After all, the Hollow-Hollow Fruit's strength did not lie in manipulating souls. At most, it only brushed against that domain.
Otherwise,
when he had used Ghost Energy to temper Golden Lion's soul over and over, he would have discovered that it could not cause any permanent change!
Still, it was not too late.
"Jihahaha... Luck again?"
Golden Lion laughed bitterly a few times.
"You could say that." Adrian shrugged.
The Devil Fruit Stealing Card and Fusion Card did, in a sense, come down to luck.
"This... is Raijin Island in the New World, isn't it?"
Golden Lion looked around. A brilliant spark suddenly burst from his spiritual form.
"Do you remember the Rumble-Rumble Fruit you personally fed me—gave me?"
Golden Lion stared straight at Adrian as twisted silver-white arcs coiled around his spiritual form.
"This place is my home turf—"
"Tch!"
Adrian clicked his tongue. Soul Domination spread through the air and pinned Golden Lion's soul in place.
The face about to deliver a threat was frozen in a vicious expression that looked strangely comical.
At the same time, without his conscious control, the flickering arcs vanished completely.
"Forget home turf for a moment. Shouldn't you consider what you are right now?"
Adrian raised his right hand. A mass of dark red Reaper Power emerged, illuminating the surroundings like a lantern from the Underworld and casting a reddish glow over Golden Lion's face.
"Personally, I don't like power I can't control. Especially power I cultivated with my own hands."
Golden Lion's pupils contracted. Once again, he sensed death drawing near.
The death that would erase his soul entirely!
"I ask. You answer."
Adrian quietly released his hold on Golden Lion's soul.
"I—"
Golden Lion shouted as though making an agonizing decision.
"I submit!"
White Ghost, you soul-tormenting devil!
Golden Lion