Although Blackbeard was in so much pain that his eyes nearly rolled back, he endured it and stood up, his face covered in beads of sweat. Just as he was about to take a few breaths, he remembered that the air was poisonous.
Blackbeard thought it over and immediately realized something was wrong. When he had been writhing in agony just now, he had unconsciously breathed in. Yet his body clearly showed no unusual symptoms.
"Did the Devil Fruit ability take effect? Too slow."
Blackbeard grinned. Whether it was because he had suffered beatings in his youth or for some other reason, several of his teeth were missing.
Su Xiao had not taken advantage of Blackbeard's head-banging and rolling to move in for the kill. The left half of his body was somewhat numb. He had just fought Akainu in a vicious battle, and his injuries were severe. Even after using an ancient secret medicine, he could not recover in a short time. If Blackbeard had not tanked Apollo head-on, and if the others had not been afraid to approach the flaming crater for the time being, he would not even have tried to fight Blackbeard.
Su Xiao could already complete Main Quest 3. As for Main Quest 2, dismantling the Blackbeard Pirates, he was in the process of attempting it. Main Quest 4, killing Whitebeard, was somewhat troublesome. If Su Xiao killed Whitebeard directly, he would simultaneously be facing the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates. If that happened, there was little chance Su Xiao could leave Marine Headquarters.
Even if he wanted to complete Main Quest 4, he had to wait until either the pirates or the Marines were defeated. Otherwise, the risk was too high.
The numbness in the left side of his body gradually faded. Su Xiao