Savage

Dark Water!

Black currents surged forth like dozens of writhing black tentacles, winding toward Bullet.

At the same time, the black vortex emitted a powerful pulling force, dragging Bullet from where he stood toward Teach.

"Zehahahaha! What do you think?!"

"Douglas Barrett!"

Teach laughed wildly as one hand released a dark vortex, pulling Bullet toward him.

"My Devil Fruit is the strongest Dark-Dark Fruit!"

"Before this power, every other Devil Fruit ability loses its effect."

"Even someone as strong as you, Devil's Heir, is no exception!"

Facing Bullet, whom he feared immensely, Teach actually dared to launch the first attack.

But Bullet knew that this was Blackbeard's nature.

To achieve his goal, he could endure aboard Whitebeard's ship for decades.

The moment he saw what he wanted, he acted decisively, killing Thatch, the companion who had lived alongside him for decades.

Then he swiftly gathered his companions, intercepted Fire Fist Ace, handed him over to the Marines, and exchanged him for the position of one of the Seven Warlords.

He endured when endurance was called for, concealing his ambitions and bearing long years of loneliness.

But when it was time to act, he never hesitated, sweeping through his enemies like a plow through a courtyard!

This was Blackbeard!

In Bullet's eyes, someone like him was best suited to survive on these seas.

This was a true pirate!

All of this had come from the soul he had devoured.

The instant Teach waved his hand, Pizarro and the others were still hesitating.

But Van Augur, Lafitte, and several other veteran crew members had already decisively obeyed Teach's command and attacked at once!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Van Augur's sniping skills were superb, and his reloading movements flowed as smoothly as water. In the blink of an eye, he fired three shots at Bullet.

The three whistling bullets formed a triangular pattern, shooting toward Bullet's eyes and the center of his brow.

Whoosh!

With a swish, a pair of white wings spread from behind the Devil Sheriff Lafitte, carrying him into the sky like an angel.

Clang!

He drew a gleaming rapier from his cane and thrust it down at Bullet's head!

Meanwhile, Doc Q, the Grim Reaper Doctor, who had been coughing blood nonstop like a dying man,

lunged forward and dropped flat onto the ground.

A large cloud of blue-green mist drifted from his hands, spreading toward Bullet's feet.

Sick-Sick Fruit: Gender Conversion!

Facing the simultaneous attacks of Teach and the other three, Bullet remained where he was without moving aside.

Bang, bang, bang!

The three bullets struck his brow and eyelids squarely.

The bullets seemed to hit an impregnable wall of bronze and iron, shattering instantly.

Not even the faintest mark was left on Bullet's brow.

Even his eyelids, which had snapped shut at the last possible moment, were completely unharmed.

"What?!" Van Augur's face filled with disbelief.

Clang!

Above him, Lafitte's rapier pierced through Bullet's blond hair and struck his scalp, producing a trembling metallic ring.

The blade, comparable to one of the Great Grade swords, bent into a visible arc, and Lafitte's expression changed drastically.

When the blue-green poisonous mist released by Doc Q spread over,

Bullet opened his mouth and gave a gentle blow.

Huff!

A violent gust of wind appeared from nowhere before them, sweeping up the spreading poison mist and engulfing Doc Q and the sniper Van Augur, who failed to dodge in time.

"Mmh~!"

The bearded Grim Reaper Doctor Doc Q and the lean Van Augur suddenly let out cries that sounded like delicate moans.

Then, before Bullet's slightly twitching eyes,

Doc Q and Van Augur's bodies rapidly became plump and full.

Their chests swelled as though inflated, two pale, round mounds bursting through their clothes and threatening to spill out.

Their appearances also became incomparably soft and beautiful.

Their limbs became slender, fair, long, and taut, leaving Pizarro and the others behind them dumbfounded.

"Zehahaha..." Teach, who was using his left hand to release a dark vortex and pull Bullet toward him, was about to laugh again when everything before his eyes suddenly went dark!

Looking up, he saw Bullet extend a horrifying hand as huge as a dustpan. Like the claw of an ancient beast, it exploded with a blast of white air.

At such close range, Teach's pupils dilated.

He saw Bullet's fingers spread apart, blue-black tendons tightening and contracting as they tore through layers of air.

The violent gale blew past, sending the hat from his head flying.

"Bullet...!"

From that hand blocking his vision, he felt an utterly unmatched, terrifying power!

Teach's heart shook with terror, and he was about to beg for mercy.

Crack!

Ignoring the black currents in Teach's hand, Bullet reached out and grabbed Teach by the head.

Amid Teach's screams and cries of pain, he effortlessly lifted him off the ground!

Teach's eyes turned bloodshot.

It was not rage.

The five fingers pressing down on his head were compressing his blood vessels, causing blood to rush into his skull.

Bullet's huge hand was like a hydraulic clamp.

With only a little pressure, it could crush Teach's head like an egg!

This monster! I'm no match for him at all right now! Unless... unless I can obtain Old Man's Tremor-Tremor Fruit!

Amid his screams, Teach roared unwillingly in his heart.

He did not understand. He had clearly planned everything perfectly.

He had been only one step away from success.

Yet he was going to inexplicably fall to Bullet, this monster who had vanished for more than twenty years.

After he had left Infinite Hell with Pizarro and the others, what exactly had happened there?

Which damned prisoner had been bored enough to release an unbeatable monster like Bullet?

Teach swore that once he found out who it was, he would torture that bastard to death!

If he still had a chance.

Seeing Teach get captured by Bullet so easily,

the transformed Doc Q and Van Augur, along with Lafitte flying in the air, immediately turned pale.

The next moment, they wanted to attack Bullet again.

However, Bullet had already lost the patience to keep playing.

Among these people, Blackbeard Teach was the only one who interested him at all.

As for the others...

Whoosh!

With Teach, who was constantly howling and begging for mercy, clutched by the head in his hand, Bullet's hulking figure vanished from everyone's sight.

The next second, Lafitte's white wings were seized by a huge hand and hurled toward the ground!

Boom!

A sharp howl of wind passed by as the ground exploded into a crater. Lafitte's wings twisted and broke, and blood poured from his mouth.

Whoosh!

Bullet, whose figure had just appeared in the air, vanished again.

A terrifying shadow covered their bodies, making Doc Q and Van Augur's hairs stand on end.

Before the two could even turn around, a pillar-thick leg swept toward them, sending them flying like straw men.

While still in midair, their bones and tendons had already shattered, and their eyes rolled white.

Whoosh!

Bullet, still holding Teach by the head, vanished once more!

Not far away, Pizarro and the others sensed that something was wrong and had already started turning to flee. They immediately shouted:

"Bullet! We don't want to be your enemies! There's no need for you to..."

Smack!! Pizarro's voice abruptly cut off as his head spun seven or eight times on his neck, twisting it like a rope.