One Piece: The World's Strongest in Roger's Era

Lex is in a different space, traveling very fast.

The entire alien space is generally light blue. If you gaze deep into it, you can occasionally see a dark blue halo. This is the ability that Lex has developed since the day he ate the fruit - the alien space.

More than ten years have passed, and it has become like an innate instinct that I can use with ease.

Moving in a different space consumes a lot of physical strength, and the stagnation of space will cause physical strength to drain away rapidly, but one can cross space to a large extent and achieve space jump. If Lex is alone, he can travel through the entire doldrums in an instant without any effort.

This is the Superhuman Space Fruit, the superior fruit of all space fruits!

A moment later, in the central sea of ​​the New World, in the ancient town of Shui.

A sturdy man about three meters and thirty-three meters tall appeared in the corner of the alley in the town, with light golden hair hanging down his shoulders, a face as white as jade, eyes that were restrained but not without charm, and his expression was normal, or rather, expressionless, and no emotion could be seen on his face.

Leon Lex walked slowly out of the alley, but still avoided the sight of all passers-by.

The surroundings were very quiet, with few pedestrians on the road and hurried footsteps. The entire ancient town was almost silent except for the cry of a few crows.

It was clearly daytime, but it was shrouded in a dead silence.

Looking around, Lex noticed a middle-aged man in a tuxedo.

Wearing a jazz hat and holding a black umbrella, he looked like an aristocrat, but at this moment he looked nervous, walking hurriedly with his head down, as if he was in a hurry to get somewhere. The pedestrians around him avoided him as if they had seen the plague god, but they also said nothing, just lowered their heads and hurried on their way.

Lex's figure became ethereal and entered a different space, following behind this man. Unless his observation Haki surpassed Lex's own, it would be impossible for him to discover Lex.

However, in Lex's perception, such a weak aura should not have awakened the Observation Haki.

A wise man must have a loss if he is worried.

Lex was always steady and cautious. Even if he was an ordinary noble, Lex would hide in another dimension, well, cautious, if he announced his arrival with great fanfare, it would be meaningless.

Lex quietly followed the noble man as he moved forward, observing his expression.

Why did Lex set his eyes on this man as soon as he arrived at Shuigu Town? Because he was the man with the most complicated feelings on the street, panicky, and a little bit of fear.

Facial expressions can be disguised, but deep down feelings cannot be deceived.

Lex can feel the emotions deep in his heart. His master taught him this ability. In fact, this ability is completely dependent on talent and the blessing of the fruit. It cannot be learned by teaching. But it happens that both the master and the apprentice know it, and the master is a person who cares a lot about his reputation, so he calls it "teaching".

This time, Lex came to Shuigu Town mainly to find fruits for his master.

The master may not want it, but I must give it to him, Lex thought as he followed the noble man to his destination, an ancient church.

Entering the hall, the dome is made of wood, but it has been dilapidated due to years of corrosion and is covered with cobwebs. The hall is dark, with only a few scattered candles stubbornly emitting some light.

The noble man seemed to be looking for something, pacing around without a clear direction. Cold sweat kept oozing from his forehead. It was obvious that he was too nervous and did not find his target.

Lex remained calm, his observation Haki quietly spreading out, noticing two strange auras, the living dead? Lex's heart moved, "It seems I have found a clue."

Obviously, the owners of these two auras are related to the fruit that Lex wants to find.

Suddenly, the lights in the church hall dimmed, the only candles were extinguished in an instant, and darkness came.

"Huff, huff, huff, huff!" A strange sound was heard, and a figure suddenly appeared in the darkness. It was about two meters tall, with a well-proportioned body. The outline of its body could be vaguely seen in the darkness. It was in human form, but its limbs were twisted in a non-human way.

This figure pounced towards the middle-aged noble at an extremely fast speed. In the darkness, the middle-aged noble's already nervous mood completely collapsed. He fell to his knees, holding his head with his hands, shouting loudly.

"Please, please, spare me. There is no more virgin blood in this town. I have killed all the virgins for various reasons. No one will believe me anymore. There is no more blood to provide for you!"

The figure in the darkness seemed not to hear anything, and just spoke,

"Send your...daughter...over here."

Its voice was extremely hoarse, and its throat made a sound like steel rubbing against each other. It spoke intermittently, as if it had not spoken for a long time.

When the middle-aged noble heard this, he was immediately horrified and pale, and could only stammer,

"But, but, she is not a virgin."

"Send...over..." the figure in the darkness spoke again.

"But... Ugh—!"

