One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 241 Surrender or Death!

Soul and body.

There is an invisible connection between the two seemingly unrelated things.

From Rod's own feeling, before eating the Soul-Soul Fruit, his physique had almost reached the limit of what he could achieve, which was even better than the physique of Kaido, who was known as the strongest creature on land, sea and air.

However, that seemed to be his limit.

Even with the help of the golden finger, even if he was injured and recovered again and again in battle, his physical strength was only slightly improved, and it would never be improved by leaps and bounds in a short period of time like before.

It's like I've reached the limit of what I can achieve.

However, after eating the Soul-Soul Fruit, Rhodes finally understood the connection between the soul and the body.

I also understood why my physical fitness couldn't improve quickly.

A strong body requires a strong soul to control it.

If the physical body is endlessly improved but the soul cannot keep up, a condition similar to "vegetable state" will eventually occur.

Having a strong physique but being unable to control one's body.

The reason why his physical strength improved slowly before was a form of self-protection.

Just like the body, the soul can also become stronger.

However, unlike the physical body, there is no special means in this world to strengthen the soul.

Only with the passage of time and with more experiences can the soul slowly improve in this process.

The trials between life and death, or arduous battles, can also help strengthen the soul.

However, the degree of strengthening is very small and the improvement is very slow.

Just like the extent of Rhodes' recent physical improvement.

For most people in this world, they will never encounter a situation like Rhodes's current one, where their body cannot improve because their soul is not strong enough.

The soul strength of most people in this world is enough to withstand the physique equivalent to that of a vice admiral of the Marine Headquarters.

Those who are able to train their bodies to a level beyond this have all gone through a long period of time and arduous training, and have faced the test of life and death countless times.

During this process, their souls have already become strong enough to control their bodies.

Moreover, for normal people, strengthening the physical fitness is a process that accumulates over time. As the body becomes stronger, it becomes more and more difficult to continue strengthening. This is a natural thing.

Only Rhodes!

The only exception is Rhodes!

Strengthening his physique does not require day-to-day training, nor should it become difficult as his physique strengthens.

He possesses the golden finger "Whatever doesn't kill me will make me stronger". As long as the conditions are met, his physique should continue to grow stronger unreasonably!

However, due to the strength of his soul, after his physique reached a limit, Rhodes' physique could not become stronger quickly. This was a self-protection mechanism to prevent him from becoming a "vegetable" with an extremely strong physique but unable to move freely.

However, after he ate the [Soul-Soul Fruit], this problem has been completely solved!
He had just eaten the devil fruit and had not had time to further develop the fruit's ability. However, the soul strengthening brought by the fruit itself made Rhodes clearly feel the raised ceiling.

'About two levels stronger.'

Rhodes felt the change in the strength of his soul, and another change that came with it.

'Right now, the rate at which my physical strength can continue to improve rapidly is about 20%.'

Rhodes opened his palm and then clenched it into a fist.

On the basis of the current physical strength, enhance it by 2 more levels.

If I were to fight Big Mom with this kind of strength, I'm afraid the battle would be over within ten moves.

This is based on the consideration that Big Mom can use kryptonian to recover from injuries and strengthen herself.

Thinking of Big Mom, the previous user of the Soul-Soul Fruit, Rhodes' heart couldn't help but move.

After becoming a person with special abilities, the other person's soul must have been strengthened.

However, the other party obviously did not realize the relationship between the soul and the body.

Aunt, Charlotte Linlin, possessed extraordinary powers since she was a child.

It can be said that her physique almost represents the ceiling of this world.

However, her power obviously has flaws.

Although he was born with supernatural powers, he also suffered from gluttony. If his appetite could not be satisfied, he would lose his mind and his strength would get out of control.

Although he has talents like [Iron Balloon], he also has flaws like [Nun's Photo]. Once exploited by others, he will become even more vulnerable than ordinary humans.

