Chapter 23: Devil Fruit Development Ideas

Sky Island, God's Island.

Lei Shen Palace.

Inside the luxurious dining hall with a ten-meter-high ceiling, a carved table was spread with shimmering, colorful delicacies and nectar.

Crystal-clear fruit juice in silver cups, sizzling roasted meat on cloud-shaped platters, stewed fresh scallops coated in sauce, and a dazzling array of various rare delicacies.

Yet in Saint Saint Saiwen's eyes, the culinary skill level of these foods, which were treated as treasures, barely reached half of his own.

Still, they could be considered genuine gourmet food.

Having successfully awakened Armament Haki, he deserved a full half-day holiday for himself, to slow down his eating pace and indulge properly.

Saint Saint Saiwen lifted a silver cup and took a light sip, his gaze sweeping over Xia Ni, who stood by his side with her eyes lowered and her expression restrained.

"Sit down and eat with me."

"Yes, my lord Lei Shen."

Xia Ni gathered her skirt, stepped forward to pull out a chair, her movements gentle yet unable to hide her nervousness.

Endless idle chatter accompanied by the crisp sound of clinking cups; Xia Ni occasionally spoke of the customs and interesting stories of Sky Island, while Saint Saint Saiwen recounted his experiences on the Great Sea.

Since becoming the God of Sky Island, he had never before chewed so meticulously or savored food so elegantly.

This dinner lasted a full two and a half hours; the relaxed atmosphere was like the flowing cloud mist in the dining hall, making one completely forget the passage of time.

The plates were cleared, and the table returned to its neat state.

Xia Ni raised her head, the clear light of the crystal chandelier reflected in her pure eyes: "My lord Lei Shen, may I... learn swordsmanship from you?"

"Swordsmanship?" Saint Saint Saiwen set down his silver cup. "Why do you want to learn this?"

Xia Ni's voice was a bit clearer than before: "I want to become stronger... I want to protect Sky Island like you do."

Saint Saint Saiwen rubbed his brow: Although I am not a Great Swordsman, I am still a Swordsman; I should not lead others astray.

Protect Sky Island? It seems Gan Forr's propaganda was very effective: Kizaru was successfully portrayed as the evil Dafan Sect attempting to invade Sky Island.

Lei Shen Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, who drove away the evil Dafan Sect Kizaru, naturally became the guardian god of Sky Island.

"Go back and rest early; come over with Xia Lu tomorrow morning."

"Thank you."

If Xia Ni wanted to learn anything other than swordsmanship, Saint Saint Saiwen truly could not teach it; his only impressive technique, Conqueror's Haki Coating, required him to first awaken Conqueror's Haki.

He had just entered the basics of Armament Haki and could not teach it.

Developing the Devil Fruit ability? That was even more out of the question.

Saint Saint Saiwen's development of the Goro Goro no Mi was still in the basic stage; he could not even generate magnetism from electricity.

Sitting in the dining chair, with multicolored lightning flickering at his fingertips, Saint Saint Saiwen was attempting to generate a magnetic field with electric current.

The so-called inseparability of electricity and magnetism.

Where there is electricity, there must be magnetism; where there is magnetism, there must be electricity.

This statement is actually not entirely correct; only moving charges or changing electric fields can generate a magnetic field, and there is no magnetic field around stationary charges.

And generating electricity from magnetism—

Only when magnetic field particles move at a certain speed can the generated kinetic energy exceed electron inertia, thereby pushing electrons to generate electricity.

In short, if Saint Saint Saiwen wants to generate a magnetic field from electricity, he needs to set the electric charges in motion.

Relatively speaking, this is simpler.

The reason he wanted to generate magnetism from electricity was inspired by the Railgun listed for consignment on the trading platform.

【Railgun: 20,000 points. The lightning flickering at your fingertips is my unchanging eternal faith. Seller's note: Long live the Railgun alone.】

I ask you, who doesn't love Misaka Mikoto?

Once the Goro Goro no Mi is developed to a certain extent, Saint Saint Saiwen can perfectly replicate the Railgun, without even needing to toss a coin.

Well, tossing the coin is the soul of it.

Generating magnetism from electricity to then release the Railgun is one of Saint Saint Saiwen's ideas regarding the development direction of the Goro Goro no Mi.

