Chapter 572

Teach's Arrogance

The waves surged, and thunderous booms rang without end.

Ace and Teach's battle continued, the two having already reached a fever pitch. The Dark-Dark Fruit and the Float-Float Fruit—two bizarre powers—were locked in an inseparable deadly struggle. Though the Dark-Dark Fruit was the most vicious of all Logia fruits, Ace's Float-Float Fruit was no weaker. With ease, he could lift an entire island and hurl it at Teach.

Teach unleashed darkness to Devour it, but meteors were already falling from the sky. Faced with the ceaseless attacks, Teach tried several times to get close to Ace. Unfortunately, Ace already knew the Dark-Dark Fruit's traits and used his swordsmanship to keep Teach from approaching. Even Dark Water could not restrain Ace. Ace, meanwhile, could not inflict any effective damage either, so the two fell into a stalemate.

Still, Teach was ultimately at a disadvantage. He had first been heavily wounded by Ren, then soaked in seawater for half a day, and had only just eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit. Thus, Teach was somewhat weakened. But he was, after all, a being comparable to one of the Five Emperors. Not only did he not lose, his fighting only grew fiercer!

The thunderous blasts continued, stirring up a tsunami.

Within the tsunami, a flash of golden light flickered, followed by booming explosions.

Several warships burst out from within the tsunami.

On one of the warships, Kizaru wore a lecherous expression, but his gaze was sharp. "Tsk tsk... What a terrifying lineup. Red-Hair, Kaido, Buggy, Ryder, Ace, Teach... All the top figures of the New World have come out!"

Akainu rose to his feet and glared viciously at Teach. "It seems the intelligence was correct. Teach has already eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit. The most ferocious fruit among the Logias, huh?"

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