Overwhelming Force

The creature that appeared before them left the three of them stunned.

It has dinosaur legs, a crocodile mouth, huge ramming horns, black scales covering its body, and a massive sickle-shaped dorsal fin.

In their lives, they had never seen such a strange-looking Giant Beast —not a dinosaur, not a crocodile, not a shark.

What exactly is this thing?

"Robin, it's Robin's Giant Beast."

Nami remembered the wanted poster she had seen and memorized the appearance of the Giant Beast, and shouted loudly.

"Is it?"

Ace and Blackbeard were slightly taken aback, both thinking of the news about Robin.

Two and a half years ago, Robin and the Giant Beast attacked Alabasta, and three months ago, the Giant Beast also attacked a Vice Admiral.

This Giant Beast looks remarkably like the Giant Beast on the wanted poster; such a creature has only been presented to the world this once in a lifetime.

"Robin is nearby? Is she part of Blackbeard?"

Ace, realizing this, looked at Nami with a questioning look in his eyes.

Nami shook her head and said, "Robin and Blackbeard have no connection."

She had followed Blackbeard for a long time, but had never seen Robin.

"That..."

Ace looked at Blackbeard, Blackbeard was in the distance and looked rather grim.

He naturally didn't know Robin, but what did it mean that her Giant Beast was here?

A pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, despite his special status and reputation as the Devil Child, is insignificant in terms of strength.

However, he was now severely injured and at his limit, so her presence was a huge threat.

"Robin, what brings you here?"

Blackbeard looked around, darkness spreading in his right hand, waiting for Robin to appear.

Ace and Nami felt a mix of trepidation and anticipation.

None of them believed that the Giant Beast would come here on its own; Robin must be nearby.

"Boom."

But there was no reply. Not only that, the Giant Beast strode its six powerful legs straight at Blackbeard.

"If Robin doesn't come out, then I'll kill you first."

Upon seeing this, Blackbeard emitted black smoke from his body, pressed his right hand to the ground, and the black smoke grew thicker and thicker, spreading towards the Giant Beast.

Black Hole!

In just a moment, the Giant Beast stepped onto the area where the black smoke was.

"Tear it to pieces."

Blackbeard grinned as he thought, "This black smoke emits a powerful gravitational pull that will attract and compress surrounding objects, drawing them into the darkness."

Objects emerging from the darkness will turn into fragments.

"We must not step into the black smoke."

Ace looked somewhat anxious. Blackbeard had just shown this scene: all the surrounding houses were crushed and sucked into it, and after being released, only fragments remained.

Unexpectedly, the Giant Beast paused slightly, as if pulled by something, but broke through the obstacle in an instant and continued to charge forward. Although its speed slowed down, it was not restricted and continued to charge.

"How is this possible?" Blackbeard was astonished, wondering why the effects of gravity and absorption had not worked.

The black smoke itself has a huge gravitational pull, and it can absorb any flames, lightning, bullets, blades, and attacks.

When the opponent steps on it, the black smoke absorbs the force of each step, while simultaneously restricting the opponent's movement. It then absorbs the force of the opponent's struggle and sucks the opponent into the black smoke, crushing them into pieces.

But why didn't it work?

To Blackbeard's astonishment, the Giant Beast charged towards him amidst Black Smoke, opening its blood-red maw to bite at Blackbeard.

"How is this possible?"

Blackbeard looked puzzled, but there was no time to think. He raised his fist, darkness spreading, and struck the Giant Beast in front of him.

"Die."

Blackbeard used all his strength in this punch. Although his strength was weakened due to his injury, this punch, which was concentrated throughout his body, was still enough to kill a Sea King that was a hundred meters long.

boom.

Fist and teeth collided with a loud bang.

Click.

After a brief pause, Blackbeard's arm suddenly snapped with a crack, breaking off completely.

How could that be?

How could the force be so great? It was even greater than his own full strength, destroying his arm in an instant.

Why can't my Dark-Dark Fruit absorb his power?

Blackbeard didn't understand, as Xia Qiu's mouth had already enveloped him, biting half of his body into her belly.

Click.

Blackbeard was cut in half at the waist by Xia Qiu, and then split in two, with his lower half falling to the ground.

puff.

Xia Qiu spat out half of Blackbeard's corpse, tossed it aside, and planned to eat it later.

"Dead?"

Ace and Nami stared in disbelief at the scene before them.

Blackbeard was actually killed by Giant Beast, and so easily at that.

This turn of events caught them completely off guard, and their joy at surviving was overshadowed by the tension that followed.

This Giant Beast killed Blackbeard, but what about them?

Ace didn't look at the Giant Beast, but shouted loudly, "Ms. Robin, please come out."

Ace tried to communicate with Robin, but there was no response. Instead, there was a deafening sound of footsteps.

The Giant Beast slowly walked towards Ace.

"Damn it."

Ace's expression changed. He clutched his chest with his left hand, pressed his right hand to the ground, and propped himself up, shouting loudly, "Robin, we have no grudge against you. Please stop your Giant Beast. If you have any conditions, we are willing to meet them."

But still, no one responded.

"If you're going to kill me, please kill me, not Nami," Ace said through gritted teeth.

"Brother Ace, you don't need to say anything more."

Nami waved her hand, lay there, and said with a smile, "Maybe Robin isn't even here. And what does it matter if I die? We were going to be captured by Blackbeard, but now that he's dead, it's worth it for me. It's just that you, Brother Ace, have to die here to save me."

"Nami, you are my comrade. I brought you to the Grand Line. How could I not save you?"

Upon hearing this, Ace tilted his head back and said with a smile, "Besides, you're right. Teach, who betrayed Dad and killed his teammates, is dead. I've already completed my mission this time."

The two sensed the Giant Beast approaching. Its enormous head slowly emerged, its mouth appearing above them before opening.

Snap.

Saliva dripped from between their teeth and landed on the two of them. Seeing those menacing teeth, they resignedly closed their eyes.

But the expected harm did not come. Instead, a grand voice said, "Ace, be my son... no, be my subordinate."