All the pirates were stunned by John's news.
After entering the island, they had been in fierce battles.
First, they fought against the World Government's guards. Then, a large number of Navy troops joined the fight.
Just when they finally managed to defeat them, the Monsters from the Roger Pirates joined the battle. Killing them was as easy as pie.
So, when they heard John's news, it felt almost surreal.
However, John had saved their lives after all. Moreover, they didn't believe John would joke about such things.
In an instant, the pirates on the shore split into two groups.
One group, which accounted for the majority, consisted of the pirates directly under the Rock Pirates' main fleet and the original subordinates of John, Wang Zhi, and Silver Axe. Among the less than ten thousand pirates originally, over four thousand followed John and his two companions, and they all chose to join John's command.
The remaining pirates were mostly subordinates of Shiki.
After all, Shiki had trained many subordinates over the years. There were also some from Whitebeard's and Charlotte Linlin's crews.
And there were those peripheral pirates recruited by Rocks.
The once - mighty Rock Pirates instantly fell apart, with less than one - tenth of their underlings remaining.
Meanwhile, the forces under the World Government on the shore also suffered heavy casualties.
Now, they had retreated to the interior of God Valley, waiting for further orders.
John boarded the Rock Pirates' flagship, Gibek's Sword. Standing at the bow of the ship, looking at the numerous pirates, he was suddenly filled with a sense of grandeur.
"Hehehahaha! I declare the establishment of the John Pirate Crew! From now on, call me Captain John!"
John held up a bottle in his hand and announced to the crowd below.
The pirates had different reactions. Apparently, they couldn't accept it so soon.
After all, Rocks had brought them to God Valley less than two days ago, yet the overlord of the New World had died in this unknown place.
Yes, it was an unknown place. Many people didn't know where it was. Only some captains and cadres who knew the inside story were aware.
For them, it was just an unknown place.
John wasn't dissatisfied with the lack of reaction from the pirates below.
John looked at a log pose in his hand, his face filled with greed.
He had found it in the cabin of Gibek's Sword, the Rock Pirates' ship.
It turned out to be the location of Rocks' treasure stash.
As the overlord of the sea who had ruled the New World for several years, how much astonishing wealth did Rocks possess?
John didn't know, but he was certain that it was no less than what others had obtained in God Valley.
Thinking of this, John felt extremely frustrated when thinking about Whitebeard, Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, and Charlotte.
"I'll crush you all under my feet one day!"
John said with a ferocious look when no one was watching.
John led the pirates who had followed him on Gibek's Sword, with seven or eight pirate ships accompanying them.
Wang Zhi and Silver Axe also followed behind John's fleet.
A total of more than a dozen pirate ships slowly sailed away from God Valley.
"Captain, what should we do?"
At the port! There were still quite a few members of the affiliated pirate crews looking at the fleet that had disappeared from everyone's sight in the distance.
"Wait! I don't believe Captain Rocks is dead here."
This pirate captain was obviously a die - hard loyalist of Captain Rocks and simply couldn't believe that Captain Rocks could die here!
But this was after all a minority! After hearing what John said, more affiliated members of the Rock Pirates rushed to their ships and began to sail back.
In this operation, almost all the pirates had suffered a devastating blow.
Some captains of the affiliated pirate crews were killed, and on some pirate ships, only the captain remained.
Even if they returned to the New World, they wouldn't have a chance to rise to prominence.
Inside God Valley!
Charlotte, Whitebeard, Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, Kaidou, Cook, and other pirate sub - captains were all standing in the distance, watching the battle in the middle intently, not blinking an eye.
Bang!
Bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
"Galactic Impact!"
"Divine Dodge!"
The Conqueror's Haki of the three people in the middle soared into the sky, and their bodies glowed with a flickering light. Each person's Conqueror's Haki shot up.
Every strike caused the sky to be covered with dark clouds and the earth to split apart.
"Not good! God Valley is about to crack!"
Feeling the tremors from the ground, almost all the cadres frowned and quickly retreated to the outer periphery of the battle area.
Charlotte quickly tapped his foot on the ground, then used [Moonwalk] to tap on the air, and retreated as if walking in the air.
Whitebeard also jumped out by stepping on the ground.
Shiki and Charlotte Linlin could fly, so they weren't as embarrassed as Charlotte and Whitebeard.
"Boss Shiki!"
Seeing Shiki about to leave, some pirates under Shiki's command immediately shouted.
Hearing this, Shiki stopped in his tracks and glanced at them.
"Useless fools!"
Although he cursed, he still went to their side and activated his Devil Fruit ability.
A large area of land along with the pirates standing on it floated up.
Charlotte Linlin wasn't as relaxed as Shiki.
"Ma ma ma ma! Zeus!"
Charlotte Linlin shouted.
"Okay! Mom!"
The thundercloud Zeus immediately grew larger and flew to Charlotte Linlin's feet. Charlotte Linlin stepped on it.
Kaidou and Cook also jumped on it.
They quickly fled from there.
Charlotte was using [Moonwalk] in the air, moving very fast, not slower than Shiki's Devil Fruit ability.
He could have gone even faster, but carrying thirteen and a half human - sized treasure chests definitely slowed him down a bit.
As for how Charlotte obtained the treasure chests.
Of course, he found a carpet, tied up the treasure chests, put them on his back, and ran quickly towards the port.
As for the carpets, there were plenty in the great hall of the Celestial Dragons.
Even Whitebeard wrapped himself in a large red cloth, carried the treasure chests on his back, and ran towards the port.
Shiki was the most relaxed. He just gently tapped the treasure chests with his finger, and all the treasure chests flew up and followed him.
Charlotte Linlin did something similar.
Arriving at the port!
Charlotte looked at the mess at the port and immediately frowned.
If there was one thing that Charlotte was most dissatisfied with during this trip to God Valley, it was that he didn't bring any subordinates.
In the end, he had no one at his disposal. This was Charlotte's biggest miscalculation.
He activated his Observation Haki. The Observation Haki spread out like a huge net and instantly enveloped the entire port.
There were simply too many ships. The ships brought by Rocks, together with those of the World Government - nearly one hundred and fifty ships in total - were parked in the port.
They stretched as far as the eye could see.
"Hmm?"
Charlotte's Observation Haki suddenly detected something unusual.
His gaze sharpened. Then, Charlotte changed the direction of his steps and rushed towards a place where all the Celestial Dragons' ships were parked.
There seemed to be some people with something out of the ordinary there, which piqued Charlotte's interest.