"Captain! I am back! ”

Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.

Cooper's hearty voice made Will smile a little.

At a height of five meters, he walked sonorously, and his body could not hide the knotted muscles underneath, and the whole person was like a young volcano - full of vitality and ready to erupt at any time.

"Welcome home."

Will gave him a cordial hug.

Although Cooper still had to half-squat down to keep the two of them shoulder-level, making what should have been a warm scene a little more joyful...

Will is 19 years old this year and has a height of 3.2 meters, and it is estimated that he will eventually freeze at this height.

But Cooper, who was an adult early in the morning, didn't know what medicine Tom had taken, and actually grew nearly a meter taller, reaching 5 meters...

"You're so tall again?"

"Haha! Master Tom said that I have a very special physique, I am a natural boatman, and I may not stop until I am 25 years old! I'm only 22 years old! ”

Jabba...

Are you sure there is no one next door to your house with the surname Wang?

Emmmm…

Forget it, it's better not to ask more about other people's family affairs.

"Master Tom?" Will thought about it for a moment, and then keenly grasped the key words.

"Hey, hey." Cooper scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, "Master Tom has officially taken me as an apprentice!" I'm now the younger brother of the iceberg. ”

"Huh? And what about Frankie? Isn't he a second disciple? ”

"Frankie has been adopted by Master Tom, but he has not officially adopted him as a disciple. That kid has a bit of an impetuous personality, and he may have to go through a few years of training. ”

It turns out that this is the case, and Cooper is equivalent to becoming Frankie's second brother.

If you think about it darkly, Tom made Cooper an iceberg and Frankie's brother, maybe he is trying to find a way out for his disciple - the core cadres of the Heavenly King Pirates, not a small fight.

However, with Master Tom's character, Will doesn't need to live in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"Then it seems that Master Tom is very optimistic about you."

"Of course!" Cooper flashed his tanned muscles, "Captain, don't look at my short time of study, the master said that I can't go down to the iceberg!" ”

Will's eyes lit up slightly, but it was a surprise.

"In addition, most of the molds for the captain's new ship have already been polished, and some key parts are still being worked on, and it will take about another year before it is assembled. The only question is... The keel is still not found. ”

The mention of this makes Will have a toothache.

Where is the branch of Adam, such a large treasure tree, so easy to find?

If only he knew where to find Adam's body, then he would have killed the door and robbed the tree...

"Can't you have a phoenix branch?"

Speaking of giant trees, the phoenixes of the birdman clan don't have to be of any breed, so Will had a section of the branches with phoenixes cut off and take them to the capital of seven waters.

Cooper shook his head, "Of course, Captain's ship has to be perfect. The branches with a phoenix can also be counted as legendary wood, but it is still a step worse than the treasure tree Adam. ”

While the two were chatting, Kuro appeared with a small treasure chest.

Will put Adam's question on hold for the time being and took the chest.

Open it

A Devil Fruit lay there quietly.

The emerald green color, the texture of the skin is like the branches of a tree wrapping around the fruit - this is the wood wood fruit.

Pick it up, "Oh, this is for you, eat it." ”

Cooper looked surprised, "Boss, I'm a boatman, I don't want to be a landlubber." ”

"You know what, it's Mumu Fruit. It matches your status as a boatman, and even if you turn into a landlubber, this fruit will definitely protect the able-bore from the sea. ”

Whether it's conjuring up a wooden boat or adding a wooden skin, it's really hard for someone with the ability to enter the water accidentally.

And wood is a very magical material, which can be hard or soft, rigid or brittle. Depending on the user's strength, it is possible to switch between the two extremes of steel, steel and silk, which is definitely a very powerful fruit.

It is said to be superhuman, but many of the characteristics are the same as those of the elemental system, and even use characteristics that the elemental system does not have.

The reckless lion under the golden lion is a piece of garbage, and he should have dug a pit and buried himself long ago when such a strong fruit was used like this.

"But—" Cooper hesitated.

"Less nonsense! That's an order! Will shoved the fruit to him.

There is no wooden escape between the thousand hand pillars, what is the difference between that and salted fish?

Resolutely unacceptable.

The captain's order completely blocked Cooper's retreat.

But to be honest, he was inexplicably a little close to this fruit in his heart.

It's not that I have a desire for a devil fruit, but I simply have a different feeling about this wood fruit.

It's like - a sense of destiny?

He took the fruit with one hand, opened his mouth and bit it.

"It's so unpalatable..."

Before he could finish speaking, a wonderful power poured out of his heart, causing Cooper to spread his palms.

A tiny wooden branch grows from the palm of your hand.

In the next moment, Cooper's mind suddenly had countless ideas on how to use the Wood Fruit, as if he had used it countless times beforehand.

The branches grow in the wind and grow into trunks at a speed visible to the naked eye. Immediately after that, countless branches emerged from the trunk of the tree, as if they were splitting, and when they grew up, they split again...

It's a long story, but it happens so quickly.

In just a few tens of seconds, the field of vision of the three of Will rose by more than ten meters!

