One Piece: From the Rocks Era to King of the World

Chapter 247 Hermes
The metal wings on its back were retracted into the exoskeleton. From the outside, at least it didn't look like it had two pairs of wings.

"Roar!!!"

The gold-eating ant king rushed over again. It was the king of this island. How could it tolerate anyone challenging its majesty!

"Hahahahahaha, you still don't accept it? Then I will beat you into submission!"

Li Yuan's observation Haki clearly sensed the gold-eating ant king's unwillingness to accept the defeat. He laughed loudly and swung his fist to hit him again.

The Gold-Eating Ant King's armament domineering and strength are very strong, and he can fight with Barrett for a while. But he met Li Yuan, and even if Li Yuan only used his pure physique, he could easily crush the Gold-Eating Ant King.

Li Yuan's fists hit the Gold-Eating Ant King again and again. Although the Gold-Eating Ant King's huge body was very flexible, it could not dodge Li Yuan's fists.

"Crack!!"

The Gold-Eating Ant King's sturdy metal exoskeleton was smashed to pieces by Li Yuan's fist, and the sturdy metal exoskeleton was even embedded into its flesh and blood.

Originally, the Gold-Eating Ant King wanted to turn the tables and regain his position, but he didn't expect that he would end up being the target of constant beatings.

In just one minute, the gold-eating ant king had been beaten beyond recognition, and it was completely unrecognizable that this was what a gold-eating ant king should look like.

Li Yuan's actions did not stop. After knocking the Gold-Eating Ant King away, he immediately rushed over again and continued to smash it.

"How about it, are you convinced?"

After Li Yuan stopped, he stood in front of the Gold-Eating Ant King and asked. While speaking, he used his Observation Haki to convey his meaning.

Possessing the top-level Observation Haki, he has now mastered the method of using Observation Haki to transmit his voice and will. This is equivalent to a method of transmitting sound over thousands of miles, or a method of communicating with other creatures. In the words of immortal cultivation, it is equivalent to transmitting sound through spiritual consciousness.

"Roar!!!"

The gold-eating ant king roared angrily, showing that he was very unconvinced.

"Oh, you still dare not accept it? It seems that you haven't been beaten badly enough!"

Seeing the stubborn temper of the Gold-Eating Ant King, Li Yuan raised his fist and punched it again, knocking it dozens of meters away.

The gold-eating ant king wanted to escape, but its speed was too slow and it couldn't escape at all. The moment it landed, it was punched by Li Yuan and flew in another direction.

It wanted to spread its wings and fly away, but Li Yuan rushed into the sky with a Moon Step and knocked it to the ground with a punch.

"Are you satisfied?"

Li Yuan started to shout loudly while smashing things.

"Roar!!!"

The Gold-Eating Ant King is the king of beasts after all, there is no way he could be defeated by humans. He has an extremely stubborn temper.

However, no matter how stubborn one is, if he meets a reckless man like Li Yuan, he will be beaten into submission.

Li Yuan beat the Gold-Eating Ant King for fifteen minutes before the Gold-Eating Ant King finally surrendered under the beating.

If Li Yuan hadn't noticed its talent, he would have killed it long ago. Would it have taken fifteen minutes to fight it?
"Hey, you're a good kid for correcting your mistakes. Seeing how powerful you were before, I'll call you Hermes from now on!"

"Come on Hermes, I'll take you to treat your injuries."

Li Yuan looked at the gold-eating ant king lying in front of him with great satisfaction. With such strength, he could be a cadre in the Wuji Pirates.

Even though he is a beast king, Li Yuan is still determined to recruit him. He is so powerful just by relying on his talent. If he is trained more, wouldn’t he be even stronger?

If a human being could eat the Human Fruit, its intelligence would be awakened and it would become as smart as humans. After training, wouldn't it be another top-level combat force in the future?
"Roar!!!"

After hearing what Li Yuan said, the Gold-Eating Ant King could only follow Li Yuan silently. Who could blame him for not being able to defeat the other party?

If you can't win, surrender. This is the innate belief of wild beasts in the law of the jungle, and even the king of beasts must follow it.

"Li Yuan, have you subdued it?"

Yadina looked at the gold-eating ant king who was unrecognizable and covered in wounds.

