Luffy's Rescue! Teach Goes All Out

The mountaintop fell silent once more...

Just as it had for nearly ten years, as though no one had ever set foot there—a deathly silence...

No, that was not entirely accurate. Every now and then, one could still hear the sound of metal striking the ground...

"Cough, cough..."

A weak cough shattered the peace of the mountains. Like a needle falling onto the floor of an utterly silent room, the sound was not loud, yet it seemed especially abrupt in such stillness!

"The Dark-Dark Fruit, the nemesis of Devil Fruit users..." At the mountaintop, Kidd's throat was now gripped in Teach's hand. A huge gash had opened across his forehead, blood pouring from it as though it cost nothing. His abdomen was no better, a massive bloody hole continuously spilling blood. Ninety percent of his clothes had been completely dyed crimson! As for his left arm, the mechanical arm that had been fitted to his severed limb through Devil Fruit powers had been reduced to a pile of scrap metal by the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit!

Kidd now looked like a blood-soaked man who had just climbed out of a pool of gore. This former Supernova captain was as miserable as a dog, his life completely held in Teach's hands. He had once imagined that no matter how strong Blackbeard was, he should at least have been capable of exchanging a few moves with him. After all, when facing the other two Four Emperors, he had lasted for a short while before being defeated!

But imagination was beautiful, while reality was cruel!

Their clash had not even lasted a minute—one could even say it had been a single move! Teach's claw had pierced Kidd's abdomen, and the Dark-Dark Fruit's power instantly stripped away Kidd's Devil Fruit ability and strength.