A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

But its abilities—immortality and youth—are simply too tempting.

Next best, Cao Gui wanted the Azure Dragon Fruit, which could grant the user superhuman strength and the abilities of wind, fire, and lightning.

While Kaido's formidable fighting power largely stems from his indestructible physique and overwhelming Haki, the power of this Devil Fruit cannot be ignored.

However, after interacting with those people from Asgard, Cao Gui realized that this was the Marvel universe, and there was no such thing as Domineering Aura here!

This means that elemental nature types are, to some extent, absolutely invincible.

Realizing this, Cao Gui completely abandoned the idea of ​​using mythical beasts; compared to that, natural-type beasts were definitely more appealing!

"System, exchange for Devil Fruits..." Cao Gui slid his finger across the system panel, browsing through the various fruits before finally settling on a blue-white fruit with spiral lightning patterns.

Rumble-Rumble Fruit!

"System, exchange for the Devil Fruit: Rumble-Rumble Fruit!"

[Host, you can exchange for the Devil Fruit: Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which requires 2.5 million merit points. Please confirm.]

"confirm!"

A flash of white light, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit appeared in Cao Gui's hand.

After tossing it around, Cao Gui clicked his tongue in surprise: "This thing is quite heavy..."

After glancing at Gwen beside him, Cao Gui went into the living room. Although there was no danger, he still had to be careful.

"How do you eat this thing?" Cao Gui's face twitched. There was no instruction manual for this thing. The Rumble-Rumble Fruit was about the size of his head. He couldn't just swallow it whole, could he?

After a moment of silence, Cao Gui opened his mouth and took a bite. With a snap, a large hole appeared in the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Cao Gui chewed lightly, and instantly his face turned from white to red, from red to green, and from green to black, displaying a dazzling array of colors.

With a gulp, Cao Gui suppressed his nausea and swallowed the fruit.

"Ugh... Damn it, this tastes awful..." Cao Gui stuck out his tongue, his face contorted in pain.

There are rumors that this thing tastes as bad as Lao Ba's food. Cao Gui doesn't comment on that, since he's never eaten it. But Devil Fruits are definitely the worst thing Cao Gui has ever eaten, bar none.

The moment he bit into it, a rotten smell mixed with the stench of rotten eggs assaulted his senses, the nausea was indescribable. The only saving grace was that the fruit was crisp, which greatly reduced Cao Gui's nausea.

Suppressing his nausea, Cao Gui opened his mouth again and ate the rest of the fruit. He didn't know the difference between eating just one bite and eating it all. What if he became stronger after eating it all?

Think about the characters in the original work: Buggy swallowed the entire Chop-Chop Fruit and became one of the Four Emperors; Luffy ate the entire Gum-Gum Fruit and is about to become the Pirate King.

In contrast, Kaku, Kalifa, and Redfield only managed to take a small bite, and some died or were injured. Cao Gui dared not gamble.

As for Oda's statement that you only need to take the first bite... haha, Oda is just a manga artist, he doesn't know anything about One Piece.

With a few crunching sounds, Cao Gui's eyes bulged out, and he finally swallowed all the Devil Fruits despite feeling nauseous.

"Damn it, thank goodness there's only one of these things to eat, it's absolutely disgusting." Cao Gui licked his lips, his stomach churning.

However, this feeling came and went quickly, and Cao Gui soon calmed down.

"This... this is how I gain abilities?" Cao Gui briefly sensed it, and it seemed that his body hadn't changed much.

Crash!

The thought had barely formed when a burst of electricity suddenly flashed across his fingers. Cao Gui was slightly taken aback. With a thought, his entire arm crackled into blue-white lightning, with tiny electric snakes flickering incessantly. In an instant, it pierced through the coffee table in front of him.

Cao Gui took a deep breath and slowly withdrew his power.

"This feeling... is quite strange..." Cao Gui pondered, stroking his chin. After eating the fruit, he did not feel any physical abnormality; he felt the same as before.

I didn't feel numb all over, nor did I feel any physical discomfort, as if I had taken fake medicine.

Cao Gui could generate electricity whenever he wanted, and he could elementalize his arms whenever he wanted. He just did what he wanted, without any reason or principle behind it.

Once I thought about it, I did it!

"It's truly amazing..." Cao Gui murmured, his eyes flashing with lightning.

"Looks like we need to find a direction for development... We can't let Enel mess things up like in the original work..."

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Chapter 285 Returning to Familiar Places: Los Angeles Reporter Eddie

In the night sky, Cao Gui rode the sphere of clouds and slowly rose, soon flying directly beneath a dark cloud.

"This is my first time doing this... I hope I can be gentle..." Cao Gui looked up at the dark clouds above his head, touched his nose, and felt a little scared.

zizi~

Cao Gui raised one palm, and a bolt of lightning appeared in his hand, with flashing arcs of electricity moving in and out of his palm.

Rumble~

At this moment, thunder began to rumble overhead, which had been completely calm. Cao Gui's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and the arc of electricity in his hand shone brightly.

Boom!

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck down from the dark clouds, hitting Cao Gui squarely on the forehead.

