Fairy Tail: Vector Manipulation

"Blackbeard, you sure rolled away fast. I didn't expect that!" Chen Fan mocked.

Blackbeard glared viciously at Chen Fan. "Bastard! I'll show you what true darkness is!!" He shouted the last words as he thrust out his left hand at Chen Fan.

"Dark Vortex!!"

Darkness swirled in Blackbeard's hand. He was clearly using his Devil Fruit power, yet nothing happened. Chen Fan stood still where he was.

"How is this possible?! Why weren't you pulled over by the gravitational force?! You were obviously using a power earlier! My Dark Vortex can draw in Devil Fruit Users without fail! Unless you're not..." Blackbeard shouted at Chen Fan in disbelief.

Chen Fan's voice suddenly sounded beside Blackbeard. "You guessed right. I'm not a Devil Fruit User. I'm an esper."

"Pfft...!" Chen Fan's blade slashed across Blackbeard's body, leaving a wound. It was not deep, and the strike had gone off target. The moment his blade touched the darkness around Blackbeard, a force tugged at it and altered the direction of Chen Fan's swing, resulting in this outcome. Otherwise, that slash would definitely have seriously wounded Blackbeard. Chen Fan curled his lip.

"Ahhh! It hurts! It hurts!! It hurts!! It hurts so much!! Ahhh!! It hurts so much, ahhh!!!" Blackbeard rolled all over the ground, screaming until tears streamed down his face. Chen Fan had just cut two shallow wounds across his abdomen, yet they caused Blackbeard unbearable agony. The Darkness Fruit had such a weakness: once its user was injured, the pain was amplified.

Moreover, when he used Dark Vortex, although Devil Fruit Users would be pulled toward him, they could still use their abilities while flying over. It also could not grant immunity to physical damage like other Logia Devil Fruits—that was, elementalization—and injuries hurt twice as much. In some respects,