Chapter 382: Chapter 382: How Can I Eat If I Don’t Grind Teach’s Bones to Dust?
Chapter 382: How Can I Eat If I Don’t Grind Teach’s Bones to Dust?
A huge war storm was quietly brewing. And at this time, in the New World, on Hachinosu.
Half of the setting sun had already sunk below the horizon. The lingering twilight burned the clouds in the sky and then reddened the sea surface, slowly flowing away with the tide.
A surging darkness rose from the island and spread across the sky. The remaining twilight was soon devoured by this sky-blotting black mist, and heaven and earth suddenly became dim.
"Don’t curse me in hell, Van Augur. I’ll kill the Straw Hat crew and avenge you, zehahaha~"
Teach smiled sinisterly, swung his hand, and sent Van Augur flying, crashing through a broken ice ridge and into a corner of an ice house.
The moment the Devil Fruit was extracted, it also meant the end of the ability user’s life.
Van Augur stared with a pair of hate-filled eyes, lying motionless in a corner, already completely without a breath.
Luffy, in his Gear Fourth Snakeman state, landed on the roof of a four-story frozen house. He had seen the entire scene just now. His eyes were serious as he glared at Teach.
"You bastard... to actually lay your hands on your own companion. You’re really infuriating."
"To be betrayed by the captain he was loyal to... even as an enemy, I feel it’s not worth it for him."
Sanji caught up, his voice heavy with emotion as he sighed.
This was no longer called sinister and cunning. He had seen many heinous criminals, but few were as disgusting as Teach.
At the very least, no matter how fierce or evil others were, it was towards their enemies. To kill one’s own companion to seize their ability... even among the most unpardonable pirates, this was an extremely shameful act.
"Companion? Zehahaha! The so-called ’companion’... isn’t it just for strengthening one’s own power? I’m just letting them coexist with me in another way."
Turning his head, Teach grinned sinisterly and looked at Luffy. His left palm turned pitch-black, and his five fingers bent as he released a dark mist.
"It will soon be your turn, Straw Hat. Let me show you my new ability..."
"Warp!!"
Swish!
With that, without any movement from him, with just a thought, his entire person disappeared from the spot without any warning.
"He disappeared?!"
Luffy’s pupils constricted in shock. He subconsciously took a step back, and before his voice had even faded...
The scene before Teach’s eyes changed, and his figure instantly appeared behind Luffy.
However, the two were back to back.
"Dark... hmm?!"
The moment the darkness-covered palm shot out, Teach’s movement froze, and he was rooted to the spot.
The space before his eyes was completely empty. Where was Luffy’s figure?
Did I move to the wrong position? Or did he predict my teleportation and dodge?
No, teleportation is instantaneous. No matter how fast he is, it’s impossible for him to be so fast that I can’t even see him.
Just as this thought appeared in Teach’s mind, his back suddenly touched something.
Luffy and Teach were both shocked at the same time and whipped around!
"Kurouzu!!"
Teach reacted and quickly shot out his pitch-black palm again. However, Luffy’s reaction was even better. Like a conditioned reflex, he quickly raised his foot!
Thwack!
A sandal hit under Teach’s arm. After kicking his arm away, Luffy twisted his supporting foot on the ground, using it to drive his body in a circle, and his whip kick viciously lashed out at Teach’s abdomen!
"Gomu Gomu no... Great Serpent Whip!!"
Luffy roared in a low voice, his entire lower leg sinking into the other’s rough belly!
Swish—Bang!!
Teach’s entire person was sent flying like a rubber ball, streaking across the air in a straight line before crashing into the earth, smashing a giant deep pit.
"Puwaah—!!"
Teach’s expression was pained. He opened his mouth and spat out blood, his eyes staring fiercely at Luffy.
Although it was his first time using the teleportation ability and he was not proficient, Luffy’s reaction speed was also so fast it shocked him.
Before he could get up from the deep pit, Luffy leaped into the air, his legs bent to gather power.
"Gomu Gomu no... Great Serpent Spear!!"
"Etching Death Claw!!"
ZING!!
The corrosive energy was attached to his steel claws. Teach, lying on the ground, hurriedly swung out three purple slashes towards the sky, like wolf claws tearing through space.
The image of his feet being cut off appeared in Luffy’s mind. The warning from his future sight faintly stung his temples.
The moment he saw the corrosive energy, Luffy’s expression changed in a panic. Relying on his powerful core strength, he twisted his body and quickly flipped to the side!
Time seemed to have slowed down countless times. Under Luffy’s focused gaze, the purple slash grazed his body slowly. Even without direct contact, he could feel the terrifying destructive aura contained within.
"Phew—that was close!"
