Chapter 158: Clash on the Sabaody Archipelago
Two boxes appeared in Mio's hands.
"Got it." Looking at one of the boxes, Mio opened it and examined the Devil Fruit inside. The corners of his mouth turned up, and he turned away with satisfaction.
Meanwhile, the slaves on the ship who had been guarding the Devil Fruit suddenly noticed the box was gone, replaced by a regular apple. Terrified, they immediately reported it to the Celestial Dragons.
What followed was, unsurprisingly, the fury of the Celestial Dragons.
However, Mio paid no attention to any of this. After securing the Devil Fruit, he left the area and contacted Mashi and Hei Yan through the Den Den Mushi.
Their rendezvous point was a remote, uninhabited shoreline. At that moment, the three scales protruding from Hei Yan's back pierced through the chests of three pirates. The black scales writhed in the air, having dragged the captives all the way to the shore.
The three pirates were on the brink of death.
They were barely alive.
"My lord," Hei Yan said upon seeing Mio. He immediately whipped his scales, slamming the dying pirates onto the ground in front of Mio for disposal.
Among the Devil Fruits possessed by the three, the one that most caught Mio's attention was the Paramecia-type "Influence Fruit."
To be honest, he already found it intriguing when Hei Yan first described its abilities. But as always, the real value depended on what kind of creature could be cultivated with it.