People are on the Ark, assisting Oma Zi-O

"baffling."

Frost Star naturally wouldn't understand. She came here to seek more powerful strength. If she turned back just because of such a small setback, she would definitely be laughed to death by Tallulah.

Fang Zhou wouldn't say anything on the surface, but she was definitely thinking to herself, "No, she can't leave! At least... at least she won't leave here until she gets new power."

However, in this huge forest, he did not see any Helheim fruit or anything like that, not even ordinary fruit. All he could see were trees and vines.

Where should I go and where can I find the so-called Helheim Fruit?

I should have asked that guy earlier. Although he looked difficult to deal with, he was the first person I met and could communicate with since arriving in Helheim Forest. Now I'm the only one left here...

"Hehe---"

Frost Star suddenly felt that her mouth was being blessed by some mysterious power?

Why is it that every time I come to a conclusion, the opposite always happens?

Looking at the gray-white monster in front of him that was almost as tall as himself, Frost Star clenched the Flame-Flame Fruit in his hand to lock the seed.

This guy should be the monster that Fang Ark had previously described as an alien. He said that most of the aliens in the Helheim Forest are no longer as aggressive towards outsiders as before, so there is no need to be too vigilant against them.

but……

The guy in front of him didn't appear to be as docile as Fang Zhou said. He seemed to be looking for a fight.

Seeing the alien opposite him roaring at him, he put his hands in an attacking stance.

Could it be that this was a friendly gesture towards the monster's species? It was impossible. Even with the vast cultural differences, it wouldn't be so outrageous as to say that roaring and waving claws were a sign of friendship.

The other party just wants to fight.

After confirming this idea, Frost Star activated the Flame-Flame Fruit lock without saying a word.

"Running around here like a headless chicken isn't a solution. Since Fang Zhou said there are still people here, that means as long as I make enough noise, someone will notice me, right?"

Frost Star felt that he had already occupied the high ground of IQ at this time. As long as he made a big noise, someone would always notice him. As long as they noticed him, he would have the opportunity to understand this forest and gain power from it!

"Flame!"

It was no different from when we were on the Terra continent. After the lock was activated, the circular tunnel was zipped open and the fruit of fire slowly fell from inside.

"Lock On!"

The lock seed fell on the driver, but just when the Flame-Flame Fruit was about to fall on Frost Star, a tremendous force came from far away, and the Flame-Flame Fruit instantly flew back to the tunnel that had not yet been closed as if time was flowing backwards, which made Frost Star stunned.

"This is……"

"Go back."

A gentle voice came from the sky. Frost Star looked up and saw a blond young man in silver armor. He was looking gently at the alien on the ground. When the alien saw the man, he immediately changed from his original "furious" state to a very well-behaved. After bowing to the man, he turned and left, and walked into the depths of the forest in Frost Star's sight.

"You are……"

"Are you the one chosen by the Ark and entrusted with the Burning Lock Seed?"

The other party knows about Fangzhou?!

The young man opposite did not pay attention to Frost Star's surprise, but looked at the Burning Lock on Frost Star's belt with nostalgia.

"I really miss it. Let's burn the lock seed. How about it? I can use my lock seed."

"Your... lock seed?"

Chapter 229 Silly Orange: Hey, can we reconcile?

"Your... lock seed?"

Thinking about the news about Helheim that Fang Ark had told him before, Frost Star quickly matched the man in front of him with the gentle blond man Fang Ark mentioned in his memory. He was the other man among the three people who needed attention.

"The Flame-Flame Fruit, that was the first lock seed I used in the new Gaim history after Oma Zi-O repeated the history of the Knights in order to break the state of adhesion after the collision between the worlds. It comes from the Nature-type Devil Fruit, the Flame-Flame Fruit, which allows a person to control fire and transform it into elements. You should have used it before.

Yes, let me introduce myself. My name is Kuzuba Kota, one of the three current managers of Helheim Forest. I am also Kamen Rider Gaim, and I use the Nature-type Devil Fruit Lock.

Natural...

A flash of inspiration came into Frost Star's mind, and then he took out all of his devil fruit seeds from his pocket.

"So, this Devil Fruit lock seed is also yours?"

"Huh? Wow, the Ice Fruit, he actually gave you this lock seed as well?"

A trace of nostalgia flashed in Kuzuya Kota's eyes, and then he chuckled, looking at the pocket hanging on Frost Star's waist, and suddenly waved his hand. Then, in the latter's surprised eyes, the opening of the pocket suddenly opened, and then the colorful devil fruit seeds flew out of the bag.

