Chapter 244: Vampire Fruit

There is nothing much to say about crossing the Red Line, and Uchiha Feiyu did not see those Celestial Dragons wearing bubble helmets; perhaps the World Government itself knows the trouble-making ability of these idiots and deliberately designed the passage to bypass them.

After delivering the people to the Marine base in the New World, Smoker and Tashigi left directly; Tashigi was still reluctant to part when she left—during the time Uchiha Feiyu was on the ship, besides his own training, he also taught others some Haki and swordsmanship, and Tashigi was the one who studied the most diligently among them.

Although Uchiha Feiyu had only been practicing Haki for a short time, after combining various inheritances from the Book of Demonic Inheritance, his understanding of Haki, standing on a high vantage point, absolutely surpassed everyone in the One Piece World; a casual word of guidance from him was a golden nugget of wisdom that left people enlightened.

In Uchiha Feiyu's view, the young girl's Two-Color Haki had already reached the verge of Awakening, and after practicing for a while longer, she would be able to fully awaken it; her swordsmanship had also greatly improved, and she was already very close to the realm of an Iron-Cutting Swordsman.

Even Smoker, who cared most about his face, lowered his pride and came over to listen when Uchiha Feiyu was explaining Haki and swordsmanship, and he had now awakened Two-Color Haki.

Therefore, the relationship between them was quite good, and after delivering the people to the Marine base, Smoker even asked the officers at the Marine base to take care of them.

This Marine base officer sent them nautical charts and a small warship, as well as a Log Pose that Uchiha Feiyu needed, and then Uchiha Feiyu and his party set off on the small warship.

The location of Sleepy Town was a very remote small island, and there was not even a direct Log Pose; fortunately, the Marine's maps were relatively accurate, and with Robin helping to translate some relic documents, it took a month to finally find the place.

"So, is it here?"

"It should be here; it's probably because of the passage of time! Now houses have been built on the ruins."

Robin looked at the houses in front of her and said with some confidence.

Uchiha Feiyu looked at the house in front of him; this was the mayor's house, and he vaguely remembered that there was such a segment in the original animation, where the Vampire Fruit was found in the underground secret room of this mayor's house.

However, this underground secret room was actually built a long time ago, and even the mayor himself was completely unaware of it; Uchiha Feiyu also had no intention of notifying him, so he pushed open the locked door, walked in, and soon rummaged through boxes and cabinets to find the underground secret room.

As for the mayor coming back to see his house in a mess, he would just have to ask him to be patient.

Soon, Uchiha Feiyu found the Vampire Fruit in the underground secret room, and without delay, he ate it directly; a moment later, his whole body turned into countless blood bats and flew out.

"It's just as I expected! After eating the Vampire Fruit, many powers of the Blood Scripture can be utilized!"

"I just don't know if the Dharma Power of the Blood Scripture can be preserved? If I could possess Dharma Power, I could go and flatten the One Piece World right now."

The blood-red bats condensed into the figure of Uchiha Feiyu; feeling his own strength, Uchiha Feiyu had an urge to act.

However, he soon suppressed the thought in his heart; he would not be so reckless before confirming whether the Blood Scripture could be fully used in this world.

Leaving Sleepy Town, Uchiha Feiyu began to impatiently practice the Future Unborn Sutra on the Marine warship; a famous Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit like the Vampire Fruit has a great advantage, which is that they inherently carry a certain amount of faith.

All the legends about vampires in the world would naturally distribute a bit of faith to the Devil Fruit user; compared to true believers, the faith provided by these ordinary people was naturally a drop in the bucket.

But there were vampire legends almost everywhere in the world, and under the massive quantity, the faith that could be condensed was far beyond imagination, at least a hundred times more than the Eagle Guardian Deity that only circulated in Alabasta!

Not to mention that the Future Unborn Sutra practiced by Uchiha Feiyu was the complete version, and his application of Faith Power was far superior to Bell's.

In the room, Uchiha Feiyu only felt that the Devil Fruit power in his body was constantly increasing; the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit had already completely transformed his body, but the previous transformation was only superficial, while now he felt as if he were constantly transforming into a legendary vampire.

