At first, they were quite interested in what Ren was doing, but after personally watching a pigeon explode before their eyes, their expressions became somewhat unpleasant.
Although among those present, only Yayoi's younger sister Qiyue hadn't seen blood before. But the little pigeon's death was rather cruel and disgusting.
However, after the testing, Ren reached his conclusions.
First, after receiving one Devil Fruit's soul, then eating another Devil Fruit would similarly result in explosive death.
Second, Paramecia-type Devil Fruit souls couldn't be transferred to other targets using receiving magic, including real animal souls.
In other words, only Zoan-type Devil Fruit devil souls could be transferred to other objects using receiving magic, thereby granting them abilities without side effects.
However, because the experimental subject was a pigeon, only incomplete receiving could be achieved.
If it were a human, perhaps they could complete the three-stage transformation like a true Zoan ability user. This still required finding people to experiment on. Without being certain of safety, Ren wouldn't use this on the people around him.
Afterward, Ren fused the Bird of Paradise Fruit's animal soul with the Komainu.
Thus, a rare creature with wings like colorful flowing clouds appeared before everyone's eyes.
"So amazing, so beautiful!" Saori's eyes sparkled.
Both the fruit and the Komainu were carefully selected by Ren, completely different from that pigeon-dog from the earlier experiment. The rare creature before them was influenced by both the fruit and the host body; its fur became iridescent, and the feathers that were originally bird-like were affected by the Komainu's characteristics, appearing like large clumps of colorful clouds.
It looked like a griffin with colorful wings.
"Much better looking than that pegasus," Jasmine recalled unpleasant memories.
"Lord Ren, what... is this for?" Yukiko looked at this creature she no longer knew what to call, asking. She still didn't know Ren was preparing a gift for her.
"Let's keep this at the Daimyo's mansion for now," Ren thought for a moment and said. Although he originally intended to give it to Yukiko, now that his idea had been proven successful, there was no need to be so conservative.
"I'm going out for a while," Ren said, then picked up a Devil Fruit and left on a cloud under everyone's gaze.
...
Ren's target was a creature called Glaucus atlanticus, but this creature had another name—Blue Dragon. This creature's appearance looked very much like the Wind Dragon; if combined with some kind of bird Devil Fruit, he could create a triphibious dragon-shaped creature.
"I wonder if I can find it, but this creature should exist," he said to himself.
The variety of species in the One Piece world far exceeded that of his previous world; many creatures had evolved in entirely new directions. However, finding such a creature in the vast ocean was truly like looking for a needle in a haystack.
The Wind Dragon was just Ren's first choice; if he really couldn't find it, he could try creating other creatures. Like Orobas the Serpent or Azhdaha—if purely considering similar appearances, there were ways to accomplish that.
Ren was now moving through the sea in Fishman form. Aside from some rather disgusting animals, he had received all kinds of animal souls, including naturally fish creatures.
At this moment, Ren's appearance somewhat resembled the Onikiri Housamo from Onmyoji, just missing a fish beneath his feet.
Half a month later, Ren successfully found his target.
A giant "Blue Dragon" appeared before his eyes.
Perhaps due to the different world, the Blue Dragon that was originally less than eight centimeters in size now reached over ten meters in length in this world. Six huge abdominal legs spread out like sea anemones.
This was a very beautiful creature, but also very dangerous.
Despite having a much larger size in this world, its attack method remained powerful venom. Thinking this way, Ren felt the creature he was about to create wasn't Dvalin but the demon dragon Durin.
However, this couldn't be helped. Teyvat's monsters mostly possessed elemental powers, but ordinary Zoan fruits didn't have such abilities. Mythical Zoans could achieve this, but wasting such treasures on this kind of creature would be too extravagant.
While Ren was lost in thought, this big fellow discovered him.
From Ren's height, in its eyes, he was no different from the food it usually ate. Actually, this Glaucus atlanticus's size in the ocean wasn't particularly impressive. Compared to those deep sea beasts or even Sea Kings, it was minuscule.
"Quiet down, little one."
Because he was currently in Fishman form, Ren could hear the sounds it made. He could even "converse" with marine creatures to some extent.
However, it seemed this giant Blue Dragon had no intention of communicating.
It lunged directly at Ren, its huge abdominal legs paddling backward through the water like oars, generating thrust that propelled it toward him.
Ren's body drifted along the ocean current, easily dodging this fellow's attack. Then, he opened his palm as if grasping the entire ocean current in his hand. With a flick of his arm, the ocean current in this area flipped over like a complete quilt!
The same happened to this "Blue Dragon."
Ren gave it a small lesson to make it behave. The best way to deal with wild beasts was still to subdue them with force.
Soon this big fellow lowered its head in submission at his feet. Ren extracted the soul from the Devil Fruit, but this time a small accident occurred. The "Blue Dragon" resisted the soul Ren held in his hand, making the process somewhat difficult.
"It seems if the creature itself resists, it's impossible to forcibly stuff the devil soul into its body," Ren thought. The pigeon at the Daimyo's mansion was controlled by Saori using dumplings, so it wouldn't resist, but this "Blue Dragon" was different.
After some effort, a blue "giant dragon" was finally born.
"From today on, you shall be called Dvalin." Ren stood on its back. Dvalin vibrated its three pairs of wings—its originally sea anemone-like abdominal legs had become giant pinions—and this massive blue-green winged dragon flew from the ocean into the sky.
The water droplets its wings kicked up connected with the clouds in the sky.
Though called a giant dragon, in reality, it had no relation whatsoever to dragons. Only the appearance was similar.
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