Chapter 167: The Upper Limit of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit
On the rooftop of an empty building somewhere in Manhattan.
Mephisto, wearing a windbreaker and a round hat, clicked his tongue in wonder as he looked toward Times Square.
He saw the girl standing on the rooftop of the Times Square building.
With Mephisto's experience, even he had not seen that the girl possessed this level of power.
When Skye first fought the demons, aside from her own physique, martial arts, and weapons, she had also used her shockwave ability.
It was indeed strong, but not particularly eye-catching. Mephisto had only glanced at it and had not paid much attention.
After all, that kind of ability was very ordinary to him.
It was not as if Mephisto did not know about mutants.
There were plenty of abilities that looked even more exaggerated and unbelievable than Skye's.
It was still a power within the range of understanding.
But what Mephisto had not expected was that Skye would suddenly use the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Mephisto did not know what Devil Fruits were. He only thought it was Skye's own power.
After all, the essence of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was also vibrational energy.
It was similar in effect to Skye's ability. However, one ability of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit made Mephisto look at her differently.
That was the ability to shake space.
Once this ability appeared, its nature immediately changed.
No matter how powerful vibration was, at most, it was physical destructive force. Even if it was refined to an extreme degree, it would still only involve molecular-level physical vibrations, sound waves, and vibrational energy.
But shaking space was completely different.
Mephisto could tell that this ability did not only shake space, but also the atmosphere. Yet the Tremor-Tremor Fruit directly shook space itself, not objects.
This kind of power could directly interfere with dimensions and magic. The fields and levels it touched were completely incomparable.
To put it plainly, abilities also had higher and lower levels.
Before she displayed the ability to shake space, Skye's current level and the upper limit of her ability development had not made Mephisto feel anything special.
But since she could shatter space, Mephisto immediately understood that this girl's ability had touched the realm of rules.
Her upper limit and potential were absurdly high.
Mephisto's collector's impulse flared up at once. If possible, he would have loved to secretly abduct Skye right then and there.
Yet now he could only stand here, coveting her without daring to make the slightest move.
All because of the Matthew standing beside him.
"Humans truly are a race with infinite possibilities," Mephisto said sourly.
Matthew did not even need Observation Haki to know that this old fellow was filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
He smiled.
"Indeed. Humans may be weak by nature, but once they break through that layer of limits and shackles, they always do surprising things."
Whether for good or ill, Matthew added inwardly.
As a species, humans possessed innate disadvantages compared to those other powerful races.
Yet Earth had become one of the center points of the universe.
Humans themselves were an anomaly.
An unpredictable anomaly.
Whether good or bad, if one was careless, humans could give other races a huge surprise.
After all, quite a few infinite crisis-level events had been caused by humans themselves.
As for Mephisto being envious, Matthew naturally would not tell this old man that it was entirely because he had given Matthew the soul of a high-level demon.
After absorbing the soul of a high-level demon, Matthew's Devil Fruit Encyclopedia could immediately light up a top-tier Devil Fruit.
There were many fruits in the top-tier Devil Fruit series.
For example, Logia-type Devil Fruits such as the Magma-Magma Fruit and the Ice-Ice Fruit, as well as the Soul-Soul Fruit, the ancient Mythical Zoan Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, the Dark-Dark Fruit, and others.
No matter which fruit it was, as long as any Astartes or Raven ate one, their combat power would leap forward.
But in the end, Matthew still chose the Tremor-Tremor Fruit he had already planned for. And he gave it to Skye.
At first glance, giving the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to Skye, who already possessed vibration abilities, seemed redundant and wasteful.
In reality, that was not the case at all.
The reason was simple: Matthew felt that Skye's World Destroyer attribute was not strong enough.
It was powerful, but not top-tier.
In the early stage, Skye's ability gave her an advantage compared to the other Astartes and Raven. But as everyone's strength continued to grow, that advantage would quickly be narrowed, or even erased completely.
In the future, her only advantage might be her efficiency in clearing battlefields and slaughtering weak enemies.
But against true powerhouses, that ability would be useful, yet not especially decisive.
Even if Skye studied modern knowledge and developed her ability to the greatest extent, that would still be the case.
But after eating the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Skye's ability would complete a transformation.
The combination of two vibration-based powers alone was enough to stir the imagination.
Moreover, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had a higher ceiling, and its development potential was limitless.
It was a true, solid transformation.
Giving it to Skye was the most suitable choice.
One could tell just by looking at how envious Mephisto was.
As for the major incident in Manhattan, although it exposed the Astartes and Raven before the entire world, and they would inevitably draw attention and wariness from all sides in the future, it no longer mattered.
Matthew had wanted to keep a low profile before simply because he wanted more time to develop and make the foundation of his base more solid.
But in reality, his current forces were already exaggerated enough.
If Matthew wanted to, with his current ability and the two warbands, he could take control of the entire United States in a very short time.
He simply did not want to do that.
It was too troublesome.
Leaving aside the fact that old man Nick Fury still possessed an interstellar pager capable of summoning Auntie Marvel at any time, if he really called Captain Marvel back, Matthew truly would not be able to do much to her in the short term.
No matter what, Captain Marvel's combat performance was at the Skyfather level, of course referring to her Binary form.
In her normal state, she was only at the sub-Skyfather level, slightly below a true Skyfather.
For no reason, Matthew would not occupy America and create such an enemy and opponent for himself.
Matthew believed he would not lose, yet he also knew he could not win.
Occupying America would bring more harm than good. The subsequent tasks of eliminating existing enemies, appointing officials, and rebuilding order would waste far too much time.
Therefore, Matthew had continued developing in silence.
Maintaining the existing order while steadily developing and laying the groundwork for his future foundation was the correct path.
The wisdom and lessons of the old ancestors remained vivid in his mind.
Build high walls, accumulate ample provisions, and slowly declare yourself king.
Now, because of Kaecilius's actions, everything had been exposed. It seemed to have disrupted his original plans, but the problem was not significant.
What did being watched matter?
Who on Earth could do anything to him now?
If he wished to develop, no one could stop him. The world's strongest nations, the so-called villain bosses—before the current him, they were all nothing more than trivial matters.
In fact, if it were not for Matthew's tacit approval, he alone could have quietly resolved the Manhattan demon invasion incident without a sound.
His current level was already one of absolute dominance.
He even knew Kaecilius's exact location with perfect clarity.
Thus, all of Kaecilius's so-called schemes and plans remained firmly under his control.
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