Chapter 419: Teach's Two Abilities
Unnamed Deserted Island—
The night was heavy. The waves crashed against the reefs, echoing in the dead silence of the air.
The campfire had long since gone out, its residual ashes scattering in the wind.
Teach lay sprawled on the ground like a dying beast. His chest heaved violently as hoarse gasps escaped his throat.
"Cough—Cough!"
He suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, spitting several broken teeth and bloody froth by his feet.
Bizarrely, however, his gums writhed and churned, actually growing sharp new teeth that looked like the fangs of a beast.
"Hah... Hah..."
Propping himself up with both hands, he staggered to his feet. Swaying as he straightened his posture, he suddenly threw his head back and laughed at the sky, a blinding, blood-red light blooming in his eyes.
"Ze—hahahahahaha!!!"
"I have finally... obtained the power that belongs to me!!!"
—First, rubber.
He extended his left hand. His palm suddenly swelled, his skin taking on a strange luster.
Swish!!
As he swung his arm, it instantly stretched over ten meters. Coated in Armament Haki, it snapped forward like a massive whip, lashing toward a distant boulder.
"BOOM!!!"
The solid rock wall was blown to pieces. Rubble flew everywhere, and dust billowed into the air.
He curled his fingers, retracting his arm. It brought back a terrifying recoil, but thanks to the elasticity of rubber, the backlash energy was completely absorbed.
"Hehehe... So this is the Gum-Gum Fruit? A body immune to ordinary blunt strikes, capable of stretching and bouncing back..."
"At first glance, it looks like a juggling clown's trick, but it actually has incredibly high combat potential!!!"
—Next, the swamp.
He opened his right hand. The skin abruptly turned into churning black mud. It dripped onto the ground, and the rocks it touched were instantly swallowed up, as if plunging into a bottomless abyss.
Squelch—!
The mud spread outward, instantly swallowing an entire patch of ground, dragging fallen deadwood and rubble entirely into the darkness.
Teach's eyes gleamed as he muttered softly, "Endless devouring... trapping enemies inside, burying them alive in a dark swamp."
"Moreover, it feels like I can store a massive amount of things inside my body. The space seems infinite..."
"A Logia... truly lives up to its reputation!!!"
"Although it's a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the power I originally desired in my heart..."
"It's still far better than dying at Roy's hands!!!!"
—Finally, the fusion of both abilities.
He suddenly grinned sinisterly, raising both arms simultaneously.
His left hand abruptly stretched dozens of meters, while his right hand churned with black mud. The two forces intertwined and fused in mid-air!
"BOOM—!!!"
A pitch-black mud whip lashed out! It possessed both the extension and explosive power of rubber, along with the devouring and suffocating nature of the swamp!
The long whip swept horizontally. The air was directly whipped until it exploded, the deafening boom shaking the night sky.
The struck rock wall didn't just shatter; the pieces were dragged into the mud, as if the entire world was about to be swallowed whole.
Teach burst into laughter, his voice hoarse yet filled with manic thrill. "Ze—hahahaha!! This is the power I should have!!"
"Rubber and Swamp—one is the ultimate extension of the physical body, the other is the infinite devouring of heaven and earth!"
"Others would only see them as contradictory and incompatible! But in my eyes—this is infinite possibility!!!"
He brandished the giant mud whip, frantically testing various permutations:
Stretching and bouncing back, all while carrying the swamp's devouring effect;
Spreading out a rubbery mud membrane on the ground to trap enemies within;
He even conceptualized the feasibility of using rubber's elasticity to stretch his swampified body, instantly forming a "wide-area trap."
In just a few short moments, Teach had already derived dozens of combat strategies in his mind!
He threw his head back and laughed wildly, his voice shaking the deserted island: "ROY—!!!"
"You will regret this!!! You'll regret giving me this kind of power!!!!"
In the night, his laughter was like the roar of an evil spirit, echoing amidst the endless sea breeze.
