"Nah nah nah nah nah, Young Master, are you alright? You're bleeding!"
After Trebol and the others saw Doflamingo return, especially with the blood from the back of his head soaking his entire back, they began asking anxiously.
"Temporarily abandon Makao Aram's territory, let's leave here first!"
Doflamingo said with a grim expression.
"Yes, Young Master!"
Seeing Doflamingo's dark face, his subordinates could tell that their Young Master's operation had failed this time and that he had fled back. However, as subordinates, they didn't dare to offend Doflamingo.
After speaking, Trebol and the others immediately began gathering their subordinates, abandoning the territory they had occupied, and hastily retreated from the island.
After all, their Young Master had been defeated. If they continued to stay here, it would definitely be a dead end.
"Damn it, in the end, I still have to rely on the Limitless Pirates!"
Sitting on the Captain's chair, gradually moving away from Eriksson Island, Doflamingo clenched his hands tightly, his fingernails digging into his palms until they bled, showing how angry and frustrated he was.
When he first came to the New World with great ambition and decisively refused the help of the Limitless Pirates, he realized in the end that his strength was still not enough, and he was beaten by the opponent, forcing him to retreat from Eriksson Island.
Now, if he wanted to obtain Eriksson Island, he had to ask the Limitless Pirates for help. But asking the Limitless Pirates for help was undoubtedly a slap in his own face, and he also had to pay the price of two powerful Devil Fruits!
"Next time, next time I definitely won't beg the Limitless Pirates again!"
Doflamingo struggled to take out his den den mushi, and after forcing himself to calm down, he dialed Athena's phone number.
"Moshi moshi, this is Athena!"
Athena habitually didn't even look at the den den mushi's face, signing reports on her desk while also answering the call.
"Fufufufufu, esteemed Mrs. Athena, Captain of the Limitless Pirates, I am Doflamingo!"
"The Devil Fruit I previously traded with the Limitless Pirates is ready. It is a Logia Devil Fruit, the Gas-Gas Fruit. According to the previous proposal, besides that, I have also prepared another Logia Devil Fruit, the Snow-Snow Fruit, and would like to trade it with the Limitless Pirates as well."
For this trade, Doflamingo could be said to have taken out all the most precious Devil Fruits he had.
He had found these two Devil Fruits with great difficulty, and both were Logia types, making them incredibly precious.
The Eriksson Island that Athena recommended to him previously required a Devil Fruit, and now asking the Limitless Pirates to take action also required Devil Fruits. Currently, these were the only two Devil Fruits he had that the Limitless Pirates would take an interest in!
"Oh? So, besides settling the previous trade, you also plan to ask our Limitless Pirates to help you take down Eriksson Island, is that right?"
After hearing Doflamingo say he would take out two Logia Devil Fruits, Athena also stopped her work and asked seriously.
No matter what, two Devil Fruits were incredibly precious. She hadn't expected Doflamingo to be able to produce two Logia Devil Fruits at once. It seemed she would have to squeeze him more in the future!
"Fufufufufu, yes, esteemed Mrs. Athena, I would like to ask the Limitless Pirates to help me clear the obstacles on Eriksson Island."
Doflamingo said.
"No problem. You prepare the Devil Fruits, and I will send someone to meet you. Hand over the Devil Fruits first, and she will naturally help you clear the obstacles on Eriksson Island."
After Athena finished speaking, she directly hung up the phone and assigned this task.
At the nearest island port to Eriksson Island, Doflamingo and others were resting here, and also waiting for the arrival of the Limitless Pirates.
"Nah nah nah nah nah, what a big steel battleship! It's even bigger than the steel battleship we rode before!"
Trebol looked at the huge steel battleship, nearly five hundred meters long, speeding from afar, so mesmerized that his snot was almost dripping onto the ground.
Currently, only the Limitless Pirates in the entire world possessed this kind of steel battleship. Other Pirate Crew and even the World Government did not have such steel battleships.
It wasn't that they couldn't build them, but the amount of iron ore required was simply too much, and the power systems of their ships were not strong enough. Driving such a steel battleship would be much slower than a sailing ship, so they had no intention of building steel battleships.
"Fufufufufu, I didn't expect her to come here, Rhea, the little princess of the Limitless Pirates!"
Seeing the beautiful figure standing on the bow, Doflamingo's pupils contracted.
There had been rumors before that Gorosei Mars had set his sights on this little princess, which was why he was eventually killed by the enraged Nox.
Whether this matter was true or false, not many people in this world dared to target the two princesses of the Limitless Pirates, because Vice Admiral Zephyr and Gorosei Mars, who had previously provoked these two princesses, were personally killed by Nox.
