20 End of Trials and Phoenix Gifts!
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After carving this last Yamato-related memory into his heart, Kaido wiped the remaining tear in his eye and looked toward the phoenix spirit.
"This trial… I passed through it, Right?"
"..."
The phoenix spirit was still in deep shock... But as a divine spirit, she quickly regained her focus and asked curiously.
"Can you explain to me a little bit about your origin… Why do you have memories of two different people?!"
"Never mind, Phoenix spirit. Hurry up and give me my rewards."
Kaido didn't want to reveal anything to the phoenix spirit. From his information, the phoenix spirit's strength was only at the first level of the Divine Origin Realm, and even with this level of strength she couldn't use it carelessly, or else the other phoenix spirit in the Divine Phoenix Empire will notice her existence.
That was why he wasn't worried about her being a threat to him, he had the same level of strength too after all!
No one in this world... Literally, no one can stand up to him!
This advantage alone is enough to make him achieve so much before enters plunges into the real challenge of the Gods Realm.
The Phoenix spirit noticed Kaido's vehement refusal to tell her and concluded that trying to extract secrets from him was futile. Not as if she had the right to do so anyway... The heart trial helped expose and repair heart defects, so the Phoenix spirit knew that Kaido benefited more than It seems from this trial.
As a divine beast, it's not hard for to her understand so many truths from the memories she saw inside Kaido's heart... Some memories were clear and some were vague and forbidden even to a divine existence like her, so she made a terrifying assumption ... This person she thought was an ordinary mortal previously. He's not ordinary at all! There are endless secrets swirling around him.
"You're right… You have already passed through the third stage of the trials."
"Congratulations, human (or beast) who bears the Heretic God's strength. Within these countless years, you are the eighth practitioner who has chosen to give up your strength rather than hurt the illusion of your loved one. You have earned the right to inherit the Phoenix's gift."
"I don't know what you will be in the future, a good spirit helping the world? Or maybe an evil spirit hurting it instead...? But the fact that you have a true love for both your mother and your daughter is proof that you are not a dark evil. The seed of love will grow into a tree later."
"I have no right to prevent you from receiving my legacy, you deserve it."
"Not hurting your child even though you know the way to get power is by killing her, and letting her hit you instead is a sign that you genuinely cherish her, even though your cherishing her is done somehow wrong… I felt it was real love —"
"You talk too much, Phoenix spirit. For a divine beast, you are too talkative."
Although he had no problem with all this nonsense that the Phoenix was saying, he was still very busy planning for the future, he wanted to get the legacy quickly so that he could plan what to do next.
...
"You will receive three Phoenix gifts. Phoenix blood, and Divine Phoenix Pellets, and you will have the opportunity to study the [World Ode of the Phoenix-Fragment]"
"Now, I will give you the bloodline of the Phoenix."
The Phoenix spirit sighed bitterly before her golden eyes flashed, causing the dark world to turn golden for an instant. Suddenly, a speck of golden light came from the illusory space and entered Kaido's forehead, and then sank.
"Although I am confused about your true origin, the truth that you possess the strength of the Heretic God's fire element is proof that you are the rightful heir who was recognized by the Primordial Heretic God."
"Because of the ancient promise between the Phoenix and the Primordial Heretic God, I am supposed to give you three drops of Phoenix blood, unlike the previous challengers who only received one drop of Phoenix blood…"
To Kaido, the words of the Phoenix Spirit spoken very clearly at this moment seemed distant and inaudible.
Simply because the moment the three drops of phoenix blood entered his body, something abnormal happened, his body began to absorb the energy of the blood at an abnormal speed.
But at the same time, the Devil Tree reacted again too!
The skill [Smelting] was automatically activated, which became a skill of the Devil Tree... All the Devil Fruits abilities he had or what he would get later, the Devil Tree would be the true source for them, the Devil Fruits would only serve as seeds for new powers.
The Devil Tree absorbed one drop of phoenix blood, fortunately, the last two drops were already absorbed into his veins within his blood while the Devil Tree was busy absorbing the first drop of phoenix blood.
"Close your eyes and let these three drops of phoenix blood seep into your veins. Among the previous seven competitors, the shortest time a person took in the entire process was three days, but I believe it would only take a few minutes in your case given your silly physical strength." the phoenix spirit said softly.
Although Kaido called her a talkative divine beast, the Phoenix spirit did not get angry and continued to meticulously carry out her mission.
After all, she was just a portion of the original soul that was set on the legacy ground only, she shouldn't allow any kind of mortal emotion like anger to pollute this sacred mission.
After five minutes, the two drops of phoenix blood entered his veins, and the golden flames in his body frantically burned. At this moment, in less than a second, the phoenix flames spread through all of his veins and penetrated into his blood, flesh, bones, marrow, and even his genes.
Screeeee~~
The sound of a phoenix spreading its wings resounded in his heart.
Coinciding with these amazing changes within his bloodline, the Devil Tree was also undergoing evolution.
It grew in size by a few centimeters again and a few green leaves appeared on the tree... And most importantly a third Devil Fruit began to grow on one of the branches...!!
When the Devil Fruit was fully grown, it looked like a golden pear with swirls in the shape of a Phoenix in the middle.
Since Kaido is the owner of the Devil Tree, he automatically obtains the ability of this Devil Fruit...
With the ability of this Devil Fruit, even if we assume that he did not obtain the bloodline of the Phoenix. Now, it could be said that with the ability of this fruit he would be able to transform into a True Phoenix!
Like the Mythical Zoan that he ate in the Pirate World... Now, he not only has the Azure Dragon Fruit but the True Phoenix Fruit as well!
A Phoenix Devil Fruit is much more powerful than the Phoenix Fruit that the leader of the 1st Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, Marco had!
Not only that but with the Phoenix bloodline successfully integrating into his body his benefits from this trial had multiplied many times over. Obtaining two drops of pure Phoenix blood is not a simple thing!
This means that his life force increased by an additional 200 years!
Throughout this process, there was a bit of nagging pain, but his violent expression didn't change at all, a little bit of pain wasn't enough to shake his iron will as Kaido, the King of Beasts. It's not normal at all to jump from the sky island toward the rocky ground and come out with just a little head pain after all.
When Kaido opened his eyes, a red flame mark appeared between his brows, the only difference between it and the mark on the Phoenix Clan's foreheads on the outside was that its color was more noticeable.
"Looks like you successfully fused with three drops—What!!! Why do I only feel two drops of Phoenix blood in your body… Where is the third drop?! I'm sure I gave you three drops of Phoenix blood!"
"I don't know… Maybe you only gave me two drops… Why are you so stingy, Phoenix spirit? Didn't you say you would give me three drops of Phoenix blood?" After finding out what happened to the third drop, Kaido simply tried to make more use of the Phoenix's spirit... He wouldn't lose anything from trying, he might even gain a lot!
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BlackStar_BH Note:
Fiuohhh!!! I finally fixed this problem and the path of the novel came back to clarity... In fact, Before all that, I was planning a completely different path than usual for this story but I faced a lot of rejection from readers (You who read this, I talk with you), I didn't really know why... Although I wanted to take a different approach and not ordinary. I was entending made the protagonist of this novel (Andrew) return to the Pirate World as a Devil fruit and try to make his way to the cultivation world in order to get revenge on Kaido but you guys stopped it all... It's okay, I gave in to your demands and made it simpler, I won't have to complicate things on myself too. From now on I hope you guys will let me write what I want. I'm not a beginner writer. You all know that I can't satisfy all the readers, but I do everything I can to satisfy as many readers as possible.
