Chapter 26
Victor stopped paying attention after seeing the Celestial Dragon start bidding.
Because no matter how much you bid, you can't outbid the privileges of a Celestial Dragon.
In that case, he could at least save some money.
But at this moment, Sira was already in tears, and Ryan's attempts to comfort her were completely useless.
Victor simply shook his head. After going through so much, how had she still not grown stronger?
Finally, it was time for the Devil Fruit auction.
"Next is the Devil Fruit auction. Today's Devil Fruit is the Logia-type Ame Ame no Mi (Rain-Rain Fruit). Just from the name, you can guess its ability..."
The host was introducing the Rain-Rain Fruit.
The Celestial Dragons on the other side also showed interested expressions.
"Father, buy it! Then we can control the rain anytime we want, and we can prank our neighbors with it."
Zachary Saint said happily.
"Good, then bid on it."
"It's a pity the Snow-Snow Fruit was snatched earlier. Otherwise, having a pair would definitely be interesting."
Leidner Saint nodded and said.
Seeing this, Victor immediately stopped bidding. There was no need to waste words anymore.
He was thinking: the Celestial Dragons wanted the Snow-Snow Fruit too, and now the Rain-Rain Fruit. Were they trying to control the climate of Mary Geoise?
There was only one Devil Fruit being auctioned today. Since that was the case, Victor didn't need to wait any longer.
Victor directly stood up, ignoring all the gazes, and walked straight toward the Devil Fruit.
Following Victor's actions, Heracles and the others also stood up and followed behind him.
At this moment, the Devil Fruit had just been brought in front of Leidner Saint.
"You filthy commoner, what do you think you're doing? Guards—kill him!"
Leidner Saint saw Victor's actions and immediately became furious.
The CP agents exchanged glances and immediately charged toward Victor.
But Victor didn't even need to speak—Beli had already activated his Snow-Snow Fruit ability.
Heracles was even more straightforward—he directly kicked the approaching CP member flying.
These CP members were indeed stronger than ordinary people, but in front of Heracles, they were simply not enough.
And behind them were Beli's dense snow arrows and ice arrows. The Celestial Dragon's guards were like paper in front of Victor and the others.
Of course, the Celestial Dragons and the auction house couldn't understand no matter how hard they racked their brains—how could someone dare to target a Celestial Dragon?
The scene instantly erupted in screams and chaos. The crowd rushed toward every exit, desperately trying to escape.
At this moment, Beli was controlling an extremely long snow whip. Taking advantage of the auction staff's momentary daze, he instantly snatched the Rain-Rain Fruit.
Not only that—he also took the mermaid's slave collar key and even snatched the beautiful mermaid herself.
"You filthy commoners, how dare you rebel against me? I am a Celestial Dragon—this is a capital crime! Capital crime! Die!"
Leidner Saint, seeing this, showed no fear at all. Instead, he roared in fury.
At the same time, he raised his right hand and fired directly at Victor.
Victor didn't dodge. No one helped him. He simply raised his palm, covered in Armament Haki.
The instant the Celestial Dragon fired, Victor's hand instantly grabbed the bullet.
By this time, Victor had already walked in front of the Celestial Dragon. Right in front of him, he crushed the bullet into powder.
"Now only you two disgusting things are left. Want to die or live?"
Victor looked at the Celestial Dragon expressionlessly.
"You filthy commoners, how dare you speak to me like this? Fine—you can be my slave. Kneel down quickly!"
Leidner Saint still showed no fear, instead shouting arrogantly.
His son beside him was the same.
Many people in the crowd were looking toward Victor's side, extremely shocked at this moment.
"How dare they?"
"They don't know those two are Celestial Dragons?"
"Devil Fruit users—they have Devil Fruit users."
"Are they really not afraid of death? Provoking Celestial Dragons—the Navy will arrive soon."
For a moment, the onlookers were shocked and discussing wildly.
"Just looking at you makes me feel sick. Wasting my time."
Victor furrowed his brows. He truly felt disgusted by these two insects in front of him.
"Looking at you makes my leg itch. I'm beating exactly you Celestial Dragons."
So Victor moved in a flash—two kicks.
Two figures in luxurious clothing flew out and crashed heavily onto the street.
"Eh?"
"They're crazy?"
"It's over, it's over—they really hit Celestial Dragons."
"Run, run fast. The Navy's coming."
In an instant, the street crowd was so shocked their eyes nearly popped out. After reacting, they fled in terror, not daring to stay any longer.
This was a life-threatening matter—it was no joke.
"This is going to be huge trouble."
The auction house's backstage boss saw this scene and knew he had to escape too.
He didn't need to think—he would die if he didn't run.
So the surrounding area instantly emptied. Not only that—ships docked at the shore were rapidly fleeing Sabaody Archipelago.
Only the local Navy base was rushing quickly toward the auction house.
Not only that—Navy Headquarters also received the news from Sabaody Archipelago.
"Truly reckless and audacious."
Fleet Admiral Kong received the message and was furious.
Immediately afterward, he ordered Vice Admiral Sengoku (Admiral candidate) to rush to Sabaody Archipelago.
"Sigh… the seas are already chaotic enough. Can't these Celestial Dragons just calm down for once?"
Sengoku, receiving the order, furrowed his brows helplessly.
Soon, Sengoku boarded a warship and set off directly.
At the auction house on Sabaody Archipelago.
Victor knew the Navy reinforcements would arrive soon.
"Heracles—immediately gather all crew members back to the ship. The Plant Scholars should have finished coating by now."
"As for the Rain-Rain Fruit—once you're aboard, have a crew member eat it immediately."
"Rain-Rain Fruit combined with Snow-Snow Fruit should create excellent synergy."
Victor gave orders quickly.
He planned to fight the Navy here, then immediately dive deep and head to Fish-Man Island.
"Got it. Right away."
Heracles knew the situation was urgent. After speaking, he quickly led everyone away.
Before leaving, Beli gave Victor a deep look.
Victor nodded toward him. Only then did Beli quickly follow the group.
Soon, the local Navy base forces arrived.
Leading them was a Navy Rear Admiral. The moment he saw Victor, he ordered his men to open fire.
Since that was the case, Victor wouldn't hold back either.
Victor flashed forward—directly into the Navy ranks. Immediately afterward, Navy soldiers were sent flying one after another.
Even the Rear Admiral only lasted two hits from Victor before being knocked unconscious.
As for the two Celestial Dragons lying on the ground, Victor didn't even glance at them.
He walked straight toward the Navy port.
Since it was going to be a fight with the Navy anyway, there was no need to wait for them to come find him.
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