King of Knights vs. the Blackbeard Pirates (Part 2) / Total Annihilation
Combined with the sword pressure from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power, it possesses astonishing explosive force and speed, so much so that even Shiryu of the Rain, an excellent swordsman, couldn't react in time.
"Ugh... How pathetic!"
The sword's pressure spread for hundreds of meters before dissipating.
Surprisingly, Shiryu of the Rain did not collapse on the ground covered in wounds like his previous enemies.
Despite his disheveled appearance, several cracks in his pilot's hat, and the cigar long since extinguished by the sword's pressure, Shiryu of the Rain held his sword in a blocking stance with both hands, his Nidai Kitetsu and arms now completely black.
Seeing Arthur's calm and unsurprised expression, Shiryu of the Rain's face darkened considerably. "You brat, you've angered me!"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Arthur remained silent, unsurprised that Shiryu of the Rain had escaped harm (due to the king's favor).
The Observation Haki (A++) had already foreseen that these people were on a completely different level from their previous enemies.
'Second seal lifted--'
The dust in the air, the ground scorched black by lightning, and the ruins of the town once again shone with a golden glow.
"Dark Water!!"
History repeats itself in an astonishing way: Blackbeard, who had been observing all along, once again used the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit.
An invisible force of gravity bound Arthur, pulling him towards it.
'Pong--'
During the flight, Katrina Depon, her face contorted with rage, thrust her spear at Arthur.
Arthur reacted with lightning speed, gripping the gleaming golden Excalibur and charging forward to meet the attack.
A crisp snapping sound echoed throughout the venue.
Chapter 140 King of Knights vs. Blackbeard Pirates (Part 2)
'Pong--'
The sound of weapons breaking echoed throughout the arena.
The spear in Katarina Depon's hand clashed with Arthur's Excalibur, and was instantly severed as if by plastic.
Moreover, the fracture point melted directly into a high-temperature liquid.
'Roar...!!'
This result stunned Katrina Deppon, who had originally intended to ambush Arthur.
But Arthur did not. With his other hand gripping the Holy Lance, he thrust forward, defying gravity.
A blue and white light flashed, and a materialized Thunder Dragon roared out, directly slamming into Blackbeard's body.
"It hurts so much... Damn it...!!"
Thunder Dragon's Volt is 60 million, which is the full power of Arthur's Swordsmanship (B-) level. At first glance, it looks like a casual stab, but its power is such that even Shiryu of the Rain and others dare not rashly take it.
Blackbeard, however, let out an extremely miserable scream after being hit head-on.
Because the Dark-Dark Fruit prevents Blackbeard from becoming Elemental Transformation and the damage he receives is doubled, Blackbeard essentially suffered 120,000,130,000 volts of electric shock—a pain no joke.
'Whoosh--'
But soon, a large amount of black smoke emerged from Blackbeard's body, forming a circular dark aura that enveloped Blackbeard.
When the energy shield dissipated, Blackbeard was no longer screaming in pain. He stood up, covered in sweat and panting heavily.
'Bang--Whoosh!'
"What a disgusting ability."
Arthur dodged a bullet fired from a short distance away, then looked at Blackbeard, who seemed unharmed, and sighed slightly.
The Dark-Dark Fruit loses the invincible Elemental Transformation of Logia Devil Fruits and takes double the damage, but it also gains the ability to be incredibly immortal.
Unless it's a fatal blow or inflicts pain beyond the limit that knocks Blackbeard unconscious, he can absorb any damage he suffers using the power of the Blackbeard -Dark-Dark Fruit.
This ability makes Blackbeard incredibly resilient.
"I thought I was going to die." Blackbeard let out a heavy sigh, quickly regaining his arrogant demeanor, and looked at Arthur, laughing loudly, "I can't let you hit me again, or I might really die."
"Black Hole!"
After saying that, Blackbeard slammed his palm on the ground, and endless black smoke spread out from his body at an extremely fast speed.
Before long, the entire town was covered.
The houses that were still burning, and the wood that had been struck by lightning, seemed to be swallowed up by something, and gradually went out.
'Roar--'
As the black smoke spread, Arthur frowned slightly, and his arm holding the Holy Lance suddenly thrust out.
The roar of the Thunder Dragon rang out once more.
The materialized Thunder Dragon charged away in fury.
Unexpectedly, just as the Thunder Dragon entered the dark zone and before it could fly a few meters forward, the black smoke on the ground formed a claw that grabbed the Thunder Dragon.
'Roar...'
The Thunder Dragon continued to roar, but it could not break free from the claws of darkness. The black smoke began to erode it at a visible speed, and in an instant, it completely enveloped the Thunder Dragon and sank into the dark zone.
"You're useless! My power is the nightmare of you ability users!" Blackbeard laughed arrogantly as he watched Arthur's Thunder Dragon annihilate.
"Hmph, you really dare to say that!" Arthur's lips curled up slightly, revealing a disdainful smile.
