After Fang Huo was forcefully suppressed, perhaps because he was a Devil Fruit ability user, he was deemed highly valuable and became a key prisoner.
But Fang Huo witnessed the Cang Country soldiers burning, killing, looting, and massacring Guyue Village.
This overwhelming rage caused Fang Huo to lose his reason, erupting in the most intense resistance.
Even while wearing Sea Stone handcuffs, he continued to use the moonlight gu to launch Moonlight Slashes and attack the Cang Country soldiers.
For a time, he caused massive casualties to Cang Country!
But he was once again suppressed by the powerful Cang Country General.
Later, the King of Cang Country felt that Fang Huo was a very special ability user and might be sold for a good price.
He reported this situation to the World Government, hoping to sell Fang Huo to them in exchange for some reduction in the heavenly tribute.
After all, the World Government had always been scouring the world for potential seeds and rare races.
After Gorosei Satan Saint learned of Fang Huo's special circumstances, he was also very interested and agreed to the King of Cang Country's request.
A Devil Fruit ability user who could still activate his abilities while wearing Sea Stone handcuffs.
If any research results could be produced, it would be of immense help to the ability users among the Celestial Dragons.
---On the bow of the tenryuubito tribute battleship.
Fang Huo recalled those simple villagers of Guyue Village and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
Whether it was the Guyue Village of his past life or the Guyue Village of this world, Fang Huo did not want to forget them.
So when Rocks asked for his name, he couldn't help but take Gu Yue as his new surname.
Perhaps he wanted to be like Gu Yue Fang Yuan, becoming a generation's Old Demon... the Great Love Immortal Venerable.
To reach the highest peak.
To never allow anyone else to control his life again.
Not even fate or destiny!
---"Weak is weak! What 'just a beginning'!"
"From today on, train hard for me. I don't need trash subordinates.
To be honest, your constitution is even weaker than those soldiers!"
Rocks looked at Fang Huo with some disdain; even a five-year-old child of the Davy Clan would likely have a stronger constitution than Fang Huo.
His first partner, Executive No. 001, was simply too weak!
If not for that ability to predict the future... "Rocks, help me kill a bastard from Cang Country!!"
"I'll tell you which powerhouses can be successfully recruited by you in the future!"
Fang Huo suddenly looked at Rocks seriously and made his first request and trade, his tone very solemn.
"worororo! Thinking of revenge so soon?!"
"No problem!"
Rocks laughed wildly and directly agreed to Fang Huo's request.
Originally, he had planned to spend eight or ten years traveling the world to snatch the powerhouses he took a liking to through Davy Back Fight games.
Now, with Fang Huo, a guy who could see the future, to help him.
The time it would take to snatch and gather subordinates would be greatly shortened!
After all, on this sea, many powerhouses would rather die than submit, especially those with Haoshoku Haki, who would rather be killed than abide by the contract of a Davy Back Fight game and become someone's subordinate.
Rocks would likely waste a lot of time on the road sailing and killing these unruly and stubborn individuals.
"Is Lord Rocks going to deal with Cang Country?!"
"Please take us with you!"
These prisoner soldiers spoke up one by one, their eyes filled with longing.
This was the most evil pirate who could take down a Marine Admiral!
Maybe he really could pierce through Cang Country!
"Hmph, I only agreed to kill one guy from Cang Country for Fang Huo!"
Rocks raised an eyebrow and smiled; he had no time to seek revenge for these trash soldiers.
Unless Fang Huo was willing to provide more valuable intelligence.
For example, information on the three ancient weapons... Rocks had originally intended to screen all the pirate groups in Paradise according to the powerhouses on the wanted posters after snatching the tenryuubito tribute battleship.
But now, since Fang Huo had spoken, they would head directly to Cang Country!
To vent some frustration for his first Executive!
---Fang Huo looked at the ghostly blue moonlight gu in his hand and the eight chubby white soul worms, his eyes flickering.
He could still obtain eight more Devil Fruit abilities!
When Fang Huo faced that Cang Country powerhouse, he felt that his soul worms actually developed a strong desire for that Devil Fruit ability user.
This desire was as strong as the soul worms' previous desire for the Moonlight Devil Fruit.
This gave Fang Huo another shocking guess!
Perhaps soul worms could directly devour and fuse with the abilities of Devil Fruit ability users!
This thought almost made Fang Huo lose his reason!
He desperately wanted to verify this hypothesis!
He now wanted to scavenge and land the finishing blows behind Rocks to find the Devil Fruit abilities he wanted!
Thereby allowing himself to quickly become stronger!
On Rocks' great ship, whether it was the ability user powerhouses Rocks was about to challenge or the terrifying Three Types of Haki, they were all things Fang Huo wanted to obtain!
This was also one of the important reasons why Fang Huo gave up the path of laying low and joined Rocks so readily.
To be honest, if Guyue Village hadn't been destroyed, he might have even wanted to become a jailer and sneak into Impel Down to develop in secret.
But now, Gorosei Satan Saint had already set his sights on him.
He could only choose a different path.
