Chapter 22: The Devil Fruit of Mutation (First Update)

  After a deep conversation with his father, Yi Chi left Yunyu Courtyard with a painful body.

  "That old geezer, he must have done it on purpose. He definitely did. Just you wait and see how I'll get my revenge next time." Yi Chi's face was full of indignation. Originally, he wasn't supposed to be in such a miserable state. Who would have thought that his old man had said they would only use the same level of strength to compete? But halfway through the fight, it seemed like he was at a disadvantage. Although he was extremely surprised by Yi Chi's rich combat experience, he still shamelessly increased the intensity of his attacks, and in the end, with the strength of a one-star Dou Shi, he utterly defeated Yi Chi.

  "Cough, cough, you won't even go easy on me, geez. Aren't you afraid of hurting me? How can you tell, I don't even look like your own flesh and blood, no need to play it this way." Yi Chi complained while walking.

  "Be content, at least this time you showed your true strength. Without using the Soul Claw, you were able to fight a five-star warrior with rich combat experience to a draw, and escape from the hands of a nine-star warrior. However, when it comes to a Dou Shi, there's no way out - that's the difference between realms." Yi Tang looked at Yi Chi being bullied, but was still quite happy, and of course, occasionally comforted him.

  "Go, I'll give you a fan, go on."

  "Hmph, never mind, I thought you'd listen to me!" Yi Tang huffed and stopped talking, seemingly having done so several times before, but still spoke to Yi Chi every time.

  Although he didn't say it out loud, Yi Chi still agreed with Yi Tang's point of view in his heart. At least, he had a clear understanding of his own strength and could defeat the three smaller levels.

  "It's nothing, but I'll get revenge on that old geezer, ah yo!" Yi Chi got excited and his movements became a bit bigger, another wave of stinging pain.

  ......

  After a night of rest, Yi Chi's body had basically recovered and he was planning to take action again.

  "It's been so many days, shouldn't be a problem anymore, right? If I don't go earn some energy points soon, when will I ever catch up with them?" Yi Chi muttered to himself.

  "Master? What are you doing?" Autumn rain curiously looked at Yi Chi, wondering why the young master of her own house was standing alone in the yard, staring blankly.

  "Ah, it's autumn rain!" He looked at Autumn Rain with a complex gaze. For the past two days, Yi Chi had barely spoken to the two sisters, and it was clear that he still held a grudge about what happened.

  "Yes, young master, what's wrong with you?" Autumn rain looked at Yi Chi with a puzzled face, she felt that the young master had been acting strangely for the past two days.

  "It's okay, I'll be going out for a bit later and won't be back for lunch, you two can eat on your own, no need to wait for me." Yi Chi smiled faintly, before this matter was resolved, he didn't plan on having any close interactions with them again, he feared getting in too deep and not being able to extricate himself.

  "Oh, I'll talk to my sister later." Autumn rain responded with a sound, although she wanted to ask Yi Chi what was wrong with him for the past two days, but somehow, she didn't ask.

  "Sister has been acting strange these past two days too! Is it related to Young Master?" Akira asked with a questioning tone, continuing on her way to her sister's room.

  Yi Chi looked at the back of Qiu Yu and shook his head.

  "Alright, this little girl, I just want to solve the matter of Yi Hang quickly, so Xiao Xue won't have to suffer anymore." Yi Chi dispelled his own chaotic thoughts and decided to take swift action, not wanting to delay any further, he walked out quickly.

  ......

  After leaving Yi's house, Yi Chi found a secluded place to change into his cloak and mask. Although there was some risk involved, Yi Chi didn't think they would send a Dou Shi to follow him. If it wasn't a Dou Shi, then what did he have to be afraid of?

  Still the old routine, but this time Yi Chi spent a whole day and earned 400,000 energy points.

  "Hehe, this time I've finished, and from now on, I'm afraid I won't be able to appear in Floating Feather City again." Yi Chi looked at his harvest for the day, but wasn't too concerned about what would happen next. After all, who knew how long he'd stay in Floating Feather City?

  Long ago, Yi Chi had always wanted to go to the Monster Forest, one of the three major death zones. However, his strength was not enough at that time. Now, with so many energy points, he might have a rapid growth period in the next phase, and by then, he should have the strength to go to the Monster Forest.

  However, I have to deal with the few old mice behind me first. Yi Chi didn't expect that these few families, although they didn't send out any top-notch experts, but just the Dou Zhe alone sent out more than 20 people, all of whom were high-star Dou Zhe, not a single one was below seven stars.

  "You really think I'm capable of handling it! Yi Tang, do you have any good ideas? Can you help me deal with those old mice behind?" Yi Chi didn't think he could handle the people behind him. He might be able to escape from one or two, but twenty or so? That would only lead to his death.

  "Haha, thinking of me when there's danger, huh? I won't tell you," Yitang said with a playful tone.

