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Night Suddenly Arrives and the True Blood Dropped by Elwood
🕑 Added 2024-12-14 16:53:55 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 394 ---
BOOM!
The presence of Sabo's Martial Soul ignited the surrounding air, rapidly increasing the temperature. The ground cracked slightly because of how dry it became.
The orange-red avatar grinned at Sabo but didn't say anything. And Sabo also couldn't help but smile. The tacit understanding between brothers is 'naturally' conveyed beyond words.
However, the "Ace" here is not the living Ace Sabo once known.
After the Marineford War, Ace was 'unfortunately' killed by Ex-Admiral Akainu to save Luffy's life.
Death works differently for Devil Fruit Eaters.
After Devil Fruit Eaters died, their very will, soul, and essence became one with the Devil Fruit and prevented them from entering the cycle of life and death.
Of course, this inconsistent cycle of life and death is not without merit. In fact, the very death of Devil Fruit Eaters ripened the Devil Fruit's concept, stockpiling the accumulation over generations and strengthening it.
It sounds scary, but that's literally how Tiny World works. Many worlds in the vast universe devoured life and soul like nothing, only to grow top-tier concept fruit.
Compared to that, Tiny World (One Piece) is much more forgiving.
Huo Yuhao rubbed his chin at this, "Not bad. At the very least, this Martial Soul has reached the level of Ultimate Fire like Ma Xiaotao but doesn't have many characteristics. Well, except the purity."
"While the Ultimate Fire produced by Sabo's Martial Soul is pure, Xiaotao's Ultimate Fire was naturally born from Pure Phoenix Martial Soul and the Phenex Clan's blood I gave her, allowing her to wield not only Nirvana Flame but also Hellflame."
"Not counting Immortality, Ma Xiaotao's Ultimate Fire is much better than Sabo's Martial Soul, which is good but quite tasteless to me."
Don't get Huo Yuhao wrong. He's not looking down on Sabo's Martial Soul because that "Ace" is the genuine manifestation of Devil Fruit's will and has immense potential.
Ma Xiaotao's Ultimate Fire might be better at first glance, but how could it compare to the continuous stockpiling of Devil Fruit's concept? Ace isn't the only eater of Flame-Flame Fruit in the past thousands of years.
'When the twenty kingdoms declared a war against the Great Kingdom and Joyboy, I saw the progenitor of Flame-Flame Fruit once. While he doesn't have a long age, his talent made it for him.'
'He's the first spark for the Flame-Flame of Fruit like Prometheus, who stole fire from the Olympian gods and gave it to humanity.'
"Prometheus, that sounds about right." Thinking about it, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but smile.
Huo Yuhao didn't ask Sabo any questions. He let the pipe-swinging boy immerse in his awakening.
"They should awaken their Martial Souls soon." He commented, glancing at the five others.
The girl named Koala caught Huo Yuhao's attention because he sensed the power of the sea from her. It's not at the level of that annoying Tang San, but pure and steady.
Behind the Koala, a mermaid-like manifestation appeared. It was a seven-foot-tall mermaid with green hair, green eyes, a slender yet compact figure, and an emerald-like fishtail.
On top of that, nine golden rings floated around her fishtail, shimmering with emerald-colored blood and qi energy.
"Interesting." Huo Yuhao rubbed his chin.
If the original Huo Yuhao still remained and fell into Tang San's dog leash plan, he would meet a mermaid from the Mermaid Clan near the Extreme North and form a contract with her.
Douluo Dalu's Mermaid is a Spirit Beast.
Mermaids were born with extreme mental prowess and the blessing of the sea, but after Tang San's ascension, their habitat was on the verge of destruction.
Tang San is not like the previous Sea God. He barely did his job as the God of Sea, only harvesting the faith of sea creatures without rewarding them back.
Simply put, he was squeezing them dry.
Well, that matters aside. Koala's Mermaid Martial Soul is different from Douluo Dalu's Mermaid.
It has neither extreme mental prowess nor the blessing of the sea, but it has extreme blood energy and qi, making it a terrifying creature with extreme physical prowess.
This mermaid is comparable to a sub-dragon with a strong bloodline. And that says a lot about Koala's Martial Soul.
"Does this girl have something to do with Fishmen?" Rayleigh murmured on the side. "She has this familiar aura I couldn't grasp my hand on."
Koala slowly opened her eyes and glanced back, finding the mermaid with a shocked expression. "This is my Martial Soul..."
"How beautiful."
Not far from Koala, the tall, bald man covered with a dark substance let out a muffled sound from his beak-like mask.
"Karasu, are you okay?" asked Sabo after regaining calm from seeing "Ace" again.
"He couldn't hear you. Don't even bother." Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes at this fellow. The three brothers sure are goofy.
Karasu's body trembled slightly as dark feathers grew on his upper body, covering his arms into wings. Three slender necks appeared from Karasu's shadow and formed three bird heads.
"Three-headed Grim Crow..." Huo Yuhao scanned Karasu's Martial Soul data with Techno Archon's power. Yes, he doesn't need Evo to scan something like this anymore.
"A dual attribute, Spiritual and Yin (Darkness) Element? Not bad, not bad for a mutated Martial Soul."
"Unfortunately, it's not a fire element." Huo Yuhao somewhat expected Karasu to awaken fire-related Martial Soul because Karasu ate quite a decent Logia-type Devil Fruit, Soot-Soot Fruit.
Combining Karasu's soot with fire element will enhance its explosiveness by a leap.
Well, nothing a Spirit Ring couldn't fix.
Karasu only needed to absorb another dual attribute spirit ring, whether it was Fire-Spiritual, Darkness-Fire, or even a triple attribute like Darkness-Spiritual-Fire.
After Karasu, Binz also awakened his Martial Soul, and compared to early three, his awakening doesn't trigger any phenomenon.
Everyone stared at the small green pea floating above Binz's head and tilted their head in confusion.
What type of Martial Soul is this? A pea?
'Is this considered a Plant-type Martial Soul?' Rayleigh thought. He has learned some knowledge, but he wasn't sure.
"Oh, a Food-type Martial Soul. You're lucky." Huo Yuhao commented in surprise.
He glanced at Rayleigh and answered, "To answer your curiosity, Food-type Martial Soul is considered a branch of Tool-type Martial Soul."
'Did you read my thoughts??' Rayleigh showed a horrified look.
"THIS is obviously a breach of privacy!"
"Yeah, whatever." Huo Yuhao snorted at him.
Fujitora sighed, "Just ask. It's not like Yuhao-sama won't answer your curiosity. He's not that type of person."
Rayleigh crossed his arms indignantly, "No. To explore a new world, I need to do it myself!"
"...You're surprisingly childish for someone your age." Fujitora's mouth twitched in disbelief.
Suddenly, the evening sky becomes gloomy and dark.
Huo Yuhao stared into the distance, "This smell... Blood?"
Outside Elwood, the marine warship surrounded the City of Peace, and a sea stone container over fifteen meters fell from the sky, crashing into the sea with a loud explosion.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!!
Heavy waves crashed into the outer layer of Elwood, destroying some rock foundations of the former Tequila Wolf. Yet the mangrove roots stayed sturdy under such pressure.
Thud!
The sea stone container trembled,
Thud!! Crack!
The sea stone container cracked.
Soon, a bloody "human" crawled and screamed at the sky.