According to the connection between the soul and the body that Rhodes himself inferred, it was as if to say.

Sometimes, Charlotte Lingling's physical strength far exceeds the limit of her soul's strength, making her unable to control her own power according to her own will and appear out of control.

Sometimes, the strength of her soul far exceeds her physical fitness, and even suppresses her body, making it fragile.

"Could it be that there are really multiple souls in her body? Is the soul of Sister Carmelo, the last Soul-Soul Fruit user, hidden in her body?"

Such a thought flashed through Rhodes' mind.

After all, according to what he knew in his previous life, there have always been various speculations about the relationship between Charlotte Lingling and Sister Carmela.

Rhodes shook his head and shook these thoughts from his mind.

No matter what kind of relationship existed between them, Big Mom had died at his hands and the Soul-Soul Fruit had been eaten by him. The past was no longer important.

The only thing that deserved Rhode's attention was probably what Big Mom showed, which was that "the power of her soul far exceeded her physical strength, suppressing the flesh and causing it to become fragile."

At least, before figuring out whether such a possibility exists, you must control the strength of your soul and not increase it too quickly!
Squeak~~~
The sound of the door being pushed open rang in Rhodes' ears.

Rhodes raised his head and looked at the people who appeared in front of him.

"This Juice Minister wants to talk to you, Rod."

Luo held a heart in his hand, threw it in his hand for Rhodes to see, and then pointed at Smoothie who came with them.

This was a tall woman, especially her long legs. Luo, standing next to her, was not even as tall as her legs.

"After we got there, the other side seemed to know the situation here. They quickly stopped fighting and took the initiative to say they wanted to talk to you."

Luo added and spoke.

Smoothie looked at Rhodes with complicated eyes.

From the other person, she felt a power somewhat similar to that of her mother.

That is the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit. As Charlotte Linlin's 14th daughter and 35th child, Smoothie has been growing up surrounded by various Homies since birth.

The Soul-Soul Fruit has a special sense of oppression, which is different from the Conqueror's Haki. It is a sense of oppression at the soul level.

Smoothie was all too familiar with this power.

Now that she felt this power from Rhodes, the meaning was self-evident.

"Tell me what you want to talk to me about."

"What will happen to the Ten Thousand Nations? What will happen to the members of the Charlotte family?"

Smoothie took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions in his heart, and then tried to speak in a calm tone. Mom had been killed, and facing the enemy who could kill her, his own strength was powerless.

Rather than being furious, what is more important now is the situation of my family members.

Wanguo is the country founded by my mother, and it is also the home of my brothers and sisters.

"You seem to have made a mistake?"

Rhodes stood up. Although he was not as tall as Smoothie and his legs were not even as long as the other's, his aura was not weaker at all. The powerful aura emanating from him made Smoothie's breath stop.

"In this war, I am the winner."

"Now, you should not ask me questions, but kneel down before me as a loser."

"Now, I'm giving you a chance to start over."

There was a trace of struggle in Smoothie's eyes, but he soon remembered his two sisters who were still left on Mordic Island, as well as more brothers and sisters in the Ten Thousand Nations.

I'm afraid they won't be able to resist Tyrant Rhodes' next attack!

The aura this man exudes, whether it's his domineering nature or the same soul-level oppression that's exactly the same as my mother's, is even stronger than my mother's!
"Feel sorry!"

Smoothie slowly knelt on the ground and lowered his head so that Rod could look down at him.

"I would like to ask you to forgive the other members of the Charlotte family, and in return, we will become the sword in your hand!"

Rhodes stared at Smoothie who was kneeling on the ground in front of him, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Sure enough, in this world, fists are power!

After he demonstrated his fist power and killed one of the Four Emperors head-on, even Big Mom's daughter surrendered voluntarily.

As the impact of this war expands, more and more people will take the initiative to join his army.

After all, he is the first person in the world to kill the "Pirate Emperor" so far!
With such a reputation, all kinds of people, whether they are passionate young people with dreams or ambitious people with other plans, will flock to the Rod Pirates.

