Chapter 103: Mythical Zoan

On the other side.

Above the mountain peak behind Crow Port.

Jagged boulders surround the area; lift your eyes and you see the sea, with surging waves crashing against the shore, rolling up pure white foam.

"Ha!"

Nami wielded the bamboo sword in her hand; her movements and gaze now bore traces of a swordsman.

Gao Wen nodded silently.

Nami's talent was higher than he had anticipated.

Although she still could not break through the potential ceiling of Black Iron, if she could maintain this pace of progress, she might well reach his initial level.

For mere self-defense, this level was sufficient for a navigator who basically stayed in the deep rear, protected in the center.

After all.

If opponents had already broken through to the position of logistics personnel like navigators, then this battle would basically have no suspense left.

Seeing Nami's cultivation enter the right track, Gao Wen prepared to turn and leave, seeking a place to begin cultivating his Armament Haki.

His foot had just stepped forward when, in the next instant, he froze, for a graceful figure was walking briskly from afar...

"Mr. Gao Wen, I know the true nature of that Devil Fruit!"

Hearing Xiang Keluo's voice, the corners of Gao Wen's mouth curved upward.

Of all things he had looked forward to during this period, the existence of the ability of the Devil Fruit in his hand was the most anticipated.

Now there was finally an answer.

He unconsciously quickened his pace; the moment he reached Xiang Keluo, the latter handed over an illustrated book that looked quite aged.

The page opened in the book was precisely a hand-drawn picture of a Devil Fruit.

Although the book was ancient and the picture's colors had faded, the strange fruit covered in thorns with two curved horns growing from its stem still made Gao Wen recognize it at a glance as the very Devil Fruit he held in his hand.

Immediately, Gao Wen slowly spoke the name of the fruit:

"Zoan Type - Dragon-Dragon Fruit - Mythical Zoan - Crimson Dragon Form!"

"A dragon?"

"And..."

Gao Wen's gaze moved downward, where he also saw the record added by a later hand.

Unlike Xiang Keluo and the other person, who regarded this as a prank by a later hand, when he saw this record, he inexplicably felt an intuition.

This was not a prank.

It was a warning!

"Immortal Fierce God..."

"A dragon yet bestowed with the title of god?"

Unlike Nika himself, who symbolized the Sun God, this fruit did not inherently symbolize some deity, but earned such a title due to its excessively ferocious ability.

In an instant, Gao Wen made this judgment in his mind, which further solidified his conviction that this was the ability most suited to him.

The fruit chooses its master; you have fallen into my hands; this is the fate between us!

It is you!

Thinking this.

Gao Wen could no longer attend to his Armament Haki cultivation; his figure flashed, and he vanished before the two women.

Just a few minutes later.

Gao Wen returned to his room and took out the fruit placed in the treasure chest from the table.

He compared it once more with the record in the illustrated book; after confirming it was correct, he directly opened his mouth and took a bite...

Spicy!

When the first mouthful of flesh entered his mouth, Gao Wen's complexion visibly turned red; every cell in his oral cavity sent waves of burning pain.

He felt as if a mass of magma had flowed from his mouth all the way into his stomach; only after drinking several cups of water did he barely find relief.

The next instant.

Gao Wen's body began to expand at a visible speed; within a few breaths, it completely burst the room he occupied.

And this was merely the beginning...

Crimson dragon scales like fire covered his entire body; his originally brown eyes turned pale gold, and a pair of curved horns extended backward from his forehead.

Wings grew from Gao Wen's shoulder blades, almost blocking out the great sun.

When the transformation ceased, a crimson giant dragon with a shoulder height approaching thirty meters and a total length exceeding one hundred meters stood in the center of the port, crushing the buildings beneath it into a field of ruins...

For a moment.

In the port, screams rang out; countless commoners were instantly stunned by the giant beast before their eyes and scattered in flight.

Even several cargo ships that had just entered the port, upon seeing the giant dragon standing in the center of the harbor, immediately cranked their engines to maximum and sped away toward the distance.

Fearing that a single step too slow would result in being swallowed into the belly of the giant dragon before them.

Guards who had hurriedly rushed to the port looked at the colossal creature before them, stammered for a long time, and finally spat out a single word:

"Dragon!"

They could find no reason to describe the shock they felt at this moment; only their constantly trembling legs and wet crotches could convey the fear in their hearts.

Bang!

Xiang Keluo, struggling to stand up from the ruins with dust covering his entire body, looked at the claw sword in his hand, then at the crimson giant dragon in the distance; his mind was already planning how to flee to minimize losses.

Yet at this moment, a familiar voice came to his ears:

"It is me!"

"Gao Wen!"

Xiang Keluo instinctively turned his head to look at the giant beast in the distance, his heart filled with such horror that the scene before him seemed utterly absurd.

For a moment, he didn't even notice his glasses slipping off the bridge of his nose.

"Gao Wen?"

"With this appearance of yours..."

Suddenly.

Xiang Keluo thought of something, his pupils shrinking violently:

"Devil Fruit?"

"So this is... the Devil Fruit Jasha gave you?"

Speaking of which.

Xiang Keluo turned to look at the cat brothers who had also risen from the ruins, already transformed into their human-beast forms.

Compared to the giant dragon before him, the two cat men, whose transformed bodies exceeded four meters, were as well-behaved as house cats.

No.

The size difference between a house cat and a human isn't that great.

Before Gao Wen at this moment, the cat brothers' size didn't even qualify as a kitten.

Moreover, as a fantasy species, dragons, if they are truly as in the legends, should also possess outrageous abilities like breathing fire, lightning, or frost.

Compared to that, those two cats... were truly just cats.

"You're telling me you both ate the same thing?!"

"What kind of joke is this?!"

Xiang Keluo completely lost his composure on the spot.

I couldn't win anyway; with a real flying dragon right in my face, how am I supposed to fight?

Tell me, how am I supposed to fight!

Gao Wen, who had just gained the ability and could not yet control it perfectly, had to temporarily maintain his beast form, his pale golden eyes revealing a mocking expression:

"Even among humans, there are differences in talent caused by innate endowments; let alone the myriad and bizarre Devil Fruits?"

"Moreover, the Mythical Zoan types possess special abilities..."

Saying this.

Gao Wen glanced around, recalling the information about the Red Dragon's abilities in his mind, and abandoned the idea of using it here.

It was simply because the resulting scene would be too terrifying; the entire port would turn into a desert.

He turned to look at Xiang Keluo:

"How about it? Want to consider it?"

"One pill and it works!"

"Giving you the purest power!"

Xiang Keluo's old face turned black:

"I've already said it."

"What decent person would eat that kind of thing?"

Ah Jin, who had just rushed over from the training ground and heard the two's conversation, tilted his head slightly and glanced briefly at Xiang Keluo.

He wanted to speak but held back.

Gao Wen looked at the two and said:

"I'm going to test the ability I just acquired; you two handle the matters in the port."

"Understood."

Xiang Keluo replied in a bad mood, but his gaze was inevitably drawn to a tattered encyclopedia in the corner.

I'm just looking... that shouldn't count as breaking my word, right?

(End of this chapter)