless Pirates become stronger again, and as long as Nox can kill all five Gorosei, then wouldn't the World Government be overthrown? Wouldn't the Limitless Pirates then be able to replace the World Government and become the masters of this World?
"Hahahaha, I want to kill the Gorosei too!!"
"The World's Strongest Man? Wait for me to take your place!"
"World Government? That's just a sick cat!"
"..."
At this moment, the ambitions in the hearts of countless ambitious people were completely ignited by Nox!!
Flying Pirates:
"Gurarararara, Nox, well done! One of those five old guys, the Gorosei, is finally dead. Next time, I'm going to kill another Gorosei and turn the Gorosei into the Three Elders!"
Golden Lion burst into excited laughter after getting the newspaper. He saw the hope of overthrowing the World Government!!
Similarly, he was also extremely wary of Nox in his heart.
Others might not know how difficult it is to kill the Gorosei, but he knew very well.
The powerful strength and recovery ability after Mythical Zoan Awakening made his battles with the Gorosei difficult many times. It wasn't that he couldn't defeat them, but that he couldn't kill them. No matter how he fought, he couldn't kill them. Even if they were severely injured, the Gorosei could recover at the fastest speed, making him unable to see any chance of killing the opponent.
Now that Nox could kill the opponent, he must have a way to quickly kill them.
"Gurarararara, Nox, you also ate a Devil Fruit! I thought you would never eat a Devil Fruit!"
Golden Lion looked at the photo of Nox with wings and a clearly beast-like body behind him, very curious about what kind of Devil Fruit Nox had eaten. From the photo, it should be a Zoan Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, but he didn't know the specific form of the Devil Fruit.
Whitebeard Pirates:
"Whitebeard, Whitebeard, something big has happened! Nox actually killed the Gorosei!"
Since Nox defeated Whitebeard and became the World's Strongest Man, Marco had been paying close attention to any information about Nox. After seeing today's newspaper, Marco was completely stunned. Even though he had never left the New World, he knew how big the World was and what the Gorosei meant to the entire World!
"What? Even the Gorosei were killed by Nox?"
The Whitebeard Pirates gathered around when they heard Marco say this.
"gura rara rara, the Gorosei? I fought them before, but those Gorosei were all guys with Zoan Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit Awakening forms. Their vitality was too tenacious; no matter how I fought, I couldn't kill them. It's incredible that Nox actually took them down!"
"child, since Nox has made such a big move, our Whitebeard Pirates can't remain this quiet either. Brandon has too many territories, let's take some of them. The Whitebeard Pirates are going to expand again!"
Whitebeard laughed heartily.
"Whitebeard, you're right, our Whitebeard Pirates are going to expand!"
Marco said excitedly. This was the first time he had seen his Whitebeard say he wanted to actively expand. Before, it was always them, the child, who pushed the Whitebeard Pirates to expand, and Whitebeard never cared about expansion. His Whitebeard's behavior now was simply like the sun rising from the west!
Whitebeard naturally didn't want to expand either, but he had no choice but to expand. With the continuous growth of the Limitless Pirates, if their Whitebeard Pirates didn't expand along with them, it would mean the gap between the two Pirate Crew would continue to widen.
Even if Nox didn't have killing intent towards him, who knew what would happen in the future?
Marine Headquarters Marineford:
Sengoku habitually picked up the World Economic News Agency's newspaper. Although he disliked Morgans for often exposing the dark secrets of the Marine and the World Government, and he also strongly disliked the World Economic News Agency, after all, the current newspapers that focused on information from the New World were only those from the World Economic News Agency. The information in other newspapers was not as accurate as that of the World Economic News Agency.
"What? Mars Saint was actually killed by Nox, and it happened yesterday!"
However, as soon as Sengoku saw the headline of the newspaper, his glasses almost shattered from the shock. He could hardly believe the photo he saw. This was the top boss of the Marine, the Gorosei! He was actually killed by Nox!
"Before, the Gorosei ordered the Marine to launch a sneak attack on the Limitless Pirates' trade strongholds. After the Limitless Pirates found out, the trade strongholds were moved in advance, and then they retaliated by destroying more than half of the Marine bases in the Four Seas!"
"The Gorosei wanted the Marine to be the vanguard to lure out the Limitless Pirates. Later, the Limitless Pirates should have been caught by the Gorosei, so the World Government began to counterattack."
"Later, the World Government's counterattack was very fierce, and even the Gorosei themselves entered the fray, which led to them finally falling into the Limitless Pirates' trap or scheme. Ultimately, the World Government suffered a heavy defeat, and even Mars Saint fell into Nox's hands."
Suppressing his restless mood, Sengoku began to read the newspaper, analyzing the situation as he read and combined it with what he knew.
It must be said that Sengoku was indeed worthy of being called a strategist. Even without knowing the inside story, only knowing the outcome, he had guessed the approximate process.
"No, all actions against the Limitless Pirates must be stopped immediately, otherwise the Marine will suffer even greater losses!"
Sengoku quickly picked up the den den mushi and began issuing orders. Even the Gorosei had died at Nox's hands. The Marine could no longer be at the forefront. If the Limitless Pirates' counterattack came, perhaps the less than twenty percent of Marine bases remaining in the Four Seas would be destroyed.
"Garp, your mission is over, hurry back to Marineford!"
After issuing the orders, Sengoku called Garp again, telling him to hurry back. Who knew if Nox would target a lone Garp? The more he thought about it, the more Sengoku felt that Garp was too dangerous alone outside and had to get him back quickly.
"I say, Sengoku, why is the mission over? I haven't had enough fun, no, I still need to stay here and oversee things, otherwise more Marine bases will be destroyed!"
Garp laughed heartily.
"Garp, be serious. Listen to my orders, come back to Marineford immediately. And Kuzan and the other four will meet up with you later, then you will come back together, come back as quickly as possible!"
"The latest newspaper from the World Economic News Agency has been published. Gorosei Mars was killed by Nox. The World Economic News Agency's news birds should reach you in half a day. Remember to read the newspaper then!"
Sengoku said sternly.
"What? That old guy Mars Saint was actually killed?"
"I understand. I will safely escort those four kids, Kuzan and the others, back to Marineford!"
Hearing Sengoku say this, Garp also put away his carefree tone. Garp knew Sengoku's worries. He, along with those four kids, Kuzan and the others, were the current and future strong fighting forces of the Marine and could not afford any mishaps!