Chapter 95: Tough Snake Eggs, Mutation
Xiaolong curled up in pain, and his body began to shrink slowly.
Then Xiaolong's original snake skin continued to shrink, and as it shrank, it turned into a ten-foot-tall snake egg. The whole process lasted for a full five minutes.
This was not a normal reaction to eating a devil fruit, and it made Luke very worried.
However, Lu Kai did not interrupt Xiaolong's transformation, because he did not feel that Xiaolong was in danger for the time being, and he had no ability to interrupt the process of transformation, so he could only wait on the side.
After another five minutes, an extremely brutal aura suddenly came from the snake eggs, like the arrival of a king.
Lu Kai was filled with emotion in his heart. Even the former King of Dragons and Snakes did not seem to have as strong an aura as the little dragon today.
However, there was a loud banging sound coming from inside the snake egg. It seemed that Xiaolong was trying to get out, but he failed after hearing the banging sound many times.
"Xiaolong, squat for a moment. I will use my sword to chop the snake eggs open!" Lu Kai shouted inside.
As soon as Lu Kai finished speaking, all the noise inside the snake egg disappeared immediately, replaced by a sense of security, and the little dragon inside squatted down immediately and obediently.
Luke pulled out the Ghost Sword, wrapped it with Armament Haki, and then slashed it hard on the surface of the snake eggs.
But the embarrassing thing was that the snake egg only dented about one centimeter where it was hit, and it instantly returned to its original shape after the Ghost Sword was raised.
"This level of tenacity... is too much!"
Lu Kai was extremely surprised. He did not hold back just now, but this was the result. Moreover, the snake eggs were obviously not just hard, but also had extremely strong toughness.
"Xiaolong, keep squatting. I'll try again!"
After taking a deep breath, Lu Kai wrapped the ghost sword with armed color domineering and covered it with the power of space, and performed a new move "space split". After bursting out all his strength, he slashed the snake eggs with one sword.
Unlike the first sword, this time the snake egg sank deeper, by three inches, but as Lu Kai's sword was lifted, the surface of the snake egg immediately returned to its original state.
Wow... Nima...
Seeing that the snake eggs that had received his strongest attack were still safe and sound, Lu Kai began to doubt his life. Have I become stronger?
Fortunately, Xiaolong would never laugh at Lu Kai, otherwise his toes would have dug a cave underground. Lu Kai had no choice but to say angrily: "Xiaolong, I'll go in and take you out right away!"
Then Lu Kai sheathed the Ghost Sword and teleported into the snake egg.
What Lu Kai saw was a little girl who was squatting obediently and sitting under the snake eggs with her legs hugged. She looked very cute. It was obviously the little dragon who had successfully transformed.
At this moment, Xiaolong has changed a lot. He looks about six or seven years old. His little face is very delicate and pretty. His sky-blue hair falls to his waist, which makes Xiaolong have a unique temperament.
Anyone who sees the little dragon's appearance will surely fall in love with it, because the little dragon in human form is so beautiful and cute.
Coupled with her clear, watery, and innocent big eyes, she is so cute that it's simply killing you.
While Lu Kai was still sighing, Xiaolong excitedly hugged Lu Kai who suddenly appeared, and then rubbed his head against Lu Kai's chest.
Lu Kai was speechless. Although the little girl had turned into a human form, her habits had not changed at all. In fact, because of her body shape, she was even easier to get away with now.
Lu Kai took out the clothes that he had prepared long ago from his bag and put them on Xiaolong. Then he grabbed Xiaolong's hand and teleported her out of the snake eggs.
Because the distance was short, only two meters, and possibly because Xiaolong's body had become much smaller, Lu Kai's physical energy consumption this time was very small, and he did not show any signs of exhaustion.
After coming out, Xiaolong still hugged Lu Kai tightly, rubbing her head against Lu Kai's chest constantly, as if rubbing like this made her more comfortable after turning into a human form.
Lu Kai couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, but he could only let Xiaolong continue rubbing against him.
Xiaolong has had the habit of rubbing against Lu Kai for a long time. If he insists on asking her to change, it may not happen in a short time. Lu Kai can only ignore it and let her do what she wants.
After a long while, Lu Kai gently pulled Xiaolong away and said softly, "Okay, Xiaolong, come back later. I have something to ask you."
“Lulu…Lulu…!” Xiaolong, who looked like a young girl, suddenly spoke in human language. She was extremely happy and kept calling Lu Kai’s name.
But I don’t know if it’s because he just turned into a human form and can’t speak clearly, or if he’s mentally retarded and can’t learn it, he can only call out the first letter of Lu Kai’s name.
"Xiaolong, can you change back to your original appearance?" Lu Kai asked Xiaolong curiously.
Xiaolong nodded vigorously, then twisted his body and immediately began to expand. After a while, he turned into a giant snake with a diameter of one meter and nearly thirty meters long.
After twisting her body for a while, Xiaolong immediately turned back into a little girl, but the clothes she had just put on had disappeared.
Helpless, Lu Kai could only take out another piece of clothing and put it on Xiaolong again, and asked with concern: "After you become a human, will you feel tired? Will it consume your physical strength?"
“No…no…” Xiaolong replied stutteringly in a clear voice.
This answer surprised Lu Kai.
You should know that any Devil Fruit user will consume physical energy when using their abilities, and the Animal-type Devil Fruit ability will begin to consume physical energy as soon as the user transforms.
Of course, the consumption of physical strength brings about an all-round improvement in attributes such as strength, speed, explosive power, and defense.
However, Animal-type Devil Fruit users have strong recovery abilities, which also include physical recovery, so Animal-type Devil Fruit users are actually very good at protracted battles.
However, as long as you use the power of the Devil Fruit, it is impossible not to consume physical strength. No matter how good you are at protracted battles, it is only relative.
Therefore, most animal-type Devil Fruit users cannot and do not need to maintain their animal transformation form all the time.
However, Lu Kai also knew that there were very few animal-type Devil Fruit users who could maintain their transformed form without consuming any energy.
For example, the later famous Vice Admiral Dalmessia.
Dalmesia ate a devil fruit at a very young age and was able to maintain her beastman form without any negative effects. Luke didn't know why.
Xiaolong seems to be in this situation. After transforming, he can maintain his form without consuming any physical energy.
Doesn't this mean that Xiaolong will be able to use his strongest combat power forever and live in human form for a long time?
When he thought of this, Lu Kai felt that he had made the right bet this time and he breathed a sigh of relief. Now that Xiaolong had transformed into a human form, Lu Kai felt that it was time to take her home.