Devil Fruits were truly wondrous things.
Once you ate a Devil Fruit, you instinctively gained an ability. Whether it was powerful or not, you could use it immediately.
At that moment, Dawn felt that sensation again, one he had not experienced with Fruits like the Float-Float Fruit he had devoured before.
After those Fruits were devoured, he had even needed to combine them with halos before he could slowly develop their abilities.
Yet the Soul-Soul Fruit seemed to have fused directly with Ouroboros's soul, strengthening its origin—another part of Dawn's own soul.
The last Fruit to directly affect Ouroboros had been the Munch-Munch Fruit, but Dawn had been unable to use that ability. It had merely allowed Ouroboros to evolve once.
This time, even Dawn himself had been enhanced.
At that moment, Ouroboros continuously fed energy back to Dawn, and the long-awaited transformation and strengthening descended upon him once more!
When Charlotte Linlin died, Ouroboros devoured the energy released at her death. That portion primarily strengthened Dawn's physical abilities across the board.
Explosive power coursed through Dawn's body. His greater stamina and tougher skin turned him into a humanoid tyrannosaur clad in human flesh!
The other portion was feedback from devouring the Nun. Within that feedback, Dawn keenly discovered that he could clearly feel his own soul constantly growing stronger.
There was no need to say it—this had to be the Soul-Soul Fruit's ability.
The strength of one's soul affected Observation Haki. In just that brief moment, Dawn felt his Observation Haki grow far more abundant, while even his Conqueror's Haki began to increase slowly.
The enhancement from a Four Emperor truly made Dawn feel as though he had returned to the early days of leveling up by fighting monsters. Since rapid progress had become difficult after his strength grew