Chương 1620: Vampire (Part )

He carefully took the bright red bat fruit from his father's hand, as if he was holding a rare treasure.

The surface of the fruit has an attractive luster, and the bright red color reminds people of blood.

Leonard stared at the fruit, feeling an indescribable sense of anticipation and nervousness in his heart.

Under the gaze of everyone, Leonard took a deep breath, then opened his mouth without hesitation and bit down hard.

In an instant, a foul smell burst out in his mouth like a torrent.

The smell was like a mixture of rotting corpses, moldy cheese and sewers; it was disgusting.

Leonard's brows were tightly furrowed, with a painful expression on his face.

He resisted the urge to vomit, chewed the bat fruit with difficulty, and swallowed it into his stomach bite by bite.

Every bite was like a nightmare, the stench raging in his throat, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.

But Leonard did not give up. He gritted his teeth and insisted on swallowing the whole fruit.

"call!"

When he swallowed the last bite of fruit, Leonard breathed a sigh of relief.

A thin layer of sweat had appeared on his forehead and his face turned pale.

"I thought I wouldn't eat it again after eating it once, but I didn't expect I would have a second chance to eat a devil fruit!"

Leonard said with a wry smile, his voice still trembling a little.

Charlotte looked at her son, feeling both distressed and amused.

Although he had never tasted the devil fruit himself, he could imagine what kind of torture it was from Leonard's reaction.

Just like she did more than 30 years ago, Charlotte quickly took out a bottle of milk from her pocket and handed it to Leonard after her son finished eating the devil fruit.

"Come, drink some milk to dilute the taste in your mouth."

Charlotte said gently.

Leonard looked at his father gratefully, took the milk, and gulped down the whole bottle of milk like a man who had finally found rain after a long drought.

After some effort, Leonard finally succeeded in alleviating the nauseating feeling in his mouth.

Charlotte slowly took a few steps back, keeping a distance of about ten meters between him and Leonard.

"Now, feel your newfound power!"

Charlotte opened his arms as if he wanted to embrace the whole world, and his voice revealed a sense of confidence and expectation.

"Let all of us witness how powerful vampires are!"

Leonard nodded vigorously, indicating that he was ready.

Then, he closed his eyes, calmed down, and silently felt the unique ancient power in his body.

At this moment, new power began to erupt in Leonard's body like a volcano.

A powerful blood-red aura suddenly rose from his body, as if his body was being swallowed by endless power.

In just a moment, everyone present could clearly smell a strong smell of blood. The smell filled their nostrils, making people feel terrified.

Then, a jaw-dropping scene happened.

Leonard stood firmly in place, his muscles swelled rapidly like a balloon, and the clothes that originally fit him were torn apart in an instant, revealing his huge and strong body.

In the blink of an eye, Leonard's body suddenly grew to an astonishing three meters in height!

His ears became long and thin like a bat; his originally bronze skin turned pale as paper in an instant, bloodless; his pupils turned deep red, like burning flames; his canine teeth became abnormally sharp, flashing with cold light.

At this moment, Leonard exuded a noble and elegant aura, as if he was no longer an ordinary human being, but a hegemon from the dark world.

The most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the pair of blood-red wings behind Leonard.

When the pair of wings were spread out, their length reached seven or eight meters, as if they were stretching out from the abyss of hell, emitting a heart-pounding breath.

What was even more surprising was that Leonard's wings did not flap like those of ordinary birds, but he was floating steadily in the air with his feet thirty centimeters away from the ground, as if he had completely ignored the existence of gravity.

"What a powerful force!"

Leonard felt the power surging through his body, a power several times stronger than the real Diplodocus he had faced before.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of intoxication in his heart, as if this power had become one with him.

As this feeling deepened, a faint blood-red light gradually emerged from Leonard's body. This light was like a veil, covering his entire body, making him look even more mysterious and strange.

Leonard took a deep breath, and the intoxicated feeling became stronger. His body trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but mutter, "Blood, I want blood!"

However, the moment he said this, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

A flash of clarity came into his mind, as if he had woken up from a nightmare.

"Wait, why did I say that?"

Leonard was surprised. He felt very unfamiliar with his behavior just now, as if that was not the real him, but another side of him deep in his heart.

Charlotte stood aside and frowned when she heard Leonard's words.

He had just heard the voice of desire that seemed to come from the deepest part of his heart, which made him a little worried about Leonard's changes.

Leonard slowly fell back to the ground from mid-air, his feet touching solid ground again.

"Leonard, what on earth happened to you just now?"

Charlotte asked anxiously, his voice revealing his concern for Leonard's condition.

Leonard shook his head slowly.

He frowned and explained, "I'm not sure either. I just felt like I had an extreme desire for blood deep in my heart. That feeling made me completely unable to control myself, and I couldn't help but say those words."

After hearing Leonard's explanation, Charlotte was thoughtful.

He has always had a guess that the soul of a devil might be hidden in the animal-type devil fruit.

Although this speculation has not yet been proven conclusive, Leonard's performance just now made Charlotte feel that this speculation is very likely to be true.

Moreover, Charlotte also knew clearly that among the three types of devil fruits, only the animal type could make people lose their minds and even become beasts.

Thinking of this, Charlotte felt it necessary to remind Leonard.

"Leonard, if you find anything unusual happening to you, you must tell me immediately. You must not hide it!"

Charlotte said to Leonard solemnly.