After finishing his business, Senga prepared to go back. Before leaving, he glanced at Blackbeard was still lying on the ground.
He had originally intended to dispose of Blackbeard's body, but now he thought it best to hand it over to the people of this country.
After all, Blackbeard almost killed the entire country; it's good that they get to vent their anger on him.
After admiring his Art of Three Rooms and Two Halls, Senga transformed into a bolt of purple lightning and vanished.
After Senga left, King Augustus once again bowed in the direction where Senga had disappeared. He had made up his mind that he would build a statue of Senga and place it in the center of the royal city for all the people to admire.
When he revealed this idea, both ministers and citizens readily agreed. Senga had long been a god in their hearts, and creating a statue for him would definitely fulfill everyone's wishes.
Some have even suggested that Senga's statue should be made of Pure Gold, and that his Rinnegan should be carved from amethyst!
Upon hearing this suggestion, Augustus's face fell. He thought to himself, "Good heavens, you really dare to say that! This country has nothing but people left. Where are we going to get gold?"
However, seeing the awe on the faces of all the citizens, Augustus gritted his teeth and decided to make the statue!
After discussing the statue, Augustus looked at Blackbeard's corpse again, this time with endless hatred in his eyes.
They had all heard it in Senga's Door-Door Space just now: this guy destroyed their country simply to demonstrate the power of the Devil Fruit.
For this reason, he devoured the entire country. If it weren't for Senga, they would have already turned into a pile of rotten flesh in the dark space.
Growing increasingly resentful, Augustus drew a guard's sword and slowly walked to Blackbeard's corpse.
He raised his sword to tear Blackbeard to pieces, but for some reason, when he saw Blackbeard's face, a sense of fear inexplicably rose in his heart.
Augustus swallowed hard, cursing himself for being so weak. This guy was clearly dead, what was he afraid of?
Augustus held his sword in mid-air for a long time, but finally lowered it helplessly, gritting his teeth as he spoke.
"Guards! Throw this scum ashore and let the sea wash him away until he's fed to the fish!!!"
"Yes!"
On the shore, Blackbeard's body lay silently on a beach that had been washed by the sea time and time again.
Thanks to his sturdy weight, he wasn't swept into the sea by the seawater; otherwise, he would already be in a fish's belly by now.
But he was already an immobile corpse, and as time went by, he was getting closer and closer to the sea.
Finally, a huge wave crashed in, threatening to engulf Blackbeard.
Just then, something unexpected happened.
Dark-Dark Fruit had been stripped away, a mass of darkness surged forth from beneath Blackbeard once more, rising upwards and transforming into a circular black hole.
The tide that was sweeping towards Blackbeard was immediately drawn into the black hole by its gravity.
Everything around fell silent, until a strange laugh rang out.
Hehehehehe!
Blackbeard's "corpse" moved; he slowly rose from the ground, a strange smile on his face.
He stretched out a hand that had turned into darkness and muttered to himself.
"Knowing full well that Purple Kirin is also hunting Ability User, you still wander around with the Dark-Dark Fruit. It's incredibly foolish, isn't it, Teach?"
If someone heard him at that moment, they would definitely think that Blackbeard had developed a split personality after being beaten by Senga.
But is that really the case?
Blackbeard looked up at the sea before him, opened his arms, took a deep breath, and with an expression of rapture on his face, exclaimed...
"How nostalgic! I never thought I could still sense your presence. I really have to thank that guy named Purple Kirin. If it weren't for him, I might have ended up being devoured by that idiot Teach."
Blackbeard clenched his fist tightly, dispelling the darkness within. Seeing this, Blackbeard's expression turned serious.
"I don't have much Power of Darkness left. I need to quickly find a Power of Darkness using what I have."
After thinking for a moment, the name of a fruit came to Blackbeard's mind.
Thinking of the fruit's power, a smile returned to Blackbeard's face as he thought to himself,
"This is it. That idiot Teach isn't entirely useless. His memories about Devil Fruit are incredibly rich; it's practically a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia."
Having identified his target, Blackbeard was ready to set off immediately; his first priority was to find the ship that had brought him here.
Blackbeard didn't cause any more trouble for the island's inhabitants, because he had absolutely no interest in such matters now, and if he were to bring Purple Kirin back, it would be a huge problem.
Thinking of Purple Kirin, "Blackbeard" felt immense dread and cursed inwardly.
"Damn it, I never thought such a monster existed. Even in my prime, I probably wouldn't be a match for him!"
As he pondered this, "Blackbeard" walked toward where his ship was docked.
Suddenly, a loud shout came from the distant sky.
"Teach! You bastard!!!"
This loud shout made "Blackbeard" shudder, thinking that the killing god Purple Kirin had turned around and attacked.
Blackbeard stiffly turned his neck toward the direction from which the shout came, but his expression immediately relaxed once he saw who it was.
A large bird engulfed in blue flames was flying towards him, and its identity was already quite clear: it was Marco the Phoenix, the first division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Marco, now in mid-air, had reverted to his Zoan transformation form, his sharp eyes fixed on "Blackbeard" standing on the shore.
Thinking of the dead Thatch, the blue flames on Marco's body burned even more fiercely, just like the rage in his heart.
Before the man even arrived, Marco could no longer suppress his rage. He folded his wings, preparing to unleash his power, and roared.
"Azure Flame Goose!!!"
A giant bird formed from blue flames detached from Marco's body and swooped down toward Blackbeard on the shore.
Seeing the giant blue bird about to pounce, a strange smile reappeared on "Blackbeard's" face. He opened his large arms to meet the bird and laughed loudly.
"Hehehehehe! Marco, you're too late! Dark Hole!!!"
A massive amount of darkness surged from Blackbeard's outstretched hands, blocking his path.
The Azure Flame Goose plunged directly into the darkness, and after struggling for a few moments, it was pulled into the darkness, leaving only a few blue sparks behind.