Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

The shockwave even cleaved space itself, creating a distorted crack.

Wherever the blade passed, the air groaned as it shattered, and the ground was plowed with a furrow tens of meters long by the blade.

Well?

Luffy seemed to see Im muttering something, and then the black demon tail behind him lashed out like a living iron whip, precisely blocking the attack.

After a brief stalemate, Luffy retreated first.

"Tail?"

After landing, Luffy looked down at the black sword; the Supreme Grade Sword hadn't even managed to cut down his opponent.

"Even its tail is this stiff?"

He couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Is your tail made of seastone or something?"

Im did not speak.

He simply raised his hand and gently shook it.

Demonic energy!

The next second, the entire ground of the dream space was covered by pitch-black demonic energy.

The demonic energy spread out from beneath Im's feet like living things, bubbling and gurgling, turning the gray ground dark purple wherever it passed, as if it had been contaminated by something.

Grass, trees, pebbles, even elements... everything touched by the demonic energy began to distort and change.

Luffy frowned.

He felt the demonic energy climbing up his body, trying to penetrate it.

Moreover, it can scrape through the skin, penetrate the muscle, and even pierce the bone marrow!

The feeling was very familiar, exactly the same as the aura emanating from the Five Elders, but the concentration was more than ten times higher.

what is this?

He gasped, "Zoro's ghostly aura?"

They do look somewhat alike.

"That's really amazing."

Luffy spun around, and demonic energy pierced through him, then caused an explosion behind him!

Can this thing still be used as a cannonball?

The trees behind us were blown apart by the explosion.

Its power is far greater than that of ordinary cannons.

"You didn't actually buff him, did you?"

Luffy couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Further increasing the strength of Im's main body, what, are you planning to make him carry a heavy burden?

He twirled the black blade in his hand, and a domineering red and black aura re-condensed on the blade as he slashed fiercely at the demonic energy spreading beneath his feet.

The moment the blade fell, the demonic energy recoiled to the sides like snakes that had been scalded.

Luffy finally found a place to stay, and then, the demonic energy in Im's hand condensed into a ring of black fire.

The Black Fire Ring was thrown down by Im, and it exploded into a dark purple ripple the moment it hit the ground.

The rubble and trees that had just been contaminated by demonic energy began to tremble violently and materialize.

He turned into a demon!

"Hey, hey, hey, what is this? A summoning spell?"

Luffy slashed with his sword and destroyed them all.

These guys weren't particularly strong, but there were just too many of them, swarming over like locusts.

What's even more troublesome is...

Luffy glanced into the distance.

The Five Elders, whom he had just defeated, were now enveloped by the aftershocks of the Black Flame Ring.

In just a few seconds, all six Elders stood up, their bodies enveloped in a faint black flame.

It has become stronger.

"No way,"

Luffy's lips twitched. "Not only can it create demon soldiers, but it can also heal and buff its teammates? This ability is too versatile."

Just then, several lines of semi-transparent characters appeared before his eyes; they were prompts for the cultivation plan:

[Target ability detected: Demonic energy]

[Analysis in progress.......]

[Demonic energy: A manifestation of Devil Fruit abilities. It can erode, transform, and control all matter and living beings. Targets tainted by demonic energy will transform into a demonic form and be controlled by the user. Demonic energy itself also possesses extremely high offensive power, capable of penetrating conventional defenses and directly affecting the internal structure of living beings.]

He glanced at Im, who stood quietly in the distance, his mind racing.

Demonic energy?

Is this his Devil Fruit ability?

Im stood there quietly in the distance, showing no intention of making another move.

Behind him spread enormous black wings, which were not made of feathers, but were purely formed from demonic energy. Above his head floated a black halo, like an eye.

Im stood there motionless, but the sheer presence he exuded was extraordinary.

It was a sense of oppression stemming from the difference in the level of life, like mortals looking up at gods.

Or rather, looking up to the devil.

His demonic energy influenced everything around him.

They've all turned into demons.

Whether it is a living organism or a non-living organism.

"In that case, it should be like a Paramecia type, right?"

Having the opportunity to engage in this unrestricted life-or-death struggle with Im, he naturally wanted to seize the chance to analyze the other's abilities.

After so many battles, Luffy is no longer the reckless young man who only knows how to charge forward blindly.

"That kind of fiery cloud looks like the awakening of a Zoan-type, but this power is also similar to that of a Paramecia-type. It's quite familiar that it can bring about changes," Luffy muttered.

In some ways, it's similar to the abilities of an older woman.

The old woman can infuse her soul into objects, turning them into self-aware Homies.

Im's demonic energy can turn both living and non-living things into demons, though they appear to lack self-awareness and are more like manipulated puppets.

"But yours is even more troublesome than what the older women do."

Luffy stared at Im.

The world king still looked the same, standing in the center of the demonic energy, with black flames burning silently behind him.

His demonic energy continued to spread, gradually eroding the area around Luffy.

I felt a sense of oppression emanating from him, the same as when I entered Nika form, as if I were one with the surrounding environment.

The power of a Devil Fruit awakening?

His fruit is a Devil Fruit.

Is it a Paramecia type or a Zoan type?

Luffy wasn't surprised at all that Im possessed such power. After all, Im was the mastermind behind the World Government, so it was understandable that he had developed his Devil Fruit to this extent.

"It can't be a dual system, can it?"

Luffy couldn't help but complain.

It's both a superhuman and an animal type.

It seemed that the area before them had become Im's territory.

Demonic energy was everywhere, and it was trying to suppress his Conqueror's Haki.

This is something he cannot accept.

"Tsk."

Luffy bared his teeth, and white flames began to spread outwards from his body.

A cloud-like substance surged from his body, covering the ground and engaging in a silent tug-of-war with Im's demonic energy.

White and dark purple eroded and devoured each other, drawing a constantly fluctuating dividing line on the ground between the two.

His development of the Nika Fruit has reached its peak.

"It's true what they say, enemies meet on a narrow road."

Luffy looked at the boundary line and couldn't help but smile.

The white flames of the Nika Fruit and the black demonic energy of Im reacted violently upon contact, as if they hated each other.

No wonder Im hates Joy Boy so much.

Judging from the current state of the two Devil Fruits, they are actually quite restrained.

He could indeed feel that power seemingly eroding his body.

However, he also sensed the domineering and restrained aura.

His domineering aura is limitless!

If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either.

Anyway, there's plenty of time. Just like when I was getting used to Kuzan's chill in my dream, I went out and fought with Kuzan, whose face was full of confusion.

Why are there people who aren't afraid of the cold?

Enel wanted to ask this question back then, and Kaido and Big Mom probably wanted to ask it too.