Several months later.
In a certain affiliated nation within the New World.
"Why! Why do you keep chasing me without letting go!"
Misfortune Hunter Sharon's eyes were bloodshot, his hair was as messy as a bird's nest, and his clothes were tattered like a beggar's. He cursed in despair at the demonic figure in the air that was drawing closer and closer.
The surrounding area was filled with the charred remains of the affiliated nation's soldiers, blasted by lightning.
All of his sources of luck were dead!
After obtaining the Luck-Luck Fruit, this was the first time he had been so disheveled and desperate.
He had been hunted by this demon for several months, fleeing across eight islands and absorbing the luck of countless pirates and civilians.
But in the end, he still couldn't escape this bastard's pursuit.
Now he had even fled to an affiliated nation under the World Government.
Gu Yue Fang Huo, this demon, still wouldn't let him go!
"I'm also very annoyed! You've been running for so long!!"
"But this is definitely the last time!"
Fang Huo was equally furious; he had actually wasted so much time on this guy.
It had to be said, this guy was truly hard to kill!
Every time, he managed to escape by a stroke of luck, always just a hair's breadth away from being caught.
Passing submarines, sudden outbreaks of extreme weather, giant predatory birds, sudden sea beasts, ancient island traps... even the pursuer Fang Huo would experience various random accidents, like stomach aches, dust in the eyes, a pistol backfiring, a transponder snail ringing... this Luck-Luck Fruit user could always escape Fang Huo's hunt through various accidents.
As expected of the Misfortune Hunter who had survived in the New World for so many years, he always kept a bit of life-saving luck on him. He was much harder to deal with than the future Baccarat!
Fang Huo's continuous pursuit of the Misfortune Hunter had long since attracted the attention of the World Government and Marineford.
He couldn't drag this out any longer!
Otherwise, he might be specifically targeted by the Gorosei and the God's Knights!
"Don't kill me!! I can be your subordinate!!"
Sharon became increasingly desperate. He had thought that the affiliated nation's army could deter a Great Pirate like Gu Yue Fang Huo or replenish his luck.
He didn't expect Fang Huo to be so ruthless, striking down over a thousand soldiers in an instant, completely severing Sharon's hope.
His luck value had already bottomed out, and he could no longer withstand Fang Huo's large-scale continuous attacks.
"Shut up!!"
"Thunder Net Heavenly Prison!!"
"Gravity Domain!"
"Blood Shadow Bat Swarm!"
"Moonlight Treasury!"
"Mo Mo Grapeshot!"
"Swallow-Swallow Cannon!"
Fang Huo directly launched a baptism of indiscriminate ultimate moves at this Luck-Luck Fruit user, completely draining the luck value from his body.
"No!!"
As Misfortune Hunter Sharon retreated in fear, he tripped over himself and dodged several attacks.
An ancient trap suddenly appeared beneath his feet, and he fell in, dodging more of Fang Huo's attacks.
At this moment, the affiliated nation's Marine support troops arrived and immediately launched an attack on Fang Huo, with the sound of gunfire erupting everywhere.
"What a nuisance!!"
Fang Huo instantly erupted with a violent Conqueror's Haki, knocking out a large number of Marines, and charged boldly into the trap pit.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!!"
At this moment, Sharon's face was haggard and pale, looking like a sickly patient.
He no longer had his former confidence and composure!
"Wasting so much of my time! Die for me!!"
Fang Huo's eyes were full of greed. During the months of hunting this guy, he had deeply realized how difficult it was to kill a Luck-Luck Fruit user who possessed luck.
If Fang Huo hadn't been ruthless and killed countless pirates and soldiers to prevent Sharon from replenishing his luck,
Perhaps this bastard could have continued to escape!
As long as luck remains, no one can kill him!
Fang Huo's Armament-hardened black hand grabbed Sharon's neck and snapped it instantly, giving him no further chance.
One of the soul worms on Fang Huo's body quickly merged into Sharon's corpse, absorbing the bug-like Luck-Luck Fruit ability!
As the Luck Worm appeared, Fang Huo felt as if the whole world had become so beautiful!
"Ahahaha!! Luck Gu... no no no, I shall call you the Great Fortune Gu!"
Fang Huo felt everything around him releasing goodwill; he felt as if he had become the darling of the world, the son of the Goddess of Luck... Fang Huo completely annihilated Sharon with a bolt of lightning.
He turned into lightning and flashed out of the trap pit, appearing among the Marines.
With terrifying speed, he touched these Marines, draining the luck from their bodies.
As Fang Huo's figure emerged from the lightning, he narrowed his eyes and enjoyed the wonderful feeling of being filled with luck.
A Marine Captain who arrived from the back tried his best to suppress his fear and fired a shot at Fang Huo.
As a result, his pistol backfired directly, blowing off one of his fingers.
"Ah!!"
The Marine Captain screamed in pain, scaring the Marines behind him so much that none of them dared to fire, standing there dumbfounded.
The over one thousand charred bodies on the battlefield and the previous fallen Marine squad deeply stimulated their pupils.
"Thank you for the luck you've brought!"
Fang Huo turned into a swarm of Blood Shadow Bats and flew through the Marine squad, instantly draining their luck as well.
Fang Huo felt that no one could kill him now!!
These Marines either had stomach aches, suffered relapses of old illnesses, or were knocked down by the accidental discharge of other soldiers' guns; they all fell to the ground in a short while.
"This feeling of being favored by fate and having great fortune is truly wonderful!"
Fang Huo opened his arms, his lips curling up slightly, fully enjoying this 'invincible' feeling.
From this moment on, who would dare to kill him, and who could kill him!!
"I must focus on developing this ability so that I can contain the luck of more people!"
As Fang Huo gradually became familiar with the Luck-Luck Fruit ability, he found that its mechanism was somewhat similar to the Kage Kage no Mi ability.
The amount of luck one can contain increases with strength or the depth of development, allowing one to absorb the luck of more and more people, and the duration of the luck absorption will also become longer.
A fellow like Gekko Moriah could barely hold on after absorbing a thousand shadows.
With Fang Huo's current strength, the amount of luck he could contain was more than just a thousand people.
The luck of those whose luck was absorbed would slowly recover; the duration of their misfortune would depend on the user's level of development.
This was also somewhat like the effect of the Year-Year Fruit ability.
The Devil Fruit ability was very high-level; even those at the Marine Vice Admiral level were completely unable to resist it, but it would recover after a period of time.
It was not a permanent effect.
Now, those Marines whose luck had been drained would likely recover slowly after a few hours.
He wondered if, after the ability awakened, it could be like the Kage Kage no Mi or the Hobi Hobi no Mi abilities—as long as the user didn't lose consciousness or die, the misfortune effect wouldn't disappear!
Or even like the Mero-Mero Fruit ability, where the effect remains even if the user dies!
This needed to be verified!
After all, in history, no Luck-Luck Fruit user had ever been able to develop this ability to awakening.
Those without great destiny cannot awaken it!
Those users only used the superficial powers of the Luck-Luck Fruit.
As Fang Huo flew away from the affiliated nation, he explored the various mechanisms and weaknesses of the Luck-Luck Fruit ability.
Ultimately, he reached a conclusion!
He had to raise a group of subordinates in the Lost World to provide luck, in order to deal with dangerous moments when luck might be insufficient in various situations.
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