Li Xiao built a stove in the center of the deck, then placed the Flame King Gauntlet inside and let it light a fire to keep warm.
Everyone was sitting around the stove, some boiling water and some grilling fish.
Suddenly, Zoro from the observation deck spoke.
"Do you think a person can stand on the sea?"
The person who asked this question was confused, but Li Xiao knew that the man was coming.
Sauron pointed directly ahead, where a strange man dressed strangely with a bow and arrow on his back stood on the sea.
This man, whom Li Xiao knew, was Valpo's sharpshooter Jace, who could hit the target with three arrows at once.
The man Li Xiao is talking about is Valpo, the exiled king of the Drum Kingdom. He has the ability to swallow fruits. He is an arrogant tyrant and a good-for-nothing villain.
Speaking of this Tuntun fruit, it is an incredible thing. It can eat any substance and living thing and turn it into a part of the body.
Li Xiao was thinking about what would happen if the person he ate was a human being.
What will happen if a person with abilities who has eaten a devil fruit is swallowed?
Will there be two-headed monsters? Four-legged monsters? Or maybe dual abilities.
So does Blackbeard's dual abilities have something to do with the Tunton Fruit? Before Luffy came to Drum Island, Blackbeard and his team came to this country and attacked the Kingdom of Drum Island, making Valpo a fugitive.
The king.
However, Blackbeard did not kill Valpo and take away the Tuntun Fruit. This shows that Blackbeard's dual fruit ability has little to do with the Tuntun Fruit.
So what is the reason why Blackbeard can eat double fruits?
The World Naval Government, an organization that has controlled the world for 800 years, still has no record of eating two fruits.
In other words, the previous Dark Fruit ability users did not have the ability to eat two fruits, and there is no mention in the illustrated book that the Dark Fruit ability can eat multiple fruits.
Li Xiao recalled the flag of the Blackbeard Pirates, which had three skulls on it.
Li Xiao initially concluded that Blackbeard may have three hearts.
Because Marco once said that Blackbeard's body structure is abnormal and he doesn't sleep, which is probably related to his own condition.
The three hearts represent three lives, each of which can hold a Devil Fruit.
Blackbeard ate the Dark Fruit, one of the strongest natural elements, and then the Shock Fruit, one of the strongest superhuman elements in the war, and may eat another one.
However, this is just speculation at present and has yet to be confirmed.
Suddenly, the noise not far away pulled Li Xiao out of his thoughts.
I saw the sea level rising, and a huge pirate ship appeared where Jace was standing just now.
This pirate ship is like a steel fortress. With the roar of machinery, the iron walls of the fortress gradually open.
In the center is a huge hippopotamus wearing a crown, and the pirate flag is a crowned skull licking its tongue.
Yes, it is the White Iron Pirates led by Valpo.
Looking from a distance, there were hundreds of crew members on the ship, and it was completely dark.
"Ahahahahaha, you must be shocked, being attacked by this large diving surprise sailing ship, the White Iron King, ahahaha, ahahaha!"
Weird laughter echoed on the sea.
Immediately afterwards, Chromamon gave an order, and the members of the Rickik Pirates approached the Merry and boarded the ship.
The pirates armed with muskets surrounded the Straw Hats who were warming themselves at the campfire.
Li Xiao blew out the bonfire and calmly put on the Flame King gloves on his hands.
Valpo, the user with the ability to swallow the fruit, boarded the Merry with a big belly.
This guy looks like a metal bucket and has a surprisingly big mouth.
The first thing he did when he came aboard was to eat the boat, and he ate a section of the railing of the Meri.
Immediately afterwards, Valpo picked up the long knife and stuffed it into his mouth, biting it down as if he was eating flesh and bone.
"No matter what, it's impossible for your pirate group to only have so few people."
As Valpo said, he threw the handle of the knife into his mouth again and kept chewing it. The sound it made was very heart-piercing.
Everyone in the Straw Hats looked at Valpo in stunned silence.
"What happened to this guy? He ate all the knives." Luffy was stunned.
Usopp complained: "It hurts just to see it."
Valpo spoke: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, listen to me. We want to go to the Drum Kingdom. Do you have a permanent pointer or a recording pointer?"
Sanji replied: "We don't have anything like that, and we haven't heard of that country."
Luffy said impatiently: "I said, you are all right now, so come back quickly. We are in a hurry and don't have time to play with you."
Valpo spread his hands: "Why is life so hasty? If you don't have it, there is nothing you can do. In short, your treasure and this ship will belong to me. But before that, I am too hungry."
After Valpo said this, he bit into the planks of the ship, biting a big hole in the Merry.
"What is that guy doing!" Usopp had never seen such a ridiculous sight, someone was eating a wooden board.
"Don't eat our ship!" Luffy shouted.
Seeing this, Li Xiao threw out the demon-tying rope and tied up Valbo who was eating the boat.
"Ah, what's going on? I can't move my body!" Valpo kept struggling, but his hands and feet were tied and he couldn't move.
"That guy is taking action, shoot!" said a pirate.
Li Xiao pulled Valpo in front of him, and the flames on the gloves burned next to Valpo's cheek.
"If any of you move, this guy's head will turn into a barbecue."
Li Xiao's tone was very calm, but very intimidating.
The pirates stopped moving.
Immediately afterwards, Li Xiao gave the Straw Hats a look, and everyone knocked down all the pirates with three strikes.
"Speaking of which, what should we do with this guy?" Sanji asked.
"Let me go, I am the king of Drum Island." Valpo kept struggling.
Hearing this, Li Xiao tightened the rope that bound the demon tightly.
"Ah, it hurts so much. You forced me to do this. Don't blame me for being rude!"
Under everyone's surprised gazes, Valpo began to eat his own body.
"Ah!~~He's eating himself!" Luffy covered his head, his eyes almost popping out of his head.
Valpo's huge mouth opened, starting from the neck and gnawing downwards.
He swallowed it one bite at a time, eventually turning himself into an iron bucket.
When Li Xiao saw this, he quickly took back the rope that bound the demon, otherwise he would also be swallowed by the guy.
The iron bucket was seen constantly squirming, accompanied by the sound of teeth chewing, and everyone was curious about what would happen next.
Suddenly, Valbo's voice appeared: "Complete, miraculous bone plastic surgery, Valbo after losing weight."
Valpo emerged from the iron barrel again, becoming tall and thin.