Chapter 138: Noah Ark Form

After half a year apart, returning once more to the Donghai Dihuang, Saint Saiwen could clearly feel that his recovery ability had improved significantly.

The special effect of the Donghai Dihuang is—

Recovery +50%, sleep quality +50%, truly the Morning Star Pirate Crew's greatest treasure artifact.

On the way to Elbaf, the base goods refreshed in the System Direct-Shop Shangcheng had similar functions.

【Lord Flag: Recovery +20%, sleep quality +20%, land yield +50%, 50,000 points, limited to current territory only, indestructible】

Saint Saiwen was quite tempted, but did not plan to buy the Lord Flag in the near future.

Matters must be distinguished by urgency and importance.

The Current Weight right now is to awaken the Rumble-Rumble Fruit first, thereby unlocking and consuming a second Devil Fruit; this is the Top Priority.

The Lord Flag is suitable for purchase after taking down the larger Inazuma; only then can its effects be fully utilized, for only the vastness of Inazuma deserves the name of territory.

Honeycomb Island can serve as a transit forward outpost between Inazuma and Elbaf in the future.

Saint Saiwen lazily soaked in the bath, thinking of how Satans Saint had wanted to submit the final payment quickly to complete this commission not long ago, and he finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

What exactly does a Legendary Devil Fruit look like?

Except for Giant King Harald and Saint Saiwen, among the living people currently, no one knows.

Then the room for maneuver... is huge.

Exchanging one nominal Legendary Devil Fruit from the World Government for sixteen Devil Fruits; no matter how you calculate it, it's a massive win.

Tsk tsk tsk, sixteen times the return.

If the sixteen Devil Fruits are successfully sold, Saint Saiwen will have direct point freedom, able to buy whatever he wants on the trading platform from now on.

He can even fast-forward to the dual-fruit awakening stage.

Even before coming to Elbaf, all those items refreshed on the Shangcheng direct-sale page could be bought.

So the question arises—

Which Devil Fruit should be used to swap the fox for the prince, replacing the Elbaf Legendary Devil Fruit to trade with the Five Elders?

The ones in Saint Saiwen's hands definitely won't work.

The Paramecia Teleport Fruit and the Sweet-Sweet Fruit were originally provided by the World Government.

The Logia Smoke Fruit definitely won't work either; the World Government has a Devil Fruit encyclopedia, so one must find a Devil Fruit that looks quite powerful.

Saint Saiwen rubbed his brow, his mind quickly flashing over which other Devil Fruits were worth seeking.

"Go to Sleep Town first?"

Sleep Town is located on a remote small island, Torans Island, in the eastern New World.

If Saint Saiwen remembers correctly, the future Highness of Solitude, Red Shanks' Zoan Vampire Form, should have been found in Sleep Town.

This Zoan Devil Fruit's full name is Bat Fruit: Zoan: Vampire Form.

The consumer will possess bat hearing and ultrasound, as well as flight ability, and can even restore youth by sucking others' blood.

Achieving an effect similar to immortality.

If using the Vampire Form to swap, Saint Saiwen felt a bit reluctant; the Vampire Form is, after all, a top-tier Zoan Devil Fruit.

Such behavior is equivalent to aiding the enemy; the World Government would be strengthened by this.

And a Devil Fruit that is too trashy would not only be easily discovered, but Elbaf would not treat it as a national treasure and assign heavy troops to defend it.

Then the best method—

Is to find a Devil Fruit with an extremely high ceiling and an extremely low floor; you say it's trash, it is indeed trash; you say it's powerful, it is incredibly powerful... to fool them.

The instant this thought flashed through, Saint Saiwen already had a countermeasure in mind:

The Paramecia Ship-Ship Fruit.

The Ship-Ship Fruit has been listed on the trading platform for a long time; even though Saint Saiwen boasted about it so much, no one has placed an order to buy it yet.

However, the Ship-Ship Fruit was purchased from the Maritime King Umit; its information might be found in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia.

It is highly likely that one cannot fool them with it.

Kill Umit?

