The Pirate King's Right Hand

Before the auction house, everyone's battles came to an unspoken halt. They silently gathered into small groups, nervously watching the peak battle that was about to unfold!

"Conqueror's Haki?" Teach smiled faintly. The next second, a pitch-black aura burst from his body, accompanied by an overwhelming pressure!

"Another user of Conqueror's Haki!" The colonel felt his mindset collapse. Since when had Conqueror's Haki become as common as cabbage?

Teach's ink-black Conqueror's Haki collided with Rayleigh's nearly transparent Conqueror's Haki, and the resulting shockwave blew like a Category 12 typhoon, leaving the onlookers unable to open their eyes!

"What a formidable youngster! I never expected that you, once so unremarkable aboard Whitebeard's ship, would awaken Conqueror's Haki as well!" Rayleigh said in surprise. He had possessed Conqueror's Haki for decades, yet in this clash against Teach's Haki, he found himself faintly at a disadvantage!

Have I really grown old? Rayleigh could not help but wonder. But his enemy would not give him that much time!

"Zehahahaha! Mr. Rayleigh, then I won't hold back! Quake Punch!" White ripples wrapped around Teach's right hand. Carrying the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, his massive fist smashed toward Rayleigh's body!

Rayleigh reacted with extraordinary speed. Unhurriedly, he coated his right foot in Armament Haki and met Teach's fist head-on with a flying kick!

The shockwaves produced by the clash between the two powerhouses knocked many nearby spectators off their feet! Some sharp-eyed fighters were astonished to discover that there was still a considerable gap between Teach's fist and Rayleigh's foot. The air between them was being continuously compressed, and the aura it produced grew increasingly terrifying!

"Worthy of being a remnant of the old era, the Pirate King's right hand! Such incredible strength really gets the blood pumping!" Teach cackled, and the madness in his eyes made Rayleigh's heart tighten.

I won't fall here today, will I? Rayleigh could not help but doubt himself, but he quickly cast the thought aside. There was only one reason: he was "Pluton" Silvers Rayleigh!

"It seems the newspapers were right. You really have obtained Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability! Though I am curious how you got it, that no longer seems so important!" Rayleigh exerted force with his right foot, trying to pull away from Teach. But Teach possessed more than one Devil Fruit ability!

"Zehahahaha! Trying to run? It won't be that easy! Dark Water!" Teach would not let Rayleigh have his way. He extended his free left hand, and darkness that seemed alive instantly wrapped around it. At the same time, an immense suction force descended, causing Rayleigh's body to sink just as he tried to distance himself from Teach!

"Hm? A second Devil Fruit ability?" Rayleigh's eyes widened as he stared dumbfoundedly at this fact that defied everything he knew!

"Zehahahaha! I possess the world's most destructive Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the world's most vicious Dark-Dark Fruit! Mr. Rayleigh, you'd better be careful now! Dark Entanglement: Airquake!" Teach's clenched right hand slowly opened, then violently closed again. Visible to the naked eye, cracks appeared in the air within his grasp! The cracks spread at an astonishing speed, reaching Rayleigh's body in the next instant!

"Psh!"

Blood sprayed into the air. Before the dumbfounded gazes of the crowd, the legendary Pirate King's right hand, "Pluton" Silvers Rayleigh, had fallen into a disadvantage and been injured in a contest against a younger man!

The pain in his flesh jolted Rayleigh's nerves. Seeing the cracks still spreading, he could not worry about anything else and kicked Teach away with all his strength. Teach was caught off guard, and the power contained in Rayleigh's lean body was truly terrifying. That kick sent him flying nearly ten meters!

Teach's gaze sharpened, and he stomped his right foot backward, forcibly bringing himself to a stop.

Rayleigh, meanwhile, touched the wound on his body and looked disbelievingly at the bright red blood on his hand.

I'm injured? How many years has it been? How many years has it been since this old man last bled! This feeling of pain... really brings back memories!

"Ha ha ha ha!" Rayleigh burst into laughter. "Good lad! Your abilities are powerful and strange, yet you haven't neglected physical training either! What an outstanding junior!"

"Zehahahaha! Mr. Rayleigh is no less impressive! You've still got your old flair!" Teach laughed as well, then suddenly changed his tone. "So, do you still not intend to use that superb swordsmanship of yours? Aren't you underestimating me a little?"

Rayleigh froze for a moment, then smiled helplessly. "That's right. I actually forgot that we met many years ago, and you saw me use swordsmanship back then! Fine. Today, I'll show you why the world calls me Pluton!"

Rayleigh casually walked over to a marine. "Young man, may I borrow your sword?"

The marine froze and looked blankly toward his superior. The colonel could only nod helplessly!

"Please, go ahead!"

Before he had even finished speaking, the military saber at his waist was drawn by Rayleigh. It had been an ordinary Marine saber, but once Rayleigh held it and coated it in Armament Haki, it began to emit an aura that did not belong to it!

"This aura is somewhat similar to that of a named blade!" As a Great Master Swordsman, Shiryu's perception of swords was naturally the sharpest among the onlookers. He clearly sensed that the instant Rayleigh picked up the sword, his entire aura became razor-sharp! With Rayleigh's Armament Haki reinforcing it, that Marine saber was likely no worse than some ordinary named blades!

"Blackbeard, you'd better be careful with this strike!" The smile had vanished from Rayleigh's face, replaced by intense confidence!

"Zehahahaha! Bring it on!" Though Teach said that, he had silently coated his entire body in Armament Haki. His skin had already been dark, but now he truly looked like some unfortunate laborer who had spent a year mining in an open-air African mine...

"Ha ha! Take this! Evil Karma!" The muscles in Rayleigh's right arm bulged as he swung the Marine saber in his hand. A sword slash that seemed capable of devouring light instantly cut toward Teach! Its terrifying aura made everyone's hairs stand on end!

"Zehahahaha! Good! Dark Weak Water!" After covering both hands with the Dark-Dark Fruit's power, Teach slammed them against the ground. Darkness rapidly devoured the surrounding earth, and in the next second, the ground actually turned into liquid! Under Teach's control, the liquid began to churn!

The weak water eventually formed a towering wave, like an ancient ferocious beast opening its sky-devouring jaws, intent on swallowing the sword slash whole!

The two collided, and a piercing sound rang out!

None of the spectators dared blink, afraid they would miss the final outcome!

To find out what happened next, we'll settle it next time! (Just messing around for fun)