A few days later, in a certain sea area of the Paradise in the Grand Line.
"Fang Huo, your constitution is truly trash; even the eight-year-old children in my village are stronger than you!"
"Hmph! Stop blathering here. Is having a bloodline that great? I'll get stronger sooner or later. Give me a few more years, and I will definitely achieve a qualitative breakthrough!"
Fang Huo was training desperately, but his constitution still couldn't meet Rocks's minimum requirements.
This was simply the weakest student Rocks had ever seen.
Even the little brats of the Davy Clan were stronger than Fang Huo.
Amidst the daily bickering between Rocks and Fang Huo, the sailors and handymen on the ship had already grown accustomed to it.
They never expected that Rocks, who was strong enough to kill a Marine Admiral, would actually be such a person.
"Captain Rocks, are we arriving at the Sabaody Archipelago soon?"
A sailor was a bit panicked. After all, this sea area was very close to Marineford, and they were truly afraid of suddenly being surrounded by the Marine.
"Then lower the black flag and enter the Sabaody Archipelago low-key."
Rocks was already prepared; he wasn't a truly brainless brute and knew when to keep a low profile.
He even prepared cloaks for himself and Fang Huo.
As for this tenryuubito tribute battleship, they had long since modified it significantly, turning it completely into a pirate ship.
The World Government held some critical views regarding Rocks's continuous actions against pirate crews during this period... According to intelligence, Rocks seemed to be constantly playing Davy Back Fight games with those Paradise pirate crews, yet he didn't take any of those pirates.
Even a certain Supernova with a new bounty of over a hundred million wasn't taken by Rocks.
The World Government was even somewhat pleased to see Rocks helping to clear out pirate crews.
---This time, the coating at Sabaody Archipelago went unexpectedly smoothly, and no incidents occurred.
This ship, the gibecks sword, smoothly headed toward Fish-Man Island.
"Hmph, the World Government is deliberately letting pirates and ambitious people from the Four Seas and Paradise enter the New World!"
"Furthermore, the various pirates bring a steady stream of slaves and treasures to the Sabaody Archipelago. The Celestial Dragons specifically left the Lawless Area for their own amusement."
"Now, the Sabaody Archipelago has become the back garden of the Celestial Dragons."
"A prosperous yet distorted island. Unless absolutely necessary, the Celestial Dragons won't let the Marine and pirates start a major war here."
Rocks gave a cold snort; he had also experienced the darkness of the Sabaody Lawless Area.
Human Auction Houses and Slave Shops could be seen everywhere.
It was simply a hell for commoners, a heaven for nobles, and a Paradise for Celestial Dragons... "Speaking of which, Rocks, you want to become the king of the world. Once you become king, will you change all of this?"
Fang Huo looked at the disdainful Rocks and spoke calmly.
Even if this brute could take down Imu and become the king of the world, he probably wouldn't know how to rule it.
"..."
Rocks was stunned; he indeed hadn't thought that far ahead.
Just becoming a terrifying king of the world had already consumed all his thoughts without any certainty of success.
According to the inheritance and intelligence of the Davy Clan, to defeat the king of the world who possesses Immortality...
One must at least possess the two strongest Devil Fruits!
One is the strongest Mythical Zoan Type: Sun God Nika Fruit ability, and the other is the Most Evil Logia: Dark-Dark Fruit ability.
The Sun God Nika Fruit ability possesses unparalleled combat power and even has a special ability to counter that old monster.
While the Dark-Dark Fruit ability possesses the bizarre power to counter all Devil Fruit abilities.
But currently, he had no news about these two Devil Fruits at all.
He could only pin his hopes on Fang Huo.
"Think about it after defeating that old monster!"
"However, isn't there still you?"
"Right now, I only want to defeat the king of the world!"
Rocks laughed freely, not worrying at all about things that were far from happening.
"If you face that old monster directly, make sure you don't wet yourself in fear."
