Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me

The Blackwing Great Demon Void possesses more abilities and techniques.

Rocks can only "unlock" these corresponding abilities and moves after receiving feedback from the Blackwing Hollow.

The gap in ability and techniques can only be bridged by oneself and by the power system of this world.

"I'm very satisfied with this 'rent' payment. I hope you can give me an even bigger surprise next time, Great Demon..."

After taking one last look at the Blackwing Great Demon Void, Locusts looked away.

The "soul, spirit body" slowly disappeared, and consciousness returned to the physical body in the outside world...

……

outside world.

As the battle between Rocks and the Blackwing Great Hollow ended, the Blackwing Great Hollow fell into slumber once more.

The energy that had transformed into horns, wings, and a tail on Rocks disappeared.

His body, which had been "mutated" due to the energy, returned to normal...

"Is it over? That eerie aura has disappeared..."

"It's over, right? Rocks has returned to normal. He must have repelled the 'demon' attacking from within his body..."

This change brought a slight sense of relief to both Kuina and Ichisho.

The eerie aura disappeared.

It must have been Locus who defeated the "Blackwing Demon"?

However, the specific details are unclear.

Neither of them completely relaxed; they remained serious and vigilant.

They were afraid that if Rocks opened his eyes, he wouldn't recognize them, and that the "rampage" he had mentioned would occur...

'Shuh! '

Under the gaze of Yixiao 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 uncontrollably erupted from Rocks' body.

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

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

Some of those who had previously been knocked unconscious and only regained consciousness fainted again at this moment...

"..."

Sensing this Conqueror's Haki, Kuina and Kazuma'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: "If you can say it's difficult, it seems the 'demon' inside you is very hard to deal with."

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

Yi Xiao rarely cracked a joke: "I have always believed that you, Captain, will overcome this difficulty. The famous black-haired swordsman will not be devoured by his own Devil Fruit."

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

"I am happy for you."

"Indeed, this is cause for celebration. I'm one step closer to completely subduing it, and my abilities have been further developed. 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 can eat an entire sea king.

And for some time afterward, Rocks' appetite remained enormous.

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

It will become a "glutton" that can never fill its stomach...

……

The golden palace in the middle of the giant vines.

A banquet is being held.

Participants included people from Angel Island, people from Sandia, and members of the Blackwing Demon Adventure Team...

The people of Angel Island and the people of Sandia came here because of Dong Tui Cheng Gu.

They were also invited to attend 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 their agreement 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?

It still hasn't stopped?

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

They always knew that Rocks had a big 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 eaten up by me like this.”

"Having a good meal is one of the reasons I go out to sea. If I don't go out to sea, I'll starve to death on 'some island' sooner or later..."

How much savings does old Duke have?

Anyway, according to old Duke.

At the time of the destruction of the Rocks Merchant, he was tasked with safeguarding the treasures of the maritime tycoon "Rocks" so that he could make a comeback in the future.

He took away a portion of the gold and silver treasures from the Lox World Trade Center...

It's worth mentioning that Captain John, one of the members of the Rocks Pirates F crew, did the same thing...

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

It's worth at least several billion Berries...

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

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

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

Ultimately, it was because all the plants and animals on "a certain island" had been eaten, and because Rocks was old enough, that old Duke asked Rocks to go to sea...

Rocks simply cannot afford not to go to sea!

My hometown, "a certain island," can't withstand the destruction caused by Lockheed Martin!

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

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

Rocks answered while eating, "He was indeed quite rich before. He buried a lot of gold and silver treasures in the back mountain, estimated to be worth billions of Berries or more. 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 of dollars worth of gold; I could eat it all..."

Locus came to Sky Island with a purpose.

A large portion of the gold was used to buy food to fill their stomachs.

In order to completely subdue the Blackwing Great 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, and just to eat his fill, the cost of his food would be considerable.

certainly.

It's not that there's no solution.

What is the food with the highest energy content?

It is naturally the fruit of the devil!

Energy-rich ingredients and Devil Fruits are exactly what Rocks needs...

Looking at the golden palace behind her, Nami felt relieved: "That's true, we're very 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! Having money in hand means you won't panic!

“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 you eating like this.”

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

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

According to Lox's idea.

We need to wait until Kuina is proficient in using both types of Haki, and Nami is proficient in using both types of Haki. She also needs to master both types of Haki.

The timing is uncertain!

"Don't worry, we won't eat the Sky Island out of business."

Rocks continued eating, unperturbed, and said, "I know this 'big eater' state of mine will only last for a while..."

They still have 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 Great Demon Void doesn't "drain" him completely, 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, as expected of a Mythical Beast of the Animal type..."

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

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

Flowers and fruits...

What does Robin's ability have to do with flowers?

Oh, so being able to "bloom" part of the body is what "flowering" means?

That's such a far-fetched argument!

I hope Oda doesn't end up giving the Flower-Flower Fruit a nickname like Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Thousand-Armed Shura...