Leaving Caesar's research room.
Ross came to the place where criminals were imprisoned. They said they were imprisoning criminals, but in fact, most of them were people who were too courageous to invade the seas of all nations. Some of the remaining ones after being massacred by Shiliu of the Rain were used as Luo's test props.
"It's... ghost hands!"
Seeing Ross appear, many criminals showed fear.
Some of them didn't think that Ross, the Four Emperors, was so great, a lawless pirate, but in the end, even Ross's captain couldn't defeat him, and he was defeated in an overwhelming manner.
certainly.
There were also those who were not afraid of Ross and stared at Ross with gloomy eyes.
Ross came to a fearless man and drew out the demon sword Murasame. Without asking, "What are you looking at?", he raised his hand and stabbed it with the sword.
The man obviously didn't expect Rhodes to cut people when he came up, and his expression suddenly changed drastically. However, because he was shackled and held there, he had no room to hide even if he wanted to. He could only watch the sharp sword cutting across him.
but.
Ross's sword did not cut through his body, but passed by him, swept it away, and cut the prison cage into two pieces.
"Ah?"
"This is… "
Some people in the cages nearby looked over in surprise. Just when they were wondering what Ross was going to do, their expressions changed drastically.
Although the prisoner in front of Ross was not struck by the sword, a strange soul-like substance rose from his body.
"As expected."
There was a hint of curvature in the corner of Ross's mouth, and he waved the Murasame in his hand again.
laugh!
This one directly swept across the strange substance, instantly cutting it open. At the same time, the prisoner's eyes turned white and he fell backwards.
This is one of the abilities of the soul fruit, soul torture. Once fear occurs, the lifespan will turn into something visible to the naked eye and overflow, and will be stripped away by the will of the ability user.
Murasame, who fused the soul soul fruit and turned into a soul-cutting sword, naturally also has this ability.
"Um… "
Ross looked at the 'lifespan', or soul, surrounding Murasame, nodded slightly, and waved his sword.
Under the control of Ross, the soul flew into a cage and merged with the cage. The cage also emitted light and underwent strange changes.
When the light fades.
Eyes and mouth suddenly appeared on the cage.
"Boss!"
It came to life and turned into a living creature's cage, speaking respectfully to Ross.
Obviously.
While possessing the ability to strip away souls and lifespans, Rhodes also has the ability to make Homitz, giving life to dead things, just like BIGMOM.
"Alas! The cage is alive!"
Several prisoners in the cage screamed strangely, looking at the cage that suddenly became a living thing and could talk, showing a bit of horror.
Ross stared at Murasame's sword blade for a few seconds, then glanced at the living cage and said, "Keep an eye on them, don't let the prisoners escape."
"Yes! Boss!"
Cage responded respectfully to Ross.
The existence of Homiz will be determined by the character of the soul fruit user. Ross's character is calm and calm, so the created Homiz will tend to be calm.
"It seems that the Soul Fruit Fruit... no, Murasame's will has been partially integrated with mine and has completely become my vassal."
Ross looked at Murasame in his hand and murmured.
He has realized that he does not simply possess a sword with the ability to eat a devil fruit, but is almost equipped with dual fruit abilities!
However, the power of the soul fruit is completely attached to the demon sword Murasame. It will not increase or decrease. It is completely fixed by Murasame.
This situation is obviously something Rhodes is happy to see.
There is obviously a difference between the Murasame who obeys his orders and the Murasame who becomes a part of him.
If it is the former situation, then Murasame is taken away by others. As long as others can suppress Murasame, they can use Murasame's ability.
But now.
Even if others take Murasame away, they will not be able to use its ability. Unless Ross himself is killed, Murasame has only one master, and that is Ross.
After confirming this, Rhodes conducted experiments on the prisoners in the cage, stripping away the souls of the prisoners and attaching them to the cages and chains.
In the process, Rhodes also gradually discovered the true nature of Homitz.
The essence of Homiz is longevity.
He stripped off a prisoner's thirty-year lifespan, then gave the cage a thirty-year lifespan, or evenly divided it between two cages, giving each of the two cages a fifteen-year lifespan.
This kind of lifespan will not come out of nothing, will not become more or less, it is equivalent to a transfer of the soul.
At this time, Ross also had a vague understanding of why the regressive fruit, a fruit that can regress a person's physical age, is not something of high value.
In this world, human lifespan is related to the soul.
The fruit of regression can only regress the physical body, but it cannot extend the real life span that is closely related to the soul. Even if an old person is regressed to a few years, he will still die because his life span is exhausted.
The only thing that can really extend a person's life is surgery!
Yes.
Not even the Soul Soul Fruit. The Soul Soul Fruit can strip away the lifespan of other people, but it cannot be integrated into a living thing.
Rhodes cannot extend his own life by taking away the lives of others.
"Soul incarnation..."
Ross pondered a little in his heart, and after doing many experiments, he began to study another ability of the soul fruit, which is the ability to create his own soul incarnation.
The soul is related to lifespan, but it is an exception for the ability users themselves.
There is no need to deprive Ross of his own lifespan when making his own soul incarnation.
Rhodes recalled that there were more than one or two soul incarnations of BIGMOM. Those things that collected life spans on Cake Island every day were also the soul incarnations of BIGMOM.
There is no doubt that those things can also produce advanced Homitz like Zeus and Prometheus.
From this point of view, the Soul Soul Fruit is indeed an extremely powerful ability!
If BIGMOM makes Homitz with various elements such as hurricanes and ice, he will be able to control endless natural disasters with one person!
Just imagine.
Wherever BIGMOM goes, thunder roars, flames surge into the sky, hurricanes sweep, ice covers thousands of miles, and various elements intertwine and collide. I'm afraid it may not be impossible to be the capital of the Four Emperors!
You must know that high-level Homitz like Zeus and Prometheus, when they explode with all their strength, are as powerful as the three disaster generals, and they are immortal!
After all.
BIGMOM is just a being born with a body like a monster. In many aspects, she does not have the will of a true emperor, because she did not reach the top step by step and rely on her own efforts.
If the Soul Soul Fruit were in the hands of people like Whitebeard and Red-Haired Shanks, the power it would exert would probably be much stronger than BIGMOM.