With a loud crack, Cao Gui's black hair stood on end, his fair face turned black, and wisps of smoke rose from his forehead.

"Cough cough... Damn it, so Thor really is afraid of electricity." Cao Gui touched his head, restored his hair to its original state, and the dark color on his face quickly shrank back, turning him back into his previous pale-faced self.

"But it feels pretty good," Cao Gui murmured. He had just summoned lightning from the clouds to strike himself in order to train his domineering aura.

Judging from the effect alone, it's pretty good. The domineering aura is more solid than before, but the feeling of being struck by lightning and feeling intensely hot is indeed not very comfortable.

After briefly determining the method for cultivating Haki, Cao Gui began to familiarize himself with the abilities of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Having just acquired the ability, Cao Gui is not yet very familiar with it and must familiarize himself with it as soon as possible to convert it into his own combat power.

The next morning, Gwen got out of bed but didn't see Cao Gui beside her.

"Where did that dead man go again..." Gwen muttered to herself, got up to wash, and slowly went out to Osborne Building.

New York has gradually begun to return to normal, and of course, adults are the first to return to work.

If these people don't work, how will the Wall Street tycoons reap the profits?

If the harvest isn't harvested, where will the men get the money to squander on their lavish lifestyles?

Therefore, even in danger, work cannot stop, and holidays are only given to students or people from the New York City mayor's government; others do not receive this privilege.

Although Gwen was suspended from school, her thirst for knowledge did not diminish; on the contrary, she continued to study with Dr. Otto.

Of course, Gwen is now full of energy after her mutation. While conducting research with Dr. Otto, Gwen has also taken on some extracurricular tasks, such as...

“Artificial intelligence doesn’t seem too difficult. Maybe we can install it into equipment…” Gwen glanced at the Osborn Group’s artificial intelligence on her phone, pondered for a moment, and an idea popped into her head.

The day's events passed quickly, and Gwen returned to her villa in New Jersey, humming a little tune. As soon as she entered, she saw Cao Gui lying on the sofa playing on his phone.

"Honey, where did you go this morning?" Gwen kissed Cao Gui and asked about what happened that morning.

"Hmm... I'm going to cultivate now." Cao Gui said without looking up from his phone, "You know, when it comes to domineering aura, if you don't advance, you'll regress. You have to cultivate diligently."

"Oh, okay, I'll cook for you." Gwen smiled, not minding at all.

However, when evening came, Gwen finished her shower and came out wrapped in a towel, while Cao Gui remained lying motionless on the sofa.

"Come on, let's go inside."

"Ahem... Gwen, I'd like to sleep on the sofa tonight?" Cao Gui said after a light cough.

Gwen: (??ˇ?ˇ??)

Is this still my husband?

Gwen pinched Cao Gui's cheek to make sure the person in front of her wasn't the "Painted Skin" Cao Gui had told her about, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Honey, what did I do to upset you?" Gwen asked, puzzled.

"How could that be?" Cao Gui said seriously, "You're so good, how could you possibly make me angry?"

In fact, Cao Gui was worried that he would lose control of his abilities when he was excited, so he decided to sleep on the sofa for one night.

Cao Gui remembered seeing a superhero TV series or movie somewhere before, and there was a case like this in it. The woman was an ice-type ability user, and she couldn't control herself when she was doing something intimate with the man.

As a result, the guy... got super excited.

Cao Gui couldn't guarantee that such a thing wouldn't happen to him, so he could only suffer in silence... oh no, he had to endure it all night.

Why did you suddenly decide to sleep on the sofa?

"Uh... I suddenly want to experience what it's like to sleep alone." Cao Gui rubbed his nose. He'd put the Devil Fruit thing aside for now and wait until he could completely control it.

"Okay, I don't know why this is happening, but I'll sleep on the sofa with you." Gwen lowered her head and snuggled into Cao Gui's arms.

Cao Gui: "..."

Isn't this a test for me? Can I withstand such a test...? I have to go through it whether I can or not.

Cao Gui thought to himself dejectedly, "After getting hooked on being struck by lightning during the day, I've been relentlessly honing my domineering aura. By the time I remembered this problem, it was already too late."

It's really too late!

"Cao, let's go out and have fun tomorrow." Gwen tilted her head back and gently kissed Cao Gui's chin.

"Hmm?" Cao Gui asked in confusion, "Why?"

You should ask: Where to go?

"Oh, where to?"

How's Los Angeles?

"why?"

“Because we…we can go whenever we want, there’s no reason why!” Gwen snorted.

Cao Gui touched his nose. Gwen had become suspicious of him because of his inaction today.

"Okay, whatever you say," Cao Gui said.

"Then what are you still lying there for? Get up and pack your things." Gwen said irritably.

The next morning, before dawn, the two took the first flight to Los Angeles for a spontaneous trip.

Cao Gui and his companion returned to the small villa they had bought in Los Angeles.

"Honey, what did you think of?" Gwen smiled as she hugged Cao Gui's waist. She wasn't actually in a hurry, but Cao Gui's behavior made her feel a little uneasy.