"Hehahaha~"
"I underestimated you!"
Blackbeard's body erupted with black mist as he watched Ivankov break free, his face grim.
His opponent had suddenly powered up.
It had caught him off guard.
He hadn't been paying attention for a moment, and Ivankov had escaped.
"But that's all you've got."
"Dark Water."
Blackbeard reached for Ivankov again. A massive force of attraction immediately seized his body.
Ivankov activated Life Return, steam billowing from his body. Even in his strongest form, he could barely resist the pull, though he fared much better than before.
At least he wasn't flying toward Blackbeard as fast.
And that gave Blackbeard an opening.
"Super Death Glare!"
Ivankov's heavily made-up eyes widened to their limit, then snapped shut.
In an instant,
the surrounding air was sucked away. Coated in Ryuō Haki, it formed a pink-purple shock wave that tore through the darkness and surged toward Blackbeard with devastating force.
The very air trembled and rippled.
Blackbeard, who had been laughing uproariously, felt a chill crawl over his scalp. This attack didn't seem easy to absorb.
But he had no choice.
The darkness surged.
Like a bottomless black hole, it forcibly swallowed Ivankov's attack. Blackbeard's face turned pale again, and he grimaced in agony.
"Liberation!"
Blackbeard endured the pain as countless chunks of rubble appeared in the black mist all around him. They rained down on Ivankov like a meteor shower.
At the same time, Dark Water's pull kept dragging him in.
"Death Glare!"
"Tempest Kick!"
"Death Glare!"
"Tempest Kick!"
Ivankov couldn't break free from the pull for the time being, so he could only launch another series of ranged attacks.
Explosions rang out in rapid succession.
All the rubble Blackbeard had created was pulverized.
But Blackbeard had already achieved his goal.
Ivankov was within arm's reach.
"Rokushiki Secret