"Shameless! Disgraceful! You're completely disgracing the reputation of the Four Emperors..."
Blackbeard cursed incessantly. His hands, carrying the power of tremors, fended off the joint attack of the two Four Emperors.
But every time fists and swords clashed, the Conqueror's Haki Infusion power transmitted through the opponent's blade caused him immense pain.
Why did these two shameless guys have Conqueror's Haki while he didn't?
Shanks felt a bit embarrassed. As soon as he arrived, Buggy had enthusiastically invited him to join the gang-up, even saying they should recapture the feeling of their childhood.
Shanks hadn't thought much of it at the time and joined in with his sword drawn. Only after fighting for a while did he realize something was wrong. Since becoming one of the Four Emperors, he had only ever been ganged up on; he had never ganged up on others.
Especially since it was being live-streamed...
"Shanks, don't slack off! Your Conqueror's Haki shouldn't be this weak. Use your full strength." Buggy keenly noticed that Shanks wasn't using his full power at all.
"Got it..."
Shanks somewhat numbly increased his power. "But why am I the one leading the charge now..."
Clearly, when he first arrived, Buggy and Blackbeard were trading blows back and forth.
"I'm a Devil Fruit User. It'll be a hassle if he catches me and I lose my powers," Buggy said.
Blackbeard's body was shrouded in [Dark Water], constantly absorbing the destructive power of the Conqueror's Haki Infusion.
"Aren't you going to spread rumors about me being a Face-Face Fruit user anymore?" Shanks wasn't afraid of the Dark-Dark Fruit's power and attacked Blackbeard at close range.
"Maybe the Dark-Dark Fruit will give you some 'face' too." Buggy circled behind Blackbeard and flicked out several strands of hair. "Critical Point: Detonation."
The hair exploded as it approached Blackbeard's body, but it didn't cause him any damage.
Black smoke enveloped Blackbeard's body, and the force of the explosion was entirely absorbed by him.
Blackbeard's face twitched, and then he laughed wildly. "Zehahahahaha~ Such attacks are useless against me. My Dark Pull ability can absorb all damage."
"Is that so?" Buggy didn't stop. Instead, he continuously unleashed [Critical Point: Detonation]. "I don't believe it. This damage-absorbing ability must have a limit..."
"The Dark-Dark Fruit... is a Logia-type Devil Fruit that can absorb infinite damage."
Blackbeard took a sharp breath and suddenly launched a fierce assault on Shanks, his fists carrying tremor power, striking at him repeatedly.
"Hey, I came to help you, but you're just slacking off on the side..." Shanks saw that Buggy was still making ineffective attacks. "It would be better to just cut him."
"How is this slacking off? Blackbeard, after absorbing so much damage, how do you feel now? How do you feel, huh!?"
Buggy laughed crazily as he fired off even more [Critical Point: Detonation] attacks.
"If you want to swallow damage, then swallow your fill. Let me see where your limit is!"
Blackbeard's expression changed drastically. He suddenly stopped the absorption of his Dark Pull ability. An explosion occurred, and Shanks, who hadn't reacted in time, was also caught in it.
"Hey... what are you doing?" Shanks was left looking disheveled by the explosion and had sustained some minor injuries. Just as he was about to get angry, he realized something was wrong.
Inside the large crater formed by the explosion, a blood-drenched Blackbeard was rolling around on the ground.
"Buggy, you bastard, it hurts so much..."
"What's going on?" Shanks hadn't expected it because Blackbeard had stopped his damage-absorption ability.
"The Dark-Dark Fruit is different from other Logia-types. It can absorb damage, but when attacked, the body cannot be elementalized, and the pain endured is several times that of a normal person."
Buggy explained, "In a one-on-one, this ability is quite useful. But in a many-on-one, as long as someone can withstand Blackbeard's offense, the others can inflict endless pain upon him."
After saying this, Buggy fired off a few more [Critical Point: Detonation] blasts.
"Black Hole."
Blackbeard endured the pain and reached out to create a Black Hole, sucking the explosive power inside.
As long as he actively used his ability, he wouldn't take damage. But now, being ganged up on by two people, he couldn't afford to be distracted while using his ability.
"Go for it, Shanks. Don't give him time to use those skills, and I'll torture him to death bit by bit," Buggy said.
"You know the secret of the Dark-Dark Fruit?" Blackbeard was panting heavily. "Were you acting just now?"
He could still feel the excruciating pain.
This bastard had deliberately pretended to be ignorant, making him suffer through the pain for nothing.
"Even though you look pathetic rolling around on the ground, you really did look like a 'cool guy' when you were tanking that damage."
Buggy said, "Your so-called strongest Devil Fruit has equally obvious weaknesses. Since you've recovered, let's continue."
"Dammit!" Blackbeard fully activated the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, intending to destroy Whole Cake Island.
He had no chance of winning if the fight continued. It was better to throw the environment into chaos and look for a chance to escape.
The entire Whole Cake Island began to vibrate, and the ground split apart. However, a chill swept through, and the gaps in the cracked ground were quickly replaced by ice crystals.
"Kuzan!" Blackbeard roared in anger. "You're still here?"
"As a traitor, I won't be at ease until I see your death with my own eyes!"
Aokiji didn't show himself; only his voice could be heard. "Captain Blackbeard, even if you destroy the entire Whole Cake Island, I can freeze the surrounding ocean. You won't escape."
"Or perhaps you'd like to try escaping through the air?"
Dragon also appeared with Ivankov. "It wouldn't be bad for me to be the one to send you on your way."
Blackbeard looked around and suddenly thought of Whitebeard during the Marineford War.
That guy's situation was very similar to his own, with enemies on all sides.
But Whitebeard had the confidence to challenge the world. If it hadn't been for his injuries and illness, he truly could have carved out a path to survival with the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Why didn't the same fruit have that world-destroying power in his hands?
He wanted to trigger an earthquake in the nearby waters to stir up a massive tsunami. But a force was constantly contending with him—it was Kuzan's freezing power.
The nearby sea had been frozen into a solid mass.
He had miscalculated. The Devil Fruit owned by the world's strongest man couldn't exert such a powerful force in his hands.
By now, Blackbeard had to admit that what was powerful might not have been the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Whitebeard himself.
"Zehahahahaha~ If you want me dead, you'll have to pay the price too."
After realizing there was no hope of escape, Blackbeard revealed his nature as a ruthless hero.
"Even if I have to exhaust all my strength, I'll take someone down with me before I die. Who wants to accompany me?"
Blackbeard's body released a massive amount of darkness, which condensed into a giant black sphere in mid-air.
His fierce gaze swept around. "Who among you is willing to go to hell with me?"
As long as he could intimidate them, they wouldn't dare to go all out, and the pressure on him would be reduced.
Just then, startled cries suddenly came from the sky.
A series of figures fell from the heavens.
"Nika Nika Nii~ Gum-Gum Balloon."
"Our people are finally all here." Buggy looked at the sky. "If you're so capable, then take this guy to hell with you."
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