But they knew very well, that Crony had no need to joke.
Since that was the case, just how did such an outrageous thing happen???
The Five Elders tried their best to stabilize their emotions, and asked in a deep voice: "What exactly happened, Crony?"
"Originally, if there were no accidents, all of the pirates on Hachinosu, we would have been able to take down, but.... unfortunately, an accident occurred that we had never anticipated."
"The executive of the Rocks Pirates, El, who is the man with great talent that I once told you about, he suddenly erupted with extremely strong combat power when he was on Hachinosu, and that combat power of his, was even no less than Rocks'!" Crony said in detail.
"No less than Rocks himself?"
"How is that possible, according to your Navy's investigation, this guy.... isn't he still not over twenty years old now?"
"Even a man with great talent like Rocks, took decades of training on the sea, to reach his current strength, how could this man possess that kind of combat power at this age???"
Hearing Crony's words, the many Five Elders, were not filled with shock at this time.
Or rather, because they were too shocked.
It made them feel unbelievable, and their hearts were filled with doubt, and incomprehension!!!
"During the exchange of blows, he suddenly used some kind of ability, that made his whole body emit golden light, and his strength was greatly improved, and he could also float in the air!"
"Under the circumstances where I and Renya joined forces, he still didn't fall into a disadvantage! Even.... under the circumstances where we joined forces, he killed Renya in only a few minutes, and the final result, was that all of them escaped!"
"Although I don't know much about El, but..... I can be sure that he borrowed the power of a Devil Fruit!" Crony continued to say.
"Are you saying, that El borrowed the power of a Devil Fruit, and obtained such powerful strength?"
"Yes."
Hearing his words, the Five Elders were silent again for a few seconds, and then asked.
"Before he used the Devil Fruit ability, what was his combat power like?"
"With just Sengoku alone, he could fight him back and forth, after using the Devil Fruit ability, his strength instantly increased more than ten times!!!" Crony responded truthfully.
"A Devil Fruit that can make one's own strength increase more than ten times? Even we have never heard of such a Devil Fruit." The blonde old man frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice.
They were old monsters who had lived for hundreds of years.
They had already seen countless Devil Fruit powerhouses on this sea.
They had heard of.
Devil Fruits that could make one's own certain attributes, speed, or strength or something, increase several times, or even dozens of times.
But.... they had never heard of.
A Devil Fruit that could make a person's overall strength, directly increase more than ten times!
This kind of Devil Fruit, was too incredible!
"Although we have never heard of it, but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, after all..... there are some things on this sea, that even if we live for a long time, we can't completely understand."
"However, one thing is certain, that a Devil Fruit, while giving a person power that is beyond reason, will also be accompanied by side effects, or rather, restrictions!"
According to what Crony said, the combat power that El had erupted on Hachinosu.
Was able to kill Renya in a few minutes, in a situation where he was joining forces with Renya and Crony!
This terrifying combat power, was enough to crush everyone on the scene.
If El continued to exchange blows with the Navy powerhouses, it would inevitably pose a threat to the lives of more Navy main forces.
But El didn't do that, but was in a hurry to take people away.
This point, made them guess that El had used the power of a Devil Fruit.
But..... after more than ten minutes, his body could no longer withstand the side effects, and he had to stop fighting!
"Report all of your understanding of his Devil Fruit, Crony, how many times has he used such an ability so far?"
The old man with long straight hair, sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and asked with a gleam of light in his eyes.
"Although we have had countless collisions, and probes with the Rocks Pirates, but as far as I know, that was still the first time El had released that kind of ability." Crony carefully recalled, and reported.
"The first time, huh? As expected, the side effects are extremely large, making him afraid to use it easily."
The scarred old man stroked his chin, and expressed his opinion.
"According to my guess, the side effect restriction of the Devil Fruit that El ate, is at least a few years, that is to say, after using it once, he needs to wait a few more years, before he can use it again."
Devil Fruits, although they would obtain powerful, and beyond miraculous power.
But..... in fact, when the strength reached a certain upper limit.
Using Devil Fruits, wouldn't obtain any improvement in strength.
This was also why, some people, even if they didn't eat Devil Fruits, could still stand at the top of the world!
