The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

She closed her eyes, feeling the all-encompassing changes brought about by the Devil Fruit.

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Flight Ability

Her strength had doubled, but she didn't know how much her speed had increased, though she felt it had increased even more than her strength.

Endurance, resilience, dynamic vision, and perception have all been improved in an all-round way.

Vivi's strength originally lay in her perception. The Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, and Vampire form further enhanced her perception on top of her existing abilities. At this moment, she noticed that the number in the "Observation Haki lv4" column on her panel kept jumping. Even though she hadn't picked up any attributes or trained, her Observation Haki was about to reach level 5 thanks to her soaring perception.

Deep underground, she could hear the whispers of the townspeople in the distance. Many townspeople had been awakened by the previous swarm of bats, and a few bolder ones even carried torches and walked in groups toward her.

Vivi knew she couldn't stay here any longer.

"Come on, Karu, let's go out."

She grabbed the duck and leaped to the ground.

The sudden increase in her physical fitness made her a little unaccustomed, and she rushed forward for more than ten meters before stopping.

Fearing that the townspeople would discover the underground cave and the labyrinth beneath it, she swiftly used "Wei Guo" to cut down the large tree above the cave. Then, she stuffed the trunk and roots together into the cave entrance. The location was very remote and dark, and ordinary people would never be able to find this place.

Vivi took the ducks to the other side of the island. With no one around, she began to study her abilities.

Zoan-type Devil Fruits have three forms: humanoid, humanoid-beast, and beastoid.

Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, transforms into a beast-type Azure Dragon in his Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan form. Vivi's vampire form is also a beast-type.

For all Zoan Devil Fruits, including Mythical Zoan types, the final form is more important than the preceding classification.

Kaku's Ox-Ox Fruit (CP9). Giraffe form. If he transforms into a beast form, it will definitely be a giraffe, not an ox.

Kaido's Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Azure Dragon form, transforms him into a dragon, not a fish, and he can't transform into a fish. Therefore, Vivi's Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Vampire form, won't transform her into a giant bat.

She is in vampire form, but not the traditional vampire from Western fantasy.

Vivi gestured for the duck to move further away; she was about to begin her first beast form transformation.

The sea breeze at night made her feel incredibly comfortable. She took a deep breath, and a wild power surged through her body. It felt like she had been bound for many years and finally had her shackles broken. The cells in her body were jumping with joy, and the surge of power intoxicated her. The weak, pitiful, and helpless but voracious Ms. Wednesday was long gone. With all three types of Haki and having eaten the Vampire Fruit, she finally had the ability to control her own destiny.

Blood rushed through her body, and she suddenly grew taller, reaching a height of three meters before stopping. Her light blue hair transformed into a black waterfall that reached her waist, her clear eyes glowed with crimson, her ears became pointed like an elf's, her red lips were luscious and tempting, and sharp fangs, unique to vampires, appeared in her mouth.

Her skin was incredibly fair, shimmering with an unusual radiance under the moonlight. In addition to her original clothing, a large black cloak appeared after the transformation.

Ignoring height and judging solely by appearance, Vivi's beast form is almost identical to her human form, and could even be said to be more beautiful than her human form. However, only she knows that her beast form is still her beast form, and a wild, murderous desire lingers in her heart. As a renowned dark creature, the vampire's bloodlust and brutality are definitely among the top levels of many Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

She kept using self-suggestion to calm herself down.

This skill, which appears alongside Observation Haki, is extremely useful. After giving herself a little self-suggestion, her boiling, fiery killing intent slowly subsided. Taking advantage of the moment she relaxed, she looked at the panel.

As legendary creatures, vampires possess a wide range of abilities!

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen new abilities appeared.

This is not the development of a Devil Fruit; it is merely an incidental ability of legendary creatures like vampires.

Some appear directly on the panel, while others cannot be manifested due to insufficient physical fitness.

She saw a screen of light with a bunch of text flashing on and off.

Several passive abilities appeared first.

In addition to "Strengthening Skin" and "Strengthening Strength", five more passive abilities have now been added: "Strengthening Hearing", "Dark Vision", "Immune Disease", "Immune Aging", and "Special Constitution".

