Chapter 220 The Four Divine Fruits!
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After a period of time ~
The air around the Beluga was so still you could hear a pin drop.
Everyone gaped, struggling to process the news they had just heard.
After a long silence, the white-bearded man looked at Xia Chen with a deep gaze and asked, "So you killed them all before faking your death to escape?"
"No!" Xia Chen shook his head.
"I spared several lives, how can you say I killed them all?"
Xia Chen retorted, "Is he such a bloodthirsty person? Of course he'd leave a few survivors!"
Everyone: ...
After a long pause, Ace said, "Putting everything else aside for now, isn't your plan to fake your death a bit too abstract?"
Will they...believe it?
"Besides, with your current strength, you've already killed the ruler of the World Government. Who in this world can threaten you? Why fake your death!"
Xia Chen grinned slightly and said, "I don't need them to believe me. They just need to know that I died in front of everyone!"
"As for why I faked my death, there's a reason, of course..."
As he spoke, Xia Chen's thoughts returned to the cave where he had spoken with Rocks a short time ago on Thriller Bark.
"What is divinity? Why does Im need it?" Xia Chen asked curiously. He thought he knew quite a bit about the pirate world, but he had never heard of this divinity before.
However, now that Lox, who should have been dead long ago, has appeared before him, it's not so hard to accept that there are other outrageous things happening around him.
"Divinity is a unique characteristic possessed by the four fruits in this world that bear the name of gods! It is also something that Im needs!"
"All four fruits are Mythical Zoan types of Human-Human Fruits!"
"Their forms are Zeus, the king of the gods; Athena, the goddess of wisdom; Hades, the god of the underworld; and Nika, the god of the sun!"
"Among them, the goddess of wisdom, Athena, and the king of the gods, Zeus, have already been taken by Im, but the remaining two have not!"
"It's not that Im can't get these fruits, but rather that it's only useful for him to awaken his god form after these fruits have been consumed by others!"
"Only after awakening the form of a god can he absorb the divinity of others!"
"As for why Im needs to absorb divinity, it's because he needs divinity to achieve an immortal body!"
"Immortality will not be bound by lifespan; one will become the sole true god of this world!!!"
"Wait!" Xia Chen interrupted him before he could say anything more.
"How do you know so much?" Xia Chen stared intently at Lockes, trying to glean something from his expression.
Rocks calmly replied, "Because the Devil Fruit I possessed at the time was the God-King Zeus form! Im came to me shortly after I successfully awakened the God form, and he told me all of this before I died!"
"Perhaps he thought I was going to die, which is why he told me all this! But he certainly didn't expect that I had a special constitution and ate three fruits at the same time!"
"The Dark Fruit revealed to the world, the God-King Zeus Fruit hidden within, and the Nether Fruit reserved as a last resort!"
"After I was found by Im, my divinity was absorbed, the God King Zeus Fruit disappeared, and the Dark-Dark Fruit also disappeared after my death. Only the Nether Fruit, which was used as a last resort, came into play and pulled me back from the underworld!"
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"Hmm..." Xia Chen pondered, seemingly considering the credibility of Lockes' words, but after a while, he suddenly asked another unrelated question.
What is the relationship between the Netherworld Fruit and the Underworld Fruit?
Xia Chen suddenly became curious. From Rocks' description, he felt that this Netherworld Fruit was just like Brook's Revive-Revive Fruit. Both could only be activated after death, and both gave people a second life!
"Oh, you mean that useless Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit) that can only revive you once? The Netherworld Fruit is its superior fruit. In addition to having the same revival ability, the holder of the Netherworld Fruit can control the power of the Netherworld after being revived!"
"Here it is!"
Lox stretched out his hand, and a ball of dark purple energy suddenly appeared in his hand.
"The power of the netherworld can strip things of their life force, which is quite a good ability!" Rocks said casually.
"Of course, it can't compare to your Hades, the King of the Underworld!"
"Huh?? What Hades? You're saying my Devil Fruit is the Human-Human Fruit - Hades Form?"
Several question marks appeared above Xia Chen's head. When did a mere Hades, the so-called King of the Underworld, start trying to mess with his Monkey King?
That's incredibly insulting!
Ignoring Xia Chen's reaction, Lockes continued:
"That's right! I was once the owner of the God King Zeus Fruit, so even though I died once and the fruit no longer exists, I can still sense the divinity in the other God Fruit users!"
"That's why I released my aura to lure you here. Of course, the prerequisite is that this person has developed their divine fruit to a certain extent; otherwise, if the divine aura is not apparent, I won't be able to sense it!"
"Um..."
Upon hearing this, Xia Chen remained silent for a while, processing the information he had received from Lockes. After a long pause, he asked with a deep gaze:
"You said you sensed the divine aura emanating from me, but there are still two fruits that Im hasn't found. Why are you so sure that I am Hades, the god of the underworld, and not Nika, the god of the sun?"
"This... because someone in my time ate the Nika Fruit. Although he didn't awaken his god form, his divine aura was already evident. So I sensed his divine aura, which is different from what you're giving me now!"
"Of course you are Hades, not Nika!" Lox replied logically.
"Oh~"
Xia Chen drew out his words, then said with a sudden realization, "Oh, I see!"
"So unless I never develop my Devil Fruit ability, awakening my God Form will attract Im's attention, right?"
"That's right!" Rocks nodded.
"Okay, I understand!"
Xia Chen was deep in thought...
——
This is roughly what he and Lox talked about in the cave.
Not only did Lockes tell him a bunch of things he'd never heard before, but he also told him some things about himself.
Finally, he explained the danger he was in and invited him to fight against Im together, not only for his own revenge but also for Xia Chen's safety.
However, regarding this situation, Xia Chen only wants to say one thing:
Rocks, oh, no!
Im's ability to lie needs improvement...
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