Chapter 87

He was a remnant of the old era, but today he saw with his own eyes a group of people playing with remnants of the old era—not only killing them but also taking their corpses and remaking them into humanoid weapons.

What he could not accept most was that the musician of the Rumba Pirates, whom he had admired since childhood and who had even led him onto the pirate path, Brook, had died humming a tune.

You think we are remnants of the old era because we have grown old.

Very well, wait until I seize that Devil Fruit that can restore my youth and even elevate my strength to a higher level, then we shall compete again.

Moreover, my newly acquired little pet possesses a very miraculous ability; with his power, even facing ten thousand troops, I would not fear.

"Master, no matter what, I will follow you." The little civet cat spoke excitedly.

"Come on! Let us go find that legendary Devil Fruit, the Mythical Zoan Bat Fruit, Vampire Form." The Arrogant Red spoke.

At this moment, on the plaza of Marine Headquarters Marin Vando, other members of the Blackbeard Pirates also ran over, surrounding Rod Blackbeard and the others in the middle.

"Alright, now no one is allowed to pass through here."

"If this idiot captain fails again this time, we will disband directly."

"If I were to become captain, that would be great; I would surely be stronger than this guy."

With Kaido, Death Knight Whitebeard, and also under Rod's orders, they guarded his side.

The members of the Blackbeard Pirates took out a piece of black cloth and wrapped Rod, Silvanas, and Blackbeard inside it.

"Can you not cover us up?"

"Hey, hahahaha. My ability cannot be exposed temporarily, so you must endure a little hardship; if you fear danger, you two can stand outside." Blackbeard said.

"Hmph! No need, we will just watch you mess around here." Rod spoke.

I am not a pushover either, especially with Silvanas beside me, Kaido and Whitebeard also present; if Blackbeard dares to play any tricks, he is doomed.

This time, to observe Blackbeard's performance up close, I must see exactly how the Devil Fruit is extracted.

"Hehehehe! Alright! Let us begin!" Blackbeard pulled a fruit from his bosom, a black vortex appeared in one palm, aimed at the fruit, while the other palm aimed at Brook's corpse, and likewise a black vortex began to appear.

A strange energy, emanating from Brook's corpse, was drawn out by the black vortex on Blackbeard's palm.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, what was originally an ordinary fruit began to gradually change form, upon which appeared the unique pattern of a Devil Fruit, a spiral motif.

In just a moment's effort, a brand-new Yellow Spring Fruit appeared before Rod and Silvanas.

"Hehehehe! This is my fruit's ability, the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, alright, our agreement is now one-third complete." Blackbeard handed the Yellow Spring Fruit in his hand to Rod.

At the same time, outside, the Blackbeard Pirates members also lifted the curtain black cloth, and everyone saw the Devil Fruit in Rod's hand.

"It seems the captain succeeded; he did not deceive us."

"If that is the case, it seems we do not need to disband." The members of the Blackbeard Pirates spoke.

"How... how is this possible? That guy, that guy actually took out the Devil Fruit."

"Could it be, could it be that it was hidden beforehand?"

"Just how evil is this power?" Whether it was the marines present, the pirates, or the ordinary people watching the live broadcast worldwide, all wore looks of astonishment.

"Well done, Blackbeard; later you will come with me to Wano Country!" Rod laughed, put away the Yellow Spring Fruit, and spoke.

"This is not what we agreed upon." Blackbeard's expression changed, and he spoke.

"You only need to take out two more Devil Fruits, and we will let you go; is that not simple? You agree, right?" Rod spoke.

"Hmph! As long as you capture the corresponding ability users and inform me, I will come to help; but if you want to imprison me, you are gravely mistaken." Blackbeard spoke.

Now the situation is different; this gang of deep-sea advancement city pirates will surely stand on our side.

For a moment, the atmosphere grew tense; the Blackbeard Pirates members and Whitebeard and Kaido faced off from afar, Silvanas also picked up her bow and arrow, aimed at Vanooka, and now she plays the role of a sniper.

"Hmph! I will directly kill the others, then take you away." Kaido spoke.

Still hoping you would extract the ability of the Black Coal Great Snake, the Eight Branches Great Snake Fruit for such a waste—truly a waste.