Her "special constitution" is very characteristic of vampires. At night, her recovery ability is greatly enhanced, while in sunlight, it is moderately reduced, far from the point in traditional Western fantasy where vampires die in the light.

Actually, exposure to light is fine, it just slows down recovery and makes you feel uncomfortable, but otherwise it doesn't have any other effects.

The key to this "seeing the light" lies in the word "see." If she closes her eyes and cannot "see" the light, then this point can be ignored.

After being passively attacked, the remaining abilities gradually became apparent.

Hypnosis is a signature vampire ability that can be used in conjunction with "suggestion".

A "dark curtain" that creates a small area of ​​darkness.

The ability to hide in the shadows is called "Into the Shadows".

The vampire's signature skills are "blood-sucking" and "converting life energy".

Compared to the powerful moves of nature-based magic users that can destroy a town or half a city at any time, her vampire form is more focused on support abilities. If nature-based magic users are mages, then her vampire form is an assassin.

What excites Vivi the most is the ability to fly.

She now possesses three abilities related to flight.

“Atomization,” “Bat Transformation,” and “Floating.”

"Atomization" means that all the blood in the body is transformed into pure life energy, and the person becomes a cloud of smoke. Then, it is up to the person to hide or escape.

The "bat transformation" surprised her a bit. She originally thought that the vampire form could not transform into a bat, but the fact proved her wrong. This form could transform into a bat, and into a large swarm of bats!

Each bat possesses her own consciousness and soul. If they encounter a powerful enemy, they will split up and run away. As long as one bat remains, she can be reborn.

She hadn't fully figured out "floating," but it felt like a force field different from gravity that could act on her. This force field could counteract gravity and lift her body slightly off the ground. To put it simply, the lift was not significant, only about 20 or 30 centimeters.

However, it's a different story when combined with Observation Haki.

Her keen Observation Haki allows her to sense the strength of air currents. If she applies a special force field to the soles of her feet and controls the angle of her cloak, creating a pressure difference like an airplane wing, she could theoretically generate lift for flight. However, this is a bit complicated, and she's still in a state where her mind understands but her body doesn't...

Chapter Eighty Test Flight

Vivi believes that if "Floating" is further developed, the flight speed should be the fastest, "Mist" has the best concealment effect, and "Bat Transformation" has the strongest survival ability. Each of the three flight states has its own characteristics, and by using them flexibly, the survival ability can be greatly improved.

"Transforming into bats" is flying in the traditional sense, but the feeling of becoming a large group of bats is very uncomfortable. Her own consciousness exists in dozens of places at the same time. Some want to fly to the left, some want to fly to the right, some want to hide in trees, and some want to hide behind rocks. All the bats are her, but they are not quite the same as her. Controlling so many clones at the same time makes her head feel dizzy.

"Clang!" A bat flew to the duck Karu's side. Karu raised his pan and slammed it down on the bat. Vivi felt as if she had been hit on the head with a pan, her head buzzing. She retrieved all the bats and looked at Karu speechlessly.

"Quack!" The duck, hiding behind a rock, watched her trembling.

Vivi returned to her normal human form, her height returned to 1.8 meters, and all her suppressed bloodlust disappeared.

She heard the duck's thoughts and knew that the pet was somewhat afraid of Devil Fruits and the transformations they produced. She patted the duck's head.

"Confused? It's okay, you'll get used to it in a couple of days. I'm still me, I haven't changed... We should go back now."

"quack!"

The town of Torrance remained calm and peaceful. The sudden appearance of the swarm of bats was merely a topic of conversation among the townspeople, and no one paid any attention to it.

Vivi sleeps during the day and goes out at night to test her abilities. After discovering that she hasn't changed much, the duck went back to its retired state of playing hopscotch, cards, and tag.

Nicole Robin did call twice, trying to find out Vivi's purpose in asking about history, but Vivi was sleeping in the hotel the whole time, so Karu had to answer the phone.

The duck quacked into the Den Den Mushi, and Nicole Robin, who knew nothing about duck language, was immediately defeated.

