Rocks Arrives

The battle with Cole lasted until nightfall before ending. Otherwise, with their inhuman stamina, they could have fought continuously for five days without a problem.

"Alright! We'll stop here for today."

Luo Han stopped and looked at Cole.

"Okay! Brother Han, then let's head back!"

Cole said.

"You go back first! I need to talk to the Divine Tree about something!"

Luo Han shook his head and looked toward the Divine Tree.

"Alright...! Uh! Brother Han... I really want to talk to the Divine Tree too!"

Cole looked at Luo Han shyly.

Hmm...! Luo Han shuddered all over. The way Cole looked at him made his skin crawl.

"There's nothing I can do! Your Observation Haki isn't strong enough. What do you expect me to do?" Luo Han spread his hands helplessly.

For some reason, ever since Cole awakened Observation Haki, he had kept pestering Luo Han.

He wanted Luo Han to teach him how to communicate and speak with the Divine Tree.

But how was Luo Han supposed to know? Back then, the Divine Tree, Xiao Huan, had taken the initiative to contact Luo Han. That was how he sensed her.

Otherwise, Luo Han wouldn't have known how either!

Sigh! Cole let out a breath and shook his huge head.

"Then I'm heading back, Brother Han!" Cole said.

He then flew toward the giant wooden house in the ninth-level plaza. Hmm! Cole now lived separately from Uncle Witt and Aunt Lillian.

Hehe! Thinking of that, Luo Han laughed. It was rather helpless, really.

Cole was simply too huge to live in their house. Uncle Witt and the others had no choice but to build him a large house in the plaza.

During the day, he stayed in the plaza with Cole and ate with him. At night, he went back home to sleep.

Still, it was good. Cole had finally been freed from having to worry about his parents getting up in the middle of the night to fight.

Hehe! Luo Han chuckled.

Whoosh! Luo Han flew onto one of Xiao Huan's branches.

"Big Brother, you're here." Once he opened his Divine Sense, he heard Xiao Huan speak.

"You said last night that you had a surprise for me today. What is it?"

Luo Han asked, anticipation in his eyes.

"Big Brother, walk a little farther ahead and you'll see it," Xiao Huan said.

A Scale Fruit? No, it doesn't look like one! It's a little bigger! What his Divine Sense detected should have been a fruit.

Luo Han walked forward and stopped before the fruit. Hmm! It was a golden Scale Fruit covered in green patterns.

Other than its color and patterns, it looked just like a Scale Fruit, only one size larger.

"Actually, this is the fruit those Sea Kings want," Xiao Huan said.

Does this Scale Fruit have some special effect? It actually made so many Sea Kings wait here half a year in advance.

Luo Han thought to himself.

"This is my child!" Xiao Huan suddenly said.

Cough! Cough cough! Luo Han stumbled while carefully examining the golden Scale Fruit.

He stared at the Divine Tree, Xiao Huan, his face full of shock.

"Who did you have a child with?" Luo Han asked.

Forgive Luo Han, a single man, for feeling a little bitter! Even a tree was teaching him how to live!

How heartbreaking!

"No one! I gave birth to it myself," Xiao Huan said.

Uh! Luo Han suddenly remembered that some trees were hermaphroditic.

Could Xiao Huan be one too...! A certain famous species from Thailand began appearing in his mind.

A terrible feeling filled his heart! Luo Han felt that he should not have so rashly claimed this younger sister... or younger brother.

"Big Brother, when you set sail, you can take my child with you! He can become like me too!" Xiao Huan said.

Goosebumps covered the ground. That "Big Brother" used to sound crisp and sweet, but now... it was hard to put into words.

"You want me to take... your child out with me, and then... hmm! Plant it."

Luo Han's words came out in a mess.

"Yes, Big Brother!" Xiao Huan said.

"Alright! I'll take it with me when I set sail."

Luo Han said.

"I don't need to take it now, right?"

"No!" Xiao Huan said.

"Then I'm heading back, Xiao Huan," Luo Han said.

