If the people of Dragon Country saw this, they would undoubtedly be stunned and find it hard to believe. Most would surely shout for Ye Yu not to enter and to choose a Devil Fruit instead.
However, no one was there to witness it.
At this moment, many were opting for Non-Ability Users because the Devil Fruits were nearly all taken, with only the strongest ones remaining. Those with low talent had no chance of success and could only head to the Non-Ability User area.
But once inside, they found that the number of Non-Ability Users was overwhelming.
"What should we do? Who should we choose? There are too many."
"Yeah, with Devil Fruits, you can at least judge their strength by their names, but with so many people here, we don't even know their names."
"We'll just have to judge by their appearances."
"But they're all stone statues. It's hard to tell."
"That red-haired guy with a sword looks cool, but he's missing his left arm. He's probably not strong. I won't choose him."
"Hmm? This guy with short purple hair and a burly build, with a mechanical right arm, looks promising. He seems old, but the system takes their peak strength into account. He must be strong. I'll choose him. Even though I only have a third-tier talent and one chance left, it's just a Non-Ability User. I'm sure I'll succeed."
...
However, when this person attempted to form a contract, they failed.
He was shocked, devastated, and in pain.
"How could this happen? I failed! It's just a Non-Ability User, yet my third-tier talent wasn't enough. No!! I didn't even get the contract. Damn it!!"
He was furious. A third-tier talent wasn't exactly low, but in the Devil Fruit space, he had already failed twice. He thought he could choose freely here, but he failed again.
When Ye Yu entered, he found that only the strongest Non-Ability Users from the Pirate King world remained, as the weaker ones had already been chosen.
He wasn't worried about the strong ones being taken because those with high talent levels wouldn't be here. Thus, the powerful Non-Ability Users couldn't be successfully contracted.
Only those with low talent would enter this space, and since Ye Yu was familiar with the Pirate King world, he had a clear target.
There weren't many left. Ye Yu's eyes scanned the remaining figures, and he recognized them all.
He was essentially the last to choose. Out of the millions of Non-Ability Users, only ten remained.
They were: Pirate King Roger, Pluto Rayleigh, Scopper Gaban, Hawkeye Mihawk, Red-Haired Shanks, Beckman, Knight of the Sea Jinbe, Giant Demon Oars, Whitebeard Jr., Zoro, and...
When he saw the last one, Ye Yu was momentarily stunned. He immediately recognized the burly, elderly man with a mechanical right arm—former Navy Admiral Zephyr.
"I didn't expect him to be here. It seems anyone who was an enemy of the Navy is here, not just pirates. So, the Revolutionary Army without Devil Fruits is also included."
"Also, Kozuki Oden, Sanji, and Cavendish aren't here. They must have been contracted already."
The other strong Non-Ability Users were irrelevant now, as he wouldn't choose them anyway.
Looking at the ten figures before him, Ye Yu knew they had all been chosen before. Just take the Ogre Oars, for example. Even with millions of Non-Ability Users, anyone entering this space would immediately be drawn to his massive size.
Such a colossal giant naturally gave the impression of immense strength and power.
Indeed, but they all failed in their attempts to form contracts. Even those with a fifth-level talent, who were absolutely confident here, found that none could be contracted. However, even those with fifth-level talent failed.
Ye Yu knew that without an eighth-level talent, it would be difficult to succeed in forming a contract. As for Rayleigh and Gabba, they would require at least a ninth-level talent. As for Roger, who was of king-level, naturally, a tenth-level talent would be needed.
At this moment, Ye Yu was very happy and excited, as he could choose seven from these people!
Soon, he had the answer in his heart. He chose to contract Roger, Pluto Rayleigh, Red-Haired Shanks, Hawkeye Mihawk, Zephyr, Ogre Oz, and Knight of the Sea Jinbe.
The reason for choosing Ogre Oz over Gabba, who was on par with Rayleigh in Roger's Pirate Crew, was that Oz, being a giant, possessed immense strength. With just his strength, he could easily move an island or even a country. When this strength was combined, how much would the power of each of his strikes increase?
As for why he chose Jinbe, although he was the weakest in terms of combat power among these people, he had one advantage that Ye Yu highly valued: the ability to move freely in seawater, and his combat power could even be enhanced in the water.
Therefore, he chose him.
As for why he didn't choose Zoro, although he considered the peak combat power, based on the currently known peak in the anime, Zoro would eventually become the new world's greatest swordsman, but he wasn't yet, and there was still a gap compared to Hawkeye. Hence, he chose Hawkeye.
Additionally, Hawkeye Mihawk's charisma was very high, truly handsome.
After confirming, Ye Yu began the contract, placing his hand on the statue and silently reciting the contract.
First, he contracted Jinbe. As the statue flashed with white light, it turned into white light points and surged into Ye Yu's body. The statue disappeared, and the contract was successful.
Then he continued, successfully contracting each one, and finally, Roger was also successful.
Instantly, Ye Yu felt himself becoming much stronger, after all, he had contracted the contracts, and he was still at the tenth level.
Originally, he thought that at the tenth level, he could unleash one-tenth of each person's combat power, since at the hundredth level, he could unleash one hundred percent of each person's combat power. But he found that it was not the case; it was not one-tenth.
"It seems that not every ten levels develop one-tenth of the strength. The early levels are easier to increase, so the developed combat power is not high. Now, the development level of each person's combat power should be at one percent. But even so, the combined combat power of these seven people is still very strong. Moreover, with my tenth-level talent, I will also train to become stronger, so it's not just the seven people combined, but eight, including myself."
At this moment, in the Devil Fruit space, the last to enter were naturally those with the same tenth-level highest talent as Ye Yu, totaling nine people.
They looked at the nine floating Devil Fruits, quickly scanning through them, looking at the names.
Gum-Gum Fruit?
Huh?
This fruit, which seemed weak just by its name, was actually left behind?
"It couldn't be that it hasn't been contracted before, after all, hundreds of millions of people have contracted. The remaining Devil Fruits now can only be those that even ninth-level talents couldn't successfully contract. It seems that this Gum-Gum Fruit is actually very powerful. However, we still need to look more."
In addition to the Gum-Gum Fruit, there are also the Mythical Zoan Phoenix Fruit, the Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan Vampire Form, the Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon Form, the Dark-Dark Fruit, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, the More-More Fruit, the Soul-Soul Fruit, the Float-Float Fruit, and the Op-Op Fruit.
These ten Devil Fruits here are not necessarily the absolute strongest ten. There are also some ninth-tier ones that can be successfully contracted, but before they could be chosen, other powerful Devil Fruits had already been contracted.
Moreover, even if Ye Yu didn't enter this place, he felt that the Ice Fruit would definitely appear.
The reason why Aokiji's Ice Fruit is here is because, in the current anime, Aokiji is not a Marine but a Pirate, a member of the Blackbeard Pirate Crew, hence the p
resence of the Ice Fruit.
Now that the Ice Fruit and the Rumble Rumble Fruit are not here, it means they have already been contracted.
(End of Chapter)