Chapter 30

"There's even this kind of move?" Su Han stared in shock.

Su Han wasn't surprised that the Gonghui Society had this capability—after all, a hyperdimensional society capable of contacting the outside world could possess any power whatsoever, and it was only natural. What truly stunned him was that the system would be this considerate.

It had popped up the very instant he obtained the Yami Yami no Mi and first felt concern.

"I always thought refining the Devil Fruit would cost a huge number of points—maybe even a astronomical sum," Su Han muttered, yet still opened the interface in his mind. No matter how high the point cost, understanding it couldn't hurt.

Devil Fruit Special Type Enhancement.

Eliminate Devil Fruit's weaknesses to Seastone and the sea: 1,000 points. (Note: This is the discounted point cost after using the President's Privilege!)

Enhance Devil Fruit properties: 1,000 points. (Note: This is the discounted point cost after using the President's Privilege.)

Su Han stared at these two lines and swallowed hard.

The Devil Fruits of the One Piece world were powerful, yes—but they had a fatal flaw: Seastone and the sea.

Now, eliminating the Devil Fruit's weaknesses cost only 1,000 points.

"If Bai Hu Zi knew he could use points to erase the Devil Fruit's flaws, he'd probably go insane," Su Han muttered. Bai Hu Zi was strong, yes—his Gura Gura no Mi had been pushed to its limit—but his weakness still remained. Bai Hu Zi still couldn't enter the sea.

Of course, for a being like Bai Hu Zi, this weakness was hardly a weakness at all. Put bluntly, even if he were submerged in the ocean, Bai Hu Zi could use his Gura Gura no Mi to shatter the sea itself.

In the end, it was still a matter of development.

Su Han shook his head, pushing the thought aside, and stared at the two lines, his gaze flickering slightly.

With the President's Privilege, eliminating the Devil Fruit's weaknesses and enhancing its properties together cost only 2,000 points.

And this was already a tenfold discount using the President's authority. If Su Han weren't President, eliminating the Devil Fruit's weaknesses would cost 10,000 points, enhancing its properties another 10,000—totaling 20,000.

"Being President really is awesome!" Su Han sighed from the bottom of his heart. "It's like cheating."

A life of cheating is lonely as snow.

"Need I even ask? Enhance it!" Su Han mentally confirmed.

The next instant, his accumulated 2,800 points plummeted to 800. A faint twitch stirred inside him; he took two deep breaths and barely calmed himself, reassuring himself that every cost was necessary.

Before Su Han, the Yami Yami no Mi shimmered with a crystalline luster.

A faint glow enveloped the fruit, lasting roughly ten minutes before fading.

Su Han examined the newly upgraded Yami Yami no Mi with eager anticipation. The evolved fruit looked nearly identical to before—just slightly larger.

Picking up the Devil Fruit, Su Han took two deep breaths, then forced himself to bite into it. The moment he swallowed it, his expression twisted into something deeply strange.

"Didn't One Piece say Devil Fruits taste like shit?"

Su Han savored the flavor again—and found the Devil Fruit wasn't bad at all. Sweet. Not gourmet, but definitely not unpleasant.

Su Han fell into thought, then chimed in on the Gonghui chatroom.

Su Xiao Xiao: "@LaiZuoWoDeErziBa. By the way, how does the Devil Fruit taste?"

Bai Hu Zi had just subdued his son Blackbeard, his emotions still unsettled, and was still lurking in the chatroom. Upon seeing Su Han's question, he responded immediately.

LaiZuoWoDeErziBa: "@Su Xiao Xiao. Oh-ho-ho! Has the President also been misled by One Piece?"

Su Xiao Xiao: "???"

Su Han was dumbfounded. Did Devil Fruits really not taste bad? The moment he thought this, Bai Hu Zi sent a second message.

LaiZuoWoDeErziBa: "Believe me, the taste of a Devil Fruit is a hundred times worse than the worst flavor you can imagine. You'll never truly understand it through memory copies alone."

LaiZuoWoDeErziBa: "But you just gulp it down! It's disgusting, yes—but gaining power demands sacrifice. Nothing in this world comes without cost. Perhaps this follows the principle of equivalent exchange."

Bai Hu Zi's words carried a note of reflection.

Su Han turned his gaze from the chatroom to the half-bitten Yami Yami no Mi before him, lost in thought.

Was Bai Hu Zi's sense of taste broken? Or was his own taste perception fundamentally different from that of people from Bai Hu Zi's world? This might be worth studying.

As he pondered, Su Han took a second bite.

He thought: "Actually… delicious."

Only after finishing the entire Yami Yami no Mi did Su Han suddenly remember something, his expression shifting unpredictably.

"Huh? Could it be… that the Devil Fruit's bad taste is part of its flaw?"

If bad taste was part of the flaw, then it would have vanished entirely during the previous optimization.

"That explains it!" Su Han nodded slightly in satisfaction, then closed his eyes and pulled up his character profile.

Everyone in the Gonghui had a character profile. But Su Han previously had too few abilities to bother checking.

This time, he wanted to see how his profile changed after consuming the Devil Fruit.

Character Name: Su Xiao Xiao (Su Han)

Rank: President of the Ciyuangong Society

Current Abilities: Armament Haki (Advanced), Observation Haki (Beginner), Conqueror's Haki (Beginner)

Special Ability: Yami Yami no Mi

After a moment's thought, Su Han clicked on the special ability: Yami Yami no Mi. The ability's details immediately unfolded.

Ability Name: Yami Yami no Mi Mode

Ability One: Activate Yami Yami no Mi power. Upon contact with an opponent, forcibly disable all supernatural abilities except physical techniques.

Su Han: "???"

Kamijou Touma's… Imagine Breaker?!

No—this was infinitely more powerful than Imagine Breaker. Imagine Breaker only worked on one hand. But with Yami Yami no Mi, whether left hand, right hand, or even toes—any contact with an opponent disabled their abilities.

Even without any other abilities, this single power made the enhancement worth every point.

Holy shit—it ignores opponent levels and disables all supernatural powers. Truly tyrannical…

Ability Two: Unlike ordinary Devil Fruits, Yami Yami no Mi cannot turn its user into an elemental form. But when using its power, one may endure double the pain to become immune to all attacks.

As long as your will is strong enough, you will fear nothing.

Su Han: "!!!"

Fuck, this second ability is also insane. Immune to all opponent attacks if one's will is strong enough?! Though it requires immense willpower, it's still a pseudo-invincibility ability.

Su Han eagerly turned to the final ability.