Infinite: Starting from Infiltrating Other Spaces

Li Xia ruffled Xiaotian's dog head: "Everyone goes through this, even I was caught off guard the first time I opened a box—"

He suddenly remembered the billowing black smoke when he first opened the box and fell silent.

Never mind, let's see what we get first.

First, there was Enel's box, where a golden-yellow fruit was floating in the air.

Aowu's eyes widened:

"Awesome, we got the goods!"

Awoo's gaze swept over the items that were flashing with various lights.

He took a breath:

"Holy crap...this has exposed their underwear!"

[Executioner, you have opened Enel's Treasure Chest and obtained 1 Rumble-Rumble Fruit, 1000 Thunder Drum, 1000 Hall Points, and 5 Golden Crafts]

[Executioner, you have opened the Golden Lion Treasure Chest and obtained the Supreme Grade Sword 'Withered Wood', IQ Potion *1, and Hall Points 1000]

[Executioner, you have opened the Whitebeard Soul Chest. Because you killed Blackbeard, you have fulfilled part of Whitebeard's obsession. You will receive an extra reward for opening this chest.]

[Executioner, you have obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit*1, Supreme Treasure*1, and Whitebeard's Battle Experience (Manuscript)]

[Executioner, you have opened Blackbeard's treasure chest and obtained 1 Dark-Dark Fruit and 1 Ambition]

The deep purple light and the faint orange light complemented each other, making it even more dazzling than gold and silver treasures.

The light dazzled both Black Charcoal and Howling Sky.

Among them, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the Supreme Grade Sword, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and the Dark-Dark Fruit all shimmered with a pale orange glow.

It's not surprising that it contained a Devil Fruit, since Devil Fruits are usually the top-tier reward in pirate treasure chests.

The people inside prefer to hone their physical bodies to enhance their domineering aura, and they don't rely much on external aids.

Li Xia first picked up the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. Upon touching it, he felt a slight tingling sensation. It wasn't very heavy and was unusually cool.

Devil Fruit (Logia Type - Rumble-Rumble Fruit)

【Origin: One Piece - Enel】

【Category: Special Consumables】

[Grade: Light Orange]

Top-tier Nature-type: All attributes +5 (maximum 35 points)

Effect 1: After ingestion, the body will undergo a change in properties, and any part of the body can be converted into electricity, ignoring physical attack damage.

Effect 2: Enhances the ability to manipulate one's own electrical current to the instinct level, and grants extremely high control over other electrical currents. As the fruit's development progresses, its power and range will expand.

Effect 3: Fruit Awakening? (Requires custom development)

Note: After consuming a Devil Fruit, you will be vulnerable to Seastone/items containing the power of the sea and will be unable to use your abilities.

Warning: After consuming a Devil Fruit, you will be forbidden from coming into contact with the ocean.

Mild weakness may occur if more than 10% of the body is submerged in seawater.

Submerging more than 20% of the body in seawater will cause weakness and dizziness.

If more than 50% of the body is submerged in seawater, the user will lose their abilities and experience severe weakness.

If more than 70% of a person's body is submerged in seawater, they will become paralyzed and unable to take any independent actions (including opening their personal space).

Immersing more than 50% of the body in fresh water can also lead to fatigue.

Note: The Devil Fruit's ability is initially constant and will improve as the ability is developed.

Note: Elementalization will be captured and materialized by life energies such as Haki, Ki, and Chakra.

[Synopsis: This is both a gift from fate and a curse from the sea.]

The moment the fruit's attributes appear in the team chat.

Aowu and Heitan hissed in unison. Xiaotian didn't understand, but being a herd, it hissed along with them.

Kuroko only joined the Monster Hunter community in the late second tier, and I've never seen Li Xia unlock his first Devil Fruit.

But I've seen Awoo before:

"Devil Fruits can even add attributes??? Why is the Swamp-Swamp Fruit so weak, even though it's a Logia-type fruit?"

If Swamp Fruits could also add attributes back then, their selling price would have been far more than 100,000.

Even a second-tier Devil Fruit, which has a relatively stable value in the Hall of Fame, and is equivalent to adding 25 points to all attributes, can sell for an astonishingly high price.

If the Swamp-Swamp Fruit is a disgrace to Logia-type Devil Fruits, then the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, which is considered a top-tier Logia-type Devil Fruit, still doesn't add any attribute bonuses.

Li Xia frowned as he examined the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Dark-Dark Fruit, and sure enough, they both added five points to all attributes.

Actually, the Dark-Dark Fruit also has a debuff that doubles physical damage and pain, but the advantage is that it can be stacked with other Devil Fruits.

And you can also receive the bonus to all attributes again, although you can only enjoy it once, it is equivalent to +10 to all attributes!

It's pretty terrifying, but the debuff is just as terrifying.

"The Swamp Fruit is light purple, the Cloud Fruit is extremely purple, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and Dark-Dark Fruit are all light orange."

I think I understand!

The roar over there also raised its head, its dragon claw supporting its chin:

"I think I understand now..."

"Meow?"

The kitten is eager to learn and asks questions whenever it doesn't understand something.

Teacher Ao patiently explained, "If you remove all the added attributes, wouldn't all Devil Fruits be the same?"

Devil Fruits are essentially pseudo-rule-based powers that are the result of humanity's yearning for infinite possibilities in the future within the pirate world.

It should be useless outside the world of One Piece, but the Hall of Fame used its power to materialize this pseudo-rule power.

So what's in front of you is a Devil Fruit, yet it's not a Devil Fruit.

The added attributes are simply the extra power that the Hall of Fame bestows upon the Devil Fruit due to its light orange rating.

Do you understand?

The kitten blinked, seemingly understanding but not quite, and thought for a moment before raising its paw again:

"Meow!"

"Yes, that's a good question. Why are fruits classified into different grades based on their color?"

Awoo nodded approvingly:

"This is because fruits naturally have varying degrees of strength, just like natural phenomena and superpowers also have varying degrees of strength."

This is similar to the US dollar and the Zimbabwean dollar being currencies, but with vastly different purchasing power.

The added attributes seem overpowered, but if you think about it from another angle, which of these three fruits... a second-tier apostle could possibly obtain?

Our leader only encountered orange in the second stage, and that was in the last world of the second stage, where the color was also light orange.

One level lower than light orange!

Awoo raised one claw, its expression unusually inscrutable:

"Furthermore, Devil Fruits are definitely traps!"

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Chapter Four: 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 more like..."

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 can be 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!"

"Perhaps this is the truth..."

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.