Vlad was in a daze, staring at the strange fruit, the golden color, the flames that had entwined after picking it had disappeared.

Vlad sat on the beach, next to a campfire and a skeleton that could vaguely be seen as the remains of a giant bear. The fruit was placed right in front of Vlad.

Vlad looked straight at the fruit, and his heart was very entangled.

There is no doubt that this is a Devil Fruit, which can be seen from the spiral lines all over it, before Vlad was to see if he could find a Devil Fruit, but he didn't expect to find it.

"Sure enough, I am the chosen one!" That's what Vlad thought at the time.

It stands to reason that it should be a pleasure to be able to find a Devil Fruit, a Devil Fruit can greatly strengthen the user's power, there is no doubt about it, as long as you don't encounter a useless fruit like the Quiet Fruit, the usual Devil Fruit can greatly strengthen the eater.

As the saying goes, there is no strongest fruit, only the strongest person, but the strongest person gets the strongest fruit, that is the strongest, Vlad has already had his favorite devil fruit, otherwise after so many years in the aunt group, he still agrees with a devil fruit, but Vlad is not tempted.

Because he was expecting the appearance of another fruit, it was three years later, the year Luffy went to sea, and he was dismissive of the general devil fruit Vlad, and he longed for stronger power.

But now, Vlad is shaken, and this fruit does not look ordinary.

Although the Devil Fruit does not have a fixed shape, judging from the banana-like shape, there is a high chance that it will be an animal.

The general animal Vlad is not interested, although he is a physical-type person, getting an animal-based fruit can greatly strengthen his physical-technical ability, and the powerful recovery ability and endless physical strength after awakening are definitely a nightmare for all the strong people on the sea.

However, Vlad is not reconciled, if it is just an ordinary animal department, why will he compete with those monsters in the future? Devil Fruits have weaknesses, whether it is sea water or sea building stones, they are all people who restrain their abilities, and if there is no strong fruit, Vlad would rather be a man with pure body skills.

However, now this fruit is different, the flame that wrapped around it just now is not an illusion, it is a real vision, and after picking this fruit, the strange temperature of that blazing area has disappeared.

All this shows that this fruit is not ordinary.

"Phantom beast species?" Vlad muttered to himself.

That's right, Vlad is very sure that this fruit is by no means an ordinary animal-based fruit, it is very likely to be the fruit of the phantom beast species.

The Devil Fruit of the Animal Phantom Beast Species is the Secret Treasure of the Secret Treasure that is even rarer than the so-called strongest Natural Devil Fruit, and in the entire One Piece world, the Devil Fruit of the Phantom Beast Species has not appeared a few times, and there are only two in total.

One belongs to the Whitebeard Pirates, the captain of the team, owned by the immortal bird Marko, named the Immortal Bird Fruit, which gave him almost immortal resilience, and during the war, Marco relied on this fruit to block the light waves of the yellow ape, unharmed, which can be described as terrifying.

The owner of the other one is the Admiral at this time, one of the legends on the sea, the Warring States of the Buddha, everyone fruit Buddha form, the ability to release a terrifying shockwave, and suppress Blackbeard and his entire group who have stolen Whitebeard's ability with one blow, which is not unpowerful.

Now, in front of Vlad, it is very likely that it is the third Devil Fruit of the Phantom Beast Species, and this temptation is not small.

Vlad was very entangled, on the one hand, the ideal Devil Fruit that had not yet appeared and did not know the result, and on the other hand, the Devil Fruit that was really in front of him was very likely to be a powerful phantom beast species, and he didn't know how to choose for a while.

"Hey, how is your luck so good?"

Vlad was suddenly a little tired of his good luck, and if it weren't for such good luck, he wouldn't be so entangled.

To eat, or not to eat, that's the question.

"Hey, I'm a little too cheap!"

Vlad picked up the Devil Fruit on the ground and said with a smile: "I'm afraid this kind of opportunity is what others dream of, but I'm still struggling and hesitating here, it's a bit too bastard." ”

"Since God sent this fruit to me, then it must be for me to eat!"

"I can't live up to God's good intentions!"

Vlad stood up, held up the fiery red Devil Fruit, and said with a smile, "I'm moving!" ”

"Gross..."

Vlad forced himself to eat a few bites, and with a blue face, he threw the rest of the fruit aside, fell to his knees and retched.

It's worthy of being evaluated by Luffy as something unpalatable, is there really anything in the world that is more unpalatable than this thing? No, I'm afraid it's not, right?

It's like a nightmare-like taste, Vlad doesn't even have the courage to remember, it's too terrifying, fortunately, just take a bite, otherwise rush to this taste, I'm afraid that the ability on the sea will be less than half.

After a long time, the nightmarish smell finally dissipated, and Vlad lay on the beach, gasping for air, and a big battle with Snag was not as tired as it is now, really.

"Huh? Here it comes! ”

Vlad felt the change in himself, he sat up, raised his right hand, and on the back of his hand grew one fiery red scale after another, looking very tough.

"Meet!"

"Seems so?"

Vlad muttered to himself that he had discovered a strange power in his body, and he could naturally manipulate this power himself, needless to say, this was naturally the power of the Devil Fruit.

As soon as his mind moved, a strange change suddenly appeared.

Vlad's entire right hand, above the elbow joint, was covered with fiery red scales, and the palm of the hand was the same, the fingers became extremely thick, and extremely sharp, hard, curved fingernails grew.

"Hello!"

Vlad looked at his arm carefully, "That's handsome!" ”

"Well, has the strength increased so much?"

Vlad was a little surprised, his right arm's strength had increased greatly after using the ability beast, I am afraid that it had reached twice as much as before, what a terrifying statistic?

"The animal department is indeed the best choice for those with strong physical skills." Vlad couldn't help but think so.

"Whew!"

The flames, golden flames, burst into flames, and on Vlad's scaly-covered right hand, a fierce flame ignited.

"Uhaha!" Vlad laughed, "That's so interesting!" ”

Vlad threw a punch gently, without attaching domineering or using much force, just trying to mobilize the power of the flames.

A huge pillar of fire roared out, and in the blink of an eye, it had already hit the surface of the sea.

"Boom!"

All of a sudden, a thousand waves were stirred, and a huge depression was blasted out of the sea, and a huge amount of water was evaporated instantly, and the water vapor suddenly covered the entire sea surface, looking white.

"Uha!"

Vlad laughed and said, "It's a big profit!" Animal Department, Phantom Beast Species, Dragon Fruit! ”