Artificial Azure Dragon Zoan Fruit

Amid the shrill, urgent alarm sound in the laboratory, a figure darted about like a trapped beast that had lost its way.

"Caesar!"

"Caesar!"

The crazed man, whose mind was still in turmoil, searched the institute with bloodshot eyes for the person he hated most.

Lasers fired wildly, setting off explosion after explosion.

This black-haired man, his face filled with killing intent, was named Dongye Huanglong.

His surname was Dongye, his given name Huanglong, and he came from Blue Star China!

Two and a half years ago, while traveling south of the Rainbow, he accidentally ate a poisonous mushroom with strange patterns. It made him see a legendary Chinese divine dragon, and in his excitement, he rushed forward, wanting to touch it.

In the end, that handsome divine dragon suddenly turned into a speeding dump truck and sent Dongye Huanglong straight into the world of One Piece.

Dongye Huanglong would never forget that red dump truck with the shoddy fake plate Chuan Yue · 9527!

After crossing over, before Dongye Huanglong had even had the chance to explore this world, his strange behavior on an island got him arrested as a criminal by a CP Agent in a black suit and sent directly to the laboratories of Punk Hazard.

Over the next two and a half years, he underwent numerous large-scale modification experiments.

Through experiment after experiment filled with pain and despair, he survived through both luck and hardship.

During those two and a half years of modification, Dongye Huanglong learned this world's language from the dead prisoner test subjects, whose graves were already over two and a half meters tall with grass, as well as from the scientists.

Perhaps because Dongye Huanglong, the perfect test subject, was extremely important, Doctor Vegapunk and the other scientists had eagerly taught him as well.

This allowed Dongye Huanglong not only to learn this world's language, but also its writing, even picking up some specialized scientific knowledge and combat techniques.

However, the agonizing experiences and desperate fear of becoming a test subject filled Dongye Huanglong with resentment and rage toward those scientists.

To test the bodily data of Dongye Huanglong, this perfectly surviving specimen, some scientists subjected him to endless torture and pain.

Slashed by blades, stabbed by swords, burned by fire, struck by lightning, riddled with bullets and shells, force-fed every kind of poison...

Therefore, even if Vegapunk and the others had taught Dongye Huanglong a little, he would never forget those bone-deep experiences.

And there was Gorosei Saturn, who had activated his Devil Fruit ability merely because Dongye Huanglong looked at him once, blowing out his right eye.

The hatred of having his eye destroyed was irreconcilable. It would end only with death!

That bastard Caesar was also arrogant and cruel. A few days ago, he had actually conducted two lineage factor experiments on Dongye Huanglong at once. That shocking operation had directly taken Dongye Huanglong's life.

Fortunately, Dongye Huanglong's fate was tough enough, his luck high enough, and his physique special enough. He had miraculously come back to life again!

Having returned from death, Dongye Huanglong wished he could personally slaughter that bastard Caesar!

Now that he had finally regained his freedom, Dongye Huanglong was going to find the scientists who had inflicted endless suffering upon him.

A debt of blood would be repaid with blood, and a grievance with vengeance.

Especially Caesar Clown, that smiling scum who was in truth utterly devoid of humanity.

Seeing the surging purple poison gas filling the corridor, the Lunarian flames on Dongye Huanglong's body burned even more fiercely. He glanced at the pale purple patterns on his body.

Then, without the slightest fear, he walked into the dense purple poison gas.

Dongye Huanglong walked through the purple poisonous mist. The pale purple patterns on his body writhed as though absorbing the gas, making his body feel exceptionally comfortable.

"Is this the lineage factor of Poison Powder?"

Looking at those pale purple patterns, some reason slowly returned to Dongye Huanglong's murderous face, and the scarlet glow in his left eye dimmed.

"It seems that although two and a half years as a lab rat made me suffer and despair, it ultimately made me stronger!"

Dongye Huanglong muttered in a hoarse voice. Whether it was the Lunarian Tribe's extraordinary adaptability or the Poison Powder factor's ability, both allowed him to move freely through poison gas.

"Ah!"

"Save me!!"

"Someone save me!"

Dongye Huanglong strolled through the purple poison gas, constantly trying to control his new abilities while searching the enormous institute for an exit and traces of the scientists.

Along the way, he kept hearing wails and cries for help.

Some guards and researchers had not managed to escape in time and were swallowed by the purple poison gas.

Most of the experimental prisoners locked in the prison cells were poisoned to death on the spot.

