Hearing this, Blackbeard's face broke into a sinister grin. He immediately looked into the distance, a patch of complete darkness.
He announced with great certainty:
"They must be over there!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Blackbeard led his crew and immediately rushed in that direction.
…
On Uzumaki, the Straw Hat Pirates looked terrified and bewildered, their bodies tossed about by the waves.
The sea, which had been unusually calm, suddenly began to surge upwards.
The surroundings shook violently.
The Straw Hat Pirates, on the Merry, swayed back and forth.
Usopp's eyes welled up with tears as he said:
"Hey, let's go back quickly. If this keeps up, we'll certainly die here!"
Hearing this, Nami gripped the ship's pole tightly and said:
"Do you think I don't want to? But tell me now, how can we go back?"
The shaking intensified, and the sea currents below surged upwards.
After being thrown into the air, the Straw Hat Pirates were then dispersed and fell back down.
After three or four rounds of this, even Luffy couldn't take it anymore.
He was by the ship, throwing up violently.
Just then, Raynor, who had been watching the surrounding sea from the ship's edge, suddenly saw Blackbeard and his group approaching them on a raft.
Raynor pulled down the brim of his hat and then spoke:
"Look out, they're here!"
Hearing this, Luffy and the others, fighting nausea, looked forward.
When they saw it was Blackbeard, everyone's expression turned serious.
Sanji, fighting back a wave of sickness, took a drag of his cigarette.
"What does that guy want? He isn't going to hold us to our battle promise now, is he?"
Zoro placed his hand on Wado Ichimonji with difficulty.
"It's really bad timing for him to come looking for trouble."
Before long, Blackbeard and his crew, on their raft, had approached their ship.
As soon as Blackbeard boarded, he locked eyes on Luffy and Raynor.
"Well, well, we finally caught up to you two. I never expected you to be pirates with bounties over a hundred million. I truly underestimated you before."
Hearing this, Luffy's expression grew serious, and he scratched his head. "What is this guy talking about? Which pirate has a bounty over a hundred million?"
Blackbeard burst into laughter.
"So you really don't know yet? Then let me show you all, one by one."
Saying that, Blackbeard took out Zoro's wanted poster.
"Bounty Hunter, Zoro, sixty million Berries!"
Upon hearing this, Sanji's eyes nearly bulged out.
He clung to the ship's pole, looking down.
"What? That lost idiot has a bounty of sixty million?!"
Sanji gritted his teeth and then asked:
"Hey, hurry up and tell me my bounty! It absolutely can't be less than that idiot's, right?"
Blackbeard ignored Sanji's words and directly took out Raynor's wanted poster.
"Raynor, bounty, ninety-nine million Berries. You're really something."
As soon as he said this, Nami's eyes nearly popped out.
They had a pirate with a bounty of ninety-nine million in their crew. Wouldn't that attract a lot of powerful forces to hunt them down?
Sanji and the others weren't surprised that Raynor could achieve such a high bounty.
After all, with Raynor's strength, he could fight Mihawk to that extent. A bounty of two hundred million wouldn't be out of the question, let alone a hundred million.
At this moment, Sanji was anxiously scratching his head, eager to see his own wanted poster.
But then, Blackbeard directly took out the last wanted poster he had and showed it to them.
It was Luffy's wanted poster.
"Monkey D. Luffy, one hundred million Berries!"
"Well, well, your heads are really valuable. If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have let you go back then!"
Hearing this, Sanji turned completely to stone, his face drained of all color.
Zoro's bounty had already reached sixty million, and he, himself, didn't even have a bounty. This was absolutely impossible!
Sanji lay on the deck, his eyes vacant.
At this moment, Blackbeard exuded a dark aura all over his body.
Seeing this, Raynor scrunched up his brows. Blackbeard was likely about to activate the Yami Yami no Mi's powers.
Although Luffy and the others had grown stronger, there was still a significant gap compared to Blackbeard's current power.
He himself couldn't possibly be a match for Blackbeard.
Logically, they should have been sent to the sky island before Blackbeard attacked.
However, there was a time difference between their current situation and the original story.
Even though the waves below were constantly crashing, it was impossible to say which wave would directly send them to the sky island.
With this in mind, Raynor directly channeled his Haki. Currently, only he could take on Blackbeard.
Seeing Raynor's body wrapped in Armament Haki, Blackbeard burst into laughter, a flicker of excitement in his eyes.
"Marine is still hiding something. You should be the pirate with a bounty of a hundred million!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Blackbeard's entire body was engulfed in darkness.
Seeing this, the Straw Hat Pirates' eyes turned serious.
"What's going on? That guy seems to be acting strangely."
Nami exclaimed in alarm.
At this point, Sanji stood up, lighting a cigarette while stomping his foot.
"Damn it, that guy didn't even bring out my wanted poster! I will make him pay!"
Hearing this, Zoro glanced at him and then drew Wado Ichimonji.
"It must be some kind of Devil Fruit. It looks very powerful, everyone be careful."
Upon hearing this, everyone became alert.
Meanwhile, Blackbeard, enveloped in the power of darkness, leaped above them.
"I'm truly sorry, Straw Hat Pirates. Today, I will use your heads to secure my future. I will carry your will forward and walk the path to the peak of piracy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, black gas from all directions surrounded their ship.
However, at that moment, Raynor activated his Byakugan and looked at Blackbeard.
He instantly pinpointed Blackbeard's weak spot.
His hand, imbued with Armament Haki, delivered a "Thousand Years of Death" directly to Blackbeard's heart.
At first, relying on the Yami Yami no Mi, Blackbeard didn't take Raynor's attack seriously.
Although Raynor could use Armament Haki, Blackbeard's Yami Yami no Mi not only negated Devil Fruit powers but also had a significant absorption effect on Haki.
But when Raynor's attack pierced his chest, Blackbeard felt a bone-chilling pain and was sent flying backward.
He then looked at Raynor in terror.
It seemed Raynor had been aiming for his weak spot from the start.
And his heart was one of his fatal weaknesses.
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