Chapter 690

The person he hates most right now is Chen Fan, without exception. He wishes he could drink Chen Fan's blood and eat Chen Fan's flesh. His mind has been tormented to the point of being somewhat twisted, and the black aura around his body has become even stronger.

"Chen... Chen Fan... I'm going to kill you!!" Blackbeard shouted at Chen Fan. If looks could kill, Chen Fan would have been killed countless times by Blackbeard.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is fate. If you hadn't come looking for trouble with me, I probably wouldn't have bothered with you either. Fate brought you before me. Don't blame me if I kill you; blame fate instead. When an insect and a bird meet, one of them is destined to die," Chen Fan said. He suddenly found himself enjoying using fate as a topic, because no matter what it was, shifting the blame onto fate always gave him a sense of grandeur.

"What destiny? My destiny is to become the Pirate King! I infiltrated the Whitebeard Pirates for over 20 years, and just when I was about to give up, I obtained the Devil Fruit I'd always dreamed of. For this Devil Fruit, I even killed the fourth division commander. The Darkness Fruit chose me—isn't that destiny too? My destiny will not yield to yours!" Blackbeard shouted at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan shrugged and said, "Don't take it so seriously. I was just joking. Fate and all that stuff is bullshit. It's just that I'm stronger, so you have to die!!"

"You bastard! How dare you play me!"

Chen Fan smiled, a slight upturn at the corner of his mouth, and looked down at the Blackbeard, saying, "That's right! I'm just messing with you. Why don't you just die? How long can you maintain this state? Once this state disappears, that's when you'll die!"

Chen Fan's words caused Blackbeard's expression to change. He was well aware of his own abilities. If using Devil Fruit powers didn't consume any energy, then he could use them indefinitely. Using Devil Fruit also consumed stamina, and with Blackbeard's stamina, he couldn't sustain such a large output of dark power for long.

Suddenly, Blackbeard spotted a ship on the distant shore, carrying Nami, Tashigi, Vivi, and Robin. Seeing them, Blackbeard seemed to see a glimmer of hope for survival. He didn't want to die; his dream hadn't been realized yet; he still wanted to become the Pirate King. He had nothing else to gamble with now, and he only hoped that Chen Fan would value these women.

Chen Fan noticed the subtle movements in Blackbeard 'Chen Fan eyes, and his expression changed. Others could have Chen Fan on him, but they couldn't have designs on Chen Fan woman.

"What do you want to do, Blackbeard?" Chen Fan said calmly, looking at Blackbeard.

"What do I want to do? Since you want to kill me, I'll make those women pay with their lives! Even if I die, it'll be worth it!!" Blackbeard shouted, conjuring a huge black sphere in his hands and hurling it towards Nami and the others.

Chen Fan instantly stood in front of the black sphere, and then his body was completely swallowed up by it.

"Hahahaha...! So you really did set your sights on these women, actually sacrificing your life to protect them! How foolish! Women are as plentiful as you want! After you die, I'll take care of all your women, and I'll treat them well, hahahaha...!" Blackbeard laughed loudly;

"Chen Fan...!" Nami and the others on the ship also saw Chen Fan being swallowed by the giant black sphere and shouted loudly. Chen Fan had died there because he saved them. They regretted it so much. Why didn't they stay further away? Their reckless appearance here had led to Chen Fan's death. It was all their fault.

"...!"

A strange sound rang out, and the black sphere surrounding Chen Fan shattered. Chen Fan's clothes were torn to shreds, but his body was completely unharmed.

"How is this possible! How could you be unharmed after being swallowed by Black Hole!" Blackbeard exclaimed in shock.

Chen Fan looked at Blackbeard with a serious expression, and walked towards Blackbeard step by step, Chen Fan down on the dark aura on the ground;

"...!" The darkness all repelled itself, unable to get close to Chen Fan;

Blackbeard's expression changed drastically. How could this be? Why was his gravity ineffective against Chen Fan? Watching Chen Fan approach step by step, the black aura seemed to detour around Chen Fan. Blackbeard sensed impending death, his face turning terrified. He shouted, "Don't come any closer! You monster! Don't come any closer!" He kept throwing black aura at Chen Fan, but it all bounced off when it hit Chen Fan.

Finally, Chen Fan stood before Blackbeard. Blackbeard enveloped his body in a cloud of black energy, but Chen Fan thrust his hands inside, forcefully tearing the black aura apart.

"...!"

All the black aura vanished. Blackbeard slumped to the ground, staring at Chen Fan with terror in his eyes. Chen Fan slowly walked towards him. "No! Don't kill me! I still have dreams to fulfill! I can't die like this!" Blackbeard shouted, crawling backward on his hands and feet.

220 Chen Fan swung the knife in his hand towards Blackbeard, and with a "whoosh...!" the knife pierced through Blackbeard's left leg, pinning Blackbeard to the ground;

"Ouch...! It hurts! It hurts so much!" Blackbeard yelled, then struggled to reach out and pull out Chen Fan's knife.

"Swish...!" Another knife pinned Blackbeard's right leg to the ground. Blackbeard screamed again, his hands trembling as he tried to pull out the two knives, but even the slightest touch caused him excruciating pain, and he cried out in agony.

Chen Fan approached Blackbeard and said, "You didn't have to be in such a terrible state, but you shouldn't have attacked my woman!" With that, Chen Fan pointed a finger at Blackbeard's forehead. Blackbeard, terrified, tried to run away, sensing the danger emanating from Chen Fan's finger—more dangerous than the two knives. But it was all in vain; Chen Fan's finger struck Blackbeard's forehead.

"...!"

Blood flowed from Blackbeard's seven orifices; his brain had exploded. Chen Fan used his superpowers to kill him. No one knew that two years later, Four Emperors of the New World would die here, remaining unknown until his death. Chen Fan directly interrupted Blackbeard's dream of becoming the Pirate King. This proved that fate can shatter dreams.