Instead, some prisoners confined in sealed laboratories, waiting to undergo all kinds of cruel experiments, had not immediately been affected by the poison gas.

"Bang!!"

Expressionless, Dongye Huanglong kicked away a poisoned guard who had grabbed his ankle and begged for help. He ignored the cries of the other prisoners as well.

"The great poison gas explosion incident at Punk Hazard—I've finally waited for it!"

Dongye Huanglong swiftly searched for a route out of the institute. He wanted to catch Caesar, the evil scientist who had killed him once.

How could he leave a murder debt unavenged!

He just had not expected that Caesar, the one who killed him, had also indirectly saved him. It was Caesar who detonated the poison gas bomb, giving him the chance to escape Punk Hazard.

However, that did not affect Dongye Huanglong's determination to kill Caesar.

If he had not known his life was tough enough, those horrifying modification experiments would have been his death. Like those experimental prisoners, the grass on his grave would already be several meters high.

For more than two years, he had watched one experimental prisoner after another, modified into grotesque forms, die in agony before his eyes.

More than a dozen batches of experimental prisoners, hundreds or even thousands of people—only he had survived.

That despair and terror of facing death time and again had filled even him, a transmigrator, with endless darkness.

Dongye Huanglong walked coldly through the purple poisonous mist, passing guard after guard whose faces had twisted in death from poisoning. After passing several detention rooms and monitoring rooms, he spotted a supply room.

Through the hazy purple poison gas, he suddenly saw a mottled apple locked inside a transparent glass case.

"This... this is the Artificial Azure Dragon Zoan Fruit?"

Dongye Huanglong's gaze sharpened, and he charged inside without another word.

But in the next instant, a massive blast of scorching flame shot at him and violently sent Dongye Huanglong flying.

"Roar!!"

Within the purple poisonous mist, a huge flaming dragon roared. Its dim-witted eyes stared fixedly at Dongye Huanglong, the unfamiliar human whose clothes were in disarray.

"Crash!"

Amid the ruins, Dongye Huanglong pushed aside the broken bricks and shattered walls, rising to his feet as the Lunarian flames on his body blazed fiercely.

"This stupid dragon can actually survive in the poisonous mist too!"

Dongye Huanglong looked coldly at the Red Giant Dragon. As an important test subject at Punk Hazard, how could he not recognize it?

An artificial giant dragon created by Vegapunk!

"Whoosh!"

The modified Laser Beam right eye of Dongye Huanglong flashed, and a terrifying Laser Beam instantly shot toward the artificial giant dragon's head.

Although Dongye Huanglong was merely a test subject, after undergoing so many physical tests, his actual combat experience was no less than that of a pirate with a bounty exceeding one hundred million.

This was also the struggle and effort he had constantly made in order to escape Punk Hazard.

"Bang!"

After firing the laser, Dongye Huanglong stomped a massive crater into the floor and vanished from where he stood. He charged forward at extreme speed, his thick arm swelling several times larger as his enormous fist delivered a savage blow of terrifying power to the artificial giant dragon.

The intellectually deficient artificial giant dragon had its eye instantly blasted apart by the sudden laser. Crying out in pain, it frantically flapped its wings, trying to flee into the air.

Yet just as it took flight, a powerful, heavy fist smashed it viciously back down.

"Brainless trash!"

As though venting his fury, Dongye Huanglong wildly pounded the artificial giant dragon's head, smashing it until blood splattered everywhere and its wails became unending.

The artificial giant dragon struggled desperately, but it could not break free from Dongye Huanglong's terrifying strength.

Dongye Huanglong's berserk violence made it understand who was truly the strongest creature on Punk Hazard!

This artificial giant dragon had extremely low intelligence and could only understand a few simple commands from its creator, Vegapunk.

It had previously been sent to Mary Geoise for the Celestial Dragons to play with.

But because it was too stupid and uncontrollable, it had nearly injured a Celestial Dragon, so it was sent back to Punk Hazard.

If it had even half a brain and could understand human speech, perhaps Dongye Huanglong would have subdued it and ridden it out of Punk Hazard.

"Feels great. I'm so strong!"

Standing in a pool of blood, Dongye Huanglong trembled with excitement. Blood from head to toe had dyed the white lab coat tied around his waist red, and it still dripped with blood.

He excitedly felt the terrifying power of this modified body, completely unlike the usual weakness he experienced after being injected with drugs.

No wonder he was the strongest test subject, one who had even made Vegapunk marvel.

