As Lu Yu walked towards this village, the feeling of familiarity in his heart grew stronger and stronger.
Upon closer inspection, a familiar fluctuation was slowly unfolding. Before Lu Yu Lu Yu react, his feet were completely submerged in a pool of Black Vortex.
Seeing this, Lu Yu finally understood who the person who had given him a sense of familiarity on this island was.
"No wonder it felt so familiar, it turns out it's an old acquaintance I'm meeting!"
With a strange smile playing on his lips, Lu Yu faced the dark power rushing towards him, seemingly wanting to devour him, but he showed no fear and walked towards the center of the power.
"Thief, hahaha... No matter how you struggle, you will all be reduced to dust before my Dark Water! Devour me!"
Blackbeard's maniacal laughter remained unchanged. Under the influence of this power, the surrounding houses seemed to be violently attracted, and they all began to collapse in the direction of Blackbeard.
At the same time, all the falling buildings were swallowed by Blackbeard's Dark Water and disappeared from the earth.
Upon witnessing this scene, a space resembling a black hole slowly appeared behind Blackbeard's right hand.
Blackbeard reached into the space and grabbed at it, finding it filled with gold and silver treasures.
"Why didn't you just hand over your wealth earlier? You had to make me do it! Now look what's happened, no one can save you! Die!"
After getting what he wanted, Blackbeard didn't leave immediately. Instead, he revealed an even more ferocious expression and beckoned his crew to attack.
"What! You've become quite adept at murder and robbery these days? Do you even remember me?"
Just then, a fiery meteor descended from the sky, and the image of a man engulfed in flames caused Blackbeard, who was preparing to attack, to show a look of astonishment.
"Oh? It's Captain Ace? You've been chasing me all this way, aren't you tired?"
Ace, I greatly admire your abilities. How about it? How about betraying Whitebeard and forming your own lineage like me? With the strength of the two of us brothers, if we join forces, we can definitely take Gol D. Roger's treasure!"
Blackbeard looked at the man before him with an excited smile, but his eyes were filled with madness.
"So that's how it is. But if I were to partner with you, I'm afraid you might accidentally sell me out one day. You're not worthy of being my partner!"
After Ace said those words, Blackbeard's smile slowly faded.
At the same time, the viciousness in his eyes was completely undisguised.
" Ace, let me tell you this: if you had found me two months ago, I might have been a little more afraid of you. But now I have complete control over the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit! What do you have to fight me with!"
As Blackbeard spoke, the uncontained Dark Water had already spread to Ace's feet.
"Your abilities are just like you—so shady! Today I will burn you to ashes here with my flames!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the power in Ace's hand transformed into a fierce flame, sweeping towards Blackbeard's location. Blackbeard's crew members were about to make a move, but Blackbeard stopped them.
"This is between him and me, you have no need to interfere!"
Despite the immense power of Ace's charge, Blackbeard showed no fear whatsoever.
As he slightly turned his feet, a large pool of black power appeared in his hand. The flames that rushed towards him, upon encountering this black power, vanished into nothingness, just like ice and snow encountering sunlight.
"Do you remember what Whitebeard taught us? Never do anything reckless before you know your opponent's abilities! Captain, you were really careless!"
Blackbeard's lips curled into a mocking smile, and he swung his right hand forward sharply.
The flames that were originally charging towards them were instead shot backwards along their original trajectory.
Upon seeing this, a look of astonishment involuntarily appeared on Ace's face.
This guy was actually able to reflect his own power back, and even add that meaning to his flames, along with the darkness he carried.
This is really troublesome!
While Ace was pondering this, he didn't see Blackbeard's hand suddenly pulsating slightly as he clenched his fist tightly towards the spot where Ace was standing.
As soon as this action was taken, Ace felt a strange sense of threat.
Just as he was about to leave, he didn't expect that the Dark Water beneath his feet seemed to be connected to him. No matter how much he transformed into his elemental form, he couldn't escape the erosion of this strange power.
"Come here!"
A powerful suction force emanated from Blackbeard's right hand, causing an unpleasant expression to appear on Ace's face. His body involuntarily began to move towards Blackbeard's direction.
Seeing this, Lu Yu felt a pang of regret.
Judging from his abilities, Blackbeard's power seems to be the nemesis of all Devil Fruit abilities. As long as someone is within his domain, he can strip them of their Devil Fruit powers.
As for Ace, the power of his Flame-Flame Fruit was completely useless in this situation.
"This guy usually has some skills, it's a real shame he's in this state. Oh well, let's help him out."
Hidden in the surrounding space, watching the scene unfold before him, Lu Yu did not stop it, but gently flicked his right hand.
Blackbeard felt as if the space in front of him was completely isolated from him, and the powerful force generated by his right hand seemed to be severed by some strange power in an instant.
At this moment, Ace seized the opportunity, leaping backward and landing on the wooden plank, thus avoiding contact with the Dark Water beneath his feet.
A solemn expression appeared on Ace's face at this moment. He knew in his heart that the guy in front of him was no longer the teammate he used to be.
The power he possessed gave Ace a sense of danger.
"You are worth my full strength! Blazing Flame, Great Flame Commandment!"
Although he didn't know why, he felt a slight pause in the power he had just used, Blackbeard didn't underestimate Ace at all when he saw Ace unleashing his power.
He slammed the dark power in his hand down onto the earth below, and the dark power that spread wildly outwards from him, along with the fire power formed by Ace, directly split the entire island in two.
Flames and darkness intertwined, unleashing a terrifying power...