After speaking, Qin Xiao released Magneto.
Everyone present stared at the two in shock.
Then—their gazes all shifted to Magneto.
"How is that possible?"
"Even without eating a Devil Fruit, he can't escape the devil's control?"
"He… got younger…"
Magneto felt a subtle change in his body.
But without a mirror, he couldn't see what had happened.
Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces,
unease crept into his heart.
He quickly summoned a piece of tal.
Its polished surface reflected his appearance.
It was—him from years ago.
"You…!"
Magneto looked at Qin Xiao in shock.
He hadn't eaten a Devil Fruit—yet he was still affected.
And while he had been made younger,
that only proved sothing more terrifying:
Qin Xiao could give and take lifespan at will.
"What a devil can do is beyond your imagination.
Whether you're a Devil Fruit user or not… makes no difference."
Qin Xiao's voice echoed calmly.
Devil Envoy.
Truly terrifying.
Magneto had thought that by not eating a fruit,
he had avoided any contract.
But now—he realized how naïve that was.
Just like mutant abilities worked on non-mutants—this power wasn't limited.
And that made Qin Xiao even more dangerous.
Qin Xiao ignored Magneto, who had fallen into thought.
Magneto's earlier words—about Devil Fruit users becoming puppets—had clearly been an attempt to sow discord.
So Qin Xiao gave him a warning.
Making him younger wasn't kindness.
It was a ssage.
"You're not a fruit user—but you're still within a devil's reach."
Then, Qin Xiao turned to Sabretooth.
After being affected by the Age-Age Fruit, Sabretooth had returned to normal size.
"Sabretooth, did you see how the Chop-Chop Fruit was used?
It can be reversed—Logan turned his adamantium skeleton into normal bone.
As for your Karma Fruit—whether it can absorb energy damage depends entirely on how you develop it."
"Develop…?"
Sabretooth began recalling what had just happened.
Wolverine had first turned his body into blades—then reversed the process,
transforming his internal tal into bone.
That level of control—surpassed his own.
Right now, Sabretooth could absorb physical damage,
converting it into size and strength.
But energy attacks—he had no idea how to handle them.
How could he develop that?
Questions flooded his mind.
"If you can't figure out how to absorb energy damage yet,
then the simplest thod is to turn energy damage into physical damage."
Qin Xiao spoke plainly.
"For example, Cyclops' optic blasts.
Don't resist them.
Let them knock you back—let yourself crash.
The impact becos physical damage, which your fruit can convert.
Or…"
He paused.
"You can take it a step further."
"Self-harm."
The room fell silent.
Self-harm?
That wasn't sothing people even considered.
Why would anyone hurt themselves on purpose?
But Qin Xiao had a different perspective.
Damage was damage—whether inflicted by others or yourself.
Like Kaido, who constantly tried to kill himself—jumping from the sky.
Sabretooth could do the sa.
It was a twisted thod.
For others, self-harm ant injury.
For Sabretooth—it ant power.
No matter how much he hurt himself,
his regeneration would heal him.
And every bit of damage—would increase his strength.
Sabretooth, never one for overthinking,
acted imdiately.
He charged straight into a tal wall.
Boom—!
The impact echoed loudly.
"ARGH—!"
Pain surged through his body.
But in the next mont—his body expanded.
It worked.
Self-inflicted damage—triggered the Karma Fruit.
"Alright, that's enough," Qin Xiao said, stopping him.
"Just rember this thod.
And don't forget—most of what you face will still be physical attacks.
You're already stronger than most ability users.
As for truly converting energy damage—you'll have to figure that out yourself."
Sabretooth nodded, still processing everything.
Qin Xiao then turned back to Magneto.
"Eric."
"I've brought you the one you wanted."
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