One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 240 Soul-Soul Fruit!

On board the terrifying barque.

At the moment when Big Mom was killed by Rod, Kaido, who was fighting with Crocodile and others, suddenly stopped his actions.

"Lingling!"

“Wow, how could you be killed like this?!”

Kaido cried loudly, and his tears fell like spray, which made Crocodile, who was about to fight desperately, stunned for a moment. He then looked at Gekko Moriah and Yamato with strange eyes.

The Four Emperors? Kaido? The strongest creature on land, sea and air?
that's it?
"Brother Kaido!"

Jin, who had not taken any action before, flew over and looked at Kaido.

Big Brother Kaido is emotionally unstable and often cries or laughs loudly. Jin is no longer surprised by this.

However, now that one of the Four Emperors has been killed, now is not the time to continue fighting against the Seven Warlords of the Sea and Master Yamato.

"Lingling has been killed."

Kaido, who was originally crying, calmed down and his expression quickly turned grim.

"That old woman was so useless. She was killed so easily."

"Now, we have to take advantage of the time when others haven't reacted and gather the forces under her command!"

There are only so many islands in the New World. As a veteran and powerful person, Charlotte Linling naturally occupied some of the better islands.

Now that the other party is dead, both the islands she originally occupied and her powerful children are a rich inheritance.

As long as they can get the biggest piece of cake, the power of their Beasts Pirates will grow again!

Especially the cadres under Lingling!
Thinking of the elite soldiers under Big Mom's command, Kaido, who values ​​talents, was immediately moved. He even ignored Yamato and turned into a blue dragon and soared into the sky, flying directly towards Wan Guo with Jin.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect that I could kill one of the Four Emperors directly!"

After Kaido left, Moria looked at the island in the distance. A smile appeared on his face, his eyes kept turning around, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"The world is about to change!"

Crocodile lit a cigar and looked towards the direction of the island, and seemed to see Rhodes.

After a fierce battle with Kaido, he felt the gap between himself and the top group of strong men.

Even if the strength of the three of them were combined, they could only temporarily fight against Kaido.

He still needs more power!

Of course, he is not going to miss the power vacuum left after the death of the Four Emperors!

Although Rhodes killed Big Mom, it did not mean that Big Mom's original sphere of influence would be inherited by the other party.

How much one can eat depends on one's own means.

Behind Crocodile, his "elite soldiers" looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.

Their hearts are still in the hands of the Rod Pirates!
Now, they have defeated the Four Emperors and conquered the pirate world. It seems even more difficult to get their heart back!

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Ulukum Island
"Put away Aunt's body first."

Rhodes put away the [Soul-Soul Fruit] and then gave instructions to Luo.

"Let Judge do some research later to see if he can use her as a template to research clones."

Thinking of Germa's clones, and then thinking of the possibility of a bunch of super soldiers with [Iron Balloons] appearing, Law couldn't help but shudder.

That scene was too scary.

"Rod, what do we do with these people?"

Nelu pointed at the members of Big Mom's pirate group that he had captured, including the Minister of Sweets Perospero, Big Mom's eldest son.

"I haven't made up my mind yet, let's lock him up first."

Rhodes looked at Liluka, who frowned slightly but said nothing more. Instead, she shut those people into the doll house.

For the cadres of the Aunts Group, how to deal with this situation is something that they really need to consider carefully.

Although all their devil fruits can be taken out, it is not possible to cultivate a strong person by relying solely on devil fruits. Many devil fruits are wasted by rookies. What is more important is talent.

Because of their excellent talents, most of the children born to the aunt are quite talented, and they are definitely outstanding talents.

If they could absorb it, it would be a great supplement to the strength of the Rod Pirates.

However, it still requires careful consideration as to which people to absorb and how to absorb them.

"Violet, what's going on now?"

Rhodes looked at Violet, the princess of Dressrosa, who was now considered half a member of the Rhodes Pirate Group.

