Soul King Brook’s Ultimate Power-Up

As we’ve seen, here is the progression:

– Brought Brook back to life, giving him a complete second lifespan (Brook was 38 when he died, so I’ve always taken that as he got a brand new lifespan upon expiring. So he mentally 39 when he came back, but his vitality was reset to being 0).

– From there, he learned that he could leave his body and become a free-floating soul.

 

– From there, he eventually learned to access the forces of the Underworld. This allowed him to access the freezing winds of Hell. When Brook died, it showed him going to Heaven, so I imagine he can connect there too should he wish. Basically, Brook is serving as a connection between the mortal realm and the realms of the dead and the damned.

– From there, Brook learned that he could use this power to affect the energy of other peoples souls (he basically “killed” the Chess Soldiers in Tottoland using his control of the energy of life and death to excise their mortal soul energy from their bodies, he also cut Zeus, a ball of pure soul energy and flames).

Brook has a pretty strong power set here. His powers are fairly similar to Big Mom’s in the sense that he can effect the vital energy of things around him. Unlike Big Mom, we have not seen him use it on mortal beings, but on animated constructs using harvested vital energy.

So, going by what we’ve seen so far, I do not think that Brook will ever be able to use his powers to effect the living. Big Mom is the soul-based Devil Fruit that holds power over life, Brook is the soul-based Devil Fruit that holds power over death.

This brings me to my point: Brook’s final powers will be to summon the souls of those who have passed on to help him in fights.

Brook isn’t going to be in a fight and suddenly summon the deceased soul of Whitebeard to fight on his behalf. I would imagine, to fit the themes of One Piece, he would only be able to summon souls that he had bonded with on a spiritual level. Brook could use his power to summon deceased Nakama to assist him.

I think, instead, that his biggest flex of power with the Yomi Yomi no Mi is going to be him summoning the Rumbar Pirates, including Yorki, to assist him in whatever his ultimate fight in the series is.

Imagine this: Brook versus Doc Q and Stronger on Laugh Tale.

Doc Q is a horrific monster. Brook is on the ropes. He feels he’s going to meet his end when, suddenly, a hand reaches out to pull him up. The soul of Captain Yorki helps Brook to his feet and, joined by the rest of the Rumbar Pirates, Brook is able to defeat the member of the Blackbeard Pirates.

We could get the following scenario: Brook and the Rumbar Pirates’ souls all sing Binks’ Sake along with Laboon’s wailing, everyone crying tears of joy.

All 10 Haki Abilities in One Piece

 CONQUEROR’S HAKI / HAOSHOKU HAKI

• 1-Domination: Overcome the willpower of others rendering them unconscious.
• 2-Domestication: Tame wild, ferocious beasts into pacification.
• 3-Destruction: Destruction of surroundings occur during constant exertion of Conqueror’s Haki waves.

OBSERVATION HAKI / KENBUNSHOKU HAKI

• 4-Perception: Able to sense others auras, power levels, and emotions beyond normal human sight.
• 5-Prediction: Able to predict opponent’s action within the users minds-eye to aid with mobility and dodging.
• 6-Precognition: Able to view the immediate future.

ARMAMENT HAKI / BUSOSHOKU HAKI

• 7-Concentration: A hardening or coating of Armament Haki making the user denser and sturdier. Also used for weapons to have the same effect.
• 8-Circumvention: Armament Haki is able to bypass devil fruit created defenses or properties.
• 9-Opposition: Advanced Armament Haki involves channeling excess Haki from around one’s body through one’s fists. This allows the repelling of an enemy without making direct contact or using brute force.
• 10-Destruction: A higher grade of Advanced Armament Haki causes the user’s Haki to reach inside the target’s body and destroy them from within.

Luffy’s Awakened Form

 Right now, there are only 2 Paramecia Devil Fruit Users whose powers have been “Awakened.”

Donquixote Doflamingo’s mastery of his Devil Fruit is so advanced that he was able to awaken his powers, being able to even turn his surroundings into string.

Charlotte Katakuri has also awakened his Devil Fruit powers, enabling him to transform inorganic material into mochi, enhancing the range of his attacks and capture field.

Will Luffy awaken his devil fruit powers and will it be turning everything into rubber around him? Or will his awakening be a little different than the other paramecia users? Could it be something like this?

This Luffy would be able to manipulate qualities of rubber, such as:

• tear resistance
• elasticity
• stretchiness
• electric resistance
• density