The most courageous pirate hunter

Hermes looked at the Rinne Sharingan flower bud beneath his buttocks and conceived the idea of ​​cultivating the Divine Tree in the future. It seemed that the effects of the Divine Tree's fruit were even greater than he had imagined.

Otsutsuki Shibai kept eating the fruit of the Divine Tree, and eventually he was able to evolve to that level.

This shows that this path has its merits.

However, it is very unstable.

From another perspective, the fruit of the Divine Tree is like an elixir. The Otsutsuki clan became powerful by taking these elixirs, and all their power came from the fruit of the Divine Tree, not from their own gradual cultivation.

It's somewhat like a castle in the air.

In cultivation novels, the practice of using pills to improve one's cultivation level is destined to be short-lived, and the unstable foundation makes it easy to collapse. It may bring great benefits in the short term, but it won't work in the long run.

Hermes knew that a tall building starts from the ground up, so all the power he had gained was the result of his hard work and gradual cultivation.

In the world of One Piece.

Hermes always prioritized physical training and Haki, because he knew that Devil Fruits were all based on physical training.

If one day the Devil Fruit power disappears, he can still transcend the ordinary and become a saint by relying on his own strength.

In Hermes's understanding.

Physical cultivation is the foundation of a towering building, the root of a giant tree; other abilities are merely the concrete and tiles of the towering building, or the branches of the giant tree.

Only with a strong and solid foundation can one use other abilities with ease and make those abilities even more powerful.

It turns out.

Looking back, his cultivation method has been correct.

Therefore, he would not easily change his cultivation method, even if the fruit of the divine tree could allow him to ascend to the heavens in one step.

But Hermes was not the kind of person who was rigid and inflexible.

There are benefits to taking drugs.

For example, it can be used to assist in cultivation.

The fruit of the Divine Tree, when traced back to its origin, is the life force of a planet. He could refine the fruit of the Divine Tree into its most primitive energy and then use it to aid in cultivation.

It goes without saying that it will be twice as effective with half the effort.

This will greatly enhance his cultivation efficiency, and more importantly, it will make his foundation very stable.

This makes it necessary to cultivate the fruit of the divine tree. He doesn't need the fancy abilities that the fruit of the divine tree brings, because he can't bite off more than he can chew. He only needs the purest life energy, which he can combine with physical cultivation to gradually unlock the human body's limitations and eventually evolve into an omnipotent being.

When life evolves to a certain level, certain abilities will naturally emerge.

However, Hermes valued even more the ability to be immune to all laws and to overcome all laws with sheer force.

Once you've determined your approach, you'll be fine.

Hermes waved his hand, causing his palm to explode. A large number of flesh and blood cells became clones and began to re-enter the Book of Creation to cultivate, while Hermes himself continued to sit cross-legged in the flower bud.

At this rate.

Within a year, the Divine Tree will bear fruit. Hopefully, by then, a new Otsutsuki will arrive on this planet, providing him with new cells to create clones.

In this way, we can plant the divine tree on every planet we visit.

There is no shortage of fertilizer.

Perfect recycling.

I'm becoming more and more wicked; this method of cultivation seems utterly immoral.

Planting a divine tree means the death of a life-bearing planet, and every life-bearing planet must have life forms on it. Crucially, the soul is Hermes' most important cultivation resource.

Therefore, it was destined that wherever Hermes went, life would cease and all things would wither!

In any cultivation world, Hermes is a heinous criminal who deserves to be killed by everyone; he is the most evil of the evil, the most villainous of the villains.

Generally speaking, they all end up dying a terrible death.

If that's the case, Hermes is just a drop in the ocean. He's a sophisticated egoist who only pursues absolute freedom and power, and things like kindness and morality are completely foreign to him.

that's it.

Time passed slowly.

A year has passed.

Three hundred and sixty-five years passed again within the Book of Genesis. Hermes and his avatars were all cultivating. One of the avatars was guarding the Divine Tree. As expected, Hermes made further progress in these three hundred and sixty-five years.

No matter what you do, there's always more people than you think.

The number of clones has reached five thousand.

Developing the Shadow Clone Technique was Hermes's wisest and most successful decision in his life; he became stronger without even realizing it.

"It should be almost done."

Leaving the Eghardt Research Lab.

Hermes arrived at the top of the divine tree, where his guardian clone automatically exploded into a single cell, which then merged into Hermes' body. Looking at the fruit that was about to ripen before him, Hermes was filled with anticipation.

After all, there are some differences between studying Kaguya and the real Divine Tree fruit.

Once the fruit is ripe, the branches of the sacred tree should also be collected.

This thing is a demonic golem; it can be reused next time.

The entire planet is covered by Observation Haki around the clock, and it is a desolate and lifeless place. The revival of all things a year ago is gone, and this planet has become a dead star.

All the energy is contained in this fruit.

Another day passed.

The fruit of the divine tree was fully ripe, and Hermes plucked it, feeling its surging life energy, as well as other energies.

It needs to be processed.

"Let's study it first."

Hermes did not put away the divine tree branch, but left it in place, fearing that the approaching Otsutsuki clan would not be able to find their way.

Let's return to the Book of Genesis.

Hermes then entered research mode.

A blink of an eye.

someday.

In Kaguya's icy alternate dimension, a spacetime vortex appeared, and two figures emerged from it.

"This is the icy space that is a disgrace to Kaguya's clan. How could it be so dilapidated, as if it were shattered by a powerful force?"

Before the spacetime vortex.

A person with pale skin and long gray-white hair, no eyebrows, two dots on the forehead; two forward-curving rabbit-ear-like hard horns on the head, white eyes, and a red Rinnegan in each palm.

A refined-looking man dressed in aristocratic attire, high-heeled wooden clogs, and draped in a feathered robe stared at the dilapidated icy space with a frozen expression.

His name is Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki.

He was one of the three people sent by the Otsutsuki higher-ups to find Kaguya's whereabouts.

Next to Momoshiki was a huge man with pale skin, long gray hair, no eyebrows, a hard horn on his head that pointed to the upper left, white eyes, wearing white clothes that covered the right side of his face, and a height of over 2 meters.

He was Momoshiki's subordinate, and his name was Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki.

The technique that connects Kaguya to her alternate dimension over a long distance is Kinshiki's unique Byakugan space-time ninjutsu, called Hollowfication.

"Let's go explore other alternate dimensions."

"Yes!"

Tao-style issued the order.

Kinshiki immediately used Intangibility, and then the two entered the space-time ninjutsu vortex, eventually arriving at Kaguya's lava space. Like the ice and snow space, the lava space was also fragmented.

It is also filled with a powerful force.

Everything is ruined.

"There is nothing left behind by Kaguya."

After observing the surroundings, Momo's face darkened.

I thought I could find something in Kaguya's alternate dimension, but I found nothing. It must have been destroyed by that powerful force.

"I have located the area that Kaguya is in charge of."

suddenly.

An irregular portal created by a space-time ninjutsu appeared in the lava space, and a figure emerged from it.

She had the same pale skin, but her long hair was now light blue and tied in a high ponytail.

It has no eyebrows, two dots on its forehead, two protective horns on its head, wears white clothes, carries a red glowing fish basket on its back, and holds a red glowing fishing rod in its hand.

It was Otsutsuki Urashiki.

The three of them came together to investigate Kaguya's whereabouts.

"Where is it?"