Chapter 921: I Advise You to Let Me Go
Chapter 921: I Advise You to Let Me Go
"Is it exposed yet?"
At this moment, Marshall D. Teach seized the opportunity, slamming his palm with tremendous force into the ground. Darkness surged from his hand, spreading forward in a wave.
"Dark Hollow Way!"
That white energy was troublesome—anyone with eyes could see that. While the energy capable of nullifying his abilities had been shattered, he'd send this group straight to hell first!
"Lion Bite!"
The darkness had barely expanded from his palm when Kuro slashed his blade in a single arc. Marshall D. Teach's eyes widened. His grounded hand shot upward, punching empty air.
Boom!
A shockwave shattered the space-rending slashes forming around him.
"Thousand Cutting Valleys!"
Kuro sheathed Autumn Water in one fluid motion, then drew it again instantly, unleashing a storm of golden slashes that rained chaotic destruction forward.
"Marshall D. Teach, you'd better focus properly on me!"
Boom!!
White energy flared around Marshall D. Teach's fist as he punched again, shattering the chaotic golden slashes and shaking the earth violently.
"Evil laugh!" Marshall D. Teach cackled, gripping his fist as his eyes blazed with sudden realization.
"Too messy", Kuro muttered, lifting his blade as he floated upward. "Let's wash things away with some rain."
"Blackbeard's Laugh, Old Man won't let you cause trouble here!"
Suddenly, Marshall D. Teach erupted in laughter again. Arms spread wide, darkness surged from his captain's coat like shadowy flames, spreading across the ground from his position outward.
Dark Hollow Way didn't necessarily require hand seals to activate.
Though the Dark-Dark Fruit couldn't elementalize, it was still a Logia-type Devil Fruit—brutal in its area-of-effect destruction!
Boom Boom.
As the darkness expanded, it consumed nearby gun emplacements and structures, dragging them into the abyss. The shadowy tide surged toward Kas, whose white energy hadn't fully regenerated.
Kuro acted instantly, raising his blade skyward. The ground beneath Kas and the battling pirates lifted, carrying them into the air beyond the darkness's reach.
The darkness's expansion was limited, failing to cover the entire fortress. When it couldn't engulf Kas, Marshall D. Teach abandoned the technique.
"Blackbeard's Laugh, clever move", Kuro remarked. "But any Devil Fruit user can't escape Old Man's grasp!"
Marshall D. Teach thrust his palm skyward. "Dark Water!"
Kas, still rising, suddenly felt a gravitational pull dragging their body toward Marshall D. Teach.
No Devil Fruit user could resist the Black Hole's gravity.
Kas was a Devil Fruit user!
"This pest is annoying. If this continues, Old Man's subordinates will be wiped out. Let's end this!"
As Kas flew toward him, Marshall D. Teach's fist flared with white energy, ready to strike.
Suddenly, Kuro blurred into motion, moving so fast his form vanished. Only murderous intent gleamed in his eyes as he sheathed Autumn Water, then drew it in a flash, releasing three slashes.
"Swallow Return!"
Three slashes carved through vital points on Marshall D. Teach's body—neck, back, and ribs—leaving bloody trails.
"Damn it!!"
Crack!
A smoking hand seized Kuro's throat as Marshall D. Teach roared in pain.
"But!"
Marshall D. Teach grinned maliciously. "Old Man's got you!"
Boom!
A massive stone platform drifted down from above like a floating island, crashing to the ground in a cloud of dust and debris.
Pitter-patter!
Delicate raindrops transformed into a downpour, yet the sea-water rain lost its intensity, becoming ordinary briny rain.
The moment Marshall D. Teach touched him, Kuro's abilities failed.
"Evil laugh!"
Marshall D. Teach gasped for breath, his grip on Kuro's throat flaring with white energy. "Weaklings' deaths have nothing to do with strong men. They die because they're weak. And you, charging in like Dad, are just as foolish! All of you are fools!"
"Coldly, Kuro replied, "I suggest you let me go. Do you really want to die together?"
Suddenly, the sky darkened. Clouds churned like overturned seawater.
No—it wasn't just clouds. That was...
Clang!
Dracule Mihawk's blade clashed with Shiryu's sword, emitting a sharp ring. Both halted simultaneously, gazing upward.
"This is..." Shiryu sweated.
"Exaggerated", Dracule Mihawk muttered.
The sky itself had become actual seawater, churning downward like an inverted ocean. Within it loomed a massive shadow.
Perhaps a continent.
But whatever it was, its descent promised catastrophe.
"You bastard!" Marshall D. Teach stared at Kuro in shock. In that instant, Kuro kicked upward, breaking free of the grip and stamping his foot across Marshall D. Teach's face, sending him sliding dozens of meters.
"Old Man's unarmed combat isn't bad besides swordsmanship!" Kuro hovered, clenching his fist. The descending seawater stilled, then rose, revealing a clear sky.
"That hurts like hell!"
Marshall D. Teach clutched his nose, veins bulging on his face. Though the three wounds hadn't damaged his body, the doubled pain was unbearable for ordinary people.
His expression darkened. "Kuro, what are you hiding in the sky?!"
"Some little collections I enjoy."
Kuro smirked, baring his teeth. "Marshall D. Teach, be cautious when using abilities on me. Don't want your hard-earned influence utterly destroyed, do you?"
Truthfully, he'd lost track of what exactly he'd collected up there. He only knew there was plenty, plenty...
What was certain was that if the seawater alone fell, no Devil Fruit users present would escape. After that came weaponized warships, Bomb Rocks, and... a landmass Kuro could no longer accurately estimate.
Even with the Quake-Quake Fruit's power, creating shockwaves couldn't guarantee Blackbeard's allies would survive unscathed.
That technique was inherently indiscriminate.
Kuro's eyes hardened. Daring to use Old Man's subordinates to threaten him?
He'd ensure mutual annihilation!
Beyond mere security paranoia, he'd collected all this to prepare for the day someone might kill him—ensuring whoever did it would regret it completely.
(End of Chapter)
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