Chapter 223

Otherwise, Dragon would have long ago cured Sabo's amnesia.

Sabo choked out, tears streaming down his face:

"He is my brother, Luffy, our shared younger brother!"

Sabo suddenly stood up, gritting his teeth and saying:

"Mr. Dragon, let me go to Marineford. I must go save Ace!"

Dragon remained silent for a moment.

He never expected that the Sabo he had saved back then was actually Luffy's sworn older brother; what a twist of fate.

Yet Dragon refused Sabo's request.

"Fire Fist Ace has already been killed. Going now would be of no use."

"Right now, curing Luffy is the most critical matter."

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"Sabo, as the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, you must remain calm at all times!"

"Rest assured, sooner or later, we will settle the score with the World Government!"

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Marineford.

Whitebeard bid farewell to Ma Erke and the others.

He faced the entire Navy alone.

Though Ma Erke and the others were filled with immense grief, they could only grit their teeth and leave.

They could not let Old Man's intentions go to waste in vain.

Whitebeard stood proudly on the battlefield, Dragging the Weight of his grievously wounded, dying body, yet still sweeping through the Marine soldiers.

But he was clearly at the end of his tether and could not hold out much longer.

Hidden behind the Navy Headquarters building, Blackbeard knew the moment for his entrance had finally arrived.

He rubbed his hands together, unable to contain his excitement.

However, an eye watching him from behind made him very uncomfortable.

Blackbeard glanced back at Moria and said angrily:

"This guy must have been ordered by the Fifth Emperor Luo Xing to deliberately ruin my good deed! Detestable!"

"Buggy, and Van Augur, you two don't have to go with me later; just focus on guarding against this wretched Moria!"

Buggy and Van Augur replied:

"Understood, Captain!"

After giving these orders, Blackbeard could restrain himself no longer.

He leaped from the Navy Headquarters building, plummeting directly in front of Whitebeard, and let out a maniacal, cackling laugh:

"Long time no see, Old Man!"

"Hand over your Devil Fruit power to me!"

Blackbeard's appearance sent a shockwave through the entire battlefield.

Ma Erke and the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates ground their teeth in anger.

If not for Blackbeard, Thatch would not have died, Ace would not have been captured, and none of this would have happened!

Fleet Admiral Sengoku also glared with cold light in his eyes.

This bastard Blackbeard had previously tricked him, claiming he would exchange Fire Fist Ace for a Warlord position.

But when the battlefield opened, the man had vanished.

Through Navy spies, Sengoku Already knew Blackbeard had gone to Impel Down and was probably plotting to recruit the prisoners there as well.

Unfortunately,

the Fifth Emperor Luo Xing had beaten him to it; lacking the courage to contend with the Fifth Emperor Luo Xing, he had slunk away in disgrace.

But,

what does Blackbeard intend to do upon his return?

Sengoku frowned tightly, unable to comprehend Blackbeard's purpose.

Whitebeard, who was already at the end of his tether, felt a surge of raging fury and killing intent erupt once more the instant he saw Blackbeard.

As if in a final burst of vitality, he covered his fist with a shockwave and struck out at Blackbeard.

"Teach, you alone, I absolutely cannot let you go!"

"You broke the one iron rule of my ship; you killed a comrade. Let me avenge Thatch!"

191, The Fall of the Strongest Man Whitebeard! The Death Knell for the Celestial Dragons Rings!

Filled with boundless rage and killing intent, Whitebeard intended to execute Blackbeard before his death to avenge Thatch.

But facing the furious strike of the world's strongest man, Blackbeard showed not a shred of fear; instead, he laughed wildly:

"Zehahaha! Old Man, you still don't know that I killed Thatch and stole his Devil Fruit power, do you?"

"Very well, today I will let you witness the power of the most powerful Dark-Dark Fruit!"

From Blackbeard's body, wisps of black smoke suddenly surged forth.

The ground beneath his feet was also covered by a layer of black water.

The Dark-Dark Fruit is extremely mysterious; it can create dark holes similar to black holes that swallow everything into them.

And its most terrifying aspect lies in its ability to nullify the Devil Fruit powers of enemies.

Blackbeard's right palm was seen swirling with black mist, facing Whitebeard's fist covered in shockwaves:

"Black Water!"

Hummm~~

Bai Huzi's vibration wave, capable of shattering the atmosphere, was absorbed by the black mist and vanished.

"Five-seven-three," Bai Huzi's pupils contracted, deeply shocked.

Blackbeard grew even more arrogant.

"See that, Old Man? This is the power I now possess."

"Your Gura Gura no Mi is meaningless before my Yami Yami no Mi! Hehehehe!"

Blackbeard laughed wildly, tilting his head back.

How exhilarating this feeling was!

The resentment he had suffered at Luo Xing's hands was released all at once.

Blackbeard couldn't help but become overconfident.

When Bai Huzi struck again with a punch, Blackbeard absorbed the vibration wave once more—and successfully landed a blow on Bai Huzi's chin.

Blackbeard even danced around in arrogant triumph.

"Hehehehe! Old Man, look at you—so pitiful, how tragic!"

"Once I worshipped you, but you're old now—your era is over!"

"The future belongs to Blackbeard!"

In the moment of Blackbeard's arrogant triumph,

Bai Huzi calmly tossed Sōun'cut into the sky, then unleashed another vibration wave toward Blackbeard.

Blackbeard easily absorbed it, growing even more reckless.

Just then,

Sōun'cut fell, Bai Huzi reached out and caught it, spinning it several times,

and, before Blackbeard's stunned eyes, slashed straight through his chest.

"Ah! It hurts! It hurts!"

Blackbeard writhed in pain on the ground.

"Arrogance and recklessness are your weaknesses, Techi!"

Bai Huzi stepped forward, stomping on Blackbeard's hands, his broad right hand gripping the man's throat.

The vibration wave surged over him once more.

Blackbeard's eyes filled with boundless terror as he desperately begged:

"Don't… don't kill me, Old Man! I'm your son!"