Chapter 1334: Unleash Terror, Yokai Blade!!
Chapter 1334: Unleash Terror, Yokai Blade!!
Powerful! Unbelievably powerful!
While Marshall D. Teach and Kuro might be evenly matched in raw strength, Kuro's display of power felt absolutely suffocating. To the Navy, this was exhilarating. For pirates, however...
Well, pirates couldn't exactly watch - most who paid attention had already kicked the bucket.
"You bastard! How can you be this strong?!" Marshall D. Teach roared, his face twisted in disbelief. Kuro's strength hadn't been this monstrous before. Even through cultivation, unarmed combat techniques, and brute force, these were completely different realms of power.
"Figure it out yourself", Kuro replied curtly. His body blurred as he flashed before Marshall D. Teach, Yokai Blade carving through the air. The blade left afterimages, creating the illusion of multiple swords slashing toward Marshall D. Teach's neck.
Witnessing this, Dracule Mihawk - whose blade had just been blocked by Shiryu's strike - widened his eyes, a smirk tugging his lips. "My Kaiman-To (Cutlass Style), huh?"
"Shen Miao Jian (Divine Wonder Sword)!"
Kuro's voice rang out as the blade bit into Marshall D. Teach's neck, sharp pain electrifying his entire body. There was no escape!
Marshall D. Teach tried dodging, but wherever he moved, the blade followed. Before he could even hesitate, the sword had already arrived.
No dodging possible.
"Damn you!"
Marshall D. Teach growled, fist tightening as he lunged forward.
Boom!
The shockwave made Kuro's body tremble, the blade vibrating slightly. Seizing this opening, Marshall D. Teach charged recklessly, white shockwave energy mixed with streaks of jet-black.
"Dark Flow!!"
Crack!
Black smoke-like currents erupted from air fractures, swirling forward like a vortex. Where the smoke passed, even the air seemed to get sucked in, crushed by the shockwave's force.
The smoke formed a rotating windmill shape before Marshall D. Teach, spinning violently.
Kuro clicked his tongue, body rocketing backward mid-air. He slashed downward, sending multiple energy waves toward the black vortex. The slashes were swallowed whole, shattering instantly.
This wasn't something you could block head-on.
"Ha!"
As Kuro ascended, Marshall D. Teach fired another punch. The air exploded, black smoke snakes biting through cracks toward him.
Kuro frowned, shooting straight upward, but the black snakes pursued with eerie sentience. Where they passed, air shattered. These serpents carried shockwave force, wisps dispersing to encircle Kuro.
"Evil laugh, destruction incarnate through shockwave strength! Darkness itself devouring all!" Marshall D. Teach maintained one black snake with one hand, fist raised in laughter. "Old Man combined them into world-conquering power! Taste this technique's might!"
His outstretched hand clenched violently. The encircling black snakes didn't even touch Kuro before detonating. The shockwave fractures spread like spiderwebs, immobilizing Kuro.
Boom!!
The air exploded like shattered glass, rolling black smoke engulfing the sky.
"Evil laugh! See this? This is my strength!" Marshall D. Teach grinned maniacally.
But his laughter froze when from the smoke pierced Yokai Blade's signature Black-Back Blood Blade. The blade swept sideways, dispersing wind pressure and clearing the smoke.
The blade revealed Kuro's bloodied form. Yet his expression showed no injury residue.
How was this possible?
Marshall D. Teach could see Kuro's wounds from the shockwave compression, but they were healing at impossible speed!
How?! Could Float-Float Fruit do this?!
Before Marshall D. Teach could ponder, Kuro dove downward. Startled, Marshall D. Teach threw another punch.
"Dark Flow!!"
Boom!
The black snake erupted, biting around Kuro's position. Explosive shockwave dispersion created another dense smoke cloud.
But the smoke barely rose before a figure burst forth.
Kuro, gripping Yokai Blade, charged forward despite bloodstained clothes. His eyes locked coldly on Marshall D. Teach as the blade stabbed toward his forehead.
Clang!!
The blade tip was blocked by a bare hand. Sweat dripped from Marshall D. Teach's temple as his other hand, coated in Haki, used his forearm to block the strike.
"Blackbeard's Laugh... you really are terrifying."
"The terrifying part's coming next!"
Six blood-red ribbons erupted from Kuro's body, slapping onto Marshall D. Teach.
"Join Old Man in death!!"
Kuro's gruesome voice reached Marshall D. Teach's ears as the ribbons made contact. Marshall D. Teach's eyes widened, watching the ribbons pierce through his Haki like paper, dissolving his body's surface on contact.
He's going to die!
He'll die!
Old Man's ambition...
"Aaaaah!!"
Marshall D. Teach exploded into a roar, thrusting his hand forward against the blade tip. The Yokai Blade pierced his hand, but he charged recklessly forward. In that instant, he dodged Wu Sheng Kong Sha's ambush at the cost of some flesh being carved off his body's edge.
Darkness erupted from Marshall D. Teach's body, engulfing the Yokai Blade piercing his hand. With this proximity, his other hand pressed against Kuro's body.
"Dark Hollow Way!!"
Ability unleashed.
Boom!!
The moment of contact shattered Wu Sheng Kong Sha's ribbons, pure killing intent and sword pressure exploding outward. Marshall D. Teach's body bore bloody gashes, but no real damage remained.
"Painful!!"
Bang!!
Marshall D. Teach's body crashed into Kuro with devastating shockwave force. Kuro spat blood, his body flying backward like a cannonball, slamming into a rocky outcrop behind him.
"Evil laugh!!"
Darkness still surged from Marshall D. Teach's body, forming several shockwave-force black snakes along his spine. They hissed with living menace as he pointed toward the smoke-filled rock wall.
"Old Man gets it! Old Man gets it!! You're no slouch, bastard! You made your blade eat a Devil Fruit? I don't know how you connected it to yourself, but that healing power and monstrous body - it's coming from the blade side, right?!"
The smoke cleared, revealing Kuro half-embedded in the crater, Yokai Blade continuously emitting blood qi to repair his wounds.
"You really are a bastard."
Crack!
Kuro tore himself from the rock wall, rubble scattering.
He exhaled sharply. The blood qi from Yokai Blade grew denser.
"Then let me show you its true form."
He released his grip. The blood-qi-infused Yokai Blade floated upward, blade melting into a long snake shape.
The serpentine form coiled higher, rapidly expanding until it filled half the sky, drawing everyone's gaze.
Boom!
Thunder cracked across the sky. Beneath the lightning, a crimson-black dragon coiled, its gruesome teeth bared, horns gleaming, golden light flashing from its four claws as it roared at the battlefield.
"Roar!!"
A dragon!
"A dragon?!"
Luffy's group, watching Chopper treat Luffy nearby, all looked up with sweat beading their brows.
A dragon.
An exact match for Kaido's dragon form!
Why was this appearing here?!
"Evil laugh! What terrifying oppressive force!" Marshall D. Teach laughed maniacally. "You've obtained your heart's desire too!"
"It's not just you who can wield two Devil Fruits, Marshall D. Teach."
Kuro smirked coldly. "Destruction through shockwave and darkness devouring all? Let me show you true cutting edge and absolute strength that surpasses even that! Let you - and the entire world - know the Navy's true might! I am the most terrifying being in existence! From now on, any pirate daring to rise must question whether they can survive my blade!"
The dragon coiled in the sky, its killing intent and unique draconic oppressive pressure radiating across the plaza. Then the crimson-black beast dove downward, merging with Kuro's body.
"Unleash terror, Yokai Blade!!"
(End of Chapter)
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