"The Flame-Flame Fruit, the Ice Fruit, the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, the Poison-Poison Fruit, the Wax-Wax Fruit, the Thorn Fruit, and the Meat-Puff Fruit are all Devil Fruits with excellent or relatively practical properties. That guy... Miss, what is your relationship with Fang Zhou?"

"You can just call me Frost Star. As for Fang Zhou and I... we're just friends."

In that brief moment, Frost Star felt a moment of panic in his heart, and his thoughts seemed to go back to the night when Fang Zhou gave him the Shaoshao Lock Seed, but he soon calmed down.

"Oh, my friend."

Kuzuba Kota gave a meaningful smile. They had traveled together before and experienced many things for the world. He knew Fang Zhou's temper. Oh, this was trouble.

Scratching his head, Kuzunoha Kota suddenly looked to the side.

"Jiedou, you're here."

Frost Star turned her head and found that the man who had left not long ago had returned here again and was staring at Ge Ye Hongtai.

"Let me introduce you. This is Kaito, the King of Swords. Like me, he's one of the three managers of Helheim Forest. Just like I possess a natural-type Devil Fruit, Kaito possesses a parahuman-type Devil Fruit..."

"Ge Ye, can you please change your habit of telling others everything?"

Qiwen Jiedou directly interrupted Geye Kota's impulse to continue speaking and looked at Shuangxing with a scrutinizing look.

"Didn't I tell you to leave here? There are some places you shouldn't come to."

"Ahhhh, Jiedou, Miss Shuangxing was sent here by the Ark. Don't just chase her away so easily."

ark!

Qu Wen Jie Dou's eyes suddenly changed. How should Shuang Xing describe that feeling?

It feels like you are drinking a bowl of bland meat soup, but the next second you suddenly find a fresh vegetable leaf in it!

That's an expression that instantly shows interest in what's in front of you!

"Sent by the Ark?"

"No, I came here on my own. Last time, after I fought with the lock seed that Ark gave me, I suddenly found an extra lock seed on my waist called the Sakura Hurricane. Ark told me that using this can go to the underworld of Heim, where there are many devil fruit lock seeds, and I can gain more power. For this reason, I came here today."

For the power...

Looking directly into Frost Star's eyes, Qu Wen Jie Dou suddenly felt a sense of oppression, and this sense of oppression was gradually increasing, but Frost Star did not retreat or avoid, and still looked directly at Qu Wen Jie Dou.

"Humph."

The feeling of oppression disappeared, and Kuzunoha Kota looked at his friend helplessly, not knowing what to say.

Originally, Qi Wen Jie Dou was only slightly interested in the rabbit-eared girl in front of him because of Fang Zhou, but now... this guy is not bad, and that look is not bad.

It reminded Qi Wen Jie Dou of his past self.

"Have you come here in pursuit of power?"

Qi Wen Jiedou showed a hint of interest, while Kuzuye Kota next to him showed a bad expression.

"Yes."

"Why do you seek power?"

An oppressive force was already stirring in his body, and just as Kuzuya Kota was about to say something, he was stopped by a look from Qiwen Jiedou.

It seems that Ms. Frost Star is destined to be "tested" by this guy Jie Dou.

"for what……"

Shuangxing saw that Kuzuya Kota suddenly had an expression of "I hope everyone is okay" and turned into a flash of light and disappeared on the spot, and then began to think about the problem of Qiwen Jiedou.

Why pursue power? Don’t I already have a concrete answer in my mind?

"I want to gain strength for a group of people who have suffered the same hardships as me. In that land, people like us have always been discriminated against and oppressed, not only because we have diseases, but also because the group we represent has no power to control our own destiny in that distorted society.

Our weakness is the fundamental reason why those who think they are superior persecute us. So we need strength, the strength that will allow us to resist those self-righteous people.

An even more powerful majesty oppressed Frost Star.

"Just talking big won't prove your will. Come on."

At some point, a battle driver identical to the one on Frost Star's waist appeared on the waist of the Drive Pattern Ring Fighter, and at the same time, a peculiarly shaped lock appeared in the opponent's hand.

I haven't seen it before, but looking at the pattern on it, it is undoubtedly a Devil Fruit Lock type.

"Slash!"

"Flame!"

Thinking does not affect actions. While Qiwen Jiedou was transforming, Frost Star once again pressed the Flame-Flame Fruit Lock Seed on the driver.

"Lock On! Freeze (Come On)! Flame Arms (Slash Arms)! HiHiHiHi! Blazing! (Cut like wind!)"

After the icicle shattered, a Blade Knight appeared in front of Froststar.

Arms, calves, back of the head... every part of the body is covered with sharp blades. The sunlight shining through the forest reflects a cold light on the blades, telling Frost Star that those knives are not just decorations.

