Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me!

Under the watchful eyes of Ikko and Kuina, Lox, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes.

A glint of emerald green light seemed to flash in his eyes.

'Boom boom boom!!'

As Lox opened his eyes.

A powerful, demonic aura of Conqueror's Haki erupted uncontrollably from Rocks' body.

It spread outwards from his body, stirring up the surrounding winds!

This overwhelming aura of Conqueror's Haki swept across the entire Apayado in an instant, startling the birds and beasts on Apayado into chaos.

Some of those who had been knocked unconscious before regaining consciousness fainted again at this moment...

"..."

Sensing this Conqueror's Haki, Kuina and Ichisho's expressions turned serious.

It feels even stronger than the Conqueror's Haki from before...

Has Rocks' strength increased?

Kuina took a deep breath and said to Lox, "Lox?"

"call……"

Rocks exhaled.

He smiled at Kuina and Ichisho: "Don't worry, it's me. Although the process was a bit difficult, I won..."

Kuina was completely relieved: "The fact that you described it as difficult means that the 'demon' inside you is quite troublesome."

Rocks said confidently, "He's not just strong, of course, I'm even stronger."

Yi Xiao rarely cracked a joke: "I always believed that you, Captain, would overcome this difficulty. The famous black-haired swordsman wouldn't be harmed by his own Devil Fruit."

Lox couldn't help but laugh: "Hahaha, you can be this humorous too? Just kidding."

"I am happy for you."

"Indeed, this is something to be happy about. I'm one step closer to completely subduing it, and my ability development has also progressed further. So... let's have a banquet!"

The aftereffects of the Blackwing Great Demon Void being defeated and falling into a deep sleep have begun.

Rocks now needs a lot of food to replenish his energy; he's so hungry he could eat an entire sea king.

And for some time afterward, Lox's appetite remained this large.

The amount of food needed each day is estimated to be several times that of before.

They'll become gluttons who can never fill their stomachs...

……

A golden palace in the middle of a giant vine.

A banquet is being held.

Participants included people from Angel Island, Shandians, and members of the Blackwing Demon Adventurer's Guild...

The people of Angel Island and the Shandians came here to transport food.

They were also invited to this banquet.

They were unaware of what had happened, but having already tacitly accepted the invitation from the new "god," they had no reason to refuse, given that they had already agreed to regard Lox as a "god."

However, watching Rocks devour the food, they couldn't help but swallow hard...

This "god" can eat way too much?

They've already eaten enough food for dozens of people, haven't they?

Has it still not stopped?

The members of the Blackwing Demon Adventurer Group also discovered this.

They always knew that Rocks had a huge appetite, but this time it seemed even more outrageous than before...

Curious Nami asked the question.

Lox replied, "My stomach is never full until I've replenished a certain amount of 'energy'."

“My husband’s life savings have been completely spent by me.”

"Having enough to eat is one of the reasons I go to sea; if I don't go to sea, I'll starve to death on 'some island' sooner or later..."

How much savings does old Duke have?

Anyway, according to what old Duke said.

When the Rocks Pirates were destroyed, he entrusted the crew's treasure to the sea tyrant "Rocks" so that he could make a comeback in the future.

He took a portion of the Rocks Pirates' gold and silver treasure with him...

It's worth mentioning that Captain John, a member of the Rocks Pirates, did the same thing...

How many pesos were the gold and silver treasures that Old Duke took away?

It's at least several billion Pelés...

As a result, in the six years since they adopted Rocks, he ate everything.

Fortunately, by the seventh year, Rocks' appetite had shrunk.

With Rocks also going into the mountains to hunt, old Duke's remaining savings were barely enough to make ends meet.

Ultimately, it was because the flora and fauna of "a certain island" had been completely eaten, and because Rocks was old enough, that old Duke asked Rocks to go to sea...

Rocks simply couldn't stay at sea!

My hometown, "a certain island," can't withstand Rocks's wrath any longer!

"Your old man's life savings..."

Nami said, embarrassed, "I remember he was a big shot, right? A big shot like him should be very rich, and you... ate him all?"

As he ate, Rocks replied, "He was indeed quite wealthy before. He buried a lot of gold and silver treasures in the back mountain, probably worth billions of Berries. Well, I ate them all."

Nami was somewhat dazed: "Billions of Berries..."

"Otherwise, why would I be eyeing the Land of Gold? Only by obtaining a vast amount of gold can I satisfy my appetite. Don't worry, there are trillions worth of gold; I could eat as much as I wanted and still not finish it all..."

Locus came to Sky Island with a purpose.

Acquiring large amounts of gold to buy food to fill one's stomach definitely accounted for a significant portion of the cost.

In order to completely subdue the Blackwing Great Demon Void, Locust needs to go through the "gluttonous" state more than once.

As the Blackwing Great Demon Void grows stronger, it requires more and more energy.

Lox's appetite will be even greater than before.

If he had no money to buy food, Lox would starve to death at sea.

Different foods contain different amounts of energy.

The more precious the ingredient, the more energy it contains.

What Rocks needed were these precious ingredients; just to feed them would cost a fortune in Berries.

of course.

It's not that there's no solution.

What food contains the most energy?

It's a Devil Fruit, of course!

Foods rich in energy and Devil Fruits are both things Rocks needs...

Looking at the golden palace behind her, Nami felt relieved: "Oh right, we're rich now, so it's alright~"

It possesses gold worth trillions of pesos.

Even if there were dozens or hundreds of Rocks, let alone just one, they probably wouldn't be able to eat all that gold.

Eat up, eat up! You're not worried about having money in your hands!

“Although we have gold, we are on a sky island, and this gold cannot be exchanged for Berries to buy food. A single sky island cannot sustain your eating like this.”

Robin raised another question: "Shouldn't we be staying here for a while longer?"

We haven't decided yet when to leave the Sky Island and return to the Grand Line.

According to Lox's idea.

We need to wait until Kuina can skillfully use both types of Haki, Nami can skillfully use the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and she also needs to master the use of both types of Haki...

The timing is uncertain!

"Don't worry, we won't eat up the Sky Island."

Lockes continued eating, nonchalantly saying, "This 'big eater' state of mine will only last for a while, I know that..."

He still has three Devil Fruits to fall back on.

That should be enough to make up for the Blackwing Great Demon Void's "energy consumption," right?

As long as the Blackwing Demon Void doesn't "drain" him, it's fine.

Rocks collects Devil Fruits to "use" them, and he doesn't feel it's a waste.

Robin said, "Your Black Wing Demon Fruit is truly special, no wonder it's a Mythical Zoan type..."

"Mythical Beasts are indeed a bit special, but don't think your Flower-Flower Fruit is weak."

Rocks joked, "It might even be the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Thousand-Armed Shura form, after all, your ability... doesn't seem to have much to do with flowers at all..."

Flowers and fruits...

Does Robin's ability have anything to do with flowers?

Oh, so being able to "open" part of the body is what "blooming" means?

That's too far-fetched!

I hope Oda doesn't give the Flower-Flower Fruit a nickname like the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Thousand-Armed Asura...