# Chapter 357: Monster Paradise
In the Northern Sea Area of the Former Half of the New World, a bustling island.
Its name had been simply and crudely changed to "Monster Paradise".
This was the Base Camp of the Monster Legion led by "King of Monsters" Typhon.
A tall and magnificent castle.
The wide passage had no door.
Upon the solitary throne sat a massive figure.
Typhon, already eighteen years old, looked out the window at the bustling scene across the entire island.
Oddly shaped humanoid creatures, and even fierce and brutal animals, were spread throughout the entire island.
Some had multiple eyes, multiple arms, multiple tails, or mouths growing on their chests.
Some were covered in scales, others had horns on their heads.
Whether fierce beasts or humans, they all had various strange characteristics added to their bodies.
This was the Monster Legion Typhon had single-handedly created.
Typhon ate a Mutant Fruit when he was very young.
This Devil Fruit was not obtained by Charlotte Linlin.
Instead, it appeared before Typhon by chance.
Just as Devil Fruits possess their own consciousness and actively choose their users, Typhon was undoubtedly the person it chose.
Typhon's body was undergoing frenzied mutation evolution, becoming increasingly monstrous under his already terrifying potential.
His development of the Mutant Fruit also reached a terrifying degree.
Three years ago, perhaps Typhon's development of the Mutant Fruit had reached a degree close to awakening, allowing him to exert a certain influence on the surrounding environment.
A chance incident led to a discovery that caught Typhon's attention, and he accurately predicted it was his Devil Fruit ability.
Thus, he experimented with his own blood and discovered that his blood had the effect of promoting mutation evolution in other creatures.
From then on, Typhon began to continuously create monsters whose bodies underwent mutation evolution, utilizing his diluted blood, in addition to the Pirate Force he already possessed.
Why diluted?
He didn't have that much blood, and besides, this strength needed to be controlled.
Although he found that creatures who received his blood would naturally feel close to him.
However, the degree of this influence was limited.
But the more blood, the stronger the effect.
This discovery made Typhon very happy, but not everyone was qualified to drink his blood.
Therefore, what he gave his subordinates to drink was diluted blood.
With such subordinates, their bodies could undergo mutation evolution, but the effect wasn't as strong.
If combined with the blood of other creatures, it could also have the role of guiding evolution.
Even so, it could produce an effect similar to a weakened version of a Devil Fruit, and they weren't afraid of seawater.
At the same time, the mutation factors within these pirates were too weak, and they could only maintain their mutation within a certain range of Typhon.
And upon leaving the mutation field he named "Monster Domain", the mutation factors within their bodies would fall dormant and lose their effect.
It was also because of this that even though the World Government had attempted to capture some of Typhon's subordinates for research, it had no effect.
Unless it was done within Typhon's territory, which was impossible.
In the sea area controlled by Typhon, even insects were his informants; it simply couldn't be done.
Therefore, to conduct research, Typhon himself had to be captured alive.
The current Monster Legion had already formed, and the vast majority were Mutants.
Mutant, as the name suggests, refers to a person who has become a Monster.
They were divided into four levels in total.
The lowest level was Wolf-level Mutant.
These were pirates and fierce beasts who had drunk Typhon's diluted blood.
Following that were Tiger-level Mutants, equivalent to squad leaders.
They also drank Typhon's diluted blood, but people are always different; some have stronger or weaker foundations, and some have inherently greater strength than others.
Next were Ghost-level Mutants, equivalent to cadres.
Among them were both humans and fierce beasts.
At this level, they were Typhon's trusted subordinates.
After drinking Typhon's undiluted blood and undergoing mutation evolution for a period of time, the effect was no less than eating a Devil Fruit.
At the same time, due to the severe erosion of Typhon's genes on their bodies.
These Admiral Level Cadres were like they had been brainwashed and would absolutely not betray Typhon.
The current Typhon was already a non-human Monster; even his blood possessed life consciousness.
He could even remotely "see" what these Admiral Level Cadres saw.
As long as he wished, he could cause the genes of these Admiral Level Cadres to collapse, their bodies to become deformed and collapse, leading to death.
However, he generally wouldn't do this; after all, they were his subordinates, unless they fell into the hands of others.
Because they had drunk Typhon's complete blood, these Admiral Level Cadres would not change even if they left his Monster Domain.
Their forms were already completely fixed, and the mutation factors would not fall dormant.
Just two months ago, two of Typhon's Ghost-level Cadres were captured by the World Government.
The World Government didn't know, but Typhon was always aware.
After gathering some intelligence, before the World Government could prepare for research, Typhon controlled the bodies of these two Ghost-level Cadres to collapse, turning into pus and even causing explosions.
It was precisely because of this that the World Government truly focused its attention on Typhon.
It's worth mentioning that the effect brought by Typhon's blood was relatively weak on strongmen.
The consciousness of strongmen could resist the consciousness contained within Typhon's blood.
Therefore, generally speaking, apart from fierce beasts that were easy to subdue, only those whom Typhon favored and who had relatively weaker strength would receive Typhon's complete blood.
Typhon wasn't afraid of not having enough time to cultivate them.
For every Ghost-level Cadre, Typhon had to ensure they were completely under his control.
As for the highest level, Dragon-level Cadres, none had been born yet.
Typhon currently had two, but they were still in the process of being cultivated.
Underground in Monster Paradise, a large brown cocoon pulsed continuously like a heart.
Beneath the large cocoon was a blood pool, gathering the blood of various creatures.
Inside the large cocoon, a terrifying eighteen-meter-long rhinoceros beetle was dormant, constantly releasing an incredibly brutal and terrifying aura.
If observed closely, as time passed, the body of this rhinoceros beetle was constantly changing, continuously shrinking, and its body was evolving towards a humanoid form.
This rhinoceros beetle was originally a terrifying Beast King from Beast Island, completely defeated and conquered by Titan.
At that time, the rhinoceros beetle's body was over thirty meters long.
It still needed some time before its evolution was complete.
For Typhon, only fierce beasts with relatively simple minds were truly worth his cultivation.
Asura was the name Typhon gave this rhinoceros beetle.
Every so often, Typhon would feed him his own blood to ensure this rhinoceros beetle evolved more perfectly.
In another space underground, another terrifying creature was dormant inside a smaller green cocoon.
Typhon, as a Mutant Fruit Ability User, possessed the ability for infinite evolution.
This did not mean that everyone who drank Typhon's blood possessed the same ability.
The less blood, the weaker the effect, and the shorter the duration.
Shortly after drinking the blood, it was a period of rapid mutation for the person.
Having a medium was clearly more convenient.
Without a medium, it was hard to say what they would turn into.
Some transformations were acceptable, while others were unacceptable, causing them to directly flee Typhon's territory.
Only by staying away from Typhon could they return to their original state.
Or they could make effort to earn merit, striving to obtain more of Typhon's blood to undergo mutation evolution more perfectly.
(end of chapter)