Space Ability "Banishment"

But now that he had a spatial barrier, everything was completely different. Devil Fruit abilities could only attach themselves to fruits within the spatial range; otherwise, there was absolutely no way to break through this spatial barrier.

"Junhe, what do you think of this?" Nova asked with a smile, picking up the Devil Fruit in his hand and handing it to Junhe.

"Your Majesty, I feel like I'm dreaming right now. I never imagined that you could actually extract a Devil Fruit's ability.

And the blue glow around us, could it also be..."

Junhe did not finish his sentence, but the question remained.

Nova did not hide anything from him. After all, they had grown up together. Although Junhe was a few years older, Nova had been under his protection for almost his entire childhood.

Nova smiled. "That's right. This is a Devil Fruit ability, just not the way you imagined it.

As for what happened here, including the details of my own ability, I hope that no matter who you encounter from now on, you will not speak of it. Our country is still too weak to withstand the impact of certain rumors."

"Rest assured, Your Majesty. Junhe will absolutely keep his mouth shut. No third person will ever learn what happened today!"

Junhe replied with a serious and earnest expression.

"Devil Fruits really are good things, but there are far too few of them," Nova muttered to himself.

"Your Majesty, what about these people...?" Junhe asked, glancing at the other pirates.

"Kill them. There are two Zoan-type users among them, and their abilities are fairly decent. If you like, you can eat them later. But I'd advise against it—the animals are too weak.

If there's an opportunity later, I'll find you some better ones. Then you can distribute them among your subordinates. They may not be top-tier Devil Fruits, but they're still quite good overall."

Nova spoke leisurely, not treating the pirates as anything worth considering. They were not even dead yet, and he was already discussing how to divide up their abilities.

"Yes, Your Majesty..."

Junhe could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart. Although he had never considered gaining Devil Fruit powers before, now that his king had taken the lead, naturally they could not fall behind others.

He did not hesitate in the slightest when it came to these pirates. Killing pirates who were even weaker than ordinary people could not have been easier.

Before long, the fruits in the underground chamber began changing one after another. Seventeen people ultimately became seventeen Devil Fruits. Not a single one escaped.

Although none of these were top-tier, having them was better than having nothing.

After gathering all the Devil Fruits together, Junhe looked at Nova and asked directly, "Your Majesty, how should these bodies be handled?"

Nova glanced at the seventeen corpses on the ground, then withdrew the spatial barrier. He extended his left hand toward them, and faint blue light immediately clung to every body.

"Banishment..."

Nova softly uttered the word, and all the corpses vanished at once.

At that very moment, somewhere in a corner of the sea, the bodies fell one after another into the ocean.

The Space-Space Fruit's ability had limitless possibilities. If Nova developed its power to the utmost limit, he would be able to roam freely across these seas.

Junhe had encountered far too many shocking things today. Since he already knew that his king possessed a Devil Fruit ability, the disappearance of more than a dozen corpses no longer seemed so unbelievable.

With the dozen or so Devil Fruits laid out here, along with those already remaining in the palace, the Tru Kingdom now possessed nearly thirty Devil Fruits. Although half of them were useless, the remainder would be enough to build a fairly formidable force.

Even this was considered very little. For some large pirate crews, a single crew had no fewer than a hundred Devil Fruit users. Among the Four Emperors' pirate crews of the future, there would even be thousands of Devil Fruit users.

But the Tru Kingdom's resources were limited, and they could not expose themselves too early. Who knew what difficult problems they might encounter in the future?

Among the Devil Fruit abilities in the Pirate World, Paramecia Devil Fruits were the most numerous, followed by Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

As for Logia-type Devil Fruits, they were almost impossible to come by.

After leaving the underground palace, Nova walked ahead and asked Junhe behind him, "How far has your Haki training progressed?"

"Your Majesty, I can now coat weapons with Armament Haki. But my Observation Haki is still lacking. Sometimes I can only faintly sense certain things. For anything more specific, I may still need another two years before I can do it," Junhe said with his head lowered.

"You haven't been exposed to Haki for very long. In the future, you will not merely be the captain of the King's Guard. The country has reached this point, and you need to train more talented people as quickly as possible. You may choose from the entire military. In the future, the use of Haki must be widely implemented. It may very well be the key to saving your lives in the end."

Nova spoke seriously. In the Four Blues, those capable of training Haki were almost few enough to count on one hand. Even in the first half of the Grand Line, very few people knew about Haki. Yet here in the secluded South Blue, Haki training had already been placed on the military's agenda.

Haki training was far more practical than Devil Fruits. In future battles, the difference between those who could use Haki and those who could not was like heaven and earth.

That was precisely why Nova had valued this matter from the very beginning.

Junhe naturally understood the importance of this matter. But with so many people watching the country, even if they wanted to conduct large-scale training, they still needed to consider every aspect carefully.

"Your Majesty, I believe the country currently lacks a suitable training ground. As you said before, the training for the Marine Six Styles and Haki absolutely cannot be discovered by other countries or people with ulterior motives. But so far, I have not found any place in the country that is sufficiently secretive," Junhe said helplessly.