There were not many people in this world who could claim to survive under Nox's sword!
"Thump thump thump thump!!!"
After the steel battleship arrived at the port, Rhea, dressed in a red tight-fitting suit, walked proudly towards Doflamingo with her long, fair legs.
"Doflamingo, bring the two Devil Fruits, and I will help you clear all obstacles on Eriksson Island!"
Rhea said calmly and confidently.
Originally, Esdeath should have done this kind of thing, but Esdeath had gone to Elbaf and wasn't with the Limitless Pirates.
So Athena gave the task to Rhea, who was staying with the Limitless Pirates and had nothing to do.
Ever since Gorosei Mars was killed, Nox had forbidden Rhea from leaving the New World, which meant that Shakky's plan to have Rhea take over the Quicksand Guild fell through.
In the end, Rhea could only return to the Limitless Pirates, just like Esdeath, and help the Limitless Pirates develop.
"Fufufufufu, I naturally trust the credibility of the Limitless Pirates' princess!"
"These are two Logia Devil Fruits, the Snow-Snow Fruit and the Gas-Gas Fruit!"
Doflamingo waved his hand, and Lao G handed two small boxes to Rhea.
"Good, the goods are correct!"
Rhea inspected the two Devil Fruits, and after confirming they were correct, she put them away.
"Alright, let's go to Eriksson Island now. While it's not dark yet, after finishing things there, we can have dinner."
"Set sail, destination, Eriksson Island!"
Rhea ordered.
"Fufufufufu, Princess Rhea, you don't mind giving me a ride, do you?"
Doflamingo said as he came onto the steel battleship.
"Suit yourself!"
Rhea, having received two Logia Devil Fruits, was in a very good mood. She didn't say anything about Doflamingo's action and directly ordered her subordinates to set sail, heading to Eriksson Island at the fastest speed.
Meanwhile, Doflamingo's subordinates also set sail, but not long after, they could no longer see the steel battleship ahead. No wonder the Young Master wanted to ride their ship!
Soon, Rhea and Doflamingo arrived at Eriksson Island.
"Princess Rhea..."
Doflamingo was just about to say he would lead the way, but he didn't expect Rhea to rush onto the island before he could finish speaking.
Before coming, she had already done her homework and knew roughly where the island's two largest pirates, Abbott and Kostadin, were. She didn't need Doflamingo to lead the way at all. She just wanted to quickly deal with those two pirates and then go back for dinner.
"Found them, they're there!"
After rushing onto the island, Rhea sprinted eastward at an extremely fast speed. After running for three minutes, she saw Abbott and Kostadin. These two guys were worried that Doflamingo would return, so they had been staying together during this time, saving Rhea the trouble of looking for the other one.
"Who dares to charge into our boss's place? Die!"
The loud sound of Rhea rushing over immediately attracted the attention of Abbott and Kostadin's subordinates. Over five hundred people rushed forward with weapons, wanting to hack Rhea to death.
"You small fries, get lost!"
Rhea snorted coldly, and her blood-red Haoshoku Haki burst forth, enveloping all five hundred-plus pirates in front of her.
"Wh-"
These five hundred-plus pirates, after being intimidated by Rhea's Haoshoku Haki, instantly had their eyes roll back, their heads shook, and they directly fainted.
"Who are you?"
After sensing the Haoshoku Haki, Abbott and Kostadin looked solemnly at Rhea charging from afar.
Although Rhea had been in the newspapers before, Abbott and Kostadin couldn't recognize her at first glance. After all, they would never have thought they would encounter the princess of the Limitless Pirates!
"The one who will take your lives!"
Rhea drew the Supreme Grade Sword, Yōtō Muramasa, from her waist. A sinister crimson cursed aura emanated from it, giving off a feeling of endless fear as if falling into an abyss.
"Let's go together and kill her!"
Abbott felt an immense sense of pressure from Rhea. He knew that he was definitely no match for her alone and could only pull in Kostadin beside him.
"No problem!"
Kostadin licked his lips, saying. The moment he saw Rhea, he was attracted by her beautiful and fierce appearance, so he naturally wouldn't refuse Abbott's request.
"Curse Slaughter: Blood Fiend Slash!!"
The accumulated malevolent energy and curse power on the Yōtō Muramasa, under Rhea's command, instantly erupted completely.
As Rhea unleashed a horizontal slash with her sword, the three-hundred-meter-long massive slash instantly shot towards Abbott and Kostadin. Its speed was so fast that even from a distance of a thousand meters, Abbott and Kostadin couldn't dodge it!
"Bang!!!"
"Bang!!!"
