Dragon Clan: Starting with the Azure Dragon Fruit

The corpse looked very young and was wearing the same school uniform as Lin Yuan. It was called a corpse because there was a hole the size of a bowl in his chest, from which black blood was gushing out. He was clearly dead.

Lin Yuan squinted and looked at the hole in his chest again, as if he had also experienced a "heart-wrenching" experience.

"...Have I been transported to the world of Detective Conan?"

However, this thought was quickly dismissed. Beside the corpse, a humanoid monster was crouching. It was currently looking down, holding a steaming, dark red, unidentified object in its hands, stuffing it into its mouth bit by bit.

Seemingly sensing Lin Yuan's movement behind it, the monster stopped eating and stiffly turned its head.

As he slowly stood up, Lin Yuan got a clear look at the guy.

Standing nearly two meters tall, with strangely long limbs, its exposed skin was covered with bluish-gray scales that gleamed with a metallic sheen in the dim moonlight.

There was no human emotion to be found on that face; only pure violence and bloodlust remained between the twisted muscles. A dark golden light gleamed in its eyes, making it resemble a cold-blooded reptile.

However, upon seeing Lin Yuan clearly, a hint of human-like confusion appeared in his golden pupils, as if there was something he hadn't figured out.

It looked down at the corpse beside it, then at Lin Yuan. It clearly remembered that just a few minutes ago, it had dug out Lin Yuan's heart, but now the other man was standing up as if nothing had happened.

The two, one human and one monster, stared at each other, separated by a distance of more than ten meters.

The night wind blew by, carrying with it a strong smell of blood.

Lin Yuan couldn't stand the somewhat eerie silence any longer, so he reached up and scratched his itchy chin, breaking the ice first:

"Dude, you're eating? Want me to get you some more food?"

The monster, having lost its mind, couldn't understand Lin Yuan's meaning at all, but it sensed Lin Yuan's contempt and provocation.

As a predator, it became enraged.

Roar! ! !

The monster opened its massive maw, filled with fangs, and unleashed a beast-like roar. The enormous sound wave, accompanied by a foul stench, made Lin Yuan's eardrums ring even from a distance of more than ten meters.

"What kind of world is this?" Lin Yuan rubbed his ears and cursed inwardly.

"Even the zombies in Resident Evil don't look like this."

Before he could figure out the monster's species, it couldn't contain its killing instincts and pounced on him.

Lin Yuan's gaze sharpened, and his combat instincts instantly took over his body. He stomped his right leg on the ground, preparing to use "Shave" to teleport and finish off the monster before it charged at him.

"boom!"

He slammed his foot into the ground. The powerful recoil shot from his heel straight to the top of his head. The intense tingling and numbness contorted Lin Yuan's features, and his eyes twitched.

You'll get numb if you stomp on it!

Lin Yuan then realized that this was no longer the world of One Piece, and he hadn't brought his formidable skills with him. Although he was still called Lin Yuan, he was just an ordinary high school student.

The monster on the other side didn't care about any of that. Seeing Lin Yuan stomp on the ground like an idiot, the monster moved even faster.

He looked at the sharp teeth and claws that were closing in on him.

"Holy crap, don't use a new account!"

Chapter 3 Resurgence

The monster was closing in.

The leg that had just tried to "shave" and step into the air was still tingling. Lin Yuan didn't care about the awkward posture anymore, and relying on his hard-earned combat instincts, he rolled to the side with a mighty somersault.

The monster's sharp claws grazed Lin Yuan's shoulder, tearing a large piece of his sky-blue high-class school uniform and pulling out several wounds on the skin underneath, leaving a trail of blood.

Lin Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He hoped this wasn't some kind of bio-zombie. If it was poisonous, being scratched like that would most likely cause it to mutate on the spot.

He clutched his shoulder while glancing out of the corner of his eye at the corpse a dozen meters away. That guy had been lying there for ages, and showed no signs of mutating, so even if he was a zombie, it probably wasn't transmitted through bodily fluids.

Lin Yuan was calculating in his mind. He had just breathed a sigh of relief, but this violent dodge made him catch his breath again.

He huddled awkwardly in a corner, a faint smell of blood filling his lungs.

No, my current physical condition is too weak. I have combat experience, but my stats are completely outmatched.

The monster missed its target, its four limbs landing on the ground and leaving sparks in its wake. Then, it kicked off with its hind legs and its body quickly turned back, even faster than before.

"No, continuing to hide like this will only make me sweat more and add to its enjoyment. I need to think of a way to fight back!"

Just as the monster pounced again, at the critical moment of life and death, Lin Yuan's mind became clear, and a familiar tremor came from the depths of his brain.

Observation Haki! His hard-earned physique didn't travel with him, but his Observation Haki, an ability rooted deep in his soul, seemed to have come along unaffected.

Almost as if struck by inspiration, Lin Yuan subconsciously pushed his Observation Haki to its limit.

The next second, the world in my field of vision slowed down.

