Currently, Fang Huo and Rocks do not have the Dark-Dark Fruit ability. He estimated that even with their Conquerors Haki Infusion, they wouldn't be able to kill the Gorosei and Gods Knights immediately.
However, Rocks could smash the Gods Knights to pieces, slowing down their recovery speed.
Then Fang Huo could use Sea Stone to seal these Gods Knights away, slowly grinding them to death with Conquerors Haki Infusion.
It was now known that unless Imu actively reclaimed the Power of Immortality, Imu would suffer a rather severe backlash if the contracted Gorosei and Gods Knights died.
Imu, the King of the World, had shown intense emotional fluctuations twice in the story.
The first time was when Harald, who had accepted the deep sea contract to become a God's Knight, was killed. This caused a covenant backlash, making Him full of wariness toward Elbaf.
Even when the Gorosei and Gods Knights wanted to go to Elbaf to investigate the truth, Imu sternly refused them.
He was terrified that another Gorosei or God's Knight would be taken out, leading to an even greater backlash.
The second time was during the Egghead Island incident, when four Gorosei were forcibly shaken back to the Holy Land Mary Geoise by Joy Boy's Conqueror's Haki. Imu himself was so scared he knelt down, breaking into a cold sweat.
Fang Huo pondered whether forcing Imu to taste two types of backlash during this Red Soil Island incident would leave a lasting shadow on him.
First, he would use a Conquerors Haki Knot to blast the teleported Gorosei and Gods Knights back to Holy Land Mary Geoise, giving Imu a preliminary scare.
Perhaps by forcing those under the covenant back, Imu would suffer a bit of backlash as well.
Then, he would take the Gorosei and Gods Knights remaining on Red Soil Island, seal them with Sea Stone, and grind them to death with Conquerors Haki Infusion, forcing Imu to suffer the backlash again.
Under the double shock and backlash, perhaps the death-fearing Imu would be left with a shadow of fear toward Fang Huo and Rocks, just like he had for Joy Boy.
In the future, he wouldn't even dare to seek revenge against Fang Huo and Rocks.
Instead, he would choose a turtle strategy, using his immortal lifespan to outlive Fang Huo and Rocks.
As Fang Huo practiced his Sea Stone combo techniques, the more he thought about it, the more interesting the idea seemed.
Making Imu, the King of the World, wary or even terrified of him.
What a wonderful plan this would be!
It was decided—he would scare Imu shitless like this!
Using Joy Boy's Conqueror's Haki and the death backlash of the Gods Knights, he would let the high-and-mighty Imu taste the flavor of fear once more.
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A few days later.
At the Sea Stone quarry in Udon.
Fang Huo took out his custom-made Sea Stone Golden Cudgel. Both ends were inlaid with Sea Stone, while the middle was made of a super alloy.
"More-More Fruit: Grow, grow!"
"Go, Golden Cudgel!"
The Sea Stone Golden Cudgel in Fang Huo's hand instantly grew to a hundred meters long, knocking the caught-off-guard Cube-Man Gairam flying.
This was much more convenient than Smoker's Sea Stone Jitte.
Gairam, the test subject for the ability, ran back clutching his chest, his eyes full of resentment.
He was just a construction worker; why use him for experiments?
If he had known it would be like this, he would have gone with the Kurozumi Siblings and John to look for Devil Fruits instead.
"Sea Stone: Iron Maiden!"
Fang Huo pressed his hands together. Two coffin-shaped Sea Stone torture devices with metal reinforcement points quickly snapped shut, sealing Gairam inside a hemisphere with only his head sticking out.
"Spare me, my lord!"
Gairam wanted to cry but had no tears. If there had been spikes inside this Sea Stone Iron Maiden, he feared he would have perished on the spot.
Fang Huo released Gairam and actually instructed the Sea Stone craftsmen to add Sea Stone spikes to the center of these two pieces.
Now let's see how those Gods Knights survive!
Before Gairam could even run back...
"Sea Stone: Planetary Devastation!!"
Fang Huo clapped his hands. Countless Sea Stone fragments mixed with metal and ordinary ore converged from all directions, quickly enveloping Gairam.
