Chapter 810

Even if Lu En swallows it,

its will still remains and does not vanish completely.

It will still lie hidden within the host's body!

This is a massive unstable factor!

In addition,

Lu En has always looked down on these so-called external forces.

After careful thought,

Lu En had already made up his mind.

"The Nikā Fruit possesses self-awareness."

"Even if forcibly consumed…"

"With its will, it can still effortlessly seal the power awakened by the Nikā Fruit inside me, beyond my control."

Lu En pondered deeply.

He could be certain.

With the will contained within the Nikā Fruit, even if he forcibly swallowed it, the Devil Fruit power he could ultimately unleash would be nothing more than the power of the Gomu Gomu Fruit.

He, after all, is not the chosen Joy Boy.

One not chosen…

lacks the qualification to wield the Nikā Fruit's power.

Even if Lu En has obtained the Nikā Fruit, should he choose to swallow it, the Nikā Fruit manifested in his hands would most likely be nothing but the Gomu Gomu Fruit.

In short,

the Nikā Fruit manifests entirely different powers in different hands.

Only those granted recognition, those chosen by the Nikā Fruit, can unleash its power as the Sun God.

And if one not chosen forcibly swallows the Nikā Fruit, this so-called Divine Fruit is merely an ordinary Gomu Gomu Fruit.

That's all!

Some things, even Lu En cannot force.

Otherwise,

he would gain nothing.

"I am not one chosen by fate; if I forcibly swallow the Nikā Fruit, I may suffer backlash."

"If I can only unleash the power of the Gomu Gomu Fruit, then the Nikā Fruit is a tremendous burden to me. It won't strengthen me at all—it will only turn me into a landlubber."

Thinking this through, Lu En rejected the idea of swallowing the Nikā Fruit.

He intercepted the Nikā Fruit only to put on a show before Red-Haired Shanks.

And the proof is clear,

his act of deception had an extremely striking effect.

The great pirate of the New World, Red-Haired Shanks, was completely fooled by him.

"If I swallow the Nikā Fruit, my foolish younger brother Little Lufei might no longer be the protagonist of this world."

Lu En couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

Taking all the above into account,

he decided,

to let Little Lufei choose for himself!

Whether or not to swallow the Nikā Fruit…

is up to Little Lufei's own decision.

As for him?

He looked down on swallowing Devil Fruits.

Even this legendary Devil Fruit, he refused to swallow.

Those who rely on external forces are merely the weak!

Lu En was confident.

Only his own bare-handed strength is his true source of power.

Only his own body…

is the foundation of his strength!

"Besides…"

"Right now, the completion progress of Ghost Back is about to cross into a brand-new threshold."

"Then, I will gain double the cultivation effect boost."

"Why would I need to rely on these so-called external forces to grow stronger?"

Lu En smiled faintly.

Devil Fruits?

Minor tricks!

He didn't even care for them.

Next,

under Red-Haired Shanks's gaze,

Lu En, holding the wooden box containing the Nikā Fruit, stepped slowly toward Little Lufei's position.

Seeing this,

Red Hair looked stunned.

Just now, he had already largely concluded.

That Quan Mo Lu En was Joy Boy.

Therefore.

He found himself utterly unable to comprehend Lu En's actions at this moment.

"What exactly is he trying to do?"

"Could it be..."

"Is he giving the Nika Fruit to Little Lufei?!"

Red Hair's pupils shrank slightly, his face turning pale.

This guess left him utterly aghast.

The Nika Fruit belongs exclusively to Joy Boy!

That monster, Quan Mo...

Would he willingly abandon it?!

"Was I deceived?!"

Red Hair suddenly connected to a shocking hypothesis.

This hypothesis instantly froze him in place.

Upon closer thought,

His judgment that Quan Mo was Joy Boy seemed indeed overly hasty.

There was no solid evidence proving...

That Quan Mo was Joy Boy!

And he, merely because of a few words from the other, had been tricked into offering the Nika Fruit with both hands.

Thinking of this, Red Hair's throat grew dry; he opened his mouth, then fell silent.

"A scam?"

"Was everything Quan Mo Lu En just said a carefully crafted scam, designed solely to manipulate me into handing over the Nika Fruit?"

Red Hair's expression shifted slightly.

The more he thought, the more his heart trembled.

Emotion!