Adrian nodded lightly, then waved the [Pale Emperor] in his hand again.
"When I was just starting out, I kept running into enemies like you, whose strength I simply couldn't match. But after coming this far, those enemies I couldn't stand up to back then... don't look like much now!"
Sengoku, Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, Kaido, and the others: I—we—hate that Hollow-Hollow Fruit that forcibly makes every fight an even match!!!
"Such admirable spirit~"
Faced with Adrian's thoroughly disrespectful answer, Imu offered a rather bizarre response.
Even White Ghost found it a little hard to adjust...
Imu loosely clenched her hand. The fist that had turned pale and rough just moments earlier became fair and delicate once more.
"But that power just now... you noticed it too, didn't you?"
Imu's sudden change of subject left Adrian struggling to follow, but fortunately, she continued.
"The limitations of this sea!"
"Hm?"
Adrian narrowed his eyes slightly. Imu's attitude involuntarily brought certain things to mind.
Previously, after his level had surpassed Level 100—and, more importantly, after his intelligence stat had exceeded ten thousand points—the panel had awakened a rather strange ability on its own. Even now, he still couldn't view that skill in full.
[[Virtual Barrier] — Skill (no level): Your powerful intelligence stat has allowed you to faintly perceive the peculiarities of this world. You have discovered ???]
And during their brief exchange just now, Adrian had unexpectedly discovered that Imu's strength stat had very likely broken past the ten-thousand-point threshold.
In that case...
Did that mean that after her strength stat exceeded ten thousand points, Imu had likewise vaguely sensed that something about this sea wasn't quite right?
It was just that, without a panel, Imu couldn't accurately describe what she felt.
Imu keenly caught White Ghost's subtle expression. "As