As Doflamingo pondered, a strange aura drifted over from the crimson sea.
"What is this thing? Such powerful soul power!"
Doflamingo looked up, astonishment appearing on his face. "Could it be that my cheat has hooked a big fish this time?"
The Illusion Space where Doflamingo resided was actually a small island, surrounded by a boundless Sea of Souls. It was unimaginably vast; even with Doflamingo's nearly omniscient and omnipotent abilities within the Illusion Space, he could not sense its end.
Naturally, this terrifying crimson ocean, composed of countless Soul Fragments, was monstrously corrosive. Even someone as powerful as Pirate King Roger or Kozuki Oden would be instantly left dazed and confused if their souls were splashed by its waters, becoming lunatics with shattered souls and scrambled memories.
Yet the multiverse was filled with powerful beings. Doflamingo had once wondered: since someone could leave behind an obsession within the endless Sea of Souls, could someone preserve their sense of self within it?
But even now, Doflamingo had yet to encounter anyone who could maintain their self-awareness. All the puppet-like humanoids produced by his cheat seemed as though they had been cut from the same mold.
Whether it was Ye Gucheng or Joker, their souls contained their own obsessions. Yet in terms of soul quantity, they were exactly the same as ordinary souls, without the slightest difference.
Or rather, souls were like clam meat, while Talent Pearls were like the occasional pearls formed within clams. The Sea of Souls was like a meat grinder, pulverizing every soul into pulp, with the occasional unbreakable pearl mixed in.
The souls Doflamingo absorbed were no longer truly the souls of Ye Gucheng, Joker, and the others. They were merely large quantities of other people's Soul Fragments mixed with their obsessions.
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