The Uncharted Island.
A Tyrannosaurus Rex—the former tyrant of this island—fled in terror. It crashed through trees, its roar turning into a whimper.
Behind it, a wave of frost consumed the jungle.
The lush green canopy turned white. Running animals froze mid-stride, their bodies encased in crystal tombs.
The T-Rex's tail froze first. Then its legs. It didn't even feel pain. In a second, the prehistoric beast was a magnificent ice statue.
The entire island was now an ice sheet.
The ocean around it froze for miles, turning the tropical Atlantic into an arctic wasteland.
The sky roared. Hot air met absolute cold, creating a super-cyclone of snow and wind.
Vincent opened his eyes.
He stood at the epicenter of this frozen hellscape. His vision was clear, his mind sharp.
He exhaled a breath of white mist.
[System Prompt]
[Spend 200 Million Wealth Points to maximize Ice-Ice Fruit (Awakened Stage)?]
"Upgrade," Vincent said without hesitation.
Money was just numbers. He was about to cash out his Stark stocks anyway.
[Wealth Points Deducted.]
[Ice-Ice Fruit: Awakened (Peak).]
A flood of knowledge poured into his brain. He understood the molecular structure of ice. He understood how to freeze energy, not just matter.
He looked at his Desire Points. He still had 5 Million left.
"System. Upgrade Hydro-Kinesis."
This was his other trump card. The power of Mera (Aquaman). While the Ice Fruit was destructive, Hydro-Kinesis was versatile.
[Spend 5 Million Desire Points to break limit?]
"Yes."
[Hydro-Kinesis Level Up: Sovereign Class.]
A massive surge of mana filled his body. He felt like he had touched the limit of human magic.
[Spend 200 Million Wealth Points to maximize Sovereign Class?]
"Accept!"
Vincent's Wealth Points plummeted, but he didn't care.
[Congratulations. Hydro-Kinesis has reached the "Ocean Sovereign" tier.]
Vincent closed his eyes.
A trident sigil glowed in his mind.
He could feel every drop of water in the Atlantic. He didn't just control water; he was the ocean.
He could create water from nothing (using mana). He could dehydrate a person with a glance. He could summon tsunamis with a thought.
If he combined this with his Ice Fruit... he was invincible at sea.
"In the One Piece world, I would be a god," Vincent laughed. "No Devil Fruit weakness. Total elemental dominance."
He dissolved his lower body into mist. But instead of just floating, he used Hydro-Kinesis to propel the moisture upward, defying gravity effortlessly.
He hovered 10,000 feet in the air, looking down at the "Ice Eye" he had created in the Atlantic.
"A perfect masterpiece."
He checked his stats.
[Name: Vincent Hall]
[Wealth Points: 87,750,000]
[Desire Points: 360,000]
[Abilities: Ice-Ice Fruit (Awakened - Peak), Psychic Immunity, Hydro-Kinesis (Sovereign - Peak)]
The plus signs (+) were gone. He had maxed out his current potential.
He dove back into the ocean.
Hydro-Teleportation.
Using the Sovereign ability, he merged with the currents, moving instantly through the water like a pulse of magic.
In seconds, he was back at his private beach on Long Island.
He had burned 1% of his mana pool to travel hundreds of miles instantly.
Penthouse. 1:00 AM.
Vincent showered and collapsed into bed.
He was broke (in points), but he was powerful.
Meanwhile.
Somewhere in a secret base, alarms were screaming.
"Sir! Site B is gone! All signals lost!"
"What happened? A bomb?"
"No sir... the satellite shows... an Ice Age."
The screen displayed a grainy image of the Atlantic. A white spot had appeared where a tropical island used to be.
SHIELD HQ.
"Director Fury," a technician called out. "Energy spike in the Atlantic. Similar signature to the Tesseract, but... colder."
Fury looked at the screen.
"The Ice Demon?"
"Maybe. Or something worse."
The storm over the island was so thick that satellites couldn't see the ground.
But Fury knew one thing: The power scale of this world was shifting again.
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