Chapter 238 23 Fruits = 23 Superpowers

Dante smiled and opened a wormhole that led right under the nearest tree. After all, from his previous vantage point, he had identified the location of most of the trees at once, so it was no problem.

Underneath the tree was the usual scene of a bunch of monsters facing off.

Dante spared a moment to glance at the tree itself and saw that it was a magnificent one that stood tall, its bark shining with the colors of vitality and strength.

Its leaves were a bright green and seemed to shimmer with the hues of youth!

Hanging from its branches was the glistening fruit itself that seemed to pulse with life. The fruit glowed with a creamy light, casting an aura of renewal to anyone or anything nearby.

Just by looking, one could tell that this fruit was the type that when consumed, granted the power to regenerate, heal, and maybe even bestow life where it was lost. The extent of it would need to be tested.

In Dante's eyes, such a superpower was perfect for his mother, so he had already marked the fruit down as important. As for the monsters that were squaring off before it or the students spread out in hiding who were looking for an opportunity, Dante ignored them.

He simply cast the 2nd Rank Spatial Reposition spell while tossing a leaf into the air. The result was that a spatial wormhole on a very small scale occurred that switched the place of the fruit with the leaf.

Dante pocketed the fruit into his quantum space before turning to leave, glancing at the students and monsters who were filled with shock by the sudden change.

Even as Dante opened a wormhole to the next one and walked through, the area behind him erupted in battle as the monsters went crazy from the theft, assuming one of the hiding students they had long detected was the culprit.

When Dante appeared in the next spot, it was the same scene but a different tree. This somber tree had a charcoal-gray trunk that seemed to absorb the light around it.

Unlike the void tree Dante met in his second run, this one's leaves were a deep, dark crimson, appearing as if they were dipped in the blood of the living.

The fruit that hung from its branches appeared almost lifeless. Dante was sure that when bitten into, it would likely grant the power to decay, wither, and embrace the inevitability of all things ending in death.

So the first one was life, and the second was death, how poetic. Dante was careful this time because monsters interested in the power of death would have death-related superpowers that could not just be ignored by him.

He once again performed the old switcheroo and then replicated it on the spot. He then tossed the replicated one toward the center bit slightly closer to the students nearby. After taking a wormhole to escape, the area descended into a tense silence at first before a terrifying all-out brawl occurred.

You're probably wondering why Dante would waste a perfectly good replicated fruit, especially when he could only have two? Well, that was just it, he could only have two in reality because he came from two universes, so his superpower only limited him to two.

Anymore would be useless. Throwing one away in this quantum world did not affect this quota of fruits and obviously could not be taken out to benefit others. At best, it could be eaten by a quantum monster here and increase its superpower count which, once again, had no bearing on reality.

A student could not use it to gain superpowers nor advance their superpower because these were virtual bodies, not their real bodies. The feedback would not occur; otherwise, forget school students, anyone who used the Etraverse would be able to gain the power of quantum worlds by spelunking in them.

Even better, they couldn't even submit it assuming one lucky student beat back all the monsters and hid for the remaining days without getting killed by Dante in his later plan because what was manifested by him could be unmanifested.

Dante appeared in the next zone and repeated his actions. This tree was quite interesting, being one that Dante identified to be related to karma.

Why?

Because the bark of this tree held the intricacies of fate etched within it, a mosaic of every event that has ever occurred and will occur beneath its branches. Its leaves shimmered with a black and white yin-yang glow, reflecting the boundless cycle of cause and effect.

What sealed it as karma and not fate or even time was the fruit that dangled from its boughs appearing as a swirling vortex of light and shadow. Rather than appear to give one the ability to manipulate the threads of destiny, a large golden eye existed in the center of the vortex with countless threads surrounding it.

However, no matter how awesome the fruit or the monsters guarding it, the fate of being yoinked could not be avoided. After dealing with it, Dante's quantum clone moved onto the others.

