However, the spatial barrier, reinforced with all of Yun Lie's might, was indestructible; no matter how much the energy surged against it, it couldn't break through an inch.
Strangely, under normal circumstances, when this bizarre energy couldn't escape, it should have sought out the nearest fruit to possess, reforming into a Devil Fruit.
But now, it hovered in mid-air, blood-red tendrils of light faintly extending towards Yun Lie, seemingly hesitating, as if scrutinizing the prey before it.
"It has a physical form?" Yun Lie's heart stirred, a flicker of resolve in his eyes.
He mustered all his courage, slowly extending his trembling hand towards the strange energy.
The moment his fingertips were about to touch the energy, an anomaly suddenly occurred!
The energy suddenly shot into his body like a blood-red lightning bolt, whooshing up his arm.
"Ah!" Excruciating pain, like surging waves, instantly swept through Yun Lie's entire body.
He felt as if his meridians were being pierced by countless scorching steel needles, or as if they were being incinerated by raging fire, every inch of his skin enduring unimaginable torment.
He could clearly see that wherever the blood-red energy passed, his meridians were stained dark red, and the smoothly flowing silver-white Spatial Power was disrupted and chaotic, surging wildly throughout his body.
Yun Lie gritted his teeth, persisting, and fully activated his Spatial Power, attempting to force this bizarre energy out of his body.
Silver-white light surged wildly within him, colliding fiercely with the blood-red energy.
But this energy seemed to have its own target, following his meridians, rushing relentlessly towards his Dantian.
Yun Lie was greatly alarmed; the Dantian was the core of his Inner World, and if this energy were to occupy it, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Nami and Robin were still in his Inner World; he absolutely could not let such a thing happen!
"Damn it, Spatial Power, melt it for me!" Yun Lie's eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging, as his roar echoed throughout the entire space.
Deep within his Dantian, the powerful Spatial Law awakened like a slumbering giant, erupting into dazzling silver-white light pillars that surged upwards like a tsunami.
Silver-white and blood-red engaged in a thrilling, desperate struggle within his meridians; the two forces frantically tore and collided, causing fine spatial cracks to appear on Yun Lie's body from time to time, and blood-red light spots to seep out, his entire being seemingly transformed into a battlefield.
In the Inner World, Nami and the others watched in horror as the sky was dyed a sea of blood, red lightning constantly exploding from the thick clouds, and deafening roars reverberated between heaven and earth.
The ground beneath their feet trembled violently, and mountains and rivers swayed precariously under the impact of this powerful force.
They wanted to rush up and help, but they were blocked by an invisible silver-white wall, only able to anxiously watch Yun Lie's pained expression.
"You must hold on!" Nami clasped her hands tightly, tears welling up in her eyes.
The others stared intently at Yun Lie, their eyes filled with worry and tension.
Relying on his unyielding will, Yun Lie continuously activated his Spatial Power to launch a counterattack.
The silver-white light, like a giant python, tightly coiled around the blood-red energy, then compressed and ground it layer by layer.
The blood-red tendrils emitted a mournful shriek, gradually weakening under the immense pressure of the Spatial Power.
As time passed, the bizarre blood-red energy finally began to falter under the continuous assault of the Spatial Power.
It began to shatter inch by inch, turning into specks of red light, which were slowly absorbed by Yun Lie's Dantian.
When the last trace of blood-red energy was completely absorbed, Yun Lie's taut body finally relaxed, and he collapsed to the ground.
The blood-red lightning in the Inner World suddenly dissipated, and the sky returned to its usual clarity, with only the silver and red intertwined aura remaining around Yun Lie.
"Yun Lie, are you alright?"
As soon as the spatial barrier disappeared, Nami rushed forward, her voice filled with unconcealed worry.
Robin, Mitsuri, and the others also hurried over, their gaze fixed on Yun Lie's pale face.
"Haha, I guess this counts as a blessing in disguise for me!"
Yun Lie chuckled, propping himself up on his knees to stand, though his body still swayed a little, his eyes were filled with uncontainable excitement.
He slowly raised his hands; his left hand shimmered with the familiar silver-white Spatial Power, like a flowing galaxy; his right hand burst forth with dazzling red light, and as Causality Power surged, mysterious patterns faintly appeared in the air.
Now, he wasn't a Dual Devil Fruit user, yet he was a Dual Devil Fruit user!
The Karma Karma Fruit resided in his Dantian, which meant it resided within this Inner World!
And since his Inner World was under his control, he indirectly controlled the Karma Karma Fruit's ability!
Looking at the women, by activating the Causality Power, he could see that their karma was resonating with his.
"Don't move, let me check you. Having the abilities of two Devil Fruits, you can't be careless."
Mitsuri immediately held him, pulling out several detection instruments from her small bag and carefully scanning and examining him.
After a thorough examination, she finally let out a sigh of relief: "It's just excessive loss of vital energy and some minor damage to your meridians. As long as you eat more blood-replenishing foods and take the restorative medicine I formulated, you'll recover quickly."
"You, doing such dangerous things, you're really infuriating me!"
Nami, knowing Yun Lie was fine, couldn't suppress her fiery temper and immediately moved to teach him a lesson.
"Ouch, don't mess around, I admit I was wrong, okay?"
Yun Lie quickly begged for mercy; in truth, Nami's little punches didn't have much force, and he couldn't very well expose that, could he?
"Hmph! Come quickly and eat, Mitsuri-chan said you need to replenish yourself well."
Nami snorted softly, then turned and walked towards Nojiko.
At this moment, Nojiko had already tied on an apron and was busy by the stove with Mikita and the others.
Soon, a rich aroma wafted over—in the clay pot, red dates stewed with black chicken bubbled.
In the porcelain bowls, seafood porridge simmered with goji berries and Codonopsis pilosula steamed.
Even the dessert was osmanthus-sprinkled donkey-hide gelatin cake.
Every dish contained medicinal ingredients like red dates, goji berries, rehmannia, and Codonopsis pilosula, full of care.
"Isn't this too much of a tonic?" Yun Lie looked at the table full of medicinal dishes, a little amused and exasperated.
Mitsuri pushed up her non-existent glasses, shaking the medical book in her hand with a serious air: "If your vital energy is depleted, you need to replenish it well, otherwise…"
She gave Nami a mischievous glance, lowering her voice to tease, "It will affect everyone's 'quality of life,' you know."
"Mitsuri!" Nami's face flushed, almost turning into a steam engine.