Her [Gage Fruit] can observe the situation within a radius of 4000 kilometers, making her the strongest lookout in the world.

"Over at Broccoli Island, Pekin and his team have already won."

"Over on Mordic Island, Gray and Franky are fighting Smoothie, one of the three dessert generals. Although they are slightly at a disadvantage, it seems that they are not in too much danger, and the battle is not too intense."

"The battle in Greenbit was the most intense. Nia and Brook rushed back and stopped Katakuri together with the people from the Vinsmoke Family. The battle is currently in a tense situation."

"Luo, Bonis, Mordic Island is now in your hands. My requirement is to capture the enemy alive!"

Luo nodded, and took Bonis through the portal opened by Kosa and went directly to Mordic Island.

With the strength of the two of them, plus Gray and Franky, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with Smoothie.

"Nelu, Genos, I'll leave Katakuri to you guys!"

"no problem!"

Another portal opened, and Nelu and Genos walked through it and returned to Greenbit.

Although Katakuri is powerful, the three Vinsmoke brothers are not bad either. Their eldest sister Reiju even has the power of poison. Together with Nia and Brook, this combination is enough to give him a headache.

If Nelu and Genos joined him, he wouldn't be able to escape even if he wanted to.

"As for us, let's wait here for a while."

"After they resolve the issues in those two places, we will send troops to all nations!"

After arranging the support work at the two locations, Rhodes took his companions on the island and members of the security company to settle down temporarily.

Liluka led her remaining puppet soldiers to clean up a site and quickly build a temporary shelter. Minina led some members of the security company to collect materials and prepare food for everyone. Robin and Bakara coordinated the remaining people, taking care of the wounded and the people rescued from the mine. Seeing that everything was arranged in an orderly manner, Rhode finally had time to look at the devil fruit in his hand and silently calculated in his heart.

His physical fitness has now reached a new level. According to his own estimation, even compared with Kaido, he is probably not inferior, or even slightly better.

However, this seemed to have reached the limit of his physical strength.

The damage he received in the battle with Big Mom did not bring any significant improvement to his body after he recovered.

Just as he himself felt, the strength of his soul restricted the progress of his body.

There was no evidence and no way to confirm it. This was just a feeling he had. Rhodes himself couldn't confirm whether it was true or not.

So looking at the [Soul-Soul Fruit] in his hand, Rhodes felt a little hesitant.

[Knights Do Not Die with Bare Hands] has proven that as long as you hold a weapon that was eaten with a Devil Fruit, you can master the corresponding Devil Fruit ability.

As long as he finds Punk Hazard, obtains the devil fruit cloned from Kaido, and feeds it to the weapon, he will be able to master the same devil fruit ability as Kaido, the Beast, and increase his strength again.

Not only that, you don't need to be a devil fruit user, and you won't have the weakness of being afraid of sea water.

However, that kind of power alone is not enough.

Although, even now, Rhodes already possesses extremely powerful strength and can kill Big Mom in a one-on-one fight. In the battle with Big Mom, he further improved his domineering skills and greatly improved his strength.

Once he is able to master the same devil fruit ability as Kaido, his strength will be further enhanced, completely surpassing all currently known people.

However, that kind of power is not strong enough!

No one knows what kind of power the World Government is hiding. As a force that has ruled the world for eight hundred years, the World Government must have a very strong foundation.

The legendary ancient weapon, Pluto is sleeping, Poseidon is on Fishman Island, but no one knows the whereabouts of Uranus, perhaps he is still in the hands of the World Government.

Legend has it that Pluto can destroy an island with one blow, although we don’t know what size island the legendary island is, or what degree of destruction it represents.

However, Pluto is a weapon that can be used multiple times. If the attack that can destroy an island can be used continuously, even the smallest island will be beyond the ability of humans to resist.

As a king of the same name, he probably has the same power.

Even without mentioning the ancient weapons, just considering the combat power, it is only stronger than the Four Emperors. Such power is not enough to make Rhodes feel at ease.

