"You think you can toy with me?!" Charlotte Linlin spread her palm and brought it down toward Ronglin. A sharp, vicious gleam flashed in her eyes as an invisible aura enveloped him. At last, she activated her Devil Fruit ability. "Will you choose life, or submission?"
In an instant, Charlotte Linlin's Devil Fruit ability—an ability that could speak directly to the soul—shook Ronglin's soul. Even with his powerful Haki Infusion, he could still feel it stirring the depths of his soul.
"Heh." Yet, faced with Charlotte Linlin's Devil Fruit ability, Ronglin merely smiled calmly. "Of course I choose life. Did you really think your Devil Fruit ability could affect me?"
Charlotte Linlin's Devil Fruit ability, which could steal lifespans, was completely ineffective against Ronglin this time. So long as the target's soul showed even the slightest fear, her Devil Fruit ability could forcibly take effect. But Ronglin did not fear her in the slightest, and her attempt to intimidate his soul through dialogue ended in failure.
"Impossible!" Charlotte Linlin roared in shock and threw a punch at Ronglin. She had never expected that even her final trump card, her Devil Fruit ability to steal lifespans, would fail.
"The game is over!" Ronglin floated into the air as light blazed around him. Lightning, flames, frost, and fierce winds coiled at his side, and his aura surged, becoming vast and terrifying.
Overwhelming Body!
"!!" Charlotte Linlin's punch landed squarely on Ronglin's body. Yet Ronglin, already transformed into his Overwhelming Body state, did not budge an inch. Charlotte Linlin suddenly felt searing pain shoot through her fist. She had struck Ronglin, but she was the one who was injured instead.
"Ah!" Charlotte Linlin cried out and staggered back a step, pulling back her bloodied fist. Ronglin's defensive power was even stronger than the