A haze of black mist had risen from Blackbeard's massive palm at some point, his face brimming with undisguised arrogance and conceit.
Doc Q, Burgess, Van Augur, and the others also drew their weapons, glaring at Ye Yu with hostile eyes, eager to make a move. The Blackbeard Pirates were not the kind of people who would fight you one-on-one!
In the shortest possible time, even at the cost of their dignity and by any means necessary, they would kill whoever they wanted dead. That was the Blackbeard Pirates' defining trait, and the reason they had been able to grow so powerful!
"Kid, it's not too late to regret this. Since you're the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Zero Division, join me. I'll give you a position. What do you say?" Even at a time like this, the scheming Blackbeard did not forget to poach from Whitebeard and strengthen himself.
Ye Yu answered Blackbeard with the look one gave an idiot.
"You're nothing but an ungrateful, pitifully weak bastard... You're not worthy of having me join you," Ye Yu said, showing him no mercy and no respect.
In Ye Yu's eyes, someone like Blackbeard, who could even abandon his dignity for victory, would never become the strongest!
The strongest never retreated when facing an enemy! Charging forward without ever backing down was the creed upheld by the strong!
After saying that, Ye Yu directly unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.
"Trash, stop getting in my way. You're too troublesome," Ye Yu said disdainfully.
Then, the air around them seemed to sense something terrifying and began to tremble!
Centered on Ye Yu, an intense force swept outward in every direction. In an instant, it was as though a Category 10 hurricane had erupted inside the entire villa!
The table Blackbeard had been using to eat moments ago, along with everything else in the villa, was sent flying in an instant!
In the end, even the entire villa could not withstand that terrifying force. It was blown straight to the ground by the raging wind, reduced to chunks of rubble that scattered away on the gale!
The Blackbeard Pirates had no time to react to the overwhelming power. Every one of them wore blank, stunned expressions of disbelief.
This kind of terrifying destructive power... it had to be a joke, right?
Before they had time to wonder any further, the next moment, they felt themselves being enveloped by Conqueror's Haki.
Burgess, Lafitte, Van Augur, and the others felt a terrifying force invade their hearts. All that remained was an immense sense of fear, a shudder that rose from the deepest part of their souls!
Their bodies stiffened, while their lips trembled without stop. Beads of sweat as large as peas streamed down their cheeks. At that moment, all their energy was focused on keeping themselves from collapsing. They had no spare thought left to attack the brat before them!
Seeing their strange expressions, as if they were constipated, Ye Yu could not help but laugh.
"To spare you all so much pain, I think I'll turn it up a little more. Hehe!" Ye Yu's lips curved into a faint smile.
Everyone's expressions turned even uglier. They looked more miserable than if they had eaten shit. This still was not full power?
The vast Conqueror's Haki grew even denser, and the force it carried became even more terrifying!
Doc Q's lips trembled as he spoke with difficulty. "Th-this... is... Conqueror's Haki? So... so terrifying!"
Boom! Dust rose everywhere.
At last, Doc Q could no longer endure it and was the first to collapse unconscious!
Blackbeard was completely dumbfounded and began shouting frantically at Doc Q.
"Doc Q, get up! Get up! Doc Q! Are you kidding me? Conqueror's Haki knocked one of my captains unconscious?"
Even Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world, could not guarantee that he could knock out someone at Doc Q's level using Conqueror's Haki alone, could he?
Yet the next moment, Van Augur felt sweetness rise in his throat. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth as his face twitched. "A mere young man... actually possesses such powerful Conqueror's Haki?"
After saying that, he too collapsed.
Blackbeard's eyes widened, and everything before him felt utterly unreal.
It would have been one thing if Doc Q had collapsed. That guy was sickly all day long, and his physical condition had always been poor. But how could even Van Augur, who was always calm and composed, be unable to endure it?
This was the first time he had encountered someone who could inflict such terrifying damage with Conqueror's Haki alone!
"Not bad, not bad. The Blackbeard Pirates are stronger than I imagined. Looks like there's no need for me to hold back," Ye Yu said slowly with a smile.
But... to Blackbeard Teach, that smile was incomparably terrifying.
Blackbeard fixed his gaze tightly on Ye Yu, who appeared completely lacking in combat ability, his face filled with seriousness.
Buzz!
Wave after wave of Conqueror's Haki shockwaves erupted from Ye Yu, continuously battering the surroundings. The entire island began to tremble because of Ye Yu's Conqueror's Haki.
The members of the Blackbeard Pirates near the shockwaves were even more horrified.
Even cold sweat poured down Blackbeard's forehead, and his palm began to tremble involuntarily.
This has to be a joke, right? A powerhouse like me, Blackbeard, is actually being affected by Conqueror's Haki to the point of trembling? Blackbeard stared blankly at his shaking hands, his face full of disbelief!
Boom! Boom! ...
After Ye Yu unleashed his Haki without holding anything back, Blackbeard's subordinates, including the physically powerful Burgess, all collapsed to the ground unconscious!
If one looked closely, it was clear that before passing out, Burgess and the others had worn expressions of confusion and terror.
At last, Ye Yu finished releasing his Conqueror's Haki, still looking perfectly calm and composed.
He looked at Blackbeard's subordinates, whom Blackbeard had been so proud of, lying unconscious on the ground, then yawned.
"Now that those annoying bits of trash have been dealt with, only you're left, Blackbeard Teach!" Ye Yu said coldly as he looked down at Blackbeard Teach.
At the same time, the villagers of Robina Island gathered in the forest one kilometer away from where Ye Yu and Blackbeard were fighting.
Village chief Rona stood in the woods one kilometer east of the battlefield, holding binoculars as he observed every movement of the battle. Beside him stood a beautiful blonde woman—Lily, the woman who had warned Ye Yu not to eat the Exploding Apple.
"Lily, at first I didn't believe anyone could stand against Blackbeard and that gang of pirates, but... but now I do! That man... he's... he's so powerful!" Village chief Rona said in shock. As soon as he arrived, he had witnessed Ye Yu knock all of Blackbeard's subordinates unconscious.
No matter what, he could not have believed that Ye Yu, a young man who looked so ordinary, could take down those vicious pirates.
The village chief handed the binoculars to Lily. After looking through them, Lily's mouth fell open as she confirmed that those vicious pirates had indeed been knocked unconscious.
Her red lips trembled slightly as she said excitedly, "He... he really did it!"
"By himself, he took down all those powerful pirates!"
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