"East Starlion" --
Then, under Blackbeard's watchful gaze, which filled him with a sense of foreboding, Arthur looked up at the sky and shouted.
"Hiss--"
The sound of a horse neighing rang out, and a majestic white steed galloped down from the sky.
"No! Stop him!" Blackbeard shouted.
'Bang bang bang...!!'
Van Oka and Bucks Jutter raised their guns and began sniping and spraying bullets at Arthur.
However, even these bullets imbued with Armament Haki could not penetrate the energy shield created by Arthur's 50 million volt discharge.
Swish--
As the King's Horse descended to a certain point, a flash of light suddenly appeared.
Lafitte, who had been flying high in the sky looking for an opportunity to strike but had never had a chance to make a move, drew his staff-sword and thrust it towards the head of the King's Horse.
'Boom!'
In response, King's Horse's bright and intelligent eyes revealed a human disdain, Lafitte King's Horse.
'Sizzle sizzle...'
Struck head-on by the lightning, the once aristocratic Lafitte instantly had his fur stand on end, his body crackling with electricity, his wings and clothes turning charred black, his face twitching, and he plummeted from the sky, puffing out white smoke.
'Whoosh!'
Arthur vanished in a flash of lightning, instantly teleporting to the back of the King's Horse.
The Excalibur in his hand vanished, turning into golden light.
At the same time, the Holy Lance began to shine with an incomparably brilliant blue and white light, transforming into a blue and white pillar of lightning as if gathering energy.
A Conqueror's Haki, yet capable of making everyone below tremble, erupted from Arthur.
"Black Hole!"
Upon seeing the tomb, Blackbeard's pupils constricted, and he shouted again.
In an instant, Bill Island, which had become a dark zone, seemed to sink slowly into a swamp, whether it was the town, the forest, or even the rocks.
Before long, Bill Island transformed into a barren island at a visible speed.
The Dark Zone erodes everything, but this time it did not return to Blackbeard's body.
Instead, it erupted as if it had been overdrawn. Blackbeard raised his hand and condensed a dark Sun, containing everything that had been eroded by the Black Hole. It was a full-force attack that compressed the surface of Bill Island.
"200 Million Volts Thunder Spear!"
"Let the fear of [the veiled insects] subside!"
A calm yet arrogant voice rang out, a beam of light like a Spear of Sanction descended from the sky, and a gigantic dark Sun rose defiantly from the ground.
Chapter 141 Annihilation
'Boom--!'
A beam of blue-white light fell and collided with the black Sun that had risen into the air.
For a split second, the air seemed to freeze.
The next moment, a deafening explosion caused Blackbeard Pirates below to clutch his temple in pain, his eardrums feeling as if they were being pricked by a thousand tiny needles.
For a moment, the world fell silent.
Immediately, the downward gust of wind blasted them away again, like deflated balloons, scattering in all directions.
Bill Island, already turned into wasteland, was swept by a sandstorm that blotted out the sky.
The sea Bill Island was violently shaking.
Wave after wave crashed in, engulfing the land of Bill Island from all directions.
At first glance, Bill Island appears to have sunk to a certain depth in the sea.
However, the seawater came and went quickly, submerging two-tenths of Bill Island before receding rapidly like the receding tide.
The shockwave generated by the collision of the Thunder Spear and the Dark Sun was in no way inferior to Whitebeard's earthquake.
Unfortunately, this energy erupted in the air. If it had occurred on land, this small to medium-sized island called 'Bill Island' would probably have been erased from the map.
'Bang bang bang... Crack crack crack...!!'
After the power dissipated, countless pebbles, large and small, or trees charred by lightning, all crashed down.
Soon, Bill Island, which had become a wasteland, was covered with even more garbage.
"As soon as every meal is done!
Blackbeard emerged from the garbage heap, struggling to rise from the rubbish, and looked up at Arthur in the sky, sighing deeply.
Suddenly, I realize that being able to fly isn't such a bad thing.
"If I had known, I should have learned the Six Powers of the Cipher Pol back then."
"That was so close, meow~"
"..."
The crew members of Blackbeard Pirates's crew who had been blown away also returned from a distance.
At the same time, Arthur, riding on the King's Horse in the sky, suddenly did something that made Blackbeard Pirates collectively change color.
Arthur once again assumed a throwing stance, and golden light gathered in his palm, forming a Holy Lance that shone with Blue-White Light and began to charge.
"Are you kidding me? That kind of move can be used so frequently?!"
"That gun was the carrier; how come it wasn't destroyed just now?"
Gazing at the pillar of lightning shimmering with Blue-White Light, Blackbeard Pirates were all filled with disbelief.
Blackbeard, in particular, finally showed a hint of panic in his eyes.
Arthur's strength is indeed formidable. He shone brightly in the Paramount War, showcasing his power. As the strongest newcomer, he was already being targeted by countless people even before arriving in the New World.
But in Blackbeard's mind, like Catarina Devon and others, he was seen as someone with considerable strength and relatively easy to deal with.