On the high seas, ordinary Observation Haki is only used to detect the enemy's killing intent and to predict the enemy's movements in battle. But Lin Yuan is no ordinary person. Observation Haki is his ability to survive on the high seas. When he focuses to the extreme, his Observation Haki can pull the world in his field of vision into a scene similar to "bullet time".

This is an advanced application of Observation Haki. The next step up is "predicting the future," a skill mastered by only a handful of people on the high seas. Although Lin Yuan hasn't reached that level yet, "bullet time" is sufficient for the current situation.

The monster's trajectory as it pounced, the dust kicked up in the air, the saliva dripping from its mouth, and the tiny gaps between its opening and closing scales—all these were clearly visible to Lin Yuan at that moment.

Taking a breather, Lin Yuan quickly scanned his surroundings and realized that he was in an abandoned factory.

To deal with this monster, bare hands would definitely be insufficient; I need to find a weapon. With my level of swordsmanship, as long as I have a weapon, even just a fruit knife for peeling fruit, it will be enough to deal with this beast that seems to fight entirely on instinct.

There it was. On a pillar less than two meters to his left, hung a fire extinguisher box with peeling red paint. The glass had long been broken, and inside was a fire axe.

Relying on the "bullet time" technique to predict the monster's landing point, Lin Yuan dodged the monster's attack without taking damage this time, and then darted out and pulled out a fire axe.

With a weapon in hand, Lin Yuan's aura changed drastically. Even an axe didn't matter; to him, any weapon was a sword!

Lin Yuan held the axe handle with one hand, and muscle memory made him instinctively use the power technique of Iai Slash. He swung the fire axe in a perfect death half circle and chopped it down hard on the monster's relatively vulnerable neck.

"clang!"

Perhaps because it hadn't been used for a long time, the blade of the fire axe was slightly stuck by the layer of bluish-gray scales, barely managing to cut in less than two centimeters. The enormous recoil, however, made Lin Yuan's hand go numb, and he almost dropped the axe.

"While a calm sea can't produce high-quality ham... how are these stats filled in for a beginner monster I encounter at the start?!"

Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, never expecting that one axe stroke would actually cut through the monster's oily skin.

"Roar!"

The excruciating pain completely enraged the monster. It let out a furious roar from its throat, twisted its body almost against the laws of physics, and with a nauseating stench, bit down on Lin Yuan's face with its gaping maw full of fangs.

If it were an ordinary high school student, they would most likely be so scared that their mind would go blank. But Lin Yuan was born to be scared. As a swordsman who had rolled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he didn't give the monster a chance to fight back.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, not only refusing to loosen his grip on the axe handle to dodge, but also using the handle as a fulcrum to generate power. Taking advantage of the moment the monster turned around, he slid along the monster's side like a fish, circling around to the monster's blind spot and narrowly avoiding its bite.

The monster missed its attack and, in pain, swung its two front claws wildly, trying to grab the axe off its neck. Seeing this, Lin Yuan pushed off the ground with both feet, launching himself into the air. He grabbed the axe handle with both hands, hanging his entire weight of over 100 pounds on the axe, and using the force of freefall, he desperately strained towards the gap in the monster's neck.

The sound of bones breaking rang out. With the help of gravitational potential energy, the monster's cervical spine finally gave way, and a large amount of thick, black, bloody substance, like a burst fire dam, gushed out from the cracks, soaking Lin Yuan.

Its massive body convulsed for two seconds before crashing heavily to the ground, dead.

Lin Yuan released the fire axe and collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily into the blood-smelling air.

My condition is extremely poor right now. The wound on my shoulder is still bleeding and it's burning with pain. My limbs feel as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and my temples are throbbing wildly. These are the aftereffects of overusing Observation Haki.

In the past, I could fight for days and nights at full strength without any major problems, let alone a few minutes. But now, after just a few minutes of full-force use, my head feels like it's going to split open.

"Do you have ibuprofen? Paracetamol will also work."

Lin Yuan rubbed his temples, planning to explore the world after he caught his breath. If this were modern society, he would need some painkillers, but he didn't expect that his tolerance for pain would also decrease after his physique weakened.

Suddenly, he sensed something was wrong; the monster blood clinging to his body was now radiating an astonishing heat.

The scalding blood did not harm him; instead, it seeped into his body through his pores, like a key that triggered the power that had been dormant within him.

A powerful life force began to revive within him.

Lin Yuan was suddenly dazed; the feeling was so familiar.

Chapter 4 Even dogs wouldn't eat the Flame-Flame Fruit.

This feeling is absolutely true!

The Azure Dragon Fruit, which had disappeared, began to revive after coming into contact with the monster's blood.

Although the power of revival seems rather weak, not even a fraction of what it was when the fruit was first eaten, as long as the seed can sprout, it is only a matter of time before it grows into a towering tree.

In the instant he realized what was happening, Lin Yuan was so excited he almost jumped up. His biggest cheat code had actually come along with him.