"Okay, Big Brother," Xiao Huan said.

Luo Han then flew down from the branch and headed home.

As he passed several houses, he could already smell the aroma of everyone's cooking.

Luo Han could not help speeding up! Dinner should be really good tonight.

After returning home, Luo Han had a quiet dinner with Grandma Mo.

After dinner, Luo Han told Grandma Mo that he planned to set sail in a few days.

Luo Han had thought Grandma Mo would object, but she said nothing. Instead, she wanted to help Luo Han prepare food and supplies for his voyage.

How nice! Looking at Grandma Mo's kind figure, Luo Han felt that he, as a transmigrator, was still quite fortunate.

He slept soundly through the night!

Bang! Bang! The next afternoon, the sounds of Luo Han and Cole fighting rang continuously through the skies over Ring Tree Island.

The people on the island were already used to it. They continued with their own work, completely unaffected.

"Hmm! What's that?" At that moment, a Hunting Squad member standing atop the island pointed at a black dot in the distance.

Thud, thud! Luo Han and Cole landed and noticed it as well.

Luo Han narrowed his eyes! This is troublesome!

The black dot within his Divine Sense was not just anything—it was a pirate ship.

"That's a pirate ship! And it's sailing safely across the sea!" Uncle Kate said.

Uncle Kate, who had also arrived, watched the pirate ship approaching Ring Tree Island with a grave expression.

As the pirate ship drew closer, the people aboard gradually became clear.

That wild figure, upright hair, and wide, grinning mouth.

As well as the burly man behind him with a crescent-shaped white beard, and the man with long golden hair shaped like a lion's mane.

That was right! The Rocks Pirates!

So they've finally come! Is the magnificent New World finally arriving just like this? A surge of bold spirit rose within Luo Han.

As the Rocks Pirates stopped at the seabed beside Ring Tree Island.

A burst of Conqueror's Haki erupted from Luo Han and rapidly spread toward the Rocks Pirates.

"Hmm! Looks like there's someone formidable here. He should make a powerful companion!" Rocks said as he turned to the people aboard the ship.

He turned to look at Luo Han atop the island, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Then an even more powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki exploded from Rocks, instantly suppressing Luo Han's Conqueror's Haki and forcing it back.

"Hahaha! Trying to compete with the captain in Conqueror's Haki!!! What a..." a bizarre-looking pirate said.

"Hahaha! If he knew there are more than ten Conqueror's Haki users on our ship, he wouldn't be so confident. Hahahaha!"

Another pirate chimed in.

Whitebeard looked at the strange island ahead, a trace of sympathy appearing on his face.

The others remained expressionless.

"What powerful Conqueror's Haki!" Luo Han said.

At the same time, he withdrew his Conqueror's Haki. As he looked at Rocks, fighting spirit suddenly rose in his eyes.

Luo Han wanted to see just how strong he had become! A year ago, Uncle Witt and Uncle Kate had already ceased to be matches for Luo Han and Cole.

As if sensing Luo Han's fighting spirit!

Rocks flew directly toward Luo Han and the others!

A flying Devil Fruit? Luo Han thought.

Suddenly! Luo Han's expression changed! His brows furrowed tightly as his Divine Sense swept out.

It actually... Luo Han's mouth fell open as he sucked in a cold breath! What a freak!

Within Luo Han's Divine Sense, a one-meter-thick layer of flowing, invisible Armament Haki constantly surrounded Rocks.

It was this layer of Haki that allowed Rocks to fly, much like how Luo Han wrapped his entire body in Psychokinesis to fly.

Rocks had actually thought of using Armament Haki like Psychokinesis.

And... it felt so heavy! Like water compressed to its absolute limit, capable of erupting with immense offensive power at any moment.

Its offensive and defensive power were obviously both formidable!

Seriously...! Luo Han had never imagined that anyone could use Armament Haki to such an extent.

No wonder he was someone capable of forcibly bringing Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and the others under his command.