Chapter 372: "Flash" Embiid
As soon as the Auction House ended, this Pirate left with the Monster Blood.
The Auction House was held at night.
Rapid footsteps echoed in the silence.
In the darkness, greedy gazes fell upon him.
Monster Blood holds a fatal attraction for those who crave greater strength, or for Odd Persons and Wild Beasts who lack mutation factors and are incomplete in their evolution.
At night in Monster Paradise, around the Auction House, Odd Persons and Wild Beasts were hidden.
Similarly, inside the Auction House, some people also wanted to plunder the Monster Blood, while others just wanted to watch the show and witness the effects of the Monster Blood.
In Monster Paradise, the biggest Rule is Typhon; apart from Typhon, there are no fixed Rules.
Therefore, Monster Paradise is actually very chaotic.
Even mutual slaughter among members within the Monster Legion is not uncommon.
The main reason is that everyone in the Monster Legion has drunk Typhon's blood.
Having mutation factors within their body, even if already integrated with themselves, it still has an effect on other Wild Beasts and Odd Persons.
Wild Beasts are the first to show effects.
Wild Beasts who drink Monster Blood, after devouring the corpses of other Wild Beasts and Odd Persons, have a mutation speed far exceeding other members, and this is sustainable.
The Monster Arena came into being precisely because these effects were shown.
The vast majority of those fighting within are Odd Persons from the Monster Legion and Wild Beasts who have drunk Monster Blood.
Wild Beasts eat people, but there are not many Odd Persons willing to eat people.
Bathing in the enemy's blood also has good effects.
Typhon's blood possesses life, especially within these Odd Persons and Wild Beasts whose life and death are controlled by Typhon, their bodies also contain Typhon's Will.
Relying on the instinct for survival, if an Odd Person dies, the mutation factors within their body will instinctively flow along the blood towards their enemy.
The premise is that the opponent possesses mutant blood and Typhon's Will exists.
This means that a Strongman like Garp killing an Odd Person has no effect.
In intense slaughter, the mutant blood contained within the victor's body will only increase.
This is equivalent to drinking more mutant blood, continuously promoting their evolution towards deeper levels and becoming stronger.
This is the result of Typhon's hidden promotion.
He wants to cultivate some Strongmen who rise from obscurity using a method similar to 'raising venomous creatures'.
It can also enhance the overall combat strength of the Monster Legion.
The attacks by Odd Persons and Wild Beasts are also under Typhon's tacit approval.
Using powerful threats to force those who bought Monster Blood to drink the Monster Blood.
To prevent some Factions from conducting auctions under the name of other smaller Factions.
This Pirate does not have a bounty, but being able to possess over twenty million Beli can be considered a skill in the dangerous New World.
In a short time, some Factions have already obtained intelligence about this Pirate.
The Pirate named Embiid is approximately forty years old.
Previously, he was a member of a Pirate Crew whose Captain had a bounty of sixty million Beli.
In the New World, where overall bounties have not increased for a long time, this Pirate Crew can be said to have a certain reputation.
However, half a year ago, he ambushed and killed the First Mate, plundered a batch of the Pirate Crew's treasure, and disappeared without a trace.
Such things are very common on The Great Sea, especially in some weaker Pirate Crews, particularly in the Four Seas, where the Captain lacks absolute authority and strength.
Such betrayal is actually the norm.
This Pirate Crew also issued a five million Beli bounty in the Underworld and the Hunter Guild.
However, five million Beli is too little.
Being able to ambush and kill the Pirate Crew's First Mate also indicates that the Pirate named Embiid is not weak in strength.
Interestingly, after this Pirate plundered a large amount of treasure, he hid in the Pleasure Quarter to enjoy himself.
Due to his excessive speed in a certain aspect, the girls in the Pleasure Quarter nicknamed him "Flash".
This title, for a man, must be said to be an insult.
However, he had money and was a patron of the Pleasure Quarter.
That Pirate Crew never gave up the pursuit of Embiid.
Upon accidentally discovering Embiid's whereabouts, they immediately headed towards the Pleasure Quarter.
It was only after Embiid escaped the Pleasure Quarter that Embiid's 'flattering' title began to spread.
Now, he can be said to have reached a dead end.
Even without the covetousness of these Odd Persons and Monsters, he would still face the pursuit from his "former employer".
In fact, they were already on their way.
For Embiid, aside from a pie falling from the sky and finding a Devil Fruit, the only opportunity was the Monster Blood.
It had the chance to make him stronger, thus overcoming his difficulties.
It must be said that his luck was very good.
His ordinary identity happened to become an experimental subject for various Factions.
Embiid was a smart person and was also conscious of this point.
More importantly, he was now in danger.
"Roar!"
Embiid had only walked a hundred meters out of the Auction House when a massive figure suddenly pounced.
This was a Three-Headed Lion with three heads and a massive body seven meters tall.
It also had considerable fame in Monster Paradise, and some Odd Persons gave it the title "Brutal Lion".
Its heads were abnormally huge, a full three meters long, bringing a great burden to its body.
This was a manifestation of incomplete mutation.
Life's craving for evolution instinctively urged it to seize the Monster Blood, which pulsed like a heart, from Embiid's hand.
The terrifying roar was exceptionally loud, like a sonic boom, as if it would shatter eardrums.
This was already a special talent.
If it continued to evolve, it might transform into a special ability similar to a Devil Fruit.
Substantial sound waves fell upon Embiid's body, bringing immense pressure.
However, he was already prepared and had also made up his mind.
He rolled on the ground, avoiding the claws that were enough to tear his body apart.
At the same time, during this process, he grabbed the pulsing heart and, under the gaze of others' shock, anger, and expectation, swallowed it in one gulp.
The Brutal Lion immediately lunged towards the prey before it.
However, the moment it approached, a terrifying pressure from deep within its bloodline forced it to stop.
Its body trembled as it continuously retreated, its gaze filled with some unwillingness.
There was nothing it could do.
After swallowing Typhon's blood, the will contained within the blood erupted.
Typhon's oppression was absolute, even if it was just his blood.
Typhon's blood was frantically transforming Embiid's body, changing his genes, and eroding Embiid's will.
At this time, no one could interfere with this situation.
Intense pain caused Embiid to nearly lose consciousness, yet the powerful pain jolted him awake.
For Typhon, this was also a special scene.
Because apart from the three Monsters he was secretly cultivating and still nurturing, this was the first time someone had drunk a liter of his blood in one go.
A liter of blood was enough for someone to undergo a perfect transformation without flaws.
The price of twenty-five million Beli was indeed a bit low in Typhon's view, but he did not intervene.
Instead, he let people witness it firsthand.
Meanwhile, Embiid's continuously writhing body was undergoing visible changes during this process.
A Visual Den Den Mushi hidden in the dark had already focused on Embiid's body, intending to fully record the process of his transformation.