Today's second update: Chapter 2186! 2/3!
After Blood Luo finished speaking, he did not rush into the next step. Instead, he gave everyone present time to digest what he had said.
Just as he had expected—or perhaps just as the Devil Fruit Tree that had created this artificial Dao Thunder Fruit had expected—the various factions that had originally shown no interest in this artificial fruit were now tempted.
Put simply, if it were merely an Evil Fruit, even an SSS-tier one, then only those from the various races with SS-tier talents/bloodlines or below would be interested. And the one who ultimately won it would not even be an SS-tier talent/bloodline holder from the top races!
Think of it this way. Take a Dragon Descendant of the Dragon Race with an SS-tier bloodline. After obtaining and consuming this artificial Dao Thunder Fruit, his bloodline could indeed rise to another level.
But do not forget that what he would also have to sacrifice was his Dragon Race bloodline!
His bloodline would rise by one level, but the price would be the destruction of his original bloodline. Once his bloodline was crippled, would that dragon still be a dragon?
Furthermore, all the bloodline secret arts he had mastered along his journey had been based on his Dragon Race bloodline. Once his bloodline was crippled, he would no longer be able to use those bloodline secret arts. He would only possess a fruit ability one rank higher while becoming a blank slate himself.
Many people were unwilling to take such a path.
So, with everyone understanding this, the people participating in the bidding for this artificial Dao Thunder Fruit would not be particularly high-end, and naturally, the price would not be very high either.
At most, it would probably sell for several times