"Ha! It's starting now? This is probably not even the embryonic form of the Heavenly Tribute!"
After reading the memories, Vic sneered. He initially wanted to kill everyone on the warship, but after thinking about it, he didn't do so!
It's best not to cause trouble in the East Blue, otherwise it might lead to the deaths of many relatives and friends' ancestors. It's better to wait until we get to the Grand Line before taking action!
"How wonderful! The king has actually sent his sisters to serve us; what a luxurious treat!"
"Yes! They even sent over the one who got married, how generous!"
At night, Vic overheard their hushed conversation, which fueled his anger and intensified his murderous intent. However, since they were still in the East Blue, it wasn't the right time to strike!
Vic stayed on the warship for a month without anyone noticing his presence. Even if someone did discover him, he could erase that person's memory.
During this month, he refined a piece of Pure Gold to place under his body to gather his Primal Spirit, and devoted himself to cultivating his domineering Haki. This was a conclusion that Vic had established after witnessing Imu's Haki!
The potential of the Haki is really strong. As long as he accumulates enough, he can even withstand the perfect Laws. Imu taught him a good lesson!
A month later, the five warships arrived safely on the Grand Line and would soon reach the Sabaody Archipelago. Apart from noticing that the food consumption was a bit high, the people on board did not find anything unusual!
Then one night, everyone on the warship died silently. They had no external wounds and no internal injuries, and each of them had a faint smile on their face!
Five warships drifted on the sea like ghost ships, their cargo vanished without a trace!
Of course, Vic looted the gold and food on the ship. Although he no longer had the Dimensional Ring, all the alternate dimensions had opened doors for him. He just had some difficulty choosing. Finding an alternate dimension with a slower time flow was still a piece of cake.
"I didn't expect there to be two more Devil Fruit. Devil Fruit this abundant in this era?"
Vic marveled at the Devil Fruit in the two boxes. He had discovered the existence of these two Devil Fruit from the leader's memories, and now they were both his!
Looking at the incredibly familiar Devil Fruit in the box on the right, Vic's eyes were filled with complex emotions, because that Devil Fruit was actually the Speed-Speed Fruit!
Now Vic understands why this Devil Fruit is so flat and clock-like; it turns out the ultimate power of the fruit is the Laws of Time! No wonder!
"Now that I've returned to 700 years ago, I will also have over 700 years to cultivate, Imu! Just you wait!"
Vic has just grasped the Laws of Time, so he cannot travel through time and space at will, and he cannot even travel to the future like Kozuki Toki did!
Even if he could, Vic wouldn't do it now. He has several hundred more years to cultivate; why be so eager to die? Wasn't time what he lacked most before?
So Vic decided to travel through time to the next life and give Imu a big surprise!
Reopening the space, Vic returned to the sea area where he had been swallowed by the Sea Kings. He found a deserted island nearby and prepared to cultivate Haki there.
Having witnessed Imu's overwhelming Haki, he knew that relying solely on Laws was far from enough. Imu was so powerful, yet in the end, didn't he still defeat them through Haki?
This proves that his previous assumption was correct; Haki strong enough to a certain extent can restrain the Power of Law!
After only two days of cultivation, Vic stopped, feeling that this ordinary cultivation speed was too slow!
Although he still had 700 years to cultivate, he still felt uneasy. Imu was a figure who had lived for nearly a thousand years; how could he catch up without taking some shortcuts?
Vic already has shortcuts, and more than one, and they're easy to implement. It would be a disrespectful attitude to Imu not to take advantage of them!
"We should utilize the property of Pure Gold to gather Primal Spirit, bathing this island in Primal Spirit, thus ensuring a continuous supply of resources for cultivating Haki!"
Sufficient Primal Spirit can accelerate the cultivation of Haki; this is something Vic has already proven!
Even after his lightning abilities penetrated deep into cells, he discovered that after a series of changes and reactions within the cells, the Primal Spirit could transform into Haki Particles!
Therefore, the generation of Haki is closely related to the Primal Spirit and is directly proportional to the speed of cultivation!
In the following days, Vic refined all the gold he had looted from the five warships into Pure Gold, intending to cover the entire island with it!
However, he failed to achieve this; the island was still too large, and even a thin layer of Pure Gold would not be enough!
However, the outermost edge of the island must be covered with a ring of Pure Gold to attract the Primal Spirit are wandering further away and guide them to the center of the island!
Vic simply used the Law of Lightning, and the Pure Gold turned into single molecules and burrowed into the ground.
After a large number of Pure Gold molecules burrowed into the ground, they recombined, and a Pure Gold carpet was quickly laid out underground without any trace of disturbing the earth, as if the Pure Gold had originally been formed underground!
After doing all this, he went to the center of the island and repeated the previous steps, except that the Pure Gold carpet in the center of the island was thicker and had a greater attraction for the Primal Spirit.
Any Primal Spirit attracted by the Pure Gold on the island's perimeter will soon be drawn to the Pure Gold in the island's center!
With ample support from his Primal Spirit, Vic didn't even need to eat while cultivating; his Primal Spirit was enough to replenish everything. Only after doing all this did Vic begin his truly Haki cultivation!
However, this peaceful period didn't last long. After all, this was an uninhabited island in New World. Although the population was much smaller than in later generations, there were always ships that would approach the island to search for food or explore, disturbing Vic's cultivation!
Moreover, as time goes by, the population will grow exponentially, and there will be even more ships passing by. Vic will be constantly bothered, and he can't possibly kill everyone who lands on the island.
So one afternoon three years later, after using illusions to send away the third group of uninvited guests, he finally decided to transform the island into an island of death!
Vic planted the Divine Staff at his waist into the ground in the center of the island. Under his guidance, the Divine Staff released a large amount of lightning, just like the Void Lightning he had summoned when he first wielded it!
Black lightning bolts struck the sky, and soon a thundercloud gathered. Inazuma bolts of various colors struck the island erratically, lightning snakes danced wildly and rocks flew everywhere, and the island instantly transformed into an apocalyptic scene!
With such modifications, very few people would dare to set foot on the island. Moreover, the lightning strikes would accelerate Vic's Haki cultivation. This was the two-pronged solution Vic came up with. He then sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to cultivate!