"Is that the power of another Logia Devil Fruit?"
"So Devil Fruits are connected too, and you used the relationships between them. In particular, this power the Giants call Nika can strengthen other Devil Fruits with similar abilities under your influence."
"The powers awakening one after another are ones you already developed to varying degrees. It seems multiple Devil Fruits really do cause their Demonic Wills to suppress one another, yet you solved that problem somehow!"
Whitebeard understood what had happened just from the battle and the traits that had appeared on Shane one after another.
The young man before him seemed to be fighting casually, but in fact, he was finding ways to awaken more Devil Fruit powers.
As things stood, the fruit abilities he knew Shane had awakened were the Paw-Paw Fruit, Black Dragon Form, and Munch-Munch Fruit.
Together with this apparent Sun God Nika form, which supposedly did not exist even in legend, the awakening of five Devil Fruits had brought him combat power capable of defeating the World's Strongest Man.
Even if he lost, Whitebeard felt there would be honor in his defeat.
Witnessing the birth of a monster was nothing. What mattered was that this person would bring immeasurable changes to the world.
The words Shane had once spoken while drinking with Whitebeard still echoed in his ears.
Would it really come?
That moment when the world changed!
If I lose this battle, should I join Shane's Grand Fleet?
Whitebeard wondered whether Shane was merely dressing up his ambition to become the next Rocks, or whether he was about to become something entirely new!
Rumble!
What seemed to be a fifth Devil Fruit was about to awaken.
Anyone else here would surely have doubted their own strength.
Whitebeard also knew his chances of winning were