Rocks wanted to give Fang Huo another palm strike, but Fang Huo quickly flew away to dodge it.
"However, your ancestor, Davy D. Jones, seems to have had a contract with the king of the world, Nerona Imu."
Fang Huo looked at Rocks and spoke. To be honest, he also wanted to know what the contract between Imu and Jones was.
"You really do know my true surname!"
Rocks looked at Fang Huo with a solemn expression. Since Fang Huo even knew about the Davy Clan...
There was a high probability he also knew about the God Valley where they lived in seclusion.
"I also know that Imu hangs Queen Lily's portrait in the Holy Land and looks at it every day, and I know that he can descend upon and possess the bodies of the Gorosei and the Gods Knights."
"Also, every member of the Gorosei and the Gods Knights possesses Immortality."
"Only the highest level of Conquerors Haki Infusion can break their Immortality."
"Rocks, your Conquerors Haki Infusion doesn't seem to be enough."
"In a glimpse of the future, I saw that you couldn't even kill the Commander of the God's Knights."
"Your Haki Infusion only delayed the immortal recovery of the God's Knights Commander!"
Fang Huo also looked at Rocks solemnly. He couldn't understand how even Rocks's Conquerors Haki Infusion couldn't take down a God's Knight.
This was a bit problematic!
"What? Immortality? Even I can't kill them?"
Rocks's expression became increasingly gloomy. His wariness of the king of the world Imu, as well as the Gorosei and the God's Knights, grew deeper.
With such terrifying enemies, could he really succeed in taking down Imu?
"So you need to cultivate an even stronger Conquerors Haki Infusion!"
"Work hard."
Fang Huo gave some encouragement to the somewhat self-doubting Rocks.
As a Captain, how could he be lazier than the crew?
From now on, when Fang Huo practiced, Rocks would also need to practice twice as hard.
Don't think that being able to solo a Marine Admiral means there's no need to train!
To take down Imu, it was still far from enough.
"A stronger Conquerors Haki Infusion..."
Rocks originally felt his strength had reached its peak and intended to focus on recruiting strong subordinates and finding the two legendary Devil Fruits.
He felt that he could only go further and reach Imu's level through Devil Fruit abilities.
But now Fang Huo told him that his Conquerors Haki Infusion had not yet reached its peak and could still improve.
"Joy Boy's God-level Conqueror's Haki could make Imu scream in terror and force awakened Mythical Zoan users back into their human forms."
"Your path is still very long. Keep it up!"
Fang Huo actually patted Rocks on the shoulder like an elder, giving him a proper lecture.
Rocks was about to nod seriously, but seeing Fang Huo's young face right in front of him, he suddenly flared up in anger.
"Get lost! I don't need you to tell me how to do things!"
Rocks, embarrassed and angry, directly used a Haki Infusion fist to blast the fleeing Fang Huo into the cabin.
"Captain Rocks, be careful! We are still under the sea!"
Over a dozen sailors and handymen were shivering in fear, terrified that the coating would burst and they would all end up at the bottom of the sea.
"Rocks, if you don't listen to your elders, you'll suffer for it!"
Fang Huo let out screams and angry curses.
"Tch, you an elder? You brat, I'm going to teach you a lesson!"
"Don't think you can lecture me just because you can see a bit of the future."
"You said it yourself, the future can be changed!"
"Now, why don't you predict if you'll get a beating from me today?"
"There's a prize if you get it right!"
Rocks grinned widely, clenching his fists as he walked into the cabin. He was going to give that arrogant bastard Fang Huo a good beating.
"I'm already injured, you can't hit me..."
"Looks like your prediction was wrong. Take my Supreme Elbow Smash!"
"Ah!! I predict that you will continue to beat me next... I want my prize!"
worororo, congratulations, you predicted correctly! I really am going to keep beating you. Your prize is a Supreme Big Foot!"
"Ah!! Rocks, you just wait!!"
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