A deafening explosion roared!
After the shockwave passed, flames spread across the ground, yet the place felt lifeless.
"Ha ha ha!! Ace! You forced me into this!"
Blood dripped from the corner of Blackbeard's mouth as he looked at Ace lying on the ground. A trace of pain flickered in his eyes.
"Why won't you join me? Why not help me become king?"
Familiar faces flashed before his eyes, and memories of old laughter flickered through his mind one after another.
Blackbeard laughed at himself.
"I won't kill you… but I'll hand you over to the World Government. Whether you live or die, Ace, that's up to you!"
Suddenly, a brilliant idea crossed his mind.
"Hehehe~"
Blackbeard laughed as he walked toward Ace.
Pew! Pew!
Suddenly, a flash appeared in the corner of his eye, followed by a muffled sound!
Bright laser beams mercilessly pierced through his leg.
"What?!"
Blackbeard shouted and quickly turned his head.
He saw a young man in a black robe standing there, looking at him with a calm smile.
"You bastard! Who are you?!"
Blackbeard thought carefully, but he realized he had never seen this person before.
"Are you Blackbeard? My name is Wu Yun… and I'm a pirate."
Wu Yun?
Blackbeard remembered the name.
It was the pirate who had recently become well known… the great pirate Wu Yun, with a bounty of 200 million Berries!
But why had he suddenly appeared here?
"No need to think too much about it."
Wu Yun smiled.
"I'm here to kill you."
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye—before his words even finished—Wu Yun had already appeared above Blackbeard's head!
Blackbeard couldn't clearly see his movement.
One moment he was far away… the next he was right above him!
"Aurora Kick!!"
Boom!
Caught completely off guard, a sharp pain shot through Blackbeard's neck. He didn't use his Dark Water to absorb the fruit ability… nor did he even activate Armament Haki.
The next moment—
His body crashed into the rubble!
Huff…
As Blackbeard struggled out of the debris, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Although the kick looked powerful, its true destructive force wasn't overwhelming.
After his battle with Ace, it might have seemed like he had won easily… but in reality, he had also suffered serious injuries.
He looked at Wu Yun with a serious expression.
"What kind of ability is that? A Devil Fruit?"
He narrowed his eyes.
"It looks somewhat like Admiral Kizaru's Light Fruit…"
Black flames appeared in his hand, and Blackbeard became even more serious.
But Wu Yun only smiled coldly.
"A man who's about to die… talks too much."
He raised his hands as if holding two pistols.
His fingers pointed toward Blackbeard.
"Lightspeed Pistols!!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In an instant, dozens of glowing points burst from his fingertips like a continuous stream of light bullets.
"You idiot!!"
Blackbeard shouted as he leapt sideways to dodge.
His Dark Fruit could absorb Devil Fruit abilities…
But he had to touch his opponent first!
Because of that—
Long-range attacks were a real headache for him.
"Damn it…"
Right now, I'm basically a living target… a moving target!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Wu Yun swung his arms wildly as if he were holding real pistols.
But suddenly—
Blackbeard smiled cunningly.
"Dark Gravity!!"
While dodging, he had gradually moved closer to Wu Yun.
Then he stretched his left hand toward him.
Whoosh!
A terrifying suction force suddenly erupted!
"Huh?!"
At that moment, a flash of light appeared in Wu Yun's hand.
Suddenly—
A yellow light sword appeared, similar to Kizaru's light blade.
"Aurora Sword!!"
Ting!
Light burst from the blade and shot directly toward Blackbeard.
But Blackbeard laughed madly.
"Ha ha ha! Looks like you still don't understand!"
He clenched his fist tightly.
"Once you fall into my hands… you'll lose all your Devil Fruit abilities!"
The gravitational pull suddenly intensified.
Wu Yun's body was pulled toward Blackbeard even faster!
But Wu Yun didn't seem worried.
"Aurora… expand!"
Ting!
With the sound of the blade—
Wu Yun swung it powerfully through the air!
The next moment—
The light sword suddenly extended!
It transformed into a giant blade several meters long!
Whoosh!
The sword's light swept across the area.
In the next instant—
Blackbeard's left arm was cut off!
Boom!
The gravitational force vanished instantly.
Wu Yun landed on the ground.
Whoosh!
His body turned into particles of light and appeared behind Blackbeard in an instant.
Another flash of sword light!
Before Blackbeard could use his ability again—
His other arm was cut off as well!
"AAAAHHH!!!"
Blackbeard fell to the ground screaming in pain.
Blood covered his body.
Wu Yun stood above him coldly.
"When you killed your crewmates… you should have expected this day."
But despite the blood covering him, Blackbeard didn't seem afraid.
He looked at Wu Yun with blazing eyes.
"I'm not wrong!"
He smiled madly.
"In this sea…"
"The winner takes everything!"
"He died because he wasn't careful enough!"
"And you… have no right to lecture me about ambition!"
He raised his head toward the sky.
"There is only one throne!"
"And the only person who will reach the top of this sea…"
He shouted wildly:
"Is me… Marshall D. Teach!!!"
Wu Yun looked at the wounded man before him.
He sighed slightly.
Honestly… what he said wasn't wrong.
Since ancient times, anyone who became king…
Had stepped over thousands of corpses.
But unfortunately—
Wu Yun smiled.
"You appeared in my story."
He raised his glowing finger toward Blackbeard's forehead.
"Blackbeard…"
"You are a real pirate."
Blackbeard closed his eyes.
He looked toward the sky.
As if seeing something far away…
The Whitebeard Pirates.
"What a beautiful sight…"
He smiled.
"Super Laser!!"
Whoooosh!
A beam of light pierced through his forehead.
Blood slowly flowed down.
And just like that—
The generation of the man who would have become a Sea Emperor came to an end.
Marshall D. Teach.
Ding!
"Blackbeard has been successfully eliminated!"
"Congratulations to the host for completing the mission!"
Mission reward: Dark-Dark Fruit!
In the next moment, a Devil Fruit with purple spiral patterns appeared in Wu Yun's hand.
The Dark-Dark Fruit…