Vladimir withdrew his gaze, took out the Devil Fruit, and pressed his palm on it.
"Absorb, open a new transformation!"
"Absorb, open a new transformation!"
Vladimir took out the last two Devil Fruits, pressing his hands on them respectively, after a few seconds, the two Devil Fruits turned into dust, scattering with the wind.
Mysterious power filled the cells throughout his body, the next moment, the Fantasy Gene was activated, and a new transformation form was slowly being born.
"Hmm? So cold..."
Cold, this was Vladimir's first feeling.
It was incredible that the Nine-Tailed Fox could feel coldness.
It should be known, that even Aokiji's Devil Fruit ability, couldn't make him feel this level of coldness.
That didn't seem to be physical cold, but coming from the soul's iciness.
Ka ka ka.
A layer of frost appeared on the surface of Vladimir's skin, along with his consciousness, being frozen.
"Good luck! This time's transformation... should be very strong, right?"
Vladimir murmured inwardly, falling asleep, transforming into an ice sculpture.
The Angler Lantern was still executing its master's orders, carrying the ice sculpture on its back, slowly sailing towards the deep sea.
Time slowly passed, Vladimir was familiarizing himself with his new transformation, his consciousness slightly awakening a trace, but not to the extent that he could break the ice seal.
...
First half of the Grand Line, the Devil's Triangle sea area.
It was currently early morning, the sky hadn't yet dawned, there was only moonlight and sparse stars, the weak light illuminating the sea area.
The cold air on the sea congealed into a thick fog, the visible distance being less than thirty or fifty meters.
A huge pirate ship was sailing in this area, navigating towards the front.
This was a pirate ship, even at this time, there were crew members keeping watch on the deck and in the lookout.
Suddenly, a lingering and protracted roar came from the thick fog.
This sound woke up a pirate who was sleepy in the lookout.
He shivered, and quickly looked out all around.
"A hallucination?"
Just as the crew member was preparing to breathe a sigh of relief, that sound rang out again, "I didn't hear wrong!"
He shivered, and quickly rushed to the window, looking around again.
Only to see in front of the pirate ship, in the thick fog, a dim white ghost fire gently approaching.
"What is that thing!?"
The crew member was startled, rubbing his eyes, and after confirming that he wasn't hallucinating, he immediately shouted towards the deck, "Arno, did you see it? Ghost fire, white! A big ball!"
On the deck, a pirate who was also keeping watch and patrolling responded, "I saw it! What is that thing? Should we sound the alarm?"
"Wait, maybe it's just naturally formed, this is the Devil's Triangle, it's rumored that there have been several bizarre things happening in this sea area recently..."
The crew member in the lookout responded like this, but just as he finished speaking, his pupils abruptly shrank.
The ghost fire in the fog in front, was gradually approaching, and its speed far exceeded ordinary, the first thing that emerged, was a huge head, and at this time, the distance between the other party and the ship was less than 20 meters!
"Crap! Quickly sound the alarm, it's a sea king!" he shouted loudly.
Hearing this, the crew members below immediately took action, however, the colossus in the thick fog, had already collided head-on with the pirate ship.
Boom!
Immediately, the entire ship shook constantly, almost being knocked over by the impact.
"What happened!?"
With such a strong collision, even those with the biggest hearts couldn't sleep, and immediately, a overcast group of pirates, poured out from the cabin.
Three or four hundred pirates came to the front of the deck, and up close, clearly saw the huge creature with the ghost fire on its head.
The person at the head wore a skull cap, he was the pirate captain, he looked over the mysterious creature, his expression shocked.
"Angler Lantern? Impossible! How could this kind of deep-sea predator be on the sea surface!?" The captain with the hat said incredulously.
"Captain, do, do you feel an unusual coldness?" A member trembled, exhaling a breath while speaking, which immediately turned into water vapor.
"So cold! What's going on? Is there a winter island nearby?"
"There's someone on top!"
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed pirate said in horror, "There's someone below that ghost fire... no, that's an ice sculpture?"
"An ice sculpture?" The captain with the hat stunned.
Everyone stared, and indeed saw a figure.
To be precise, it wasn't a figure, but a human-shaped ice sculpture.
The ice sculpture was sitting cross-legged, with solid ice congealed around it.
"Too strange!" Someone took a deep breath, "Could it be some kind of ghost?"
"Hmph, nonsense." The captain with the hat smiled, after a brief surprise, he discovered that the Angler Lantern hadn't launched an attack, and even seemed to be sleeping, "Good opportunity! We'll kill this sea king, no, capture it alive! This thing is a rare breed, it's worth a lot of money!"
As soon as money was mentioned, a group of pirates immediately had their eyes glowing.
These people took out ropes, preparing to capture this huge sea king.
However, just then, on the back of the Angler Lantern, on the surface of that ice sculpture, there suddenly appeared ka ka cracks, at first just a tiny one, but quickly, spreading to the whole body.
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