Chapter 168: Cool Vampire Armor
In Sleep Ancient Town, less than a day passed. Under the deciphering of Angel Robin and a group of Ohara scholar shapeshifters, Kael successfully obtained the Mythical Zoan Vampire Devil Fruit, which had been sealed for many years in an ancient ruin. In the original timeline, Red Count Redfield, with the help of a transformed Robin, also obtained this Devil Fruit without much effort.
"What kind of ability is this?" Everyone looked at the purple Devil Fruit in Kael's hand with great interest. Even now, no one knew what ability this Devil Fruit, so highly valued by Kael, possessed. Spartan wasn't particularly concerned about Devil Fruit abilities, and he was even less likely to ask for an ability Kael desired. But Burgess, Kaya, and the others all wanted to become powerful ability users, looking at the Devil Fruit with considerable longing in their eyes.
Nami, Nojiko, and Maya, on the other hand, were more easygoing and not as eager for a Devil Fruit. In truth, they didn't want to lose their ability to swim, but they also wanted to become stronger to help Kael.
"A pretty good ability," Kael said with a faint smile. He wouldn't feel at ease entrusting this Vampire Devil Fruit, which could make people young and potentially immortal, to others. The more Kael kept silent, the more curious everyone became. "You'll know soon enough."
Kael led everyone back to the Exile Emperor and went straight to the Devil Fruit feeding machine in the training room. He placed the Vampire Devil Fruit and the "Emperor Gold" Transformation Device, which was bound to his bloodline, inside. As the machine operated, in less than 10 minutes, the golden Transformation Device emerged from the exit, transformed into an eerie dark gold and red Transformation Device. The device now bore the pattern of a pair of bat wings, like demonic wings.
"It's a pity it doesn't have sentience. However, I possess Observation Haki, which allows me to hear all things, so I can be more compatible with Devil Fruit weapons." Kael picked up this eerie Transformation Device. He still had a certain connection with the device.
"Emperor, transform!" Kael directly activated the Transformation Device. The wing pattern on this eerie device immediately unfurled and flew above Kael's head. A pair of large bat wings transformed into a demonic cape, connecting to Kael's shoulders. The cylindrical Transformation Device instantly turned into blood and shadows, coiling around Kael's body. An eerie and majestic dark gold battle armor appeared on Kael. With a thought, Kael's full demonic cape immediately transformed into a pair of wings, carrying Kael into the air.
"This is really good!" Kael's eyes lit up. A mass of dark blood surged from his hand, forming a blood-shadow bat. "It can even attack independently, like a Hellhound? Like Noxus Commander Swain's Ravenous Flock from League of Legends?" Kael immediately summoned a few more blood-shadow bats, which flew around him. "My blood-shadow bats should also be able to restore my health and stamina, right?"
Kael immediately controlled these blood-shadow bats, sending them directly to attack the animals he had prepared. He still had many white mice in the training room for practicing precise banishment. As several animals were sucked dry with screams, the blood-shadow bats returned to the battle armor. The next moment, a surge of power pierced Kael's skin through the Vampire battle armor, entering his body.
"Is this what it feels like for Aramaki to devour enemies!" Kael felt a hint of satisfaction within his body, as well as a slight recovery of stamina, as if he had just eaten a meal. This was his Vampire endurance battle armor. 5 blood-sucking fangs popped out from the battle armor on Kael's 5 fingers. "Direct absorption seems more potent than the blood-shadow bats." Kael grabbed a gray wolf. In a few breaths, the gray wolf became a shriveled, withered wolf. "Can it only devour blood? It's a bit inferior to Aramaki's devouring vines. But this blood, transformed by the Vampire Devil Fruit's ability, can become power to restore youth."
Kael grinned, revealing a satisfied smile. With a snap of Kael's fingers, the Vampire battle armor on his body quickly detached, transforming back into a winged Transformation Device. And the next moment, the cylindrical Transformation Device grew a bat head and 2 legs, becoming a Vampire bat. "Are there other forms?" Kael raised an eyebrow. This Vampire bat immediately shed its bat head and grew humanoid limbs, looking very evil, like a small demon. This was the Vampire's inherent human form. "This is too ugly. From now on, its normal state will be the bat form."
Kael immediately had the Vampire Transformation Device revert to its black bat form. "Let's try activating only the cape form." Kael grabbed the Vampire bat and directly flung it backward. The Vampire Transformation Device only transformed into a cape, red on the inside and black on the outside, hanging behind Kael. "Doctor Strange's Cloak of Levitation effect, very good, very good." "It can turn into wings, right?" Kael happily controlled the sluggish Vampire Transformation Device. Following Kael's command, the cape immediately split, forming a pair of demonic wings.
"Cool!" "It's worth feeding you such a precious Vampire Devil Fruit." Kael, flapping his demonic bat wings, was learning his new flying ability in the air. "Sword, come!" Kael extended his hand and shouted. The Seven Star Sword Spirit, who was watching from the side, immediately transformed into the Seven Star Dragon Emperor Sword and returned to Kael's hand. "Tsk tsk, wouldn't this image enchant countless young maidens?" Kael smiled smugly, performing a handsome sword flourish.
"Let's do a slow transformation." As Kael willed it, the Vampire Transformation Device transformed into a blood shadow, like Iron Man's nanotech armor transformation, gradually covering Kael's body, forming the Vampire version of the Emperor battle armor. "1 word. Amazing!" Kael, like a child, happily experimented with his Mythical Zoan Vampire memory metal battle armor. Such as the Vampire Supreme Cloak form, Iron Man's nanotech transformation form, demonic bat wing form, and even pet bat form...
Outside the Exile Emperor, "Why is His Majesty taking so long to come out this time? He came out very quickly last time with the Seven Stars Sword." "Did the Devil Fruit weapon creation fail? Then wouldn't that Devil Fruit be wasted?" "It's just 1 Devil Fruit. What's most important is His Majesty's mood." Everyone looked at the training room with a hint of worry. With Kael's 2 objectives for entering the New World now achieved, they didn't know what to do. Everything depended on Kael's decision.
Was he really going to Hive Island to meet the Wang Zhi Pirates and once again make the Goa Empire's name known? Or would he directly cross the Calm Belt and head to North Blue, to help the Germa Kingdom and the Donquixote Family completely suppress the chaotic North Blue underworld, completing the great task of unifying the underworld of the Four Seas?
This time, Kael stayed in the training room for a full half-day before slowly walking out. At this moment, besides a pink dragon draped over his shoulder, an eerie dark gold bat was flying beside Kael. Everyone's gaze involuntarily turned towards this bat. Could it be that the Devil Fruit His Majesty painstakingly found was just a bat? That seems a bit of a loss. They wondered what of His Majesty's had 'eaten' this bat Devil Fruit and transformed into a Devil Fruit weapon this time. Was it the golden pistol? Or the golden dagger?
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