Chapter 433: Chapter 309: The Fall of the Loksi Pirates

The situation in the Pirate World changes with each passing day.

Roger sought out his former crew members, but unfortunately, with time passing, everyone had their own families or forces, and had aged, unwilling to follow Roger back to the sea.

So he had to rely on his personal reputation, recruit a new batch of crew members, and ally with the Four Emperors to form the New World Pirate Alliance.

This news indeed shocked the world.

However, Loksi made even bigger waves.

As the absolutely invincible strongest person, Loksi’s voice called out and the forces under him grew increasingly stronger, soon becoming the most influential force in the entire Pirate World, even overshadowing the New World Pirate Alliance.

Yet, ultimately, he hastily assembled a pirate group, and the number of strong people under his command was far less than that of the New World Pirate Alliance.

If they were to engage in mutual combat, his solo strength could sweep the opponents.

But the issue is, now all forces are chiefly focused on finding the Dragon Balls.

Loksi currently doesn’t have the intention to fight the New World Pirate Alliance, but instead takes his subordinates and searches worldwide for the whereabouts of the Dragon Balls.

The lack of strong subordinates and loyalty now becomes evident.

He doesn’t dare let any subordinate act alone; whenever there’s information about the Dragon Balls, whether true or false, he can only personally lead the fleet to investigate.

As for the New World Pirate Alliance, although they are not all of one mind, with Loksi as a powerful external enemy, at least for now, internal conflict is rare. Therefore, according to the alliance agreement, they divided into twenty factions and searched globally for the Dragon Balls.

Their efficiency is far higher than Loksi’s.

Moreover, originally being the Four Emperors, in terms of forces, connections, and intelligence networks, they far surpass Loksi who had resurrected not long ago.

This allowed the progress in finding Dragon Balls by the New World Pirate Alliance to far exceed that of Loksi.

On the other side.

Enel and Golden Lion also decided to unite.

Though they didn’t know they were both Su Xin’s subordinates, under Loksi’s pressure, they had to ally with others to have some hope.

Moreover, in the previous summit battle, both realized their strengths were comparable, below Loksi yet above Whitebeard and others.

The key point being, the Dragon Balls can grant two wishes, so they agreed on one each.

Thus, there were no worries about uneven spoils.

Their collaboration naturally formed a pirate group named Thunder Lion Pirates.

On the side of the World Government, under Lord Imu’s orders, even the Five Elders couldn’t stabilize the situation by putting out fires everywhere; they also concentrated most of their forces on seeking and seizing the Dragon Balls.

Only the Revolutionary Army showed indifference toward the quest for the Dragon Balls, continuing to devote more efforts to overthrowing and liberating nations.

The entire Pirate World fell into chaos.

With time passing by, the five strongest and most representative forces gradually became distinct.

Loksi possessed the strongest personal prowess but lacked overall force; his search for the Dragon Balls often lagged behind others, basically relying on plundering, and whenever anyone obtained the Dragon Balls and information leaked, he would lead his men to snatch them directly.

The New World Pirate Alliance had the strongest overall high-level strength and vast territorial influence, searching for Dragon Balls fastest, yet acted cautiously. Even upon securing the Dragon Balls, they kept information sealed, quietly transporting them to a hidden location.

The Thunder Lion Pirates had the weakest overall force, with top-notch individual strengths yet not quite the strongest, consistently falling behind in the pursuit of Dragon Balls, but managed to snatch one by chance.

Though the World Government suffered a significant drop in strength due to the naval high-end forces’ destruction, the camel remains larger than the horse, and their forces are the most extensive, with the most sophisticated intelligence network.

Yet precisely for this reason, they became the target of public criticism, with their hard-found two Dragon Balls being seized by Loksi and the Pirate Alliance.

Despite the Revolutionary Army not striving deliberately, in the course of actions, they came across information on Dragon Balls and fortunately secured one.

However, each major force keeps their acquired Dragon Balls extremely confidential, the outside world remains unaware of how many Dragon Balls have been found, forcing everyone into blind searching.

Until a year later.

Two consecutive months passed with no reliable information about Dragon Balls, and Loksi finally became restless.

"Hear my command, from today onward, we will cease searching for Dragon Balls, our action goals will be to sweep through all forces, to dominate the sea!"

"Our first target is..."

"Thunder Lion Pirates!"

With Loksi’s command, the Pirate World entered a new era of conquest.

However, though his strength is indeed the greatest, it doesn’t imply he can easily suppress other forces, for this world is vast, and even a massive fleet, once out at sea, he finds it difficult to locate the opponents.

Knowing Loksi’s strength is the peak, others dare not easily engage him directly.

And Thunder Lion Pirates are particularly troublesome.

Most significantly, Golden Lion’s Flying Ability offers the Thunder Lion Pirates the greatest mobility and concealment.

While others swim in the water, they soar the sky, indeed not on the same level.

Of course.

Loksi wishes to first target the Thunder Lion Pirates, largely because of this.

Just as the Thunder Lion Pirates possess relatively small scale, Golden Lion and Enel’s personal prowess are extremely formidable, most fitting to be recruited as subordinates.

...

On the boundless sea.

Over twenty large ships sail silently.

Loksi stands at the bow, gazing into the distance.