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"Waaahhhhhh!!!" A shrill scream echoed across the battlefield!
Blackbeard clutched his head, writhing on the ground. The pain of his skull being crushed stimulated every nerve in his body, making him wish for death. Pain, pain, pain, pain! Of all his senses, only pain remained! Until footsteps entered his ears, like the sound of death!
The instinctive fear of death jolted Blackbeard awake from his agony, adrenaline surging wildly through his body, suppressing the pain. Blackbeard lifted his head and looked forward.
"Whether it's basic combat power, Haki, or Devil Fruit abilities, I am superior to you." Daichi arrived in front of Blackbeard, looking down at him from above: "What gave you the illusion that you could defeat me?"
"Damn monster!" Blackbeard was covered in blood and cold sweat. In the previous exchange, he had already understood that his strength and Haki were inferior to Daichi's; to defeat him, he could only rely on his Devil Fruit ability!
"Darkness Liberation!" Endless darkness surged wildly from Blackbeard, reaching the sky, and the entire Marineford went dark. Marines, pirates, and Warlords—everyone's expressions changed, even Akainu, who had returned to the battlefield by erupting magma, stopped pursuing the captains. The evil power, distinctly different from ordinary abilities, made them feel threatened. If left unchecked, it would definitely become a major hidden danger. Logia-type: Dark-Dark Fruit!
"Zehahahahaha!!!" Blackbeard slowly stood up, his entire body shrouded in darkness. "Darkness is the strongest power; the most evil Devil Fruit in history is this one. You cannot withstand darkness!"
"Is that so? Let me show you." Daichi raised his head, his body expanding. In a blink of an eye, a Groudon tens of meters tall appeared on the battlefield.
Immediately after, a searing beam of light tore through the dark sky and gradually expanded. Light dispelled the darkness! But it wasn't over yet! Groudon roared skyward, opening its massive mouth and inhaling forcefully.
The black mist covering the sky was immediately drawn in, converging into Groudon's mouth.
Storm Inhale!
"This is impossible!!!" Blackbeard's face was filled with disbelief. Darkness is the power of absorption, capable of absorbing all abilities, but now his darkness was being absorbed by the opponent!
After an unknown period, Groudon stopped absorbing darkness, and its eyes and chest glowed with a purplish-black light. "You taste the flavor of darkness too!"
Groudon opened its massive mouth, and a purple orb of light condensed in front of it, containing not only the power of darkness but also light.
"Hyper Beam!!!" The purplish-black beam of light struck the ground, swept across the fortress of justice, extended to the end of the island, and continued upward, tearing through the clouds in the sky!
There was no explosion, no roar. When the Hyper Beam ended, everything along its path had completely vanished, as if utterly devoured. A bottomless chasm appeared on the battlefield, burning with purple flames, like a path to a dark abyss. The central part of the fortress castle that had been swept by the beam was gone, as if a large bite had been taken out of a cake.
"What a terrifying attack!" Everyone was horrified! Clearly, the beam of light just now was not merely a physical attack but had integrated the devouring power of darkness.
The high-ranking Marines' faces were pale. They had long known that Daichi could absorb natural energy after transforming, but they never expected him to be able to devour darkness as well.
"Pah, that tastes awful!" Daichi felt nauseous. Darkness did not suit his attributes; he could force himself to control it for a bit, after all, it was also a natural energy, even if it wasn't compatible. But it wasn't as incompatible as ice and water.
Daichi looked down. Blackbeard was still at the center of the battlefield, half of his body somewhat withered. If he weren't the embodiment of darkness itself, the dark energy beam just now would have been enough to annihilate him. Leaving not even a speck behind.
This time, fear finally appeared in Blackbeard's eyes! Facing such a monster, he couldn't possibly win. Unless he obtained the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
Blackbeard looked at Whitebeard, who still stood at the edge of the great rift. Although covered in wounds and missing half his head, his eyes were still open. Not dead yet! If Whitebeard wasn't dead, he couldn't seize the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability!
"Burgess, Laffitte!" Blackbeard looked around for his subordinates, desperate for support, but his subordinates were all caught in fierce battles! And the prisoners brought from the prison, such as Evil King, were fleeing towards the coast, chased by Groudon Company executives.
Clearly, seeing the unfavorable situation, they had abandoned him, their Captain!
"Am I going to die here?" Blackbeard gazed at the giant claw stomping down from the sky, waving his hand, attempting to suppress the opponent's ability with the power of darkness!
However, "Crack!" The moment of contact, it was as if a mountain had fallen, his palm twisted and deformed, and his arm bones shattered and broke.
"Boom!!!" Groudon's claw stomped into the earth, emitting a deafening roar, and countless bricks and stones flew into the sky! Pure physical attack!
Daichi reverted to his human form. In the giant claw-shaped crater, Blackbeard was covered in blood, and countless bones in his body were broken. As a Dark-Dark Fruit user, he could absorb all attacks, including physical ones. But absorption had a limit.
Daichi walked towards Blackbeard, drawing the greatsword from his back with his right hand. Seeing this, Blackbeard shamelessly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Don't kill me, I can be your dog, I can definitely help you, my ability has a special effect, it can draw out the abilities of Devil Fruit users and let others eat them!"
To save his life, Blackbeard even revealed the greatest secret of his Dark-Dark Fruit power: he could hunt Devil Fruit users!
Daichi looked at Blackbeard with cold eyes. Hunting Devil Fruit users was indeed an irresistible temptation, but in his heart, real estate came first! This was his only untouchable bottom line!
"I said, you are sentenced to death!" Blackbeard turned in horror, scrambling to crawl out of the battlefield.
A flash of sword light! Blackbeard felt the world spin, then saw his headless body lying on the ground. He was dead! His ambition... His dream of becoming the Pirate King, his pupils gradually lost focus.
"The Captain is dead!" Blackbeard's subordinates fell into disarray, immediately abandoning their opponents and fleeing. With their Captain dead, staying meant only death. No one thought of avenging Blackbeard.
Daichi took out a handkerchief, wiped the blood from the blade of his sword, then picked up Blackbeard's head and walked towards Whitebeard.
"Old man, are you still alive?" Whitebeard looked at Teach's head and slowly closed his eyes. His body had long since died; he had persisted until now relying on his obsession with the outcome. Now that Teach was dead, his worries finally subsided.
In his final moments of consciousness, the scenery of his life flashed before him. "Hey, Newgate!"
"As a pirate, you don't desire treasure. What do you want?"
"Family."
"What a strange thought, hahahaha!"
Thank you, Daichi kid. The future of my sons... I leave it to you.
Whitebeard, dead!