"My lord! I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"
Gairam's screams made even Charlotte Linlin's scalp tingle a bit.
She pondered how she would escape if she were caught in Fang Huo's Sea Stone set.
The unpredictable Sea Stone Golden Cudgel, the cruel Sea Stone Iron Maiden, the inescapable Sea Stone Planetary Devastation... this was simply a nightmare for ability users!
But fortunately, Fang Huo was her man.
She was going to have her eighteenth birthday in just over a month; she felt excited just thinking about it.
Fang Huo dispersed the Sea Stone rubble again, letting a trembling Gairam flee back.
Using his Gravity Ability, Fang Huo floated the Sea Stone fragments mixed with metal and ore back into the Sea Stone armory within the Lost World.
"If Newgate and Shiki aren't careful for a moment, they might be instantly killed by you."
"You are the bane and demon of all ability users."
Stussy hurriedly stepped forward to wipe away non-existent sweat and dust for Fang Huo.
She didn't know what kind of ability user could possibly withstand the Sea Stone combo moves Fang Huo had developed.
Especially that Sea Stone version of the Pear Blossom Storm Needles—it was incredibly underhanded.
She finally understood why Fang Huo placed such importance on Wano Country; it turned out there was a massive amount of Sea Stone here.
This was a rare material even more precious than Elbaf's adam wood.
Stussy hadn't expected both Elbaf and Wano Country to be islands full of treasures.
adam wood and Sea Stone were treasures that were priceless and unavailable in the Outer Seas.
Yet in Fang Huo's hands, these Sea Stones were so abundant they could be used as disposable weapons.
"This is called 'wealth enables fire coverage'!"
Fang Huo looked at the Sea Stone weapons he had prepared; they could only be described as insane.
With the Sea Stone Pear Blossom Storm Needles that could cover a radius of hundreds of meters, he felt he could instantly kill those Gods Knights who were used to being arrogant because of their immortality.
After all, Newgate could easily cleave Thatchers Mafy Palace in two, and Rocks could hack Saint Shepherd Ten Somaz into pieces like he was a speed bump.
Relying on their immortality, those Gods Knights seemed to have long ago abandoned vigilance and defense, preferring to tank skills recklessly.
Now, facing the Sea Stone set prepared by a schemer like Fang Huo...
These Gods Knights might truly be taken down by Fang Huo in a single move.
"It's about time to leave Wano Country!"
Fang Huo looked at the Sea Stone quarry whose stock had been cleared and let the craftsmen continue mining.
Moreover, January had already passed, and time was becoming more pressing.
He still had to pick up Kisaburo and Kozaburo, as well as the Kurozumi Siblings and the other Blood Servants who were searching for the Yamata no Orochi.
Most importantly, he had to go to Elbaf to bring along Loki's family.
Although Shimotsuki Ichiran was very reluctant to see Fang Huo leave, he could only watch his daughter and grandson depart.
However, he had regained hope and was no longer in a hurry to pass the title of Daimyo to Shimotsuki Ushimaru.
Now, Gyumaru, the Two-Sword Style Swordsman wielding Frostmourne and firejoy, even had the desire to go out to sea and explore.
But the latest laws issued by the Shoguns Mansion led Shimotsuki Ichiran to stop Gyumaru from leaving.
Since he currently had no intention of betraying the Kozuki Family, he still had to abide by the laws of the Shoguns Mansion.
However, in a few years, once the domestic environment improved a bit, perhaps Gyumaru would have a chance to go to sea.
While returning to Shimotsuki Castle to pick up his people, Fang Huo finally received a transponder snail call from the Kurozumi Siblings and John.
"You really found it?"
Fang Huo couldn't believe his luck. He hadn't expected that the Yamata no Orochi Fruit, which the Kurozumi Siblings hadn't found in over a decade, would actually be found under his orders!
"What do you call 'heaven-sent luck'!"
"This is exactly what you call heaven-sent luck! Wishes coming true!!"
Fang Huo laughed excitedly. He now even wanted to go directly after the Pure Gold, the azure dragon fruit, the Dark-Dark Fruit, the Sun God Nika Fruit, and the Ope-Ope no Mi...