Lafitte: "...Huh?"
Poison Q: "..." Speechless.
Blackbeard's face had already looked ugly, but now it was even worse. Trying to poach his crew was undoubtedly the greatest humiliation for a pirate captain.
"You're courting death..."
Blackbeard stretched out his left hand, activating his Dark-Dark Fruit ability.
A black vortex like a fan appeared in his palm.
Moke's expression changed slightly. In an instant, he felt an incomparably powerful suction force pulling him toward Blackbeard.
Having watched the anime, he naturally knew it.
This was Dark Water, Blackbeard's signature move.
Using the infinite gravitational pull of a Black Hole, it dragged opponents toward the user. No matter how far away they were, they could not escape, even if they possessed the speed of light.
And once they came into contact with the user, their Devil Fruit abilities would fail. It could also absorb Devil Fruit attacks, though only those within a small area.
This move was absolutely the bane of Devil Fruit users.
But he was not someone like Ace, who relied solely on his Devil Fruit...
"Armament Hardening!"
In an instant, Armament Haki Coating enveloped his entire body, immediately cutting off the Dark-Dark Fruit's pull...
"Ah, this..."
Blackbeard's eyes nearly popped out. Even in the New World, even while he had been with the Whitebeard Pirates, he had seen very few people capable of coating their whole bodies in Armament Haki.
He was immediately at a loss.
That single move had directly stripped the Dark-Dark Fruit of half its power.
"Whoosh..."
At the same time, Moke moved. Sandai Kitetsu flashed from its sheath in his hand.
"One Sword Style—Demon Flash!"
Moke instantly entered a state of high-speed movement. When he appeared again, he was already behind Blackbeard.
"Splurt..."
A wound appeared across Blackbeard's chest, blood spraying wildly from it.
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