The Advanced Erudite Quest (Continuation)

A melancholy hollow, its surface glowing with a faint blue phosphorescence, pierced straight through Enel's chest.

With a slight twitch of his body, everything instantly became utterly bland and uninteresting.

"Look, this is the restrictive superpower I just mentioned."

Adrian looked calm and shook his forefinger.

"Understand?"

Enel's expression was calm, resembling a sage who had lost all worldly desires, and he emitted a soft grunt.

"Mm."

Adrian did not mind; this was the universal reaction after being struck by a melancholy hollow.

Medically speaking, sage time also had an exclusive term, referred to as the refractory period—meaning the time during which a living body temporarily ceases to react after responding to a certain stimulus, which was also a self-protection mechanism.

Mm, not-hard period?

Ahem.

During the time it took for Enel to return to normal, Adrian casually explained the ability development of the Swamp-Swamp Fruit.

"I rarely take the initiative to help people deeply develop their Devil Fruit abilities, but who forced your upcoming opponent to be the Straw Hat Boy?"

To witness the passionate scene of Enel and Shanks fighting and loving each other, Adrian truly tried his absolute best.

"Listen, I will only say these words once."

"The basic effect of the Swamp-Swamp Fruit is to turn the user's body into a swamp, granting immunity to ordinary physical attacks."

"However, the Swamp-Swamp Fruit also has very numerous and complex accompanying traits."

"Unlike magma, glint, and ice-ice, which are Logia abilities with very distinct and specific characteristics, a swamp itself is a very complex ecosystem. It is not a specific mud or dirt fruit; it is a swamp!"

"One of the swamp's traits is dirt activation, which softens, hardens, and deforms dirt. If your knowledge literacy is sufficient, you can even develop dilatant non-Newtonian fluids."

"The second trait