Then, he received another message from Huo Yu.
“See if you can find any mutated wild boars, pheasants, rabbits, or something like that. Their meat tastes better.”
“As for bear paws or whatever, just handle them however you want. It’s not like there are any protection laws to worry about now that spiritual energy has revived.”
“Oh, right, while you’re at it, check if there are any mutated giant pythons in those big mountains. Those taste good too! Even though I’ve never tried them, they’ve got a lot of meat!”
“If it’s on your way, you could also take a look at the sea and see if there are any large mutated sea creatures. Forget about sharks, though. I’ve heard their meat isn’t tasty and is full of waste. Shark fins don’t have much flavor either, so I’m not really used to them.”
“Dolphins are out too. They’re just way too cute.”
“Get plenty, okay? I’ve almost finished the meat you brought last time. Even though you had it delivered, the quantity was too small, so it wasn’t really satisfying.”
The corner of Bai Xuan’s mouth twitched slightly. With all these demands, why don’t you just go yourself?
And you don’t eat things that are cute… but rabbits are cute too, so why are you eating them?
Besides, when did I ever agree to deliver anything to you, hey!
“Sigh.“
He shook his head. What else could he say? He’d send it.
After all, as an employee of the Spiritual Energy Bureau, he had to do something, right? Especially since it was just a matter of convenience.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss.“
The massive black python flicked its forked tongue, its cold gaze fixed on the trembling man before it.
Not far from him lay two unconscious humans.
“Help… Help me!!!“
The man, terrified by the giant beast before him, kept backing away. He accidentally tripped and fell to the ground, his eyes filled with sheer panic and fear.
He screamed for help at the top of his lungs, hoping someone would hear his voice and save him.
Whether it was his voice that startled the giant python or not, the massive serpent coiled its body and shot toward the man like an arrow released from a bow. Its jaws opened wide, and a faint, fishy stench wafted out from within.
“No! Nooo!!!“
The man screamed, then closed his eyes in despair.
“BOOM!“
With a deafening crash, the fate of being swallowed by the giant python that he had expected never came.
Trembling, he opened his eyes. Somehow, a man had appeared in front of him.
And the giant python that had threatened him with death was nowhere to be seen.
He opened his mouth to speak, but then the black python crawled out from the nearby forest. Its cold gaze locked onto the man in front of him, and on its massive body was a sunken footprint.
“You’re still alive? Not bad defense.”
The man in front of him seemed a bit surprised that the black python could withstand one of his attacks. So while I had my eyes closed, this guy already struck the python?
Just as he was thinking that, his eyes suddenly widened. The man before him had somehow pulled out a… spiked club?
Why a spiked club?
Normally, the heroes who show up to save people wield swords, blades, Fangtian Huaji (a type of ancient Chinese polearm), or tasseled spears, right?
At the very least, they’d just use their fists. What’s up with a spiked club?
Other than Kaido from One Piece, the only other characters he’d seen wielding that kind of weapon were bandits in games and TV shows.
“Rumble…“
“CRACK!“
All he heard was a loud crash, and then cracks appeared in the air itself, like a giant spiderweb. The black python, hit by the spiked club, was sent flying. Blood sprayed from its body as it hurtled backward.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss!!!“
“Hiss…“
Though he couldn’t understand the python’s language, he could feel its intense agony.
“BOOM!“
Another loud crash. The black python fell heavily from the sky onto the ground.
It was still alive, but it seemed unable to move.
“Was that the Quake-Quake Fruit just now?!”
“The way the space shattered… there’s no way that wasn’t the Quake-Quake Fruit, right?!”
“Pure vibration powers definitely wouldn’t have that kind of visual effect!”
His eyes went blank, as if he had seen something impossible. And in fact, it was impossible, because that kind of effect shouldn’t appear in reality.
“Could it be that the spiritual energy revival hasn’t just awakened our psychic abilities, but has also created heavenly treasures similar to Devil Fruits?!”
“Or maybe the person who saved me has awakened spatial abilities?”
“No, no, no. If it were spatial abilities, he wouldn’t have been able to send the python flying with a single club strike.”
“Come to think of it, why isn’t he using a naginata? Why a spiked club?”
“A Quake-Quake Fruit version of Thunder Bagua?”
“…”
Bai Xuan had no idea what the man he saved was thinking after seeing his actions. He calmly walked over to the black python, cut off its head, and placed its massive body into his spatial ring.
As for the head?
A flash of fire, and in an instant, the black python’s head turned to ash.
“I didn’t expect to find something so soon after entering the mountains. A pleasant surprise.”
A smile appeared at the corner of Bai Xuan’s mouth. This python, over twenty meters long, far surpassed the size of pythons before the spiritual energy revival.
Even with his big appetite, it would last him quite a few days.
And snakes are great, you know. The gallbladder and heart are both good for the body, especially for a mutated python nourished by spiritual energy.
Come to think of it, aren’t pythons usually found in tropical rainforests and humid subtropical forests? Why would there be a python on a mountain?
Or do some pythons actually live on mountains?
He shook his head. Whatever.
If there are, even better. One giant python, no matter how heavy, wouldn’t be enough to last long.
“Um, excuse me, are you Emperor Kaido?”
Yang Lu rubbed his arms as he approached Bai Xuan, and asked quietly, with a hint of anticipation.
“Huh?”
Bai Xuan was taken aback. Am I Kaido?
What kind of question is that?!
“Oh, no, no, no! Sorry, my mouth just slipped earlier.”
Yang Lu, seeing Bai Xuan’s surprised reaction, snapped back to reality. He had been so shocked by the spiked club and the power of the Quake-Quake Fruit that an image of Kaido wielding that power popped into his head, and he just lost control for a moment.
“Were you using the Quake-Quake Fruit just now with that spiked club?”
After asking, he looked at Bai Xuan expectantly. As a not-so-hardcore One Piece fan, he really hoped Bai Xuan would give him the answer he wanted.
“It’s just ordinary vibration abilities. The fact that I can produce effects similar to Whitebeard’s is just because I’ve developed them to a deep level.”
Bai Xuan said calmly.
And yes, he didn’t know if deep development could actually do that. He just added a layer of special effects to make it look more like the Quake-Quake Fruit.
After all, a special effects artist is a human, humans belong to nature, so naturally, special effects also belong to nature.
“Is that so?”
Yang Lu scratched his head. His grades in school hadn’t been great. Can vibration powers really produce effects like the Quake-Quake Fruit?
“Of course.”
“Well, that’s a shame.”
Upon hearing the answer, a look of disappointment appeared on Yang Lu’s face. Then, looking at Bai Xuan’s spiked club, he asked curiously:
“Do you like Kaido from One Piece?”
“His strength is really impressive. With his Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon-type Devil Fruit, and his powerful three types of Haki, even Luffy had a hard time matching him.”
“I really couldn’t imagine how Luffy was supposed to beat Kaido back then.”
