Chapter 243 Soul Strengthening, General Surrender

Wan Guo, Cake Island.

This place has turned into a ruin, most of the buildings have been smashed by the horrific impact, and the ground is full of rubble and a large number of bodies that unfortunately died in the battle.

"It's too late."

On the Polaris, Rhodes looked at the scene in front of him.

Beside him, Smoothie's body trembled slightly.

"The one you left behind is Cracker, right?"

Rhodes looked around Cake Island.

They drove the Polaris and sailed directly from Urukum Island under the guidance of Smoothie. Even Katakuri on Greenbit's side didn't take care of him, but he was still a step late.

"With his strength, plus the others who stayed behind, I'm afraid only the Four Emperors have a chance to win."

"It's Kaido in all likelihood."

"Kaido!"

Smoothie's voice was filled with obvious anger. She was not so angry even when she saw her mother die at the hands of Rhodes.

Although the Big Mom Pirates are mainly composed of Charlotte Linlin and her children, and there is an indelible blood relationship between them, her children do not have much mother-son affection for Charlotte Linlin, but are more afraid of her.

However, there is a deep affection between their brothers and sisters.

"It is for the combat power of the Charlotte family."

Luo gave his own opinion.

They entered the sea area where Wan Guo was located from the northwest, and passed through many islands along the way, but those islands did not suffer much damage, and could even be considered unscathed. Only the Cake Island in the middle seemed to have experienced a fierce battle.

Among the corpses left at the scene, those famous members were not seen.

Combined with Kaido's hobby, it is likely that he came for the cadres of the Charlotte family.

After all, the backbone of the Beast Pirates is very weak.

"I can't feel any strong breath."

Rhodes released his observation color to sense it.

"It's not like Kaido will pack up the entire Charlotte family and take them away."

From Smoothie's performance just now, she seems to care about her brothers and sisters, not to mention Katakuri from Greenbit, who has always played the role of a good brother to the Charlotte family.

If all the members of the Charlotte family were packed up and taken away by Kaido, even if these two people surrendered, Rhode would not dare to use them with confidence.

Who knows if they will stage a "holding family members hostage to control the generals" drama at a critical moment.

"I think there should still be some smart people in the Charlotte family."

Robin suddenly smiled slightly, and then used her devil fruit ability to pass a mirror through a pair of arms.

"I just saw someone's face flash in the mirror."

When in the Champs Elysees, Katakuri also escaped through the mirror.

"Bree!"

Smoothie looked at the mirror.

Afterwards, a woman who looked like an old witch appeared in the mirror, looking at Rhode and Smoothie with alert eyes.

"Great, how many people have hidden in the mirror space."

Smoothie's eyes rose with a hint of expectation, looking at Brulee in the mirror.

"There are not many people left. I only had time to put some younger brothers and sisters into the mirror space. The rest of the people who were still able to fight all rushed out to fight Kaido."

"But everyone was defeated."

Rod glanced at Brulee who was hiding in the mirror space and dared not come out, and glanced at Law and Robin, motioning them to deal with the matter here, and then turned around and looked at the territory of Wan Guo.

Since there are still people alive in the Charlotte family, as long as they are captured, Smoothie and Katakuri will become the power he can use.

Oh, and there is also the general star Snag.

The next step is nothing more than how to deal with the problem of those Charlotte family members. This matter can be left to Law and Robin.

Compared to these things, Rhodes is still more interested in Wan Guo.

This area that has been managed by Big Mom for decades is inhabited by a large number of civilians, and includes most of the races in this world.

Not only that, under Big Mom's ability, there are a large number of Homies here, which are the creations of the other party's [Soul Soul Fruit].

Since entering the realm of Wan Guo, Rhodes has felt a lot of familiar breaths.

That is the breath of the soul!

"The Homies left by Big Mom!"

Rhodes opened his palm, and the power of the soul flew from all corners of Wan Guo and gathered in his palm.

When Urukum killed Big Mom, when the other party fought for her life at the last moment, I don't know what power she used. The three Homies that were originally driven by her also dissipated instantly with the death of the other party.

However, in Wan Guo, it seems that a large part of the Homies did not dissipate because of Big Mom's death, but continued to survive.

The so-called Homies are the product of Big Mom using the power of the Soul Soul Fruit to make some objects or animals, or even some natural elements anthropomorphic. Because the soul power used by Big Mom is different, the strength of Homies is also different.

However, no matter how strong it is, there is no doubt that these Homies are all the embodiment of soul power.

The soul power attached to objects or other living things is actually very fragile, because the soul power does not fit with the thing it resides on.

However, there are very few powers that can attack the soul.

And Rhodes, the new ability user of [Soul Fruit Fruit], is undoubtedly the person who can interfere with the soul the most.

After he used his ability, all the soul power contained in Homitz, which was originally scattered throughout the world, rushed to Rhodes and gathered in his palm.

"Power, very mottled."

Rhodes looked at the soul power turning into a ball in his hand.

Although it seems that these soul powers are all gathered together and turned into a ball, in Rhodes' eyes, these soul powers are like countless tiny gravels. Although they are gathered together, they are not integrated at all.

Under the rule of Big Mom, residents of all countries must submit one month of lifespan to Big Mom every six months. The so-called lifespan is actually the embodiment of the soul.

With the help of the souls surrendered by a large number of residents of all nations, Big Mom can use its own fruit power to make a large number of Homitz. With the power of these Homitz, it can guard the sea area of ​​​​All Nations and even create some powerful soldiers. .

However, because they are taken from the souls of different people, the quality of the souls also varies.