Chop the sturdy planks with your feet, turn your head to look at the mast dozens of meters high behind you, the wooden fences on both sides...

As soon as Cooper touched the Mumu Fruit, he directly built a pirate ship!

Kulo was slightly surprised, "Cooper, your talent is very good. ”

The latter scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, "Haha, maybe it has something to do with me being a boatman, I always think I can use this fruit very well... Or the captain is amazing! ”

Nonsense, of course I know.

You are now the whole body.

"Whether it's attacking, defending, or creating, Mumu Fruit is the best choice, you should study it carefully."

"Can you turn the ship into nothing?" A full-size pirate ship suddenly appeared on the island cloud, which was still a bit eye-catching.

"No problem!"

Cooper pressed his hands on the deck.

I saw that the wood, which had a strong luster, gradually began to become dull, and then began to wither.

In the blink of an eye, a pirate ship hundreds of meters long turned into a few dead logs.

"At this stage, as long as I conjure up wood, I can also make them wither. Once you are in the second stage of fruiting, you may be able to control the trees that grow naturally. ”

"It's so convenient." Kuro couldn't help but admire it a second time.

"Hehe, I don't think there is a need for my team to be equipped with boats in the future, and it may be more convenient for me to make it myself."

"It makes sense, you can use your ability to build ships in the future. The name - let's call it a wooden ship. Will nodded.

After scanning Cooper's current combat power, it has actually risen to 18 million.

Hey, now Zi Zongyan and Craig should be in a hurry.

The strength of the several core cadres of the Heavenly King is generally in such a delicate balance:

Etro is the undisputed first, an old man. However, the disadvantage is that after all, he is old, and the period of growth of combat power has passed, and the main task in the future is to maintain the current 40 million combat strength, and there should be no qualitative breakthroughs.

As a co-captain, Kuro is more of a thinker and manager, and he himself is not keen on fighting. In terms of combat power, he is indeed slightly inferior to the others.

But the ability to steal fruit is very special, and if you are not careful, someone like Karp can be beaten by him. So in a real battle, his strength cannot be completely described by combat power.

Among the rest, Zong Yan and Craig have been competing for the title of the first person under Etro.

But for such a long time, the two have not won or lost. Although Craig has a vampire fruit bonus, Zong Yan's swordsmanship is too domineering, but he has always pressed Craig.

Zong Yan's combat power before his departure was 20 million, and Craig's was 19 million.

It's good now, Cooper, who has the first generation of possession and the Mumu Fruit bonus, is suddenly approaching the two of them, which is obviously about to take off.

According to Will's experience, the team members who have just been possessed by anime characters will usher in a leap forward in the first year, and then I don't believe that those two guys are not in a hurry.

In addition, Rina has now become an open figure.

Her God's Tongue and Manifestation Fruit are simply incomprehensible. Although her combat power is not the top, she can't withstand the fact that she can summon divine beasts almost infinitely under the condition that her mental power can bear.

Last time, Craig owed his mouth and threatened to single out Rina. was directly brought by the latter, the East Green Dragon, the South White Tiger, the North Vermilion Bird, and the South Xuanwu, and finally was cleaned up without temper. After watching the whole process, Zong Yan asserted that if he wanted to defeat Rina, he could only do so before she opened the 'Divine Beast Food Box'.

If you don't have time to stop it?

Hehe, then ask for more blessings...

So now Rina has also joined the team of cultivating spiritual power. In addition, Rina actually doesn't like to fight everywhere, so she doesn't have a good reputation in the outside world.

These four people can now be called the [Four Court Pillars] of the Heavenly King.

In terms of personality, these four people are also very similar to the distribution of the four spirit beasts.

Cooper has a simple personality and a warm mood - it can be described as the wood of the green dragon.

Rina is gentle and considerate at times, but she can also be ruthless - the standard basalt water.

Zong Yan is usually silent, but his character is decisive - he is the gold of the white tiger.

Craig is as fierce as fire, passionate and unrestrained - the fire of the Suzaku bird.

The configuration is equivalent to the three disasters on the side of the hundred beasts, and Lingling's four general stars.

Therefore, the overall hard power of the Heavenly King Pirates is not at all intimidating the other pirates, and if you count the old Etro and the smile who went to the navy as an undercover agent, the high-end strength is almost overwhelming.

The only thing that is lacking is the strength of Will himself.

Although the combat power of 45 million is proud of the Heavenly King, it seems that it is not enough to compare with Whitebeard, Kaido, and Lingling...

So Will now has an urgent need – he wants to see just how strong the world number one really is!

He needs to know how far he is from these characters!

"You can develop the fruit well, I'm going to go out for a while." Will patted Cooper on the shoulder and said goodbye.

"Huh? I've just come back, is the captain leaving? Where are you going? ”

"How can you come to the New World to work hard without setting up a dock?" Will blinked.

"It's time to meet Whitebeard."

Happy Dragon Boat Festival, everyone~ Two more chapters today~