"Shield?"
Bamond looked at the huge and strange shield with a human face on it.
"It should be something like the Shield-Shield Fruit, which isn't in the illustrated book. It seems to have been consumed by the blood factor and turned into a slave."
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Behind the halls of power.
Dozens of Celestial Dragons stood under the Void Throne, but no one occupied the throne itself.
"What are you going to do!? Are you rebelling!?"
Many members of the Donquixote Family were escorted under the throne, glaring angrily at the Five Elders standing in the middle.
"You've enjoyed the power bestowed by your ancestors for hundreds of years, but you've repeatedly challenged the throne. Now, it's time for you to 'atone.'"
The Elder holding the Shodai Kitetsu glanced at the two Donquixote Family members on the ground, their lifespans drained and dead.
Several vine-like things instantly pierced the bodies of the remaining Donquixote Family members from deep behind the throne.
"Uh...uh...uh..."
A strange light illuminated the vines, causing the Donquixote Family members to age rapidly in the light.
The entire Void Throne Hall began to flicker with a faint light.
"Adams Dylan, since he's so confident, let his people die here."
Outside the door of the Domain of Gods, behind the shield, two giant snakes originally carved on the huge stone pillars began to slowly awaken.
Seeing the giant snake wake up, Rob Lucci raised his brows and ducked behind him.
No one paid attention to him, and no one stopped him.
Camila smiled as she saw the giant snake waking up, then turned her head slightly to look at Craig.
"It's your turn."
Craig nodded, and golden wings slowly spread from his back. His body, originally over 5 meters tall, suddenly swelled, and his knotted muscles shone like gold and iron.
Woo!
Accompanied by a huge sound of breaking the air, Craig reached the door of the Hall of Power, and the shield enlarged again, blocking Craig's body.
Boom!!
The golden fist hit the shield, causing the surrounding air to ripple.
Feeling the power rebounding from the shield, Craig turned his head and glanced at Camila.
You can break through, but it's a waste of energy.
Camila nodded slightly, and then a burst of light burst from her blue eyes.
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"The level of ability?"
"Yes, of course, this is just my opinion."
Fifteen years ago, Dylan, who had not yet left East Blue, discussed the strength of "Devil Fruits" with Bamond, Craig, and Camila.
"All abilities are divided into strengths and weaknesses. In the eyes of the world, many similar abilities are divided into superior and inferior levels."
"For example, Shiki's Float-Float Fruit has lower-level fruits."
As Ohara's top scholar, Bamond's understanding of the Devil Fruit illustrated book was among the best in the world.
"Well, there are some other fruits like this."
"Some fruits do have very narrow application areas, and it's very likely they haven't been fully developed. But what we want to say is that they should be divided based on the attributes of the fruits themselves."
"How do you think the strengths and weaknesses are divided among the known Devil Fruits?"
"Should the Mythical Zoan species be the strongest?"
Dylan shook his head: "Mythical Zoans are a special case and are not within the scope of this discussion. We can only summarize them with Zoan, Paramecia, and Logia."
Bamond pondered for a moment: "That should be Logia. After all, Logia users can transform into elements, and most of them have extraordinary attack power and unique elemental attributes."
Craig was never good at thinking about this, so he remained silent. Camila seemed to agree with Bamond's view.
But Dylan shook his head:
"This is a misunderstanding, or it is a misunderstanding that is only measured in terms of attack power."
"Zoan... This is undoubtedly the weakest series, because it can only increase the user's strength, physical fitness, and grant the biological characteristics of a specific animal. To put it simply, it operates on a physical level."
"Paramecia, some can change physical properties, some can change the properties of other objects, and even use their abilities to give other people and objects unique properties."
"Logia, in addition to their own elementalization and elemental attribute attacks, have extraordinary uses of elemental characteristics to fight, such as moving in an adaptable environment, changing the geographical environment, climate, etc."
"But today I want to discuss two other concepts——"
"Cause and effect!"
Dylan recalled the fruits of memory:
"The Shadow-Shadow Fruit, after cutting off an enemy's shadow, once the enemy is exposed to sunlight, they will be melted by the sunlight, no matter who or what they are."
"The Hobby-Hobby Fruit turns people into toys after being touched. Although the self-consciousness remains, they cannot control their bodies, and most importantly, the whole world forgets their existence."
"The Luck-Luck Fruit can absorb the other person's good luck by touching their body."
"The above fruits are almost impossible to counteract unless the ability user is defeated."
"There are also abilities like the Paw-Paw Fruit, Chop-Chop Fruit, and Hollow-Hollow Fruit. These rely heavily on the development direction and imagination of the user."
"Cause and effect, except for defeating the ability user, is almost irreversible. This is the scary thing about it. But there is something even more powerful—"
"Rules!"
"Rules?"
Even the erudite Bamond was lost in thought.
"Space and time."
"I cannot give a systematic answer to this question, but you must remember that all powers related to space and time are extremely powerful. They are truly close to the power of gods."
"It is the power that can change the rules!"
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Snap!
Cracks appeared on the shield in front of Bamond.
It's not that it broke apart.
Instead, there were cracks in the space around it.
There was a trace of panic in the lifeless eyes of the shield. As the cracks enlarged, the shield fell to the ground.
The cracked air slowly "healed" after the shield fell, and the shield that was torn apart and "killed" by the space slowly turned into a middle-aged man.
After the space completely closed, Craig looked back at the two giant snakes already coiled in place.
Void Throne Hall.
The Five Elders were stunned when they looked at the projected image.
"The Space-Space Fruit...where did she get it? It shouldn't be recorded in the world's 'Devil Fruit Illustrated Book'!"
"Maybe... that's the one."
The bearded Five Elder glanced at Bamond standing next to Camila.
"He was the historian who was as famous as Clover...Bamond!"
"It's Ohara's record!"
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