Chapter 422: Chapter 303: Gravity and Soul Law (2)

[Strength: 78]

[Physique: 82]

[Armaments Haki: 73]

[Observation Haki: 69]

[Sword Dao: 85]

[Talent: Floating Ability]

These attributes, whether they have been weakening over the years or have always been like this, disappointed Su Xin with their values.

One of the three Legendary Pirates, yet all attributes other than Physique are inferior to Hawkeye’s.

Without the Floating Fruit ability, his combat power would be far less than Hawkeye’s.

"You don’t need to continue researching these wastes, spend this time training properly and restore your strength as much as possible."

Su Xin instructed casually, assigning a training task to the Golden Lion as well.

With less than a month left until the top war, Su Xin was too lazy to wander around anymore. He had seen enough of this world’s scenery, which was not much different except for a few unique places like the Inverted Mountain. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

During the remaining less than a month, Su Xin decided to research the Devil Fruit.

The Golden Lion in front of him was the best research subject, considering the Floating Fruit’s effect was quite impressive, not only freeing oneself from gravity to fly but also allowing non-living objects touched to float, even keeping a dozen large islands suspended in mid-air for years.

It seemed that making objects float didn’t consume much power; otherwise, suspending over a dozen large islands would require a ludicrous amount of power, at least several billion tons, which even Su Xin nowadays couldn’t achieve with Telekinesis.

Let alone maintaining for long periods.

And without affecting one’s combat power.

Considering that the Golden Lion also needed sleep, it meant that even if he lost consciousness, it wouldn’t affect the floating status of these islands.

However, in the original work, when the Golden Lion was defeated, these islands seemed to lose their ability to float.

This indicates that controlling island suspension requires minimal power to maintain; only being completely exhausted and defeated leads to losing control, causing the floating state to fail.

Additionally.

The Golden Lion’s usual means of attack is using the Floating Fruit ability to lift the ground or control surrounding wind, snow, and seawater to attack enemies.

In other words, the Golden Lion can not only make objects float but also possess considerable control ability.

...

With Instant Teleportation, Su Xin brought the Golden Lion to one of the islands to demonstrate the Floating Ability.

The Golden Lion obediently complied.

Suddenly, the land broke beneath him, a whole stretch tearing free from its confines, slowly rising from the earth.

"This power... could it be Gravity Law?"

Su Xin furrowed his brow lightly.

During the Golden Lion’s activation of ability, he carefully sensed the changes in power throughout.

With his Earth Immortal Realm cultivation, his comprehension and use of Law were already skilled, though he was only proficient in Space Law and Flame Law, while other Law powers he could perceive but not easily discern.

Nonetheless, based on his cultivation foundation, learning a new Law would not be difficult.

In just about a day, Su Xin could attempt to use similar Law Ability.

Simply put, the Floating Fruit ability is a variant of Gravity Law, or a unique branch of it that allows objects to counteract gravitational influence, achieving suspension in mid-air.

It can also change the direction of gravity an object experiences to manipulate the object—for instance, the Lion Aura series of attacks stem from this.

The advantage over normal Gravity Law is that only a single activation of ability is required, with minimal power needed for maintenance thereafter.

The downside.

Is that it can only be used on specified targets and cannot be used directly on an entire range, nor can it enhance gravity-based techniques.

Overall, it has both strengths and weaknesses.

After mastering this variant of Gravity Law, Su Xin commenced studying the complete Gravity Law, which took him merely seven or eight days to grasp far more powerful and comprehensive abilities than the Floating Fruit.

Gravity elimination, gravity enhancement, gravity redirection, and a series of methods—all mastered.

"The powers of this world surprisingly have some merit."

Su Xin pointed casually, applying gravity to one of the islands floating by the Golden Lion, causing it to plummet downward before eliminating its gravity after descending for a distance, controlling the island to float back to its initial position.

Using brute force or Telekinesis to forcibly move a mountain was relatively onerous for Su Xin nowadays, but using Gravity Law was akin to borrowing the Power of Heaven and Earth, which was far simpler.

This is the strength of Law Power.

Realizing the Devil Fruit abilities were indeed beneficial, Su Xin began recalling various Devil Fruit powers in the Pirate World.

If he were an ordinary person, most Fruit Abilities would be useful.

But he is not ordinary.

His current powers are quite comprehensive.

Of the myriad abilities within the Pirate World, exceedingly few are useful to him, with Charlotte Lingling’s Soul Fruit being the most valuable according to Su Xin.

In the original work, Big Mom demonstrated the ability to extract souls, granting souls to various objects to anthropomorphize them, even transforming elements like Thunder and fire into intelligent species by bestowing souls.

Moreover, she can create soul avatars to harvest souls on her behalf.

Also, she can temporarily enhance her strength by consuming soul power, akin to bersering.

Undeniably, in terms of soul-related powers and methods, Big Mom is more formidable than Su Xin, at least Su Xin cannot extract souls nor bestow souls on lifeless objects.

Reflecting on this, Su Xin expanded his Immortal Sense, instantly enveloping thousands of miles around, perceiving the entire Pirate World, and seeking Big Mom’s location in the New World region, soon locking onto her.

...

On Cake Island.

Big Mom sat at a massive dining table, continuously stuffing the table’s desserts into her mouth with both hands.

People kept entering and exiting from the entrance, bringing desserts inside and removing empty trays, busy without pause.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Big Mom’s almost finished! Be quick, or she’ll get angry!"

Someone worriedly urged.

Inside, Big Mom seemed completely devoid of reason, turning into a machine only knowing to eat frantically, continuously gobbling.

At this moment, Su Xin appeared inside the room out of nowhere.

Ignoring the bustling crowd at the entrance, his gaze fell on Big Mom, enveloping her in powerful Telekinesis, Instant Teleportation took her to the Golden Lion’s floating island.

"Hmm? Where’s my dessert?"

Big Mom felt the environment change abruptly, not yet aware, only knowing her dessert was gone, so she roared furiously.

Right after roaring, she realized something was amiss, held fixed mid-air by some powerful force, unable to lift her head.

"Who’s there? Get out here!"

Big Mom roared furiously.

Seeing she seemed completely irrational, Su Xin snorted coldly, overwhelming her with even stronger Telekinesis, sealing her mouth shut.

Then brought her forth.

His finger lightly touched her forehead.

"Numeric Transformation!"

Moments later, Numeric Transformation was completed.

[Name: Charlotte Lingling]

[Strength: 88]

[Physique: 93]

[Armaments Haki: 85]

[Observation Haki: 77]

[Haoshoku Haki: 89]

[Talent: Soul Soul Ability]

"These attributes are far superior to the Golden Lion’s, clearly indicating his combat and training negligence caused the drastic drop in strength over the years."

Su Xin thought privately.

After completing Big Mom’s transformation, Su Xin instructed her to demonstrate her power while he attempted to comprehend the Law Power contained therein.

Admittedly, despite all being Laws, their profundity varies greatly, similar to when Su Xin comprehended Flame Law and Space Law— the time spent was incomparable.

Now, comprehending Soul Law adds complexity.

Previously, he took just under a day to comprehend the Gravity Law successfully and utilize it preliminarily.

Whereas Soul Law took him ten days.