The wind pressure lifted the corner of his clothes and his black hair into a frenzy. After dodging the attack, Luffy let out a sigh of relief with lingering fear and let his body free-fall from the sky.
He looked at Teach below again, and his face couldn’t help but become grave.
When it came to fighting and eating, Luffy’s brain always worked particularly fast.
After just a few exchanges, he had already seen it clearly. The Corrode-Corrode Fruit’s ability was a strong counter to him. As long as Teach used this ability, his fighting style, which relied purely on fists and feet, would be completely useless.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Sanji’s feet continuously stomped on the air, creating explosive sound waves. His figure transformed into a streak of yellow light that streaked across the ground.
"Vibrato: Hell’s Teppanyaki!!"
The power of vibration was superimposed on fierce flames. A high-temperature energy, like magma, gathered at the tip of his foot. Sanji delivered a flying kick that swiftly struck at Teach, who had just jumped out of the deep pit!
Teach opened his five fingers, and black mist flowed from between them.
Bang!!
Teach pushed out a palm, colliding with Sanji’s foot.
Unexpectedly, the scene of a violent explosion of energy did not happen.
Sanji’s eyes widened in surprise. Whether it was the circle of vibrating power wrapped around his foot, or the magma-like scorching flames, they all gradually dissipated in the swirling black mist in Teach’s palm.
"No matter what kind of attack, as long as it’s touched by my hand, it will be reduced to nothingness. And then, like this..."
A sharp glint flashed in the depths of Teach’s eyes, and he backhanded and grabbed Sanji’s leg.
Sanji’s eyes hardened. He was just about to activate his ability to shake Teach away, but in that instant, his heart suddenly sank!
The ability is gone...?!
Sanji’s eyes widened in shock. He found that he was completely unable to activate his ability!
Fortunately, he had only just eaten the Devil Fruit and was not the type of ability user who relied on his ability to fight. His superb kicking skills were already engraved in his mind.
Sanji subconsciously swung out his other leg and viciously lashed out at Teach’s neck!
"Beef Brochette!!"
Bang!!
With a muffled sound, a fiery pain shot up from the back of his foot, traveling up his bone to his thigh. Sanji gritted his teeth, feeling as if he had kicked an indestructible steel pillar.
"In terms of physical skills and Haki, I’m not bad either."
Teach stood firmly in place, looking at Sanji with a teasing expression, his thick neck covered in a shiny Armament Haki.
"Corrosive Death Fist!!"
Teach raised his arm and clenched his right fist. A circle of dark purple energy wrapped around his fist. The fist, with an explosive roar, smashed out!
The power to corrode everything and cause disintegration from within... once hit by this attack, the consequence would surely be death!
"Snake Cannon!!"
"Shadow Raid!!"
Just at the critical moment, the shadow under Teach’s feet suddenly twisted, converging into a pitch-black spike that rose from the ground!
At the same instant, a dark red fist, like a ferocious snake pouncing on its prey, tore through the air and whistled over!
Hiss!
A spray of blood flew. The black shadow spike pierced through Teach’s arm, pinning the fist, which was less than ten centimeters from Sanji, in mid-air.
"What is this thing! A shadow?!"
Bang!!
Just as a look of surprise appeared on Teach’s face, Luffy’s fist followed closely behind, viciously piercing his face. Blood and broken teeth flew from his mouth!
Swish~
Bang—Bang—Bang!!
Teach, like a cannonball, shot backward, crashing through several ice houses in a row before smashing heavily into a mountain wall.
...
"Are you alright, Sanji!"
Thud.
Luffy landed on his feet and immediately turned his head to ask Sanji with concern.
"I’m fine. Thanks."
Sanji replied, then looked up with a grave expression, his gaze fixed on Teach, his heart still pounding.
The Dark-Dark Fruit was indeed dangerous for ability users.
Not only could it temporarily seal an ability user’s power, but it also had that terrifying gravitational pull. Once caught, it would be impossible to break free on one’s own.
His right leg, which had just been caught, was still aching faintly.
And there was the Corrode-Corrode Fruit, which would kill on contact, and that teleportation ability that could be activated at any time.
He recalled the scene of being caught just now.
The thought that the other could appear behind him at any moment and repeat that scene made Sanji’s heart grow heavy.
"Luffy, Reiner, you have to be careful. From now on, that teleportation is probably the other’s most troublesome ability."
Using teleportation to get in close and activate his other two abilities...
Reiner instantly understood Sanji’s meaning and nodded slightly.
The next moment, an azure flame gushed from his body, and he once again transformed into his skeleton form and entered his full-beast state.
"I know. You guys be careful. I’m going in first."
Bang!!
Reiner’s two feet bent, and he fiercely cracked the ground, his entire person shooting out in an instant.
"Puwaah—!"
