Chapter 41:
Since Victor was so confident, how could he possibly fail?
"Hahaha—gotcha, Heracles."
Victor saw Heracles' tense expression and immediately burst into laughter.
The situation after eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was pretty much the same as with the Glutton-Glutton Fruit.
It was mainly thanks to the Devouring Talent; the Glutton-Glutton Fruit might have contributed too, but anyway, it didn't matter—the important thing was that it succeeded.
"Phew, you brat—you almost scared me to death."
Seeing that Victor was fine, he immediately took big gasps of breath, his suspended heart finally settling down.
"Hahaha, kid Victor—you're such a little trickster."
Roger saw this and immediately laughed out loud.
The others who had been tricked immediately rushed over and ganged up on Victor in a playful beating.
"Ei ei—I was wrong, I was wrong, I admit it!"
Victor didn't resist—this level of force couldn't hurt him anyway.
Sometimes joking around and roughhousing was a great way to strengthen bonds.
"Kid Victor—show us your new ability?"
Rayleigh was also very curious about Victor's current power.
"No problem."
With that, Victor transformed into lightning and instantly disappeared from his spot.
In that moment, he reappeared hundreds of miles away over the sea, then turned into lightning again and reappeared on the Plant Scholars.
Then Victor summoned thunder—the sky instantly became covered in dark clouds, countless bolts of lightning flashing nonstop.
The sky immediately turned oppressive.
With a wave of Victor's right hand, dozens of barrel-thick lightning bolts struck a small island dozens of meters away in the distance.
Instantly, the entire island was destroyed.
Not done yet—Victor turned into lightning again and rushed into the sky. Immediately after, countless lightning bolts surged wildly and quickly formed a massive lightning giant.
At this moment, the lightning changed again—white lightning turned into blue lightning, red lightning, even black lightning.
Victor manifested lightning in all seven colors.
This whole series of changes left the people on the Plant Scholars dumbfounded.
"This… this is the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit? Too broken!"
"Worthy of the strongest Logia—the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is terrifying."
"Hoho—kid Victor is truly something else now."
Everyone was shocked by Victor's display of power and couldn't stop marveling at how strong the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was.
"Hahaha—worthy of being the partner I set my eyes on! This is the first time we've ever seen someone with two Devil Fruit abilities."
"We are now witnesses to a miracle. Hahaha!"
Roger saw Victor's ability showcase and immediately laughed happily.
At this moment, the range of lightning Victor controlled rapidly expanded—anywhere his eyes could see was within his control.
By combining electromagnetism with Observation Haki, he formed something like Enel's Mantra (heart net).
But Victor's physique and Observation Haki were far stronger, so a radius of a hundred miles was within his sensing and listening range.
"This is what lightning feels like—this power is too strong. Enel really was unlucky to run into Luffy."
"Kid's electromagnetic cannon? Doesn't seem that hard. But lightning is more direct."
Victor felt the overwhelming power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit—in this instant, he developed many new ways to use it.
Immediately after, the lightning in the sky disappeared. Victor withdrew his ability and reappeared on the deck of the Plant Scholars.
"Hahaha—this feeling is amazing."
Victor looked at his own hands, still immersed in the excitement of controlling lightning.
"Hahaha—kid Victor, not bad, not bad. Any other abilities?"
Jabba came over, put his arm around Victor's shoulder, and asked with a laugh.
The others also excitedly crowded around, chattering and asking all kinds of questions.
"Hmm—if someone's heart suddenly stops, in a short time, I can use electric shocks to assist in resuscitation."
"Also, through lightning, I can use electric heat to melt and reshape metal."
"By combining electromagnetism with Observation Haki, my sensing range has greatly expanded."
Victor briefly explained some uses of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
"Hahaha—great! We've just gained another massively powerful means. Then let's have a banquet—celebrate witnessing the miracle of a dual-fruit ability user!"
Roger shouted again for a banquet.
No one refused, so Victor brought out massive amounts of food.
"Hahaha—banquet time! Drinking, drinking!"
Jabba immediately shouted loudly.
Roger started hugging everyone and competing in drinking games. A large group formed a circle, dancing and partying noisily.
Minks, Fish-Men, humans—everyone was joyfully messing around together.
Most people hoped this happy life could last longer—ideally forever.
This kind of atmosphere was incomparable to the Rocks Pirates.
After all, the Rocks Pirates were hastily thrown together—the members' backgrounds were very complicated.
However, Whitebeard had the best character and was the one Rocks trusted the most.
Moreover, Whitebeard's strength was extremely formidable—he ranked second among the strong in the Rocks Pirates.
At this time, the Rocks Pirates had already arrived at God Valley.
So they didn't waste any time—they charged straight into God Valley.
"Hahaha—charge in! Rescue Shakky! Take all the resources inside! Kill every Celestial Dragon!"
Rocks D. Xebec laughed loudly as he gave the order to attack.
His purpose was to rescue his wife and children.
The World Government and Celestial Dragons were not good people—they used his wife and children to threaten him.
They even captured Shakky.
"Kill! Shakky is mine!"
A massive pirate fleet—pirates leaped off their ships and swarmed toward God Valley.
"Hahaha—not hard at all. Shakky is mine!"
"Shakky is only one—how do we split her later?"
"Whoever contributes more, Shakky will definitely like him more. It'll depend on strength."
"Good—Shakky is definitely mine. Hahaha."
Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and other big-shot pirates immediately jumped off their ships.
At this moment, only a small number of Navy were on the shore, and even fewer on the warships.
Most of the Navy had entered God Valley, acting as outer guards for the Celestial Dragons.
"Pirates are here—it's the Rocks Pirates!"
The Navy on the shore only had time to shout once before being cut down by the swarm of pirates.
"Heh—the Navy only sent this many? Too easy. Hahaha."
The pirates laughed loudly and charged straight into God Valley.
At this moment, inside God Valley, the killing game was still ongoing.
The people of the Davy Back Fight tribe were all slaves—targets to be hunted.
Rocks' wife and children were among them, but they could only do their best to hide and didn't dare make any sound.
At this moment, Blackbeard was actually very smart—he stayed completely silent from beginning to end.
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