Besides that, after mastering electromagnetism proficiently, he might as well be able to receive electromagnetic waves and brainwaves, thereby greatly amplifying Observation Haki.

Telepathy would just come along.

Also, the speed of light is the same as the speed of electromagnetic waves; light itself is a type of electromagnetic wave.

These are the subtle aspects of Goro Goro no Mi development; for larger and stronger aspects, Saint Saint Saiwen currently only has ideas like Lei Ying and the Lei Shen Form.

Lei Ying is the ultimate move developed by Enel in the anime, one of the few ultimate moves in the One Piece world capable of destroying an island in a single strike, rivaling the Ancient Weapons.

In the future, when encountering major events similar to the Marineford War, Saint Saint Saiwen could simply unleash a Lei Ying.

Whether it can explode is another matter, but the deterrent power would be absolutely maxed out.

The Lei Shen Form is a direction Saint Saint Saiwen has set for the development of the Goro Goro no Mi, referencing the Susanoo; it currently exists only as a concept.

As for the more advanced awakening of the Goro Goro no Mi, Saint Saint Saiwen has absolutely no ideas, but he guesses the System Shangcheng should sell Devil Fruit awakenings.

50,000 points? 100,000 points?

For him at present, that is far too distant.

Putting aside his lofty and unrealistic thoughts, Saint Saint Saiwen instantly flashed to the dome bedroom of Lei Shen Palace and fell asleep with the starry sky as his pillow.

In the courtyard west of the main hall of Lei Shen Palace, two chattering voices pierced the silent night.

"Sister, I can't sleep."

On the white bed, Xia Ni hugged her knees with both hands, squeezing that area of waves into different shapes.

Xia Lu, with short hair, ignored her sister's rule-breaking figure and glanced down at her own flat chest.

"Sleep if you want, don't if you don't."

The next day, dawn lit up the Bai Bai Sea.

Lei Shen Palace, Martial Arena.

Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen wore a black fitted suit, held a wooden sword, and casually slashed out a Flying Slash, then his gaze settled calmly on Xia Ni and Xia Lu.

"The essence of the sword lies in intent and momentum, not brute force."

"Of course, if your strength is great enough, you can achieve miracles through sheer power."

"Following the method I just taught you, swing your sword ten thousand… three thousand times daily."

The sisters both wore black fitted suits, yet exuded entirely different charms: Xia Ni had a curvaceous figure, as if radiating a magnetic pull on all gazes, while Xia Lu carried a youthful yet stubborn martial spirit.

"Yes, my lord Lei Shen."

Teaching swordplay to these sisters was merely a pastime for Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, done at his whim.

He cared not how well they might master it, nor expected these two girls to become top-tier combatants—only to add a little color to his tedious cultivation.

At the other side of the martial arena.

Thirty Lei Yun Guards, clad in silver armor and wielding long spears embedded with Slash Shells, stood in perfect formation like pines, awaiting the inspection of my lord Lei Shen.

Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen instantly flashed before the Lei Yun Guards and casually pulled a black cloth from his system space to cover his eyes.

"Starting today, attack me with your weapons. I will not retaliate."

"Yes! My lord Lei Shen!"

Thirty voices rang in perfect unison, making the air tremble slightly.

After more than three months of conditioning, Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen had long subdued the Lei Yun Guards with absolute martial power; now, they held nothing but absolute reverence and unquestioning obedience toward him.

After awakening Armament Haki.

Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen turned his focus to Observation Haki, choosing the most direct and simplest method to explore it: taking hits.

The black cloth over his eyes blocked vision; Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen shut off his electromagnetic prediction ability entirely, emptied his mind, and relied solely on his body to sense the flow of all things around him.

The path of the wind, the tremors in the air, and the breaths and heartbeats of the thirty Lei Yun Guards gradually became clear within his perception.

"Clang—Clang—Clang—"

Sharp Slash Shell strikes landed one after another on Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, the crisp clangs of metal echoing through the martial arena.

Those attacks, capable of splitting Cloud Rock, struck his Steel Balloon body and left not even a single white mark—only dull thuds remained.

The Lei Yun Guards froze in unison, their grip on their weapons tightening unconsciously, eyes filled with disbelief.

"Continue."

Clang~ Clang~ Clang~

Each time he dodged an attack, it polished Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen's perception, making his ability to sense qi increasingly acute.