Ye Chen smiled. "So this is what you're relying on?"
At this moment, the thin man wished he could kill Takeda. Why did he have to show up now?
If Takeda hadn't arrived, Ye Chen wouldn't have had a clear excuse to act—but now, with Takeda's appearance, Ye Chen had all the justification he needed.
And the elite soldiers Takeda brought probably wouldn't last a single blow from the dragon beneath Ye Chen's feet.
What the thin man didn't know was: even if Takeda hadn't come, Ye Chen had never planned on letting them go.
Ye Chen wasn't someone from this world—he held no reverence for the so-called Celestial Dragons, and naturally wasn't afraid of them.
In fact, Ye Chen had nothing but disdain for the Celestial Dragons, and for Celestial Gold, who had captured Hancock and her sisters.
If not for the thin man's earlier cooperation, Ye Chen would have blasted the entire Celestial Gold fleet already.
Now that Takeda was involved, the thin man had no choice but to grit his teeth and order,
"Men, if we hand over one billion Beli, the Celestial Dragons will never forgive us.
Rather than be hunted down by the World Government, we might as well kill this brat now and seize a sliver of hope!"
"Kill the rebel!"
"Kill!"
Just as the thin man finished, Takeda shouted in perfect sync, and his two thousand soldiers followed suit.
In an instant, thunderous shouts echoed through the wide harbor, shaking every corner of the port.
"Kill! Kill!"
"The vice-captain is right! Only by killing him do we have a chance!"
"Better to fight here than be chased to death by the World Government!"
With Takeda's backing, the rest of Celestial Gold's crew picked up weapons, eyes gleaming with malice as they stared at Ye Chen.
Ye Chen looked at them and said,
"If you handed over the one billion Beli, I would've let you go.
Besides, Celestial Gold collects more than one billion worth of treasure from tribute alone.
You could take the remaining treasure, change your names, and disappear.
Even the World Government might not be able to find you.
So why choose a path that leads to certain death? I really don't understand."
As his words landed, some of the armed crew slowly lowered their weapons.
And as time passed, more and more of them followed.
Seeing this, Ye Chen continued,
"The world is huge. Even the World Government would find it hard to track down a single person."
Immediately, many members of Celestial Gold began to waver.
But the thin man noticed this and knew things were going wrong. He shouted,
"Nonsense! Don't listen to him!
Don't forget, even Pirate King Roger was captured and executed!
What chance do we have of escaping?"
"Besides, the claws of the World Government stretch across the world!
You all know this!
If you betray the Celestial Dragons, your entire family will be implicated!
Even if you escape, what about your family?"
At this point, Ye Chen had to admit—this thin man was impressive.
His speech hit right at the core of the issue.
Thanks to his rousing words, the hesitation among the Celestial Gold crew vanished.
"Lord Takeda, that dragon doesn't look easy to deal with…"
A general beside Takeda said cautiously.
Takeda's face twitched.
His guard told him there was only one person, but now there was a dragon too?!
And judging from its presence, this was no ordinary creature.
What the hell was this?!
Now Takeda regretted ever leaving the palace.
Looking at Sky Dragon and the Celestial Gold men, Takeda clenched his teeth and gave the order,
"Kill that dragon! I'll reward one hundred million Beli to whoever succeeds!"
Money moves hearts. Even one million Beli could drive men to desperation—let alone one hundred million.
With Takeda's order, archers fired their arrows, while the rest charged forward with blades, like bloodthirsty sharks.
"Everyone, Wano's people have joined the fight!
As long as we stand together, we can kill them!"
The thin man shouted.
Ye Chen, still sitting atop Little Sky's head, quietly watched it all unfold.
Only after both sides had moved did he slowly rise to his feet and give a calm order:
"Little Sky, kill them. Thunder Summon Orb."
Sky Dragon had been waiting eagerly. It roared in excitement.
A glowing thunder orb formed in its massive jaws.
Thunder Summon Orb—fired.
BOOM BOOM BOOM—
A deafening explosion rang out.
A powerful shockwave spread in all directions.
Buildings around the dock shattered layer by layer, visible to the naked eye.
As for Takeda and Wano's so-called elite troops—
they didn't even have time to scream. They were instantly obliterated under the force of the Thunder Summon Orb.
In his final moments, Takeda was filled with regret.
Why had he come out?
Wouldn't it have been better to stay in the palace?
Why did he have to provoke such a monster?
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
The power of the Thunder Summon Orb scared the living daylights out of Celestial Gold's men.
Many went limp and collapsed directly on the deck.
"We actually picked a fight with this kind of monster…"
"Wouldn't it have been better to just hand over the one billion?"
"This kind of monster…"
Against an opponent like Sky Dragon, with their pathetic strength, it was no different from throwing eggs at a rock.
Many had already given up all hope.
"I gave you a way to live, but you chose death."
Ye Chen snorted coldly, then gave the final order,
"Kill them, Little Sky."
"ROOOOAR!"
With Ye Chen's command, Little Sky roared in excitement once more—
another Thunder Summon Orb began to charge in its mouth.
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