Chapter 30

After waiting so long, the artificial Devil Fruit I had been longing for finally arrived.

This Azure Dragon artificial Devil Fruit is the key item for Luode's rise.

Soon, Yanzai Jin flew to the air above Ghost Island in the form of a toothless pterosaur, arriving before Luode and Kaido.

After landing, he took out a box and handed it to Kaido.

"How is it? No big problems, right? Is that clown guy still obedient?" Kaido asked.

"Don't worry! Boss Kaido, that guy is very honest; as soon as I reached him and explained my purpose, he handed over the artificial Devil Fruit." Yanzai Jin said.

"Yeah! Here you go, kid, this is the Devil Fruit you wanted. Vegapunk said when he made it there were big flaws, so if you have the guts, eat it!" Kaido threw the Devil Fruit box to Luode and said.

Jin had told Luode that Vegapunk was a perfectionist; this fruit perfectly replicated his ability, but Kaido still didn't quite believe it, after all he had seen many artificial Devil Fruits.

The artificial Devil Fruit users in my legion, those who ate the Zoan-type artificial Devil Fruit, were made by that guy Caesar based on Vegapunk's research data; there's no reason they'd differ too much.

Luode chuckled, opened the Devil Fruit box, and revealed a dark red fruit covered in various patterns, resembling an apple-shaped Devil Fruit.

This is the Devil Fruit Vegapunk made based on Kaido's genetic factors; I can tell you, I learned the exact information from the anime? Without any hesitation, Luode took a big bite, and immediately a foul, shit-like taste spread in his mouth; suppressing his nausea, Luode ate the whole Devil Fruit in one go without changing his expression.

After all, this is an artificial Devil Fruit, unlike a natural one where a single bite grants power; to be safe, Luode still ate the entire artificial Devil Fruit.

After eating the artificial Devil Fruit, Luode clearly felt a new power begin to reshape his body.

This is a power different from evil energy, reshaping his flesh and strengthening his body.

However, the evil energy within Luode's body seemed unwilling to sit idle, immediately launching a counterattack as the powerful evil energy began to clash with the power from the Devil Fruit.

For a moment, the two powers began a fierce battle within Luode's body.

Luode's whole body began to tremble and spasm; he knelt on the ground, gasping heavily, with veins bulging on his forehead.

Even half of his body turned pink while the other half turned dark green, and the half that was pink even showed a hint of draconic features.

"Hey hey hey, are you really okay? You little brat, don't scare me like that!" Seeing Luode's current state, Kaido was suddenly shocked.

"Please! Our lives are tied together now; I, Kaido, don't want to die pointlessly!"

"It looks like it's indeed a defective fruit, but it's definitely your ability, Boss; his other half underwent draconic transformation, just with a different color from yours." Yanzai Jin said.

He didn't understand why Boss Kaido was so nervous; it's just a newcomer, and the stuff he provided was indeed obtained by the Beasts Pirates as well.

"Cough cough! The fruit, the fruit is fine, but the evil energy inside me clashes with it, damn it!" Luode gritted his teeth, began controlling the evil energy within him, seemingly trying to find a balance between the two powers.

However, this balance point isn't easy to find; at this moment, a fierce battle is taking place inside Luode's body. The two energies refuse to yield, beginning a fierce struggle for dominance.

However, the Devil Fruit ability is ultimately an outsider.

It's like rootless water, but Luode's evil energy indeed comes from his years of training; gradually, the evil energy began to gain a slight edge, and his draconic body started to be eroded by the evil energy.

Damn, what to do? In this situation.

If the Devil Fruit's energy is completely devoured and transformed by the evil energy, then my own evil energy will overload, leading to an irreversible demonization.

"Kaido! Quickly feed me your blood; this Devil Fruit's power is about to be suppressed by my evil energy.

"But it's made from your genetic factors, so your blood contains its source power and should be able to strengthen it." Luode half-kneeled on the ground, speaking with great difficulty.

"I know, kid, you must hold on! Don't die." Kaido nodded, then one hand partially transformed into a dragon claw, which he used to slash the skin of his other hand.

A large amount of blood dripped down into Luode's mouth, but Luode seemed to have forgotten one thing: Kaido's genetic factors are no longer the same now.

Kaido has already fused with the evil energy; it's an extremely perfect fusion where the evil energy became Kaido's power, yet it did not corrode his body.

So his blood, even if it contains the full power of the Devil Fruit, also carries the evil energy.

After Kaido's blood entered Luode's body, both forces received a massive boost, yet they did not continue to oppose and fight each other.

Instead, a subtle change occurred; the two forces began to merge together, and the power of the Devil Fruit and the demonic energy fused.

The two forces seemed to have found a new point of balance and began to blend seamlessly within Luode's body.

At that moment, Luode, who had been half‑kneeling on the ground, suddenly widened his eyes, and his muscles all over began to bulge.

His height shot up from 1.8 meters to about 1.9 meters, and his muscles bulged all over.

"Ah! Ah!" Luode let out a fierce shout from his mouth; his head began to draconify, then his limbs followed, turning into dragon claws, his whole body became elongated, and then he leapt into the air, flying up into the sky.

"Roar! Roar!"

A creature over a hundred meters long, its entire body shimmering with red‑and‑green light, its scales displaying a strange red‑and‑green hue, with antlers, a serpent's body, fish scales, a lion's mane, a bull's mouth, tiger's eyes, and eagle's claws, this immensely mighty demonic energy dragon appeared above Ghost Island.

Aside from a slight difference in color, it was basically indistinguishable from Kaido's draconic form.

"This kid really has become just like you, Boss Kaido!" Blazing Disaster Jin said.

(End of Chapter)