One Piece: At the start, defeat Momonosuke and take Yamato to sea.

Chapter 277 The Flower of Life and Death and the Qilin Lion

While Luo Ji was wandering around the Grand Line.

Boa Hancock, the Pirate Empress, has been waiting anxiously for Luo Ji to come to her door in Amazon Lily.

Every time she heard news of Luo Ji appearing in other places, her heart ached.

She was genuinely worried that Luo Ji would forget about her, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

She once again had the idea of ​​taking the initiative to go out to sea to find the Luo Ji World Group.

But she was also afraid that she wouldn't be able to find the elusive Luo Ji World Group.

The world's most beautiful woman became increasingly sentimental and grew more and more haggard.

On the other side, Crocodile used the power of Baroque Works and, together with Hanafza, found Shiki's affiliated pirate crew and began to devise a plan to infiltrate Shiki's lair.

Under Crocodile's scheme, Mr. 2, a user of the Imitation Fruit, was successfully replaced as the captain of an affiliated pirate crew, and formally made contact with the Flying Pirates.

This brought the search for the Golden Lion a major step forward.

After Luo Ji stole the demon sword Seven Star Sword from Aska Island, he went to the mysterious island of the Carnival Baron and, together with Huang Mu and others, forcefully defeated the Carnival Baron and Little Yellow Flower Lily.

This guy, Huang Mu, absorbed half of the life from this 'Flower of Life and Death' and successfully developed the technique of mimicking plants, giving him another attack method.

With the help of Yixiao's Gravity Fruit ability, Luo Ji stuffed the Flower of Life and Death, root and all, into his world of mountains and rivers.

Add a rare and exotic herb, a mythical beast species, to this small world that can transform into creatures.

The members of the Luo Ji World Group were very interested in this flower of life and death, and each of them used it to satisfy their regrets and longings.

Luo Ji received a message from Crocodile's Den Den Mushi, and after hearing his report on the progress of the search for Shiki, he continued to lead everyone to Rare Beast Island on the Grand Line.

Unfortunately, the Qilin Lion on Rare Beast Island died of old age before Luo Ji's world group arrived, giving Luo Ji no chance to capture it alive.

Luo Ji had no choice but to take away the Qilin Lion's corpse, hoping that Vegapunk could clone this mythical beast.

Even an artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruit ability would be acceptable.

This Qilin Lion's golden sacred horn also possesses some Zoan-type abilities, allowing an ordinary person to transform into a ferocious beast.

It is full of extraordinary power.

This needs to be studied carefully.

Luo Ji also ate some Qilin horn to strengthen his physique.

After all, all three of his abilities are Paramecia-type, so he doesn't need any extra power.

Fortunately, the physique cards dropped by Momonosuke and Kin'emon have decent growth potential, and with Luo Ji being a transmigrated mutant, he now possesses this power.

After taking the Qilin Lion away, Luo Ji casually dealt with Count Batra and his men who were wandering near the island of rare beasts.

As for the little boy and those weak rare beasts on the island of rare animals, let them fend for themselves.

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Originally, Luo Ji also wanted to take the opportunity to visit Little Garden and find the two captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates, Dorry and Brogy, to make friends.

Collect some ancient dinosaurs into your own little world and gather some animal genes.

Suddenly, Crocodile sent an urgent message: they had infiltrated the Flying Pirates' leadership council.

Using Mr. 2's Imitation Fruit ability, they replaced a subordinate captain and headed to the Flying Pirates' hideout for a gathering.

Crocodile told Luo Ji and the others to hurry back, as they were going to hunt down the old lion king, Shiki the Golden Lion.

Luo Ji had no choice but to temporarily abandon his trip to the Little Garden and head straight back to Sky Island.

When they returned to Skypiea, Kuma was already waiting, and Wapol, a prisoner with a terrified expression, was also on the island.

"Captain, Crocodile and the others have headed to Shiki the Golden Lion's stronghold. Let's hurry and follow their Vivre Cards."

Big Bear quickly provided Luo Ji with the latest information.

Luo Ji and his group were still a step too late in returning this time.

Crocodile and Hanafza have already begun their operation.

"Let's go! Hopefully, those two haven't been killed by Shiki the Golden Lion!"

Luo Ji was somewhat exasperated by these two eager-to-achieve successes; it seemed they genuinely wanted the Hades blueprints.

When we finally win over Shiki the Golden Lion, what's wrong with giving them a copy?

Having just returned, Ark Proverbs, along with Big Bear and Wapol, the prisoner, continued their journey.

Hurry up and hunt down this big fish, Shiki the Golden Lion.

Meanwhile, Crocodile and Hanafza, disguised and in disguise, along with Baroque Works elites MR2 and MR1, all infiltrated Shiki the Golden Lion's floating island base.

"I never imagined that the Golden Lion would have more than a dozen islands floating in the sky!"

Even Crocodile and Hanafza, two former Shichibukai with extensive experience, were still taken aback by these floating islands.

This is even more secretive than Sky Island; there are absolutely no clues to follow.

The legends surrounding Skypiea and Gaya Island can be used to speculate.

If it weren't for Shiki the Golden Lion holding another recruitment event for new captains by the Pirate Captains Association, these subordinate captains wouldn't have had the chance to be brought to these floating islands by airships this year.

"When will the captain and the others arrive? The two of us can't take down Shiki the Golden Lion!"

Hanafza was still wary of Shiki the Golden Lion, the legendary pirate, after all, a person's reputation is not to be underestimated.

Moreover, even if they were lucky enough to defeat Shiki the Golden Lion, without the Float-Float Fruit ability to maintain this floating island, they would still fall.

He'll become Shiki the Golden Lion's burial offering in no time.

Therefore, they must wait for the golden spaceship Ark Proverb and Luo Ji's group to arrive before they can take action.

Especially Issho, the user of the Gravity Fruit.

On the main island of the floating archipelago.

The captains of all forty or fifty affiliated pirate crews under the Flying Pirates had arrived and were seated on the left and right sides.

Behind each captain stood several core members of the group.

This seems to be larger than the number of affiliated pirate crews of the Whitebeard Pirates.

However, these affiliated pirate crews are mostly pirate crews from the Grand Line Paradise, and there are very few pirate crews with bounties exceeding 100 million.

In the New World, pirate crews whose captains have bounties below 200 million Berries are not eligible to be invited by the Whitebeard Pirates.

"Hehehehe! The rules are the same this year. You still need to capture a powerful and rare beast to become a subordinate pirate crew of the Flying Pirates!"

Of course, it would be great if we could get our hands on the Hades blueprints from the Luo Ji World Group.

"I can even make him the chairman of the Flying Pirates' Association!"

Shiki the Golden Lion, with a ship's wheel stuck in his head, announced arrogantly while biting on a cigar.

"Go! Spread the word that I'm recruiting a new captain throughout the Grand Line and the four seas!"

The Golden Lion himself certainly doesn't have time to personally take action now; over the years, he has already delegated the task of recruiting new captains to his underlings.

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