One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Rorschach shook his head.

I couldn't help but think of the scene in the comics where the Shandian warrior Calgara, four hundred years ago, offered his own daughter on the altar to feed the great serpent Kasi, who was worshipped by Shandia four hundred years ago, in order to cure the tree fever.

Without a doubt, this altar in front of us was probably used to worship the god Kasi.

Rorschach turned and scanned the area, quickly spotting a deep, downward-sloping hole in the rock wall of the basin behind the pyramid.

"Could this be the lair of that giant snake from earlier?"

Rorschach's expression was somewhat strange.

It seems that the express shrimp just now slipped into this cave.

Taking advantage of the gap in the clouds where the Lord of the Sky, whom the Shandians call 'Nolan,' fell, this rather intelligent shrimp actually sneaked into their lair, and no one knows what it was up to.

Dozens of naval soldiers searched the basin carefully for more than ten minutes, but they did not find a single gold artifact, and were greatly disappointed.

Forget about gold here; apart from the ubiquitous stones and yellow mud, you can't even find a piece of scrap iron.

Just then, they heard a muffled tremor coming from inside the cave.

Then the express shrimp returned and emerged from the cave.

Rorschach and Lark, standing atop the pyramid, looked up and their mouths gaped slightly.

"So much gold!" A dazzling golden light was reflected in the lark's eyes.

On the broad, flat back of the express shrimp, there was a small mountain of glittering gold objects.

When the Express Shrimp saw the Lark's bright eyes, a hint of hesitation appeared in its smiling eyes, and it slowly stopped in its tracks, which was about to pass by the pyramid.

Then, it raised its two enormous pincers and clamped them onto the pile of gold artifacts on its back.

Splash!

A large number of gold artifacts were picked up by its large pincers and placed on the altar stone platform in front of Rorschach and Lark in their astonished gazes.

Then, the Express Shrimp raised its huge pincers again, covered the pile of gold objects on its back, spread out its dozen or so huge limbs, and in the blink of an eye climbed to the top of the rock wall, crashing open another forest passage and disappearing from the two people's sight.

Luo Xia watched the Express Shrimp disappear in a flash, and his cheeks twitched.

This express shrimp actually came to raid the Lord of Sky's lair.

Is this thing really that intelligent?

The lark beside him, however, was captivated by the golden artifacts piled up on the stone platform in front of them.

The giant shrimp's claws are so big that a single pinch can fill a stone platform of over ten square meters.

Many gold artifacts also slipped and fell to the ground.

"This cup is so beautiful. Not only are flowers, plants and trees carved on it, but you can also see many spiral patterns. Is this kind of carving technique really something that has existed for hundreds of years?"

The lark held up a golden cup that she had wiped dust off, and exclaimed in amazement.

Rorschach also picked up a gold dagger inlaid with rubies and held it up to examine it.

The red gemstone was as big as his thumb.

It emitted a hazy, rosy glow in the sunlight, like the sunset at dusk; it was absolutely beautiful.

I wonder if embedding a mask into your body and wearing it would cause you to evolve into the ultimate creature.

Suddenly, he heard another exclamation from the lark.

"Wow! Brother Rorschach, this golden treasure chest looks beautiful too! It's carved with so many cloud patterns on the outside, it's practically a work of art. I wonder what such a precious chest could be used to store."

As she spoke, Lark pried open the clasp on the box.

With a click, she opened the box.

Luo Xia's eyes widened as he looked in this direction.

"This is?"

Chapter 301 Express Shrimp Brings You a Devil Fruit

"This is?"

Rorschach's eyes widened as he looked at the contents of the opened golden treasure chest in Yun Que's hand.

The lark was stunned.

Inside the opened box was a strange fruit covered with cloud-like patterns.

The fruit's shape also resembles the large, floating clouds in the sky.

"Brother Rorschach, could this be a Devil Fruit?"

The lark carefully took out the snow-white fruit that resembled a cloud from the box.

The fruit looked surprisingly fresh, as if it had just been picked from somewhere and placed in the treasure chest not long ago.

But that's simply impossible.

Not to mention that this treasure chest was taken from the Lord of the Sky's lair by the Express Shrimp.

Just by looking at the twisted and deformed clasps on the box, which even a little bit of Lark's strength couldn't open, and the dried mud stuck inside the clasps, you could tell that this box had been in the Lord of the Sky's lair for hundreds of years.

It might take even longer.

"It must be a Devil Fruit. What incredible luck! We actually found a Devil Fruit worth at least 100 million Berries?"

Luo Xia couldn't help but rub his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

Luffy and his crew are pretty lucky in the manga, right?

