Chapter 256: Creating Blood Servant

"This is the Seven Waters City, the largest shipbuilding base on the Grand Line!"

A somewhat shabby-looking pirate ship entered the port of Water Seven. On the deck of the pirate ship, a young man with blond hair and curly eyebrows, smoking a cigarette, said with emotion:

"Finally, we can completely refurbish the Golden Merry! If it weren't for your devil fruit ability, Usopp, I think our ship would have fallen apart halfway through."

"Hahahaha, of course. With my Candle Fruit ability, no matter how broken the Golden Merry is, I can repair it!"

Usopp, who still had a spark on his head, stood up and laughed after hearing that. Judging from his current appearance, the development progress of the Candle Fruit was almost catching up with Mr. 3.

When there is no longer any fire on his head, he will have surpassed the original user of the Candle Fruit in development progress.

Mr. 3's development of the Candle Fruit was not bad, but not outstanding either. Usopp was quick-witted, smart, imaginative, and had a certain level of scientific literacy. He was a genius in developing this kind of superhuman devil fruit, which is why he was able to catch up with Mr. 3 in just over a month.

"Don't say any more, I want to eat meat, meat, meat!!"

Luffy's face was full of excitement and he was about to jump down immediately, but at this moment, a panicked sound suddenly came from the dock.

"Run away..."

"It's that person..."

"The blood-sucking demon has appeared..."

I saw those tall and strong guys on the dock with panic-stricken faces. Just from their bulging muscles, their faces roughened by the wind and frost on the sea, and the weapons in their hands, it can be seen that these guys are definitely not good citizens, but pirates.

"What happened to these pirates? Why are they so scared?"

Luffy showed a strange and confused expression, but heard a trembling voice beside him:
"Luffy, don't you usually read the newspaper? Recently, a monster appeared in the first half of the Grand Line and killed countless pirates..."

"It is said that any pirate who sees this blood-sucking demon will die. Now, the number of pirates who have died at his hands has exceeded ten thousand!"

"Let's leave quickly! Uuuuu, Captain Usopp has a disease that will kill him if he sees a vampire demon..."

Usopp's legs were trembling and sweat was pouring down his forehead at this moment. He almost fainted on the ground. However, when he took a look at the three main forces of the Straw Hat Pirates, he suddenly felt dizzy.

Luffy's clear eyes, which were not tainted by knowledge at all, now revealed a bit of husky-like curiosity.

Zoro, who was half asleep, opened his eyes and showed interest in fighting.

Even Sanji, who is usually not very warlike, looked eager to try.

"A blood-sucking demon... should be some kind of devil fruit user... hehe, quite interesting!"

"The devil fruit that can suck blood, could it be a vampire bat? Or a blood fruit?"

"No matter who it is, we can just knock him away, right?!"

The trio talked among themselves, their eyes filled with the courage to do big things - compared to the original work, because they failed to defeat Crocodile, the Straw Hat Pirates are still an unknown existence in the Grand Line, and the three of them all want to improve their own fame.

However, the Straw Hat Pirates have a very high personal moral bottom line. When they encounter the navy, they usually run away directly and will not massacre civilians. Under normal circumstances, nothing will happen, and it is actually difficult to increase their own bounty.

Now that they had heard about this strange blood-sucking demon that had killed so many pirates, the three of them couldn't help but want to give it a try.

At this moment, a blood mist floated over from the distance of the dock. Countless red bats spewed out from the blood mist and pounced towards the pirates below.

"Don't come near me! Damn monster! Aaaah!"

"I can't run away! I have to fight these bats--Uh uh huh!!"

Some of the confused pirates turned back to attack, some simply fled, and some even jumped into the sea. However, the sky was covered with bats. Under the bloody light, each bat pierced through the body of a pirate, and then those strong pirates turned into mummies.

"It seems that he is not easy to deal with..."

"What kind of devil fruit ability is it? Or some strange animal?"

Cold sweat ran down Sanji's forehead, Zoro held his weapon tightly, and even the Straw Hat Boy, who was known for his carelessness, showed a rare cautious expression.

