The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

With Luffy in White and the legendary being Nika, the sun god, standing in their way, Kid finally has a chance to vent the pent-up frustration in his heart.

He felt that with his current allies, he might actually be able to put up a fight against those five high and mighty Elders who looked down on all living beings like ants, and severely dampen their arrogance.

He'd been annoyed by those old geezers for a long time!

On the other hand, Lucci made a completely different choice. Without hesitation, he took Kaku and Ada and ran away at full speed along the beach without looking back.

They didn't want to get involved in another direct battle with the Five Elders, nor did they want to suffer another undeserved disaster.

The gains from Pawnshop No. 8 need time to be digested, and the plan to defect requires careful planning. Now is definitely not the time for a head-on confrontation.

The white-clad Luffy bounced up and down joyfully, his rubber-like body stretching, full of indescribable elasticity and vitality.

The ground beneath his feet began to undulate, and the nature of the land was altered by the strange power emanating from him, temporarily transforming it into a rubber-like state.

"Haha, they're here!!"

"boom--!!!"

Five distinct and mixed Conqueror's Haki burst forth simultaneously from afar, transforming into a devastating force that resounded through the sky above the region.

The clouds in the sky were instantly dispersed, and the air shrieked under the strain. The Five Elders attacked with all their might the moment they met, showing no sign of testing each other, clearly not intending to give Joey Boy any chance to turn the tide.

These five terrifying streams of Conqueror's Haki formed a powerful, tangible storm that swept in, making it almost impossible for people to open their eyes.

Kidd and Capone Becky, sitting on the metal disc, were forced to retreat by the violent aura, their faces grim.

Allen crossed his arms in front of his face, and his body was forced to slide back several meters, leaving two shallow tracks in the ground beneath his feet.

Only that white figure, Luffy, stood alone at the very center of the impact of the five Conqueror's Haki.

The sky above his head was flashing with dense dark red lightning due to the intense collision and intertwining of the Conqueror's Haki, as if divine punishment was descending.

He was still the same carefree, laughing man, his white curly hair dancing merrily in the wind, his smile so bright it was almost blinding, as if he didn't care about the Five Elders' power at all.

"Come on...come on, I can't wait to fight!!!"

He opened his arms to embrace the storm, his voice filled with pure excitement.

A massive, incredibly sharp slash suddenly appeared from the far distance without warning.

The slash was enormous, almost as wide as the small, ruined island beneath their feet. Fine ice crystals condensed in the air where it passed, and the ground was ploughed into a bottomless icy ravine.

It was a full-force attack from Nasujuro Sei, one of the Five Elders, who was renowned for his swordsmanship!

Faced with this devastating blow, none of the pirates were able to unleash a matching slash to counter it.

Kidd, Capone Becky, Allen, and the others instinctively chose to dodge, quickly dodging to the sides.

Only Bai Luffy remained standing in place, head raised, watching with great interest as the massive, icy slash drew ever closer...

"If Zoro were here, he would definitely be happy to fight this swordsman."

Luffy stretched out his right hand, and his normally sized white arm began to swell rapidly as he extended it.

The muscle definition on his arms became clearer, exuding an explosive sense of power, yet the overall structure still retained the elasticity and stretch of rubber.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a gigantic white hand appeared in the air. The hand was astonishingly large, with its five fingers spread out, and it was in no way inferior to the scale of that giant slash.

With a crisp yet slightly muffled sound, the enormous white hand actually grabbed the terrifying slash that was powerful enough to split an island in two and firmly grasped it in its palm.

The slash shook violently, emitting a chilling aura and sharp sword energy, attempting to cut and shatter the palm.

But the giant white rubber hand only twitched slightly before it completely gripped the slash, and no matter how it struggled, it could not break free.

"Ah, it's so cold..." Luffy frowned, looking miserable, and kept shaking the giant hand that was holding the slash, muttering to himself.

The icy chill emanating from the strike did indeed spread throughout his body via the rubber, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

That's all; the actual damage inflicted on Luffy in his Nika form at that moment was zero.

It's like a child grabbing a really cold block of ice; they just feel the coldness but won't get cut at all.

"This...this works?!" Kaku, who had already run some distance, couldn't help but look back. His jaw almost dropped to the ground, and his face was filled with disbelief.

"This ability is too overpowered!"

Treating the Five Elders' attacks like toys?!

This was something that CP9, not all the agents under the world government, had never even considered.

Lu Qi felt his eyelids twitching uncontrollably, and his sense of crisis suddenly surged to its peak. Without looking back, he said, "Hurry up and go, don't look back anymore."

Before the three of them had run far, three figures dressed in pure white suits and wearing strange masks appeared in front of them without warning, blocking their way.

They are CP0 agents responsible for perimeter defense and sealing off the battlefield!

"Where are you going?" The voice of the leading CP0 member came through his mask, cold and devoid of emotion.

"The three of you suddenly disappeared on the battlefield and have now suddenly reappeared. We need to give the Five Elders a proper explanation."

Lucci, Kaku, and Ada's eyes met quickly in mid-air, and they all saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.

Can we talk about the Eighth Pawnshop? Although the shop owner didn't explicitly say he wanted to keep the shop in that time-space rift a secret, it was too far-fetched to talk about it.

The things they got from that shop—Lucci's Mythical Zoan and Kaku's Ancient Zoan—have become their new foundation, their hope for breaking free from shackles and moving towards a new life.

The World Government has too many bargaining chips to offer, and the Celestial Dragons' methods are far too unpredictable.

They didn't want the Celestial Dragons to have anything to do with that mysterious Pawnshop No. 8, because the consequences could be a hundred or a thousand times worse than their current situation!

"Get out of the way!!"

Lucci stepped forward, shielding Kaku and Ada behind him, his voice calm and even, "Once we leave this place and are far from the battlefield, we will return to the Holy Land and explain everything to the Five Elders."

His words caused the three CP0 members opposite him to frown simultaneously.

When did a mere CP9 dare to talk back to CP0 in such a tone?

Even if Rob Lucci is a once-in-a-century genius, isn't a genius without charisma just feeding the enemy when he encounters a true CP0 elite?

CP0's excellent espionage skills allowed them to keenly sense that something unusual must have happened to these three missing and returned colleagues.

"First, you must show due respect to your superiors."

"Secondly, you must come with us today; there is no other way."

CP0 isn't negotiating with CP9; it's a superior issuing an order, and the subordinate receiving it—that means there's no room for negotiation.