This combat power was even stronger than that of the future Pacifistas.

And the first generation of Pacifistas could deal with Supernovas with bounties of two or three hundred million.

That meant Dongye Huanglong, relying solely on this body's powerful strength, was already no weaker than a Supernova—perhaps even stronger.

If he learned Haki, he could directly rival Great Pirates with bounties above five hundred million!

He leaped down from the dragon's head and gave the dying artificial giant dragon its final blow, punching straight through its skull.

Looking at the giant dragon's corpse, Dongye Huanglong brutally tore off one of its thighs as the Lunarian flames on his body flared explosively.

Before long, Dongye Huanglong hungrily tore into the half-cooked dragon meat still oozing blood.

After eating his fill and recovering most of his strength, he continued toward the supply room, smashed the glass case with one punch, and took the purple apple with circular patterns into his hand.

"Artificial Azure Dragon!"

Holding this Artificial Devil Fruit, a trace of longing appeared in Dongye Huanglong's cold eyes.

In his original world, how desperately he had wanted to become a divine dragon and live freely and unfettered.

That was probably why, after eating the poisonous mushroom, he had mistaken a dump truck for a divine dragon.

Because Dongye Huanglong truly loved dragons. He was genuinely someone who loved dragons, not like Lord Ye, who only loved them in name.

Moreover, during his time as a test subject, he had repeatedly wanted to obtain this artificial fruit and find an opportunity to escape the hell that was Punk Hazard.

For this, he had repeatedly begged Vegapunk, volunteering to become the test subject for this Artificial Devil Fruit.

But in the end, he had not gotten his wish. Vegapunk did not permit anyone to consume this failed product.

Now that Punk Hazard had fallen into chaos, Dongye Huanglong had finally obtained this fruit. Yet instead of feeling the urgency and resolve he had felt before, he now hesitated.

He was unsure how great this Artificial Devil Fruit's potential was, or whether it would affect his future strength.

At the same time, he did not know whether the lineage factors in his body would conflict with a Devil Fruit ability.

But in the next moment, he thought of Queen of Plague and the Seraphim, and his gaze became firm again.

He now needed even more power to take revenge on Caesar and Gorosei Saturn.

One had taken his life, while the other had blown out his right eye!

If he did not avenge this hatred, he would not be human!

Besides, he possessed so many powerful bloodlines. Even if the Artificial Azure Dragon ability had some flaws, they would not matter much. At worst, he could focus solely on physical combat and Haki in the future.

There was another point as well. After undergoing the Lunarian Tribe lineage modification experiment, he had not grown wings or become white-haired and brown-skinned. He had only gained Lunarian adaptive flames.

So now, he needed a flight ability to escape Punk Hazard!

Most importantly, the divine dragon was the totem of his Chinese people.

Whether it was strong was only temporary, but whether it looked cool was forever!

His eyes narrowed. No longer hesitating, he directly bit into the Artificial Azure Dragon Zoan Fruit.

"Ah!!"

"Roar!!"

Dongye Huanglong let out an angry roar as his neck suddenly stretched out and a ferocious dragon head appeared in an instant. His hands transformed into dragon claws, and his feet followed suit.

"Ah! Damn it! They really are pink scales!"

Dongye Huanglong looked at the gaudy pink Dragon Scales covering his body and immediately snapped. They utterly failed to suit the majesty and might of a divine dragon form.

But in the next instant, orange-red Lunarian flames erupted from his dragon body and claws. Purple poisonous patterns spread across the pink Dragon Scales, turning the entire dragon crimson.

As the dragon roared in anger, this Crimson Giant Dragon began expanding dramatically, bursting apart the entire laboratory. Its horns became incomparably sharp, stabbing toward the sky; its fangs lengthened wildly, turning immensely sharp and vicious.

"Could this be... has that failed Ancient Giant lineage modification been reactivated? Then doesn't that mean..."

The Crimson Giant Dragon's body continued expanding, while the immense power of the Ancient Giant Tribe and the Oni race surged forth without end.

"Wahahahaha!!"

A Crimson Divine Dragon over a thousand meters long blew apart the institute and appeared above the Punk Hazard laboratories.

Amid ecstatic, wild laughter, the Crimson Giant Dragon rode purple-red flame clouds into the sky.

Out at sea, the many top scientists who had already evacuated Punk Hazard heard that terrifying dragon roar from aboard the warships. One after another, they stared at the island in shock.