Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit and Artificial Fire Dragon

A few prisoners lingering on the verge of death in the laboratory were already hopelessly waiting for their end.

Instead, they were crushed to death by building rubble under the impact of the violent force, truly suffering the most unjust and tragic fate imaginable.

"The Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit, it's mine!"

Luo Ji entered the interior of the research facility, ignoring the poisoned prisoners as he began searching for the storage room next to the detention cells.

If someone like trash Momonosuke could find what he found, how deeply could it really be hidden?

After searching for a long time, Luo Ji finally found the Artificial Devil Fruit protected under an ordinary glass cover.

The glass that Momonosuke could shatter with a tool was smashed open by Luo Ji with a single punch.

The power of a divine dragon, truly mesmerizing, even if it's the flawed pink one.

Luo Ji looked at the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit, a trace of desire welling up in his eyes.

Yet he still suppressed it; a single Artificial Devil Fruit ability seemingly fell short of reaching the awakening realm.

It would also subject Luo Ji to the curse of the sea.

It wasn't worth it!

He was blessed with the super cheat of crossing over, granting him three curse-free and flaw-free rule abilities.

How could he needlessly saddle himself with a fatal weakness?

For all he knows, a dragon he paints in the future could reach Emperor-level strength.

Mind you, Luo Ji didn't even fear Seastone right now.

In the future, he could even fight powerhouse devil fruit users head-on while carrying Seastone.

Just imagine how terrifying that was.

He could forcibly drag enemy ability users into the deep sea with him.

His future lay in being the strongest naval combatant.

"Hehe, Rebecca's pink hair will match a pink dragon quite nicely; the dream of a dragon knight is just around the corner."

Luo Ji's lips suddenly curled into a strange grin. Yamato's white hair matched a white wolf, and Rebecca's pink hair would match a pink dragon.

These were his left and right mythical zoan bodyguards.

Luo Ji strolled around the laboratory, and seeing nothing else worth taking, he left directly, too lazy to bother with the poisoned prisoners.

"Let's see how much poison gas I can pack."

Gazing at the thick purple poison mist all around, Luo Ji summoned a new, massive scroll and scooped the poison gas into it like catching fish.

"Just an extra trick, completely useless against those powerhouses."

After securing a few scrolls of poison gas, Luo Ji lost his drive and planned to leave right away.

Only a dragon roar made Luo Ji look into the distance.

"A Lizard Dragon from Punk Hazard?"

Pondering for a moment, Luo Ji rode the Flying Crane over to investigate.

This artificial giant dragon created by Vegapunk contained a portion of Lunarian Tribe genetic lineage within it, allowing it to adapt to any environment.

Its ability to survive in the poison mist right now was precisely this racial trait at work.

Later on, Akainu Sakazuki and Aokiji Kuzan would battle for ten days and ten nights on Punk Hazard, turning the island into Ice and Fire Island.

This Lizard Dragon would still manage to adapt to those frigid and scorching environments and continue surviving.

However, this Lizard Dragon's intelligence was a bit lacking, making it impossible to train properly.

It had once been sent to Mary Geoise to serve the Celestial Dragons and was given a name by them,

yet because it was too dim-witted and uncontrollable, posing a massive risk of harming the Celestial Dragons, it was ultimately shipped back to Punk Hazard.

"Clever or not, as long as Tama's dango can control it, that's enough."

Luo Ji chuckled. This Lizard Dragon was a fire dragon capable of breathing flames, which should pose no problem for dealing with some hundred-million-beli pirates.

After all, Brownbeard, with an 80 million Beli bounty, had been terrified by this fire dragon and chased around running for his life.

Though Zoro could cut this fire dragon down, this fire dragon possessing a fraction of Lunarian Tribe genes still boasted quite a strong defense, capable of blocking most gunfire and cannon attacks.

Without real strength, one couldn't easily kill this artificial fire dragon that Vegapunk had spent a considerable budget to create.

Roar~

The fire dragon lay bored amidst the poison mist, letting out an occasional bellow.

Within its limited intellect, it obeyed Vegapunk's orders to guard this island.

With no one specifically feeding it, it had to venture out to sea on its own every day to forage for food.

Life was even harder than before.

"Tama, put on the gas-mask suit, get a dango ready, and go greet your new pet."

Luo Ji transmitted a message to Tama in the Scroll World via the Maki Maki no Mi's power.

"A new pet?"

Tama's eyes lit up, and the other crew members began to anticipate what kind of monster it could be.

Would it be a mythical zoan ability user like Komachiyo and Onimaru?

Tama quickly changed into the gas-mask suit, readied a few dangos, and called out to Luo Ji, signaling she was ready.

As Luo Ji opened a crack in the Scroll World, Tama was summoned out by him.

"Is that a dragon?"

When Tama laid eyes on the colossal red giant dragon, her eyes filled with pleasant surprise.

Could this be the giant dragon slain by the Dragon-Slaying Great Swordsman, Shimotsuki Ryuma, back in the day?

"Get the dango ready."

Luo Ji just drew his blade, but thought better of it, feeling there was no need to fight this stupid dragon.

He directly tossed out a massive lump of sea beast meat, stuffed the dango Tama had prepared right into it, and threw it down to the dumb dragon.

The dazed fire dragon saw meat dropping from the sky, as if recalling the comfortable days of being hand-fed in the past.

It sniffed the meat and immediately chomped down, swallowing it whole.

Before long, as a flash of oddity crossed the fire dragon's pupils, Tama's command rang out.

"Stand up!"

With a boom, the seventy-to-eighty-meter giant dragon rose to its feet.

"Fly up!"

At Tama's next command, the fire dragon flapped its wings with all its might. Its hollow carbonaceous bones, nearly as hard as diamond, allowed it to maneuver flexibly even in strong air currents.

"It really flew?"

Luo Ji watched the dopey, plump dragon, having assumed it was too fat to ever get airborne.

Yet it took flight without a hint of reason; truly miraculous stuff.

The fire dragon's saliva was flammable, almost like oil, and its body housed a unique organ that generated combustible gas for breathing fire.

"Let's go! We're going for a dragon ride!"

Luo Ji scooped up Tama and leaped onto the fire dragon, whose tough hide was both fire-resistant and immensely durable.

"Fly out of here!"

At Tama's excited command, the foolish dragon dutifully executed the order, soaring upward.

As they burst through the purple poison mist of Punk Hazard, they once again laid eyes on the outside ocean.

"Tama, make it breathe fire!"

"Okay! Big Dragon, breathe fire!"

At Luo Ji's prompt, Tama began relaying the command, seeing as only she, the ability user master, could forcefully compel these ferocious beasts.

"Roar!"

A massive pillar of fire shot outward, looking quite spectacular.

"It's big all right, but the temperature leaves a bit to be desired."

"Still, a free lizard fire dragon is better than none!"

Luo Ji gauged the fire dragon's offensive power. It was indeed a bit weak, but it would suffice.

"Tama, tell it not to stick its tongue out anymore; it looks way too stupid!"

Luo Ji continued, and Tama dutifully passed along the instruction.

"All right, let everyone out to take a ride on the fire dragon!"

Luo Ji smiled with satisfaction; this goofy dragon was quite effective for showing off and putting on a grand display in front of others.

After all, flying dragons in this world were practically extinct, existing only in legends.

At the very least, many pirates and commoners had never laid eyes on a flying dragon in their lives.