Like them! And El's Devil Fruit, after using it, it was possible that it would exceed the upper limit of strength.
This far exceeded the strength that a Devil Fruit should have!!!
Without a doubt, such a Devil Fruit, would definitely have great side effects.
According to the scarred old man's hundreds of years of understanding of Devil Fruits.
He guessed that at the very least, it would take a few years, before El could release it again!
"Report this news, to the others, be sure to find a way to deal with El in these few years, so that he has no chance, to release such an ability again!"
"Yes!".
At the same time. In the New World, in a certain sea area, the Rocks Pirates' ship was sailing on this sea.
At this time, Rocks was standing at the bow of the ship, looking at the distant seaside ahead, and said with an unusually solemn expression: "El, Shiki, Edward, Linlin, you guys must not fall on Hachinosu!!!"
The reason why Rocks knew the news from Hachinosu.
And even knew that El was also on Hachinosu.
Was because when El had something to do and left.
Rocks was a little uneasy, so he had his subordinate pirate crews, pay attention to El's movements.
The so-called subordinate pirate crews, were those who wanted to follow the Rocks Pirates.
But they didn't become members of the Rocks Pirates.
But they were attached to the Rocks Pirates, and had the Rocks Pirates' name!
As long as they were great pirate crews of the New World, they would basically have many subordinate pirate crews.
Like in the original story, the Whitebeard Pirates during the Marineford War, had called a full forty-three subordinate pirate crews in the New World!!!
In the New World, the Rocks Pirates had no shortage of subordinate pirate crews.
So some subordinate pirate crews, had been attracted to the auction on Hachinosu, and had noticed El.
So, they had reported the news to Rocks.
And the news that the Navy Headquarters' main force powerhouses had all come to Hachinosu, Rocks had naturally also received the news.
And when he received the news, Rocks had quickly set sail, and headed to Hachinosu.
And had tried to contact El and others, with a Den Den Mushi.
However.... because the Den Den Mushi had been damaged when El and others were fighting.
No matter how Rocks contacted them, no one answered.
And there had been no news about the battle on Hachinosu.
At this time, Rocks was unusually worried.
Had El, Whitebeard, Shiki, and Charlotte Linlin already fallen!
You had to know, that in the entire Rocks Pirates, the few people that Rocks valued the most, were them.
If El and others had fallen, then wouldn't Rocks be furious?
His goal was to dominate the world, and if he was missing El and others, then it would definitely be impossible to achieve in the future.
"Damn Navy, in order to deal with Captain El and the others, they are actually so insane, and dispatched so many combat powers!"
"That's right, I'm afraid that Captain El and the others are in a bad way this time!"
"To think that, after going to Hachinosu, our Rocks Pirates would directly lose four main combat powers!"
"Although I'm trying my best to think of the good side, but..... I really can't imagine, how Captain El and the others, will return alive!"
The many crew members on the deck, discussed one after another.
No one thought that El and others could return alive.
After all, the Navy was damn it, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and had dispatched all of the Navy's top combat powers.
Those many top combat powers, were afraid that they wouldn't be at a disadvantage even when facing the entire Rocks Pirates.
Now, relying only on El, Whitebeard, Shiki, Charlotte Linlin and others to face them!!!
They couldn't imagine at all, what kind of miracle would happen, and El and others would return unscathed.
"Captain Rocks, I don't think there's any need to go to Hachinosu, if there are no accidents..... El and others will definitely die, us going there would only be a waste of time." Kyo came behind Rocks, and reminded him.
Because El had defeated Kyo back then, this had made him bear great shame.
He had been ridiculed by Shiki, Charlotte Linlin and others, for a long time.
So, Kyo hated these few people to the extreme.
Now, when he learned that this group of people, were facing all of the Navy main forces on Hachinosu, his heart was laughing.
"That's right, Captain Rocks, what we should be considering now, is what we should do next, wasting time going to Hachinosu would undoubtedly be foolish." Ochoku also echoed.
Ochoku and El and others, although they didn't have a direct relationship of resentment.
But you had to know, that the executives of the Rocks Pirates, all disliked each other.
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