Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and the time to enter the Devil Fruit Space drew ever closer.
Gu Zimei had been asking about the Dark-Dark Fruit, both openly and in secret, but had found nothing.
"Just as I thought, the Dark-Dark Fruit Brother Qi told me about isn't that simple."
"There's information on so many famous fruits, yet nothing about the Dark-Dark Fruit."
Gu Zimei put down the latest Devil Fruit Encyclopedia in her hands. It cataloged over a thousand kinds of Devil Fruits that had appeared in the Devil Fruit Space.
But Gu Zimei had not found the Dark-Dark Fruit.
Last month, after her persistent pestering, Qi Yuan had already told her the Dark-Dark Fruit's shape and characteristics.
"According to Brother Qi, the Dark-Dark Fruit can steal other fruits' abilities and nullify other people's fruit abilities."
"But its weakness is that turning into its element doesn't let you avoid attacks, and the pain and damage you absorb are doubled!"
Pain?
Gu Zimei smiled coldly. I can even endure training in the Eight Gates of Limitless. What do the Dark-Dark Fruit's side effects amount to?
"It's the weekend. Time to head to Sheshan to replenish my food supplies."
"And it's the end of the month again. I'll get to see Brother Qi tonight!"
Sheshan was a tall mountain outside Light City, covered in vast stretches of primeval forest, with its deepest reaches connecting to other mountain ranges.
Tens of thousands of wild beasts also lived there.
Rather than wild beasts, they were better described as Fierce Beasts.
Most possessed immense strength and were vicious to the extreme.
The strongest among them could even use Haki!
However, they generally did not leave Sheshan. After all, there were plenty of powerful humans too.
These beasts possessed a degree