She had seen this guy before, and he actually possessed the domineering aura. She didn't expect that he could be subdued by her own husband.

"Of course. Who am I, your husband? It's easy to subdue a beast king."

Li Yuan said with some pride.

"Take out all the metal ores and food on the ship, and find a doctor to treat it."

After returning to the Hastis, Li Yuan asked someone to bring food to Hermes.

The food that the gold-eating ant king eats is metal, and of course it also eats meat. The metal exoskeleton on its body is something that evolved after it ate metal ores to protect itself.

"Roar!!!"

After seeing the delicious food and metal ore, Hermes immediately pounced on them and ate them frantically.

By the time it had eaten its fill, its injuries had recovered a lot.

Then the medical staff took some quick-recovery potion and sprinkled it on Hermes, and asked it to drink it. The injuries on Hermes' body healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just less than an hour, it fully recovered.

"Roar!!!"

After Hermes recovered, he immediately roared, as if he was venting his frustration from being beaten.

"What? Are you itching for a beating again? Do you want to be beaten again?"

However, Hermes had just roared when he saw Li Yuan standing in front of him with his fist raised.

When he saw Li Yuan, Hermes didn't dare to yell anymore and just shut his mouth.

"Well, not bad, not bad, very good!"

"Don't worry. After you follow me, I will make sure you have enough food to eat every day. I will also teach you to become stronger and take you to see the vast world outside."

"The island you are on is just a very small place. The world is very big. You will see more wonderful worlds in the future!"

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Hermes' eyes seemed to sparkle. As the king of beasts, he was more intelligent than other beasts. Naturally, he wanted to see the outside world and become stronger.

"Let's go to the center of the island and collect the gravity stone of this island."

With that, Li Yuan took Hermes and Yin Wa to the center of the island. Yadina chose to stay on the boat and wait for Li Yuan to come back.

"Gravity stone. It is this kind of gravity stone that causes the gravity of this island to change. I wonder if it is the same on other gravity islands."

Li Yuan looked at the gravity stone in front of him that was like a small hill, most of which had been stepped into the ground and murmured.

"Yinwa, let's start. Integrate this gravity stone into your body and you will become stronger." Li Yuan said. Yinwa's body is also a gravity stone, but it was made into Homies by Charlotte Linling.

Homies can also grow, just like Yin Wa now. By integrating the same gravity stone as its body, it can grow on its own.

"Brother, I'm going to start!"

After Yin Wa finished speaking, he lay directly on the gravity stone and used his own strength to slowly integrate the gravity stone on the island into his body.

A day later, Yin Wa finally integrated the gravity stone on the island into his body, and it became stronger.

"Yinwa, how many times can you control gravity?"

Li Yuan asked curiously.

"Brother, I can control 25 times the gravity, and my body has become twice as heavy as before."

Yin Wa said happily.

"That's good. This mission is successfully completed. Let's go."

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Hermes looked at the home where he had lived for many years, and he knew that he would probably never come back again.

"Why, Hermes, you can't bear to leave?"

"But don't worry. If you want to come back in the future, I'll have someone bring you back."

Li Yuan smiled.

"Roar!!!"

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Hermes did not continue to reminisce about anything, but followed Li Yuan.

"Hermes, this is a devil fruit. It gives you human-like intelligence and great power. Eat it!"

After returning to Onigashima in Wano Country, Li Yuan took out his long-treasured Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Beast-Type, and Great Nuryuudo Form Devil Fruit.

He originally intended to prepare this devil fruit for his own children, but none of the children who were suitable for eating devil fruits chose it.

And his three children who have not yet eaten the devil fruit will need many years to reach the age to eat the devil fruit.

So after seeing Hermes, he planned to take out the Human-Human Fruit and give it to Hermes.

In the original work, Chopper is just an ordinary animal, but after eating the Human-Human Fruit, he becomes so smart and powerful.

Hermes possesses both Armament Haki and Conqueror Haki, and his physical strength is comparable to that of ordinary cadres of the Infinite Pirates. With such powerful innate strength, coupled with the Human-Human Fruit that can increase his strength limit even higher, he may become a core cadre of the Infinite Pirates like Barrett in the future, or even a vice-captain.

"Roar!!!"

