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At dusk.
The setting sun gradually sank into the sea, leaving only a residual red glow on the horizon.
"Wooosh—"
In the sky, large goose-feather snow directly began to fall.
As snowflakes danced, a biting cold wind whistled, and everything around turned somewhat white.
The climate on this vast sea was so bizarre and harsh. Even if a nearby island was in the scorching heat of summer, this island could experience extreme coldness, below zero degrees Celsius.
A blood-red figure, bare-chested, breathed slightly heavily.
He stood there motionlessly, letting the cold wind and snowflakes hit his body. Unbeknownst to him, sweat had already condensed into tiny ice crystals.
He had been continuously using his Devil Fruit ability all day, constantly attempting things related to dark gravity.
Although he hadn't repeatedly used the highly destructive moves of the Dark-Dark Fruit, the consumption was still considerable.
Black smoke emanated from his body in wisps, making him appear even more eerie in this somewhat dim forest.
In the forest, pairs of fierce, blood-red eyes secretly watched.
"Roar..."
A gigantic, ferocious mammoth directly charged out, shaking the ground violently!
A strong gust of wind swept forth. The giant elephant's trunk swung wildly, as if it was about to smash Iji into a pulp of flesh the next second.
"Swish!"
Darkness, like a long spear, directly shot out from beneath Iji's feet.
It directly pierced through the mammoth's gigantic body!
"Crash, crash..."
The powerful impact made the mammoth stumble backward.
Its thick elephant legs stomped the ground, kicking up countless specks of dust.
"Swish swish..."
Endless darkness engulfed Iji himself. Wisps of strange darkness directly transformed into sharp long spears, wildly dancing and striking in all directions!
"Ah..."
"Crack~~~"
Accompanied by cries of terror, the gigantic mammoth was directly sent flying by the terrifying darkness.
In the gloomy dense forest, countless shattered stones and broken wood were all pulverised, wood chips and dust flying everywhere, enveloping the entire space.
The forest area, several tens of meters in radius, was directly turned into ruins.
"Swish..."
Extreme darkness. Not a single ray of light could be seen.
Streams of black smoke, like poisonous snakes infused with life, continuously coiled around Iji. They seemed to move with intent, ready to unleash a fatal blow at any moment.
"Still unable to fully materialize..."
His entire right hand was covered in darkness, looking like an abyss from hell had manifested, appearing as a palm-shaped gap, making one's scalp tingle for no reason.
Iji frowned slightly, apparently not very satisfied with this level.
The Dark-Dark Fruit possessed the attribute of smoke, but that didn't mean it could only be like smoke! With his current strength and Devil Fruit ability, even if he wanted to destroy this island, it would be effortless, let alone dealing with these unintelligent beasts.
What he wanted was to completely materialize the dark matter, to be able to directly condense it into extremely hard forms.
If he could reach the expected height, it would even be possible to directly simulate abilities like Marine Admiral Kizaru's Ame no Murakumo, or even the Eight-Foot Magatama, and could even evolve into stronger attack methods.
Just like before, he only simply simulated a sharp shape similar to a long spear, but it still lacked the penetrating and hardening properties.
It looked very sharp and scary, but in reality, it was like jelly. When thrown, it had decent impact force, but its penetrating power simply made one sweat. Otherwise, that mammoth and the giant beasts in the forest should have been directly pierced through, instead of being sent flying by the powerful impact. This level of destructive power was fine for crushing ordinary powerhouses, but for true monsters, it was just scratching an itch.
"This level is still far from enough!"
Regarding the Dark-Dark Fruit, he currently had two confirmed directions.
First, complete control of dark gravity; second, materializing darkness into a solid form.
It wasn't that he had no other ideas, but meals had to be eaten bite by bite; he needed to progress gradually. He had to first achieve the initial goals, then slowly consider developing the Dark-Dark Fruit further.
The ability of the Mythical Zoan: Vampire form was temporarily not a priority.
After all, human energy is limited, and there must be priorities. He was not a god!
Becoming a multi-Devil Fruit user obviously had huge benefits. Currently, even if the Mythical Zoan: Vampire form was left undeveloped, it still provided him with huge amplifications. Absorbing blood energy and plundering vitality to replenish himself—all of these were unbelievably powerful.
Iji had never thought of getting fat from eating.
One must know oneself clearly to avoid getting lost and becoming overly arrogant!
"Time to train my body..." Looking at the sky, Iji, who had been using his ability continuously and consuming a considerable amount of energy, couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
...
Without wanting to destroy this island, the only place where he could train his body without restraint was the vast, boundless sea.
Ordinary push-ups and sit-ups had long lost their effect. He had to use gravity to directly replace sandbags.
Developing Devil Fruit abilities during the day; training his body and tempering his physical strength at night.
In reality, with his current strength, no matter how hard he trained, his physical strength would definitely not improve much in a short period.
But that was not his lazy or relaxed reason.
Dripping water wears through stone. Accumulate thinly, then release thickly. Physical tempering is the foundation!
The amplification brought by his Devil Fruit ability to reach his current height was obvious, but if he hadn't started with a strong foundation, he would only be at the level of a Crocodile.
"No, maybe there's a way..."
Iji, who was originally heading towards the sea, suddenly had a flash of insight in his mind. His eyes burned brighter: "I can improve my physical strength in a short period!"
Gravity!!!
If he applied several times, or even ten times or more, the gravity onto himself for training and tempering his body, the effect over a long period would be estimated to increase by at least several times, which meant saving a lot of time.
The only thing worth considering was whether this body of his could withstand such high-intensity training.
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