Chapter 269

His strength was incomparably huge; he used his physical strength to break free from the shackles of the black water under his feet. (bjdh)

Like a human beast, he rushed toward Blackbeard.

Marco behind him screamed:

"Jozu, don't be reckless!"

But Jozu had long been blinded by anger, his eyes red, and he couldn't listen to Marco's words at all.

Seeing Jozu turn into hard diamond and rush toward him, Blackbeard sneered:

"Jozu, the wounds you got from Admiral Aokiji during the Summit War haven't healed yet, and you dare to be so arrogant; I'll just send you on your way!"

During the Summit War.

Jozu's opponent was Admiral Aokiji.

He was accidentally frozen by Aokiji and lost an arm.

At this moment, he was still wrapped in bandages, and his injuries were clearly not healed.

Blackbeard sneered.

Using the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability to nullify Devil Fruit powers, he made all the diamond on Jozu's body disappear.

Then he threw a punch, sending Jozu flying hard.

"Damn it!"

Marco knew he couldn't hesitate any longer.

The phoenix wings behind him suddenly spread out, emitting a loud phoenix cry.

Marco soared into the sky and dived down from high altitude.

"Teach, let me settle this with you!"

"Phoenix Brand!"

Blackbeard's expression became slightly more serious.

"As expected of Phoenix Marco; with just that kind of method, it really couldn't bind you."

"But, Marco, you are too short-sighted and don't recognize reality!"

"Even if your phoenix flames are brilliant, they can't compare to my darkness!"

"You will perish in the darkness, just like the light of Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit! Zehahaha!"

Blackbeard and Marco engaged in a fierce battle.

The restraint of the Dark-Dark Fruit on Devil Fruit users was truly too great.

Marco soon fell into a disadvantage.

The entire Whitebeard Pirates remnants suffered heavy casualties.

And as Laffitte took the opportunity to dig up Whitebeard's grave and move out Whitebeard's remains.

After Blackbeard obtained the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit,

even if Marco, Jozu, Vista, and all the Whitebeard Pirates went together, they were no longer Blackbeard's opponents!

Crack!

The atmosphere shattered.

Blackbeard struck the same pose as Whitebeard, causing air tremors and earthquakes!

"Zehahahaha!"

"Finally succeeded, finally obtained this power to destroy the world!"

Blackbeard looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, extremely excited.

"The Dark-Dark Fruit ability that turns everything into nothingness!"

"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit power that destroys everything!"

"The goal that wasn't achieved during the Summit War has finally been accomplished!"

"Zehahahaha! I am now the world's strongest!"

Boom!

Another earthquake.

This island cracked, shaking violently.

The Whitebeard Pirates remnants instantly fell apart.

Under Marco's pale face and incredulous gaze.

Blackbeard laughed wildly and left the place.

"Just wait, the future era belongs to me!"

"Even that man, Five Emperors Luo Xing, no longer has the qualification to make me retreat!"

"Zehahahaha!!"

240. The hope of the Whitebeard Pirates remnants for revenge, Monster Cells! Defecting to the Beasts Pirates?!

Blackbeard, who should have benefited the most from the Summit War.

Because of Luo Xing's interference, not only did he gain nothing, but he also suffered a bellyful of frustration and almost lost his life on the sea.

But Blackbeard was worthy of being an overlord of a generation.

Not only was he not depressed by this, but he was still ambitious, coveting the throne of the Pirate King.

He launched an attack on the Revolutionary Army, capturing Baltigo as his base for developing his power.

He let Burgess and the others recruit troops,

while he and Laffitte quietly came to Whitebeard's hometown, continuing to plot for Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability.

Fortunately,

the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had not yet disappeared from Whitebeard's corpse,

and Blackbeard succeeded this time; he finally obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability!

And,

he also severely damaged the Whitebeard Pirates remnants who were preparing to take revenge on him.

Some weak commanders were directly swallowed by Blackbeard's darkness.

Even powerhouses like Marco, Jozu, and Vista were severely injured by Blackbeard.

The Whitebeard Pirates remnants would never be a threat again,

and would never be a threat to him, Blackbeard, again!

When Blackbeard left this island,

the triumphant, conceited, and arrogant smile on his face could not be hidden at all.

And compared to Blackbeard's arrogance,

the atmosphere of the Whitebeard Pirates remnants on the shattered island was incomparably sad and desperate.

"Damn it, damn it!!"

Diamond Jozu was covered in blood, gritting his teeth as he watched the back leaving triumphantly, his eyes red, veins bulging.

He hated!

He hated why he was so weak that he couldn't avenge Old Man!

Instead, he let the enemy walk away!

Flower Sword Vista was also seriously injured, but lighter than Jozu.

After all, he was a powerful swordsman, not a Devil Fruit user, so the restraint of the Dark-Dark Fruit was smaller.

His injuries were mainly caused by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Vista's face was full of sorrow.

"Teach, that heinous bastard, actually dug up Old Man's grave and obtained Old Man's ability!"

"Now, we have no ability to take revenge on him anymore!"

The other surviving commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, hearing this,

all lowered their heads sadly.

The power of the Dark-Dark Fruit was already strange and extremely difficult to deal with.

Teach now also possessed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability capable of destroying the world.

What could they use to fight Blackbeard?

It was impossible for them to be his opponents.

The sixteenth division commander, Izo, covered the wound on his shoulder, the despair on his face the same as when he learned that Lord Oden had been killed by Kaido.