In this moment, it felt as if even the darkness itself was trembling along with his manic laughter.
In the distance, Lafitte, Van Augur, Burgess, and Doc Q struggled to prop themselves up. Watching this scene, their scalps went numb.
Lafitte's eyes were dark and predatory, his voice hoarse: "Two... he can actually use... the powers of two Devil Fruits..."
Van Augur trembled all over, barely able to hold his rifle. "This... this is simply impossible!!!"
Burgess's eyes were filled with a mix of fear and fanaticism, his voice shaking: "A monster... no, Captain... you are a monster!!"
Doc Q coughed dryly several times, but a sinister smile hooked the corners of his mouth. "Hehehe... This is truly the man we should follow..."
They looked at their captain. Shocked and terrified, they were nevertheless involuntarily swallowed by that dark ambition.
Teach's breathing was chaotic, his chest heaving violently, but his eyes had already regained that crimson madness.
He abruptly turned his head, staring dead at the four exhausted men not far away, opening his mouth to laugh wildly: "Ze—hahahahahaha!!!"
"Boys!!!"
"We are heading out to sea!!!!"
The laughter shook the night sky, carrying madness and tyranny.
Burgess weakly gulped, his voice shaking: "C-Captain, are we... still going to be pirates?"
"The Marines right now... are too terrifying..."
As his words fell, Lafitte, Van Augur, and Doc Q remained silent, but their eyes were similarly filled with hesitation and fear.
Hearing this, Teach suddenly reined in his laughter. His expression was hideous, yet it exuded a bizarre calmness.
"Pirates? I'm not that stupid..."
"However—"
He spread his arms wide, his silhouette cast immensely large against the night sky.
"The 'Marines' and 'Pirates' aren't the only two paths on this sea!!!"
His voice exploded like thunder, carrying an unconcealable madness and ambition.
With that said, he strode toward the dilapidated ship on the shore, his footsteps heavy and firm.
The moment he looked back, monstrous ambition burned in his blood-red pupils:
"If you aren't afraid of dying, then follow me!!!!"
The waves churned and the night breeze howled, as if responding to the new voyage of this man from the abyss.
—Blackbeard Teach.
True darkness was slowly baring its fangs upon these seas.
...
Meanwhile · New World Waters—
The night wind howled, whipping up layers of white sea foam.
A Marine warship cut through the ink-black sea like a sharp blade, sailing into the distance.
At the front of the deck, golden flames constantly danced at Ace's fingertips, illuminating the restlessness and unease between his brows.
After holding it in for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask:
"Big Brother Roy!!! Giving such a dangerous Logia power like the Swamp-Swamp Fruit to that kind of scum... is it really okay?!!"
What he couldn't shake from his mind was Teach's manic, hideous smiling face.
The fury in his heart churned endlessly. He clenched his fists, and the golden-white flames violently flared up, instantly dyeing the deck crimson.
"And I don't know why..."
Ace's breathing was ragged, the firelight almost turning tangible as he gritted his teeth and growled:
"The moment I saw that guy, my blood started boiling! I just wanted to instantly greet him with a—"
"Five-thousand-degree Great Flame Emperor (Dai Entei)!!!"
The flames roared, his aura violent, looking as if he was going to turn into a destructive inferno and charge right back to kill him in the very next second.
"If you hadn't stopped me..."
"Ace, calm down."
Roy's voice was as calm as ever, yet it carried an unquestionable power, soothing the blazing flames like a gentle tide.
"The Doctor tampered with him... No matter what he tries to do, it won't escape our eyes."
"Keeping him alive still has its uses..."
Ace froze. The flames gradually receded, though his brows remained furrowed tightly, unable to hide the unwillingness in his heart.
Roy stood with his hands behind his back, casting a profound gaze into the endless night sea: "Moreover—"
"He is a smart man."
"He won't be stupid enough... to test our bottom line."
The night breeze howled, and the sea surface churned. Guided by the starlight, the warship slowly sailed toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
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