Amidst these wandering thoughts, Saint Saiwen lay in the bathtub, closed his eyes, and quickly fell asleep.

The next day at noon, on the Donghai Dihuang.

In the conference room, Saint Saiwen spoke first.

"Brothers, I have reached a deal with someone, but I don't want to give them the goods, yet I want them to clear the final payment."

"Is there any good way?"

As the words fell, a brief silence ensued.

Mihawk hesitated for a moment and proposed.

"When trading with the buyer, tie up both the person and the goods together? That way, both the goods and the final payment are ours, and we can additionally extort a sum from the buyer."

Shiki nodded in approval and laughed.

"Jehahaha~"

"Not bad, we are pirates; making a deal with pirates requires the resolve to be double-crossed."

In the Great Pirate Era, how many truly set sail to chase their dreams? Most are speculators using the name of dreams to seek the One Piece.

Kidnapping, extortion, and double-crossing are the norm.

"Too radical," Saint Saiwen hurriedly stopped them.

If the crew continued discussing, there was a high probability they would directly attack the Holy Land Mary Geoise.

"The buyer is the Five Elders; with our current strength, directly kidnapping the Five Elders is too radical."

Compared to kidnapping Saint Elaine, kidnapping the Five Elders is undoubtedly slapping the World Government in the face, leaving not even a shred of room for maneuver.

Saint Elaine's status is noble, but it is limited to the small number of people who know his identity.

And the Five Elders are, after all, the nominal heads of the World Government.

"Captain," Jin Ni raised her hand to speak.

"If the Five Elders are unclear on what the cargo looks like, we can simply swap the goods, passing off fakes as the real thing to trade with the Five Elders."

"But if the Five Elders find out, then there will be no good solution."

Saint Saint Saiwen rubbed his fingers, suddenly struck by inspiration from Jin Ni's words—

The Five Elders currently do not know what the legendary Devil Fruit actually looks like, but we can make the Five Elders know, make the Five Elders believe they know.

"You all talk first; I have a way."

Having spoken, Saint Saint Saiwen looked at Bear.

"Bear, let us return to Elbaf."

Holy Land Mary Geoise, the Ancient City of Pan.

Inside the spacious, bright palace, the Five Elders took their poses in order; having arrived late and missed out on seats, Saint Saturn stood and spoke, a rare occurrence.

"I have prepared the final payment, yet I feel this matter is somewhat suspicious."

"Suspicious?" Saint Vichy squinted his eyes.

"Are you worried that Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen will swap that Devil Fruit? Pass off inferior goods as superior?"

Saint Saturn nodded.

"It is true that Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen has always kept his word, but we must guard against this matter nonetheless.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Do not forget, we have never seen what that Devil Fruit actually looks like."

At this moment, Saint Natsuhourou, who was holding the First Generation Ghost Blade, suddenly spoke up.

"That Devil Fruit, as the national treasure of Elbaf, even though Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen has seized it, Harald must possess relevant information in his hands."

"Immediately order Harald to transmit the information on that Devil Fruit."

The other Five Elders nodded in agreement.

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

About two and a half hours later, the Five Elders gathered together, looking at the photograph transmitted by the Den Den Mushi fax—

Inside the opened, antique treasure chest lay a Devil Fruit covered in spiral patterns, appearing quite ordinary, resembling a ship.

Yet the name of the fruit was extraordinary.

Saint Saturn read the text on the photograph in a deep voice.

"The world shall be submerged by seawater... the national treasure, the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Noah Ark Form, will be Elbaf's last hope..."

Saint Saturn looked up in surprise,

"Elbaf's national treasure is actually the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Noah Ark Form?!"

"Why have we never heard of this before?"

Saint Vichy took up the conversation: "I actually think it resembles something—a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit."

Hearing these words, Saint Saturn's eyes lit up.

"Is it not the Nika we have been searching for... whom we ourselves named the Paramecia-type Rubber Fruit?"

"Indeed, it cannot be wrong."

"With the photograph in hand, we need never worry about Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen simply grabbing some Devil Fruit to fool us."