Of course, no matter how silly and adorable she seemed, Brian could still sense the dormant volcano-like power within the panda girl.
Especially this body that appeared soft and fleshy but actually contained astonishing defensive capabilities—it could easily crush a captain to death in minutes.
"Panda girl, welcome to our family. I'll name you Tuan Rong."
As usual, he plucked a small rice ball from his cheek and handed it to Tuan Rong.
Tuan Rong blinked her lazy big eyes, looked at the rice ball, and after a delayed reaction, extended her chubby bear paw to take it, stuffing it into her mouth.
Her chewing motion was also somewhat leisurely, munching drowsily without swallowing it whole.
The moment the connection was established, Brian felt a mountain-like solid force feedback.
His own defense and physical strength had significantly improved, as if an invisible layer of heavy armor had been added to his body.
In the star chart in his mind, the star representing Tuan Rong lit up—its glow wasn't dazzling but exceptionally stable and substantial.
"Tuan Rong—"
"Hmm, good name, it suits me well."
Tuan Rong swallowed the rice ball, rubbed her round belly, and seemed quite satisfied.
At that moment, Brian seemed to remember something. He walked to the side, opened a cabinet, and rummaged through it.
He took out a piece of cold-gleaming metal from the cabinet and brought it before Tuan Rong, handing it to her.
"Tuan Rong, try this."
Tuan Rong looked curiously at Brian, then at the alloy ingot shimmering with a metallic cold glow, as if she had caught a scent that interested her.
She took the alloy ingot, its heavy weight feeling almost weightless in her hand.
Under the astonished gazes of everyone present, she opened her mouth, revealing her pure white teeth, and with a "crunch" sound against the edge of the alloy ingot, she easily bit off a small piece as if it were a crisp biscuit!
She chewed nonchalantly, making "crunch crunch" sounds, a satisfied expression on her face, and her lazy eyes brightened considerably.
"Mmm~~"
"Tastes really good, Tuan Rong likes this."
This scene left the Beast Girls present somewhat stunned.
Feixue put away her previous slight disdain, her dragon pupils filled with solemnity. She could sense that the hardness of that alloy was far from ordinary.
Mia's golden vertical pupils slightly contracted.
Aola instinctively touched her poisonous nails, pondering how long it would take for her poison to dissolve that alloy.
"Indeed, the title Iron-Eating Beast is well-deserved."
Brian nodded in satisfaction.
The metal he had brought out was a high-end item obtained from previous transactions with the Celestial Dragons—extremely valuable and difficult to acquire.
Calculating seriously, this type of alloy was even rarer than Sea Stone.
At least based on the quantities Brian had collected through various means so far, this alloy was the scarcest.
Fortunately, they had the support of the wealthy Celestial Dragons this time; otherwise, generating eight Beast Girls at once would have been a major challenge.
When generating Beast Girls, adding rare materials can enhance their potential and strength.
It wasn't just this type of metal, but also various other rare materials, though with different proportions.
So far, only Tuan Rong, the Beast Girl known as the Iron-Eating Beast, enjoyed eating such things.
This was truly her specialty—others could only envy her.
"Tuan Rong, you possess immense strength and defense, but these require systematic control and training."
"Starting tomorrow, Feixue will teach you and several other sisters of the same level. Study hard together."
Tuan Rong swallowed the metal in her mouth and returned to her lazy demeanor, nodding.
"Training sounds so troublesome~"
"But since Master says so, I'll do my best."
In the laboratory, another uniquely styled Beast Girl had joined the family.
Tuan Rong, the panda girl who appeared lazy and adorable but actually possessed the ancient species' immense strength and the "iron-eating" ability, undoubtedly added more diverse colors and an unexpected "diet" to the team.
Brian had already begun to imagine the scene when Tuan Rong truly mastered her power and unleashed the steel fists hidden beneath her laziness upon their enemies.
So far, there were three Ancient Species Beast Girls, all of exceptionally high quality.
Only two remained—his anticipation was growing stronger.
Truly worthy of being treasures from the Celestial Dragons—the quality was indeed outstanding.
Gazing at the two remaining Ancient Species Beast Girl culture dishes, Brian felt his heart surge with excitement.
If a situation like before were to happen again, he swore he would become even more frenzied.
Seeing the high quality of these Beast Girls, Brian felt that he had been too soft-handed earlier—he should have demanded more.
In the culture dish, the fourth Ancient Species Beast Girl subconsciously sensed Brian's anticipation and began to respond.
Gurgle~
Gurgle~
The culture fluid in the fourth culture dish had long begun to react, bubbling like boiling water, constantly churning.
A heavy and violent dragon's might, carrying an aura of destruction, swept over everyone's minds like a tsunami.
Apart from Brian and the composed Griffin beside him, the other Beast Girls all changed expressions.
Feixue's originally arrogant expression instantly stiffened, the emerald dragon scales on her body bristling as she stared intently at the Devil Fruit about to disappear inside the culture dish.
"Heh, interesting. Another Dragon-type Beast Girl?"
As a fellow Dragon-type Beast Girl and also an Ancient Species, Feixue immediately sensed the other's intense dragon's might.
The saying "two kings cannot meet" was quite fitting among the dragon lineage.
One mountain cannot accommodate two dragons, unless one is male and the other female.
Since Beast Girls are all female, they were naturally all in competition.
Mia coiled her serpent tail tightly, her cold vertical pupils filled with gravity.
Aola quickly retreated; her toxins felt somewhat powerless against the fierce dragon's might.
There was a sense of hierarchy between the dragon and serpent lineages, so both of them felt inherently nervous about this soon-to-be-born Dragon-type Beast Girl.
Of course, they felt the same way facing Feixue.
Tuan Rong also stopped yawning, her eyes wide open as she watched the still-churning culture dish.
Under everyone's gaze, the culture dish burst open under the powerful dragon's might, sending shards of glass flying in all directions.
Amid the dissipating steam, a tall, agile, and powerfully built figure slowly emerged from the fading energy waves.
Her height was close to 1.8 meters, and that was without including her coiled, slender tail.
Her physique was streamlined yet brimming with explosive power, as if every inch of muscle contained immense strength.
Her entire body was covered in pale green scales, with only the front portion revealing healthy honey-colored skin.
Key areas such as her shoulder blades, elbows, knees, spinal column along the back, and both sides of her face were adorned with diamond-shaped dragon scales carved like gemstones.
Her two dragon claws were slender and powerful, gleaming with a cold light that showcased their sharpness.
Atop her head, a pair of pale green dragon horns were partially visible beneath her long hair.
Her face was beautiful yet filled with majesty, her vertical pupils a brilliant gold. Her gaze swept across everything with an innate arrogance and indifference, as if viewing all living beings as mere straw dogs.
Most notably, her lower body was covered in dense azure scales, with a long tail extending from behind, thickly plated with diamond-shaped azure dragon scales.
The tip of her tail wasn't a heavy hammer but rather a cluster of lightning-shaped spikes.
With her golden vertical pupils radiating undisguised aloofness, the Beast Girl slowly scanned everyone present. Wherever her gaze fell, even the air seemed to freeze.
Finally, her eyes settled on Brian. After observing him for a moment, she gave a slight nod.
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