This is momentum!

As long as his fist becomes bigger and bigger and he kills more and more people, more and more people will come closer to him. These people who come closer to him and gather around him can create greater momentum.

This is power!

However, for those who come together because of vested interests, necessary restraining measures are necessary.

Thinking of this, Rhodes stretched out his arms, a sense of oppression emanating from his body.

That is the ability of the Soul-Soul Fruit.

"Surrender or Death!"

Rod's whisper rang in Smoothie's ears.

Soul Spell!!
Smoothie's heart suddenly trembled.

This is the mother's ability. She can judge people by asking them questions. As long as there is the slightest fear in their hearts, their souls will be taken away by their mother at the cost of their lives!
I don’t know how many people had their lives taken away by this trick of my mother. Even among my brothers and sisters, some had their lives taken away because they angered my mother.

And now, the Baquan who had taken away the power of his mother's fruit also judged himself in the same way.

Although the content of the questions is inconsistent, the results will probably not be any different.

The moment fear arises in your heart, your life is no longer in your control.

It's a pity that the two sisters of Mordick Island and the other brothers and sisters of Wan Guo...

All kinds of thoughts were running through Smoothie's mind.

The next moment, she felt as if something was floating out of her body.

It's life span.

Smoothie thought so in his heart, and then waited for death to come.

“So it’s in this form.”

Death did not come, only Rhodes' voice came from above his head.

Smoothie suddenly raised his head and looked at Rhodes in front of him.

Rhodes held a translucent object in his hand, which was twisting irregularly in his hand.

This was the part of Smoothie's soul he had just extracted from his body.

Under the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit, the soul is manifested in the form of lifespan.

When he just activated his ability, he could feel that he could harvest Smoothie's entire soul.

But he didn't do that, he just took away one year of the other person's life.

The reason why he took away one year of the other person's life was just an experiment.

"However, such a soul cannot be used directly to strengthen one's own soul."

Soul is different from soul.

Just like the physical body, no matter how skilled a doctor is, there is no way to directly transplant one person's body tissue into another person's body, and the same is true for the soul.

Rhodes can give the part of Smoothie's soul that he just harvested to objects or other things to make them act like humans, or take this part of the soul into his own body and use it to heal himself or temporarily enhance his strength when needed.

However, this part of the soul cannot be directly absorbed and used to strengthen one's own soul.

"Is it because the development of abilities is not deep enough?"

Thoughts were turning in Rhodes' mind.

If the souls harvested from others could only be used to give objects anthropomorphism, or to heal or strengthen oneself in battle, then the benefits of this devil fruit would be much smaller.

Although Rhodes could give souls to natural elements such as fire and lightning like Big Mom did to enhance his attack methods, once his physique was strengthened by two more levels, such elemental attack methods would be dispensable to him.

You must develop the ability to strengthen your own soul!
Rhodes waved his hand and took away that part of Smoothie's soul.

The principle of the devil fruit's ability is still unclear, but the development of the devil fruit's ability seems to be a more idealistic thing.

Appropriate abilities will always be developed later.

Rhodes put this matter aside for the time being and looked at Smoothie.

"I feel your will, then, it's time to show your worth."

"Take us with you and take over all the power of the nations!"

Good news: Today’s update is here!

Bad news: tomorrow's update will also be delayed!

Another question: I am struggling with a question, did Big Mom die after being sucked into the magma? And if Big Mom dies, will the Homies she created with her power disappear, or will they continue to exist?

The effects of some devil fruits are permanent. Even if the user dies, the effect will not disappear, just like the Empress's Sweet-Sweet Fruit.

For some people with special abilities, their abilities will disappear even if they lose consciousness, just like Sugar.

Is this difference caused by the different devil fruits or the different levels of development of the ability users?

If you have any ideas, I'll take them as a reference.

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(End of this chapter)