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"BIG MOM, ARE YOU PLANNING TO SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND FIGHT MY CREWMATE YOURSELF?" Arthur asked, a sneer on his face as he looked at the murderous Big Mom.

"Or should I step in..."

He slowly walked over to Shiryu and patted him on the shoulder, signaling for him to step back.

To the average person, Shiryu was already a monster. But to a powerhouse of Arthur's caliber, he still had a long way to go.

If Arthur really wanted to end this, all he had to do was get a little serious, and it would be over in an instant.

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Her favorite son—the finest warrior the Charlotte family had ever produced—had been defeated right on her own turf. Big Mom was absolutely livid, her entire body trembling with uncontrollable rage.

"You want a fight? I don't mind waking you up. But a bet is a bet. Spit out the territory you swallowed, or Totto Land will be at the bottom of the sea by the time I'm done with you," Arthur said indifferently.

"MAMAMAMAMA!"

Big Mom reined in her anger and threw her head back, laughing wildly. "Being treacherous and breaking promises is the way of a pirate, Thunder Emperor!"

"You want the territory? Fine, you can have it! But I never said I wouldn't come back to take it from you later. Smoothie—bring me the chart!"

Big Mom regained her reason and sat back down.

"There's nothing wrong with pirates fighting each other for conquest in the New World. If you dare to come, you should be prepared to be completely wiped out," Arthur said with contempt.

The New World itself was chaotic and disorderly.

The ones who made the rules were the few emperors who stood at the top. To anger them and start a war was all too common.

An irrational person like Big Mom would conquer a country just for sweets. Was Kaido any different? Strictly speaking, Arthur was even more insane than them.

If he decided he didn't like your country, he'd simply wipe it off the map. And what could you do about it? Absolutely nothing. The weak were powerless to decide their own fate, forced to watch as tragedy unfolded.

In a world like this, the strong—the truly unreasonable ones—could do whatever they damn well pleased.

Moreover, how can a newly formed, massive power grow without being baptized by the fires of war? It was impossible to coddle his crew and raise a bunch of waste.

Arthur welcomed the chance to temper his subordinates in the crucible of war—he'd take on any challenge, no matter the scale.

One of the Four Sweet Commanders, the Minister of Juice, Charlotte Smoothie, walked over on her incredibly long legs. She took out a complete map of the New World and spread it on the newly created chocolate round table.

The sea chart covered almost all the discovered islands in the New World. It was very complete. The territories of Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and the various dark forces and nations surviving in the cracks were all clearly divided.

True to her word, Big Mom—right there in front of the underworld emperors, Kaido, and Arthur—ceded all the territories she had claimed from Roger and the Golden Lion. She drew a red line across the map, handing it all over.

"Thunder Emperor! The territory has been given to you. Whether you can hold it is your own problem! MAMAMAMAMA!"

Big Mom threw the sea chart over, laughing neurotically.

"Don't you worry about me. If I can't defend my own territory, that's on me. Who else could I blame?" Arthur replied matter-of-factly as he caught the map.

Just as Big Mom had said, being capricious, going back on one's word, and not keeping promises was the character of most pirates. She herself was like that.

But the prerequisite for all of this was—that you were weaker than her.

How strong was Arthur?

Although Big Mom was unwilling to admit it, she still believed he was no weaker than her, perhaps even stronger. He was a true pinnacle-level figure.

The transfer of territory was surprisingly simple.

In front of Arthur, Big Mom made several calls on a Den Den Mushi, ordering the flags on those islands to be taken down. As long as he went there himself and replaced them with his own pirate flag, he could take over completely...

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"What about you, Kaido? Are you going to let your subordinate fight my crewmate?" Arthur took his eyes off the sea chart and turned to look at Kaido.

Although Shiryu was not in his peak condition at the moment, he wouldn't necessarily lose in a fight against Jack.

"BIG MOM CAN AFFORD TO LOSE, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I CAN'T, THUNDER EMPEROR?! I LIKE ONE-ON-ONE FIGHTS, BUT I NEVER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WEAK! WUWUWUWU~"

Kaido suddenly started crying while drinking heavily.

"My men will withdraw immediately. But the moment you take over, the war begins! Just wait, Thunder Emperor! The World's Greatest War will definitely come!!"

After he finished speaking, his demonic, steel-like body stood up. He actually took Jack and left directly.

Drought Jack's current strength was not even as good as Katakuri's. To defeat Shiryu, Kaido would have had to send one of the other two All-Stars, Queen or King.

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A duel that would affect the future trajectory of the New World had ended in Totto Land. The Thunder Emperor Arthur's crewmate, Shiryu, had defeated Big Mom's son, Katakuri, shocking everyone.

Amidst the discussions of these underworld kingpins, Shiryu's fame began to rise, his name gradually spreading to every corner of the New World.

Everyone now knew that the second-in-command of the Thunder God Pirates was a monster in his own right, having toppled the renowned second son of the Charlotte family.

"Big News" Morgans even published the news on the same day, spreading Shiryu's personal information and the news that the Thunder God Pirates now occupied nearly a quarter, almost a third, of the New World, across the seas.

The vast, boundless territory of the New World was now almost entirely occupied by Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and Arthur.

The few remaining places belonged to the forces that survived in the cracks.

Arthur had obtained the territories left behind by Roger and the Golden Lion, occupying more than a quarter of the total.

The remaining less than three-quarters was the sum of all the other forces' territories. Even Whitebeard's territory was not as large as Arthur's.

After all, the World's Strongest Man was not interested in plundering and killing, but in having a family, enough relatives, and watching his sons become men who could stand on their own.

Roger's territory was not the largest among the four legends.

What he left behind was less than half of the Golden Lion's. Adding the Golden Lion's territory, Arthur only occupied about a quarter...

However, the entire New World was so vast, with crisscrossing forces, nations, dark forces, and the territories of the emperors. For Arthur to occupy such a vast area alone was already quite impressive.

The other three emperors didn't even have a quarter. In terms of the vastness of their territory, Arthur was the one who occupied the most.

With his current manpower—even with his crewmates going out to gather their former subordinates, it might still not be enough.

He needed to continue recruiting.

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