A bunch of failed advancement city dare to act arrogantly before him; were it not for considering Rod's presence, Kaido would have long since opened a massacre.

The battle is about to erupt; Rod silently retreated behind Whitebeard and Kaido, and Silvanas also followed over.

Several members of the Blackbeard Pirates simultaneously moved, lunging at Kaido—Evil Governance King, Rain's West Li, Great Wine Barrel—three great pirates collectively charged at Kaido.

"Hmph!" Conqueror's Haki, Armament Haki, anger began to coil around the spiked club; Kaido made a horizontal sweep attack, directly sending the three Blackbeard Pirates members flying.

Even these three fellows had not reacted yet; they had been captured into Advancement City for over ten or even twenty years, some having even missed the coronation time of Pirate King Roger.

They simply do not understand—what is the attack power of an existence surpassing the Four Emperors' level?

On the other side, the sniper Vanookai picked up his sniper rifle, aimed at Rod, but Silvanas's arrows were faster, a barrage of black shadow death spirit arrows shot toward him.

Forcing this sniper to constantly dodge, but you play arrow duels with the queen—seeking death? On the other side, Whitebeard's entire body emanated an extremely bloody aura, swinging the rune great sword to slash at Blackbeard.

Spirit Strike, the rune sword directly slashed down, a streak of blood flashed across; Blackbeard was merely wounded in an instant.

"Damn it, you forced me to do this—I originally did not want to fight you, Dark Water!" Blackbeard began to activate the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability.

Whitebeard let out a cold snort, the rune sword swung, heart strike, domain magic, wither and decay.

A breath of death instantly spread; Blackbeard immediately felt his whole body begin to weaken, his steps also slowed.

A flash of green light appeared on Whitebeard's body, then formed a magic shield, directly immunizing against Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit ability.

Blood DK damage reduction effect, anti-magic shield, icebound form.

Raffiti held his own cane-sword, transformed into a black shadow, and swiftly lunged at Rod to kill.

Suddenly a blood-red large hand appeared, grabbed it, then violently pulled it forward—Blood Death Knight skill, Blood Magic Grasp.

It can pull enemies from afar, with a range even greater than Death's Grasp.

At the same time, it forces the opponent to attack oneself; the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit ability user Katelyn was also kicked flying by Whitebeard.

After gaining Death Knight abilities, Whitebeard's combat power became terrifying to the extreme; each strike, bolstered by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, had power outrageously strong. In just a few rounds, the Blackbeard Pirates were all wounded.

"Damn! These two fellows' strength is really too terrifying!"

In a moment's effort, the Blackbeard Pirates were all wounded; Kaido and Whitebeard's combined combat power surpassed their imagination.

"Give up useless struggling!" Whitebeard spoke.

Rod also took out his own staff, began to individually stack curse buffs or pain debuffs on these several people, weakening their strength.

"Damn it! Kaido, you bastard, do you really have to fight us to the death? The Navy is watching like a tiger eyeing its prey, waiting for us to destroy each other."

Now on the Navy's side, they clearly want to take advantage of the situation, waiting for us and Kaido and Whitebeard to fight until both sides are weakened, or for our side to be wiped out by Kaido and Whitebeard, and then they will strike.

Right now, the Blackbeard Pirates have just lost three members to Kaido's attacks, rendering them unable to fight. Adding in the initial Buggy, the Blackbeard Pirates now have only a handful of fighters left.

"Captain, things don't look good!" Van Orca said.

That woman's sniping skill is not inferior to mine—it's even superior. I didn't inflict a single scratch on her, but I ended up with some wounds myself.

Moreover, this woman's attacks are incredibly strange! After my shoulder was pierced by an arrow, it actually turned into a deathly black color.

Whitebeard let out a cold snort, grabbed his rune sword, and in an instant rushed to Blackbeard's side, then kicked him over to the ground.

Several Blackbeard Pirates members who tried to come to the captain's aid were also blown away by Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability.

"Wah! Ah! Ah!" A mournful, almost demonic howl echoed as Sylvanas flew into midair, her entire body transforming into a banshee state, then she let out a roar.

