"Hahaha! It's real!" Blackbeard burst into manic laughter. He spread out a hand, and the distinctive force field of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability enveloped it. Feeling the power granted by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Blackbeard was utterly delighted.
"Haha! That idiot Ronglin! He actually gave me the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!" Blackbeard withdrew his Devil Fruit ability, his gaze turning vicious. "He has no idea how terrifying this fruit is! He'll regret this one day!"
"Congratulations, Captain!" Lafitte congratulated Blackbeard, then turned to look in the direction the Eight Treasures Navy had left. "If we chase them now, we may still make it. Should we pursue the Eight Treasures Navy?"
Blackbeard suppressed his delight as his mind raced. What exactly did Ronglin mean by being so generous as to give him the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
Although the Star Alliance had made the trade to draw Kaido away, in Blackbeard's eyes, Crocodile had clearly had the chance to leave with both the Poneglyph and the Devil Fruit, leaving him to work for nothing. Yet Ronglin had not done so.
"Honoring one's word?" Blackbeard cackled. "That would be far too stupid!"
As he spoke, Blackbeard activated different Devil Fruit abilities in both hands, savoring the surging power coursing through his body. He threw back his head and laughed. "He's so naïve. Sooner or later, he'll pay the price!"
Bzzz!
White light gathered in Blackbeard's right hand as he rapidly condensed the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, then fiercely struck into the empty air. A smooth, mirror-like phantom surface suddenly cracked apart in the void, and Blackbeard released the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power from afar.
"Hahaha!" Blackbeard punched the air, then drove the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power toward the direction in which the Eight Treasures Navy was retreating.
The skies and seas changed color. The once-calm ocean suddenly became