"What is this...?"
As Rody stared at the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his mind suddenly went hazy. His soul appeared in a blue space in the form of a being with four arms, four eyes, and a mouth on its abdomen. After looking around for a moment, Rody unleashed his domain, Malevolent Shrine. A blood-red hue slowly began to stain the blue space, though the spread was not fast. Closing his eyes, he slowly sensed the changes brought about as his domain tainted the space. After an unknown amount of time, the azure space was replaced by dark crimson. Rody opened his four eyes and laughed.
"Ha ha... so that's how it is. Logia types are actually connected to Mother Nature. No wonder they can't be copied."
Coming back to his senses, Rody looked at the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his hand and discovered that it had twisted and deformed, slowly turning back into an ordinary apple. With a thought, black lightning erupted from his hand and reduced the apple to charred ash.
Rody tried turning his body into lightning to elementalize, but there was no response at all. He took a pair of high-purity Seastone handcuffs from his spatial ring and held them in his hand, yet felt neither discomfort nor weakness.
"Just as I thought. After using my soul to seize the power within a Devil Fruit, Mother Nature's curse is erased as well. But I can no longer elementalize. All I gained is the ultimate power of lightning, requiring no development and filled with the user's will."
Putting the Seastone back into his spatial ring, Rody stood up and felt the power flowing through his body. He said excitedly, "Now, let me properly experience this power!"
"Ha! Ahh!!"
Boom—
In an instant, an aura formed of black lightning erupted from