A moment later, only the dried corpses of the pirates were left on the dock. Even the pirates who escaped into the sea were chased by the blood-colored bats that dived into the sea, and their straw-like corpses floated on the sea surface.

"It's so miserable..."

Looking at the pirates floating on the sea like dead tree trunks, Luffy couldn't help but speak. At this moment, blood-colored bats gathered towards the center frantically, like a blood-colored whirlwind. After a moment, Uchiha Feiyu's figure walked out of the whirlwind.

However, compared to before, Uchiha Feiyu's appearance has changed a little after he possessed the vampire fruit, and he has a mysterious and dark temperament.

"Hey! Usopp, doesn't this guy look a bit like your creditor?"

Luffy looked at Uchiha Feiyu whose image had changed a lot, scratched his head and asked.

As for the creditor... don't forget that Usopp obtained the ability of the devil fruit given by Uchiha Feiyu, and the candle fruit can be sold at an auction for hundreds of millions of Baileys!
Although Uchiha Hiha stole the Golden Merry and took Usopp with her, the Straw Hat Pirates have now taken the Golden Merry back, and Usopp was not abused. So theoretically speaking, the Straw Hat Pirates, or at least Usopp, definitely owed Uchiha Hiha.

“Yes, yes, yes… It’s Uchiha Touha! It’s… It’s… It’s… It’s… It’s all over!! That scary guy is here!! Luffy, you’ve ruined my life!!”

Usopp is not as face-blind as Luffy. He could tell at a glance that although the change was great, it was indeed Uchiha Feiyu himself. When he thought of the consequences of his sneaking away and Uchiha Feiyu's ruthlessness in killing people, his eyes rolled back and he softened like a noodle. "Captain, you were seriously injured by that guy last time!"

Zoro stood beside Luffy, holding the long sword in his hand. When they were in Alabasta, the Straw Hat Pirates had cooperated with the resistance there in order to retrieve Usopp.

Then Zoro kept getting lost and disconnected until he met Sanji who was carrying the seriously injured Luffy. Only then did he realize that the war was over and the resistance army had gone back to their homes and looked for their mothers.

Sanji doesn't like fighting very much, and he has the most common sense among the three. When the nobles seized the achievements of the resistance army, he felt something was wrong, so he simply ran away to be a logistics cook. In the end, Luffy was the only one who was unlucky. If it weren't for Ace, he would have died in Alabasta.

After Ace rescued Luffy, he handed Luffy over to Sanji. Then when Sanji was taking Luffy to recuperate, he met Zoro. The three of them stayed in Alabasta for a while. Just as Uchiha Feiyu left, Usopp met them by chance. He and the three of them took back the Golden Merry and ran away.

"Well...I was beaten really badly last time!"

Luffy nodded, looking at the hideous centipede-like scar on one of his arms - that was the most serious injury he had ever suffered since he was born. Facing his opponent, he was killed instantly without any resistance.

"It turns out it's you..."

At this moment, a faint voice was heard, and Uchiha Feiyu's figure flashed, and he was already standing on the deck of the Golden Merry.

"So fast!!"

Zoro drew his two swords and cold sweat dripped down his forehead. Sanji even bit off the cigarette in his mouth and a look of fear appeared on his face.

This speed has exceeded their nerve reflexes and dynamic vision, and it felt like Uchiha Feiyu had teleported directly to the deck.

"Want a fight?! Batman!!"

Luffy immediately stood in front of Uchiha Feiyu and clenched his fists - although he was beaten badly last time, the Straw Hat Boy was the kind of person who only cared about food and not about beatings, so it was impossible for him to just admit defeat.

Then with three loud bangs, Luffy and the other two flew backwards and fell on the deck.

"How rude! I beat you up last time, and now you still can't remember my name?"

Uchiha Feiyu shook his hands, and then the three people on the deck screamed at the same time. A large amount of blood was drawn out and fell into Uchiha Feiyu's hands.

As the blood was drawn, the trio aged rapidly and soon looked listless. At this moment, a voice came from Uchiha Feiyu's ear:
"Must kill, Gunpowder Star!"

