Chapter 571

In the blink of an eye, a door opened before Tia, and he was grabbed directly.

Facing Number Six, Tia let out a terrified roar. "Cousin Teach... save me!"

Tia was terrified when facing Ryder's Zero Division, so terrified that he even forgot to resist. After all, Tia was quite strong. With Armament Haki, he was enough to rival a Shichibukai.

Unfortunately, the cowardice in his heart had turned him into trash!

Faced with the plea for help, Teach could not help but roar, "Dark Water!"

Dark Water could draw Devil Fruit users toward its wielder. Upon making contact with an ability user, it could nullify their Devil Fruit powers, and it could also absorb attacks created by Devil Fruits. Teach used this move in an attempt to drag Number Six over.

But the instant the darkness appeared, Ace sneered. "Teach... you're too arrogant. You dare let your guard down while fighting me!"

As he spoke, a sharp streak of sword light had already slashed out!

Clang...

The sword energy instantly struck Teach's abdomen, drawing a stream of blood.

"Gah..." Teach felt the pain and involuntarily sucked in a cold breath. Darkness then wrapped around his entire body. "Devour!"

In an instant, the sword wound on his body vanished, but blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. Then he roared, "Ah... it hurts, it hurts..."

Ace was slightly stunned by the sight. "What's going on?"

Diego, aboard the warship in the distance, shouted, "Ace... the Dark-Dark Fruit can Devour any damage, but after Devouring it, the user has to endure twice the pain."

After hearing that, Ace nodded and prepared to swing his sword again.

However, when facing the sword light, Teach merely released darkness to envelop himself. His mind was still on Tia. Though Teach looked down on