Blackbeard's Death!
"Hahaha, Nightmare, is this your true strength? What a pity. If I had obtained the Dark-Dark Fruit earlier, or if I had seized another power that I had always longed for, things might be very different today!" Blackbeard said with a sigh.
"There are no 'what ifs' in the world. Placing hope in fantasy is just the weakness of the weak." Roy was too lazy to shatter Blackbeard's fantasy. The difference between them was qualitative, and could not be made up for by quantity.
"Hahaha, Nightmare, although I am indeed no match for you, it is absolutely impossible for me to close my eyes and wait for death. At least, let me leave you with an irreversible price!" Blackbeard had suppressed his weakness and stared at Roy with fierce eyes.
"Then let's give it a try!" Roy flashed and instantly appeared in front of Blackbeard, slashing down with his Seven Star Sword.
"So fast!" Blackbeard's pupils contracted sharply. He knew that even if he managed to dodge at his current speed, he would inevitably fall into a disadvantageous position, just like before. What followed would likely be a relentless barrage of attacks from the enemy, leaving him exhausted and unable to cope, ultimately leading to a crushing defeat.
Therefore, Blackbeard took a deep breath and, without dodging or avoiding, charged forward, his eyes filled with fierce determination. "Since there's no way to dodge, let's just try to survive against all odds. Let's trade lives and see who's the first to fall in this battle of life and death, Dark Water!"
A black vortex emerged from Blackbeard's hand, and a powerful attraction acted on Roy, seemingly trying to pull him into his grasp.
"In the end, you're just a Devil Fruit user. I, on the other hand, possess the Dark-Dark Fruit, which counters all Devil Fruits!" Blackbeard laughed wildly, as if he could already see Nightmare panicking after losing his powers.
Laugh!
An arm fell to the ground. Blackbeard looked at his left shoulder in a daze. A long, narrow bloodstain ran from his shoulder to his ribs, the cut surface perfectly smooth.
"Ah!" Blackbeard finally realized what was happening and cried out in pain, looking at Roy in disbelief. "Why, why weren't you affected?"
"Idiot, since I know you're a Dark-Dark Devil Fruit User, I naturally won't let you touch my body. As for your strength that pulls other users, is it that special? It's just an application of gravity, nothing to brag about."
Roy's taunts made Blackbeard's face flush red with shame and anger. This was the first time he had been looked down upon after using the Dark-Dark Fruit's power. It even made him wonder if the Dark-Dark Fruit's power was really that bad, or if he had only developed it to a very low level.
"Don't look down on me, you bastard!" In his rage, Blackbeard pressed his only remaining right hand to the ground. From there, darkness spread outwards like a tide, sucking everything around into the darkness—it was like a black hole that devoured everything.
"Feel the terror of darkness!" Blackbeard laughed wildly as he watched Shiryu and the others retreat as if they were fleeing from venomous snakes and ferocious beasts, feeling an indescribable sense of exhilaration.
"To be able to develop the fruit to the Awakening level in such a short time, an enemy like you is truly dangerous!"
For someone who is already skilled in Body Technique, eating Devil Fruit can indeed allow them to develop the fruit to a higher level in a very short time.
In the original timeline, Sabo, after eating the Flame-Flame Fruit, was able to instantly unleash Ace's signature Fire Fist, and also combine his fire abilities with his Dragon Claw Fist. Blackbeard, on the other hand, was even more terrifying, having developed the Dark-Dark Fruit to an Awakening level that ordinary people wouldn't even dare to imagine within just a few months.
Although he knew that this level of darkness was unlikely to devour Kaido's body, Roy still didn't intend to court death. Even the best swimmers can drown, just like Kaido. If he hadn't foolishly run into Kaido's lair, even Roy wouldn't have been able to do anything to him.
"Hahaha, such words coming from your mouth are really not convincing at all!" Blackbeard also knew that unless he could touch the other party's body, his recently Awakening Devil Fruit Ability would be far from posing a threat to the enemy.
Therefore, in the next moment, Blackbeard merged his body into the darkness, appearing silently and ghost-like behind Roy, his right fist gathering the power of darkness, and he slammed it down.
Darkness merged into the void, and a sudden punch pierced Roy's body. However, Blackbeard showed no joy; instead, he quickly retreated, hoping to merge back into the darkness. But a gray Sword Qi containing destructive power instantly flew from behind, piercing through his body and creating a huge hole in his heart, allowing him to see right to the other side. It seemed as if his heart and flesh had been completely shredded.
"No!!!" Blackbeard let out a shrill scream, a desperate cry of shattered dreams. The destruction of his heart meant the complete failure of his final plan to seize the Devil Fruit. Unable to obtain the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, what would he use to fight the monster before him? Even if he escaped alive this time, he would only be able to live in the shadow of the other for the rest of his life. For the proud man, this was undoubtedly a devastating blow.
"A person's dream will never end, but mine has come to an end. Nightmare, since you have destroyed my dream, I will never let you get away with it. Let's perish together in the darkness, zehahaha!" Blackbeard's face was ferocious, his eyes were bloodshot. For him, an unattainable dream was more despairing than death.
Countless dark energies erupted from Blackbeard's body, like the source of darkness, blotting out the sky and enveloping everything in darkness, causing it to perish and devour.
"This guy is a monster! He can still unleash such terrifying power without a heart!" Shiryu a deep breath. From his perspective, this overwhelming power was almost unsolvable.
"Hehehe, I hope the captain can cut through this darkness, otherwise when the darkness at the very center erupts, we will all die!" Although Katarina's face did not show much fear, no matter what, living was better than dying.
"Today is truly a feast for monsters, meow!" The Evil King also completely extinguished some of his ulterior motives; this level of power had exceeded his imagination.
Roy somewhat understood Blackbeard's thoughts. His dream, which he had been planning for decades, was first tricked by the Cross-dresser Fruit, and then he was in dire straits. Now even his last hope had been shattered, and the belief that supported his escape had completely collapsed. He might as well use his last strength to drag his enemies down to hell with him.
"Unfortunately, the gap between levels is not so easy to erase, even the darkness you unleash with your life."
Roy unleashed a sword strike, and the darkness melted away like ice and snow. Blackbeard, at the heart of the darkness, vanished like a dream, disintegrating into beautiful Hanabi.
Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, has fallen!