Chapter 57
The Whitebeard Pirates crew members saw Victor withdraw his ability and immediately breathed a huge sigh of relief.
After the battle stopped, everyone began cleaning up the battlefield.
Then, as if nothing had happened, both sides started chatting and mingling again.
"Marco—your Phoenix Fruit is still underdeveloped. Your strength is still lacking a bit."
Rayleigh said to Marco.
During the fight, it was the two of them clashing—Rayleigh felt Marco's physique was still a little weak.
The Phoenix Fruit ability was also not developed enough.
He couldn't help but give Marco a few pointers.
"Yeah. I know my own problems too. I'll do targeted training on my physique. Thanks, Rayleigh."
Marco also knew his weaknesses.
It really was as Rayleigh said—during the fight, he had been completely suppressed by Rayleigh.
Devil Fruit abilities aren't omnipotent—in front of Haki powerhouses, they can still be countered.
Of course, if he could be like Victor, it would be completely different.
Right now, even Rayleigh didn't know how far Victor's strength had reached—after the God Valley war ended, he was already no match for Victor.
From what he understood, just Victor's Glutton-Glutton Fruit alone was already something he couldn't handle.
The Glutton-Glutton Fruit could now do more than just swallow food—it could devour abilities through space, even swallow people.
Of course, Victor had always been able to swallow people and synthesize a new person from them.
But Victor could also choose to devour parts of a person's body through space—blood, bones, muscles, etc.
This was equivalent to an alternative version of the Surgery Fruit ability.
Unless Victor had extremely deep knowledge of human anatomy and outstanding medical skills, overly complex operations were still beyond him.
But killing enemies was more than enough.
The Rumble-Rumble Fruit needed even less explanation—very few people could force Victor to use higher-level lightning applications.
However, Rayleigh and the others had once seen one of Victor's experiments—a massive island was instantly destroyed by him.
Even an island like God Valley would be nothing to him.
Moreover, they had witnessed Victor's lightning form transformations, such as thunder beasts.
And the extreme destructive power upgrades of lightning—something about Five Elements Divine Thunder, Heavenly Punishment Tribulation, etc.—Rayleigh didn't really understand.
But it felt very powerful; they just hadn't seen most of it.
Victor had also met Whitebeard's captains and was acquainted with them.
Of course, basically they were the ones looking up at Victor.
As for Kozuki Oden—he had already been carried away for treatment.
Everyone who saw Kozuki Oden's appearance couldn't help but think—this guy must have really pissed Victor off.
Otherwise how could he be injured so badly? Not a single hair left on his body, completely scorched black.
Fortunately, Kozuki Oden's physique was strong enough—otherwise, with more than ten blade wounds like that, anyone else would have died instantly.
Of course, Victor had been measured—he wouldn't kill directly.
After all, Whitebeard and Roger's relationship was still pretty good—no need to go that far.
Victor was just giving Kozuki Oden a lesson.
Afterward, they landed on a nearby island to prepare for a grand banquet.
Meanwhile, Shanks and Buggy had already locked eyes with Blackbeard.
No one knew if it was a bloodline thing—they instinctively felt hostile toward each other.
"Hoho—these three kids are already facing off. Let's go watch the fun."
Victor saw Shanks, Buggy, and Blackbeard staring at each other and decided to go see young Blackbeard up close.
He wanted to see what reaction this child of Rocks would have toward him.
Thinking of that, Rocks' body was still stored in his space.
Fortunately, Victor had specially sealed it off from the food storage area.
Otherwise, if the Roger Pirates found out, they might not want to eat anything he took out anymore.
As for Victor—he had seen so much killing and so many corpses that he felt nothing about it anymore.
Actually, New World pirates were all the same—having witnessed so much slaughter and brutality, it had long become commonplace.
There was no such thing as "getting used to it" anymore.
"Hey—isn't this Marshall D. Teach? What's it like not being able to sleep?"
Victor suddenly appeared in front of Teach and said with a smile.
But this startled Teach badly.
"So it's Victor-san. Nothing special—just don't feel tired. Hehe."
Teach looked at Victor like a mouse seeing a cat—the momentum he had while staring down Shanks and Buggy vanished instantly.
He knew very well who the man in front of him was—his father had died at the hands of this terrifying powerhouse.
This made him unavoidably afraid—as if something in his bloodline feared this man.
Of course, this might also be because the current Marshall D. Teach was still just a child.
"Hmm—what are you guys doing?"
Victor didn't continue that topic and instead asked Shanks beside him.
"Victor-san—this guy looks really weird. We've just been staring at him, and he hasn't moved at all."
Shanks and Buggy hurriedly explained.
"Oh—so that's it."
Victor nodded to show he understood.
At this moment, Marco walked over.
"Victor-san—don't scare the kids. We're going to join the banquet."
Marco said with a smile.
"Hmm, alright. Then let's go to the banquet."
Victor didn't make things difficult for Marco—he readily turned and headed toward Roger.
"You little brats should go to the banquet too."
Marco said, looking back.
"Okay—coming right away!"
After that, Shanks and Buggy ignored Blackbeard and ran off.
Blackbeard saw this and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, quickly heading back to his own captain.
Whitebeard saw Victor walking over and raised an eyebrow.
"Guhahaha—kid Victor, you're really getting stronger and stronger."
"A powerhouse like you shouldn't bully the kids."
Whitebeard couldn't help but say.
He had to admit—the current Victor was truly very powerful, even he had to treat him seriously.
He never imagined that the words he said back then would come true.
"Haha—Whitebeard, you're joking. Some kids need discipline. They have to be taught when necessary."
Victor looked at Whitebeard fearlessly and said with a smile.
"Hahaha—Victor kid, where did you go? Come drink already—why waste so many words?"
Roger immediately walked over holding a wine cup, grabbed Victor, and laughed loudly.
"Right right right—drink, drink! Captain Roger, how about we compare drinking? Today I have to outdrink you!"
Victor saw Roger coming and instantly switched to a cheeky smile.
"Hahaha—let's compare then! Whitebeard—want to join us? We couldn't decide a winner in battle, so how about we settle it with drinking?"
Roger heard Victor's drinking challenge and immediately wanted to pull Whitebeard in for a three-way contest.
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