On the eve of leaving Torrance, Vivi suggested that they have a celebration.

"What do you want to eat? I can fly now, I'll go buy it for you!"

Karu the duck moved swiftly. He took out a book from his bag, quickly flipped through the pages, and pointed out the food he wanted to eat to Vivi.

Vivi glanced at the menu: "Shrimp risotto in Dressrosa, fairy pumpkin soup... Okay, I'll take care of them all!"

As neighboring countries, the Kingdom of Prodinos and Dressrosa share many of Dressrosa's delicacies, which are also popular here. She remembered that these foods could be found on several small islands near Torrance.

She wrote down several dishes Karu wanted to eat in her notebook, and she also planned to buy two bottles of red wine and a big cake to celebrate.

She wasn't at the point where she "would die if she didn't eat sweets," but she believed that eating some sweets could make her feel happy and effectively resist the bloodlust and killing in her vampire form.

It's fine to eat a little bit occasionally, just don't eat it every day like that old lady...

"Okay, I'm going to buy oranges... no, I'm going to buy food. You just stand here and don't move. Wait for me to come back!"

Weiwei was aware of her poor sense of direction, but in her opinion, it was only slightly off and not a big problem!

Even though she really wanted to experience the joy of flying, she didn't rush out this time. Instead, she carefully observed the changes in the clouds and wind, and then discussed the direction with the duck.

As if solving a riddle, she pointed to her left: "Is that the island where they sell cakes?"

"Quack quack!" The duck shook its head repeatedly.

Vivi tilted her head back and chuckled, "Karu, you're so smart! I was just joking. How could I not know the way? It must be on my right, right?"

She transformed into a wisp of mist, clinging to a cloud by the roadside, and with the help of the wind, flew towards a small island not far away...

......

It's quite magical that one's own life essence is condensed into a cloud of mist. At first, Vivi could only passively drift with the wind. As she flew, she remembered Smoker's smoke state.

How did Smoker use smoke to fly? She recalled the scene of the battle with the Golden Lion.

She quickly came up with an idea: change the shape of the smoke, like a sail, constantly adjust its angle, and use the resistance of the airflow to fly in the air.

This is easier said than done. She discovered that her body could deform at will, but it wasn't solid enough to hold the wind. High-altitude air currents passed directly through the gaps in her body, generating very little resistance. Trying to use wind power to fly was really not an easy task.

Vivi flies for a while, rests for a while, then checks the direction, and then flies again.

With prior planning and no unexpected problems along the way, she landed smoothly on a nearby island with a relatively large population in no time.

"Hahahaha—" She put her hands on her hips and laughed twice, quite happily.

With the help of the wind, she didn't get lost at all this time, and she believed she had found a way to avoid getting lost.

Riding the wind sounds cool, let's see if Ain and the others dare to laugh at me in the future!

"Huh? What's going on?" She suddenly felt something was wrong.

Although she is still far away, she is now very sensitive to blood.

Standing on the beach, she could smell the strong stench of blood in the distance.

She had visited this island a few days ago; it was a great place for a vacation. She thought the townspeople were very kind, and the chefs in town were excellent cooks. She quite liked the place.

Did she encounter pirates? If she didn't know, that would be fine, but if she did, she definitely wouldn't stand idly by.

With a light touch of her toes, Vivi leaped into the shadows and then quickly ran towards the town.

In the western part of the town, inside the cake shop, two men lay in pools of blood. Their bones had been shattered by the force of the impact, blood was gushing from their mouths and noses, their faces were contorted, and their deaths were gruesome.

Vivi had met him once on Enies Lobby. The green-haired man nicknamed "Otonashi" the Owl, a senior CP9 agent, was interrogating the last prisoner.

He pointed to the corpse on the ground, its bones broken, and threatened the prisoners: "Tell me, where is your revolutionary army's Eastern Army commander? If you don't tell me, this is what will happen to you, blah blah blah!"

To get the other party to open up, he even made a promise: "Many people know that I'm very tight-lipped. As long as you tell me quietly, I absolutely won't say that I leaked the information from you. How about that? Screw it!"