Rocks' voice echoed directly in Teach's mind.
The invisible suction force grew stronger, and Teach's consciousness began to fade!
Hidden deep within Teach's mind, the sisters sensed their brother's fear and began to link their souls with his, resisting the terrifying pull together.
"Rocks! Stop this! Whatever you want to do, I can help you! Isn't it just going to Mary Geoise? I can set off right now!"
Clutching onto his last shred of clarity, Teach screamed in his mind.
"Unfortunately, Teach, you are too weak to help me realize my dream. I only trust myself.
"With the addition of Jolena and Bella, Teach gained a brief moment to catch his breath.
At that moment, Jolena's clear voice trembled as she said, "If we are all devoured by you, you will lose the powers of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Phoenix Fruit!"
"Lolololo, it doesn't matter. I don't need to rely on the power of Devil Fruits."
Teach's expression suddenly calmed, and on his right fist, the terrifying power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit condensed into a sphere.
He raised his hand, aiming it directly at his own forehead.
"Zehahaha, zehahahaha!"
"Rocks! Since you insist on this, then I will end my own life first!"
"All along, I have regarded beings like Whitebeard and Caesar as stepping stones!"
"But now, you actually dare to treat me as a stepping stone! Unforgivable!"
Teach laughed maniacally as the entire hall collapsed with a thunderous roar.
A terrifying force burst it apart, exploding in all directions!
On Hachinosu, a mighty gale swept across the sky and earth, blowing away the celebrating pirates on the island.
Darkness, tremors, and blue flames.
Three terrifying energies intertwined, erupting completely and releasing boundless power!
Darkness surged, submerging the island and devouring everything.
Tremors shattered the sky, stirring up tsunamis hundreds of meters high, shaking the entire New World!
Deep within Teach's mind, the black hole of his soul suddenly stopped.
Rocks seemed stunned by Teach's resolve.
If he lost Teach's body, although he would not die, he would have to remain hidden within the demonic consciousness of the Darkness Fruit, waiting for the Darkness Fruit to be reborn in some corner of the sea!
In that case, he would inevitably need to occupy a new body again.
And the next person to eat the Darkness Fruit might not even be as powerful as the current Teach!
Thinking of this, Rocks, who had remained silent for a long time, finally made up his mind.
"Better to betray the world than let the world betray you. Lolololo, Teach, you truly are something. Well, there's no other way—let us merge completely!"
As Rocks' voice faded, a power surpassing that of Devil Fruit abilities, like a destructive star, instantly crushed the three raging energies within Teach and surged through every corner of his body!
Teach's left eye turned pitch black, while his right eye became snow-white and blazing.
In the center of his forehead, flesh tore open, revealing a rotating blue eye.
Teach's voice began to change, intertwining with four distinct voices—male and female, including Teach's, Rocks', Jolena's, and Bella's.
In the end, all the voices merged into one, becoming a gloomy and defiant, endlessly arrogant voice!
"Zelolololo! From this day forward, there is no more Marshall D. Teach, nor Rocks D. Xebec!"
"There is only Rocks D. Teach!"
The three terrifying energy surges, like rivers returning to the sea, instantly withdrew back into Teach's body.
But an even more terrifying and immense power was brewing and swelling within him!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Outside Hachinosu, the sea surged violently.
The tsunamis triggered by Teach's air tremors finally drove waves hundreds of meters high, crashing toward the island like the apocalypse!
At the harbor, pirates on their ships were utterly despairing.
But then, some observant pirates noticed that the anomalies on the island had vanished.Darkness, tremors, blue flames—all vanished.
"Has Captain Teach returned to normal?"
"Quick! Contact Captain Teach immediately! Only his power can stop this tsunami!"
As the pirates shouted in panic, one sharp-eyed pirate spotted a burly figure standing mid-air above Hachinosu Island!
"That's... Captain Teach!"
Upon closer inspection, the pirates exchanged horrified glances.
Their captain now appeared so unfamiliar they could barely recognize him.
Though his body remained the same, the three-colored eyes on his face and the overwhelming, domineering aura were completely different from the former Blackbeard!
"Captain Teach! Save us!"
"Yes, hurry! Stop the tsunami! We're going to die!"
At the harbor, the seven-foot-tall Jesus Burgess suddenly showed undisguised terror in his eyes.
"That's not Teach at all! Who is that?"
As the crew member who'd followed Teach the longest, he knew his captain intimately.
The figure standing in the distant sky felt utterly alien to him!
Moreover, Burgess sensed the imminent approach of death!
Without hesitation, he sprinted toward the harbor and plunged into the sea, desperately diving deeper.
Van Augur and the others had gone to San Juan's island and weren't present.
In the sky, Teach remained still for a long time, waiting for the turbulent power within him to settle.
He observed the terrifying tsunami approaching nearby, while absorbing all the panicked screams from the harbor.
"A bunch of noisy insects!"
Teach raised his right hand, palm facing upward as if holding up the sky.
Streams of black energy, white shockwaves, and blue flames surged violently from his body, converging above his palm.
Whoosh!
In an instant, a hundred-meter-wide energy sphere—a swirling mix of black, white, and blue—materialized in his right hand.
The terrifying aura it emitted was incomparably more dreadful than Conqueror's Haki, like a genuine sun descending upon the world!
"Perish, all of you!"
With a wave of Teach's hand, the tricolored sun plummeted downward, accompanied by thick, dragon-like black lightning bolts that roared with earth-shaking fury!
Boom!!
A blinding light erupted over Hachinosu Island, illuminating the entire surrounding sea.
Whoosh!
An unstoppable hurricane swept through, instantly shattering the hundred-meter-high tsunami and sending it receding backward with even greater force than before.
When the light faded, Hachinosu Island had completely vanished from the sea surface, leaving behind a cavity several thousand meters deep in the ocean below.
And in the sky, Teach's figure had disappeared without a trace.
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