Flame-Flame Fruit

Ye Mu felt as if his body had been dropped into a washing machine, churned back and forth, slamming nonstop into everything around him. The pain made him feel like he wanted to die.

"Ugh..."

After who knew how long, the world finally stopped spinning, and his body landed firmly on the ground.

But Ye Mu could not hold back anymore. He lay sprawled on the ground and started vomiting, throwing up all the seafood he had just eaten, along with a stomachful of bitter bile.

Fortunately, even like this, he still had not died. And although there was not a single part of his body that did not hurt, by some miracle, he could still move.

"Looks like this body of mine has pretty good quality!"

One had to know that in the world of pirates, being able to take a beating was a very important skill.

After catching his breath for a bit, Ye Mu crawled to his feet, then nervously felt around inside his clothes.

Luckily, Ye Mu knew how important the Devil Fruit was to him, so even if it killed him, he had not let the Devil Fruit leave his arms.

However, now...

Ye Mu looked at the dim surroundings. He could not see clearly what was around him, but it felt like a cave.

"I should be inside the Lord of the Sky Island's stomach right now."

"What do I do now? How am I supposed to escape from the Lord of the Sky Island's stomach?"

Ye Mu's mind was completely blank. He had no idea what he should do now. Feeling the Devil Fruit still in his arms, he made up his mind.

"Forget it. I'll eat the Devil Fruit first. On one hand, it can fill my stomach, and on the other, it can give me power. Maybe I'll find a way to escape when the time comes."

Once he made up his mind, Ye Mu no longer hesitated. Following the feel of the Devil Fruit in his hand through the darkness, he slowly peeled away the Devil Fruit's pineapple-like skin, then stuffed it into his mouth and chewed slowly.

"Ugh... This is seriously disgusting."

The moment it entered his mouth, there was a feeling like xx, making Ye Mu unable to stop himself from wanting to spit it out. But when he thought that this was a priceless Devil Fruit, and on top of that, his stomach was empty and he was starving, Ye Mu still pinched his nose and wolfed it down.

"Ah..."

After swallowing it all in one go, Ye Mu let out a deep breath as if he had been granted some kind of liberation.

Then he did not dare move again, slowly experiencing the changes inside his body.

Strangely enough, the first thing Ye Mu felt was that his body no longer hurt at all. It was as if he had instantly eaten some immortal pill or miracle medicine; all the injuries and pain throughout his body were immediately healed.

Then there was a restless feeling in his heart. As the fruit went down his throat, a throbbing arose from within his body, as if some kind of power were spreading from his body into every cell, finally about to burst out.

Ye Mu did not restrain that swelling desire.

Boom!

In just an instant, Ye Mu's entire body turned into raging flames, the bright fire illuminating the pitch-black cavern.

"As expected, this is Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit from the original plot! I actually got it! Hahahahahahaha!"

At this moment, Ye Mu was beyond excited. He could not describe the exhilaration in his heart. The sensation coming from his body was simply too miraculous.

Ye Mu could clearly feel that his entire body had turned into flame. Raging fire burned, yet he could not feel even the slightest scorching heat.

But these flames did not last long. He could clearly feel that as the flames burned, his stamina was being rapidly consumed.

Seeing this, Ye Mu understood instantly.

It seemed the strength of a Devil Fruit's ability was definitely tied to the host's stamina.

"No, I can't keep burning through stamina like this. There's nothing to eat inside the Lord of the Sky Island's stomach. If I run out of strength, how am I supposed to escape later?"

Ye Mu began trying to control the flames on his body. Although he could clearly feel that the flames were like a part of his own body, controlling them did not seem to be that easy.

After struggling for four or five minutes, the flames on Ye Mu's body finally all went out, and he turned back into human form.

Luckily, he had controlled it in time, but even so, the stamina he had consumed still left Ye Mu gasping for breath.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Only after resting for quite a while did he recover.

"No, I should get out of here first..."

After the excitement passed, Ye Mu quickly calmed down.

If he stayed inside the Lord of the Sky Island's stomach until his stamina was completely exhausted, he would still die.

So he carefully lit one of his fingers, and by the flame on his fingertip, he looked around.

Unfortunately, the inside of the Lord of the Sky Island's stomach was a complete mess. He had long since lost all sense of direction.

Ye Mu thought for a moment, then followed the Lord of the Sky Island's stomach wall and kept walking in one direction, praying nonstop in his heart as he went.

"God bless me. Let the direction I'm walking be toward the head, not the anus!"

The Lord of the Sky Island seemed to be resting, and its body did not move. This allowed Ye Mu to walk steadily onward. Slowly, he reached the direction of the head, and a ray of light came from the distance.

"Awesome! Sure enough, heaven is protecting me!"

Ye Mu excitedly ran toward the direction the light came from. Just as Ye Mu reached the throat area, the Lord of the Sky Island suddenly began to twitch violently. Ye Mu immediately lost his footing. However, Ye Mu did not want to roll back down, so he grabbed the Lord of the Sky Island's tongue, and then...

After Enel heard Ye Mu's instructions, he had fled in the direction they had entered from. However, to his surprise, after he ran for a few minutes, there was no more movement from the Lord of the Sky Island behind him. A bad feeling immediately arose in Enel's heart.

He really wanted to turn back and take a look, but the moment he thought of the Lord of the Sky Island's enormous body, Enel could not muster up the courage.

"What do I do? What do I do?"

Enel kept asking himself in his heart, his gaze inadvertently flicking to the Devil Fruit in his arms as he remembered what Ye Mu had said to him.

"As long as you eat a Devil Fruit, you can gain superhuman power."

"Maybe, as long as I eat it, I'll have power. Then I can defeat the Lord of the Sky Island."

Enel did not hesitate at all. He picked up the Devil Fruit in his arms and swallowed it. Then he discovered that he now possessed the power to control lightning. That feeling of strength flooding his entire body was simply incredible to Enel, who had always been weak. It also gave him courage, enough for him to dare face the Lord of the Sky Island head-on.

Enel returned to the place where he had encountered the Lord of the Sky Island and found it lying there with its eyes closed, its body coiled as it rested. At the same time, it seemed to be burping.

The sight instantly made Enel burn with rage.

Although he had known Ye Mu for less than half a day, Enel had already felt a trace of acceptance toward this boy from the Blue Sea, who was the same age as him. In particular, the words Ye Mu had said about the two of them becoming good brothers had given Enel, who had always been alone, a warm feeling he had never experienced before—a feeling of no longer being lonely.

The furious Enel manipulated his still-unfamiliar lightning ability and struck at the Lord of the Sky Island's head. Unfortunately, at this moment, Enel could not skillfully control the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power, and the lightning he released was only enough to tickle the Lord of the Sky Island.

Though it was only enough to tickle, it still infuriated the Lord of the Sky Island, who felt its dignity had been violated. It immediately lashed out with its enormous tail, whipping it toward Enel.

At this moment, Enel naturally could not skillfully control the ability to turn into his element. Facing the Lord of the Sky Island's powerful tail, which came at him as fast as lightning, he could only stupidly wait for death to descend...