While Vic was pondering, he had already eaten the fruit in his hand. His body also instinctively took out another fruit that was stored in the Dimensional Space and held it in his hand. He paused for a moment and then began to eat it.
Vic had intended to save the other one for Rebecca, but then he thought that Rebecca had only just begun to develop the power of the Float-Float Fruit and had not yet fully realized her potential. If she ate this Mystery Fruit now and developed a dependence on it, it would be bad if it suppressed her potential!
One's own potential is fundamental. If one has developed their own potential to the limit, then it's okay to rely on external aids. However, burying one's own potential and relying on external aids is a very bad strategy. That would be doing more harm than good. That's why Vic ate the other fruit directly.
If he becomes powerful, he will have endless future rewards; if he is not strong enough, the rewards he can obtain will be limited, and even pushing someone's mental power to its peak will be a problem.
Therefore, Vic still plans to strengthen himself first and see where the limits of the fruit's enhancement are. If dozens or hundreds of fruits can make his mental power reach the top, then the remaining fruits can be given to Rebecca when she reaches a bottleneck in developing the Thousand Swords technique and there is really no way to progress further.
If they run out, we'll have to resort to robbery. It's not that Vic is selfish and only cares about himself; a top-tier expert is definitely stronger than two half-baked ones. That's how we maximize profits. Between hundreds and tens of thousands, even a child would choose!
"What? You want to eat me? Too bad I've already finished. Are you here to eat me now?"
Vic popped the last bit of fruit into his mouth, then opened his eyes.
Vic found himself surrounded by all sorts of animals. Many carnivores were baring their huge mouths and showing their sharp fangs, roaring at Vic, while some herbivores were pawing the ground with their hooves, as if they were about to rush over and kill him at any moment.
At this moment, carnivores and herbivores stood on the same side, seemingly preparing to tear him apart to see if there was any residual energy from the Mystery Fruit in his flesh. However, the old man's Conqueror's Haki's Haki still had a bit of residual power, causing them to hesitate for a moment after rushing towards him.
If Vic still had the glowing fruit, they would probably have lost their minds and attacked Vic directly. But now that the fruit is gone, they've regained some of their instincts. However, Vic's calm words, whether provoked or taken as an attack signal, caused them to unleash their speed and charge towards Vic. They seem genuinely eager to devour him.
"Heh! You think you're so great? Do you think I'm easy to bully because you've seen me getting beaten up all the time? Don't you even know who's beating me up? That's the Navy King!"
Seeing the approaching beasts, Vic calmly stood up, his right hand slightly bent and extended towards the sky, arcs of electricity flashing between his fingers. When the beasts were still ten meters away from him, a bolt of Inazuma as thick as an arm shot into the sky.
Then it exploded like Smoke Flower, Inazuma bolts falling in arcs, like Doflamingo's Birdcage, each Inazuma striking a running beast.
In less than a breath, all the ferocious beasts that had surrounded him were electrocuted and fell to the ground. This wasn't the kind of island Luffy trained on; the beasts here weren't as monstrous, but they weren't something ordinary marines could handle either. Vic didn't use too much lightning, afraid of electrocuting them. These beasts wanted to eat him, and he wanted to eat them too.
Vic knew the old man was strong before, but he didn't think he was the pinnacle of the Navy. Vic always believed that without Conqueror's Haki, the old man could only be in the second tier on the high seas, and that he was able to chase Roger because of his super strong Armament Haki and his status as a Navy officer.
However, after witnessing the old man's Conqueror's Haki and Conqueror's Coating, he realized that the old man was the true King of the Marines in his heart. Except for not having a Devil Fruit ability, he was top-notch in everything else. Meanwhile, Roger also did not have a Devil Fruit ability, became the Pirate King, which was enough to explain the situation. Therefore, these beasts looked down on Vic, Vic found ridiculous. He decided to add them to the warship's food list.
Vic left his spot and slowly walked towards the warship. Behind him was a long line of stunned wild beasts, both herbivores and carnivores. Even after being dragged along the ground, they showed no signs of waking up. This was the price for offending Thunder God.
"Hahaha! Vic! Well done! I was just about to send someone to the island to catch some game, and you brought them back. Send someone to call the cooks over to process them; take as much as you can."
Just as Vic arrived not far from the warship, he was spotted by the old man who was gathering people on the deck. Vic was dragging so many animals, and the dust he was raising behind him was very noticeable.
"These guys are blind! They saw me sitting there and actually came to attack me. How could I tolerate this?"
Vic put down the thick vine he was holding and jumped directly onto the deck of the warship.
Rebecca and the others were all waiting for Vic to return on the deck. They were still a little unaccustomed to the old man returning alone this time. After hearing the old man's explanation, they learned that Vic had become stronger again, so they were all eagerly waiting on the deck.
" Vic! Show us your new move! Vice Admiral Garp said you're amazing, show us!"
Rebecca was naturally the happiest to know that Vic had become stronger again, since Vic had previously been beaten half to death by the old man and carried back.
Wendy and Barnett remained silent, but their eyes were filled with anticipation. Wendy didn't know exactly how strong Big Mom was, but she knew she possessed Conqueror's Haki. Would she use it on Conqueror's Coating?
To become a maritime overlord, the probability of knowing the Conqueror's Coating" technique is quite high. Wendy was too low-level before and had never even heard of "Conqueror's Coating." But seeing someone as strong as Vic being beaten into Conqueror's Coating" every time, she realized that "Conqueror's Coating" was the top-tier technique on the high seas!
If Vic didn't have a way to resist the Conqueror's Coating Technique, they would have been just sending themselves to their deaths. Now that they know Vic has a way to resist the Conqueror's Coating Technique, they naturally want to see it for themselves.
They had just seen a huge cloud over the island from the warship, as if it had been cleaved in two by a sharp blade. The sight shocked them, and they could guess that it was the residual force of Vic and the old man's fight. One could imagine how powerful the clash of their moves was.
"You can't easily reveal your trump cards! These are your hidden cards, the fewer people who know about them, the better. If you really want to see them, I've developed a new technique Devil Fruit, and its power is quite impressive. Do you want to see it?"