At a certain moment, he seemed to break through a boundary, blood light overflowing from his whole body, and a crimson pillar of light shot straight into the sky, even staining the crescent moon on the horizon with a layer of blood color.

After the light disappeared, a layer of blood-colored Flame Cloud had emerged on his body, surrounding him and emitting a bright red glow.

Standing up, Uchiha Feiyu sensed it slightly and felt that he had made the right choice in eating this Devil Fruit.

Mind Reading, Hypnosis, flight, mist transformation, blood-sucking, aging, blood manipulation, dark veil, super strength, super speed, super stamina, super senses, bat transformation, toxin immunity, disease immunity, invisibility, shapeshifting, and developing servants—he now possessed all these abilities that legendary vampires were said to have.

In addition, the bonus provided by the Vampire Fruit under sunlight would be weakened to half its level, while at night, his strength would increase by one fold, and he would have a three-fold strength bonus during a full moon.

It sounds like the additions and subtractions are relatively balanced, with at most an extra full moon enhancement, but in reality, the weakening under sunlight is to the Vampire Fruit's bonus, while the doubling of strength at night is to all of Uchiha Feiyu's strength!

In other words, during the day, only the Vampire Fruit's bonus is reduced, his own strength is unaffected, and overall he is still much stronger than he was before eating the fruit; at night, not only does the fruit bonus double, but his own original strength also doubles!

Uchiha Feiyu believed that this was definitely not a normal Devil Fruit Awakening ability; otherwise, the Vampire Fruit would probably have to be renamed the "Cheat Fruit"! The World Government should stop looking for the Nika Fruit and contain the Vampire Fruit first!

A knock-knock-knock sound suddenly came from the door; Uchiha Feiyu's eyes flickered, and he casually opened the door to see Nami and Robin standing at the entrance.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Uchiha Feiyu asked with some curiosity, and Nami opened her mouth:

"I should be the one asking you that! What just happened? With that blood light shooting into the sky, someone who didn't know better would have thought some great demon king had broken a seal!"

"And that's not all..."

The disguised Robin said with a smile:

"It seems that because of the blood light shooting into the sky, our ship seems to have been targeted by someone!"

"Tsk, don't worry!"

Uchiha Feiyu slowly stood up from the room:

"At this point in time, even if the Four Emperors' pirate crew comes, there is no need to fear at all!"

It is currently night outside, and Uchiha Feiyu is in the stage of double strength; even if a certain Four Emperors' crew came out in full force, he would have the confidence to retreat unscathed.

Well, just retreat unscathed; if it weren't the entire Four Emperors' crew, but a one-on-one encounter with a Four Emperor, he could go up and fight, but once the sun rose, he would probably be beaten to the ground.

Of course, Uchiha Feiyu did not think he would encounter the Four Emperors coming out in full force; except for the Red Hair Pirates, the other Four Emperors had their own lairs and would certainly not leave easily when they were idle.

And the Red Hair Pirates might come over out of curiosity, but they would definitely not think about robbery.

"Little ones, charge with me! The one in front is just a small warship!"

"Boss, it's a bit too strange; the warships that appear in our New World are usually in groups, this kind of small warship doesn't look like a normal situation at all..."

"What are you afraid of? It's probably Marines trying to hide their tracks; maybe that red light is the treasure they found!"

"But if it really is Marines looking for treasure, their strength shouldn't be weak!"

"The bold starve to death, the timid are starved to death! This is the New World, the territory of pirates, not the territory of the Marines; I am a Great Pirate with a bounty of 300 million Berries!"

"I really don't believe it; with just such a small warship, could there be several Marine Vice Admirals inside?"

Without any special circumstances, a pirate with a bounty of 300 million Berries is not inferior even when compared to an ordinary Marine Vice Admiral; in fact, Marine Vice Admiral is the category where Marine strength fluctuates the most.

A weaker Marine Vice Admiral may not be able to beat a pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, while the strongest level of Marine Vice Admiral (excluding Garp) is not inferior to the Four Emperors' subordinates or the upper-tier Seven Warlords of the Sea.

However, that level of Marine Vice Admiral is either an old-generation monster or an Admiral candidate; with their status and position, it is impossible for them to be on such a small warship.