In the navy alone, there are top combat forces such as the three admirals, Marshal Sengoku, and the navy hero Garp.

If we include Zephyr and the admiral candidates, the navy's high-end combat power far exceeds that of any of the Four Emperors pirate groups, or even multiple Four Emperors pirate groups.

The navy is just an agency under the World Government.

No one knows how many hidden masters there are in the World Government. The so-called Five Elders may also possess super powerful strength. And there may be other high-end combat forces among the Celestial Dragons. After all, they are a group of people who can feed precious devil fruits to slaves.

Rhodes' goal is to achieve new world hegemony. There is no such thing as luck in this fight for world power. Absolute strength is required.

From the current perspective, if his physical strength can only be improved at such a slow pace, even if he accumulates it for three to five years, and takes into account the power of the "Pink Dragon Fruit" that he has not yet mastered, he may only be able to fight against two of the Four Emperors.

Even if the strength of Nalu and Law were improved to a level comparable to the Four Emperors, it would still not be enough compared to the entire world.

There is still a long way to go before we can completely overthrow the world government and gain new hegemony.

"Rod, there is something I need to tell you."

Bakara looked at Rhodes who was thinking about something.

"what?"

"The appearance of the devil fruit just now was not affected by my ability."

"?"

Rhodes looked at Bakara.

"After I developed the ability of the fruit a step further, I can already sense the changes in my luck. Although I can't materialize it yet, I can still feel the general changes."

"After the Devil Fruit appeared, my [Luck] didn't change at all. In other words, it wasn't a Devil Fruit that I successfully obtained by consuming my [Luck]. It was a Devil Fruit that I chose to keep!"

"I've heard that some devil fruits have their own will and they choose their own hosts."

After telling Rhodes the information he had, Bakara did not express any of his thoughts. He just nodded to Rhodes and turned away.

Rhodes looked at the devil fruit in front of him, thoughts turning in his mind.

"So, the devil fruit chose me."

There seemed to be no other choice.

If he didn't eat this devil fruit, according to the current situation, after obtaining the [Pink Dragon Fruit] and feeding it weapons, after another three to five years of accumulation, he would at most have the strength to rival the combined strength of two of the Four Emperors.

However, although this kind of power is strong, it is not overwhelming.

On the contrary, if the [Soul-Soul Fruit] can really strengthen his soul as he speculated, allowing the ability of [What doesn't kill me makes me stronger] to continue to work and drive his physical fitness to continue to improve, Rhodes himself could not imagine how strong he would be in three to five years.

After all, he had only been at sea for more than a year, but he had already stood at the pinnacle of this world. However, this was because his physique was about to reach its ceiling and his growth had slowed down.

Thinking of this, Rhodes no longer hesitated, picked up the devil fruit and took a bite.

An indescribable taste spread in his mouth, causing Rhodes, who always loved enjoying delicious food, to slightly change his expression.

Before he could feel nauseous because of the unbearable taste, the moment the devil fruit was eaten, Rhodes felt a surge of power surging from his body.

However, as soon as it entered the mouth, the power of the devil fruit took effect.

Even Rhodes, who had extremely high control over his body, could not determine how this power appeared.

The only thing you can feel is your own soul!

After eating the [Soul-Soul Fruit], Rhodes felt the existence of his own soul.

Moreover, because of eating the devil fruit, he could feel that his soul was becoming stronger at an exaggerated speed.

Not only that, just as he had guessed, as his soul grew stronger, Rhodes could clearly feel that the ceiling that restricted his physical strength from continuing to grow had disappeared!

Maybe it didn’t disappear, but as the soul grew stronger, that ceiling grew higher.

However, at least for now, Rhodes' physique can quickly become stronger again!

"The bet was right!"

Rhodes clenched his fist suddenly, and a strong sense of confidence rose in his heart.

As long as you continue to increase the strength of your soul, your physical body will continue to strengthen without any bottleneck!

If this continues, he will become the biggest punch in the world!
(End of this chapter)