Abbott and Kostadin could only cover their swords and maces with Busoshoku Haki and jointly block the massive slash.
"How can she be this strong!"
However, upon encountering the massive slash, they felt a huge impact force rushing from it. Despite their full efforts to resist, both of them were powerfully overwhelmed by the slash, and their weapons were sent flying.
"Rip!!!"
Without weapons to block, the massive slash landed directly on them. If it weren't for their bones blocking the attack, they would have been cut in half by now.
"Damn it, where did she pop out from? We don't seem to have provoked her!"
Abbott and Costadin said angrily after standing up, clutching their bloody wounds, and then picked up their weapons as quickly as possible.
They didn't even notice that a curse power very similar to fresh blood had invaded their bodies through the sword wounds on them.
"So strong, how can the guys from the Limitless Pirates all be so strong, or rather, how can the daughters of the World's Strongest Man all be so strong?"
When Doflamingo arrived, he happened to see Rhea defeat Abbott and Costadin with a single slash.
You know, before this, he was abused by these two disgusting guys working together. Now Rhea can abuse both of them alone. This instantly reminded Doflamingo of the scene where he was instantly killed by Esdeath!
"No matter who you are, you must die for me!"
After Abbott and Costadin got their weapons back, the angry duo quickly flanked Rhea from both sides.
"One Sword Style: Combined Residence!"
"Wolf Fang Cannon!"
Neither of them dared to underestimate Rhea, so they both unleashed their full power!
"Struggling ants!"
Rhea's eyes turned cold, and in an instant, she transformed into her human-beast form. White curse power enveloped her body, temporarily boosting her physique.
Crimson curse power merged into the Yōtō Muramasa. The red and white colors were completely opposite, but both colors belonged to Rhea's curse power.
The white curse acted on herself, boosting herself. The crimson curse acted on the Yōtō Muramasa, it was the power to cause curse damage to enemies!
The combination of the two created Rhea's current fighting system!
"What? Devil Fruit ability?"
The moment they saw Rhea transform, Abbott and Costadin were both very shocked. They didn't expect Rhea to also have the power of a Devil Fruit.
But now, they had already attacked, and they couldn't stop or turn back at all, they could only go all out!
"Curse Kill: Blood Frenzy!"
Rhea, holding the Yōtō Muramasa, instantly unleashed her strongest power in her feet and rushed towards Abbott first. In the ten years of her full-power sword slash, countless crimson curse-filled powers instantly erupted.
The Yōtō Muramasa slashed onto Abbott's sword, and the terrifying power was at least twice as strong as the initial slash.
"Ah!!!"
Abbott's full-power Iai Slash was instantly defeated by Rhea, and even his sword body was severed by Rhea, with the Yōtō Muramasa and his sword slashing onto his body together.
In an instant, Abbott felt as if he had been struck by a giant mountain peak. His internal organs were all bleeding and ruptured from the impact, and his body flew backwards hundreds of meters into the air.
"Die for me!"
While Rhea was attacking Abbott, Costadin, holding a wolf fang club, smashed towards Rhea's head like a sky-piercing cannon.
However, at this moment, using the recoil from slashing at Abbott, Rhea quickly turned around and slashed at Costadin again.
"Ah!!!!"
Costadin, who had thought his attack was certain to succeed, was defeated by Rhea's sudden turn. Like Abbott before him, his wolf fang club was severed from his hand by the Yōtō Muramasa, and along with the wolf fang club, it slashed onto his body.
"Job's done!"
After defeating the two, Rhea instantly exited her human-beast form and calmly and naturally walked towards Doflamingo.
After Abbott and Costadin were defeated by Rhea in two moves, they didn't die. Instead, they endured the internal injuries they had suffered and gradually stood up from the ground, staring fiercely at Rhea who was leaving with her back to them!
"Princess Rhea, they are still..."
Seeing this scene, Doflamingo immediately reminded Rhea that those two people were not dead yet!
"Ah!!!!" × 2
But before Doflamingo could finish speaking, Abbott and Costadin suddenly began screaming madly.
Doflamingo looked over and saw a large amount of crimson curse suddenly appearing on Abbott and Costadin. Immediately after, they suddenly started bleeding from their seven orifices, and the blood sprayed out like a fountain.
In a moment, their screams stopped, and their bodies fell to the ground as if they had lost all their blood and shriveled up, clearly they wouldn't live!
This scene made Doflamingo's heart pound. He had no idea what had happened to Abbott and Costadin, how they had just bled from their seven orifices and died!
"Don't question my professionalism in killing!"
Rhea's cold voice entered Doflamingo's ears, and she passed by Doflamingo without looking back.
