Awakening! Sudden Reversal! (13)

As his words fell, every bone in the arm covered in bone spikes suddenly swelled, blooming like flowers—beautiful, yet brimming with killing intent.

Sharp bones tore through Ron's chest, spraying a great swath of crimson blood and completely pinning him in place.

Surging strength coursed through his body. Transforming the bones into hands and feet, Teach clenched down hard, refusing to let Ron break free.

"Zehahahahaha!"

He laughed maniacally as the Dark-Dark Fruit activated without pause, forming a carpet of darkness beneath their feet that devoured everything.

Seeing this, Ron frowned slightly.

"So that's it. You want to drag me into the dark space created by the Dark-Dark Fruit and lock me away for good."

This move was called Dark Hole. Through the Dark-Dark Fruit, it released darkness over a wide area across the ground. Any person or object touched by the darkness would be sucked in, dragged downward, compressed, and crushed.

It was like a miniature black hole, and its range was vast.

It was a powerful ability involving the use of "space"!

In the original story, Blackbeard could actively "release" the things within the dark space after crushing them and throwing them out, but...

What if he chose not to "release" them?

What if he even swallowed himself along with them?

This thing was a natural prison!

The kind with even its exit sealed off!

"This is a little troublesome..."

Ron did not know whether someone trapped in the dark space could escape after the Devil Fruit User died, but he was certain Blackbeard knew.

Otherwise, he would not have endured for so long, played mind games with him, and created an opportunity to capture him.

Everything Teach had done before this had been preparation for this move!

As long as he suppressed Ron's Fruit Ability, he held