After hearing Li Yuan's words, Hermes immediately swallowed the devil fruit, completely swallowing it without even chewing it, and swallowed it directly into his stomach to be digested by gastric juice.

"Roar!!!"

Having just eaten the devil fruit, Hermes roared, and suddenly it, which was originally on all fours, stood up like a human. Its height of nearly eight meters gave people a huge sense of oppression.

Then many changes took place in Hermes. Overall, it became more like a human, or rather, an orc with a human-like body.

The original claws turned into human palms, but the fingers still looked like claws. The feet changed in a similar way, and there were two pairs of metal wings folded behind the back.

The head and face look like a combination of an ant and a human face, which is consistent with the human-beast form that Chopper transformed into after eating the devil fruit in the original work.

"Captain, what is this?"

After Barrett arrived at Onigashima, he saw the tall and mighty human-beast figure standing in front of Li Yuan. Barrett felt a powerful aura from him, which made the warlike Barrett's fists itch.

"Hahahaha, Barrett, this is our new cadre of the Promise Pirates, Hermes, the Beast King of the Gold-Eating Ants who ate the mythical beast species of the Human-Human Fruit."

"It has just joined the Wuji Pirates and has just eaten a devil fruit to transform into a human body. I asked you to come here because I want you to teach it how to use Taijutsu and Haki."

After seeing Barrett coming, Li Yuan introduced Barrett to him.

"Hermes, this is Barrett, your future companion. He will teach you to become stronger in the next period of time."

Li Yuan said to Hermes.

Hermes is the most suitable person to learn physical skills. The strongest physical skills in the Promise Pirates are Barrett and Pepper, but Pepper's physical skills are not suitable for Hermes, so he asked Barrett to come and teach Hermes.

"Hahahahaha, Captain, don't worry, I will definitely teach Hermes well."

When Barrett heard Li Yuan's words, his eyes suddenly lit up. Is it the Beast King who eats the Human-Human Fruit's phantom beast species?
Since a guy like him is valued by his own captain and is given a mythical beast species, he must be very powerful. Barrett is very interested in this.

"Roar!!!"

Although Hermes cannot speak yet, he seems to have become smarter after eating the devil fruit. Even if Barrett does not communicate with him using his special observation Haki like Li Yuan, he can roughly understand what Barrett means.

"Well, you guys should get familiar with the island of ghosts. I will have someone teach Hermes how to speak when the time comes."

Li Yuan said.

Hermes can't speak like Chopper now, but for Hermes who has already eaten the Human-Human Fruit, it is only a matter of time before he learns to speak.

After handing over the teaching of Hermes to Barrett, Li Yuan left Onigashima. It was enough to have Barrett teaching Hermes for the time being.

Grimaud Island in the West Sea is an island very close to the doldrums in the West Sea, so it is very remote. There are almost no merchant ships coming here, and there are very few people living on the island, and their lives are poor.

But because of a word from the underground world, Grimaud Island became extremely lively and prosperous, and a large number of merchant ships came here from all over the West Sea and even from the other three seas.

"Have you heard? The Wuji Pirates are going to trade various commodities on Grimaud Island in the West Sea. The commodities to be traded include the Wuji Pirates' arms, medicines, swords and weapons, as well as various scarce commodities in the New World."

"How come I haven't heard that now the representatives of the five major mafia in the West Sea, merchant ships from various countries, and people from various underground forces in the West Sea have all gone to Grimaud Island in order to purchase enough goods."

"According to the underground forces, the first targets of the trade of the Wuji Pirates are those forces that have all kinds of resources that the Wuji Pirates need, followed by forces that trade with various treasures and devil fruits, and finally people like us who only have Bailey. Therefore, if we want to get the best goods from the Wuji Pirates, it is difficult to buy them with Bailey alone."

"Oh my god, if that's the case, then isn't it fair to those of us who have no power?"

"Fair? You must be kidding. There is no such thing as fairness in this world!"

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In taverns in many places in the West Sea, people were discussing what was about to happen on Grimaud Island. That was that the Promise Pirates were going to transport goods through the Calm Belt to Grimaud Island for trade.

With the help of the underground world, this news quickly spread throughout the West Sea and even to the other three seas.

At the same time, it also reached the ears of the Navy and the World Government.

(End of this chapter)