Kaido and Linlin were both stunned. "What Plan?"
"It's simple!" Carlo snapped his fingers, and pairs of glittering golden wings unfolded behind his back. His body suddenly floated into the air, flying hundreds of meters high.
As he ascended...
Ten thousand meters above God Valley, the wind and clouds surged, and a large mass of ink-like dark clouds quickly gathered.
Within the heavy cloud layer, silvery-bright electric light flickered.
Muffled thunder rolled across the sky, and a huge bolt of lightning that connected heaven and earth struck down toward Carlo.
"Rumble!!"
The massive thunder, shaking all of God Valley, and the striking lightning instantly attracted everyone on the entire island.
At this moment, countless eyes on the island looked toward Carlo in the sky in unison.
Rocks, who was fighting Gringu.
Rayleigh, who was slashing Somaz to save Shakky.
Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Garp, Roger, who were in the middle of a great battle... thousands of Marines, pirates, hundreds of Celestial Dragons, and tens of thousands of innocent victims of God Valley.
And Saturn, who had never intervened in the battlefield and stood on a mountaintop watching the whole scene.
Even the residents of the Holy Land were watching God Valley through a live broadcast.
At this time, all eyes converged on Carlo, who had six pairs of golden wings on his back and was bathed in a thick pillar of lightning, looking like a god.
Instantly becoming the focus of the entire field, Carlo held high the azure dragon fruit in his hand.
"Everyone, please look, what I am holding in my hand is a Devil Fruit!"
"This is the Zoan-type Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form."
"One of the top Devil Fruits on the sea, worth billions of Berries! Even if a piece of trash eats this fruit, they can instantly become a world-renowned powerhouse!"
His voice penetrated the surrounding howling winds and lightning, echoing over the entire island of God Valley like thunder.
The information contained in the voice instantly attracted the attention of the pirates who were in the middle of a chaotic battle.
"A top Mythical Zoan, the azure dragon fruit? Is it real? If I eat it, I, Byrnndi World, can immediately become a world-class powerhouse! On par with Rocks and Roger!"
"Worth billions? If I sell it, wouldn't I immediately have financial freedom, be able to go back to my hometown and buy a few islands, and live the billionaire lifestyle I've always dreamed of? Who would still be a damn pirate then!"
"The azure dragon fruit, I really want to take it back to Marco so he'll have the ability to protect himself."
In an instant, countless greedy and longing gazes all looked at the scaled fruit held up in Carlo's hand.
Many pirate Captains, who were not yet famous but possessed decent strength, began to feel restless in their hearts.
Just as a large number of pirates were tempted and began to move toward Carlo's side...
Carlo's voice continued to ring out, spreading across the entire island.
"Tell me, do you want this Devil Fruit?"
The pirates were stunned, stopped in their tracks, and looked up at Carlo in the sky.
They didn't understand what Carlo meant.
At this moment, Kaido and Linlin, who were below Carlo, had their expressions change drastically. They seemed to understand something and couldn't help but shout, "Carlo! What are you trying to do? That's my thing! You have no right to use it for fishing!"
But Carlo ignored them and suddenly raised his volume, his voice like an explosion of thunder echoing across the island.
"Answer me! Do you want it?"
"Isn't that obvious? Who wouldn't want a top-tier Devil Fruit like this? Even if you don't eat it yourself, you can sell it for a huge amount of money!"
A pirate shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Exactly! You birdman, what exactly do you want to do? If you know what's good for you, quickly hand that Devil Fruit over to me. I am Caesar, the Captain of the Evil Ghost Pirates, with a bounty of 130 million Berries! If you don't give it to me, I'll kill your whole family later!"
A pirate pointed at Carlo and threatened.
His threat had just fallen.
A pillar of lightning as thick as a giant ancient tree struck down from the dark clouds ten thousand meters high, hitting him with pinpoint accuracy and blasting him, along with the surrounding area of dozens of meters, into a deep pit dozens of meters in diameter.
This pirate Captain with a bounty of over 100 million simply evaporated, not even a corpse left.
Seeing such a terrifying scene, the surrounding pirates were instantly frightened.
Soon, many pirates recognized Carlo in the sky.
It's the Rocks Pirates' Fourth Division Captain, Sky King Sorus Karlo! The Great Pirate who once killed Marine Admiral Gray Snake Haines and has a bounty of 2.9 billion Berries!!"
With that, more than half of those greedy pirates instantly backed off.
"Carlo! What do you want to do?"
Golden Lion suddenly floated into the sky and shouted a question at Carlo.
He certainly didn't come up to be Carlo's hype man.
Golden Lion was greedy by nature.
At this moment, he also strongly desired the azure dragon fruit in Carlo's hand.
However, out of consideration for being a fellow Division Captain of the Rocks Pirates, he didn't come up to snatch it directly.
Carlo gave a low laugh.
"Good question!"
He flew in the sky, looking down at the entire God Valley.
"Let's play a game. The prize for this game is this azure dragon fruit, and..."
He lowered his head and looked at a certain place not far from Kaido.
"John!"
John, whose right arm had turned into a mechanical arm, walked out of the forest.
His mechanical arm suddenly shattered and separated, and two Devil Fruits fell out from it, which he casually swatted into the air.
"Catch them!"
"John! You guy actually managed to grab two Devil Fruits as well!" Kaido and Linlin were shocked and almost rushed over to snatch them.
But the wind in the sky whistled, directly picking up those two fruits and flying them in front of Carlo.
Carlo shifted his gaze, and his eyes fell on Linlin.
"Linlin, give me the Devil Fruit you have as well."
Linlin frowned, clutching the Paw-Paw Fruit in her hand tightly, truly getting a bit angry. "Impossible!"
"Consider it that I owe you a favor."
"A favor from you..." Linlin's eyes flickered. Suddenly, she gritted her teeth and decisively threw the Devil Fruit in her hand toward Carlo.
"Fine! It's yours! Using a useless Paramecia fruit to trade for a favor from you, Mama thinks this deal is very worth it! I hope you won't lie to me!"
With this...
In front of Carlo, there were four Devil Fruits of different shapes.
On the ground, the greedy gazes looking at him immediately became even more numerous.
"Everyone! Look! The prizes for the game have increased again."
"A total of four Devil Fruits."
"They are..."
"Zoan-type Fish-Fish Fruit Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form!"
"Paramecia-type Paw-Paw Fruit!"
"Zoan-type Bird-Bird Fruit Mythical, Phoenix Form!"
"Logia Smoke-Smoke Fruit!"
Carlo's voice rang out again, causing a stir in all parts of God Valley.
The pirates looked at the four floating Devil Fruits with greedy, excited, and longing eyes.
"My god! There's actually another Mythical Zoan!"
"And there's even a Logia! Damn! I want it so bad!"
Golden Lion's breathing became heavy, and he asked again, "Carlo! Speak, what exactly is this game you're talking about?"
"It's simple!"
A terrifyingly mad smile curled at the corner of Carlo's mouth.
His gaze turned toward a certain spot on the island.
"Since the Celestial Dragons played a hunting game here, then we might as well play a hunting game too. These four Devil Fruits are the rewards for the winners."
"The rules of the game are..."
"Hunt the Celestial Dragons on the island!"
"One Celestial Dragon is one point. The top four in points will get these four Devil Fruits in my hand: first, the azure dragon fruit; second, the phoenix fruit; third, the Smoke-Smoke Fruit; fourth, the Paw-Paw Fruit."
"So..."
"Let the game begin!!!"