One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 168

Chapter 168: [168] : [BONUS] - Soul Legion vs. God’s Knights! The Four Main Fighters’ Resolve! Poor Moria!

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Faced with Rowen’s words, Enel remained utterly subservient, offering no rebuttal.

Three punches had shattered his divine dream, even inducing a life-reviewing flashback...

The psychological trauma this man inflicted upon him was too severe.

Enel hadn’t even given the man a proper fight.

Under these circumstances, Enel was thoroughly subdued.

Rowen, meanwhile, scanned the myriad of other souls in the underworld, a thoughtful expression on his face.

If possible, Rowen naturally wanted to find all the top-tier powerhouses who had died in the past—like the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger.

But the underworld was too vast—the souls too numerous; finding individuals was practically impossible.

He had only found Crocodile and Enel because he had personally killed them. A connection had been forged between them—their souls carried a faint trace of his own spiritual fluctuation.

Under these conditions, he could quickly locate Crocodile and Enel.

But figures like Roger, whom Rowen had never met... it was impossible.

After death, all souls looked the same; he couldn’t identify them by appearance.

Still, acquiring two major future combatants was a decent haul—

Once turned into a Homie, Crocodile’s combat power could reach the Yonko Commander level. Combined with his new unkillable nature, he would be more than a match for the average God’s Knight.

Enel, even more so, could possess Admiral-level combat power. Even against the Five Elders, he wouldn’t be at a disadvantage.

And this underworld—was filled with soul fragments.

Souls weren’t truly immortal.

As explained in the original story, Brook could persist in the mortal world after resurrection, nearly unkillable, because of his powerful soul, enhanced by the Revive-Revive Fruit.

But normal souls entering the underworld would eventually dissipate over time. Even so, residual soul energy remained, and over countless eons, the underworld had accumulated an immense amount of it.

As a Revive-Revive Fruit user, Rowen could use his Door-Door and Revive-Revive abilities to open the Gate to the Underworld, summon these souls into the mortal world, and directly use their soul energy for attacks!

Unleashing the full potential of his Praesepe Underworld Wave (Apex Gold)!

Like other Devil Fruit abilities, the more soul energy he used, the greater the stamina consumption.

The number of souls Rowen could manipulate at once was also limited. But undoubtedly, the existence of this technique once again elevated Rowen’s combat ceiling!

And this power—held absolute dominion over souls.

It was no exaggeration to say—Big Mom now posed zero threat to Rowen!

Big Mom was already at the bottom among the Four Emperors. She possessed terrifyingly immense natural talent—in terms of raw potential, Big Mom was arguably the strongest in the sea.

Even Kaido’s innate gifts couldn’t compare to the natural-born monster, Charlotte Linlin—A five-year-old who could seriously injure an adult Giant with a single punch—a super monster.

Yet, as an Emperor, she became obsessed with having children and hosting Tea parties, her physique becoming bloated, completely unlike a true powerhouse...

Her combat IQ was in the negative—she possessed immense strength but couldn’t utilize it to its full potential. The weakness of her Observation Haki, the manifestation of the five senses, was a clear indicator of her low combat IQ.

Even so, relying purely on her talent, Charlotte Linlin became an Emperor, her bloated body still capable of unleashing terrifying power.

In contrast, Moria, who also lost all ambition and became bloated, was pathetically weak. This just highlighted the scariness of Linlin’s talent.

But now, before Rowen, the Soul-Soul Fruit ability was completely countered. Even more so than how the Magma-Magma Fruit countered the Flare-Flare Fruit.

Rowen could directly destroy the Soul-Soul Fruit’s power!

Though Charlotte Linlin still had Haōshoku Coating and her Iron Balloon body, even with the Soul-Soul Fruit, her negative combat IQ led to her defeat by the combined efforts of Trafalgar Law and Eustass Kid in the original story—

—Those two weren’t even Admiral-level combatants...

One had his crew easily annihilated by Blackbeard—the other was taken offline by a single Divine Departure from Shanks.

Though the Awakened Op-Op and Kid-Kid Fruits possessed powerful attacks, their overall combat strength definitely hadn’t reached the Admiral tier. To be defeated by those two combined, even if Linlin had expended vast stamina and Haki beforehand, was still a disgrace among the Four Emperors.

Rowen hadn’t expected Brook’s Revive-Revive Fruit to yield such a massive gain.

Not only did he acquire two future Admiral and Yonko Commander level elemental Homies, but he could also completely counter and crush Big Mom’s Soul-Soul Fruit ability.

Next—he could continue building his own Soul Legion.

The Revive-Revive Fruit’s control over souls focused mainly on destruction; its efficiency in searching for powerful souls was too low. Once he obtained the Soul-Soul Fruit, which allowed complete control over souls, he could officially begin building his Soul Legion.

Soul Legion vs. God’s Knights... who would be stronger??

INTERESTING!

Rowen smiled.

WHOOSH!

After finalizing his plans, Rowen opened the Gate of the Underworld leading back to the Florian Triangle.

"Next time we meet, it’ll be in the mortal world. Crocodile. Enel," Rowen stated calmly with a smile, then stepped through the gate.

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"Why isn’t he back yet?" Nami paced anxiously on the deck.

"Shishishi! The underworld... I really wanna see it too," Luffy grinned. For an adventurer like Luffy with intense curiosity, the legendary underworld was too enticing.

BOINK!

Nami’s fist taught Luffy some manners. "YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN IN THERE!"

"But I can’t go in..." Luffy clutched his head, then quickly shut up, seeing Nami’s body seemingly wreathed in strange flames of anger.

WHOOSH!

Just then, the gate opened, and Rowen stepped out.

"ROWEN!" Nami and Vivi cried out happily, rushing into his embrace.

Though Rowen hadn’t been in the underworld for long, to Nami and Vivi, it felt like an eternity.

Robin also walked over to Rowen’s side, a look of relief in her eyes.

Though more mature than Nami and Vivi, she had been very worried about her beloved man entering such a place.

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