Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 420 The Trap of Fruit!
trap?

Black Charcoal and Howling Sky listened very attentively, and it was unclear whether the puppy could understand it, but they were both very focused.

"It wouldn't exactly be called a trap, it's just that..."

After pondering for a moment, Li Xia decided to explain it to Xiao Hei and Xiao Tian in detail.

"Devil Fruits can increase attributes, which seems like a great deal—and they certainly are."

If used by a top-tier apostle, it might reach a terrifying 50 points of maximum attribute value.

But the problem is...

Li Xia held up one finger:
"The debuffs of Devil Fruits are too great, and their potential is limited. Let's talk about the debuffs first."

It is restrained by anything containing ocean energy, which is not too easy for a mage.

Moreover, it is captured in physical form by qi, domineering qi, or life energy containing the will of other users.

Li Xia raised his second finger again:

"Now let's talk about the second flaw of Devil Fruits, which is also both an advantage and a disadvantage."

Devil Fruits mimic the power of rules, making them a type of pseudo-rule; their potential is actually capped.

Using a Devil Fruit allows one to quickly gain power similar to 'rules', but that's all it can do.

When faced with a higher level of rules, one will inevitably be defeated, just like how Awoo's secondary gravity law was able to suppress Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit.

How much power of rules did Aowu's secondary gravitational law incorporate? It was probably just a tiny fraction of the complete rules.

Therefore, the future of the secondary law of gravity is still long, but the fruits of its labor are already predictable; a pseudo-rule is, after all, a pseudo-rule.

Li Xia paused here, and then her eyes lit up as something that had been buried in her memory quietly surfaced.

"By the way, do you guys remember when you obtained the fragments of the secondary law of gravity?"

Aowu and Heitan nodded together, while Xiaotian tilted his head, thinking, "Oh no, another area where I'm lacking knowledge."

"When we tried to use it, it said there wasn't enough space and we couldn't use it. Only the 'Awoo' could be used."

The two little ones nodded at first, then paused for a moment before a knowing smile appeared on their faces.

"Yes, just like you think. I suspect there will definitely be a way to integrate the power of the rules later on."

Even the idea circulating among the apostles that the fourth order represents a qualitative change is related to this.

The 'racial stats' that Awoo mentioned, the power that rivals those monsters, must also be related to the rules!

Li Xia's eyes grew brighter as he looked at the Devil Fruit in his palm and slowly said:
"So, the only way to break through the limits of Devil Fruit powers is—"

"Find and fuse with the true power of the rules corresponding to the Devil Fruit?"

Aowu quickly chimed in, excitedly saying:
"Very likely. Although I still can't remember, my instinct tells me that what the boss said is right, which means that's the truth!"

"That might be the case."

Li Xia shook her head, pouring cold water on the two overly enthusiastic children:

Finding the corresponding power of rules is incredibly difficult; the power of rules isn't like cabbage growing on the roadside.

The two kids thought about it carefully and finally realized that what the older one said was absolutely right.

"So, we'll sell all these fruits? Wow, the Tier 3 market will go crazy!"

Awoo smacked his lips, as if he could already see the entire Tier 3 market in turmoil because of these few fruits.

The boss is right, but for an apostle, a Devil Fruit is an immediate and significant boost.

A mid-to-lower-level apostles can leap directly to the upper echelons with just one fruit, although they are far from being comparable to the true top-level apostles.

That's upstream too, isn't it?
The apostles are basically short-sighted. It's not that they don't want to have a long-term vision, but they are about to die in the early stages, so how can they care about the later stages?
Just like a person who is about to die of thirst, even if the water in front of them contains slow-acting poison, they will drink it without hesitation.

"Awoo, do you have the fruit you want?"

Li Xia didn't directly say that everything would be sold; good things would definitely be given to his own people first.

"Me? I don't want it. I already have the secondary law of gravity, which is much stronger than the fruit."

Aowu shook his head like a rattle drum, but what Xiaolong was really thinking was that he couldn't go into the sea after eating the Devil Fruit.

Isn't this a joke? A dragon—can't swim? What if one day it meets its own kind and they all go to play in the sea, but the dragon is too shy to go in?

The other dragons would laugh at him to death: "Look, there's a dragon here—pfft, it can't swim!"

No dragon could withstand such an insult, none!

Just like all mythical beasts should be able to fly.

"Alright, Kuroko, you eat the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. I originally wanted to give you this fruit."

Li Xia simply gave the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to Kurotan, whose abilities were highly compatible with electric-type abilities.

As mentioned before, the fruit is an excellent upgrade for the moment, but its potential is locked.

But there's still Li Xia. With his abilities, even if he doesn't find a suitable rule to break through the limit, protecting Heitan is definitely not a problem.

At worst, I can switch from sub-DPS to support; those auras are extremely powerful once upgraded.

As for Xiaotian, it had already fused with a Zoan-type Mythical Beast Devil Fruit, so it couldn't accommodate any more, unless it had eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit in the first place.

Black Charcoal took the fruit, which was half the size of its body, looked at it for a long time, and then carefully opened its kitten mouth and took a bite.

Then he paused for a moment, his eyes widening in astonishment.

Then he buried his head in his food and began to eat voraciously, as if it were some kind of unparalleled delicacy.

Aowu and Xiaotian couldn't help but swallow hard.

Everyone says Devil Fruits taste terrible, so why does this kitten look so delicious?
Awoo rested his chin on his hand, wondering if it was because the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had a unique flavor.

That's possible. Just like how many foreigners don't like preserved eggs and stinky tofu, but they find them very delicious.

Maybe the people in the One Piece world have a special sense of taste; wild boars can't eat fine bran!

But what kind of person was Grandpa Dragon? His eyes darted around, and he began to instigate his third brother:
"Third brother, why don't you go and try it?"

Xiaotian drooled and stared longingly at his second brother. Heitan was a generous cat; seeing Xiaotian's longing, he generously burped.

He handed over the fruit, explaining that the Devil Fruit only had an effect on the first bite; it wouldn't have any effect on others.

So everyone tried it and it really tasted good.

Xiaotian rushed forward happily and took a big gulp: "Awoo!"

It chewed for a moment, then its whole body suddenly trembled, and then, with its wide, glaring eyes, it buried its head and took another bite.

Holy crap, it's actually delicious?
Awoo couldn't hold back any longer and charged forward, taking a big bite.

The same trembling sound came again as Xiaolong slowly raised his head:

"Boss—that's absolutely amazing!"

Li Xia also became curious, and with a flick of her fingernail, she cut a small piece off the still relatively intact fruit.

Devil Fruits, who wouldn't be curious about their taste?

Slowly, I put the fruit into my mouth, and a strange taste exploded in my mouth.

It's beyond words.

Li Xia slowly put down the fork, and with a wave of her hand, the trash can flew over.

"vomit--!"

The little ones couldn't hold it in any longer and rushed to the bathroom to vomit wildly.

While vomiting, Li Xia wiped her mouth and, listening to the three little ones playing around in the bathroom, suddenly laughed as well.

Good.

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Little Carp is going back to school!

(End of this chapter)