Ssssss…
A massive surge of venom, carried by the enormous body of the Poison Dragon, crashed toward Blackbeard's crew like a tidal wave.
In that instant, the entire Blazing Hell Coast was enveloped in a thick, crimson mist, sparing no corner from its deadly touch.
Beneath that dense fog lurked an even more terrifying threat—poison of lethal potency.
The bloated Poison Dragon, perhaps due to the sheer weight of its sprawling body, suddenly plummeted from the sky as it hovered over Blackbeard's crew, as if it had lost all ability to stay aloft.
"Descend into Hell and repent, Blackbeard!"
With a violent swing of Magellan's arm, the monstrous Poison Dragon opened its massive, dark maw, aiming to devour every member of Blackbeard's crew in an instant.
Just as the dragon prepared to engulf the entire Blackbeard Pirates, a sharp command came from behind Blackbeard.
Followed immediately by a blinding flash of light.
A tall man wrapped in bandages raised one arm, palm aimed directly at the sprawling Poison Dragon that blanketed half of Hellt.
ZZZZZZT!
A brilliant blue light erupted from his palm.
Although the bandages completely covered his eyes, he seemed able to see through them, accurately predicting every movement of the dragon.
SWOOSH!
The lightning streaked across the air in a jagged path before colliding with the dragon in a brilliant impact.
"Well done, Enel!!!"
Blackbeard, who had been too arrogant to notice Magellan's surprise attack, laughed wildly.
The man releasing lightning from his body was no stranger—he was the former God of Skypiea, Enel!
Thanks to his body already transformed into electricity, Enel had survived Luffy's blazing flames, as well as Sanji's ground-shattering kick, despite his former overconfidence.
Yet even then, Enel's condition had been precarious.
His burned body weakened his immunity, his organs dehydrated, and his eyes permanently lost during that fiery ordeal.
Still… under the care of Blackbeard's ship doctor, Doc Q, Enel's life had been temporarily sustained.
In the world of pirates, as long as a strong warrior is not killed outright, even seemingly fatal injuries can be healed.
Diseases, however, continued to plague even the greatest doctors and mystics—a cruel irony.
Two weeks later, Enel awoke, raging violently, and destroyed Blackbeard's temporary base and the entire village.
Despite his immense skill with the Goro Goro no Mi, he was still a normal Logia-type Devil Fruit user—high potential, but ultimately limited.
Under the powers of Blackbeard's Yami Yami no Mi, his newly recovered body was swiftly battered into submission.
Yet the defeated Enel refused to give up. He attached himself to Blackbeard, constantly seeking opportunities to strike.
Time slowly wore him down.
Like Whitebeard pacifying Ace, the reckless Blackbeard gradually dominated the proud Enel.
Now, Enel served him completely, ready to pursue Blackbeard's ambitions.
It was thanks to Enel's fearsome Goro Goro no Mi powers that he and Blackbeard together defeated Marco, the Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, securing Blackbeard his seat as a Warlord of the Sea.
Everything was under Blackbeard's control.
BOOM!
Lightning slammed into the Poison Dragon.
In an instant, something miraculous happened.
The bloated dragon shrank violently as Enel's electricity surged through it, visibly decreasing in size.
This was the hidden power of lightning.
No matter how powerful Magellan's venom, it was still just a dangerous chemical substance.
Like how electricity can split water into hydrogen and oxygen, lightning's electrolytic force instantly separated the ions within the Poison Dragon, creating a new, purer substance.
This caused Magellan's dragon to lose its most crucial component…
its toxicity!
If the Gomu Gomu no Mi was the natural enemy of the Goro Goro no Mi…
Then the Goro Goro no Mi was the natural enemy of the Doku Doku no Mi!
"Wh… what!?"
Feeling the dragon slip from his control, Magellan shouted in shock.
"This… this can't be possible!?"
A bead of cold sweat appeared on his rough face, his expression stiffening.
Without its venom, the dragon could no longer be called "poison," and thus it was free from Logia control.
Realizing the danger, Magellan instantly relinquished his control.
The massive Poison Dragon fell from the sky, splashing into fragments.
Venomous gas erupted violently from Magellan's body.
If the liquid form failed, he would use the gas!
Thick crimson fumes drifted through the air, rapidly moving toward Blackbeard's crew under his command of the Doku Doku no Mi.
Without a shred of subtlety, Magellan unleashed a violent gust of toxic gas.
Enel was momentarily thrown off balance.
Lightning conducts easily in liquids, but navigating gas? That was pushing even Enel's abilities to the limit.
Fortunately, Blackbeard's crew reacted swiftly.
The non-combatants retreated.
The battlefield was left with only blind Enel and the hirsute Blackbeard.
Blackbeard extended his hands forward.
Two swirling black vortices appeared, hovering like twin black holes.
The waves of toxic gas surged toward him, only to be drawn into the two eerie black whirlpools as if absorbed by a massive vacuum.
"Hehahaha…"
"Warden, it seems your tricks have run out!"
"Now, it's my turn!!!"
=============
Completed version available on P@treon(.)com/Veltoria