The fourth was a surreal tree with a bark that glowed with a blue outline, causing rocks and material around it to be lifted from the ground with a similar blue outline around it. The fruit that adorned its branches was translucent with a blue core within, as if holding the essence of thought itself.

The fifth was a tree that appeared as though it was always in the midst of a gentle rain. Its bark glistened with droplets and its leaves were the same deep blue as the heart of the ocean. The fruit hanging from its branches were clear as crystal and brimming with liquid.

The sixth tree was a marvel of texture, as if all sensations were condensed into its very being. Its leaves were a symphony of colors, each representing an aspect of sensory perception. The fruit was a kaleidoscopic orb that shimmered with sensory overload as it absorbed all stimuli from outside.

The seventh tree seemed to transcend the boundaries of the earthly realm. Its bark was ethereal and ever-shifting, mirroring the colors of the heavens while the leaves appeared to be made of stardust, reflecting the serenity of cosmic order. The fruit that hung from its branches was like a miniature galaxy, swirling with unknown constellations.

The eighth tree's trunk was wrapped in a tapestry of dreamy colors and waves, constantly shifting and changing like some lavalamp. The fruit that dangled from its branches were luminescent orbs, each containing a fragment of a different reverie.

The ninth tree's trunk seemingly held an ancient wisdom, with etchings that resembled intricate scrolls of knowledge. The fruit hanging from its bough was like a tiny book, scribbles written within that represented esoteric knowledge.

The tenth and final tree stood tall and unyielding, its branches like pillars of righteousness and its leaves watchful enforcers. Its fruit appeared as a seal with the word 'Truth' carved onto it.

Dante gathered them all and held them carefully, comparing them to the ones he already had. With these new fruits, including the remnants of his first run and the acquisitions from his second run, this was the list of fruits Dante owned:

1. Gem Core Fruit - Ability to create crystals and use them offensively, defensively, or for support.

2. Ability Silence Fruit - Ability to cause true silence in an area, meaning no sound, no superpowers, or special abilities either.

3. True Time Fruit - Ability to fully control time, by stopping, rewinding, fast-forwarding, slowing, etc.

4. Eternal Flame Fruit - Ability to create flames that burned eternally.

5. Aetherial Prism Fruit - Ability to manipulate prismatic light, i.e., reflections, concentration, etc.

6. Resonance Core Fruit - Ability to control vibrational forces.

7. Chrono-Wind Fruit - Ability to rewind or fast forward time in an area using wind.

8. Gravity Well Fruit - Ability to control gravity through reduction or increment.

9. Harmony Chime Fruit - Ability to create musical sound to stimulate healing or to kill.

10. Morphic Seed Fruit - Ability to shapeshift into other species.

11. Void Nexus Fruit - Ability to enter the void of in-between space freely, i.e., the power to phase, basically. historical

12. Chaos Crystal Fruit - Ability to control the chaos of the universe to alter reality.

13. Ethereal Echo Fruit - Ability to switch between dimensions, i.e., space, sub-space, spirit, psion, elemental, etc.

14. Pure Life Fruit - Ability to heal, and maybe resurrect.

15. Pure Death Fruit - Ability to decay and maybe control undead.

16. Karma Thread Fruit - Ability to visualize karmic bonds and sever or reallocate them.

17. Psychic Wonder Fruit - Ability to use telekinesis, telesthesia, transvection, apportation, telepathy, and more.

18. Pristine Water Fruit - Ability to control the water element and even generate water molecules from nothingness.

19. Sensory Tree Fruit - Ability to sense all stimuli freely and know what is going on around you.

20. Celestial Serenity Fruit - Ability to control cosmic energy freely.

21. Dream Eater Fruit - Ability to put people to sleep and then enter their dreams to either attack, control, or inspect.

22. Infinite Wisdom Fruit - Ability to acquire true knowledge of anything as long as you touch them.

23. Truth Watcher Fruit - Ability to perceive lies from truths and create binding contracts universe-wide to maintain agreements.