Even the main characters, during their two-and-a-half-year adventure, did not encounter a single wild Devil Fruit.

Over the past year, he has killed quite a few ability users.

Mig Jones' Sandworm Fruit, Aristotle's Blood-Blood Fruit, Daffylons' Iron-Eating Beast Fruit, and the Copy-Copy Fruit that recently killed Gulliver are all incredibly powerful fruits.

So far, the only reborn fruit he has ever seen is Mig Jones's Sandworm Fruit.

Moreover, it is said that the unlucky guy who ate that sandworm fruit seems to have died again.

And now, he has actually found a Devil Fruit.

He accomplished what even Buggy, with his Conqueror's Haki-level luck, couldn't.

Oh no, it seems to be express-delivered dried shrimp...

Rorschach's lips twitched.

He took the Devil Fruit that resembled a cloud from the equally bewildered Lark, examined it closely, and then smelled it.

It has no taste.

That's just how Devil Fruits are; they don't smell good or bad from the outside.

But it tastes absolutely terrible.

Looking at the Devil Fruit, Rorschach couldn't help but recall the feeling he had when he ate the Kirin Fruit.

He remembered that he chewed the entire Kirin Fruit bit by bit and ate it whole.

I'm a real ruthless person...

Shaking off the jumbled thoughts in his mind, Rorschach handed the cloud-like fruit to Lark.

"Hibari, didn't you see the Devil Fruit encyclopedia at headquarters? Don't you recognize this Devil Fruit?"

While Devil Fruit encyclopedias are valuable, what kind of place is the Marine Headquarters? How could they possibly not have something like that?

Moreover, Hibari is Akainu's daughter.

She might even keep a Devil Fruit encyclopedia on her bedside table in Marineford as a children's book.

Hibari frowned, blinked, and pondered for a long time before counting on his fingers, saying, "I have indeed seen that illustrated book, but the illustrations in it are rather blurry. As for pictures that look similar to this Devil Fruit, I do remember a few."

"How many are there?" Luo Xia was stunned.

"Hmm." Hibari nodded. "It has a Paramecia-type Cotton Candy Fruit, which is also white. Its ability is to create an endless supply of delicious cotton candy, but you need to carry the candy with you at all times unless you can awaken the fruit. Hmm, this is the ability I wanted most when I was a child."

"There's also the Zoan-type Sheep-Sheep Fruit, which transforms you into a sheep."

"There's also the Logia-type Snow-Snow Fruit, which looks similar; it's white."

"There's also the Logia-type Cloud-Cloud Fruit, which allows you to create clouds that exist in nature, such as thunderclouds and rain clouds. It's said that if you develop it enough, you can even create special types of clouds like poison clouds and fire clouds. It's a very versatile fruit ability."

"Cotton Candy Fruit, Sheep-Sheep Fruit, Snow-Snow Fruit, Cloud-Cloud Fruit? Hmm... the difference between the upper and lower limits of these abilities is too big, isn't it?"

After listening to Lark's recollections, Luo Xia suddenly felt a headache coming on.

He originally intended for the lark to eat the fruit.

With Hibari's current strength, if he could obtain a Devil Fruit with a high potential, he should be able to take a big leap forward.

If he awakens Armament Haki then, he will at least be able to become a Vice Admiral-level combatant in the Headquarters.

But what on earth are these cotton candy fruits and sheep fruits?

What if, after eating it, the lark finds that all it can do is make cotton candy with sugar cubes on the Kirin, or turn into a sheep? Wouldn't that be terrible?

The Snow-Snow Fruit should now be in Monet's possession, who is under Doflamingo's command.

As for the Cloud Fruit that Lark mentioned, Rorschach had never heard of it.

However, according to the lark's description, this fruit has the highest growth potential among the four.

And it's not just high, it's exceptionally high.

Seemingly sensing Luo Xia's hesitation, Yun Que seemed to have guessed his thoughts, and felt a surge of joy in her heart.

She smiled sweetly, revealing two dimples: "Brother Luo Xia, don't worry, even if it's a Paramecia-type Cotton Candy Fruit, I won't mind. I loved this fruit the most when I was little."

Luo Xia looked miserable.

I thought to myself, I am indeed worried about you.

But I'm more worried about your elderly father.

The mere thought of feeding Hibari a worthless fruit and then having Akainu unleash a Dark Hound or a Crimson Lotus attack on him sent chills down Rorschach's spine.

"The Sheep Fruit is pretty good too. It allows you to transform into a sheep, saving you the money you would have spent on a wool coat."