Location of Heavenly Gold? Pterodactyl!

"Thump!"

Accompanied by the heavy thud of Colonel Aster's corpse hitting the ground.

Luo Yi slowly retracted his right leg, adjusted the mask on his face, and said, "It's been a while since I used it, but it's still good. I haven't gotten rusty."

Yes—as mentioned before, the Six Powers were not really a secret to the Marines.

Any Marine officer above the rank of Lieutenant who had been in headquarters for a few years would have had the chance to learn them, either from other Marine officers or in the training grounds.

The only thing that truly limited the learning of the Six Powers was the extremely high requirement for physical strength in order to learn them.

Once their physical strength met the standard, many people could even comprehend one of the Six Powers on their own.

And clearly, the requirement of physical strength was not a limitation for Luo Yi.

Although the levels of the two Zoan Devil Fruits he possessed were both LV1, the physical enhancement they provided was already enough for him to practice the Six Powers.

So in fact, Luo Yi had already learned four of the Six Powers: Geppo, Rankyaku, Soru, and Tekkai.

While it couldn't be called mastery, he could still use them proficiently.

"Soru is standard for strong fighters, Tekkai is for defense, Geppo is a rare flying ability, and Rankyaku is for ranged attacks. Can't miss out on these."

Muttering to himself, Luo Yi slowly walked up to Manager Mantar's corpse.

Looking at the man's body, folded in three, Luo Yi reached into his pockets.

And then, as expected, he pulled out some things from his pockets.

A few gems of excellent quality and several stacks of ten-thousand-yuan bills were not enough to mesmerize Luo Yi.

"Slurp. Cough, cough, what is this?"

What truly caught his attention, besides the treasure, were two other items.

The first was a set of keys, each with a number on it.

The second was a carefully folded piece of paper.

"The keys are undoubtedly for this treasure—but this piece of paper was stored with the keys."

Curiosity piqued, Luo Yi opened the paper, and then...

"This is..."

His expression suddenly froze.

Afterward, his breathing became somewhat rapid.

Because at this moment, the paper in front of him, once unfolded, was clearly a Sea Chart, with a clear route marked on it.

So, to be precise, this was a 'Route Chart'.

The starting point of the route was Sabaody Archipelago.

Therefore, it was not difficult to guess that this must be Manager Mantar's return route chart after selling those slaves in Sabaody Archipelago.

But herein lay the problem.

As the manager of the Royal Merchant Ship, Manager Mantar's destination should logically be the capital of the Kingdom of Nysmal.

However, the destination on this Route Chart was not the capital of the Kingdom of Nysmal, but another island called 'Arashit Island'.

That island was quite a distance from the capital, even close to the Calm Belt.

So, why was this?

Luo Yi instinctively recalled a piece of information Manager Mantar had mentioned earlier – that these financial statements would be part of the Kingdom of Nysmal's 'Celestial Gold' for this year, and the time for submitting the Celestial Gold was fast approaching.

Therefore, the answer was self-evident.

"Arashit Island, this island. It's the port for storing and transporting the 'Celestial Gold'!"

But just as Luo Yi was internally shocked.

His keen hearing also picked up movement from the Marine Branch above – it was clear that those drunken Marines were gradually waking up.

So, he quickly stuffed the paper back into Manager Mantar's pocket, and then, holding the set of keys, he decisively turned around and began opening the chests.

As the Treasure Chests piled up in the storage room were opened one by one, each chest, as expected, was filled with glittering treasures or piles of Belly.

Luo Yi then unhesitatingly reached out.

As the system operated, treasures and Belly continuously disappeared, replaced by the sounds that kept ringing in Luo Yi's ears.

[Current Belly: 45.23M → 75.30M]

[Current Belly: 75.30M → 110M]

[Current...]

"As expected, all the ways to make money are written in the World Government's constitution."

Looking at the rapidly increasing numbers, Luo Yi couldn't help but sigh.

"No wonder everyone is willing to go out to sea to become Pirates – what's the point of working a job!?"

And just as Luo Yi was sighing for the common folk...

His movements suddenly paused.

Because at this moment, he had noticed a treasure chest in front of him.

"Seastone?"

Looking at the dull, seemingly stone-made treasure chest, Luo Yi immediately judged that this thing should be made of Seastone.

And among the treasures here, something that needed to be stored in a Seastone treasure chest with great fanfare.

"The Devil Fruit the two guys mentioned before is inside!"

Thus, Luo Yi immediately realized this point. He had previously heard Manager Mantar and Colonel Aster mention that the former had obtained a precious Devil Fruit in the Sabaody Archipelago.

So Luo Yi immediately went to the treasure chest, took out the key corresponding to the number plate, and opened it.

Then, as expected, Luo Yi saw a dark blue fruit.

The unique Spiral Pattern of the Sea Secret Treasure clearly encircled the fruit.

And in Luo Yi's ears, the voice of the Fruit Encyclopedia also sounded at the right time.

[Unclaimed Devil Fruit discovered]

[Devil Fruit confirmed as 'Zoan Ancient Zoan: Dragon Dragon Fruit: Pterodactyl Form', parsing and storing into 'Fruit Encyclopedia']

[Please touch the fruit to parse it, current parsing progress: 0%]

Following the system's voice, Luo Yi's expression was stunned.

Not only because this was the first time he had obtained a real Devil Fruit.

More importantly.

"Ancient Zoan?"

Luo Yi had never expected that the fruit he obtained this time would actually be a precious 'Zoan Ancient Zoan' Devil Fruit.

It was said that Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits would give Ability Users much stronger Life Force and physique than normal Zoan fruits.

Across the entire sea, although not comparable to Mythical Zoan or Logia Devil Fruits, they were definitely rare types of Devil Fruits.

Obtaining such a Devil Fruit was naturally a pleasant surprise for Luo Yi.

Therefore, Luo Yi naturally placed his hand on the fruit without hesitation.

The next moment, he saw the fruit begin to dissolve continuously.

At the same time, the 'parsing progress' on the light screen in front of him also began to jump.

In just a few breaths, he saw the fruit disappear into thin air.

In its place

[Fruit parsed successfully, current ability level LV.3]

[LV3: All fruit effects acquired. Can transform into the Ancient Creature 'Wind God Dragon'. Recovery ability and Life Force greatly enhanced. Can freely switch between 'Human Form', 'Beast Form', and 'Human-Beast Form'. Can stir wings to create strong winds.]

[LV4: Fruit deep development. Can stir gales into slashes. Can use stirred gales for super-high-speed movement. Recovery ability and Life Force further enhanced. Requires 2.5 billion/800 million Belly for permanent/temporary unlock.]

[LV5: Fruit Awakening - Ancient Return. Undergoes the unique awakened transformation of Zoan Devil Fruit Ability Users. Flames and clouds will wreathe the body. Life Force and recovery ability reach their peak. Can trigger disaster-level gales. Requires 9 billion/3 billion Belly for permanent/temporary unlock.]