Chapter 282

His strength was incomparably immense; he broke free from the binding black water beneath his feet purely through physical power.

He rushed at Blackbeard like a humanoid ferocious beast.

Ma Erke behind him cried out in alarm:

"Jozu, do not be rash!"

But Jozu, already blinded by rage with eyes bloodshot, could not hear Ma Erke's words at all.

Seeing Jozu charge at him with his entire body turned into hard diamond, Blackbeard sneered:

"Jozu, your wounds from Admiral Aokiji in the Summit War haven't even healed yet, and you dare to be so arrogant? I'll just send you to your grave!"

During the Summit War,

Jozu had been matched against Admiral Aokiji.

He had carelessly been frozen all over by Aokiji and lost an arm.

Even now, bandages still wrapped around his body, clearly indicating his injuries had not yet healed.

Blackbeard sneered.

Using the ability of the Dark-Dark Fruit to nullify Devil Fruit powers, he turned all of Jozu's diamond body to nothing.

Then he threw a punch, sending Jozu flying hard.

"Damn it!"

Ma Erke knew he could no longer hesitate.

The phoenix wings on his back suddenly spread, emitting a clear phoenix cry.

Ma Erke shot into the sky and dove down from high above.

"Teach, let me settle this with you!"

"Phoenix Seal!"

Blackbeard's expression grew slightly Solemn.

"As expected of the Immortal Bird Ma Erke; mere tricks like that indeed cannot bind you."

"But, Ma Erke, you are too shortsighted and fail to recognize reality!"

"No matter how brilliant your Immortal Bird flames are, they cannot withstand my darkness!"

"You will be destroyed in the darkness just like Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit light! Zehahaha!"

Blackbeard and Ma Erke engaged in fierce battle.

The Dark-Dark Fruit's suppression of Devil Fruit users was simply too great.

Ma Erke quickly fell into a disadvantage.

The entire Whitebeard Pirates remnant suffered heavy casualties.

And as Lafitte took the opportunity to dig open Whitebeard's grave and remove Whitebeard's corpse,

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

even if Ma Erke, Jozu, Vista, and all of the Whitebeard Pirates attacked together, they would no longer be Blackbeard's match!

Crack!

The atmosphere shattered.

Blackbeard assumed the same stance as Whitebeard, triggering air quakes and earthquakes!

"Zehahaha!"

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

Blackbeard laughed wildly to the heavens, extremely agitated.

"The ability of the Dark-Dark Fruit that turns all things to nothingness!"

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

"The goal not achieved in the Summit War has finally been accomplished!"

"Zehahaha! I am now the strongest in the world!"

Boom!

Another massive earthquake struck.

The entire city cracked open, shaking violently.

The Whitebeard Pirates remnant instantly disintegrated.

On Ma Erke's pale face and in his incredulous gaze,

Blackbeard left the place while laughing wildly.

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

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

"Zehahaha!!"

240. The Whitebeard Pirates remnant's hope for revenge, the Strange Man Cell! Joining the Beasts Pirates?!

Blackbeard, who should have gained the most from the Summit War,

due to Luo Xing's interference, gained nothing, suffered countless grievances, and even nearly perished in the sea.

But Blackbeard was indeed a generation's hero of ambition.

He not only did not become depressed because of this, but remained ambitious, coveting the throne of the Pirate King.

He recklessly launched an attack on the Revolutionary Army and seized Baltigo as the foundation for developing his forces.

He also had Burgess and others recruit soldiers and buy horses,

while quietly arriving at Whitebeard's hometown with Lafitte to continue plotting for Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability.

Fortunately,

The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had not yet vanished from Bai Huzi's corpse.

Ma Erke succeeded this time; he finally obtained the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability!

Moreover,

he had severely wounded the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates who were preparing to take revenge on him.

Some weak commanders were directly swallowed by Ma Erke's darkness.

Even strong ones like Ma Erke, Jozu, and Vista were severely injured by Ma Erke.

The remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates would never amount to anything again from now on,

posing no threat to him, Ma Erke, ever again!

When Ma Erke left this island,

the proud, arrogant, and triumphant smile on his face could not be concealed at all.

And compared to Ma Erke's recklessness,

the shattered island and the atmosphere among the Whitebeard Pirates' remnants were filled with boundless sorrow and despair.

"Damn it, damn it!!"

Diamond Jozu, covered in blood, gritted his teeth, staring at the departing figure with blazing red eyes and bulging veins.

He hated!

He hated himself for being so weak, unable to avenge Father!

Instead, he let the enemy walk away triumphantly!

Flower Sword Vista was also severely injured, but less so than Jozu.

After all, he was a powerful swordsman, not a Devil Fruit user, so the suppression by the Dark-Dark Fruit was weaker.

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

Vista's face was filled with grief.

"That utterly despicable bastard Teach even dug up Father's grave and obtained Father's ability!"

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

The other surviving commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, upon hearing these words,

each lowered their heads in dejection.

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

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

What could they use to fight against Ma Erke?

They were simply no match for him.

Izou, commander of the Sixteenth Division, clutched the wound on his shoulder, his despair identical to that when he learned years ago that my lord Oden had been killed by Kaido.