The one with the lightest injuries was Marco.

His Phoenix-Phoenix Fruit allowed him to treat his injuries quickly.

He looked at the Whitebeard Pirates, who were plunged into despair and grief, and felt incomparably sad in his heart.

Old Man was dead, and after experiencing this crushing defeat,

these partners who had been together day and night had completely lost their spirit and fighting will.

It was estimated that they would soon go their separate ways.

The Whitebeard Pirates were truly going to be completely disbanded.

Marco was reluctant, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

What other way was there?

He didn't have Whitebeard's prestige, let alone Whitebeard's strength.

Whether it was continuing to unite the Whitebeard Pirates or taking revenge on Blackbeard,

he couldn't do it!

The only thing he could do in the future was probably to guard this island.

Guard Old Man's grave and not let it be disturbed by anyone again.

Marco was silent for a long time.

Soon.

A commander dragged his scarred body and left in a daze.

"Goodbye, everyone..."

This commander said.

Immediately after.

Another commander followed behind him, intending to leave.

"Let's disperse, let's all disperse; what's the point of us gathering here when we can't do anything, we're just a bunch of wastes!"

These words,

deeply stung the heart of one person.

That was Diamond Jozu!

Jozu was adopted by Whitebeard when he was very young.

Like Marco, he basically grew up by Whitebeard's side.

Whitebeard was not his biological father, but he was closer than a biological father!

How could he watch Old Man die with regrets in the afterlife!

How could he be so decadent and not avenge Old Man?!

Absolutely not!

Jozu suddenly let out a roar:

"You two, where are you going? Do you intend to be cowards forever!"

The two commanders heard this, stopped their steps, looked back at Jozu, and smiled bitterly:

"What can we do if we don't be cowards? Jozu, you are also seriously injured and can't even protect yourself."

Jozu roared:

"What if I'm seriously injured? What if I can't protect myself? Are you all cowards who fear death?!"

The two commanders were instantly provoked into anger and said:

"How could we fear death? It's just that we can't avenge Old Man and don't want to die in vain!"

None of the sixteen commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates were cowards.

If they could avenge Whitebeard, they would go to Blackbeard even if they risked their lives.

But from that battle just now.

They had already deeply realized that,

even if more than ten of them went together, they were far from being opponents of Blackbeard, who possessed both Dark-Dark and Tremor-Tremor Fruit abilities!

They would just die in vain.

What would be the point of that?

But Jozu's next words made those two commanders, and the rest of the people, including Marco and Vista, all surprised.

"Who said we can't avenge Old Man? Who said we would definitely die in vain?"

"Jozu, what do you mean by that? Just now, it's not like you didn't see Teach's current power..."

"Yes, Teach, that bastard, is indeed powerful now, but he's not necessarily invincible!"

Jozu roared:

"We still have a chance to defeat him!"

"What chance?"

All the commanders looked at Jozu with hope burning in their eyes.

Jozu took a deep breath and said word by word:

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"That is Monster Cells!"

"As long as we eat Monster Cells, our strength will skyrocket!"

"At that time, we will definitely be able to kill Teach!!"

The Whitebeard Pirates commanders were shocked.

Monster Cells, Jozu actually had his eyes on Monster Cells!

But thinking about it carefully,

what Jozu said actually made a lot of sense.

If there was anything in this world that could allow them to bridge the strength gap with Blackbeard, it was only those Monster Cells that were comparable to Devil Fruits!

However,

the key to the problem was,

Monster Cells were the heaven-defying items invented by that unfathomable Five Emperors Luo Xing, whom even Old Man didn't dare to underestimate.

And Five Emperors Luo Xing was the son-in-law of Kaido of the Beasts, standing behind the Beasts Pirates who dared to compete with the World Government for hegemony!

In terms of current fame on the sea,

Luo Xing was far more terrifying than Blackbeard!

The Beasts Pirates were also far more powerful than the Blackbeard Pirates!

How could the Whitebeard Pirates commanders, without Old Man sitting in charge, obtain Monster Cells?

Rob them?

Hehe, the probability of success was even smaller than killing Blackbeard.

Jozu had long thought of this problem, and he had also thought of a solution, saying straightforwardly:

"Only that Five Emperors Luo Xing has Monster Cells."

"Although our Whitebeard Pirates and the Beasts Pirates have had many conflicts in the past, and Old Man and Kaido have had grudges for a long time, that was decades ago."

"In order to avenge Old Man, Ace, and Thatch, these past conflicts don't count for anything at all."

Marco's body shook greatly; he heard the implication of Jozu's words and said in shock:

"Jozu, do you mean for us to defect to the Beasts Pirates?!"

241. The decision of the Whitebeard Pirates remnants, defecting only to Luo Xing and not to Kaido!

Monster Cells were Luo Xing's invention.

On this sea, only the Beasts Pirates possessed them.

And the Beasts Pirates were the strongest Four Emperors crew capable of directly confronting the World Government!

Not a bit weaker than the Rocks Pirates and the Roger Pirates of the past!

Even more so!

Even if Blackbeard possessed the dual-fruit ability, even if he was recognized as the new Four Emperors to replace the Whitebeard Pirates,

the current overall strength was far inferior to the Beasts Pirates!

The Whitebeard Pirates remnants, wanting to snatch Monster Cells from the Beasts Pirates, was no different from a fool's dream.

— Author's Notes —

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