First update today: Chapter 2104! 1/3!
"So, once the Evil Project succeeded, setting aside the fact that the Devil Fruit Tree itself could use Devil Fruits to parasitize others and obtain the nourishment needed to grow into the divine realm in the future, countless hosts implanted with offshoot fruits would appear throughout the world. Then, as long as the killing and cultivation continued, it would enter an endless vicious cycle, until finally..."
Xu Kun let out a long breath. "Its hosts will spread across all races. Once the momentum is established, its shadow will completely shroud the world, and all races will tremble because of its existence."
At present, only the Asura Race was carrying out the Evil Project—or rather, the Asura Race was its only collaborator!
But that might not remain the case in the future. Even if the Asura Race was powerful enough to continuously slaughter and satisfy the Devil Fruit Tree's need to produce offshoots and cultivate Evil Fruits, how could the efforts of a single race compare to the increasing number of Evil Fruit hosts in the future?
More importantly, based on the information currently known, Xu Kun had no idea what differences existed between those implanted with Evil Fruits and ordinary people.
If they were like normal Devil Fruit users—merely stronger, yet indistinguishable from ordinary people—then as long as the host said nothing, who could know that he had become a puppet of the Devil Fruit Tree?
As its roots intertwined and spread, the Devil Fruit Tree's roots would sink deeper and deeper, becoming more and more firmly entrenched!
Until, in the end, the person closest to you would kill you to complete a mission issued by the Devil Fruit Tree, offering your flesh and blood to his master!
Just imagining that situation was