"The power of a Devil Fruit, and a Mythical Zoan at that!"
Rhea's voice pulled Doflamingo back from his shock. Although he didn't know exactly how Abbott and Costadin died, there was no doubt that the power that could cause such death was the power of a Devil Fruit. Combined with Rhea's clear Animal-type human-beast form before, it was undoubtedly a Mythical Zoan that possessed this strange power.
He now felt a sense of dislike for the Devil Fruit he had eaten. Esdeath ate a Mythical Zoan, Rhea ate a Mythical Zoan, and what about him? He ate the trashy Paramecia-type String-String Fruit. The gap was just that obvious!
"Fufufufufu, if I can't surpass them, then I'll work hard to keep up!"
Doflamingo now understood why there was such a big gap between him, Esdeath, and Rhea, even though they were the same age. It was all because they had a good Father!
Because they had a good Father, they both won at the starting line of life. They had the strongest sword skills to learn from a young age, Supreme Grade Swords to use, and even Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits to choose from at will.
How could he, who had killed his own father with his own hands from a young age, had no backing, built a huge empire from scratch, and ate the trashy Paramecia-type String-String Fruit, compare?
Even if he was a Celestial Dragon, he couldn't catch up at all!
"Nah nah nah nah nah, Young Master, are you alright? Where did that Rhea go?"
When Trebol and the other Donquixote Family Executive Officers ran over, they were very confused to see Doflamingo standing there alone.
"Fufufufufu, the corpses of Abbott and Costadin are over there. Cut off their heads and hang them at the port!"
"From now on, this island belongs to our Donquixote Family as our base in the New World!"
"Also, secretly spread the news that we are under the protection of the Limitless Pirates!"
Doflamingo laughed heartily.
Originally, he didn't want to rely too much on the Limitless Pirates, but after this incident, he also understood that if he wanted to gain a foothold in the New World, he had to rely on the reputation and power of the Limitless Pirates.
After all, his own power was too weak. The weak have no human rights in the New World, unless you have a powerful backer!
Since the Limitless Pirates would cooperate with him, it meant that he had value to the Limitless Pirates. As long as he always had value, the Limitless Pirates would never let him fall!
"What two idiots, they couldn't even detect my curse power!"
After returning to the ship, Rhea couldn't help but mutter.
Her curse power had infiltrated their bodies during the first slash. During the second slash, the power of the curse was amplified, and finally, the curse power within their bodies was detonated, which led to the extremely tragic deaths of those two people.
If those two people had used Busoshoku Haki to expel the curse power from their wounds at the beginning, and then later covered their bodies with Busoshoku Haki to prevent the curse power from invading, Rhea would not have been able to kill them through this method of curse invasion.
Unfortunately, Abbott and Costadin were short-sighted and didn't realize the terrifying nature of Rhea's curse power.
Marine Headquarters Marineford:
"These trash Shichibukai, each one is restless. Doflamingo actually defected to the Limitless Pirates, and the Gorosei still want to keep his position!"
After Sengoku received the latest pirate intelligence, he was instantly furious.
Doflamingo entering the New World and secretly accepting the protection of the Limitless Pirates could already be considered defecting to the Limitless Pirates. However, Doflamingo's many businesses in the Grand Line and North Blue were still being maintained, which caused many places to fall into war.
Because of the title of Shichibukai, the Marine couldn't do anything to Doflamingo!
"Not only Doflamingo, but Crocodile is plotting something unknown in Alabasta, Atle McLaren has become the King of Warehouses in Dark World, storing who knows how many prohibited items. These Shichibukai are evil Pirates who are just using the Shichibukai title!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru shook her head and said.
"Let's not talk about these annoying things for now. Let's talk about our internal Marine matters. Currently, the Marine doesn't even have a single Admiral, and the candidates who are likely to become Admirals are Kuzan and the other three Logia-type Devil Fruit users."
"But there has never been an era where there were four Admirals at the same time in the Marine, and even eras with three Admirals are extremely rare. This matter must be resolved, otherwise, it will be troublesome when Kuzan and the others' strength is truly sufficient to serve as Admirals."
Sengoku said.
"The best way to handle this is to find a way to get the Gorosei to agree to the decision to establish four Admirals. Currently, the pirate forces are too large, and even the World Government has suffered continuous losses from pirates, so the World Government will not suppress our Marine's development."
"But to get the World Government to agree to the four Admiral positions, some planning is needed. It's best to start arranging this from now!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru said.
"Hmm, I think so too. Now let's discuss how to implement it specifically..."
The Gorosei never expected that their Fleet Admiral would already start to become restless.