"What do you want to do now?" the old man with the cane asked in a low voice.
"Mind your identity. You're not in a position to ask what I'm doing," Vladimir said calmly. Then, thick black smoke emerged from the old man's shadow, and in the next moment, this black smoke completely enveloped him.
"You!" The old man with the cane had a bad premonition.
"Sleep."
Vladimir chuckled softly. The black smoke instantly tightened, completely wrapping the old man. After a full five minutes, the old man suffocated and fell unconscious.
After confirming that the other party had truly lost consciousness, Vladimir detached himself from the old man's shadow, lifted him, and stepped into the spatial rift ahead.
Shadow World.
Upon entering, Vladimir immediately witnessed an interesting scene.
Nicholas lay bleeding in the darkness, especially his forehead, which was covered in blood.
Beside him, Mynogear was breathing heavily, his fists clenched tightly, a look of satisfaction on his face.
"Did you kill him?" Vladimir asked.
"Yes. Thank you for helping me bring him here," Mynogear exhaled, then saw the mass of black smoke Vladimir was holding. It was clearly a person, completely wrapped in black smoke.
"Who is this?"
"You don't need to know." Vladimir reached out and tossed a map and a pen.
These were items he had obtained using the identity of a Five Elder – a map of the Holy Land.
Mynogear caught it, opened it, and nodded. "As agreed, I will mark all the Celestial Dragons' treasuries on the map."
Saying this, he quickly got to work.
The 19 Celestial Dragon families, after centuries of procreation, had many branch families in addition to the 19 main families. However, compared to the main families, these branch families, despite possessing absolute privileges, held a lower status in the Holy Land.
Even among Celestial Dragons, there were differences in status.
· Two
It took Mynogear a full half-hour to hand Vladimir a map covered in red circles.
"There are 36 marked locations on the map. I can't guarantee 100% accuracy, and this isn't all of them, but it's all I know."
"It's enough. You've done well."
Vladimir glanced at the map, memorizing all its contents. "You'll stay here for now. I'll let you go before I leave."
Of course, he wouldn't let the man go easily. He would leave a contingency plan.
This guy was a Celestial Dragon, and of no small status. He could be cultivated into an informant.
After all, he had this guy in his grasp, so he wasn't afraid of the man not cooperating.
"Don't touch this guy. I'm leaving now."
Vladimir pointed at the old man with the cane and then left the Shadow World.
Returning to the luxurious room, Vladimir poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip.
"It's 10:30 PM now. Less than eight hours until daytime. 36 treasury locations, I hope I have enough time…"
Gently placing down the exquisite teacup, Vladimir's body transformed into a wisp of black smoke and vanished.
He had planned his route, determined to plunder all 36 treasuries at the fastest possible speed!
It had to be said that all the Celestial Dragons gathering together had been a huge help to him.
Most of the Holy Land's defense forces were concentrated at the mansion arranged by the government, which left the interiors of the various Celestial Dragon families quite empty.
Furthermore, according to the information Vladimir obtained, about half of the Celestial Dragons had not chosen to hand over their Devil Fruits to the government for safekeeping.
Of course, they wouldn't refuse openly, just say they didn't have any Devil Fruits at home.
Some might truly not have them, while others might not want to hand them over to the government.
Regardless, this greatly facilitated Vladimir's plundering operation.
Vladimir was on the move all night.
Of the 36 treasury markers on the map, only less than 20 were real. And among these less than 20 treasuries, only 7 locations hid Devil Fruits.
However, even so, Vladimir found 24 Devil Fruits in these 7 treasuries.
24 fruits!
Remember, the most fruits Vladimir had obtained at once before was 10, given by Doflamingo. This time, in just one night, he had plundered 24!
In addition, there was a large amount of money and treasures. Of course, Vladimir didn't go too far. If he had emptied their treasuries completely, these Celestial Dragons would have fought the Phantom Organization to the death.
"As expected, robbing Celestial Dragons is the fastest shortcut to getting rich!"
After plundering the last treasury, Vladimir hid in a dark corner, counting his haul for the night.
Fruits: 24!
Gold: 20 tons!
Jewels: countless!
Banknotes: over 100 billion in cash!
And so on…
"Hahaha, the World Government guarded the mansion tightly all night, and the Celestial Dragons were on edge all night, only for Shadow Fiend to not appear at all. I wonder what their expressions will be when this is exposed later?"
Vladimir couldn't help but laugh heartily, and it took him a while to calm down.
"Phantom!" he called out in his mind.
"What is it?"
"Is there a transformation that can traverse worlds?" Vladimir asked seriously.
"Of course."
This answer immediately made Vladimir's eyes light up.
Ever since he first unlocked the second transformation, Shadow Fiend, he had been hoping for a transformation that could traverse worlds.
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