The middle-aged noble wanted to continue to refuse, but the figure in the dark suddenly raised his right arm and pierced his chest cleanly and neatly. Blood gushed out. The middle-aged noble who had served the dark figure for many years ended his life because of a "but".

Lex witnessed the whole process, but did not take any action, just watched quietly.

[This living dead does not seem to be a fruit power user, but more like a product generated by a power user using his power. It should be something similar to a blood slave, but the fruit is on another breath? It may also be that the timeline is really early, so it has not appeared yet? Now it is 1489, so this is indeed possible. ]

Lex was full of doubts, but he still hid in the different space. From the time he landed on the island to now, he did not make any sound.

The blood slave picked up the corpse and began to suck blood from the neck, but after just one sip, he threw the corpse aside with a dull sound of hitting the ground, as if he was disgusted with the blood of the middle-aged nobleman.

Then the blood slave turned around and walked to the back of the hall. It needed a lot of time to sleep in order to stay alive. As for blood, it would go to the town to hunt it itself after waking up next time!

Thinking of this, the blood slave walked to the sleeping place. There was no coffin or anything like what Lex had imagined. It was just a hidden room behind the hall, in the style of medieval Western Europe. The blood slave walked in and prepared to sleep.

But at this moment, Lex took action!

"Space·Convergence!"

The light blue space instantly covered the blood slave and transferred it into another space, Lex's home court.

Looking at the strange and bizarre environment around him, the blood slave finally lost his composure, became panicked, and screamed.

"Who, you...want to, do...what!"

"Yeah, if you can't speak, just say less. I ask you questions and you answer them, otherwise you'll die." Lex's magnetic voice floated in the alien space, but his figure did not appear.

Without waiting for the blood slave to continue roaring, Lex asked directly, "Are you alive?"

"Yes, but... no... it's like this after being controlled by that... bastard..." The blood slave seemed to have realized the situation. He was completely helpless in such a strange space and could only try to answer Lex's questions intermittently.

"Well, that's good. If you answer the questions well, you might survive. Next question, who is that bastard?"

"He was a former... noble of this island, a person with rare special abilities. He is the one who turned us into this."

The blood slave seemed to have never spoken so many words before. His vocal cords gradually recovered and he spoke much more fluently.

"Us? Anyone else?"

"Yes, but they are all... dying slowly in their sleep. I am the last one. I have long wanted to... be free from this half-human, half-ghost... appearance."

"What about the noble who controlled you? Is he dead?" Lex was more concerned about whether the previous fruit ability user had died.

"He asked us to collect the blood of virgins... but it disappeared. It has been almost ten years."

"What about the blood? Did you absorb it?"

“Some of it was absorbed, and most of it was stored.”

As if he knew what Lex was going to ask next, or maybe he really wanted to stay alive, the blood slave took the initiative to explain, "The blood was collected. In fact, the blood we controlled people need... is not much, and there is no use in absorbing the extra blood."

"Take me to where the blood is stored." Lex released the blood slave from the alien space and came to the door of the room.

The blood slave landed on his feet and returned to a familiar place. He felt a little relieved, but he was still nervous to death. From beginning to end, he had never seen Lex. This cognitive gap made him feel extremely uneasy.

"lead the way."

Lex's voice came into his ears.

Upon hearing this, the blood slave immediately set off and walked towards the back of the hall. He stopped in front of a wall with peeling paint. When Lex saw this, he sensed a stronger aura on the other side of the wall and he already had the answer in his mind.

The blood slave raised his hand and pushed towards a secret compartment in front of him.

Rumble, rumble.

The wall began to move, revealing the scene inside - several female corpses were scattered around the dark room, their bodies were shriveled and skinny, and in the center of the dark room there was a pool of blood that took up half the size of the room, covered with thick blood.

Lex was still in a different space, but he could clearly see the scene outside.

He was waiting, waiting for the blood slave's performance.

Sure enough, the next moment, the blood slave shouted to the back: "My lord, we have arrived. This is where that bastard stores blood. You can come and take a look at this pool. Maybe there is something you want."

Lex smiled slightly and did not refuse. He appeared in front of the blood slave for the first time. His height of 3.33 meters seemed quite oppressive in the dark room. The blood slave was slightly stunned. He did not expect Lex to be so young.

However, he still approached Lex slightly, grovelled, and said to Lex: "My lord, this is all I know. It's this pool. That bastard said that after the pool is filled with virgin blood, he will give us freedom, so I have been collecting blood all these years."

Lex asked back, "After so many years, the blood has remained the same, not dried up or coagulated?"

The blood slave was stunned again. He hesitated for a moment and replied, "I don't know. It has been like this since he set up this pool. It may be the ability of the fruit."