  "Sweat, I said it's easy to play, stop messing around, you'll get killed, hurry up, be good!" Yi Chi broke out in a cold sweat. When was it ever not fun for Yi Tang? Now is the time of crisis!

  "Hey, don't talk to me in that tone of voice, I'm telling you it's not okay, my goosebumps are all coming out!" Yi Tang said exaggeratedly, at the same time, a message entered Yi Chi's mind.

  Devil Fruit: A treasure in the ONE PIECE world, eating it allows you to gain certain superpowers. Devil Fruits are classified into three categories based on the abilities they grant: Natural, Animal, and Superhuman. As a variant, it has no side effects and does not lose its powers when exposed to water. Exchange requires energy points: 50,000 points.

  "Alright, it's you then, exchange." Yi Chi took a look and saw that it was the Devil Fruit. He also knew about this fruit, although this one was mutated, but its ability should be the same, and the side effect of not being able to touch water had disappeared, which was exactly what he needed.

  "Are you sure to exchange Devil Fruit? Exchange requires Energy Points: 50,000 points."

  "Confirmed."

  Yi Chi only felt a spatial fluctuation in his vow seal, and a strange fruit appeared inside.

  "Exchange successful, remaining energy points: 350,000 points."

  Yi Chi's feet didn't stop moving as he quickly took out the mutated demon fruit that had cost 50,000 energy points to exchange for and bit into it fiercely.

  "Hmm... the taste is not bad, indeed it's a variant. Even the taste is different." Yi Chi had originally prepared himself to eat something bitter, but unexpectedly this variant devil fruit was not as hard to swallow as ordinary devil fruits, on the contrary, it was quite delicious.

  He quickly finished it in a few mouthfuls, and Yi Chi felt a special energy flowing through his body, which then merged into every cell of his body.

  Right after that, piece after piece of information flooded into Yichi's mind.

  "It's actually the Dark-Dark Fruit! Unbelievable!" Yi Chi instantly read through that piece of information and knew what ability he had obtained from the fruit, which was the Dark-Dark Fruit, known as the strongest Devil Fruit in history.

  Yami Yami no Mi: The most brutal ability in the history of the Devil Fruits, with the power of "darkness" that can attract everything that comes into contact with it. When the body transforms into "darkness", it can absorb, compress, crush and devour anything that touches it. It also has the ability to attract objects from a distance and temporarily disable living beings (whether warriors or magicians) through physical contact. As a Logia-type fruit, any attack is ineffective against the user when transformed into "darkness" (as long as they don't overextend themselves), without the risk of double pain as a side effect. It can also be used to absorb the abilities of recently deceased ability users.

  Powerful

  The word "easy" is the only way to describe it, the variable demon fruit is much more powerful than the ordinary one, not only does it have no side effects, but also in the case of energyization, it can be immune to all attacks, although there is a limit, however, this is also normal, after all, no limit is not invincible, what's so good about that.

  "Congratulations, I didn't expect you to be so lucky." As the controller of the exchange space, Yi Tang naturally knew what ability Yi Chi had obtained.

  "Yes, now I can easily deal with those few old mice behind." Yi Chi said confidently.

  "Heh heh, don't be too confident, even if you transform into 'Darkness', you can only withstand the attacks of a 9-star Dou Zhe, but against a Dou Shi, you're no match." Yi Tang hurriedly reminded Yi Chi, fearing that he would become arrogant and complacent after obtaining this ability.

  "Don't worry, I understand. Besides, I'm not just a punching bag that can only take hits without fighting back. If I were to encounter a Dou Shi, would I be able to render his Dou Qi unusable?" Yi Chi wanted to know the extent of the other person's ability to disable someone's powers, and he wasn't clear about it himself before using it.

  "A large boundary, your ability can at most make a two-star Dou Shi lose his Dou Qi. The absorption, compression, fragmentation and devouring abilities can only be used on people of the same boundary as yourself. After the body is darkened, it can withstand attacks that exceed its own seven small boundaries at most. The ability to absorb the fruit ability from the dead has no restrictions, however, a person can have at most three fruit abilities, no more than that." Yi Tang said bluntly, revealing the limits of all the abilities Yi Chi had obtained.

  This made Yi Chi have a macro understanding of his own strength once again.

  "I can take down a two-star Dou Shi in a sneak attack, but if the opponent is prepared, I'll have a hard time getting close to them. Swallowing is very suitable for group battles, but I'm not sure if there are any side effects from the energy gained. However, at this point, I'm basically invincible among Dou Zhe, as long as the opponent doesn't have some powerful trump card." Yi Chi stopped in a hidden corner to analyze.

  "What's wrong, you want to get rid of those people behind?" Yi Tang felt that Yi Chi had stopped and asked.

  "Not bad, try out new abilities." Yi Chi said nonchalantly.

  Stretching his body at will, Yi Chi loudly said to the empty space in front of him: "Little mice, aren't you coming out? Do you like hiding that much?"

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