Chapter 448: God of Humanity, The Red Dragon's Shocking Transformation!

The former pushed Gao Wen, who had already reached the legendary limit and could overpower seven peers of equal rank, completely breaking free from his shackles and stepping into the realm of myth.

It also caused a thorough and complete transformation in Gao Wen's very essence of life, the most astonishing transformation in history.

Gao Wen even doubted whether he could still father children with a woman in his current state.

For this change was simply too great; from flesh and organs to bones and skin, even the very essence of his soul had altered.

Although he could not judge his own lifespan, what Gao Wen could perceive at this moment was that he might no longer age with the passage of time.

Whether the lifespan of the body or the limit of the soul, both had been raised to a point where no end could be seen at a glance!

If one had to find a precise term to describe it, perhaps it should be called a leap in the level of life, or an ascension in dimensionality.

Truly evolving into an existence known as a god!

"This is... myth?!"

"Is this truly a realm that can be reached by human capability alone?!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Gao Wen was utterly certain of this.

The limit of humanity should have been the degree he had achieved before his breakthrough.

Whether it was Jozu or Kaido, neither had broken through the boundary of that level; even at their peaks, they were at most comparable to Gao Wen in his past self.

But the current Gao Wen far transcends this.

This is a non-human realm reachable only with the assistance of the Captain System.

And in this process, the changes in the Red Dragon Fruit were equally astonishing.

Its original body length of over three hundred meters shot up directly to nearly ten thousand meters.

Even merely hovering in the high sky, the shadow it cast was enough to cover the entirety of Camelot, and the airflow generated by flapping its wings was sufficient to uproot trees on the ground.

With such a size alone, Gao Wen would be enough to roam the seas freely, yet the change in size was merely the smallest part of the Red Dragon's ability changes!

Gao Wen raised his dragon claw, and threads of pale blue leylines energy converged toward his palm.

In just a few breaths, a light sphere with a diameter exceeding ten meters condensed; the leylines energy contained within this sphere was enough to instantly erase an island dozens of kilometers in diameter from the map!

"The power of this strike is enough to rival an Ancient Weapon!"

"And..."

Gao Wen closed his eyes, and his perception, accompanying his consciousness, began to extend outward in all directions.

With Camelot as the center, the leylines energy of the entire Britannia was within his perception, but this was still far from the limit!

The leylines were still expanding, downward beneath the sea!

"This is..."

Gao Wen suddenly opened his eyes, the surprise in his gaze almost uncontrollable.

For even those leylines energy hidden beneath the sea surface, he could now control.

This meant that the amount of leylines energy he could command had reached a scale that was nearly infinite!

"Although the sea covers only the surface of this planet, and the lands beneath the sea are connected, but..."

"It shouldn't be!!"

"This transcends the limitations of Devil Fruits; a normal Devil Fruit absolutely cannot affect entities submerged by the sea."

"Whether it is the Float-Float Fruit manipulating seawater or the Freeze-Freeze Fruit freezing the ocean, both extend abilities into the seawater through a medium..."

"Is the earth itself a medium?"

"No!"

Gao Wen realized that the way he controlled the leylines energy beneath the sea surface was fundamentally different from these two!

It was not extending his own ability through a medium, but rather his ability itself could ignore the curse of the sea and directly command the leylines energy beneath the surface.

To verify his hypothesis, Gao Wen flapped his wings and sped toward the inland sea of Britannia, then dove headfirst into the ocean.

Although the badge ability allowed Gao Wen to ignore the effects of seawater, he still could not use Devil Fruit abilities at the seabed and would turn back into human form.

But this time, even with his entire body immersed in the sea, Gao Wen felt no discomfort whatsoever and maintained his Red Dragon form.

Beneath the seawater, upon the seabed nurturing countless corals and algae, threads of leylines energy converged toward Gao Wen!

"This is..."

"After stepping into myth, what exactly has changed within me?!"

"They even said the influence on me had completely vanished!"

"Wait!"

Gao Wen opened the system interface and suddenly discovered that the "Bounty Over 100 Million" badge section had quietly undergone a change:

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Bounty Over 100 Million - Favor of the Sea (Pending Activation)

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"This is..."

Gao Wen's pupils shrank sharply!

He would not forget.

Back then at Raven Port, after he consumed the Red Dragon Fruit, the ability of this badge had already been used, and the back of it was marked with the words "Used."

But now it had become "Pending Use"...

"After I stepped into myth, what exactly happened to the Red Dragon..."

Gao Wen shifted his gaze to the Red Dragon, and the shock in his heart grew even greater!

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Red Dragon -lv-11: 0/5000000 (Battle Armor, Perfect Fusion)

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……

"Not an awakening? Perfect fusion?!"

Gao Wen was briefly stunned, subconsciously sensing the will hidden within the Red Dragon Fruit, but what he saw was his own face.

"As expected!"

Gao Wen suddenly opened his eyes, already understanding what had happened.

"My will has replaced the will hidden within the Red Dragon Fruit. This is a further development of the fruit's ability compared to an awakening — a perfect fusion with the Devil Fruit."

"From now on, the Red Dragon Fruit has already become a part of me. As long as I am unwilling, even after my death, another Red Dragon Fruit will not be born."

"It is also because of this that the bounty-over-100-million-Berry bounty ability has been released, returning to a usable state!"

"Does this mean…"

"I can eat a second Devil Fruit!"

Gao Wen thought of that Pika Pika no Mi.

This world is destined to be swallowed by the sea. When that time comes, even the Celestial Dragons will have no fate but to be buried in the ocean.

But now Gao Wen saw a turning point.

Stepping into the Mythical realm, his life level leapt forward, his lifespan nearly infinite.

And the Pika Pika no Mi can grant islands the characteristic of floating. As long as the ability user does not die, it can keep them suspended in the air permanently.

With Gao Wen's current ability, even lifting the Britannia beneath his feet into the air would be no problem.

Even if he cannot do it now, after stepping into the Mythical realm, Gao Wen can feel that the potential ceiling that had troubled him several times all along has now completely vanished.

As long as there are enough strong cultivators under his command, Gao Wen can become even stronger, and the things he can do will be even greater!

Gao Wen's eyes were filled with excitement, and he already saw the hope of the road ahead:

"At this rate, the Great Pirate Era might truly be coming to an end. The new era shall be called… Sky City!"

"However, all of this must be built upon the premise that I truly can eat a second Devil Fruit."