Chapter 122: The Fate Chosen One of This World, the Nika Fruit

“Do you still have two Devil Fruits?”

Before Ye Xuan could finish speaking, Su Mengyao’s shocked voice cut him off.

It wasn’t surprising she reacted this way—Ye Xuan had acquired far too many Celestial Treasures.

How many Celestial Treasures had all of Great Xia gathered with its entire nation’s strength?

Gu Che, Lu Jing, Shen Mo—they all possessed their Celestial Treasures originally; they merely discovered them earlier due to Li Cheng’an, Old Li.

Even without Old Li, they would have discovered them someday.

After all, the difference between Devil Fruits, Zanpakutō, figurines, and reality is immense.

But Ye Xuan is a bit excessive—Su Mengyao felt he alone had acquired nearly as many Celestial Treasures as Great Xia.

“Which two Devil Fruits do you have?”

After calming herself slightly, Su Mengyao continued.

Though still stunned, she considered that Devil Fruits were the most numerous Celestial Treasures known to appear; for Ye Xuan to have two wasn’t unimaginable.

The fact that he proposed an equal trade suggests these two Devil Fruits aren’t particularly high quality.

That’s normal.

Can’t everything good just fall to Ye Xuan?

“Elephant-Elephant Fruit, Ancient Type, Mammoth Form; and Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Beast Type, Nika Form.”

Ye Xuan spoke calmly, then pulled his phone slightly away.

As expected, the next second, Su Mengyao’s incredulous scream came through the phone.

“What?!”

“You said the Devil Fruit you obtained is what?”

“Nika Fruit? That Nika Fruit, which spent half its life classified as a Logia, but turned out to be a Mythical Beast Type?”

At this moment, Su Mengyao could hardly believe it.

Even though she knew Ye Xuan had no reason to lie to her, the Nika Fruit was truly unexpected.

Whether the Nika Fruit possesses self-awareness is beside the point; whether it affects Luffy himself is also irrelevant; at least its power is unquestionable.

If it remained a Gomu Gomu no Mi, Luffy’s victories over opponents, Admirals, Yonko, and ultimately becoming Pirate King stemmed from Luffy himself—not the Gomu Gomu no Mi.

Or rather, it was Luffy’s own development that unlocked greater power from the Gomu Gomu no Mi.

Now, at least 40%–50% of Luffy’s strength comes from the Nika Fruit’s uniqueness.

Though logically, a Devil Fruit’s power shouldn’t diminish the protagonist’s innate talent or effort; in reality, the moment the Gomu Gomu no Mi became the Nika Fruit, most people felt this way.

The rarest and most powerful Mythical Beast Type, Jojō Boy of the ancient kingdom eight hundred years ago, the legendary Sun God Nika, the most inconceivable ability on earth.

While every Devil Fruit has the potential to awaken, only the Nika Fruit’s awakening commands special attention.

In fact, after awakening, Luffy’s power proved immense—and considering his age and training time, he will only grow stronger.

Surpassing Admirals, Yonko, even everyone else, is not impossible.

In terms of value and potential, even ignoring its uniqueness, only a handful of Devil Fruits could rival it.

If its uniqueness is added, then it is the one and only Devil Fruit.

Against this fruit, even if Ye Xuan’s other fruit were the Mammoth Fruit wielded by “Disaster” Jack, it would seem insignificant.

“Ye Xuan!”

Su Mengyao’s tone grew serious.

“Hmm?”

Ye Xuan was puzzled.

“Is the template you obtained truly Wangquan Baye?”

“Or rather—is the template you obtained only Wangquan Baye?”

“Have you actually obtained other templates or Celestial Treasures?”

“Like the Overlord Protagonist template, or the aura of the Fate Chosen One?”

“Otherwise, your luck simply can’t be explained.”

Su Mengyao’s serious tone suddenly turned sour—like she’d bitten into a lemon, sour, very sour, extremely sour.

From the Wangquan Baye template to the Nika Fruit now, how many Celestial Treasures has Ye Xuan acquired—and all of them exceptionally high quality?

The worst Celestial Treasure must be a fragment of the Shikon no Tama.

Even that fragment is immensely useful for our research institute’s studies.

This luck can’t be called “lucky god”—I seriously suspect Ye Xuan is the Fate Chosen One of the Qi Revival era, with maximum fate, never enduring a single hardship.

“.”

“Interested?”

Ye Xuan shook his head; he thought she was going to say something else.

The true Fate Chosen One of a world cannot be granted by the Hongyun Qitian Gu .

In a lower-tier world, he might qualify as the Fate Chosen One; but in this reality of Qi Revival and dimensional invasions, the power of the Eight-Transformation Immortal Gu is far from enough.

Of course, if combined with a system, he might indeed become—not just become, but surpass—the Fate Chosen One of this world.

“Interested? Of course.”

“But there truly isn’t any Celestial Treasure equal in value to the Nika Fruit.”

Even ignoring its uniqueness, it’s a Mythical Beast Type—and look at Gu Che’s Azure Dragon to understand the value of Mythical Beast Types.

If we had any other Mythical Beast Type fruits, we’d have had someone consume them long ago; we wouldn’t keep them.

“Can you lower the price?”

“I don’t really believe the Nika Fruit contains Jojō Boy’s will influencing the eater’s personality, but perhaps it does have some such effect, right?”

“So, considering that, could you sell it cheaper?”

Whether the Nika Fruit harbors Jojō Boy’s will has been widely debated online.

When it was still the Gomu Gomu no Mi, people loved Luffy himself; but once it became Nika, and given the World Government’s claim that they’ve tried to recover the Gomu Gomu no Mi in every era without success for eight hundred years, the fruit seems to truly harbor Jojō Boy’s will.

Of course, it might be some other will entirely.

Many then wonder: Do they love Luffy himself—or Luffy shaped by the Nika Fruit’s will?

Does Kizaru’s approval stem from Luffy’s own loyalty to his comrades—or from Luffy’s loyalty shaped by the Nika Fruit’s will?

In the Marineford War, Whitebeard’s admiration—was it for Luffy’s own heart to save Ace—or for Luffy’s heart shaped by the Nika Fruit’s will?

Who brought light to Fish-Man Island? Who won the hearts of the masses in Dressrosa? Who accomplished these deeds—Luffy himself, or Luffy shaped by the Nika Fruit’s will?

(End of Chapter)