Pirate: Demon General

Chapter 9 Devil Fruit
A terrifying roar suddenly came from the depths of the forest, and Luo Lan's expression changed instantly.

Just hearing this roar, Luo Lan knew that the owner of that voice was not a simple person.

As for the ordinary big tiger, after hearing this roar, it immediately bit its broken paw and ran for its life.

In this forest, the law of the jungle is fully interpreted to the extreme.

A tiger that poses a huge threat to ordinary people outside is just a kitten at the mercy of others.

Luo Lan didn't care about the big tiger's departure, because that kind of opponent was no challenge to him at all.

Since he was here to practice, the opponents he faced were naturally those beasts that were evenly matched to him, or slightly stronger than him, so what's the matter with bullying this kind of kitten?

Holding the knife in one hand, Luo Lan was ready to fight, and his heart was beating rapidly.

It didn't take long before he felt an overwhelming momentum coming towards him.

In the forest ahead, those towering giant trees kept falling down, as if a huge monster was coming over.

The violent roar is also constantly ringing.

"coming."

Luo Lan concentrated his attention, and with his slightly squinted eyes, he instantly saw the strange beasts behind the felled giant tree.

It was a big emerald green praying mantis, as tall as two Luo Lans. It might not be a big deal in the entire Pirate World, but to Luo Lans, it was indeed a colossal monster.

A pair of huge scythe-like pliers were extremely sharp, and with one strike, those giant trees that had grown for an unknown number of years were cut off in the middle.

With big scarlet eyes open, he was extremely violent at first glance, as if he was extremely angry.

"It's still a praying mantis. It seems that I can sharpen my sword skills."

Facing this enemy that even a big tiger could only run away on the wind, Luo Lan showed a confident smile.

These five years of practice have made his swordsmanship level higher than the basic measurements, which is the source of his self-confidence.

The mantis' attack was swift and fierce, almost the moment it saw Luo Lan, it jumped into the air and attacked Luo Lan.

The sharp pincers slashed at Luo Lan, like a powerful swordsman.

But Luo Lan knew that this was just its pure reaction. It might have a hint of swordsmanship, but it was not true swordsmanship.

"Let me have a good fight!"

Luo Lan held Nara in his hand and greeted him with a knife.

In an instant, sparks flew.

When he slashed against Nara, one of the fifty craftsmen of the good and fast swords at the pinnacle of human craftsmanship, the pliers of the praying mantis did not suffer a single bit of damage, but sparks collided with Nara instead.

It made Luo Lan raise his opinion of this praying mantis again, and made him even more happy.

This is the battle he longs for, how can he become stronger without going through this kind of battle.

The sea is so big, I still want to look around.

Pulling out the knife to block the other pincer of the mantis, Luo Lan's five senses were raised to the extreme at this moment.

Seeing all directions and listening to all directions, this is the portrayal of Luo Lan now.

Hearing the sharp wind whistling past, Luo Lan immediately bent his legs slightly, dodging the scalp-grazing attack.

For a while, sparks flew in the forest, and the sound of metal clashing was endless.

As time went by, Luo Lan's movements became more and more proficient, and he fully integrated the sword skills he learned into actual combat.

Compared with Luo Lan, this praying mantis was not so comfortable.

In the beginning, he was able to fight against Luo Lan, but as Luo Lan became more familiar with real combat, Mantis gradually fell into a disadvantage.

But for this kind of wild beast, there is no other thought in his mind except fighting, let alone the thought of running for his life if he can't beat it.

Therefore, after falling into a disadvantage, Mantis did not try to escape like the big tiger, but was still looking for a chance to kill Luo Lan.

"It's time to end this battle."

Luo Lan's joy gradually disappeared as his strength improved. This praying mantis was no longer his opponent, so there was no need to continue fighting.

"One knife flow, Yunche."

Luo Lan took a step forward and swung the saber with all his strength. Following a flash of white light, Luo Lan appeared behind the mantis.

This knife cut off the lazy waist of the mantis directly.

Before dying, this praying mantis was still thinking about chopping Luo Lan with its huge pincers.

The battle ended with the death of the mantis. Luo Lan quickly left here while sheathing the knife.

He came to this forest immediately after training, and he was a little tired from the battle just now, so he planned to find a place to rest before leaving, and then continue to go deeper into the forest.

Walking all the way to the depths of the forest, Luo Lan saw countless bones.

Those bones were the biggest, just a single rib was as big as Luo Lan's now, but such a colossus still died on the outskirts of the forest.

This made Luo Lan a little startled, but even more excited.

But for the rest of the trip, Luo Lan didn't know whether he was lucky or unlucky, and he didn't see a single beast along the way.

Until night fell, Luo Lan found a cave, but did not encounter any other strange beasts.

This is a cave with a very large entrance. According to the ratio of the praying mantis just now, even if it is twice as large, it will not affect the mantis' entry in the slightest.

So Luo Lan became vigilant and held the knife handle to ensure that he could draw the knife to deal with the danger at the first moment.

Cautiously entering the cave, Luo Lan suddenly saw a faint light flickering, as if there were fireflies there.

As the dim light came on, Luo Lan's eyes suddenly stopped, as if he had seen some incredible existence.

"That's it, devil fruit?"

Luo Lan looked at the stone platform in the middle of those shimmering lights, a fruit like a cantaloupe with strange patterns lying there quietly.

"Is this a specialty of the One Piece world?"

Luo Lan didn't relax his vigilance and continued to move forward, taking a closer look at the fruit.

"Ding, special item found, scanning."

"Ding, the scan is complete, the item is the devil form in the human fruit of the animal department."

"Animal, human fruit? Devil form?"

Luo Lan is no stranger to this kind of statement. According to the setting in the previous anime, he knows of two people who own the Fruit of Everyone, one is Chopper and the other is Sengoku.

But why did he discover that he was in the form of a demon?
Do you have a relationship with the devil?

However, Luo Lan didn't think too much, seeing that there was no danger around, he ran out of the cave with the Devil Fruit and rushed towards the palace.

For this trip, he originally planned to stay in the forest for a few more days before going back.

But now that he found the Devil Fruit, Luo Lan still planned to go back and ask the Golden Lion for his opinion.

After all, regarding this kind of thing, Luo Lan didn't know how to choose.

Eating a devil fruit means that you have special abilities, but relatively you will become a landlubber, an outcast of the sea.

But if you don't eat the fruit, there is also the existence of Hawkeye Karp who can climb to the top of the world by virtue of his own strength.

"Where is Mr. Shiji?"

Back at the entrance of the palace, Luo Lan looked at the guarded pirates and asked.

"Over there in the collection room."

The pirate immediately replied respectfully.

Luo Lan nodded, and ran towards the storage room with the devil fruit in his arms.

Because the golden lion brought him here once before, Luo Lan knew how to get there.

　Let’s update one chapter first, it’s like making up for yesterday’s update, go to the hospital in the afternoon, if there’s nothing wrong, we’ll make up for yesterday’s update at night, if there’s nothing wrong, we’ll make up for yesterday’s update first, and owe yesterday’s first.

　　
　
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