Eighth Stage: Reconsolidation, Soul Jade Quantity Changes!

  Long Ma had a sudden realization in his heart, breaking and then establishing, grasping the Jian Long sword, with his power surging greatly. At the same time, Shi Bao clearly felt that the mysterious connection to Long Ma had weakened by another layer.

  This phenomenon gave Xinbao a great deal of inspiration.

  Shenbao likened the soul crystal jade to a channel, connecting two different individuals. If the quality and size of the soul jade are directly proportional to the degree of control the mother body has over the child body, then everything can be explained.

  When the strength of two individuals becomes increasingly powerful, the original soul channel that was applicable appears small and the degree of control is insufficient. It's like two lakes connected by a small river in between, requiring constant exchange of water sources to achieve control. However, as time passes, these two lakes have evolved into oceans, making the small stream seem too insignificant, and the flow rate is almost negligible for the overall situation. Therefore, the weakening of control can also be foreseen.

  At that time, Shen Bao used all sorts of sinister plots to subdue his subordinates. This method was effective quickly, but the soul crystal orbs obtained were not the largest in size, and instead laid down a hidden trouble for today's events.

  He used deceitful means when collecting the soul crystal orbs, but due to his extreme weakness, he could only extract a fist-sized soul crystal orb on his first attempt.

  When collecting Ryoma's Soul Orb, Ryoma was deeply poisoned and in a deep coma, his strength had fallen to the bottom, and the Soul Orb was far from meeting the maximum requirements, only slightly larger than a fist.

  As for Kurukurusu, he was caught when he used a whale's bladder as a hostage and his strength was weakened to the freezing point. Kōen is the same. The Seiryū and Shōaku were taken advantage of after drinking wine containing a large amount of anesthetic. Warupo was subdued while he was fast asleep, and Fokkusī was also subdued when he fell into the sea and became weak all over his body.

  It's actually Fishman Tom and Little Loli Christina who are the most willing to extract to the greatest extent. However, after more than a decade has passed, Bombshell Loli's strength has increased by several orders of magnitude, and it's no longer what it used to be. Similarly, Fishman Tom has also made great progress, reaching a turning point in his life where his strength is overturned.

  Yesterday's cause, today's effect.

  Shen Bao is fortunate to have made timely discoveries, but also feels troubled by the use of the mother nest's fruit. In this way, in order to maintain the soul channel between the parent and child bodies, he must always maintain the maximum degree of soul channel, and ensure that it is coordinated with his own strength enhancement ratio.

  This also means that if the sub-body suddenly becomes strong, or the soul jade is too small to cause a weak connection between souls, then the sub-body will break away from the control of the main body.

  "This is where the weakness of the mother nest fruit lies." Shén Bǎo had a little epiphany.

  Each of the Devil Fruits has its own weaknesses. For example, the Shadow-Shadow Fruit user, Gecko Moria, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, is afraid of seawater or salt corroding his zombies. Crocodile, the Sand-Sand Fruit user, is afraid of water, the Don Don Fruit user is afraid of talcum powder, the Rubber-Rubber Fruit user is afraid of blades, and the Flower-Flower Fruit has a certain distance limit, etc., etc.

  The users of the Devil Fruits are not invincible, there is always a way to restrain them. Among them, there are two powerful tools that severely suppress the users, one is the Sea Prism Stone, the essence of the ocean, and the other is the legendary Conqueror's Haki.

  Suppose the enemy were to learn of the existence of the Mother Fruit, they could deliberately lure the Child Bodies into the sea or use the Sea Towers and Overbearing Aura to weaken their spiritual connection to its lowest point, which would likely cause the Child Body to temporarily separate from the Mother Body. The outcome that follows usually has two possibilities: either the Child Body mutinies and becomes an independent individual, or it reconnects and stabilizes once the environment is safe again.

  Of course this is for later, now re-absorbing the Soul Jade is what's important.

  Fortunately, the problem was discovered in time, and both parties were in their best state of mind. Moreover, with the help of Shen Bao's extraordinary abilities over the past few days, the re-absorbed Soul Orbs have grown to the size of a sea island each!

  It's possible that the strength of each individual soul has increased, or perhaps the excessive longevity has caused a sudden mutation in the spiritual power. In any case, after merging with the past soul jade, there are now 7 gigantic star-like islands in Shenhao's consciousness space. (The remaining Kurokas, Tom, and Shenping have not been contacted temporarily. The strength of Aladdin's lamp spirit has not increased, so it does not need to be re-absorbed.)

  The increase in Soul Jade has brought new surprises.

  One is that Shinpachi's strength has increased dramatically, breaking through the pseudo-general's strength and officially promoting him to the rank of general. He was able to defeat the 6-style general Raigou previously only because his opponent was old and he had a strong advantage in youth and vitality, with an extremely fast recovery speed from injuries. When using the Life Return technique to stimulate his life potential, unless his life force is exhausted, he is almost unbeatable. However, now he can truly sit on an equal footing with Raigou, intimidating all directions.

  Secondly, the connection between the mother and child bodies has strengthened, the rate of energy reflux has increased, and the degree of mutual amplification has also been greatly improved. What's more delightful is that the parent and child bodies can even communicate with each other through pure consciousness!

  (ps: The fourth update of nine updates!)