Other losses, whether it's the Six Styles or Armament Haki, are gone and gone. They can be regained through training. It's just a matter of retracing the steps. Moreover, all training is traceable, and there are no detours.

The only exception is the Azure Dragon Fruit, which is a rare, one-of-a-kind item. Once you leave the world of One Piece, you can forget about ever eating it again. He had already resigned himself to losing this fruit, but now he has unexpectedly regained it.

It's important to know that besides transformation and additional elemental damage, the Azure Dragon Fruit also provides super-strong recovery abilities and a massive boost to physical strength.

With the power of the Azure Dragon Fruit, as long as I eat and train without restraint, I can definitely regain my peak level in the pirate world as quickly as possible. At that time, no matter what kind of world it is, I will be able to firmly grasp my destiny.

As if to prove his confidence, the burning wound on his shoulder had started to itch.

Looking down, the torn flesh was healing at a visible speed, and in just a few breaths, the wound was reduced to a light white mark.

Immediately afterwards, his previously weak body was filled with strength again, and the pain caused by overuse of Observation Haki also subsided on its own.

Good news, we don't need to look for ibuprofen anymore.

After the headache subsided, his sharp intellect returned, and Lin Yuan almost instantly figured out the reason for the Azure Dragon Fruit's revival.

He wasn't actually stupid; in fact, you could say he was quite intelligent. It was just that during those years in the pirate world, when his physique and Haki were strong enough, his clever mind would always tell him—if he encountered trouble, he should just draw his sword.

Over time, he became too lazy to use his brain.

Now that he has lost his power, his long-dormant brain has begun to function again.

The power of the Azure Dragon Fruit didn't awaken any earlier or later, but only after the monster was killed and its blood splattered on him. Feeling the power within him, and recalling the still-wet monster blood on his body, the reason was clear!

Having figured this out, Lin Yuan immediately walked towards the monster's corpse, which was full of ready-made experience points.

He grabbed a handful of the monster's severed neck with both hands, not caring about the dirt, and vigorously smeared the still-steaming, viscous black blood onto his skin.

The Azure Dragon Fruit's current revival level is far too weak; he is not satisfied and wants it to revive more.

However, after waiting for a long time, until the black blood smeared on his body cooled down, the Azure Dragon Fruit inside his body still showed no signs of reviving.

It seems that's all the first kill reward is.

Lin Yuan pouted in dissatisfaction and found a rag to wipe the blood off his hands.

But thinking about it, it makes sense; it's impossible for a red-named monster in the beginner village to drop a Dragon Slayer Sword with a single hit.

It is clear that the revival of the Azure Dragon Fruit does not simply require the blood of monsters. The "special substance" that can stimulate it will probably only erupt once at the moment the monster dies.

It's better this way, it's useless. Lin Yuan casually tossed away the rag, feeling a sense of relief. The thought of having to bathe in blood like a freakish butcher every time he finished fighting a monster made him want to vomit.

After comforting himself, Lin Yuan decided to test the current recovery status of the Azure Dragon Fruit.

He closed his eyes and tried to connect with the newly awakened power within his body, intending to first test its form.

A few seconds passed, and her face turned red from holding it in. She did feel a warm sensation deep in her bones, but that was all.

This power was far too weak to support any change in form; it couldn't even produce half a dragon scale.

It seems that turning into a dragon is out of the question.

Lin Yuan changed his approach. Besides transformation, the Azure Dragon Fruit could also imbue attacks with elemental enchantments of wind, lightning, and fire.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan raised his right index finger, attempting to apply a fire enchantment.

With a thought, a cluster of red flames rose from the fingertips.

Although the flame was only the size of a soybean, the temperature it emitted was astonishing, causing the surrounding air to shimmer with a thin, distorted heat wave, which made his blood-stained face appear to glow and dart around.

In the flickering light and shadow, his originally dark eyes had quietly lit up with a molten gold.

Its crimson-gold pupils gleamed in the dim factory, slightly contracting with the distorted heat waves, exuding an ancient and majestic aura.

Good news, it can be enchanted. If I had enchanted the fire axe with fire beforehand during that fight, I wouldn't have needed to hang myself on it and risk my life. One swing would have cooked me up completely.

However, something seems off. On the high seas, anyone who eats a Devil Fruit immediately knows all the abilities of the fruit they've consumed. The elemental power of the Azure Dragon Fruit is essentially just a destructive outpouring of elements, meaning it adds an elemental damage layer to attacks.

But at this moment, Lin Yuan stared at the cluster of flames at his fingertips, and something seemed different.

The fire element in nature, as if hearing an inviolable royal decree, obediently converged at his fingertips.

He shed his identity as a "user" of fire and became the "controller" of the fire element in this world.

"Hiss, if that's the case, then even dogs wouldn't eat the Flame-Flame Fruit?"

Lin Yuan stroked his chin and pondered for a while, then decided to attribute this anomaly to the fact that the server had been changed, and the cheat program had automatically applied a localization patch to ensure compatibility with the underlying code of the new world.