"That's true, Captain, let's go!"

The pirate ship rode the wind and waves, surrounding the Marine warship; Uchiha Feiyu, who walked onto the deck, glanced at the pirate ship in the distance, sneered, grew a pair of bat wings on his back, and rushed over directly!

"Captain, be careful, someone is coming from the opposite side!"

"Wings? Is it a Devil Fruit user? But these wings seem a bit off... they don't look like an ordinary Zoan Devil Fruit user..."

What grew out from behind Uchiha Feiyu were a pair of fleshy wings, and in the natural world, aside from the bat—a flying mammal—all other birds have feathers!

Therefore, if one has a pair of fleshy wings on their back, aside from the possibility of being a Bat Fruit user... the greater possibility is a Mythical Zoan!

Dragon, devil, Vampire, gargoyle... among Mythical Zoans, many creatures grow wings that are entirely fleshy, so seeing a guy with such wings on the sea, eight times out of ten, they are a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit user!

If it really is a Mythical Zoan... then their strength must be at least that of an elite-level Vice Admiral!

The Marine and Pirates are different; the biggest difference is that the Marine's training and positioning are very clear. Smoker, a Logia user, was thrown to Loguetown; of course, there were reasons related to his personality, but it was also because his strength was insufficient, as he had not awakened Two-Color Haki.

Therefore, for Marines who can come to the New World, aside from those low-level ordinary soldiers, as long as they are a Devil Fruit user, they are basically guys who possess both colors of Haki and have developed most of their potential, and a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit user, as long as they develop their potential a little, is an elite figure among Vice Admirals.

This thought only flashed through the mind of the Pirate crew's leader; at this moment, Uchiha Feiyu had already arrived above the Pirate ship, and his entire body suddenly exploded completely, transforming into a swarm of blood bats that rushed down.

The blood-colored bats flew at an incredibly fast speed, landing directly on the deck of the Pirate ship and charging at the Pirates on the deck; in an instant, several Pirates let out screams, their blood drained dry by the blood-colored bats, turning into Dried Corpses.

Several Pirates with faster reaction speeds hurriedly held guns and swords, attacking those blood-colored bats, but whether it was bullets or cold weapons, they passed directly through the bats formed of blood, causing no damage at all.

"It really is a Mythical Zoan! Is it a devil or a Vampire?!"

The Pirate captain revealed a cautious expression, yet he did not have much fear:

"But so what if you are a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit user? I am John the Severer with a bounty of 300 million!"

While speaking, this Pirate captain raised a giant sword the size of a door panel, with pitch-black Armament Haki wrapped around it, and slashed fiercely at the incoming blood-colored bats.

The giant sword wrapped in Armament Haki slashed the incoming bats to death directly, but just as a smile appeared on this Pirate captain's face, he discovered that the number of bats seemed to be increasing?

"Something's wrong..."

This Pirate captain took a close look at his own battle situation, noticing that one Pirate had been pierced through the heart by a bat, yet there were no wounds on his body; instead, the whole person instantly turned into a Dried Corpse.

At the same time he turned into a Dried Corpse, the bat that flew out from his body was also rapidly splitting, directly turning into a dozen or so.

"It's using the blood of my subordinates to split... what a terrifying Devil Fruit Ability!"

Under this splitting mode, very quickly, except for the captain who was entirely covered in Armament Haki, all other Pirates on the entire ship turned into Dried Corpses, and at this moment, the entire Pirate ship was completely occupied by blood-colored bats.

The endless bats condensed together, forming a blood-colored storm, and a moment later, Uchiha Feiyu, with Flame Clouds behind him, reappeared on the deck.

After revealing his true form, Uchiha Feiyu did not act immediately, but instead revealed a look of contemplation; a large amount of blood energy condensed, once again giving birth to Blood Scripture Dharma Power. This time, the Dharma Power did not disappear within his body, but it was also constantly changing its nature.

"It feels like it's regressing; this world truly does not allow the existence of Dharma Power, but relying on the Vampire Fruit can convert it into blood energy, or some other inferior existence like magic."

(End of this chapter)