Realm King Fruit

Realm King Fruit (界王果), not an actual fruit, but can greatly increase strength and lay the foundations for territory (skill).

## Appearance

It was a very small snow-white plant with seven leaves on it. It was bearing three fruits. After looking closer, the plant, fruits and leaves looked like they were ice carved by skilled craftsmen.

## Aurora frost

Main article: Aurora Frost
The Realm King Fruit grows in the Aurora Frost in the Mellon Family estate.

## Picking the fruit

"The seven-leaves realm king fruit is the best among realm king fruit. Even those icy leaves have great functions."

According to Paglio's instruction, Chen Rui first picked the leaves then the fruits. After the last fruit was picked, the plant-like ice turned into mist and disappeared into the air.

Chen Rui secretly thought that it was wasteful. It'd be so great if I could keep it in the galaxy garden and plant it repeatedly. However Chen already tried the galaxy garden and it did not work, the prompt saying that the realm king fruit was neither plant nor water source.

He kept the jade box into his storage and asked, "Who knows about the secret of the realm king fruit?"

Lombardo patted his chest and reassured, "Sir, please rest assured. Except for the last patriarch who has passed away, only I know about it..."

## Consumption

Chen Rui took out the realm king fruits. The appearance of this fruit was exquisite as if it was a flawless crystal artwork. It was also exuding a faint fragrance.*It won't feel like eating glass right...* He raised his head and swallowed the fruit.

The realm king fruits was originally produced in the extremely cold environment at Aurora Frost. He felt cold in his hands but after it entered the stomach, it started to burn like a fire and spread all over his body quickly.

Chen Rui felt an unbearable pain as the fire began to burn in various parts of the body. His muscles began to swell and twist. He could no longer remain seated and fell to the ground while shivering. He struggled to resist the uncomfortable feeling. Fortunately, corresponding magic circles had been laid by him around the laboratory, and he strictly prohibited any disturbance. Therefore, his sound and movement wouldn't be heard outside.

The fiery feeling was dozens of times greater than the fiery volcano in the training ground. Chen Rui felt that his bones and flesh were going to be vaporized. Besides, his brain began to swell up. It had increased several times in an instant as if it was going to explode.

The pain was real, but the swelling was actually an illusion. Since the realm king fruits must be taken at least with Demon Emperor strength, Chen Rui's actual strength was only equivalent to the level of a Great Demon King. Thus, he couldn't bear the power. The trouble was that the Star Devouring and Star Conversion prompt that he expected didn't appear nor did a prompt for aura conversion.

At that moment, an unknown force surged in his body, gradually weakening the feeling of swelling to burst. That force was the strengthening power from Manu's [Soul Shackles]. Although it was only a thousandth of a Demon Overlord's strength, it was an extremely concentrated strength. Regardless of its quality or quantity, it was far superior to Chen Rui's current strength. They couldn't be digested completely at once, but it came in handy this time.

Under the dissolution and buffering of that force, Chen Rui's body gradually returned to normal and Manu's strength was quickly absorbed into the body. Most importantly, the effect of the realm king fruits was about to manifest.

Chen Rui's vision and consciousness gradually blurred. When he recovered his consciousness with much effort, he found that the scene in front of him had completely changed. It was a familiar scene that he hadn't seen for a long time.

### Hallucinations

Dust-covered roads, noisy car horns, cars parked all around, crowds moving in and out, and two girls walking in front of him while eating sugar cane. A trail of sugarcane's residue was left behind. It was a very familiar small town. It was backward and dirty, but after all, it was his hometown.

*Did I cross-over back?*

*What about Athena and the others? Paglio and the others?* That world had become his real attachment. As for this world that he used to be familiar with, he felt strange now.

Chen Rui took a look at the mobile phone in his hand. The unbranded counterfeit that also has a camera. *Why is this so familiar? Isn't this that phone that appears with the Super System?!*

Although there were no life threats here at all times and there was no precarious settlement like the Dark Moon or a dangerous and terrible enemy's lair like the Crystal Valley, he must return.

