The Strength of the Fude Fude no Mi and Maki Maki no Mi

Maki Maki: Puppet Scroll!

Luo Ji waved his right hand, activating the Maki Maki no Mi ability as five blank scrolls appeared in the air.

Luo Ji picked up Kanjuro's brush-sword Tsuji Shime, used Kanjuro's hidden, formidable painting technique to dip it in each of the five people's fresh blood, and drew lifelike portraits of all five of them on the scrolls.

"The Fude Fude no Mi ability and the Maki Maki no Mi ability are a match made in heaven, mutually stacking and enhancing each other."

Luo Ji wore a pleasant smile of surprise!

"Flesh and blood make skin and bones, souls are dotted beneath the soul-snatching brush!"

Fude Fude: Pointing the Dragon's Eyes!

Luo Ji activated the Fude Fude no Mi ability, imparting some thought-soul power to these puppet portraits.

"Done! Flesh-and-blood-based puppet portraits possess more autonomous action-thought.

If I can develop the Hell Judge's soul-snatching brush in the future to hook out departed souls and imbue them into puppet portraits, then my Fude Fude no Mi ability won't be any worse than Big Mom's Soru Soru no Mi ability!"

Watching one puppet portrait after another come alive within the scrolls, Luo Ji gripped the brush-sword tightly in excitement.

Big Mom could have a Homies Army, so Luo Ji could also have his own portrait puppet army.

Kanjuro's own strength alone was enough to paint Kozuki Oden and a large batch of puppet soldiers.

He could even paint flame-ghost monsters like Kazenbo, imbuing them with a grudge of vengeance that could burn everything and pass through walls like a ghost.

Was this not a lower-tier version of the sun Prometheus?

The developmental strength of the Fude Fude no Mi ability was not necessarily inferior to the Soru Soru no Mi ability.

Now possessing three Devil Fruit abilities and gathering the strength of five people, Luo Ji was even stronger than Kanjuro.

Luo Ji felt that his current strength should be at the Tobi Roppo tier.

Starting out with three Devil Fruit abilities, Advanced Armament Haki, Observation Haki, Oden's Two-Sword Style...

He only needed a period of development and familiarity, coupled with unconstrained developmental abilities and avant-garde combat thinking, and he would be confident in reaching the Undefeated Tier Beneath the All-Stars.

Moreover, the dazzling energy card dropped by Kozuki Momonosuke made Luo Ji extremely excited.

Because that was unawakened Conqueror's Haki and the Voice of All Things Observation Haki.

That meant Luo Ji was now also a [King] possessing royal qualifications and the aptitude for the Voice of All Things!

Once he awakened Conqueror's Haki and the Voice of All Things Observation Haki, Luo Ji would easily be able to reach the All-Stars tier at that time, climbing toward the Four Emperors tier.

"Clean up those shattered corpses!"

Luo Ji issued commands to these five puppet portraits, telling them to tidy up the shattered corpses scattered all over the ground.

He once again activated the Maki Maki ability, materializing several scrolls.

Maki Maki: Storage Scroll!

"The storage capability of the Maki Maki no Mi ability is simply too powerful, and it can even imprison living things just like the Buku Buku no Mi ability."

"If I could develop a Scroll Dimension like the Mira Mira no Mi, wouldn't that be even more perfect than the Shiro Shiro no Mi ability!"

"I'll definitely have to whip up a Rivers and Mountains Map in the future and forge a Scroll Micro-World!"

Luo Ji was ambitious right now with wild, unconstrained ideas. With the combination of the Fude Fude no Mi ability and the Maki Maki no Mi ability, plus his endless ideas from Blue Star,

he was bound to be countless times stronger than Kanjuro and Raizo, developing all sorts of varied abilities.

Of course, the premise was that Luo Ji's stamina could support him in developing these fantasy-level abilities.

Luo Ji put Kin'emon's Sukesan and Kakusan, Kikunojo's Zansetsu, and Kanjuro's Tsuji Shime all into the storage scroll.

Famous swords capable of being wielded by the Nine Red Scabbards were at least of Wazamono Grade.

After all, both of Kin'emon's swords and Kikunojo's sword could pierce the defense of Beast Kaido.

Kin'emon's Foxfire Style Flame Slash could even cleave Beast Kaido's Boro Breath, yielding rather remarkable battle achievements.

