I started with the Ice-Ice Fruit, and Spider-Woman Gwen came after me.

He slowly opened it.

The red blind box revealed... a fruit.

"Devil Fruit?"

Hao Longtao almost swore.

The fiery red Devil Fruit is like a ball of fire inside a red box.

Hao Longtao still remembers the frozen fruit he got from his purple blind box.

Now that the red boxes can yield Devil Fruits, he's made a profit.

But he was not happy.

He already possesses the Ice-Ice Fruit.

Adding a Devil Fruit won't necessarily make you significantly stronger.

probably?

Hao Longtao thought uncertainly.

He focused his attention on the Devil Fruit in front of him.

[Congratulations, host Hao Longtao, for opening the red blind box and obtaining the Logia-type Devil Fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit.]

"System, I'm just terrible at coming up with English names, so I named myself Ace, and it's a direct translation of the English word 'ice.' You don't actually have to make me Fire Fist Ace, do you?!"

Hao Longtao complained.

[All rewards are random, and since they are system-generated, they are of the highest quality. Host Hao Longtao, please use them with confidence.]

A single sentence from the system reveals a great deal of mystery.

"Each Devil Fruit represents a demon within the body, and only one Devil Fruit can be consumed..."

Hao Longtao stopped talking.

He thought of Blackbeard.

This guy ate the Logia-type Dark-Dark Fruit and the Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Take it boldly?

Is this a hint to me?

Hao Longtao muttered to himself.

"I've read a lot of books, system, don't lie to me."

"If something really goes wrong, you wouldn't want me, your host, to be unable to continue collecting stamps, would you?"

Hao Longtao picked up the Shao Shao Fruit, and the red blind box disappeared.

He took a bite, and it was sweet and delicious.

Hao Longtao's eyes lit up.

The change in flavor means that the Devil Fruit has been modified by the system.

They swallowed the sizzling fruit in a few bites.

He instantly felt a massive surge of energy being generated within his body.

This power was incredibly hot, the exact opposite of the energy of the Ice-Ice Fruit.

However, these two forces did not clash as a result.

On the contrary, it interestingly creates a balance.

Like a yin-yang symbol.

"What does thermodynamics say again?"

"Exothermic and heat-absorbing."

It absorbs heat to increase temperature and releases heat to decrease temperature.

Hao Longtao had a peculiar feeling: he tried very hard to reach the limit of absolute zero, but he always fell just short.

When he ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, he could feel that he had broken through that barrier.

The system indicated that he had reached the mastery level of his abilities with the Flame-Flame Fruit.

"System, enhance the Flame-Flame Fruit's abilities."

[Having spent 30 million wealth points, the Logia-type Devil Fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit, has reached a level of mastery.]

With a fortune of only 30 million, he gained control over this fruit at the level of Ace.

But Hao Longtao knew that Ace probably hadn't awakened his Devil Fruit yet.

Logia-type Devil Fruits are more difficult to awaken than other Devil Fruits.

[Would you like to spend 500 million Desire Points to upgrade the Flame-Flame Fruit's power?]

A system notification sounded.

Hao Longtao then realized that he was originally 330,000 desire points away from reaching 5 million points, but he had already surpassed that.

Gwen reached the summit three times.

In addition, he threatened General Ross at the end, and then reaped another wave of benefits from General Ross's group of soldiers.

It just crossed the 500 million desire point.

"Consuming Desire Points to break through to the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit!!!"

Hao Longtao had already begun to regret saying those words.

The environmental damage he caused in the Atlantic Ocean when he broke through is still frozen and hasn't thawed yet.

It also changed the island's climate.

It has become one of the coldest places in the world.

[Deducting Desire Points, the Flame-Flame Fruit's power is beginning to awaken, progress +10%... progress +20%. 1440485057 (Note: Join the group)...]

It's starting to awaken.

Hao Longtao's eyes blazed with intense light and fire.

"Frozen Ball!!!"

Hao Longtao grabbed him with his large hand, and the huge ice ball froze him up.

If the Flame-Flame Fruit were to awaken and become like the Ice-Ice Fruit, flames would descend upon the world like a demon, burning down the entire Manhattan.

Countless lives were burned to ashes amidst the wailing flames.

This is clearly something Hao Longtao doesn't want to see.

[Congratulations, host! Your Devil Fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit, has reached the second stage of awakening.]

The interplay of ice and fire has once again resulted in a balance.

What Hao Longtao feared did not happen.

His awakened Ice-Ice Fruit power at its peak suppressed the Flame-Flame Fruit, which had just broken through its limits and begun to awaken.

Hao Longtao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"System, consume wealth points to upgrade the Flame-Flame Fruit to the peak of the second stage of awakening."

Should I spend 4 million wealth points to upgrade the Flame-Flame Fruit to the peak of the second awakening stage?

Why 4 million?

Hao Longtao inquired.

The extra 200 million was to resolve the conflict between Devil Fruit abilities.

Chapter Sixty-Six: The Flame-Flame Fruit Awakens, and the Gene Empire Falls into Their Hands

"System, you are truly ruthless. So it was all for the sake of embezzling my wealth."

Hao Longtao still harbors considerable resentment.

That's 2 million in wealth.

This is equivalent to him having to earn 200 million in real life to generate this wealth.

"deduct!!"

Hao Longtao gritted his teeth.

[Congratulations, host! Your Flame-Flame Fruit has reached the second stage of Devil Fruit awakening, its limit.]

The next breakthrough will require 8000 million Desire Points to break through the limit.

The system even thoughtfully reminded Hao Longtao that the next time the Flame-Flame Fruit's limit is broken, it will require a certain amount of Desire Value.

"It's over, there's no way I can ever beat the system in this lifetime."

Even for an ox, how long would it take, and how many fields would it plow, to accumulate 8000 million desire points?

One climb to the summit is worth 100,000 points.

800 times!!!

If you add the Ice-Ice Fruit, water control magic, and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique...

That's 2700 times!!!

If you cultivate one acre of land every day, it would take seven years and three months.

Twice a day, that would still take three and a half years.

three times……

Even a man who could have sex seven times a night would need a year.

"My kidneys are starting to ache slightly."

Hao Longtao suddenly felt a sense of awe towards the system.

Unbeknownst to me, I had already fallen into the system's trap.

He's a One Piece fan.

The Devil Fruit ability has now been developed to its peak of awakening.

Naturally, they want to know what happens after awakening.

"Even if you upgrade the Ice-Ice Fruit to the third level and work day and night with all your might, it would still take a year to accumulate 8000 million Desire Points."

"What about the fourth stage?"

"Does exceeding the limit of desire require 8 million?"

Destroy the world!

By the way, destroying humanity is how you accumulate so much desire value.

"I always thought you were a scumbag, System. Now I realize you're really like this."

It's clearly a blind box lottery system.

But you're implying that I should destroy the world.

But Hao Longtao knew that with each breakthrough, his strength would increase exponentially.

It's not simply a matter of one plus one equals two.

Looking at the attribute panel:

Host: Hao Longtao

Wealth Points: 966675 (can be used to improve abilities)

Desire points: 0.2 points (can be used to break through the realm)

Talents: Mammoth Power, Dragon Vein

Abilities: Ice-Ice Fruit (Second Stage, Peak Awakening), Flame-Flame Fruit (Second Stage, Peak Awakening), Mind Immunity (Passive), Water Control Magic (Dominator Level)

Skills: Bajiquan (Transcendent Realm), Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill (Peak of the Thirteenth Level)