"Pah, Kaido, you destroyed my kingdom. Even if I die, I will never surrender!"
Edmundo was a prince who grew up in the palace. Even though he was not the king of this kingdom, the king was his father. He loved this kingdom deeply and would never surrender to Kaido!
"What a pity!"
Without any hesitation, Kaido killed Edmundo the moment he made his choice.
If it were a normal time, he might have had the patience to spend more time subduing the opponent, but this was not a normal time.
The entire South Sea was under the control of numerous pirates, and even though the area Li Yuan had assigned to him was relatively small compared to the entire South Sea, it was still quite large for the Beasts Pirates.
He needed to occupy these territories in the shortest time possible. Even if he couldn't fully take them, he had to eliminate the strong and unstable elements within these territories before moving on to conquer the next island.
Otherwise, if he acted slowly, other fast-moving pirates would come and seize the territories originally assigned to him.
Don't be fooled by Li Yuan's initial talk of dividing territories; if you are slow, and other pirate crews occupy them, you can only hold back and wait until the entire South Sea war is over to reclaim them. Because now is not the time for internal strife; if you are slow, it's just bad luck, or you can only blame your own weakness.
But once the South Sea war is over, trying to reclaim those territories from other powerful pirates would be nearly impossible, as they had already experienced this many times in the New World, and almost never succeeded.
So Kaido only wanted to occupy these territories as quickly as possible, leaving no unstable factors behind.
"Captain, the palace has been occupied, and the treasures are being transported to our ship. We also found quite a few ships here, which can expand our fleet again."
"The Queen is recruiting some who are willing to join us, to use as cannon fodder in the war."
Not long after Kaido defeated Edmundo, the entire kingdom was occupied by the Beasts Pirates, and King flew over to report to Kaido.
"Hmm, good, good. First, loot the treasures, send some people to secure this place, and then continue to occupy the next territory. We'll deal with the rest of the messy business after everything is over!"
Upon hearing King's report, Kaido immediately said excitedly.
Since the Beasts Pirates occupied territory in the New World, it had been too long since they expanded their territory. Now Kaido just wanted to expand wildly and recruit as many subordinates as possible to acquire more treasures!
The Beasts Pirates were rampantly conquering kingdoms and occupying territories in the South Sea, and other pirate crews were not slow either. In fact, the Flying Pirates and Infinite Pirates were occupying the South Sea even faster!
Taking advantage of their flying capabilities, Golden Lion directly transported his forces to various kingdoms. Upon reaching a kingdom, he would drop off a portion of his subordinates to occupy that kingdom.
Then Golden Lion would fly away with the remaining subordinates, and upon reaching the next kingdom, he would drop off another portion.
This process would continue until all his subordinates were deployed to conquer the kingdoms.
Golden Lion would then return to the kingdom where he had first dropped off his subordinates, and by the time he returned, his subordinates would have already conquered the king.
Next, Golden Lion would transport those subordinates to other kingdoms to continue the conquest, moving at an incredible speed.
If his subordinates encountered a powerful enemy they couldn't handle, Golden Lion could quickly rush back to provide support.
The Infinite Pirates, under a powerful intelligence network, could accurately send various officers and even captains to lead groups to conquer the kingdoms and islands in the South Sea.
The Law Network established by Shakky was controlling the entire conquest process, perfectly coordinating everyone in the Infinite Pirates, like the foundational gears of a massive machine, occupying the territories belonging to the Infinite Pirates with minimal effort, the fastest pace, and the highest efficiency.
In some places, there was no need for the Infinite Pirates to send people to occupy them; those places had already raised the flag of the Infinite Pirates. This was a unique tactic of the Infinite Pirates.
"Husband, it seems that our Infinite Pirates are the fastest. Perhaps by the time the World Government's support arrives, we will have occupied all the territories."
Shakky and Li Yuan were inside the cabin of the Hades Pluto ship, in front of them was an electronic screen.
The screen displayed a map of the entire South Sea, with small dots representing the islands of the South Sea. Several black lines divided the entire South Sea, corresponding to the territories assigned to each pirate crew.
The white dots on the map represented unoccupied territories, while the black dots represented occupied ones.
Thanks to the intelligence network of the Law Network, each time an island was occupied, a white dot would turn black.
In just one day, one-third of the white dots within the territories assigned to the Infinite Pirates had turned black, indicating that one-third of the territory had been conquered by the Infinite Pirates.
Among the territories of other pirate crews, only the Flying Pirates had the fastest speed, with one-fifth of the territory occupied by Golden Lion.
The other pirate crews were still very slow.
The biggest obstacle to occupying these territories was distance. To cover such long distances in such a short time to occupy these islands was still quite challenging for many pirate crews.
Only the Flying Pirates had the advantage of flight to be a bit faster, while the Infinite Pirates had fast ships, strong intelligence, and numerous officers to outpace the Flying Pirates.
"How long until the World Government and the Navy can reach the South Sea?" Li Yuan asked.
Occupying these islands was easy, but holding them would not be so simple. The World Government was not to be underestimated; that would be when the real battle began.
"At the earliest, it will take three days," Shakky replied.
"Three days? That's enough!" Li Yuan squinted his eyes and said.
According to the speed of the Infinite Pirates, they could completely occupy the territories in another two days, and then spend one more day to concentrate all their combat power to confront the World Government and the Navy! "Husband, this time almost all the high-level combat forces of the Navy have been mobilized, even Admiral Sengoku is going to lead the charge, and besides that, the Shichibukai are also coming."
"At present, we are not sure how many top-tier forces the World Government will send."
Shakky continued.
"The Five Elders would definitely not dare to appear before me, so the only ones they can send are the top-tier powers they have cultivated in recent years and the original powers of the Celestial Dragons!"
"Regardless, the advantage is on our side, and the Celestial Dragons cannot possibly send all their top-tier powers; at most, they will send half."
Li Yuan said confidently.
He understood those Celestial Dragons too well; in their eyes, their own safety was the most important. They would never send all their protective forces for the World Government, especially after the last explosion incident at Mary Geoise, they had become even more vigilant.
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