Savage Dragon

"Where is this?"

He was surrounded by ruins. The two pirates were gone, and he couldn't even see Loguetown anymore. The deathly silence and unfamiliar environment made Jerry uneasy.

He only remembered placing his hand on the hilt of his sword. Just as he was about to draw it, his consciousness suddenly sank. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived here.

"This is the future of your homeland! Lalalala!" a strange laugh echoed.

He followed the sound and looked up, a pair of vertical pupils, larger than his own body, appeared before him.

It was the Savage Dragon!

Jerry immediately thought of it. This was the remnant soul of the Savage Dragon that his mother's ancestor had slain, and the origin of the sword's name.

"This Dragon smells it, you carry the scent of that man! You are his descendant! Lalalala!"

"I've seen your memories, weakling, you can't protect anything!"

Hundreds of years ago, the Savage Dragon was at its peak strength. Believing itself invincible, it wreaked havoc everywhere, determined to turn the world into its paradise.

It paid no mind to the so-called government or armies, showing a disdainful attitude towards the entire world.

Just then, a man actually appeared who dared to stop it. It initially thought the opponent was just a pretty boy, but who knew that battle would last five days and five nights.

It had never encountered such a powerful man. Their fight was in a stalemate for a long time. It relied on its advantage of flight and its powerful regenerative ability to continuously wear the opponent down.

Until the fifth day, seeing the man kneel on one knee, it lowered its guard due to exhaustion and landed on the ground, which gave him an excellent opportunity.

Even after landing, it remained on high alert, ready to counter the man's surprise attack at any moment, but it still underestimated him.

The man attacked it with extreme speed, and its massive claws slammed towards the man.

It thought that, as always, he would dodge, or their blades and claws would clash, and they would fight fiercely again.

It was wrong. The man did dodge, but he only sidestepped. As he pierced half of its body, he unleashed a peerless sword strike.

That earth-shattering sword energy, even after hundreds of years, it still couldn't forget.

One sword strike, and a hundred years of cultivation vanished. A thousand years of lifespan turned to smoke. How could it not hate?

At the moment of death, its powerful resentment actually transformed it into a vengeful spirit. Although it could only maintain this form for a short time, it still wanted revenge, wanted to destroy everything.

But that man, at the last moment, drew a boundary and imprisoned itself within the sword!

To this day, it couldn't count how many years had passed. It only knew that for a very, very long time, it had finally emerged, and it was the descendant of that man!

"What do you want!"

Jerry had no regrets. He was going to die anyway. It was just a foolish dragon killed by his ancestor!

"See these ruins? This is what your homeland will look like soon. I will make you kill the one you love most with your own hands!"

"This is punishment for your ancestor!"

The Savage Dragon turned into a black smoke and instantly enveloped Jerry's entire body. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't even make a sound.

In reality.

The sky began to darken, and a black smoke flowed out from the scabbard, coiling around Jerry. A terrifying resentment began to spread.

His narrowed eyes suddenly snapped open, revealing a pair of vertical pupils. A sinister smile appeared on his swollen face, making him look incredibly strange.

"Welcome destruction! Lalalala!"

With the scabbard in his left hand and the sword in his right, Jerry let out a long roar to the sky. He had now become the Savage Dragon.

"Could that guy be behind this?"

The sudden change in the weather and a bad premonition caught Smoker's attention. He drove his vehicle towards the darkening sky.

"It seems he's being controlled by that strange sword."

Cifer, who was knowledgeable in some ways, immediately saw the problem.

A grandpa hidden in the sword?

Looking at Jerry, who was covered in black energy and radiating killing intent, Cifer dismissed the idea. It must be some kind of ghoul!

Heard lightning is the bane of darkness? Cifer flashed a mysterious smile.

"30 Million Volts - Raiju!"

At Cifer's instruction, Enel casually summoned the wolf-like thunder beast and sent it towards the Savage Dragon.

"Insignificant ant, even though this Dragon is just a soul right now, you are not worthy of being my enemy!"

The Savage Dragon didn't dodge. Instead, it swung its sword, intending to cleave the thunder wolf. However, the moment the sword touched the thunder wolf, its soul felt as if it were being gnawed by countless beasts, causing unbearable pain.

It collapsed on the ground, convulsing and shouting, confirming Cifer's guess.

"Indeed, some things are meant to counter others!"

Cifer marveled. Judging by its aura alone, this creature's strength surpassed Enel's. Yet, even a casual strike from Enel could make it writhe in agony.

The Savage Dragon glared at the two with eyes full of hatred, panting heavily, as if it wanted to flay them alive.

"Damn it! Ahhh~"

After a roar, it turned around and fled into the distance at extreme speed.

The decisiveness of its choice stunned even Cifer for a moment.

"Ulquiorra, what are you up to?"

After stopping, Smoker saw that nothing had happened here, but Cifer was indeed present, so he could only point his spear at him.

"If you can keep up, come and see!"

Cifer took a light step and disappeared from his sight, followed by a bolt of lightning that also flew into the distance.

"These two bastards!"

Smoker was very unhappy at being ignored. Veins bulged on his forehead as he twisted the throttle and chased after them again.

"What exactly is that human? His ability actually restrains this Dragon's soul!"

The Savage Dragon, which was fleeing continuously, was already sweating profusely. After just one blow, it felt its remnant soul was on the verge of collapse.

It dared not fight any longer; its strength was almost depleted. It had to complete the thing it wanted to do most before its remnant soul dissipated.

At this moment, its target appeared within its sight.

Found it!

How fortunate, those two women were actually approaching it! Jamie was pushing her mother in the wheelchair towards Jerry!

The Savage Dragon's target was Jamie and her mother. It wanted to use this brat's body to kill the person he loved most!

It had originally planned to kill them first and then commit suicide, thus severing that man's bloodline from the world.

But on second thought, making him live in the world worse than death would be the greatest torment for him!

"Savage Dragon!"

When the sky changed, she had guessed that the Savage Dragon had broken free. Seeing the direction it was heading, it was clearly not a Marine branch, so she knew something had happened to Jerry.

So she had her daughter push her out of the house and come in this direction.

"La la la la la! The smell of that man!"

Her bloodline was thicker, and the Savage Dragon's killing intent grew stronger. In the blink of an eye, it had arrived before her.

"Watch closely, brat!"

"No!"

Jerry, who was restrained, struggled desperately to stop the Savage Dragon, but he couldn't break free from its control at all. He could only watch helplessly as the Savage Dragon slowly approached his mother with a knife.

Only then did he feel regret. Why hadn't he just been killed by those two pirates earlier? At least his mother and sister might not have been involved.

At this moment, the Savage Dragon found that the woman was terrifyingly calm. It had a bad premonition.

As expected, when it got close enough, her left hand, hidden behind her back, suddenly splashed forward. Fortunately, it had a premonition and narrowly dodged it.

It looked down and saw a vial of blood. As it fell to the ground, it emitted waves of scorching heat.

How could it not recognize this thing?

It was its own blood!

Dragon Blood! The most potent and yang substance!

That man actually still had a backup plan!

Seeing that the Savage Dragon had dodged the Dragon Blood, the woman felt a surge of despair. This was a method passed down by their ancestors to deal with it. Since it had failed, she had nothing to say.

She only felt sorry for her two children.

Tears streamed down her face.

"Brother, wake up quickly!"

Jamie shielded her mother, and the Savage Dragon raised the long knife in its hand.

Jerry's hoarse cries and desperate attempts to stop it only made it pause for a moment. The blade fell, but stopped an inch from Jamie's forehead.

"Who gave you the confidence to kill someone in front of me?"

A pale hand grasped the blade.