On the mountain wall, Teach couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood. His body was embedded in a deep pit, and numerous cracks spread out from the edges.
An intense pain came from all over his body, as if all his bones were about to be shattered.
Darkness spread over his body, absorbing his injuries. At the same time, Teach looked up, his gaze quickly scanning the battlefield. He immediately saw the rapidly charging Reiner.
"100,000-Ton Calorie!!"
A dazzling white-hot light radiated from Reiner’s bone arm, and a terrifying power surged and gathered on his fist.
Again?!
Teach’s expression was panicked.
A move with such a wide range was fundamentally impossible to absorb by touch. He absolutely did not want to experience that terrifying power again.
"Warp!"
Swish!
Reacting to his new ability, Teach immediately activated it and disappeared from the spot.
Damn it!
Reiner, who had missed his target, cursed inwardly. The white light on his bone arm dimmed, and he dispersed the compressed explosive energy.
Never mind using it to get in close. Just for dodging attacks, the teleportation ability made Reiner feel it was incredibly troublesome.
Because it was an ability that jumped through space, Observation Haki couldn’t capture Blackbeard’s movement trajectory. There was no movement trajectory at all. He could only be sensed again the moment he appeared.
And because teleportation was instantaneous, by the time he read the other’s intention to activate the ability, it was also when the teleportation began and was completed. This made it very difficult to predict.
Almost at the same instant Teach disappeared, Reiner whipped his head around. A few wisps of black mist were simultaneously rising behind Luffy!
"Be careful!!"
Reiner shouted, and at the same time, he pushed his palm diagonally downwards, blasting a violent lightning pillar several meters in diameter at Luffy’s position!
Teach, wreathed in the power of darkness, with only his right wrist glowing with a purple mist, his palm shot out from behind, quickly grabbing at Luffy’s neck.
"Death Grip!!"
It was unclear if it was due to Observation Haki or instinct, but before he had even heard Reiner’s words, Luffy’s figure paused, and his two eyes showed surprise.
Sensing the warning of death, he reacted instantly. Without even looking, he bent his waist and quickly kicked backward!
Bang!!
Perhaps Luffy was just lucky, but this one bend of his waist directly made Teach’s attack miss. The purple palm slid into the ground, and the moment it touched the earth and stone, it was annihilated.
At the same time, one of his feet directly kicked the other’s abdomen. Teach sank into a half-squat, his two feet plowing the ground as he slid back several meters.
Before the two of them could make another move, in their peripheral vision, a blue light suddenly descended!
"El Thor!!"
"What?!"
A giant blue lightning pillar descended from the sky with the momentum of thunder, swallowing both the terror-stricken Teach and Luffy.
Sanji raised his arm to cover his eyes. The dazzling light instantly filled the entire space. The terrifyingly high temperature even distorted the scorching air, and a heatwave rushed over him.
"Luffy!!"
By the time the lightning had gradually dimmed, Sanji looked over anxiously.
The entire ground had turned to scorched earth. A giant, circular crater had appeared where the lightning had struck. Wisps of scorching smoke and silk rose from the air.
Teach lay in the deep pit, covered in blood. His body was covered in scorched flesh, and arcs of electricity sizzled and flashed. White smoke came from his mouth as his whole body twitched.
On the other side...
Luffy stood nonchalantly to the side. Besides his clothes being a little torn, he had no injuries at all. He blinked, and only then did he react.
"Ah, so it was lightning. That scared me."
"Don’t say it so casually."
Seeing that Luffy was fine, Sanji finally let out a sigh of relief. He had almost forgotten that this guy was immune to lightning damage.
Just then, the two of them looked at Teach at the same time. They saw him lying there motionless, his eyes rolled back, looking as if he had completely lost consciousness.
"Thunder Spear!!"
Just as the two were about to let out a sigh of relief, Reiner dragged two violent bolts of lightning and descended from the sky!
Boom!! Boom!!
The condensed lightning formed a hundred-meter-long spear and instantly smashed into the deep pit, once again swallowing both Luffy and Teach!
Whether he’s really unconscious or playing dead... when dealing with a schemer like Blackbeard, Reiner absolutely wouldn’t be at ease until he had ground his bones to dust.
"It’s not over yet!"
Reiner roared. The thunder spear had just landed, and his two palms had already condensed several new bolts of lightning!
"Thunder Dragon!!"
Boom!!
"Thunder Serpent!!"
Boom!!
"Thunder Beast!!"
Boom!!
...
In an instant, dazzling electric light flashed nonstop, and a series of roars echoed above the island, incessantly.
"He’s really going all out..."
Crack!
Sanji lit a cigarette and just stood to the side, watching nonchalantly.
As for Luffy...
A 220-volt current can’t kill a 250-volt rubber man. Just blast them to death together.
(End of Chapter)
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