"Bastard!" Count Red stared furiously at the wings that had been reduced to bare bones. Dark crimson vortices surged around him, whipping up a sinister gale, and before everyone's eyes, his wings began healing at a visible speed.
However, Ronglin noticed that while Count Red was channeling his power to heal his wings, many tiny, barely noticeable wrinkles appeared on his face.
Was he trading his youth for power? Ronglin guessed that this had to be one of his Devil Fruit abilities.
In the blink of an eye, Count Red's wings had fully healed, as though they had never been injured. Only, he looked slightly dispirited.
"Haha! That's quite an exaggerated ability!" Ronglin laughed. Looking at Count Red, he gave his hands a slight shake, sending ripples spreading outward. "But if that's all the healing ability you have, then you won't get to taste my blood with just that!"
Count Red was standing not far from Luffy. His enormous leathery wings shot out and fiercely pierced Luffy's body, making Luffy cry out in pain.
Count Red withdrew the wings stained with Luffy's blood and brought them to his mouth. Extending his sharp, thin tongue, he licked the blood. His vitality surged, and his previous weariness vanished at once.
"Hahaha! As expected, the blood of someone with the potential to become a peak powerhouse is incredibly effective!" Count Red cackled madly, his savage gaze turning toward Ronglin. "I can't wait to find out what your blood tastes like!"
"Buzz!"
Count Red's answer was a shrieking shockwave vortex. Ronglin vanished from before his eyes in an instant, and Count Red suddenly felt his body twist out of balance as a tremendous force struck his abdomen, making him double over.
"Urgh!" Ronglin vanished from Count Red's sight in an instant. The next moment,