After a few more days, Fang Huo and his group finally found Shui Gu Town, an abandoned town shrouded in gray mist.
"I didn't expect it to be an ancient town!"
Rocks, having landed on the island, saw the ancient text within the town's ruins, a flash of brilliance crossing his eyes.
A Devil Fruit hidden within ancient ruins shouldn't be anything simple, right?
It's a pity that guy Fang Huo didn't reveal the true name of this Devil Fruit at all.
It was as if he was worried he would snatch it.
As long as it wasn't the Sun God Nika Fruit or the Dark-Dark Fruit, Rocks wouldn't even deign to eat it, alright?
That little guy Fang Huo is just measuring the stature of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!
"The ruins are so big, where are we supposed to look?"
Looking at the dim surroundings, Babel felt like it had a Thriller Bark vibe.
"To the main castle!"
Seven Soul Fires floated on Fang Huo's shoulders, while the moonlight gu had returned to being his crescent moon mark, and the Gravity Gu had turned into the tiger-shaped mark on his arm.
He intended to use the Soul Fire's ability to sense Devil Fruits and ability users to find the Vampire fruit.
"Newgate, stay away from me for a while."
"After all, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit Ability on you is also very attractive to my Soul Fire!"
Fang Huo's Soul Fire would instinctively crave the Devil Fruit ability users around him, and even Fang Huo himself couldn't control this instinct.
"I hope you fill up your Soul Fire soon; I don't want to be coveted by you every day. This feeling is very unpleasant."
Newgate raised an eyebrow and chose to just stay on the ship and guard it.
"Hehe, don't worry, we're good brothers, why would I lay a hand on you!"
Fang Huo spread his hands and smiled, deftly flying toward the center of Shui Gu Town on the island, his seven Soul Fires sensing the subtle Devil's will and laws around him.
Rocks became interested in the ancient text on the island, and he asked Sanbel to help make rubbings of these ancient characters.
He planned to take them back to God Valley to study.
Meanwhile, Babel was responsible for protecting Fang Huo, just in case any accidents happened to him.
Even though Fang Huo now possessed the Moonlight Ability and Gravity Ability, he still wasn't considered a master yet!
"first mate, can I become the strongest Fishman to ever shake the seas in the future?"
Deep down, Babel also wanted to get ahead and become the most famous big shot on Fish-Man Island.
After plundering enough treasure, he would go back to the upper district of Fish-Man Island to buy a mansion and settle down.
"No problem at all! You will become one of the high-level Executives of the world's number one pirate crew."
Floating in the air, Fang Huo extended his seven Soul Fires to their maximum range from his body, sensing the Vampire fruit.
"I will definitely become the biggest big shot on Fish-Man Island, second only to the royal family!"
Like commoners of other races, Babel regarded the royal family as an insurmountable class.
"Why only second to the royal family?"
"If you don't even dare to surpass the royal family, how can you dare to go against the Celestial Dragons?"
Fang Huo smiled faintly; it seemed this big Fishman's ambition still wasn't bold enough.
"Er..."
Babel was speechless. If not for the appearance of the Rocks Pirates, his lifelong wish might have just been to become an upper-class person on Fish-Man Island, enjoying warm sunlight and plenty of food.
As Fang Huo and the others arrived at the Gothic main castle in the center of the town, Fang Huo's Soul Fires quickly became agitated.
It was as if some power was attracting them.
"You need to decipher the ancient text to find the Devil Fruit!"
"Doesn't that mean this fruit has been sealed for over eight hundred years?"
Rocks frowned; the Devil Fruit Fang Huo was looking for seemed to far exceed his imagination.
What kind of evil ability would be worth sealing like this?
"Can a Devil Fruit be kept for hundreds of years? Won't it rot?"
Sanbel had never seen a Devil Fruit and thought it was similar to ordinary fruit.
Even if it lasted longer than normal fruit, it shouldn't be able to last for hundreds of years, right?
And aren't there insects that eat Devil Fruits?
"Once it becomes a Devil Fruit, it won't rot, but the flesh of a Devil Fruit has a rotten, disgusting taste; I hear it tastes as bad as shit."
"Maybe it's the Devil Fruit ability that makes the flesh spoil."
Rocks laughed. He had seen many records and heard descriptions from those ability users, and all of them said Devil Fruits were extremely disgusting.
That guy Fang Huo used Soul Fire to fuse with the Devil ability and even skipped the step of eating the Devil Fruit; he got off easy.
Fang Huo ignored the others and focused on sensing.
He drew the seven star demon sword and carefully hacked through every old wall and stone altar that might have sealed the Devil Fruit.
Fang Huo knew the Vampire was hidden within the ruins of this ancient castle.
Even if he had to tear down the entire castle, he would find the Vampire fruit!
"Damn it! I don't believe I can't find you just because I can't read the ancient text!"
After searching for most of the day, Fang Huo, in a fit of anger, activated his Gravity Fruit ability and made the entire castle float!
He tore it apart bit by bit, using his Soul Fire to sense it inch by inch!
"The first mate's ability is so strong!"
Sanbel watched the floating castle, a flash of envy in his eyes.
However, between having a Devil Fruit ability and becoming a hammer, he still chose not to eat a fruit.
After all, all his skills relied on Fishman Jujutsu and Fishman Karate; if he became a hammer, he would have to start from scratch.
Another full day passed.
Fang Huo had almost torn down more than half of the ancient castle, and his Soul Fire finally emitted an excited, craving emotion.
One Soul Fire after another rushed into a gap.
"Did you find it?"
Rocks perked up; he wanted to know what this Devil Fruit ability was.
As long as it wasn't the Sun God Nika Fruit or the Dark-Dark Fruit, it was fine.
If Fang Huo dared to lie to him, he would have to seriously reconsider his partnership with Fang Huo.
Before Fang Huo could continue hacking at the wall, a dark red bat and six white Soul Fires flew back.
"It fused so quickly!"
Fang Huo smiled easily. He hadn't even seen the Vampire fruit, yet one of the Soul Fires had already completed its consumption and fusion.
This efficiency was too high.
Fang Huo liked it very much!
"A bat?"
Rocks quickly saw the Soul Fire that had changed and rapidly searched for the corresponding ability in the devil fruit encyclopedia in his mind.
Given how much Fang Huo valued it, plus the sealing in the ancient ruins.
This definitely wasn't any ordinary or ancient species of bat fruit ability.
It should be some Mythical Zoan Type or Paramecia Type ability.
The Paramecia Type Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability seemed to be able to manifest the appearance of bats too.
"Ability acquired, let's go!"
Fang Huo dropped the castle ruins and floated out. The Vampire bat rushed into Fang Huo's body, forming a bat mark on his chest.
The next moment, a pair of demonic bat wings appeared on Fang Huo's back, and even his teeth grew longer.
"What kind of ability is this?"
"Zoan Type, Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Vampire Model!"
Amidst the questions from Rocks and Babel, Fang Huo did not hide this ability.
"It's actually this ability?"
Rocks' eyes narrowed. Didn't that mean Fang Huo could already maintain eternal youth?
No wonder this stinky brat valued this Mythical Zoan Type ability so much.
He wasn't even willing to go recruit Gangster Shiki first.
It turned out he was really worried that someone would covet this Devil Fruit!