Vladimir said impatiently, raising his two claws, pinching the Empress's cheeks, and squeezing them out of shape.
"You stupid dragon!"
The Empress made a muffled sound, but it was no longer clear what she was saying.
"However, forget it. I won't bother with you. First, pay back the money!"
Vladimir grunted, saying, "Back then, Shadow Demon, on your behalf, killed a Celestial Dragon. Now, we don't want 500 million. You just take out one Devil Fruit, and we'll be even."
"I don't have one!" The Empress stared at the mixed-blood dragon, not yielding at all. "You mixed-blood dragon, you seduced me into giving you a Devil Fruit back then. It's so hateful!"
Hearing this, Vladimir couldn't help but chuckle dryly.
Back then, in order to unlock the second transformation, Shadow Demon, he had just slightly tricked the other party into giving him a Devil Fruit. He didn't expect the Empress to realize it afterward.
"That was a bet. Can't you afford to lose?" Curling his lips, Vladimir would never admit that he had seduced the other party.
With a thought, he said in his mind, "Phantom, scan!"
"Scanning... Scanning complete! No mysterious power detected!"
After a brief reply from the Phantom Gene, there was no sound.
Seeing this, Vladimir immediately shook his head, casually putting the Empress down. At the same time, his body flashed with white light, and after a moment, he transformed back into his original form.
"Forget it. I won't bother with you for now." Vladimir waved his hand, looking at his fanatic, saying, "Amanda, go and get me some food."
"Yes, Guardian God!"
Amanda's expression was zealous. Hearing the order, she immediately set off for the cabin.
The Empress had just stood firm. Seeing this scene, she was so angry that her eyebrows stood on end. How had this mixed-blood dragon become the master?
"Come back! Don't get him any food!" The Empress said angrily.
"Sister! Sister! Calm down!"
Seeing that these two were about to fight again, the two younger sisters immediately stopped the Empress, with wry smiles on their faces.
"Quickly release me, Sandersonia, Marigold...!"
The Empress was secretly anxious, but she didn't want to use force, for fear of hurting her two sisters.
Seeing this, Vladimir laughed, saying, "Boa Hancock, with just your little skills, you still want to fight me?"
Hearing the mockery, the Empress's pretty face flushed with anger, and she was about to go crazy.
The sisters immediately glared at Vladimir, saying, "Guardian God! Can you say less!"
"It's she who insisted on fighting me, but unfortunately, she can't beat me."
Vladimir rolled his eyes.
However, just then, Vladimir suddenly frowned, slightly raising his eyes and looking towards the end of the sea.
There, a large fleet was slowly sailing.
Noticing the change in his expression, the group of women finally quieted down a bit, and followed Vladimir's gaze, also discovering the existence of the fleet.
"Use your Observation Haki to investigate. That doesn't look like a pirate ship," Vladimir said in a low voice.
Hearing this, the Empress raised her eyebrows. "Why should I help you?"
"Sister!" Marigold was helpless. Why were these two so incompatible? Two out of three sentences were full of gunpowder.
"Hmph!"
Snorting, the Empress had to do as she was told. Her eyes focused, and in an instant, it was as if everything had quieted down. The whole world was silent.
Her perception rapidly extended outward, instantly crossing a great distance and arriving at the fleet in front.
"Six ships, not pirates... That's, Celestial Dragons!?"
The Empress's expression suddenly changed, as if she had sensed something terrifying.
"Celestial Dragons?"
Vladimir paused slightly, narrowing his eyes. He jumped to the edge of the ship, saying to the two sea snakes below, "You two, head over there."
The Empress wasn't afraid of him, but the two sea snakes were scared to death. Hearing the order, they didn't dare to disobey at all.
"Guardian God, w-what do you want to do?" A female officer carrying a cannon couldn't help but ask.
"What to do?"
Vladimir chuckled, saying, "I was just wondering, the Celestial Dragons still dare to leave the Holy Land? Are they not afraid of being targeted by Shadow Demon? It seems that our Phantom's deterrence isn't enough."
There was a hint of killing intent in these words.
Hearing this, everyone's hearts turned cold. It seemed that the Guardian God was preparing to do something big?
Those were Celestial Dragons!
Usually, robbing a ship of Heavenly Tribute was still within their range, after all, the number of Heavenly Tribute ships each year was as high as hundreds.
But if they attacked the Celestial Dragons, it would inevitably cause a big shock.
Aside, the Empress was silent, her expression no longer as arrogant as before, but rather with a hint of panic that she was trying to hide.
The two ships approached each other, and before long, they were not far apart.
The Celestial Dragon fleet had a total of six large ships, each much larger than a warship, flying the Celestial Dragon's World Noble flag, sailing all the way, extremely overbearing.
On the deck of the main ship, a middle-aged man with an out-of-shape figure and wearing a glass dome stood with his hands behind his back.
"Saint Alfred, that's the Kuja Pirates!"
Behind the Celestial Dragon, a man with a pointy mouth and monkey cheeks said in a low voice, "Two months ago, this pirate crew robbed a Heavenly Tribute, with losses as high as 2 billion."
"Kuja Pirates?" Alfred asked.
On his left, a female Celestial Dragon chuckled, saying, "You're so forgetful, brother. That's a pirate crew made up entirely of women. Rumor has it that their captain, the Empress, is called the 'Most Beautiful Woman in the World'."
Hearing this, Alfred's eyes lit up, revealing an interested expression.
"Quick, have them stop the ship!" He ordered arrogantly. At the same time, his eyes looked towards the bow of the pirate ship.
With this look, he was stunned.
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