Everyone present felt a wave of dizziness, and suddenly an unparalleled fear welled up from deep within their hearts. This roar was different from Conqueror's Haki, but its power seemed even greater, striking straight at their souls. Everyone clutched their chests and dropped to one knee.

This time, Sylvanas showed no mercy, directly using her signature skill.

Banshee Howl.

This time, no member of the Blackbeard Pirates could stop Whitebeard anymore. Whitebeard grabbed one of Blackbeard's legs, lifted him up, and kept violently slamming him against the ground.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Blackbeard, in Whitebeard's hands, was like a small pillow—tossed up and slammed down repeatedly on the ground.

For a moment, the scene turned bloody—Blackbeard's few remaining teeth were shattered, and he was gushing blood all over.

At this point, after being violently slammed by Whitebeard, Blackbeard was exhaling more than inhaling.

"Well done, old man! Just like that—hurry up and kill him, avenge Ace and Sachi!"

"Old man, hurry up and kill this bastard!" The Whitebeard Pirates members watching nearby immediately shouted.

Old man is truly formidable! Just now, that wave of divine power sent the Blackbeard Pirates members rolling and losing control of their bowels.

Blackbeard himself was being beaten to a pulp—no one could imagine how miserable he looked.

"Sengoku, go attack Whitebeard right now—don't let them take Blackbeard away!" Crane Vice Admiral said.

"Why? This bastard Blackbeard deserves to die."

"Letting them take Blackbeard away will only increase the strength of the Kaido Pirates.

By then, the Kaido Pirates' power will grow even further, so no matter what, we must not let them take Blackbeard away—hurry up and attack!" Crane Vice Admiral said.

"I know!" Yellow Monkey's body turned into a yellow flash of light, instantly appearing beside Whitebeard, his arm condensing into a light sword as he slashed toward Whitebeard.

On the other side, Red Dog's entire body ignited with molten lava as he surged forward with a violent acceleration, charging toward Whitebeard.

"Let me defeat you once again! Whitebeard."

The lava-formed fist and the yellow laser struck Whitebeard, but were nullified by the power of the Anti-Magic Shield.

If you were using physical attacks, that would still be fine, but if you're using elemental magic attacks, then the Anti-Magic Shield is no joke.

However, the two attacks also allowed the previously subdued Blackbeard to break free from Whitebeard's grip.

Blackbeard, his face covered in blood, dragged his severely wounded body and began running toward his comrades.

Phew, that was close—thank goodness the Marines intervened, otherwise I would have been dead for sure.

Whitebeard let out a cold snort, swung his rune sword, and with the added power of his Devil Fruit, slashed at the two admirals, forcing them back, then tried to get up to chase after Blackbeard.

But a path of ice began spreading from Whitebeard's feet, and at this very moment, Admiral Blue Pheasant also took action.

Although the Death Knight can also manipulate ice power, Whitebeard is ultimately a Blood Death Knight, and Blue Pheasant's attack slowed Whitebeard's movements.

Meanwhile, Buddha Sengoku transformed into a golden giant Buddha, and together with Garp, he went to face Kaido.

With just a bang, the iron fist and the spiked club collided, and then Garp let out a miserable cry and was flung away.

"This Kaido bastard has gotten much stronger—be careful, Sengoku."

The golden Buddha barely managed to withstand Kaido's spiked club, but Buddha Sengoku at this moment had already started coughing up blood.

The spiked club, infused with rage, Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki, and even fel energy, is not something an ordinary person can withstand.

Just a few simple strikes, and the Buddha form of Buddha Sengoku could barely hold on.

"Take this!" Garp also charged forward at this moment, his fists covered in Armament Haki.

For a moment, the scene became somewhat chaotic, with Whitebeard single-handedly taking on the three admirals.

The Blackbeard Pirates collectively fled.

Kaido then focused on fighting Buddha Sengoku and Garp, as well as the arriving Crane Vice Admiral for support.

As for the other Marine vice admirals and some rear admirals, they were basically no match for the two of them in a single exchange.

At this moment, a powerful surge of Conqueror's Haki appeared.

"This battle ends here—by my command!"

(End of Chapter)