"Hurry up and kill the Lockseed... The first Devil Fruit Lockseed that Kaito got."

Standing in the distance watching the battle, Kuzuya Kota was gnawing on a piece of roasted thigh meat that he had taken out from somewhere. Even as his mouth was full of oil, he didn't forget to look at the battle that was about to happen in the distance.

boom!

Neither side would remind the other that the battle had begun. The blades extended from both arms swung across Frost Star's body. However, Frost Star had already mastered the elemental ability to the fullest. The blade of Qu Wen Jie Dou crossed Frost Star's body without any hindrance. There was no blood splattering on the cut surface, only the flames that kept licking the air, exposed to Qu Wen Jie Dou's eyes, and quickly recovered as his blade passed.

The blazing fire fist was dodged by Qu Wen Jie Dou by turning his head, but this punch was just an appetizer. Frost Star's fists kept hitting Qu Wen Jie Dou in front of him like a continuous rainstorm.

However, the opponent's flexibility was far beyond Frost Star's imagination. Every punch of his was perfectly dodged by the opponent with a very small angle and just the right movement. And every time he mobilized the power of the fruit, he would be noticed by the opponent and perfectly avoided or caught head-on, and there was no way to cause considerable damage to the opponent.

Moreover, the other party seems to know too much about the Flame-Flame Fruit, especially in terms of combat. It feels as if he has already fought with the Flame-Flame Fruit countless times.

Once again, Frost Star dodged the blade swung by Qi Wen Jie Dou by using elementalization. This ordinary physical attack could not even touch Frost Star's body. It can be said that the elementalization ability brought by the natural devil fruit lock seed has made Frost Star invincible in ordinary battles to a certain extent.

At the same time, she was used to the existence of elementalization, so Frost Star never cared about the attacks of Qu Wen Jie Dou. Anyway, elementalization would help her avoid the man in front of her.

"You rely too much on the power of the fruit."

However, the next second, Qu Wen Jie Dou seemed to see through Shuang Xing's little thoughts, and suddenly said something that made Shuang Xing stunned.

Then Frost Star saw the sudden black covering the blades of Qu Wen Jie Dou's arms, and an extreme sense of danger directly enveloped Frost Star's brain.

Just like before, she swung out a simple and ordinary sword, but this time, Frost Star's fighting instinct made her retreat quickly, and finally she dodged the sword in front of her by a hair's breadth, which made her feel anxious and dangerous.

"Good intuition."

He shook his wrist, and when the black blade passed through the air again, Frost Star could clearly feel the wailing sound of the air.

"what is that?"

Frost Star looked at his black-dyed blade with fear. She seemed to have seen this black thing before.

During the siege against the Ursus Inner Guards, the demonic power driven by the Inner Guards was also black, and it also broke through its own elemental transformation and hurt itself.

Could it be that the black color on the knife... is also the power of evil?

No, that was not the power of the evil demon. Frost Star, who had fought with the Inner Guards at close range, could clearly sense that the power on that path was fundamentally different from the power of the evil demon, even though both sides could break through the elementalization of the natural fruit.

"Ask the enemy about their abilities during battle. How stupid are you to think I'd tell you?"

It was originally just a subconscious question, but he didn't expect the other party to choke him with such a sentence, which made Shuangxing choke on his breath and feel extremely uncomfortable.

However, the next second, Qi Wen Jie Dou showed his dark blade to Shuang Xing.

"Haki is a potential power that all living things possess, an innate ability. Momentum, murderous intent, fighting spirit... Manipulating these invisible senses, one's willpower can be transformed into a weapon, and this powerful force is Haki."

He was clearly calling himself hopelessly stupid in the previous sentence, but the next second he started explaining himself.

What an awkward person.

"Armament Haki not only enhances one's defense, acting like invisible armor, but can also evolve into offensive power, capable of countering the power of Devil Fruits and even breaking the elementalization of Nature-type Devil Fruits."

Is Armament Haki a type of Haki? Does that mean there are other types of Haki?

"Now that you know that the Armament Haki in my hand can break the elementalization of the Nature Devil Fruit in your hand, how will you respond next?"

The danger radar once again sounded an alarm to Frost Star, but before the brain could react, the body had already responded.

Well, Frost Star turned into flames all over the sky and scattered in all directions. The pitch-black blade arrived as expected afterwards, carrying unparalleled power, stirring up ripples in space and cutting the forest and the earth behind Frost Star into pieces.

The huge crack in the earth was like an ugly scar, extending from where Frost Star had just been to a distance of thousands of meters behind him.