As the saying goes, 'A man's name, a tree's shadow.'
The title King of Exile alone was enough to tell that Wang Shi was by no means someone to be trifled with.
"You're loitering in my territorial waters, and you even dared to actively attack the Imperial Fleet."
"Tell me, how should I deal with a pirate as Sin is a serious crime as you?"
"Should I sentence you to one hundred years in prison? Or should I sentence you to the Lingchi torture, to be cut three thousand six hundred times before death?"
Wang Shi appeared on the bow of the Exile Emperor, looking down at the sweating Edradgo, his aura filled with killing intent.
Lingchi torture? What kind of torture is that?
Why had none of them heard of it?
Edradgo was a bit confused, even the Royal Guard and officials of the Goa Empire hadn't heard of it.
However, to be cut three thousand six hundred times before dying, how terrifying!
"Kaya, you're a doctor. Do you think a person can really survive three thousand six hundred cuts before dying?"
Nami shivered and quietly asked Kaya beside her.
King Wang Shi, when he turned evil, felt so terrifying.
"I... I don't know either. I think I saw it in an ancient book once, about a super pirate who was killed after suffering 267 knife wounds, 152 bullet wounds, and 46 cannonball hits."
"I wonder which is more painful, that or being cut three thousand six hundred times..."
Kaya looked at King Wang Shi, who she wasn't sure if he was joking, and responded timidly to Nami's quiet question.
"How scary! I'd die in just a few cuts."
Nojiko clutched her chest, realizing that King Wang Shi, who was threatening the pirates, was so cruel and ruthless.
He was completely different from how he treated them.
Hearing the new term 'Lingchi torture,' Eric, Zango, and the Meowban Brothers, these pirate slaves, all felt a chill.
Fortunately, Wang Shi hadn't used the Lingchi torture on them.
"One hundred years in prison? Lingchi execution?"
"No! I don't want to die! My gold hasn't been hidden yet, and I haven't found Uunan's gold yet..."
Edradgo, nicknamed the Golden Dragon, was still thinking about gold at this moment.
Indeed, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.
This was a ruthless man who loved gold and would even give up his life for it.
"It seems you have a lot of gold on your ship."
"The most pitiful thing about a person is dying without having spent all their money."
"I'll give you a chance to surrender."
"Otherwise, I will put a slave collar on you, make you a pirate slave, and then distribute your gold to others."
Wang Shi looked at Edradgo, who was unusually obsessed with gold, hitting him where it hurt and proposing to divide his gold.
"Alright, alright!"
Hearing that Wang Shi was going to share the gold, Nami shouted excitedly, and Eric was also eager to try.
"No! My gold! It's all mine, it's all mine!"
"Don't share my gold, I'll listen to you! I'll listen to you, I surrender!!!"
Edradgo heard that Wang Shi was going to divide the gold he had plundered for years, which was even more unbearable than being turned into a slave.
Edradgo, this pirate Captain, was actually subdued by Wang Shi with just a few words.
Van Auger and Zoro looked at Wang Shi in disbelief.
'He's truly like a devil who can see through human nature.'
Van Auger sighed to himself, recalling how he had used both carrot and stick on Eric, threatening and enticing him, and directly tempted Zoro with the dream of becoming the world's greatest swordsman...
Now he was using Edradgo's obsession with gold to deal with him.
"You're sensible! Serve me well. What is this fake treasure of Uunan? I even know the whereabouts of the Golden City of Shandora.
If you perform well, I'll take you to see what a Golden City is like in the future."
Wang Shi threw the slave collar back to a Royal Guard officer.
He truly had no intention of putting much effort into subduing Edradgo.
In any case, Edradgo, as a pirate slave, could still charge into battle for Wang Shi.
However, since this fellow had already surrendered, he would be exempt from the crime of slavery.
"King Wang Shi, I also surrender! I am willing to go through fire and water for Your Majesty."
Seeing their boss had already knelt, the fallen swordsman Golas shouted in panic.
As a result, Edradgo's surviving pirate minions, one by one, knelt down and begged for mercy, wanting to join Wang Shi's forces.
"Do you really think my Royal Guard is open to just anyone?"
"Go sign up for the military yourself!"
"Don't let me find out you're still pirates, or you'll die a miserable death!"
Wang Shi did not kill these surviving 'lucky ones,' but instead gave them a chance.
These pirate minions were probably also citizens of the Four Kingdoms, and would be his citizens in the future.
"Yes! King Wang Shi, we will definitely not be pirates again, and we will definitely become excellent soldiers of the Royal Guard!"
Golas was already extremely grateful to hear that Wang Shi had chosen not to execute them.
He had heard that the strongest Arlong Pirates in the East Blue had all been executed, dying a truly miserable death.
Under the terrified gaze of these surviving pirates,
the Goa Empire's fleet cleanly set sail, slowly departing with their Captain Edradgo.
"Captain Golas, are we really going to join the military?"
"Nonsense! A great Emperor like King Wang Shi is worth following with our lives!"
"But, I want to go back to my hometown to farm..."
"I heard that taxes have been reduced back home..."
"Scram! Those who don't want to join the military, go back home!"
Golas cursed at these frightened pirate minions.
It was fine if these useless people went back to farm; he, on the other hand, was going to join the military of the Goa Empire to prove his foresight.
Two days later.
Clockwork Island, Sasbas Kingdom's waters.
"Kill!!!"
The Poker Pirates, who had been entrenched on Clockwork Island for several years, were actually defeated by the Goa Empire's fleet.
The Poker Pirates, whom both the Sasbas Kingdom and the Navy Branch couldn't control, were thus annihilated by foreign troops.
The five strongest members of the Poker Pirates and their eight pirate ships were all destroyed.
King Kuma, the Paramecia Steel-Steel Fruit user, 'King,' with a bounty of 11.6 million Berries, was blasted half-dead by Edradgo.
The swordsman clown, 'Joker,' with a bounty of 9.9 million Berries, was cut down by Zoro.
Sweetheart Queen, 'Queen,' with a bounty of 7.8 million Berries, was personally captured by Wang Shi and imprisoned in a bottle.
Skunk A, 'Ace,' with a bounty of 6 million Berries, flying wildly with his gas glider, was directly cut down by Eric using Wind Blade, detonating his glider and leaving no trace of his corpse.
Jack, 'Jack,' with a bounty of 3.2 million Berries, was also cut down by Silver-haired Saka.
Large numbers of pirate minions were shot and cut down by Van Auger and the Goa Royal Guard.
As the flag of the Goa Empire slowly rose over Clockwork Island,
the Goa Empire had actually invaded the territory of the Sasbas Kingdom in this manner.
This news scared the King of the Sasbas Kingdom half to death.
Could it be that the Goa Empire, which had only been quiet for about ten days, was going to start another war?
King Ba Dodshinei of the Flaus Kingdom hadn't he said that he had stopped the Goa Kingdom's expansionist ambitions?
Why were they attacking again now?!
The King of the Sasbas Kingdom quickly called King Ba Dodshinei for help.
The Sasbas Kingdom was led by the Flaus Kingdom, so King Ba Dodshinei couldn't just stand by and watch them die!
When King Ba Dodshinei heard that the Goa Empire had moved again, he was furious.
He definitely had to teach that scoundrel Wang Shi a lesson.