One piece : The God Slayer

"You also know that the person I trust most on this ship is you, and I can rest assured that you are the only one who does things."

Hearing that Whitebeard's tone was a little unkind, Rocks was not angry.

This is Rocks' style. As long as one has the strength, he can tolerate some minor or even major faults.

Of course, this style also caused the Rocks Pirates to be a loose confederation.

When Rocks himself was there, he could suppress the ambitions of these monsters with great strength.

But once Rocks himself dies, the Rocks Pirates will immediately fall apart, which can be said to be completely the opposite of the Roger Pirates.

Hearing Rocks' explanation, Whitebeard's expression softened a little.

Indeed, there are too many unreliable guys on this ship.

Golden Lion Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, Wang Zhi, John, and Silver Axe, these guys are all ambitious and not trustworthy at all.

"Then what if he doesn't want to join?" Whitebeard asked again.

"Pirates have the rules of pirates." Rocks smiled coldly, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

The original members of the Rocks Pirates were all recruited by Rocks one by one.

People like Whitebeard, Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, and others are all pirates who joined after losing to Rocks.

"Okay, I see, I'll set off immediately." Whitebeard didn't delay and was ready to set off.

In fact, Whitebeard himself was very interested in Rono.

After his parents were killed, Rono took revenge on the Celestial Dragons, which was enough to show that this guy, like himself, was also a person who attached great importance to his family.

It is not easy to find such a person. After all, there is no such person in the Rocks Pirates.

Looking at the back of Whitebeard's departure, Rocks felt a little sad for a while.

In such a big pirate group, there was only one reliable member.

If there was no Whitebeard, who else could he send to do this kind of thing?

He might have to go out himself.

"But it doesn't matter, as long as I can pull Mary Geoise's group of Celestial Dragons off their horses, they can do whatever they want!"

Soon Rocks' sorrow was gone, replaced by a horrifying murderous aura.

It's hard to have such murderous aura without having killed tens of thousands or even 100,000 people.

"The reward of 500 million is really unexpected."

In the East Blue, Rono had a smile on his face when he saw his wanted notice.

The first reward was 500 million, and Rono was also surprised.

Even 40 years later, the 500 million bounty can be regarded as the threshold for stepping into the big leagues of pirates.

"That guy Roger should be very depressed now."

Continuing to read the content of the newspaper, Rono saw that Roger was actually regarded by the World Government as his own crew member, with a bounty of 300 million Berries, and Rono almost laughed out loud.

It feels good that the future Pirate King has been considered his own crew member.

In fact, Rono said goodbye to Roger a few days after the Heavenly Tribute incident.

After all, Roger also has his own travels, and now that he is rich, he doesn't have to continue to rely on Rono's ship.

It is worth mentioning that the World Government also deliberately disclosed the news of the Flame-Flame Fruit in the newspaper so that some pirates who coveted it would come looking for trouble.

The World Government originally wanted to use this method to create trouble for Rono, but they didn't know that Rono actually welcomed more powerful opponents to pick up their abilities.

Unfortunately, the groups of people Rono met over several days were all low-level pirates from the East Blue.

As for the real powerhouses, firstly, the Flame-Flame Fruit wouldn't catch their eye, and secondly, those interested in the fruit also understood the significance of a 500 million bounty.

And these low-level pirates didn't even dare to enter the Grand Line, yet they clamored to kill Rono and seize the Flame-Flame Fruit.

These low-level pirates had been in the East Blue for too long and did not have an accurate understanding of the strength of the big shots. Rono had no choice but to deal with these threats to the common people.

After all, although he had become a pirate, Rono was also a commoner and would not do things that endangered ordinary people.

"I don't know how long the Celestial Dragons have been away, but at my current speed, I should be able to catch up."

After dealing with the group of minions, Rono looked at the distant sea with killing intent in his eyes.

Since picking up Roger's Observation Haki ability to listen to the voice of all things, Rono had been searching for the figure of the Celestial Dragons.

Listening to the voice of all things belongs to the category of god-level Observation Haki and allows one to communicate consciously with different types of creatures and even non-living objects.

In other words, Rono could communicate with nearby marine creatures to obtain the specific location of the Celestial Dragons.

After communicating with nearby marine life by listening to the voice of all things, Rono confirmed the location of the Celestial Dragons.

That guy hadn't gone far!

If he followed this path, he would surely catch up with the opponent.

Riding the Vengeance at full speed, Rono took advantage of this time to check his system panel.

**Host: Rono**

**Age: 17**

**Strength: (mid-tier level of the Seven Warlords)**

**Speed: (mid-tier level of the Seven Warlords)**

**Stamina: (mid-tier level of the Seven Warlords)**

**Haki: Conqueror's Haki (advanced), Armament Haki (advanced), Observation Haki (advanced)**

**Other Abilities: Swordsmanship (advanced), Practical Experience (advanced)**

**Devil Fruit Ability: Flame-Flame Fruit Absorption**

**God-level Ability: Listen to the Voice of All Things**

Compared to when he fought with Roger, his current strength had also improved a lot.

First, he had picked up Roger's god-level Observation Haki ability to listen to the voice of all things.

Coupled with the ability to absorb the Flame-Flame Fruit, his destructive power had further improved.

His strength was now on par with Doflamingo or Bartholomew Kuma, almost equal to the level of a Yonko's subordinate.

With the treasured sword Hu Che, one of the 21 Great Grade Swords, in his hand, the current Roger might not be able to defeat him!

Rono was still very satisfied with this result.

After all, it had only taken him ten days since going to sea to reach the level of a Warlord from a lieutenant colonel. His strength rose like a rocket, which was incredibly fast.

"As long as there is no admiral-level powerhouse, I can at least catch up with that Celestial Dragon and kill him before retreating."

"No, I should be able to kill that Celestial Dragon even with an admiral, but there would always be a price to pay for retreating."

Rono had a rough estimate of his strength.

He should have the power to fight against an admiral-level powerhouse, not to mention that the system's blessing hadn't been counted yet.

In fact, when encountering an admiral-level powerhouse, Rono not only had the power to fight but might even pick up some powerful abilities and quickly advance to the admiral-level!

Of course, the biggest possibility was that there was no admiral-level combat guardian near the Celestial Dragons at all, usually just a few vice admiral-level CP0s.

After all, admiral-level combat power was rare in the entire sea; how could it be possible to guard the Celestial Dragons all the time?