Chen Rui suddenly felt that someone was watching him. He immediately turned around and he saw a man sitting at the bus station behind him, showing a strange smile.

Chen Rui was shocked. *This guy's appearance... it's me. No! That evil eyes and smile... it's the inner demon that I eliminated during [Refined Mind] or it can also be called – Shura!*

"Surprised to see me?" Shura's voice rang in his ears. The noise around him was suppressed. "Like I said, as long as the darkness inside you still exists, I'll never disappear."

Chen Rui had calmed down. After successfully passing the test of [Refined Mind], he had complete confidence to deal with Shura. He looked calmly at the enemy who was once the most dangerous, "Did you create this illusion?"

Shura shook his head, "This isn't an illusion, but the world in your memory. Look at that..."

Shura stood up, approached him step by step and reached out his hand, "Surrender to the desires in your heart and accept my fusion. It's not occupant but fusion. You'll gain incomparable strength regardless in this world or another world. You'll be superior over everyone else like the superior gods who can willfully possess, distort, play or destroy everything."

## Effect

The realm king fruit, to be precise, wasn't a real fruit but the essence created within the Aurora Frost. After consuming, it could produce a corresponding strange feeling similar to hallucinations. This "hallucination" was extraordinary. It could produce varied spiritual engraving, which derived from the user's consciousness, to let the user absorb it.

The content of the spiritual engraving could be regarded as a feeling of "Territory". It was a miraculous item that could help Demon Emperors understand and strengthen the power of territory.

Demon Emperor and Demon Overlord were already high-class powerhouses. For the powerhouses in this class, "territory" was the most important keyword. For Demon Emperors, the spiritual engraving of the realm king fruit could induce the forming of pseudo-territory and strengthen it. Even for Demon Overlord's true territory, it could strengthen it to a certain extent, but it was far less effective compared to Demon Emperor.

The realm king fruit also contained extremely powerful force, which could greatly increase one's strength, but the most important thing was its effect on the spiritual engraving of territory.

"The realm king fruit is too powerful, so it can only be withstood by the Demon Emperor and above. Besides, it must be used within three months after maturity. Otherwise, it will wither and lose its effect automatically." Paglio frowned, "Lavat coming to the Dark Moon deliberately to pick the realm king fruit. Is he giving it to a Demon Emperor?"

"Rumors say that the Blue Lava Lord's strength is only at the peak of Great Demon King, but his strength could be hidden." Chen Rui groaned, "Paglio, is the realm king fruit useful to you?"

The poison dragon shook his head, "I've already realized the true power of territory, so this thing is of little use to me. You should keep it for yourself, but you have to reach Demon Emperor within three months."

### Territory

The realm king fruits wasn't a real fruit but the essence created in the Aurora Frost. After consuming it, it could produce hallucinations corresponding to the mind. Then, it could derive a special spiritual imprint according to the mind of the user and later absorbed by the user.

This spiritual imprint was the feeling of "territory". Certainly, this type of territory was only the primary level of territory, which was the pseudo-territory mastered by the Demon Emperors. However, the pseudo-territory was the foundation of an actual territory. It was also the greatest difference between Great Demon King and Demon Emperor.

### Demon Emperor

The strength gap between the Great Demon King was actually very huge. Although some people might have reached Demon Emperor in terms of strength, they hadn't mastered the power of territory, so they were still Great Demon King, and they couldn't be regarded as Demon Emperor.

The difference in strength between a "pseudo-Demon Emperor" without the power of territory and a real Demon Emperor was huge. That was a difference in quality.

In the same way, if he could understand the strength of Megrez state, he would be undefeatable among those below the strength of Demon Emperor. If he could fully grasp the strength of Megrez state, he might even be able to rival those that just advanced to Demon Emperor.

However, the power of realm king fruits was too strong. Only Demon Emperors could bear its effect. He wasn't even sure whether the modes of "Star Devouring" and "Star Conversion" could be used.

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 238
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 240
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Chapter 239
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Chapter 277