The shining bullet hit Uchiha Feiyu. Uchiha Feiyu glanced at it, stretched out his hand and flicked it lightly. The bullet flew back and hit Usopp who was holding a slingshot. With a loud bang, Usopp flew backwards.

"You have used the power of the Candle Fruit well. It seems that you will be able to digest the power of this devil fruit soon."

Uchiha Feiyu chuckled and said, Usopp, who fell to the ground, got up tremblingly. In fact, he was not injured, but just frightened. The power of the gunpowder star just now was all blocked by the layer of candle armor on his body.

At the same time, Uchiha Feiyu stretched out his hand and flicked it. There was a dong sound, like the sound of a bell. Usopp flew backwards and fell into the sea with a splash.

With the light candle armor on his body, Usopp would not drown, but he would just fall into the sea. As a devil fruit user, he would not be able to climb out by himself.

At this time, Uchiha Feiyu looked at the Straw Hat trio lying on the ground again, with a smile on his face:
"I have never tried the function of creating vampire servants. This time I will use you three as experimental subjects!"

After the vampire fruit evolved, it had the ability to create blood servants, but this kind of creation obviously could not be unlimited. Without affecting his own strength, Uchiha Feiyu could only create seven or eight blood servants at most.

Therefore, Uchiha Feiyu naturally has to be more cautious and at least select some guys with outstanding potential, otherwise he would be wasting his own abilities.

The blood servants created are roughly equivalent to the lower-level vampire fruit, and are even stronger than ordinary animal-type devil fruits. At least their recovery ability is stronger than that of ordinary animal-type devil fruits.

It also possesses two abilities: blood curse and bat transformation. One is almost equivalent to an animal-type transformation, and the other is a lower-level ability of blood manipulation, which can make the opponent's wounds bleed profusely and unable to heal.

And because he is not a Devil Fruit user, he is not afraid of the power of sea water. But at the same time, he also has his own unique shortcomings.

The first is the side effect of the blood curse. One must drink a certain amount of blood every day, otherwise he will go crazy and attack randomly. The second is the fear of the power of the sun. If he stays in the sun for more than five minutes, he will feel constant pain.

Of course the most important thing is that they will still be controlled to a certain extent by the user of the vampire fruit. Although it cannot be said that they are completely manipulated, they are like a toy in the hands of the user of the childish fruit, and they can only resist in their hearts.

The blood in Uchiha Feiyu's hand coagulated into a ball. At the same time, he opened his mouth, revealing two sharp canine teeth. Three drops of ruby-like blood dripped from the canine teeth and fell into the blood ball in his hand. Then Uchiha Feiyu clapped his hands, and the blood ball returned to the bodies of the Straw Hat trio.

The Straw Hat trio, who were originally old and dying, recovered after the blood returned to their bodies. Their aura was even stronger than before. It was obvious that they had gained some of the power of vampires and their strength increased a lot.

Ignoring the Straw Hat Trio who were starting to recover, Uchiha Feiyu turned into a ball of blood light and disappeared from the deck.

The killing during this period not only increased Uchiha Feiyu's strength, but also provided his main body with a lot of sacrifices and mana. The reputation of the blood-sucking demon that resounded throughout the first half of the Grand Line also allowed his devil fruit ability to be further improved. At least the easiest blood transformation ability has been developed by him.

For Uchiha Feiyu, blood transformation is not just a simulation of the natural elemental ability - in fact, the bat incarnation can do something similar. Although it is not like the real natural elemental ability that is completely immune to physical attacks, it is no different from elemental ability in the hands of a strong observer.

The most important thing is that after being able to truly transform into blood, some blood nerve methods can be used, such as the current blood escape, which is not much worse than the Thunder and Flash fruit in terms of speed.

"Damn it...what did that guy do to us?"

"Don't worry about that for now, let's get Usopp out of the water first... Also, let's leave after we repair the ship..."

After recovering, the Straw Hat Trio got up immediately. However, no matter how brave Luffy was or how much Zoro wanted to face the challenge, they were discouraged and had no desire to fight in this situation.

(End of this chapter)