Chapter 3: Peculiar Fruit
The early morning sea breeze was a little moist, bringing with it the salty smell of the sea water.
Vlad was lying on the beach, sleeping very peacefully.
"Well!"
Vlad sat up, his eyes looking around with a little lack of spirit.
After a long time, Vlad, who had finally recovered from his low blood sugar state, stood up and stretched. He slowly exhaled a breath of air.
"Wahaha!"
Vlad looked at the vast sea. "Today is also a beautiful day!"
Vlad clenched his left hand. Yesterday, it was twisted abnormally. The swollen left hand had recovered a lot today. Although it still couldn't exert any strength, it might be almost healed in a few more days.
The physique of the people in the world of One Piece was so overbearing and unreasonable. Compared with the people in Vlad's previous life, it was a Heavenly Land.
The people of the world of One Piece could reach the point of smashing the mountain with one punch just by training. For details, according to the heroes of the marine, the iron fist, Garp, they had once knocked down eight mountains to practice boxing.
It could be imagined what the physical body of the people in the world of One Piece had reached. Especially those experts, they were like monsters. Zoro was cut by Hawkeye. In the absence of a ship doctor, he quickly recovered.
Vlad was much stronger than Zoro at that time, and his recovery was also faster. At this time, other than his left hand, Vlad basically had no other injuries on his body.
Vlad clenched his left fist and said to himself, "As expected of the Sweets Four General!"
Vlad recalled the previous battle. He originally thought that Charlotte Snack was only the weakest among the four general. Although he could not be defeated, it should be quite easy to win.
Unexpectedly, the other party quickly used his powerful strength to tell Vlad what it meant to be powerful for decades in the new world. Although he was defeated, it also left a heavy injury to Vlad, such as the injury on his left hand.
Katakuri who was chasing after him was even more terrifying.
As expected of the highest masterpiece of the Charlotte Family, the head of the four generals.
If such a guy was already strong to such an extent, then how strong would the Yonko himself, the Admiral of the Navy, the hero Garp, and even the Whitebeard in his youth be?
Vlad was excited. It was not easy to come to this dream-like world. If he could not have a good fight with these monsters, wouldn't it be too boring? Vlad thought so.
"Well, my body has recovered a lot,"
Vlad said to himself and looked at the deep and dense forest. "What is there to go to the forest?"
Vlad had read many One Piece comics in his previous life. The protagonist of the book was wandering on a deserted island. He would definitely find some heaven-defying devil fruit on the island. What time fruit? The space fruit? Damn it. He also wanted to try his luck.
The forest was really dense. Not to mention the road, even his vision was blocked by tall grass. He did not know how such tall grass could exist in a place covered by tall trees. It was really puzzling.
However, considering that this was a new world and there were too many strange islands, Vlad did not care much.
"En?"
Vlad suddenly turned his head to the side.
"Dong!"
Dong!
Dong!
Heavy footsteps came from the other side, and something huge was running towards them.
"Interesting!"
Vlad grinned.
"Roar!"
A loud roar shook the sky.
Before the main body arrived, a terrifying roar was already heard.
"Boom!"
The trees along the way were pushed down one by one, and the huge creature finally appeared in front of Vlad.
It was a bear, a huge bear, larger than the sea beasts that Vlad had eaten before. The giant bear that stood up was probably as tall as six or seven floors.
The blood red eyes of the big bear covered in blue hair stared at Vlad without moving. The saliva in its mouth that was full of fangs was secreting.
"Hey, you want to eat me?"
Vlad laughed.
"Roar!"
The giant bear roared, and like a small hill, a giant palm slammed towards Vlad.
"Boom!"
The giant bear paw directly slapped a giant bear palm print on the ground, but Vlad was not among them.
"It just so happens that I also want to eat you!"
This sentence was so close that it was too late for the giant bear to turn back. The man was already standing on its tall shoulder.
"Dragon Fist - Dragon Claw!"
The muscles on Vlad's right arm bulged up high like a tight bowstring, containing a terrifying power.
"Bang!"
Vlad's powerful punch landed heavily on the bear's face, making a dull sound. Following that, blood splattered everywhere. The bear's head was sent flying by Vlad's punch. Its broad shoulders were empty.
"Oh la la!"
Vlad landed gently on the ground, a little scared. "Almost, just a little more. Just a little more and I would have been splattered with blood!"
"Boom!"
Only then did the giant bear's tall body fall to the ground and crawl in front of Vlad.
Vlad could not help but lick his lips. He knew that he could have another big meal today.
"Wait a moment, if I am not mistaken!"
Vlad jumped onto the crown of a tree. He placed his right hand on the awning and looked into the distance. "Sure enough, there is indeed an open space there!"
Vlad smiled. "No matter how you look at it, it's too strange. Why is the entire island covered in trees? Is that the empty space?"
Vlad stomped his feet and shot forward, rushing towards the empty space.
The island was not big, and Vlad quickly arrived at the edge of the empty space.
"Ah!"
Vlad was shocked. The temperature here was far higher than other places. This island was obviously a spring island, but the temperature here was far higher than that of the average summer island. It was very strange.
This empty ground was red, and it was obvious that it was not a simple place.
But who was Vlad? He was a person with great skills and courage. How could he be afraid of such a strange scene?
Vlad walked into the empty ground. A shocking heat wave hit him in the face. It was not the temperature of the natural air at all. The temperature of the ground under his feet was even more frightening. Vlad felt that he was standing on the charcoal. It was really hot.
"Humph!"
Vlad groaned. A black light flashed, and his entire body was covered in a layer of black. He activated all the armor on his body. Although this exaggerated style was far less effective when facing enemies, this situation was still very useful.
"I want to see what is so strange about this place!"
Vlad was determined to find out what was going on.
Afterward, he saw a fruit, a banana-like fruit with a strange spiral pattern wrapped around the golden flame.