23 I'll follow you to the end of the world!
::::::
"Then what do you think about following me from now on, Phoenix spirit."
After saying that, Kaido approached the Phoenix Goddess.
He was still in the hybrid form, a shape mixed between a phoenix and a human.
In the form of a hybrid, reaching 7 meters in height, he looked like an out-of-this-world divine beast.
His body blazing with crimson flames made the Phoenix Goddess unable to take her gaze off him.
His existence completely charms her.
She has never felt this way before.
She was completely intrigued.
It was as if she was standing before her original self, but the difference was that Kaido was the male side of herself.
"I..."
For the first time, with her vast wisdom spanning millions of years, the Phoenix spirit couldn't find an appropriate sentence to say.
She was still in shock.
Kaido stood in front of her floating soul form.
"I feel sorry for you… Million years of loneliness, even though you have become a being independent of the ancient Phoenix, you still refuse to admit this fact, right? Phoenix spirit."
The soul body of the Phoenix spirit trembled after hearing what the giant man before her said.
"..."
"I know. You don't need to say anything."
Kaido looked at her charming body and several thoughts appeared in his head, what if he could revive this pretty Goddess... Wouldn't life smile at him at that time?
"Since I'm the True Phoenix here, I can see anything about you… I can see that your true self split into two selves at some point and your second half rebelled. After all, she gained an overwhelming majority of self-awareness."
"...!! This...! How do you know all that?!"
"Phoenix spirit… A being like you lived for millions of years for just one mission, it couldn't outpace a small being like me that only lived for a few dozen years, but I was millions of times freer than you… Age here is the measure of your weakness, and freedom is my standard of superiority."
The brows of the beautiful Phoenix spirit stiffened after hearing that... For some reason, Kaido's words struck the darkest spot in her soul.
"Am I weak in your eyes, Phoenix God?!"
The Phoenix spirit's knees fell to the ground and bowed her head toward Kaido.
"I'm sorry for my weakness, please forgive me."
At this point, she no longer cares about who Kaido is, the mystery surrounding him, or anything else.
Her soul was trembling with sheer happiness when she recognized the true Phoenix aura from him... She wanted to fuse with him and finally perfect herself.
Only by merging with the True Phoenix could she return to the origin and finish her mission.
"Your Excellency… Please allow me to merge with you, I don't want to consume such a precious divine item that you offer me, just merge my soul with you and let me go from this world… To my true peace."
Kaido listened silently, her offer was really tempting, meaning that she was sure that she was in front of the true Phoenix, which was the effect Kaido wanted to achieve.
He didn't even need the loyalty curse to get her loyalty.
As soon as he played the role of a true phoenix, he got her loyalty, a loyalty so complete that she wanted to merge with him.
But what a funny joke...
He could merge with her in bed, but he wouldn't allow another soul to merge with him except in a secondary state as Yun Che had done in the original novel.
"You should be the incarnation of the Phoenix Goddess through the forgotten Well of Samsara and not by the Nirvana flames. My soul belongs to you… So please bring me back to you, Phoenix God…"
Reincarnation as a male is not weird in this world, especially for a being like a phoenix that has the male yang trait dominant in her soul.
If it wasn't a reincarnation using the Nirvana flames, the only safe way to reincarnate for the Phoenix Race, so ancient Phoenix might have used the Well of Samsara or even the legendary seven heavenly profound treasure, Mirror of Samsara, for reincarnation at some point in her life after dividing her soul into inheritance spirits.
The Phoenix spirit wasn't entirely sure, but she was sure that Kaido before her was the true Phoenix.
This truth is what got her so excited.
Yes, in fact, the definition of a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit is to transform the user into the true being in the fruit.
After the Devil Tree consumed the essence of the original phoenix blood, it casually created the original phoenix in the form of a Devil Fruit.
In this way, Kaido was able to transform into a true Phoenix without being really a true Phoenix.
It's complicated, but it's not out of the Devil Fruits laws.
The Devil Tree is a divine item above the Creation God of this world... It is not difficult to copy a true phoenix.
The difficult thing is creating the true phoenix at the level of the Gods.
"No matter who I am now, the important thing is that I want you by my side, you are my second half so you must be with me. I don't want to merge with your soul... What I really want is you. You are no longer the same ancient phoenix that was extinct a million years ago."
"Once you eat this fruit, your resurrection will be complete and you'll be able to leave this dark place as a free phoenix… Later, I'll create a real body for you, and you'll be able to cultivate like everyone else."
"This way we'll begin our journey to conquer this world where there are no gods."
"Will you agree to my suggestion, or should I just leave this place?"
Once all that was said, Kaido placed the devil fruit near her head that was touching the dark ground.
The Phoenix spirit stared between the Devil Fruit and Kaido while absorbing what he said.
"Well, I agree, my lord."
Without hesitation, she took a bite of the devil fruit, not caring about its disgusting taste, and swallowed it.
As soon as she finished eating it, her spiritual body caught fire.
The flames looked too real. Phoenix flame from another source that she never had before.
The phoenix flame burned more and more.
The more it ignited, the more her spiritual body became clear.
Several pieces of information appeared in her head.
{Bird Bird no Mi: Model: True Phoenix}
{You can transform into a true Phoenix whose strength is equivalent to the Divine Soul Realm.}
{You can control the Phoenix flame, one of the three strongest flames in the history of Primal Chaos.}
{You are almost immortal.}
{You need to develop the fruit to unlock new abilities}
"This… What is this…?!"
Her great wisdom was turned upside down after she ate the Devil Fruit.
This is because after she ate the fruit, she was no longer just a part of the phoenix, but a true phoenix!
"Congratulations, you are now a fully qualified Phoenix and free to do whatever you want…"
Kaido said that with a smile that no one knew its intentions.
The moment her gaze fell on Kaido this time she felt something telling her that from now on her loyalty would only be to this man.
She didn't care about this thought because even before eating the fruit she was completely loyal to Kaido.
"Thank you, Lord Phoenix… From now on, I'll follow you to the end of the world."
::::::
