He thought it would go through many twists and turns, but he didn't expect that it would be much easier to get it than he imagined. His memory of this world is enough to control the direction of the world.
To be able to reach this point today, the existence of the system is one aspect, and his grasp of the direction and context of the world is another aspect.
Without Robin's intelligence, he would not have been able to hunt down various pirates so quickly and smoothly and rise up in the Western Sea. Without Lafitte as a navigator, he would have spent a lot of time navigating and would have been unfamiliar with his training. His strength would have been even higher than it is now. It is much weaker and may not be able to pass the Qingzhi level.
"Finally it fell into my hands."
Looking at this thunder fruit, Ross murmured softly.
If it had been before, he would have been happy, but because of Robin's incident, he didn't feel happy now and just accepted the Thunder Fruit calmly.
"Well done."
After giving praise to the chief and the priests, Rhodes took Robin and others into the palace. This palace was built later, and it can be regarded as a stronghold similar to a 'base camp' on Sky Island Bika.
With the Thunder Fruit obtained from the chief, and the Metal Fruit, the initial formation of the Giant Corps was already close at hand.
After Ross stayed in Bika for a week, and after Robin's hand recovered a little, he and Lafitte left Bika and came to Qinghai. After finding the Giant Soldier Pirates, they brought the five members of the Giant Soldier Pirates together. Brought the empty island.
For Haildin and the other five giants, it was the first time to land on the Sky Island.
In a huge courtyard covered with white island clouds, Hailding and five other giants were sitting cross-legged, and Ross was standing in front of them, placing two fruits on the ground.
"Here are the natural Thunder Fruit, which is known as one of the strongest Devil Fruits, and the Superman Metal Fruit, which is also a very good Devil Fruit."
Ross looked up at Haildin and the others, and said calmly: "These two fruits will be handed over to you now. I will use your power soon."
“…”
Hailding and the others looked at the two Devil Fruits and couldn't help but show a bit of shock.
Although Ross had said before that they would soon be able to find stronger Devil Fruits to build the Giant Corps, they did not expect it to be so fast, and one of them was a natural Thunder Fruit!
A devil fruit that turns itself into thunder and lightning and controls thunder and lightning!
"There are no new crew members now, you are the most suitable users."
Ross spoke calmly to Haildin and others, "However, using these two Devil Fruits means that you will follow me through countless cruel battles in the future, and you may die on the battlefield if you are not careful. Go up, it is up to you to decide whether you are willing to become a warrior."
Kaku has not eaten the Devil Fruit yet, but everyone in CP9 is more suitable for intelligence work. If the Thunder Fruit is given to Kaku, it means that Kaku will become the main combat force and board the ship, which will weaken the intelligence link. will be weakened again.
Moreover.
The price you have to pay for eating these two fruits is that you will usher in countless bloody and cruel battles. Whether you are dealing with Doflamingo or the Four Emperors, you must participate in the battle!
"...The giants are all fearless warriors."
Haldin looked at the two Devil Fruits. After being silent for a few seconds, he looked at Ross with a fearless look in his eyes.
Will the giants admit that they are not warriors? Absolutely impossible! The status of a warrior is the glory of every giant clan! As for cruel battles and bloody battlefields, for a real warrior, that is not a Shura field, but a paradise!
"I swear in the name of Elbaf's warriors that I will wipe out all enemies for you!"
Haldin did not refuse. He picked up the thunder fruit, made a very serious gesture like a giant swearing an oath, and then swallowed the thunder fruit.
Even if they make ordinary promises, the giants will fight to the death to fulfill them. As for the oaths, not to mention any oath, unless they die, they will always fight for it!
Crackling!
After eating the Thunder Fruit, crackling arcs flashed from Haldin's hair, and Rhodes, Statham and others next to him were forced to retreat into the distance.
The lightning-like light spread from his head to his feet, and finally his whole body was covered by thunder and lightning, turning into a white body of thunder!
Thunder Giant Haildin... was born!
Crack!
Thunder and lightning continued to shine, wrapping around Haildin, causing his huge body to fly upwards, and his black hair turned into a piece of thunder white and started to fly.
I don't know how long it took, but Haildin gradually adapted to this power. He slowly dissipated the power of thunder and lightning. He fell back to the ground, put his fists on the ground, and knelt down on one knee towards Ross.
Ross watched calmly.
"From now on, you will be one of Elbaf's glory for hundreds of years to come, the thunder giant Haildin."
The remaining second metal fruit finally fell on the head of boatman Statham. As a boatman, he is naturally more comfortable using metal fruits.
Gudu!
After swallowing the metal fruit, Statham's hair turned from black to silver gray and spread all the way to the roots. His head also had a metallic luster that spread all the way to his feet.
Statham's body quickly turned into a puddle of liquid silver metal, scattered all over the floor, and then quickly condensed and assembled. He stood up, raised his arms, and one arm turned into a huge silver war hammer, pointing towards the sky.
Metal giant Statham... is born!
So far.
The Thunder Giant Haildin, the Metal Giant Statham, and the Sand Giant Rhodes have all been born. Among them, Rhodes is already familiar with the ability of the Sand Fruit, and his performance is much better than when he first got it. He can even create a solid fruit that is strong enough. Sand armor that can withstand bullets and cannonballs.
"Thank you for your gift."
The huge warhammer on Statham's wrist returned to its original shape, and like Haldin, he performed the most solemn etiquette of the giants towards Ross.
Ross nodded and said: "The three fruits of Thunder, Metal, and Shasha are all very suitable for your giant clan's abilities. During the next period of time, I want you to stay on the Sky Island to exercise the abilities of these three fruits... and I will also teach you some other things.”
"I obey your orders."
Haildin and other giants all responded in unison.
Ross stood there with his hands behind his back, and said in a calm tone: "Then... let's move away from Goldbag and Geerz from now on."
Goldbag and Geerz nodded and retreated into the distance.
And just when they retreated about a hundred meters away, Ross slowly raised his hand, his whole body flashed suddenly, he came into the air, and punched Hailding.
Fighting is the best way to train!
Especially for those with natural and special superhuman abilities such as Hailding, they cannot be harmed without using armed colors. Ross can use them as he wants and use them as sandbags.
The battle with the Golden Lion made Ross feel the crisis. Although he was able to escape from the general, he could only escape. Any slightest accident could lead to him falling into a huge crisis.
strength.
He must continue to improve his strength!
Until he can truly be on par with, or even defeat, the general!