Vladimir walked over slowly, saying in a calm tone.
"Damn it!" The White Emperor roared, "I surrender! Vladimir, I surrender! Quickly extinguish the flames!"
"Extinguish them? Why should I extinguish them?" Vladimir said calmly, looking at the constantly wailing White Emperor with a composed expression, "You took on the title of Emperor, and that alone is a crime deserving of death. I gave you a chance, if you could defeat me, I would spare your lives."
Of course, that was impossible.
Unless two Yonko-level powerhouses attacked him at the same time, it was almost impossible to win against him. The Shadow Body alone was enough to give his opponents a headache.
Perhaps knowing that he was already doomed, the White Emperor Gloria stopped begging for mercy, and instead laughed wildly.
"I admit defeat! Pirates on this crazy sea are bound to die one day! Either they're caught by the Navy and imprisoned for life, or they're destroyed by other powerful pirate crews, or even worse, they encounter the unpredictable natural forces of the New World... Vladimir, you'll die too! I'll be waiting for you in hell!!"
After a shrill roar, the White Emperor's voice gradually faded away. He lay on the ground like a corpse, unmoving.
The Amaterasu continued to burn, and wouldn't be extinguished until his corpse was burned to ashes.
A great pirate with the strength of an Admiral died in such a pathetic way.
Vladimir looked on calmly. He had no interest in desecrating the corpse, and after confirming that the other party had lost all signs of life, he used his Sharingan to retract the Amaterasu flames.
Not far away, Patrick was drenched in cold sweat from fear.
This kind of unpredictable attack, like killing someone with a glance, was truly shocking.
He couldn't understand how the Amaterasu flames appeared, he only knew that Vladimir looked at the other party, and the White Emperor began to spontaneously combust.
All of his escape plans had been perfect. Even Whitebeard would probably find it difficult to stop a White Emperor who was determined to escape.
However, standing here was the captain of the Phantom, the leader of a group of monsters!
"You're the only one left..."
Suddenly, Vladimir turned to face Patrick, "Flame Emperor, will you commit suicide, or should I send you on your way?"
Hearing this, Patrick was startled, all fighting spirit vanished, and he said in a flustered and chaotic manner, "Vladimir, it's a misunderstanding! I'm just suffering an undeserved disaster! I definitely have no intention of being enemies with you in the Phantom, I wouldn't dare even if you gave me ten guts! The title of 'Flame Emperor' was forced on me by those idiots, I really don't like it!"
After a pause, he looked at Vladimir's impassive face, and quickly cursed, "That group of idiots in the alliance, if they knew that you in the Phantom had a feud with them, you wouldn't even need to take action, I would be the first to not spare them!"
He said fiercely, but his heart was bitter.
If he had known that the captain of the Phantom was so terrifying, he would have slapped the White Emperor and his group to death in the first place. If those people hadn't approached him, he would still be living comfortably as the local emperor of Flame Island, and he could occasionally destroy a country or two to help pass the time, and then loot them, wouldn't that be great?
Unlike now, where he had to worry about his own life, fearing that the person in front of him would become unhappy and summon the black divine fire with a single glance, burning him alive.
"Commit suicide then."
Vladimir said in a low voice, walking to the dining table, sitting down, and casually picking up a piece of fruit, opening his mouth to enjoy it.
The battle had been fierce, but the main table of the open-air banquet was still safe and sound.
Hearing this, Patrick's face darkened, and his heart became even more bitter, "Vladimir, Lord Vladimir, I really have no intention of being your enemy, a big shot like you doesn't need to make things difficult for me, right?"
He said cautiously.
He definitely couldn't win in a fight, and besides, there was a Sea Dragon overhead, and not far behind him was a Nine-Tailed Fox as huge as a mountain.
He couldn't escape, and he couldn't win in a fight, so Patrick could only beg for mercy.
"You want to live?"
Vladimir said playfully, "If you want to live, it's not impossible. Seriously speaking, you haven't actually joined the alliance yet."
"That's right, that's right, I will never join such a stupid organization as the alliance! Vladimir, just name your request, I can offer all my treasures! I looted a country before, I'm willing to offer 10 billion!"
Patrick said quickly.
"Is that so?"
Vladimir nodded, but said, "Do you think I'm short on money? If you want to live, you can, offer 5 Devil Fru..."
Suddenly, his words stopped.
"Hmm?"
Patrick was waiting for the pronouncement of his fate, but suddenly found that Vladimir had stopped talking, and immediately fixed his eyes on him.
He saw that Vladimir's face was showing surprise, staring blankly at the fruit platter on the dining table.
This was the only fruit platter left, the rest had been smashed.
And in the fruit platter, an apple-shaped fruit was undergoing a strange change.
Spiral patterns began to appear on its surface, as if it was flowering and bearing fruit. In a short period of time, it transformed from a fruit into a "Devil Fruit"!
"What is this?"
Vladimir suddenly turned his head, staring at Patrick, and said, "How did this Devil Fruit appear?"
The changes were happening right under his nose, it was hard not to notice.
"I... I don't know!" Patrick said blankly, "I'm seeing it for the first time too."
The two looked at the fruit, which was snow-white, with a bizarre surface covered in the spiral patterns unique to Devil Fruits.
"Phantom, scan!" Vladimir immediately ordered.
"Scanning, scanning complete. Mysterious power detected, location directly in front, distance... thirty centimeters."
It was real!
A hint of surprise flashed in Vladimir's eyes.
At this moment, Patrick suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "Actually, I've heard a rumor, about Devil Fruit ability users."
"Speak."
"You should also know that a person can't eat two Devil Fruits at the same time, because the two 'devils' inside the body will fight each other, and then the body will explode and die."
"Get to the point!" Vladimir frowned.
"The next part is the point."
Patrick quickly said, "Rumor has it that after an ability user dies, the 'devil' inside the body will leave, and then find the nearest fruit to inhabit, and that fruit will become a new Devil Fruit!"
After speaking, he glanced at Vladimir, and then shook his head, "However, it's just a rumor, the authenticity is unreliable. After all, although there are many ability users, they're not so luxurious that you can just grab them, kill them, and use them for experiments."
After listening to this in a daze, Vladimir reached out to touch this snow-white fruit.
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