As the five puppet portraits finished tidying up the corpses, Luo Ji coolly summoned the storage scroll and gracefully pulled out Sukesan.

Foxfire Style: Fiery Willow Flash!

Luo Ji utilized Kin'emon's sword technique moves, and a blazing stream of roaring flame sword Qi whistled past, reducing the five corpses entirely to ashes.

"Not bad power!"

"Still, I'll need to develop my own abilities and moves in the future; constantly using other people's moves isn't a long-term solution."

"In the New World, it really is true that anyone and everyone can use flame abilities—Ace's Mera Mera no Mi ability's reputation has suffered yet another heavy blow."

Luo Ji smiled faintly. Even Raizo could store flames via scrolls and use so-called Fire Release.

He could even store the Mink Tribe's innate lightning, knowing so-called Lightning Release and using Lightning Release Shuriken.

Later on, Luo Ji would go to Raijin Island to store the violent lightning that even Roger and Oden feared with scrolls, and then go to volcano islands to store magma...

Then Luo Ji could have whatever Lightning Release, Lava Release, Fire Release, or Wind Release he wanted.

After all, this Maki Maki ability could even store seawater—the bane of Devil Fruit abilities—which was completely unreasonable.

Luo Ji's Sea Release and Water Release in the future would be the nightmare of Devil Fruit users.

This direction of development made Luo Ji's smile grow increasingly unbridled.

He was determined to develop these three Devil Fruit abilities, which had been slacking off in the original work, to a degree that struck fear into everyone.

As the destruction of evidence concluded, even the ash was thoroughly scattered to the winds.

Wild Dragon leisurely took back the five puppet portraits into the puppet scroll, and Sukesan was also put back into the storage scroll.

Having storage capabilities made things so convenient.

"This is the Oden Castle ruins in Kuri. Where should I go next?"

Luo Ji jumped onto a high point of the ruins, looked around in all directions, and considered where to head next.

"I wonder where the timeline has reached; the Straw Hat Pirates couldn't possibly have already set sail!"

"I'll head to Amigasa Village, also in Kuri. It's very close to the Sea-Prism Stone Mine in Udon, and I can ascertain the timeline through Tenguyama Hitetsu and Tama."

Luo Ji could completely determine the current timeline through the time point when Fire Fist Ace landed in Wano Country.

Most importantly, Kozuki Sukiyaki—disguised as Tenguyama Hitetsu—kept Kozuki Oden's two Great Meito: Enma and Ame no Habakiri in his custody.

Among them was also a Nidai Kitetsu.

This feigning-death old general also knew the hidden locations of the Road Poneglyph and Pluton.

How could Luo Ji possibly fail to scheme against this bountiful great treasure trove?

If Luo Ji wasn't afraid of seawater, he would even have liked to directly pack up Pluton using a scroll.

He just didn't know how big Pluton was—whether it was on a ten-thousand-meter scale or a thousand-meter scale—and whether his scroll could contain it.

With a goal in mind, coupled with possessing the memories of Kin'emon and the other four, Luo Ji walked straight toward Amigasa Village.

He couldn't wait to snatch Enma and Ame no Habakiri, and he also had to figure out a way to get his hands on the Road Poneglyph and Pluton.

Once he controlled a Road Poneglyph in the future, anyone who wanted to become King of the World would have to consult his opinion first.

Just thinking about this was a little thrilling!

"I almost forgot, I can draw a flying crane too!"

After walking a distance, Luo Ji waved his hand to summon the storage scroll, took out Tsuji Shime, activated the Fude Fude no Mi ability, and drew a lifelike, huge white crane right on the spot.

Kanjuro's master-level painting skills were simply powerful.

"Screee!!"

Standing up from the ground, the flying crane flapped its wings and let out a piercing cry toward the heavens.

Luo Ji leaped directly onto the back of the flying crane and soared up into the high skies.

"This is the feeling of true flight; this is a hundred times more thrilling than virtual reality!"

Luo Ji excitedly gripped the feathers on the flying crane's back, enjoying his very first flight.

Looking at the scenery below, a heroic momentum burst forth within him for a moment.

"One Piece World, I have arrived!"

Luo Ji laughed wantonly amidst the high skies, like an untamed young dragon fresh out of the abyss.

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