Teach's Strength

"Zehahahaha! What explanation do you still want? Isn't it already perfectly clear in your heart?"

Teach looked at the fat Moria before him and said bluntly, "You guessed right. Shiryu's Suke Suke no Mi was indeed taken from that subordinate of yours! This fruit suits Shiryu perfectly! Only in his hands can the Suke Suke no Mi reach its full potential!"

"Bastard! Absalom was my subordinate! You actually dared to kill him! Damn you, Blackbeard! Die!" At that moment, Moria could no longer suppress the fury in his heart. In his eyes, others could mock him or disrespect him. As long as they were strong enough, he would not care!

But if his subordinates were killed, he would seek revenge no matter the cost!

Perhaps Moria was not a successful pirate, but he was undoubtedly a qualified boss!

"Zehahahaha! I've been sick of the sight of you for a long time too! Take this!" Killing intent flashed through Teach's eyes as black-and-red Armament Haki instantly wrapped around his right fist!

"Die!" Moria snapped his massive scissors in two, and the razor-sharp blades slashed straight for Teach's neck!

"You two bastards! This is a battlefield, and you're comrades! Stop this at once!" Sengoku knew his words would have no effect, but as Fleet Admiral, he still had to say something. At the same time, he was curious just how powerful Teach truly was!

Teach's hardened fist collided with Moria's sharp blade. Many people even forgot to fight their own opponents as they stared fixedly at the clash between the two Shichibukai!

Crack!

To everyone's surprise, Moria's scissors did not last even a second! Teach's fist did not slow in the slightest as it smashed into Moria's enormous belly!

"Urgh!"

The overwhelming force made Moria spit out a mouthful of blood. He stared at Teach in shock and said incredulously, "How is this possible?! How can you be this strong?!" He had only felt such helplessness from that man before! But that man was one of the Four Emperors!

"Zehahahaha! You trash who can't even use Haki! I really don't know where you got the courage to clash head-on with Kaido back then!" Teach spoke as his fists showed no mercy, pounding Moria's face again and again. From the look of it, he intended to beat him to death alive!

"Damn it! Shadows Asgard!" Moria used all his strength to fling Teach away. Having had his sore spot struck, he no longer cared about anything else. He grabbed several nearby Marines watching the battle, pulled out a new pair of scissors, cut away their shadows, and shoved them into his own mouth!

"Ah! You killed my companions! I'll make you pay with your life!" Moria's body swelled like an inflated balloon. As his body grew enormous, his confidence returned as well!

Bang!

Moria clenched his fist and smashed it toward Teach. The tremendous force shattered the ground beneath Teach's feet, but to everyone's utter disbelief, Teach stopped Moria's massive fist with only one hand!

"Trash who only knows how to rely on Devil Fruit powers! Without your fruit, let's see what tricks you have left! Dark Water!" A dense blackness appeared around Teach's hand as he grabbed Moria. In the next instant, Moria's huge body returned to normal! Then Teach sent him flying with a punch!

"What happened? My Devil Fruit power!" Moria stared at his hands in disbelief. In that brief instant, he had clearly felt the Shadow-Shadow Fruit inside him lose contact with him. He looked up at Teach in shock, wanting an answer!

"Zehahahaha! Want an answer? Go find it in hell!" Teach showed no mercy as he drew the pistol at his waist and pulled the trigger at Moria's head!

Bang!

After the gunshot, the entire battlefield fell silent in shock!

"How can this be? No matter how weak Moria was, he was still one of the Shichibukai! How could Blackbeard kill him so quickly?"

"As expected, Blackbeard's strength has already surpassed the level of the Shichibukai!"

"But doesn't Moria's death weaken our Marines' fighting strength?"

The crowd erupted into discussion, while Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick looked at Blackbeard in the distance with satisfaction. He could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

My son, you've become a powerful man capable of standing on your own! It seems that even if something happens to your old man this time, you'll all be able to survive safely!

"Has Teach really become this strong?" After taking down a Rear Admiral, Ace stared in shock at his former Deputy Captain.

This guy is the true Deputy Captain of an Emperor's crew, isn't he? As the captain of the 1st Division, I've probably already been left far behind by Teach!

What exactly is Blackbeard trying to do?! Now I can only hope he is still on our Marines' side... Sengoku thought silently atop the platform, though even he did not dare believe it!

"Hmph, dogs biting dogs? They're nothing but a pack of evil pirates!" Akainu, the only one remaining on the platform, turned around and looked toward Whitebeard in the distance, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes!

"Sacrifice for justice is glorious! The Marines will remember you!"

"Great Eruption!" Akainu roared as the Magma-Magma Fruit activated! A vast barrage of magma descended like a meteor shower, raining indiscriminately toward the Whitebeard Pirates!

"Hmph! Just a brat who lights candles!" Whitebeard clenched his right fist and drew it back slightly before smashing it fiercely into the air beside him!

"Airquake!"

His voice was incomparably calm, yet it triggered a massive roar. Cracks spread wildly through the air as the meteor-like magma collided with the trembling space, the two forces resisting and canceling each other out!

Whoosh!

At that moment, a jade-green sword slash cut toward Whitebeard!

"The slash of the world's greatest Great Master Swordsman, Mihawk!" a pirate shouted in shock. "Old man, watch out!"

Yet Whitebeard, standing aboard the Moby Dick, calmly watched the razor-sharp slash. At the same time, a gleaming figure appeared before it!

"Get up!"

The sword slash struck that figure, but no sound of flesh being cut rang out. Instead, with an angry roar, the slash was forcibly deflected into the sky!

"The 3rd Division Commander, Diamond Jozu!" A Marine cried out in alarm. Jozu grinned and suddenly slammed his right fist into the ice!

"Come on, Marine HQ! Taste the wrath of the Whitebeard Pirates!"

With astonishing Strongman strength, Jozu lifted a massive block of solid ice. Then, with a roar from Jozu, the enormous ice block crashed toward Marine HQ like a meteor!

"What a bunch of troublesome brats!"

A somewhat aged voice rang out, followed by...

Bang!

With a muffled boom, the meteor-like block of solid ice was smashed into fragments!

As the icy dust dispersed, a tall and powerful figure slowly emerged!

"Vice Admiral Garp!"