Everyone's soul is unique. These souls harvested by Big Mom cannot be blended together well, but all have their own unique characteristics.

These soul powers cannot be used directly to strengthen one's own soul.

Rhodes had already discovered this when he harvested part of Smoothie's soul.

However, after mastering a large amount of soul power at once, Rhodes suddenly discovered that using the power of the [Soul Soul Fruit] can temper these mixed soul powers, but there will be a great loss.

And if you want to temper these mixed soul powers into pure soul powers that can be absorbed.

"100:1. If the quality of the soul is not enough, it will be even more. It is a very harsh condition."

Rhodes fiddled with the ball of soul power in his hand.

There are about 300,000 people in the entire world. These people surrender two months of life to Big Mom every year. If all these soul powers are calculated in terms of life span, the life span in one year will be 50,000 years. .

Most of these lifespans were used by Big Mom to make Homitz soldiers, and some of them were wasted wantonly by her. Sometimes she would even personify cakes and other things, and then let these cakes jump into her mouth on their own.

The soul power now in Rhodes' hands comes from the Homitz that Big Mom made before. If converted, it is equivalent to a lifespan of about 30,000 years.

If all these lifespans are tempered and transformed into pure soul power and used to enhance the strength of one's soul, it will become a lifespan equivalent to approximately 180 years.

That is, the soul strength equivalent to the level of two ordinary people.

"Try it first!"

As Rhodes' thoughts turned, the soul power gathered in his palms fluctuated violently, and Rhodes could vaguely see wisps of smoke floating up from his palms.

The mixed soul power became pure little by little. In Rhodes' eyes, those colorful and mutually incompatible soul powers gradually became transparent as wisps of smoke rose, and finally they all turned into The transparent soul power gathered into a ball.

As Rhodes' thoughts turned, the soul power in his hand merged into his soul, and the soul that had been strengthened by eating the [Soul Fruit] improved again.

However, as Rhodes frowned slightly, a transparent soul power reappeared in his hand.

"It can only absorb the soul strength equivalent to that of an ordinary person."

"Moreover, you can probably feel that if the soul strength before eating the [Soul Fruit] is set to 1, the strength after eating the [Soul Fruit] is about 1.2, and the current strength is about 1.3."

"Has the soul strength reached the current upper limit, so there is no way to continue to improve it? Or is it that due to the current physical strength, the soul strength can no longer be improved? Or, it has been increased too much in a short period of time, so it cannot continue to be improved. ?”

Various thoughts flashed through Rhodes' mind, but the time he ate the [Soul Fruit] was still too short, and there is currently no way to verify these conjectures.

Moreover, although the strength of the soul has been improved, it has not yet had time to improve his physical quality.

Conjectures about the soul and the development of Devil Fruit abilities will take time to be studied slowly.

Before that, the rules of the Big Mom Pirates should be followed.

Turn in one month of life every six months!

Correspondingly, no one can take their lives before their lifespan ends.

Just when Rhodes was testing his abilities, the remnants of the Charlotte family had been released from the mirror space.

Except for the [Mirror Fruit] ability user Bree, those hiding in the mirror space are all Big Mom's underage children. There are even little kids wearing crotchless pants, who look like they are only three or four years old at most. age.

As for those who have reached adulthood and can even stand alone, they were all captured after the previous battle against Kaido.

"Be a minor and be a minor."

Rhodes looked at the members of the Charlotte family in front of him.

As one of the most talented people in the world, Charlotte Lingling's genes are still very strong. Among her children, there are many people with strong talents and strength.

Although the Charlotte family members in front of them are still very young now, there may be some talented people among them. It would be better if there is another strong person like Katakuri.

"Wanguo, what's going to happen next?"

Smoothie looked at Rhodes.

His mother had just passed away, and Kaido, who had cooperated with him a lot, brazenly attacked all nations and kidnapped a large number of his brothers and sisters.

Smoothie couldn't help but feel even more grateful for her choice. If she had not surrendered to Rhodes but continued to fight, I am afraid that all nations would have been completely destroyed, and the remaining brothers and sisters would not have a chance to survive.

Although Bree's mirror space can allow them to escape for a while, it is impossible for the younger brothers and sisters to hide in it forever.

"Kosa!"

Rhodes looked at Kosha who was following him.

The sea area where Ten Thousand Kingdoms is located is not connected to the sea area that Rhodes and the others expanded with Dressrosa as the center.

On this sea, due to the complicated weather conditions, sailing is not a simple matter. If you want to bring all nations into the scope of your rule, you must rely on Kosa's ability.

Only by establishing a portal that can be traveled with at any time can the power of the Rhodes Pirates be brought to all nations at any time.

"No problem!"

Kosha nodded seriously.

After such a long period of training, he has become quite proficient in his fruit ability. Even from such a long distance, he can feel the portal he set up in Greenbit.

As long as it can be sensed, it means that it is not beyond the scope of his abilities. As long as it takes a while to arrange a portal here and connect the two, you can shuttle between the two islands at any time through the portal. .

“The nations will plant my flag.”

"Everything here will continue to operate according to the original model for the time being. Smoothie will be responsible for it. Bowness and Baccarat will also stay here temporarily. After a period of time, the place will be renovated."

While Rhodes was speaking, Kosha had completed the arrangement of the portal. With a flash of light, several figures passed through the portal and entered Cake Island.

"I will bring back the other members of the Charlotte family and train them well. And you, Katakuri, join me and become the sharp blade in my hand!"

Katakuri looked around at the situation on the cake island, and then at his ignorant younger brothers and sisters. This proud and powerful man lowered his head to Rhodes again.