On Sky Island.
The Straw Hat Pirates are still searching for gold.
The battle between Blackbeard Teach and Navy Lieutenant Akihara Kagura seemed too low-level, and the image radio snails worldwide skipped over it, continuing to broadcast the Straw Hat Pirates' adventure on Sky Island.
After all...
The battle on the other side was indeed quite low-level.
Blackbeard Teach's hand was pitch black, with a cloud of black mist behind him. He charged toward Akihara Kagura with a sinister grin, using his Dark-Dark Fruit ability to grab Akihara Kagura!
"Zehahaha... Got you!"
Blackbeard Teach immediately realized that his opponent's Fruit abilities had been nullified. The gap from a missing tooth on his jaw made his grin look particularly sinister and smug!
"..."
Akihara Kagura clearly felt the few Fruit abilities within him were all nullified at this moment. The Dark-Dark Fruit's ability was truly strange.
What a pity...
Demon Fruit Abilities were the weakest part of him.
Moreover...
Such a mysterious ability...
How could it not be taken for experiments?
Blackbeard Teach looked at the calm navy in front of him and felt a sudden unease in his heart. Instinctively, he wanted to twist his wrist and pin Akihara Kagura to the ground!
However...
No matter how hard Blackbeard tried, he couldn't press this Navy Lieutenant down. This navy's strength seemed far beyond his imagination...
"No, Dark Water!"
Teach's hand suddenly formed a swirling vortex!
However, Akihara Kagura punched directly onto the Dark Water; the vortex disintegrated with a punch, and his fist landed straight on Blackbeard Teach's face!
Teach's body flew backward, crashing to the ground!
Akihara Kagura raised his hand, casually picking up a branch, and plunged it heavily into Teach's thigh, piercing straight through!
"Ahhhh... it hurts so much..."
Teach writhed on the ground in agony.
This is one of the drawbacks of the Dark-Dark Fruit; his body can be elementalized, yet he can't avoid any physical attacks, instead absorbing the pain and causing the Fruit's owner to suffer double the pain!
As Teach tried to get up off the ground, Akihara Kagura kicked him in the head, leaving him dazed!
"Armament Haki!"
Teach raised his hand, hurriedly coating it with a black Armament Haki, attempting to block Akihara Kagura's attack.
However...
This seemed entirely ineffective.
Akihara Kagura kept kicking the sinister pirate as if he were a street punk in a fight, causing Teach to cry in agony!
What is this...
What exactly is happening?
How did I suddenly lose?
How is it I can't even muster the ability to resist?
Clearly, the opponent didn't seem that formidable, even unable to use the Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability. When I was about to subdue him, he beat me like a street brawler, turning me over directly?
"Help me, quickly!"
Blackbeard Teach didn't have time to understand much, urgently calling for help from his comrades!
Van Augur raised his sniper rifle, and Laffitte swung his cane while boxer Burgess charged toward Akihara Kagura; they held Blackbeard Teach, their captain, in high regard and wouldn't allow him to die here!
"Chidori Style!"
Lightning flickered in Akihara Kagura's hand!
Countless arcs of electricity, like soft threads, rapidly shot out, paralyzing all members of the Blackbeard Pirates on the spot!
"..."
Akihara Kagura looked nonchalantly at the pirates he'd just knocked to the ground.
If not for fearing it would disrupt the plan and attract others' attention, the Blackbeard Pirates might have faced a more miserable end...
"I was wrong... I was wrong..."
With his head in his arms, Blackbeard Teach repeatedly retracted his words to Akihara Kagura: "I was personally appointed as a Seven Warlords of the Sea by the Five Elders... we didn't kill those Heavenly Celestial Dragons... it was Donflamingo who manipulated my companions to do it!"
"Then you should know..."
Akihara Kagura directly pulled out the branch stuck in his leg, driving it into his shoulder: "There's only your bad luck to blame for such a thing... once you've stained yourself with the blood of the World Nobles, you mustn't be spared..."
"..."
Gritting his teeth, Teach suddenly slammed his hand on the ground, his face flashing with a treacherous and ruthless look: "Don't push a person too far, Navy! Dark Path!"
A cloud of black mist appeared under Teach once more!
The black mist swiftly spread on the ground, shrouding everything around!
But Akihara Kagura was faster; he shot up from the ground in an instant, delivering another kick to Teach's face, making him wail again!
"Ahhhh... it hurts so much!"
"If you die, it won't hurt anymore."
Electric light flashed up on Akihara Kagura again, countless arcs of electricity swirling around his body as he floated into the air, transforming into a giant Thunder God over a hundred meters tall, seemingly intending to kill the opponent with this move directly!
In the next moment!
The Recording Radio Snail seemed to sense the commotion, resuming recording of the battle between the Blackbeard Pirates and Akihara Kagura, and the entire sea witnessed that Navy Lieutenant turn into a towering Thunder God!
Boom!
The Thunder God swung a punch directly down!