Chapter 1772 The Navy and the Seven Warlords of the Sea (7)

They also desire to increase their own popularity and influence by killing pirates.

After that, the forces hidden in the underground world began to stir.

Seeing this opportunity, they all took action and joined the pirate-killing carnival.

The World Government had only released these two baits carelessly, but they had not expected that they would cause such a huge sensation.

Even the Five Elder Stars had not anticipated that their unintentional actions would lead to endless slaughter among pirates.

The pirates entrenched on the fifth, sixth and seventh routes were now in a state of madness.

Pirates with bounties of millions die every day, and news of deaths of big pirates with bounties of tens of millions are also heard from time to time.

Even a pirate group with a bounty of hundreds of millions cannot escape the fate of being destroyed.

It is no exaggeration to say that a newspaper from the World Government actually triggered the fierce fighting in the first half of the entire Grand Line.

Even the three emperors, who were famous for their reputation, could not stay out of it.

The reason is that there are some powerful people who, although they know they cannot defeat the Three Emperors, they still set their sights on the Three Emperors' subordinates.

These people took advantage of the fact that the three emperors' subordinates were away, colluded with each other, and jointly attacked and killed these subordinates, hoping to become famous in one fell swoop.

I have to say that this strategy is indeed a wise move.

When newspapers began to report the casualties among the Three Emperors' men, it undoubtedly caused an uproar.

The three emperors were naturally furious. They would never tolerate such an attack on their own crew members.

So, the three emperors launched a hunt for those who dared to attack their subordinates without hesitation.

The anger of the Three Emperors is no joke. Those who attempted to become famous in this way were ruthlessly killed by the Three Emperors and their men before they even had the chance to exchange the title of Seven Warlords of the Sea from the World Government.

This incident undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to other people with ill intentions and served as a great deterrent.

However, despite this, there are still many people who are eyeing the Three Emperors' subordinates.

Faced with this situation, the three emperors had no choice but to gather their men together to avoid further losses.

You can imagine what a sensation this would cause!

Even the three emperors who are feared by all the world can only retreat in the face of such a surging wave.

How powerful is this bait released by the World Government?

The World Government cleverly took advantage of people's greed and forced the pirates in the first half of the Grand Line to fight each other.

On the fifth route, the Kidd Pirates are wandering on the sea.

Suddenly, a deafening burst of artillery fire resounded through the sky, like thunder.

The pirate ship in the distance was instantly shattered into countless pieces under the fierce artillery attack, as fragile as paper.

This was the twelfth pirate group that the Kidd Pirates had encountered in just seven days that dared to actively attack them.

"This move by the World Government is truly cruel!"

Kira's voice revealed an undisguised anger, and his face hidden under the mask looked unusually gloomy at the moment.

"Too many pirates in the first half of the Grand Line to kill each other just to fight for a spot in the Shichibukai!"

Kidd listened quietly to Kira's complaints. He did not respond immediately, but stared silently at the invitation in his hand.

Kidd had received this invitation three days ago.

When he learned that he was invited to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he couldn't help but feel a complicated emotion in his heart.

Kidd did not reject the invitation immediately like others did, but decided to think about it before making a decision.

After all, this is an extremely tempting opportunity. Becoming one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea not only means having great power and status, but also obtaining the protection of the World Government.

The reason why Kidd had to think carefully was actually very simple.

The Kidd Pirates led by him were attacked head-on by the Blackbeard Pirates and were eventually defeated.

This crushing defeat was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Kidd, especially for someone as ambitious as him, it was even more difficult to accept.

Ever since Kidd went out to sea to form the Kidd Pirates, he has been going smoothly.

Apart from being beaten up by the Navy Admiral Kizaru and imprisoned in Impel Down, he did not suffer too many setbacks.

Even though he was defeated by the Navy Admiral, Kidd was not discouraged.

On the contrary, he saved Ace's life during the Battle of Marineford, an action that made him famous and became one of the best supernovas of that year.

Among the supernovas at the time, Kidd's fame was second only to Straw Hat Luffy.

Even during the time when Luffy retired, Kidd became the undisputed strongest supernova.

His strength and prestige are widely recognized.

After returning from the War of Marineford, the Kidd Pirates demonstrated their great strength and ambition. They seized nearly half of the territory of the First Route in one fell swoop. This feat made Kidd known as the strongest man closest to the Three Emperors.

However, fate played a cruel joke on Kidd.

In a fierce battle with the Blackbeard Pirates, the Kidd Pirates suffered a crushing defeat. Not only did they lose the territory they had just captured, but they were also driven out of their first route.

Kidd was filled with resentment about this failure.

In his eyes, the Blackbeard Pirates are just a group of villains who can only plot and scheme.

They use all kinds of sinister means to gain benefits, and are not worthy of confronting a strong man like me head-on.

It was precisely because of this contempt that when the Kidd Pirates learned of the invasion of the Blackbeard Pirates, all members were extremely angry.

Being provoked by such a pirate group that only knew how to scheme and plot was undoubtedly a huge shame for the Kidd Pirates, who were hailed as the closest to the Three Emperors at the time.

However, reality gave Kidd a heavy slap in the face.

After the two sides fought, the huge gap was like a mountain crushing an egg, completely defeating Kidd who was feeling complacent.

In the battle with the Blackbeard Pirates, the Kidd Pirates were completely defeated, and only a few of the tens of thousands of pirates were able to escape.

Even a powerful pirate like Kidd could only barely escape from the battlefield with Killer after losing an arm.

This was because the other side only sent out one subordinate, and Shiryu alone easily defeated their entire pirate group.

He even cut off an arm of Kidd, who was hailed as the strongest man closest to the Three Emperors!

Such a devastating defeat was simply unacceptable to Kidd.