"What am I doing..."

As dawn broke, Lowe opened his eyes, feeling pain all over his body. What he saw was a medical room.

"She's awake, she's awake."

A clear voice rang out from the side, and Kella came over and asked, "Are you alright, Lowe?"

"Kerla?"

Lowe moved his body, which triggered the pain, and he gasped. He felt a bit sluggish, and only then did he realize that he was covered in bandages.

He remembered that he had been attacked by Rita earlier.

That kind of move...

"Attack me a thousand times in an instant?"

Lowe stretched out his hands, staring blankly. He could find traces of his own martial arts in those moves, and he should have been able to comprehend them instantly. But now, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't grasp the secret.

"Wait, where is Luo Shen? Where are we?" Luo Wei realized that now was not the time to dwell on martial arts, and quickly asked.

"It's gone."

At the entrance, Sabo leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. "When we arrived, we didn't see him or sense his presence. There was nothing there. It's very likely that he's already dead, killed by Lucilfer Kuro himself."

Lowe's eyes widened, and he murmured, "Did you kill him...?"

Such a powerful person, the ruler of Tuizhi Town, who ruled the Luo family for decades, the Goddess of Luo who was feared by everyone, is gone.

Lowe was actually quite hesitant to believe this, but the state he was in at that moment forced him to accept it.

Because he truly couldn't grasp the secrets of martial arts.

"Sabo, can you use your 'Dragon Claw Fist' even once?" Lowe asked Sabo.

"Um?"

Sabo said warily, "Hey, who doesn't know that your Luo family can see through physical techniques at a glance? Do you want to learn my 'Dragon Claw'?"

"Please!" Lowe said solemnly.

Sabo was a little stunned. He hadn't known Lowe for long, but he knew that this man was arrogant, never bowed his head, and would never say the words "please."

"I see..."

Sabo sighed, nodded, and curled his five fingers together, bringing his index and index fingers together and his little and ring fingers together to form a dragon claw shape. "Only do it once, watch carefully!"

call!

The wind howled and the cranes cried.

Sabo made only one move; his claw strike seemed to tear through the air, causing the curtains in front of him to flutter violently.

I see it clearly...

Lowe saw it clearly; it was Dragon Claw Fist, a martial art that, through long-term training, makes the fingers strong and hard, but it cannot be absorbed.

He can see clearly because of his own martial arts level; he cannot absorb it because he lacks something.

That thirst for martial arts completely vanished.

This means that...

The Goddess of the Luo River is gone!

“Love, now that the king is under our control and Luo Shen is missing, according to the plan, you should take over the throne of the Insect Kingdom. Are you ready?” Sabo looked at him and said.

"Ah... that kind of thing doesn't matter, do whatever you want."

Lowe waved his hand and said to the two of them, "I'm a little tired now, let me rest for a while."

"Alright, rest well. We'll come find you again. We still have a lot to take care of." Sabo nodded and led Kerr out.

"It's really gone..."

As the two disappeared, Lowe's body began to tremble, and his trembling hands unconsciously reached for his face.

The face, whose expression was obscured, emitted a sound that was hard to decipher—whether it was a cry or a laugh—it was unclear whether the speaker was lamenting the loss of their thirst for martial arts or rejoicing at the disappearance of the dark mountain that had weighed on everyone's heads.

"Hey, Sabo, what's wrong with Lowe? He looks really unhappy. Isn't becoming king his dream?"

Once outside, Kera asked with some confusion.

Sabo's gaze drifted into the distance, and as if recalling something, he sighed, "Perhaps our thoughts are different..."

He shook his head, clearing his mind, and said, "No matter what, we saved a country. Lowe will definitely keep his promise. The lives of the civilians here won't be so miserable anymore. They might even become part of our revolutionary army's armed forces. Now, it's up to Betty."

"The Kingdom of Two Horses?"

Koala paused, then said, "Isn't that Lucilfer Kuro's residence? Miss Betty has always been there?"

“Pegasus Island and World of Two Horses are not the same thing. Moreover, even if we ask for help, Lucilfer Kuro can’t get back in time. By the time he gets back, World of Two Horses will be saved.”

Sabo smiled slightly: "When I learned that the man was here, I had Betty in the Twin Horse Kingdom start taking action. With no one to interfere, regardless of whether we can overthrow that member state, our gains in the West Sea will not be insignificant."

It takes several days to get here from Pegasus Island, which is enough time for Betty to get things done.

...

Twin Horse Kingdom was formerly an island nation with two islands. It was not large and had nothing particularly noteworthy. Its only special feature was its proximity to Reverse Mountain, making it a country that pirates who wanted to enter the Grand Line would definitely choose to station and prepare.

Since the war and the trauma of pirates, the Twin Horse Kingdom was overwhelmed and simply handed over Pegasus Island to the World Government as a base in exchange for support. As for the civilians of Pegasus Island... nobody cared.

That's why Betty came here.

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