Boring War

Chapter 664: Boring War

All things in the world countered one another, and Devil Fruits were no exception.

For instance, the Gum-Gum Fruit severely countered the Lightning Fruit, leaving Enel completely helpless. Yet Enel's Lightning Fruit greatly countered the Ice-Ice Fruit, while the Ice-Ice Fruit countered the Flame-Flame Fruit. They countered one another in an endless cycle; there was never a strongest Devil Fruit.

Imu's Sea-Sea Fruit was no exception.

First of all, the Sea-Sea Fruit countered every Devil Fruit in the world—this was only natural. Any Devil Fruit user who encountered a vast expanse of seawater would fall into a weak, powerless state. Even Kaido, the strongest man on the surface, was no exception.

No one could escape the power of the laws.

Yet even a Devil Fruit like the Sea-Sea Fruit, which naturally countered all Devil Fruit users, could in fact be countered by quite a few Devil Fruits.

For example, Issho's Press-Press Fruit, Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit, Sakazuki's Lava-Lava Fruit, and Kuzan's Ice-Ice Fruit all had the potential to counter the Sea-Sea Fruit.

But no one could say for certain without fighting first, so the Revolutionary Army formulated combat plans and methods, prepared for the worst, and only then pushed directly onto the high ground.

Every Revolutionary Army general wore a calm expression. The current situation was entirely within their calculations. Precisely because it was within their calculations, even though Owen had already lost his ability to fight and had exhausted all his strength and abilities in barely a minute, his physical exertion far from minor as he was sent to the rear, no one else showed the slightest expression.

In a battle of this level, deaths in combat were only natural. The only reason none had occurred was because they had the advantage in numbers and had