If Fang Huo wasn't mistaken, that Cang Country General's Devil Fruit ability should be the Gravity Fruit ability.
That powerful gravitational suppression was still fresh in Fang Huo's memory.
But that guy's strength was far inferior to the future Fujitora Issho.
The current Fujitora Issho hadn't even been born yet; the future Issho also seemed to be from Cang Country and had even been promoted to the position of Captain of the Cang Country Guard.
But Cang Country, which was constantly waging war, was eventually destroyed by a more powerful nation.
Issho fled to the West Blue as a war criminal of a fallen nation, and later obtained the Gravity Fruit ability and the supreme grade blade: gokudō kaisen.
But now, Fang Huo had come!
All futures will change!
Fang Huo didn't care if he changed the future or produced any butterfly effect.
He only wanted to become strong himself!
As for whether Issho could eventually be born, he was even less bothered!
What the hell did that have to do with him!
Speaking of which, gokudō kaisen is probably still in Wano Country right now.
After all, next year—which is 55 years before the original plot—Shimotsuki Kōzaburō, Shimotsuki Furiko, and Fūgetsu Kisaburō will defy the laws of Wano Country and illegally leave to live around the world.
Shimotsuki Kōzaburō took the great grade blade wado ichimonji and the sandai kitetsu, and along with the sister of the Daimyo of Ringo Shimotsuki Gyumaru, Shimotsuki Furiko, arrived in the peaceful East Blue after three years and established Shimotsuki Village.
Fūgetsu Kisaburō ended up in the West Blue with the supreme grade blade: gokudō kaisen.
Shimotsuki Kōzaburō and Shimotsuki Furiko both married and had children locally.
Kōzaburō united with a local woman and fathered Genzo, and his future granddaughter is Kuina.
Furiko married the local Roronoa Pinzoro and is the grandmother of the protagonist group's Roronoa Zoro.
---Several days passed.
The tenryuubito tribute battleship that had left Cang Country not long ago returned once more.
But this time, it was an avenger who had come back to settle a grudge, bringing a demonic monster with him!
The war ended very quickly!
Under Rocks' terrifying strength, the Cang Country General and tens of thousands of troops had almost no power to resist before being knocked unconscious and forcefully crippled by Rocks.
"worororo! Fang Huo, I'll leave it to you!"
"Next, I'll begin my plan. I hope my subordinates will all be the top powerhouses of this sea!"
Laughing wildly, Rocks threw the Cang Country General in front of Fang Huo, letting him take his revenge personally.
The Cang Country General never expected that the brat he had easily suppressed before would actually become his executioner.
Had he known this would happen, he should have just killed Fang Huo; now he only felt deep regret.
The eight soul worms on Fang Huo's body were already impatient to devour and fuse with the Devil Fruit ability of the Cang Country General.
Fang Huo controlled one of the soul worms to devour the Gravity Fruit ability.
"This is both revenge for the villagers of Guyue Village and for my future path!"
"Remember my name on the road to the yellow springs; my name is Fang Huo, Gu Yue Fang Huo!"
With cold eyes full of revenge and desire, Fang Huo killed the Cang Country General with a single slash.
The pure soul worm seemed even more attractive than those Devil Fruits.
The masterless Gravity Ability even took the initiative to fuse with the soul worm.
The chubby white soul worm actually transformed into a small purple tiger-shaped bug.
Witnessing all this, Rocks' expression was one of shock!
This brat Fang Huo was indeed not simple.
He had thought the little things around Fang Huo were part of his ability.
But he never expected that they could actually devour Devil Fruit abilities?
What race was this?
Soul Tribe?
The Gu Tribe Fang Huo mentioned?
There were a total of nine Soul Fire bugs on Fang Huo's body, which meant Fang Huo could possess nine abilities in the future.
Damn!
Even Rocks was a bit envious of this racial talent.
He also wanted such a super-strong mutated talent!
---However, there was a very serious problem with Fang Huo.
That was his weak constitution; even if he possessed more abilities, it would be difficult to exert their true strength.
That Moonlight Slash ability was an example.
He couldn't even compare to a swordmaster.
Rocks frowned slightly, hoping this little guy wouldn't get lost in the immense temptation of multiple abilities.
After all, a strong physique and strong Haki were what truly made one powerful!
As Fang Huo's soul worm obtained the Gravity Fruit ability, it turned into the Gravity Gu, the Gravity Soul.
Under Fang Huo's control, the Gravity Gu fused with him, turning into a tiger-shaped mark on his arm.
He controlled the newly acquired Gravity Ability, and a purple halo erupted, personally crushing all the Cang Country soldiers who had slaughtered Guyue Village into mincemeat.
Finally, even the King of Cang Country, who had wanted to sell Fang Huo to Satan Saint, was ruthlessly killed by Fang Huo.
Fang Huo didn't want to care if civil war would break out in Cang Country later.
Right or wrong, he no longer wanted to argue.
He only knew that the Guyue Village where he had lived for more than two years had been destroyed, and the familiar elders and villagers had been slaughtered... as for the future power struggles and suffering of the people in Cang Country, what did that have to do with him!
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