Lex then asked, asking an unrelated question, "What's your name?"

"Ah?" The blood slave didn't react for a moment. Although he was full of doubts, he still answered respectfully.

"My name is Xilulu, sir, why don't you come and take a look inside the pool? It seems that the bastard has arranged something in it."

"Um, okay."

Lex walked towards Sirulu and approached the blood pool. Although it was only a few steps away, Sirulu felt very excited.

He finally succeeded. He deceived a person who was much stronger than him. Even though this person had a spatial ability that he could not resist, he still succeeded. As long as Lex stood by the blood pool, the master would kill him with one blow! Leaving his life here, what's the point of being strong? It's too stupid, hahahaha.

Lex took another step forward, and Xilulu felt even more proud. But at this moment, Lex suddenly said, "Xilulu, are you from Shuigu Town?"

"Huh? Yes."

"Oh, I see."

The next moment, light blue ripples appeared around Xilulu's body. He was terrified and opened his mouth to speak, but he felt that the space around him was stagnant and he could not move or speak at all.

He turned into a pool of minced meat, scattered on the ground.

Lex kept walking forward with a blank expression, getting closer and closer to the pool of blood.

"The guy down there, won't you come out and meet me?" Lex said.

After saying that, Lex's domineering aura suddenly pressed towards the blood pool. The dark red lightning was mixed with a hint of deep blue. The walls of the house cracked instantly, and the cracks spread like a spider web. The air flow surged, the blood pool boiled, and the bottom of the pool was exposed.

A woman's figure appeared. She was naked, her eyes were blood red, and her black hair was scattered disorderly behind her head. Her eyes were fixed on Lex, revealing undisguised murderous intent and fear.

She stood up, seemingly unaware that she was not wearing any clothes, and with her chest puffed out and her legs squeezed together, she spoke to Lex in a cold voice without a trace of anger.

"Why would a man of your level appear in Shuigu Town? I should have never provoked you." The black-haired woman stared at Lex and said.

"Yeah, nice figure, I like it." Lex nodded slightly, and a smile finally appeared on his expressionless face.

"Hmm?~Huh?"

The naked woman finally realized her embarrassment. She waved her hands and the blood scattered on the ground surrounded her body and turned into a blood-red cloak. As for whether there was any underwear inside the cloak, it was unknown.

The black-haired woman comforted herself that she must have been stunned by Lex's domineering color and did not realize for a moment that she was not wearing any clothes.

"Are you the user of the vampire fruit?" Lex asked directly without beating around the bush.

"As expected, you are here to seize this fruit, but you are too late. As you can see, I have already eaten this fruit. Even if you kill me, it will be useless. The power will be reborn in another corner you don't know. Why don't you sit down and have a good talk? Maybe I can join you."

The black-haired woman did not lose her mind because of Lex's strange spatial ability and powerful domineering aura, and she continued to speak confidently.

"What's your name?" This was the second time Lex asked this question today, in the same place.

As if she felt that Rex had asked her name in order to recruit her, the black-haired woman replied, "I'm Finas. Are we going to form a pirate group? I know a little bit about navigation, so maybe I can help."

Finas hurriedly recommended her abilities to Lex to increase her chances of survival.

In fact, she had already determined in her heart that the tall blond man in front of her would definitely let her get on his ship. There was no benefit in killing her, but by recruiting her, she could get a strong mythical beast ability user, who was also a beautiful woman with a first-class figure and appearance. Who wouldn't want that?

This powerful captain seems to be quite reliable, or he may not be the captain. Anyway, he will be the boss in the future. However, I cannot let him get me easily. I have to leave more bargaining chips for him.

"Finas, are you also from Shuigu Town?" Lex asked the same question again.

"Well, yes, Captain."

"Very good. Oh, by the way, I'm not a pirate, although the elders in my family are indeed pirates." Lex said lightly.

"Ah? Then..."

Finas seemed to want to say more, but unfortunately, the space around her had stagnated and she could not move or speak at all.

She did not turn into a pool of minced meat like Xilulu did. Instead, her body slowly disappeared from the bottom up!

Finas stared at Lex with her blood-red eyes, filled with confusion and resentment in her fear, as if she wanted to find more answers from Lex's indifferent expression, but unfortunately, her eyes also disappeared.

The next moment, a fruit appeared out of thin air in Lex's hand. It was the size of a palm and shaped like an apple, with strange dark purple lines on the surface of the fruit.

This is exactly——Devil Fruit·Zoo·Mythical Beast·Bat Fruit·Vampire Form!